The Corset That Wasn't, then Was

Mar 01, 2013 18:37

So I just slammed 2 2inch panels into the center back of the corset I made before. I was so pissed when I initially finished it, that I couldn't consider touching it again. But it was oddly pleasing to cut apart something that didn't like me as much as I liked it. And and then when it was done wearing it. Here's some pictures of that.












After the Blue Beast got did up well enough to break in, I started work on mocking up the under bodice. That didn't go very well. I used Simplicity pattern 4551. I measure out at a size 24 if I use my upper bust measurement (as recommended when you have a fuller than C cup). Lemme see if I have some pictures of *that* little slice of "Way to wide in the shoulders, too huge of an armscye, and also still somehow not enough room through the bust!"















So that was lovely, all too huge after I'd taken some measurements and compared and trimmed and so forth. Bah. Slash. 2 Inches needed on each side if it was to work as I'd planned. And I'd look like a balloon awaiting air if I wear it with that much positive ease. And we havn't even started on the fun of armscyes yet! Let's just try to get it fitting around, thank you.

So my next thought was... why the hell... didn't that work... when I'd compared so many measurements and made so many notes while making adjustments? Well let's just start taping where it's too little, and taping it closed where it's too big. Lets try that.

Shots including my face convey I'm Super Excited!












Now the armscye starts looking *super strange! Like if it's up into the underarm for full range of motion, it's ultra tiny, and takes a great deal of curvature from the dropped shouder to the front of the armscye where there's the most indent. This can't be right!? I know! I'll tape *myself*! What could possibly go wrong?












Well what could go wrong? You didn't put anything next to the skin, not even freakin' powder. You don't know where you're surgical scissors are *that you bought specifically for this*. Oh, and I remember the main thing that can go wrong: you can't possibly tape 1/2 of your own back!

This is what I have children for. So I had the youngest princess come help me, giving her instructions on where, pointing the places that needed tape using my untaped side to hold a bendy ruler and point with the curve of the ruler extending over my left shoulder towards the areas that needed tape. Worked surprisingly well.

Then I took it off. My armscye was dead on aside from the bottom. I mean, I knew exactly where I wanted it, and by happy accident also managed to put it there.




So the bottom is a bit wonky, because we couldn't use the bendy ruler under the arm and still hold it in position, so I extrapolated a bit, opting for something just a few eighths larger than the tape showed. Then I laid over my pattern piece that I'd been drafting up. And found them to be surprisingly comparable for armscye contour at least.




There you can see the front scye to the top of the shoulder lineing up exactly, if you just pretend I never wanted dropped shoulders. I also folded away the excess of the 19th C. sleeve.




Then I laid out the back and compared the back armscye. That part needs ... something. Some lots of something. I think that is where I'll start my next round of crazy sculpt- paper making.

fail!, underwear, corsets, civil war, photos

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