taking stock

[robinsnest]

 Okay the Longwood Gardens Stroll is less than 2 weeks away. Lets take stock and then delve into a serious corset conversation.

1. Chemise- done (me?! finish something!?)

2. Bloomers- not getting made, gonna wear my cotton pettipants

3. Corset cover- I think I'm going to order off amazon and shorten this nightgown.

4. Petticoat- bought an antique off ebay that should fit me, mandie_rw  talked me out of feeling bad about it as there are hundreds around that aren't remarkable enough to be in a museum so why should they just rot or be cut up for some old lady's crafting habit and not worn. 

5. Skirt- the hem with facing, interfacing and full lining is done but it's too long so I need to shorten the top edge about 2" and put on a waistband. possibly two darts in the sides of the front for more of a nipped in waist. 

6. Shirtwaist- I traced my size of the TV pattern off onto true grid and got that cut off. Need to make a mock up. I was planning to use leftover "sheer white shit from the YVD" as there's a done lying around but the biggest bits are organdy and I don't want to joust with my pigeon breast. The second largest is a yard and a half of voile from Farmhouse fabrics...gonna do a mock up and see if I can squeeze it out. I want to lose the giant sleeve goiters anyway so that'll cut down on yardage and she always massively over estimates yardage I feel. 

7. Which brings me to The Corset *cue dramatic music* I wanted to try making a mesh corset with Amanda for science! and I bought the TV edwardian corset and cut it out according to her sizing and...holding it up over my modern clothes it looked like a hot fucking mess yesterday. too small in the waist, ENORMOUS in the boobs with bust gussets the size of my head. I was all prepared last night to throw $300 at the problem and buy a Redthreaded corset to save my sanity...but our house needs $4k of work this fall and Rob's job tomorrow got cancelled and I really shouldn't spend that much on a corset. 

Here's my plan- I'm going to bone the CB and put in the grommets so I can actually lace it. I'm going to make the bust pads so I have those to try on with fittings and then I'm going to try it on over my chemise. That'll give me at least a better idea what I'm working with. I suspect if I take out the giant bust gore and replace it with a smaller size one I'll get myself almost to a workable place. When I held it up to myself in a pj shirt and no bra this morning the bust gappage wasn't nearly as bad, so maybe trying it on over a modern bra is just the worst thing ever. I mean other people make this thing work for them! 

Comments

[mala_14]

I tend to find that corsets look all kinds of wrong until they're actually laced on with the right underwear. Also, with an Edwardian corset your bust sits pretty low into it and if you were trying it with a modern bra you probably rather more "uplifted" than would work for the corset. Good luck! I hope it works out!

[totchipanda]

I agree with Sabrina - modern bras are all about lift! (I am convinced bras are at least 50% fashion) Fingers crossed a few little tweaks are all you need to make it work.

[seraphicmachine]

You can do it! And a mockup will definitely help, I was talking trash about the Simplicity pattern I used to make the justacorps for my Malfian (https://seraphicmachine.dreamwidth.org/15880.html) until it turned out that it was perfect once actually made.

[howlgirl]

I wore a cotton tank top trimmed with lace as a corset cover at CoCo. It worked a treat.