18th C. stays in better light

[madamemodiste]

Sort of like Oz: Do not look behind the curtain...I mean, too closely at the binding along the bottom edge. But I think I did OK for a very first corset!!







[EDIT] Ah ha! I've been given a tip over at an 18th C LJ site and was told my lacing is wrong. I vaguely knew that, but don't have a clue as to how to do the other kind no matter how I stare at it. Then the other question: I have to unlace this thing by myself at 2am...can I do that with the proper 18th C. lacing style?

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[madamekat.livejournal.com]

I haven't cut and used this one, but I have it in my pattern stash. There was a woman on one of my Victorian sewing boards that made it...

http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/showthread.php?t=9218&highlight=burda

http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/showthread.php?t=9266&highlight=burda

http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/showthread.php?t=9326

Other than her claim that the fabric yardage was incorrect, she seemed to have no problems with this pattern. You'd want to put a petticoat on underneath the underskirt, and can make it from the same underskirt pattern and adding a 12" ruffle to the bottom. Otherwise, it looks droopy like on the package photo. Good luck!!

[x-in-tenebris-x.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's very helpful! :D