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I'm done making my first real corset. I've been sewing light corsetry inspired tops for quite a time, but this is my first power-corset, with steel and busks and usable for waist-training. The model is late 1860:ies and it's really uncomfortable. Still proud though, since it wasn't the easiest piece I've ever made...

(please, ignore the model)
The piece on


The piece off


The spiraled steel used in the side bonings


The crinoline steel used in back and front boning



I already know what my next project is going to be. I have an 1880:ies corset made by a friend who works as a corset maker, and I'm gonna rip the pattern to make a more flashy corset to use, not as underwear, but as a tightly laced bodice for dresses. It's far more comfortable than the 1860:ies corset and has a nicer profile. This is the model in white twill made for me by Ingela:


It's gonna be in black brocade with silver hemlines, but still with a heavy twill layer as base to enable lacing. I'm quite a full figured woman, and since tight lacing might be one of very few situations where this is working to my advantage, I plan on using it.


This project lies well into the future since I don't have the money to buy all the steel needed. So, dear fellow SD:ers. What should I make in the meen time? Muses, work with me here...

I'm low on money, but my seamstess-fu is strong!

Very nice. I believe Rye and Damien will love you forever and a day.

Incredible workmanship--my sewing skills definitely pale in comparison.

Can it stop a bullet?

MKSheppard wrote:Can it stop a bullet?

Only if the bullet hits the boning. But when you're fully tied in, you can take a punch in solar plexus without more than a flinch.


Pick: Can't you show something you've sewn? You always get a great deal of inspiration by looking at other peoples projects. And talking about craftmanship going pale, I almost choked on my tea when I saw your sculpt. It's awsome!


Einhander Sn0m4n: Thank you! It's been more work than I thought when I started the project, but now it's worth it. And about Rye and damien: I believe it when I see it.

Psychodelica wrote:Pick: Can't you show something you've sewn? You always get a great deal of inspiration by looking at other peoples projects. And talking about craftmanship going pale, I almost choked on my tea when I saw your sculpt. It's awsome!

Pft, all I have is doll outfits, two old cosplay things, and a big stuffed animal. None of them are really sewn that well. Well, the Edge doll's outfit actually is done very nicely considering my lack of experience, but it's still not that amazing. My sewing ability is rudimentary at best .

Well done peice of work, and This is the first time I've seen one of these out of a museum.

I still can't comprehend what manner of madness possesses people to wear those things... but it's an impressive display of craftsmanship, nonetheless. Is this job-related, or a hobby?

Pick wrote: Pft, all I have is doll outfits, two old cosplay things, and a big stuffed animal. None of them are really sewn that well. Well, the Edge doll's outfit actually is done very nicely considering my lack of experience, but it's still not that amazing. My sewing ability is rudimentary at best .

Well, so was mine just a few years ago. And I've never made a doll outfit in my entire life, so it would be interesting to see one.

Redleader34: Thanks, and I raise you by saying I've touched one of the original things before I started with this replica. I didn't follow the oririgal design to the T, since I thought that it would be quite unnecessary to add patches and cover-up-stitches before the thing was even worn.

Feil: It's totally a hobby. I am deeply fascinated by historical clothing in general and particularly historical corsets. I'm gonna wear the 1880:ies corset for a whole school day as an experiment later on, just to get a feel of how it felt having to wear them 24/7. What kind of madness? Well, you take a teaspoon of historical interest, mix it with an ounce of fetishism before adding the pure vanity of the thing. I think that is the recepy.

Psychodelica wrote: Einhander Sn0m4n: Thank you! It's been more work than I thought when I started the project, but now it's worth it. And about Rye and damien: I believe it when I see it.

Look at my latest post in the official member pic thread. My love for corsets should be well established. I think it looks fantastic, though I'd be intimidated by anything too uncomfortable. Really professional looking job, though, kudos.

Rye wrote:
Look at my latest post in the official member pic thread. My love for corsets should be well established. I think it looks fantastic, though I'd be intimidated by anything too uncomfortable. Really professional looking job, though, kudos.

Oh my... Sorry. From this point on, I probably will be coming on to you. I made a male corset (nothing like this one, but ligher in boning and lacing) in velvet and satin for my fiancee, but he rarely wears it, except for... ehm... special occations. *wink wink*

Thanks for the good input! Any ideas what I should do next? I'm running out of projects...

Berit: Changed punctuation

MKSheppard wrote:Can it stop a bullet?

You see, this is why we don't take you anywhere.

Zed Snardbody wrote:

MKSheppard wrote:Can it stop a bullet?

You see, this is why we don't take you anywhere.

I just pictured Shep in a corset with a Curtis LeMay hat and it made me "lawl" so hard I think it jostled loose a third testicle.