18th century corset pattern

Continuing with my 18th century foundation garments lets take a look at the stays I made. As this was only my second ‘corset’ I decided to stick with a pattern again, although I ran int…

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18th century corset

c. 1790 Corset or Stays. Victoria and Albert Museum.

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I have always wanted an 18th century Stays(as they were not called corsets until the 1800’s) and on Friday, I just decided I was going to make’em.Ingredients: 13 eighteen-inch Heavy Dut…

In Part 2 of this tutorial we got to a point where your stay pieces were joined together. Now it's time to whip stitch the seam allowances down after the fitting session (and doing possible alterations, as in my case replacing the front panels with wider panels). Shortly after finishing this part of the construction, I learned from 18thcenturystays that you could also double the thread as it's stronger than single thread (so you can do that). After that, it's time to mark the places for the…

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1780s stays from Norah Waugh

And so it starts. I decided that, in order to decide whether or not to buy a pattern for the Elizabethan corset (farthingale and bum roll)...

This summer, I started on what will be my big project for the rest of the year. A pair of fully hand-sewn stays, based on this beautiful pair in Patterns of Fashion 5: When I first heard Luca Costi…

On friday we turned in the degree thesis again, after a few changes, we are very pleased and eager to get a good grade in week 5. This means that I won’t have a whole lot to do until thenR…

One of the biggest questions we get about our 1830s ensembles is about the corsets, so we've made a video telling you all about them: Both of our corsets were purchased from RedThreaded, who offers several different options. Mine is the