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Bridges on the Body
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I'm sewing my way through every corset pattern in Norah Waugh's book, Corsets and Crinolines. People do this sort of thing with cookbooks, why not a book of patterns?
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1911 - the corset on a form

Here is is, the 1911 corset, finished and on a form.Yea! Thanks again to all of you who were along for the ride, whether you were sewing along with me or helping with suggestions. And thank you for y...

26 mar 12

spring

After a few weeks away Ive returned home and Ill be photographing the 1911 corset tomorrow. Yea! When I left it was cool and rainy, I came back to this.Gorgeousness. I cant decide which flowers I lik...

22 mar 12

the new corset, short above the waist

This dress is described as an "odd gown" in a March 16, 1912 article about what the best dressed women are going to wear. I dont think it looks any more or less odd than any of the other dres...

15 mar 12

pay no attention to the cute smiling child

I know the she looks like the life of the party in her stylish wig, but its the studious one you should be looking at. The five year old with an embroidery hoop. Thats me! I dont know if you can see ...

12 mar 12

a completely different 1911 corset

Ive been called from my desk/sewing machine and will be out of town for the next week or two. I wont be able to post any images of the 1911 corset until I return. I will have sporadic corset related ...

06 mar 12

1911 - flossing front and back

The flossing is done, which means the corset is done. Yea. Today I have some up close flossing pictures to share with you. Flossing seen from the front of the corset,and from inside.The stitches were...

05 mar 12

savoye corset

I was going to post the flossing on the 1911 corset, but after two days of looking I have not found the floss I purchased. I bought it, brought it home, where did I put it? Im sure once I buy more fl...

02 mar 12

1911 - this end up

I decided to let a small edge of lace peek out under the bias trim at the top of the corset. Just enough to tell me "this end up."Of course the garters already say, "this end down," b...

01 mar 12

If I were making a 1911 dress

It would be this. © Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number WW.523This illustration was made by Mela Koehler, if you would like to see more of her work click here. I believe the fabric used for ...

29 feb 12

1911 - all the steps in one place

Thank you everyone who participated in the 1911 corset sew along! I couldnt have done this without you! Your input not only helped me with my own design questions, but more importantly served as a gu...

28 feb 12

1911 - lacing, and perfectionism rears its ugly head

I can not tell a lie. My corset is not finished. I know! I should be done, right? Ill go into the lame explanation as to why its not done in a moment, but first I should go over how Im lacing this co...

27 feb 12

1911 - flossing diagram

Before I dash off to purchase better thread for flossing I thought Id share the stitching diagram. The needle comes out from the interior to the exterior of the corset on hole number 1, and goes back...

24 feb 12

1911 - functional and decorative

Flossing not only keeps the boning snug in its channel, its pretty too. Yea. By the nineteen teens the era of elaborate flossing had waned, but thats no reason you cant go crazy and add ornate embroi...

23 feb 12

1911 - garter placement

Thanks so much for the input regarding the trim on the top edge of my corset. Its going. And Ill definitely add a bow. Or two. While I rework the trim I thought Id show where the garters are placed. ...

22 feb 12

1911 - trim crisis

I think Ive gone too far. Or not far enough. I dont know. Heres the top edge of my corset.The trim is wide, 3 inches, and it eats up a lot of space. I fear Ive visually chopped the the top off and wh...

21 feb 12

1911 - finishing the top edge

The final week of the sew along is here! Just a bit of finishing and the corsets will be done and ready to wear. What point are fellow sew along participants at in the process? The first finished cor...

20 feb 12

concerning cheese

Isnt that the best headline ever? I read it while doing research in the February 18, 1912 edition of The Washington Herald for what was supposed to be tomorrows post.Two misses wearing simple 1912 wo...

17 feb 12

1911 - attaching garters

Pretty covered garters dont just attach themselves to corsets. I wish they did. Its always possible to just place them against the corset and sew across with a machine, but I didnt want that extra li...

16 feb 12

1911 - garter building

Garters make a corset more fun. Ive decided to make the garters on this corset extra festive and cover them with aqua satin to match the bias trim. Covering the elastic is the same process no matter ...

15 feb 12

1911 - inserting boning and disaster averted

Look at this.A pin! Sewn into the corset! Argh! I discovered it when the 1/2 inch bone came to an abrupt halt as I inserted it in the channel. Fortunately I was able to wiggle it free and inch it up ...

14 feb 12

1911 - finishing bottom edge

Wow. Week seven of the sew along. Just a bit of finishing and our corsets will be complete, right on schedule. Yea. Today well finalize the shaping of the top and bottom edges, and sew the trim to th...

13 feb 12

more hoopla

Theres a Hoopla giveaway at Feeling Stitchy! I made the cross stitch cuckoo clock seen in the book and was so happy to see it mentioned, along with other cool embroidery projects, at Feeling Stitchy....

11 feb 12

1911 - whoops, forgot to make bias trim

Todays post was supposed to be about shaping the top and bottom edges and applying trim. Since I hadnt finished making bias trim that was impossible. Also, I havent finished setting grommets. Yikes! ...

10 feb 12

1911 - its grommet time

The corset is coming together! Once the grommets are set we can try it on and fine tune the shape the top and bottom edges. So lets get those grommets set! Youll need the center back pattern piece, s...

09 feb 12

possibly the best picture of a crinoline ever

Maybe thats an overstatement, but it is a really nice image. Of course since I took the picture I would think that.This crinoline is part of the exhibit "On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and...

08 feb 12

1911 - busk stud side

Yesterday we assembled the loop side of the busk, today well build the stud side. Time to break the awl out of the sewing case. Start by folding and pressing the facing. There should be a notch at th...

07 feb 12

1911 - busk loop side

Yea, week 6 of the sew along! This week our corsets will come together and really look like a corset with the addition of the busk and grommets. Well start with the busk, loop side today, stud side t...

06 feb 12

1911 - attaching the back facing

I dont believe it, another week of corset sewing done. Last week felt slow to me, but this week felt like it flew by. Did it feel like that to any of you sewing along? So then time to sew the back fa...

03 feb 12

1911 - adding bone casings

There are 75 of us over at the flickr group! A great team of eyes to help you sew and fit your corset as the sew along progresses. If you havent joined its not too late!Today we will add the bone cas...

02 feb 12

1911 - making bias tape and bone casings

The bones in the corset need to be housed in something, so, bone casing. If you havent purchased pre-made bone casings you can make your own. I construct casing based on the construction of the post ...

01 feb 12

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