Metric pattern draft for your perfect fit corset . You can apply the information in this video to any corset style. I will demonstrate an Edwardian style mid bust with a straight front and hip gores. this is a lightweight summer garment made predominantly with cotton bobbinet. It features a zipper front closure, with external boning set in bias cut, lightweight coutil tubular channels. The back closure has 6mm brass grommets with a reverse bunny ears standard V shaped lacing pattern. The seams have been worked right sides together to give a smooth and clean finish on the inside. There is a millinery cotton petersham ribbon for the waist stay, and the edges are finished with the same lightweight coutil as used for the boning channels. Please keep in mind, this is not a historic recreation project. The aim of this video is to draft, fit and make a modern supportive garment suitable to everyday summer wear. Don’t forget to like this video, subscribe to my channel and leave me a comment. I’d love to know your thoughts on my project. ❤

Did you like the ruffle playsuit I was wearing under my corset? It’s actually a pair of Edwardian inspired combinations! Draft your own here:
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→ Books ←
Lingerie Design: A Complete Course by Pamela Powell
Metric Pattern Cutting for Women's Wear 6th edition by Winifred Aldrich (2015)
Fast Fit: Easy Pattern Alterations for Every Figure by Sandra Betzina

→ Tools & Materials ←
Tape measure
Pens & pencils
Rulers
Calculator
Corset pattern
Freezer paper
Fabric (cotton bobbinet and corsetry coutil)
Matching thread
Waist tape (cotton twill, herringbone or millinery petersham)
Boning (synthetic whalebone, German made)
Metal zipper (number 5 brass, brand: Rubi)
Brass grommets (setting by rubber mallet or grommet press)
Lacing cord
Iron
Pins
Sewing machine
Fabric scissors
Pliers
Frixion pen
Loop Pressing Bars
Loop turner
Fray check OR millinery fabric stiffener “Durtex”
Metal file OR emery board nail file OR sand paper

→ Chapters ←
00:00 – Introduction
03:12 – Transpose Method
7:14 – Mathematical Method
14:24 – Mockup
17:31 – Make the corset
22:55 – Grommet problems

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