Saturday, September 26, 2015

Late 1880's corset



It was a lot of time that I wanted make a corset using the pattern from Norah Waugh's Corsets and Crinolines shown on page 81, and finally I did it!
Here it is:

The corset is made out black and ivory satin and sewn using pink thread. It is trimmed with hand-painted lace and  the ends of the bones are flossed with cotton embroidery thread in matching color.









The inside shows the waist-tape on which I painted my name: