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:





3 comments:

  1. I'll be the first to comment: Congratulations on completion. I know it's a lot of work. This is a gorgeous piece.

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  2. Ohh it is so pretty! I just saw the black and white picture on facebook and I thought is as an actual antique! It is such a lovely corset, and the satin is so smooth!

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