Flat steel boning, spiral steel boning, German plastic boning (aka synthetic whalebone) - what corset boning is best for historical corsets?
Because I have previously tried only the corset types with shaped panels or with a hip basque I have been very curious to give a proper gusseted Victorian corset a try. And because in my opinion 1870's was the last decade before the colorful and luxurious corsets really took over, I wanted this one to look practical and utilitarian. I chose drab coutil because that was one of the most common colors of it's day for an everyday corset. It's a single layer corset with seams sewn as shown here on the right. source: De Gracieuse archives, year 1872 Basically not sewing the seams together and then felling them, but by first folding part of the seam allowance up on the underside and down on the top side, then pinning the layers together and then sewing them down at the edge of both folds. The gussets are inserted in a similar manner as shown on the top illustration. The pattern is from 1876. I found it from one of my favorite resources, De Gracieuse archives. It's the bottom left corset here and the pattern pieces can be found here. It also has several additional bone casings made by sewing strips of coutil inside the corset. The flossing is made with graphite grey silk. It's boned with spiral steel. For the first time I'm happy with the shape with no complaints. It looks quite small waisted, but in fact it isn't any smaller than any of my previous corsets. It's just an illusion created by having enough flare for bust and hips. And a few close-ups:
50+ pages outlining several methods of creating corset bone casings. Yes, there are several methods outlined in this PDF. This down loadable PDF covers: Interior and Exterior Bone Casings Invisible bone casings On-seam and Mid-panel Bone casings Decorative bone casings (piped, embroidered, trimmed) Single and multiple bone casings How to make bias tape This book does not include "flossing".
Corded 1820s corset is supposed to be a brilliant part of biedermeier costume. It lifts the bust, creating early 19th century shape, reduces waist a bit and make the figure gracer. The frontal busk panel doesn't allow to avoid slouchig. The corset is made of satin cotton fabric and lined with cotton. It's decorated with between layers cord rows and embroidery. The busk is wooden, it can be replaced by the custom one, if you hae yours. The corset is closed on back lacing. Customization of colour, decoration and fabric is possible!
Boned corset of silk trimmed with machine-made lace, probably made in France or Great Britain, 1864
Boned corset of silk trimmed with machine-made lace, probably made in France or Great Britain, 1864
Overbust corset in burgundy satin with front panels in cotton printed with fabulous skeleton toile du jouy fabric. The corset is made with a strength layer of Coutil and is boned with a mixture of flat and spiral steel bones, it is back lacing only with an unboned modesty panel. The corset measures 27” at the waist and so would probably best suit natural waists in the region of 30-33” Fully laced the corset measures Bust 38” Waist 27” Upper hip 37” Length at front centre 14”
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Todays post will have some awesome 1870's dresses and shoes and jewelry so ie lots of cool stuff that we can all enjoy :) Wonderful early 1870's photo of a lovely lady with her hair done up in a very ornate hair do and this pretty lady has definitely spent a lot of time getting her hair just right! And the perfect dress and earrings for her picture, but I have a feeling this young lady got all dressed up most likely every day she seems just like the pretty stylish lady type :) Wonderful lovely purple silk dress from around 1872-73 this great dress made of purple silk and purple silk and dark purple velvet bows that go all the way from the top of this dress to the bottom, I think thats neat :) Also love the pleated sleeves and the fake laced up back on the back of this dress all and all I think this is a great dress and I wish it was mine so I could wear it! :) Wonderful gorgeous lovely white satin ball gown/wedding gown as it could be used for both and most likely was this early 1870-72 dress is just glories and yes you got it right I want it! But who wouldn't? This wonderful dress with lovely scalped trim and wonderful pleats is very lovely but also very reminiscent of the 1860's with the full skirt but still very 1870's with its wonderful bustle, this American made gown is just as well done as if it had been made in Paris, and I stand by this dress on that! Now sadly I only have one picture of this great dressed made in 1876, this lovely light blue silk bustled dress with all the wonderful trim and lace god I love this dress and yep I wish I had this one too, and why not? Its gorgeous :) Wonderful blue satin whale bone corset with super embroidery, I do a lot of embroidery work and I have to say the embroidery work on this is superb this corset hooks in the front and laces in the back and is from around 1873-77. Wonderful gold and turquoise earrings from 1870-75. and thank fully I don't have to say I so want these as I own these heehee and thats my ear wearing them :) These awesome childrens boots with Original box are from 1870-75 I love these button up boots which had the size marked on the box as size 4 width D I have never found a pair of antique shoes with the original box, I just got these 2 images yesterday and was so excited about it, I bugged my fiance about them and as you can see am now posting them for all of you to enjoy too :) I figured since I posted some awesome kids boots I would post a picture of a very pretty little girl in a very stylish dress. Childrens clothing back then was just as grand as clothing for adults as you can tell in this picture, I intend to have some more posts with childrens fashion, as a lot of it was just gorgeous and had its own style, inless we are in the 1700's then it was exact copies of there mothers clothing I don't mean matching but just a miniature version of the grown ups gowns, but in the 1800's you really see a real childrens clothes ie there own style, now back to this little girl she has a very pretty velvet dress with long waist and small bustle and a small ruffled collar she also wears a gold locket which most likely held her parents photos, this photo was taken around 1875-78. And as always more to come I hope you all enjoyed this lovely summer splash of 1870's fashions! :)
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handmade reversible corset top. It has lacing front ad lacing back. Made of natural white cotton fabric. The corset has geometric structure because if boning, all this lines that can be seen on photos is actually bones. The reverse side of the corset made if red lien. This corset is made to measure, we need bust underbust and waist measurements
Handmade overbust steel boned corsets styles designed to give and hourglass shape.
Boning can be intimidating to the novice sewist, but luckily, Mood has a free guide and infographic to different types of boning!
