Foundations Revealed

I can't believe that it's December already and that the Holiday season is almost upon us!

There are two questions this month. One on patterning/fitting a corset for a figure where the waist is almost as big as the hips. The other is on horizontal boning channels in 18th century corsets.

We also share a letter we received from a reader were she shares what she likes and what she'd like to see more of. Read it and see if you agree!

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Jill Salen, author of Corsets: Historical Patterns & Techniques, shares her technique for making corset patterns from the original antique corsets that you can find in museums.

With these tools, the whole of the history of corsets opens up to you, and you'll no longer be restricted to the commercially available patterns that everyone else is using. Jill gives you advice about getting an appointment, what to take with you and how to begin making a pattern, taking you right through to mocking it up and considering how to make it for real.

Come with us into the exciting world of antique corsets, where there are so many wonderful, unique patterns and ideas, you'll want another lifetime to make them all!