And the Years for this year's Double Period Project competition are........ 1812 and 1912!

Three awesome questions & solutions: fitting 1770's stays for curvy figures, changing overbust corsets to underbusts, and corsets for apple shape figures.

We answer your questions and ask for your help with upcoming articles!

This month we have three questions and lots of great answers!

• Tilia asks for help in creating a corset pattern for an asymmetrical figure, and receives lots of great advice!
• Alessandra asks for advice with dealing with models, corsets and photoshoots
• Suzannah wonders how to clean everyday corsets

Two questions and an embroidery library on the Letters page this month.

• Danielle inquires about fitting stays
• Sherry shares an embroidery library
• Patricia asks about articles for the DPP

Two questions and a short story on the Letters page this month:

• Zeina inquires about how to make a set of the 1660 watered silk stays from the V&A.
• Bernicia wonders about alternative lacing and where to find colored eyelets (hint: its in the most unexpected place!)
• A short story from 1913, in which the lady's undergarments play a starring role (it's a nice clean story, nothing risque actually happens!)

This month we have four questions:

• Tips on transferring marks to the garment
• How to sew a challenging area on an 1891 Ageless patterns corset
• Question about bias cut panels on Teens corsets
• How to adjust a pattern for a client's challenging hip area

In Letters, Questions and Advice this month:

• Laura sends in a great lighting suggestion
• Rachelle asks about 1840's corset resources
•  Hanna wonders how to make a 1950's style bra for her new dress

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!

Do you have an antique corset in your collection that you'd like to see featured on FR? Click to read more about writing for us.

On this page you can ask questions about any aspect of corsetmaking or historical underwear, however basic, advanced, general or technical, and receive answers both from our contributors and from other readers. We'd also love to publish your own tips, techniques and stories.

This month Suzannah asks about corset mannequins, Laurie inquires about the different site look and Natalie wonders how adaptable the corset drafting tutorial could be for other styles of corset.

Those of you who know Your Wardrobe Unlock'd will already know about the "Letters, Questions and Advice" page, which we'll be doing here at Foundations Revealed too.

On this page you can ask questions about any aspect of corsetmaking or historical underwear, however basic, advanced, general or technical, and receive answers both from our contributors and from other readers.

Additionally, we'd also love to publish your own tips and techniques and stories.

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This month we have two questions, supplied by those readers who subscribed early - one on copyright-free patterns for corsets made for retail and on proper length of bones. Plus, we share a 1910's silent corset commercial with you.