During this week I focused on building my research and finishing my corset. With my research I was struggling with some designs, even though I had a line up already, I wanted to further these designs and create something even better. To do this, I had been drawing several ideas and creating a few fabric manipulations on what I could add to my silhouettes.
With my corset, there were a few issues I had run into and needed to tweak to get my desired fit.
Firstly, after cutting the pieces out, putting the boning in and sewing it all together, I realised the top of the corset was gaping where it was too loose, this meant id need to pin the areas on the corset that needed taking in. Once doing this, I then created new pattern pieces for those areas.
Again, I would need to repeat the process of cutting and sewing things together. However, this time I did not sew the whole corset together as I am needing to add in straps and my chain pieces.
Placing the two corset pieces together (back and front) on the mannequin, the fit was perfect around the bust and waist where I had taken it in previously.
Placing the two corset pieces together (back and front) on the mannequin, the fit was perfect around the bust and waist where I had taken it in previously.
With this now, I am hoping to bring my chains in next week to have a play around one the stand to see where it would best fit with the corset, whether it being straps, buckles or just as an accessory.
