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Making the Victorian Symington Pretty Housemaid corset (1890s) – phase 3

One of the biggest things I wanted to do on the second half of this corset was to leave myself even more seam allowance than I’d initially left.

Unfortunately, I forgot that I cut the burlap & canvas for the second half.
for both halves at the same time.
So though I made sure that the top two panels on the
second half had more seam allowance, I was restricted
by the underlayers and still couldn’t treat the seams
as I had hoped.

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Making the Victorian Symington Pretty Housemaid corset (1890s) – phase 1

Quite a few years ago, I made a corset.
I made it out of a heavy-weight burlap-style material. I had no intent on wearing it close to my skin. It was foundation. It was support.
I used coat hangers (because this was prior to the recent popularity of corsets, and busks were hard to find (and cost-prohibitive at that time), approximately 30 hooks and eyes, and some commercial 1/4-inch ribbon for lacing.
It worked!
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