The Corsetry Diaries
News, Making, Ponderings & Rants AboundCorset Training Corsets
Defining the Corset Training Corset: The difference between a regular corset and a corset training corset or tightlacing corset is in the structure and strength. It is used for 'body modification', which means it has to have the strength to physically alter the shape...
Free Corset Pattern PDF You Can Print Now
A Free Corset Pattern Perfect For Beginners I'm a big fan of free stuff, especially when you're starting out in a hobby such as corsetry. No one wants to pay out a lot of money to try something they're not sure they'll like. That's why I put together this free corset...
Elizabethan Corset Pattern Comes Together
The Elizabethan corset pattern comes together... slowly. The use of fully boned panels is new to me and I'm learning how, to make a corset with side by side boning throughout takes time! (And lots of spiral steel!) But I think you'll agree it's looking like it'll be...
Corset Training Belt – Free Corset Pattern – Sew Along!
I'll be sewing together a new reversible corset training belt in the coming weeks - and, wait for it, I'll be doing it as a 'Sew Along' project! So you can learn how to make a corset belt with me by getting the free corset pattern here - Free-corset-pattern - and...
Breaking in your Waist Training Corset
When you get a new corset training corset you'll need to 'break it in' before you start corset training. To do this you'll simply need to find 3 separate occasions to wear your corset training corset around the house, or for an hour or two somewhere you won't have to...
Corset Training Before And After 2
Yesterday was (I'll admit!) a bit of a strict telling off for those trying to push their body too far too soon, apologies if I sounded like anyone's mother 🙂 Now, how to corset train properly: It's very simple and you can't go far wrong if you follow the golden rule...
Corset Training Before And After 1
So what do you need to know before corset training and what can you expect after? Now I know I say this a lot but you really can't rush or force your body into corset training. There really is no point to jumping straight into a corset, forcing your waist down by a...
More Corsetry Fabrics for the Hoard
I have some more juicy fabrics for the historic corsets I'm making this month. These are especially nice for the Elizabethan ones I'm designing currently. And I've managed to get some nice 'off white' lacing cord to go with.
Bodice Patterns & Corset Patterns
This month is my Elizabethan Corset Pattern month for me but I should be calling it Bodice Pattern month really. The corsets from this period are rather different from the more familiar Victorian corset patterns as I'm finding out! A fully boned bodice us not...
Fabrics for Bodice Patterns
Yesterday I indulged my biggest obsession, fabric shopping! -Stands up- "Good evening everyone, I'm Scarlett and I am a fabric addict, it has been less than a day since my last fabric purchase". Oh yes! But all is not lost - I had a reason to buy this fabric, (not a...
1700s Historic Corset Pattern
Today has been one of many corset patterns and much sewing! I've been creating a 1700s historic corset pattern mock up for the next of the historic patterns. It's going to be fully boned so I've ordered some tiny 5mm wide spiral boning. Here's the first mock up:...
The Angel Underbust Printable Corset Pattern
The Angel Underbust is now finally on sale on the corset patterns page - click on the 'corset patterns' tab above or click here: Angel Corset Pattern to take a look. It has more panels than my other designs for added support - great for all you corset training fans,...
To Bodice Or To Corset: That is the Question!
Are you making a bodice or a corset I ask? What's the difference? I here you retort, well that's the topic of this blog post, and the answer is actually quite a lot. I used to think it was all in the layers, a corset had two or more while a bodice had just the one....
Making Historic Corset Patterns
So here's a quick pic of what I've been up to today. Using the method my old corsetry tutor taught me, I've been using a pin wheel to prick through one of my historic corsets to copy the pattern onto some pattern paper. It's a lot fiddlier than it sounds as corsets...
Corset Training and Meal Times
Just a brief chat today about eating and drinking while corset training. Those who have been doing it a while no doubt have their eating routines sussed, but for those just starting out I wanted to point out the joys of eating little and often and the perils of cold...
Make a Corset with the Right Stuff
Here's a sneak peak at some material I've got for my next few corsets - they're going to be historic corsets. But that aside, I thought this was a good time to talk about fabric weights and what works best when making a corset... So what do I mean by fabric 'weight'?...
Corsets and Haute Couture
A book of high fashion by Dior, this is hot off the press and a must have if you're fashion obsessed like me. There are some nice corseted pieces as you can see here in this magazine article I came across. But the whole book is in French, so if you're not multilingual...
Corsetry and Pin-Ups
For those of you learning how to make a corset this might amuse! I had to share this image of one of my fave pin up artists' paintings from the 50s. Gil Elvgren painted hundreds of tiny-waisted 50s bombshells. This one's of a girl making a corset!
