Burda Style For people who sew

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  Jul 3, 2010, 01.46 PMby seussian

  Wow! That’s just awesome. =) God bless you, MGJ
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  Jul 3, 2010, 12.26 AMby rachelily

  Just wanted to say this is one of my favorite corsets I’ve seen (I adore the shape) and thanks so much for posting the tutorial, I will be trying this this summer!
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  Jan 9, 2009, 07.52 AMby sarahuk4

  wow, stunning
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  Dec 13, 2008, 04.14 PMby arete999

  Great,great work!I love corsets!You did very good job on this project!
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  Dec 10, 2008, 01.24 AMby loren-rat

  Hey guys, you can also go to this site http://www.elizabethancostume.net/custompat/index.html. You just fill in your measurements and it gives you a full step by step guide on making a corset to your own measurements – Brilliant.
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  Dec 9, 2008, 10.45 PMby minnietheminks

  Wow, I am really impressed, it is very beautiful. I made my first corset this year, it was tudor one… we get to do Victorian next. Lovely material that you choose, well done :)
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  Dec 9, 2008, 08.10 PMby sunnyb64

  Thanks for the explanation— been wanting to try a corset for awhile! And I can’t believe this is your first. It looks so professionally made.
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  Dec 9, 2008, 05.33 PMby saturnschild

  what a lovely job…amazed!!!
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  Dec 9, 2008, 10.59 AMby nysister

  Love it!
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  Dec 9, 2008, 08.24 AMby taffetasilk

  this is gorgeous! thank you for the instructons and i look forwards to seeing your webpage! :D
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  Dec 9, 2008, 05.57 AMby poopki

  Hi Everyone, many thanks for comments… This was my first attempt at a corset, I did quite a lot of research over the internet and had a book of reference corsets to try to figure out how they put them together, with regards to the pattern I haven’t any training in pattern making I just gave it a go and it worked thankfully! I am going to try and put a little web page up of all the stages I went through as I took lots of pictures as I made it, so as soon as I get that done I’ll come back and add a link. if you fancy trying your own pattern just take your widest horizontal measurement (- hip) and draw a box that is as wide as your centre front to centre back / and high as centre breast to pelvis, then measure down to your waist line (draw horizontal line in your box at right height for your waist), next find your waist length (c/front – c/back) subtract an extra 2inches (this will become a 4inch cinch as this is one half of the corset pattern) once you have worked out the subtraction from your hip measurement divide this by 4, 5 or 6 depending on how many panels you want in your corset and draw 4, 5 or 6 vertical lines with each having it’s own subtraction (you can see this in my pattern pics) if you then repeat the same subtraction for the line at your underbust, voila you have the basics of a pattern, I will go into a much clearer explanation for the webpage and dealing with the boob area soon!
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  Dec 9, 2008, 05.47 AMby carottesauvage

  So beautifully made! Congrats!
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  Dec 9, 2008, 01.04 AMby ichigogirl

  Wow! Really impressed! Thanks for adding pictures of the pattern-drafting, interesting to see.
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  Dec 8, 2008, 07.01 PMby newmanator

  where did you learn to do the pattern drafting?
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  Dec 8, 2008, 04.31 PMby justmica

  So well done!!
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  Dec 8, 2008, 03.49 PMby camilaustral

  great job! where did you get the pattern instructions?
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  Dec 8, 2008, 03.12 PMby OnYourHead

  great job!
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  Dec 8, 2008, 02.33 PMby redoubt

  Corsets are always a challenge, so I’m always impressed when I see a good one. This is absolutely beautiful.
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  Dec 8, 2008, 02.25 PMby emilykate

  It’s so beautiful! So perfectly stitched. Are you saying this is the first one you’ve made?!?!?!
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  Dec 8, 2008, 01.52 PMby sewella

  Wow – so professionally made! Brilliant! I am still dreaming of making my own corset. Still adding up on the courage though….