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I made this underbust corset for my sister, who is a big fan of science combined with good design. I don’t know if a skeleton print fabric used to make a corset quite counts…
Since this is more of a “fun” piece than a serious piece of shapewear, I didn’t bother with a metal busk or steel bones. Instead, I used hook and eye tape and cable ties. The skeleton print fabric is a quilting cotton; I underlined it with a fairly tightly-woven cotton muslin and used a home-dec weight canvas for the lining. The plastic bones are sandwiched between these two layers. I also used grosgrain ribbon for a waist stay.
The original pattern is larger than I wanted, so I graded it down by taking the underbust, waist, and hip differences and dividing by the number of edges, then shaving off the appropriate amount. It was easy to do and I think it worked pretty well. The finished corset can be laced down to 21.5" if laced closed, but in the pictures I have it laced down to 25".
More pictures and details here.
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Credits
- Jacci Jaye underbust corset
http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/jacci-jayes-corset-pattern
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Feb 5, 2013, 05.09 PMby flowergirl22
what an amazing figure, great design,, love the sceleton pattern,, where did you get it,, my daughter would ove a top out of it.
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Feb 5, 2013, 05.12 PMby flowergirl22
http://beautifulquiltfabric.com/Bone-Fabric-Alexander-Henry-Fabrics-Osteology-bones-white-2006
this might not be the website you got it from, but this is the fabric..
thank you for the inspiration
Feb 5, 2013, 05.09 PMby flowergirl22
what an amazing figure, great design,, love the sceleton pattern,, where did you get it,, my daughter would ove a top out of it.
Feb 5, 2013, 02.15 PMby hanolalaith
Lovely mirroring with the print!
Feb 5, 2013, 10.52 AMby Mary Athey
This.is gorgeous.x
Feb 5, 2013, 08.07 AMby gimmeonekiss
lovely! kind of… “the corspe bride”! ;DD
Feb 5, 2013, 05.48 AMby halokitty087
I read your blog about this piece, and now I’m inspired! Who says corsets can’t be every-day wear? Certainly not as undergarments every day, but the right print on the corset could look great as an “underwear as overwear” look!