she is in central NJ
Katheryne
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
> They usually have it at Fabrics R Us in San Jose. Where is she?
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> I have a friend who is looking for lacing eye tape..
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> the stuff that looks like the eye part of hook & ey
Home sew Does have it in black and white#HE122.? Even at Greenberg&
Hammer..(Sigh) This($3.95) was the going price and seldom discounted. The code
name seems to be 'lacing tape'.
(Please excuse extra punctuation.. this is a quirk with h-costume and my posts)
Kathleen.
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Some costumes from this period do not bear hip?ruffles well. Having a trim fit
over the hips is really better body support.? If the foundation garment has
these included with the 'flare' at the bottom of the corset and the wearer does
not have the flesh support beneath to take up the flack...you
Homesew/newark has it! I think in black and white.
Kathleen?
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From: "Purple Kat"
Sent 3/24/2011 3:46:31 PM
To: "Historical Costume"
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Corset patterns and research questionsI have a friend who
is looking for lacing eye tape..
the stuff that looks like
They usually have it at Fabrics R Us in San Jose. Where is she?
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Behalf Of Purple Kat
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:47 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Corset patterns and resear
I have a friend who is looking for lacing eye tape..
the stuff that looks like the eye part of hook & eye sets. Not the stuff
that looks like eyelets.
she needs 1 yard of black.
She has found it on-line for approx $3.50/yd (+$5 S&H) 1 week shipping.
we are looking for cheaper and faster.
help???
My apology if this is not an appropriate message for this list.
I believe that a number of members of this group are familiar with Catherine
Hay of ‘Your Wardrobe Unlock’d’ and ‘Foundations Revealed’. A few years back
she decided to make a reproduction of the Worth “Oak Leaf” gown and turned u
I'm showing my ignorance here, but I want to learn so...
Why use gores at all? Why not just incorporate that extra bit into the main
panel of the corset, as an extra "flared" bit on the end?
Sharon C.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com
Dear Michael,
Please bear in mind this is meant in friendship (and experience) not
animosity
May I recommend that you invest in some existing patterns that are _similar_
to what you're thinking of (and maybe some that are not) and fitting/making
them up to fit various shapes on _live_ mo
Michael,
That's main thing you have right: so many of the reproduction corset
companies fail to realize that more adipose _around_ (as in a cup
size) is more _up_and_down_ too. I've seen far too many corset
patterns with nested side lines for sizing up, but nothing for a cup
size going up
Two people have mentioned JoAnn Peterson's Laughing Moon Mercantile
patterns. Please know that she's already had her design copied and printed
elsewhere. Blah-blah-blah copyright. Yes, I've actually seen how it is when
someone I know has been ripped off. I don't want to sidetrack this
conversation
Hello, Michael,
I recommend that you look into Laughing Moon Mercantile patterns (
www.lafnmoon.com ). Joanne has an excellent mid-Victorian corset
pattern with both hip and bust gores. Sometimes, though, as in my
case, the corsetier had to remove the hip gores to get a better
fit. The main
Thank you Fran, for that reminder and clarification. While I very well could
work out a licensing agreement to use a current corset pattern, I'm still
leaning towards going back to the primary sources to develope one. Yes, I
could easily be wasting my time in the end, but because the concept is
uni
All of these are great ideas, great tidbits of advice, and have given me
plenty of things to ponder! But perhaps I need to clarify a few things so we
don't get too far off track, or just keep re-itterating the same things over
and over.
First, I'm only on the preliminary research steps, nowhere ne
I am >>> specifically
>>> hoping to find Victorian era corset patterns with hip and/or bust >>>
>>> gores.
One of my fave corset patterns of all time is Past Pattern's # 708 "1845
-1860".
http://www.pastpatterns.com/708.html
I find it works for 1820's to early 1870's The pattern is light
The Laughing Moon one is the only corset pattern I"ve used with gores,
but since I started with fantasy corsets, I haven't used many historical
patterns,i nstead I've developed my own and modified others for myself.
I'm not sure a see a need for a Victorian corset pattern people would
call "g
Fantasy, that's the word I was looking for! Steampunk, Fairie Festivals
and goth fashion all use corsets. You might as well include all of them in
your marketing a pattern sale is still a sale, whether it's made up in
sepia browns, forest green with leaf and flower petal trims, or black
satin.
Michael,
First, do get Waugh. Then take a careful look. Women's shapers changed
so much during Victoria's reign that you simply can NOT make a
"general purpose" corset which will fly with reenactors.
If you must make a corset for modern wearers with a Victorian flavor,
pick a decade (the
""Second, the little research I've done so far indicates that during the
Victorian eras, there were many corset patterns that used gores - yet many
of the current commercial patterns focus on those without. Is there a reason
for this that anyone might be aware of? Is it easier to fit without gore
Hi Sandy
I agree with everything you say. That indeed, was my point in the rather
round about way I presented it.
The publisher of replicated patterns should in good faith have both in their
catalog and on the packaging an accurate description of what the pattern
does/does not contain.
While th
Ann, In terms of "reinventing the wheel," I almost have to because
am aiming to commercially sell either the end result or the pattern, or both.
herefore I couldn't use a current working pattern because of copyright issues.
Sorry you seem to have misunderstood what I said. I'm urging you to
My understanding so far is that the spoon busk was towards the latter half or
even latter third of the 19th century. I am currently at work and have limited
access to look it up but I might be completely wrong. "to assume is o make an
ass between U and ME."
No carol, there is no "average" woman
May I just weigh in with some general comments? A friend of mine who has done
a great deal of creating modern patterns for historical garments has made it a
practice to research only primary sources (that is, PERIOD patterns,
illustrations, and actual garments) rather than looking at modern pa
19th century = 1800s, 1801 to 1900. The spoon busk was used in the
19th century. The gores in the soft corset are used in 1820, which
sounds like "early" for the time span you are looking at.
Early and late Victorian are different shapes. I don't know that
there is an average customer!
My experience has been that making a corset with gores is actually a VERY
good way to fit it, especially when fitting someone with a challenging
shape (i.e. very round, wide hips but hardly any bust, etc). I have
primarily used the "Laughing Moon Victorian Underwear corset--the
Silverado", which c
Which century are you researching?? I think you can perhaps start?with
wikipedia if you don't have Waugh, yet. The spoon busk was quite before the
19th C. so it wouldn't be considered for the Victorian period anyway.? If you
mean to be historical, I think the "wheel" has already been invented fo
First, that book is one of the top ones on my wish list! Perhaps I can scavenge
the money for it bow that I've a specific reason!
While I'm aiming for Victorian, the style and shape will be geared more towards
the "average customer" who really wouldn't care if it was early or late
victorian. I
Hi Michael,
What era are you aiming for? Victoria was around for a long time and
the "ideal" shape changed through those decades. Gores first show up
in the softer corsets of the early 19thC. Having the right shape of
the corset makes a difference in the finished look of the outfit.
My fa
Good morning everyone!
I'm doing some research into corsets, and thought it best to start on here
where many of you already have research. While I know a lot regarding
corsets, I have two main focuses.
The first is regarding corset patterns. I am hoping to develop a corset
pattern and thus would
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