So after trying on the latest version of my hybrid again I find I'm not as happy as I'd thought. My disappointment is due to the issue that arises with every Elizabethan type corset I've ever wore... the issue is side boob and not attractive side boob. I usually wear a chemise under my Elizabethan corsets which makes the side boob issue not very apparent or bothersome but I wanted this corset to be wearable without a chemise under. This was practically a non issue with the earlier incarnations as they had a curved bust seam but that those small curves prohibit the Elizabethan bustline. I'm going to add a detachable halter strap to the last corset to see if that helps I'm also going redraft and try to see if I can raise the underarm curve enough to fix the side boob but still have it low enough to be comfortable. I'll be keeping the first two drafts as is (with the curved seams) but renaming them as I continue trying to adjust and fix the third draft until I have a hybrid I'm pleased with.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
I Think I'll Settle Here For a Bit
Anyone who bothers reading my blog (namely me and the one or two of you out there in the aether who actually care what new boring things I'm up to) will be aware that I've been working on a signature corset based on my latest hybrid pattern. At its Genesis I was intending this to be a long term project which is why I don't feel bad putting it down and walking away for a bit.
As I was working on this corset I kept coming up with more ideas, more embroidery patterns, more colours etc. It dawned on me that it was becoming quite likely that I might just end up with a clown corset. Now I have absolutely nothing against clowns but when you start wondering if something is too gaudy even for a clown it's definitely time to step back and reassess.
During my reassessment period I figured I should probably work on a simpler version of my latest hybrid draft. Now I'm left with the easy task of picking out fabrics... while essentially it is indeed an easy task it still has the potential to be time consuming. In the interest of saving time I best be off to my textile cache. Under the delusion that others find this stuff as interesting as I, once the lucky fabrics have been chosen. I'll undoubtedly post pics of my picks.
Today 4/4/2013
Well I wrote all that previous stuff a couple days ago and when I said that fabric selection would be easy yet time consuming I was half right. As I had to reorganize my fabric yesterday anyway I figured it'd be the perfect chance to choose my fabrics. And it turns out I was wrong about the easy part. I ended up with a little over a half dozen choices by yesterday afternoon one of which was what seems to be everyone's favourite print as well as one of my favs, the World Map print. I quickly decided against the map print... then for it... then against and so on for a bit. The world map print is undeniably in my top five favourites and I've had several ideas of ways I'd like to utilize it in the future, however once I'd taken into account that this print has been seen already and more importantly that it's one of my more pricey fabrics I easily decided to go with something else. That left a few brocades and a few quilting cotton prints. The brocades were then dismissed without too much consideration as when compared with 100% cotton (which is probably the most easily worked in my opinion) polyester brocades are a nightmare albeit a beautiful one.
After all the eliminations I was left with two choices. The first a fabric with a Da Vinci inspired print (Vitruvian Man, notebook etc) on a light green background. The second a cutesy geisha pattern (the geisha on this one remind me more than a little of Samurai Jack which was the huge selling point at the time of purchase) on a pale yellowish or perhaps cream coloured background.
I went back and forth several times trying to take into account what colours would be best for spring, what other fabrics I had on hand that I could use for the binding and several other factors that I can't recall. It turned out to be a tie on every single comparison. How was it that I couldn't find a forerunner with either? I was beginning to get a tad cranky. The deciding factors would have to be, of which fabric I had most of and of which I could get more. Turns out I can't get more of either as both are out of print. I found both fabrics at a now closdd quilt shoppe that was liquidating their inventory. I bought all that was left on the bolt for both... sadly there was only slightly over a yard left on the bolt of the Da Vinci print but luckily there were many several yards left of the geisha print. Decision finally made. Cutesy geisha print is the winner! And with a fabric such as this that contains so many colours, the binding colour can be just about anything. I'm thinking a blue but I'll burn that bridge when I get to it.
As I was working on this corset I kept coming up with more ideas, more embroidery patterns, more colours etc. It dawned on me that it was becoming quite likely that I might just end up with a clown corset. Now I have absolutely nothing against clowns but when you start wondering if something is too gaudy even for a clown it's definitely time to step back and reassess.
During my reassessment period I figured I should probably work on a simpler version of my latest hybrid draft. Now I'm left with the easy task of picking out fabrics... while essentially it is indeed an easy task it still has the potential to be time consuming. In the interest of saving time I best be off to my textile cache. Under the delusion that others find this stuff as interesting as I, once the lucky fabrics have been chosen. I'll undoubtedly post pics of my picks.
Today 4/4/2013
Well I wrote all that previous stuff a couple days ago and when I said that fabric selection would be easy yet time consuming I was half right. As I had to reorganize my fabric yesterday anyway I figured it'd be the perfect chance to choose my fabrics. And it turns out I was wrong about the easy part. I ended up with a little over a half dozen choices by yesterday afternoon one of which was what seems to be everyone's favourite print as well as one of my favs, the World Map print. I quickly decided against the map print... then for it... then against and so on for a bit. The world map print is undeniably in my top five favourites and I've had several ideas of ways I'd like to utilize it in the future, however once I'd taken into account that this print has been seen already and more importantly that it's one of my more pricey fabrics I easily decided to go with something else. That left a few brocades and a few quilting cotton prints. The brocades were then dismissed without too much consideration as when compared with 100% cotton (which is probably the most easily worked in my opinion) polyester brocades are a nightmare albeit a beautiful one.
After all the eliminations I was left with two choices. The first a fabric with a Da Vinci inspired print (Vitruvian Man, notebook etc) on a light green background. The second a cutesy geisha pattern (the geisha on this one remind me more than a little of Samurai Jack which was the huge selling point at the time of purchase) on a pale yellowish or perhaps cream coloured background.
I went back and forth several times trying to take into account what colours would be best for spring, what other fabrics I had on hand that I could use for the binding and several other factors that I can't recall. It turned out to be a tie on every single comparison. How was it that I couldn't find a forerunner with either? I was beginning to get a tad cranky. The deciding factors would have to be, of which fabric I had most of and of which I could get more. Turns out I can't get more of either as both are out of print. I found both fabrics at a now closdd quilt shoppe that was liquidating their inventory. I bought all that was left on the bolt for both... sadly there was only slightly over a yard left on the bolt of the Da Vinci print but luckily there were many several yards left of the geisha print. Decision finally made. Cutesy geisha print is the winner! And with a fabric such as this that contains so many colours, the binding colour can be just about anything. I'm thinking a blue but I'll burn that bridge when I get to it.
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