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1880s reproduction silk French S seam corset with hand feathering (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by LillyPip@lemmy.ca to c/sewing@lemmy.world

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My own hand-drafted pattern from a V&A museum piece. Spiral steel , silk, and herringbone twill lining.

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[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That feathering is spectacular! Someday I need to try my hand at corset making.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you!

e: and I suck at embroidery, lol. If you're good at both embroidery and sewing, you can do better than me!

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Coulda fooled me, it’s gorgeous!

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I can’t even do the beginner’s flower. It looks like I was forced to eat thread until I vomited it in a circle. (e: which, to be fair, is kind of accurate.)

This is pretty because it’s all straight lines, lol.

Some truly beautiful period corsets have real embroidery at those stress points, all floral and whatnot. I couldn’t hope to do that, but I’ll bet some of you can.