The Galaxy Corset
Hello stitching and non-stitching friends!
The time is finally here, and I am pleased to reveal my newly finished galaxy corset!
I know she isn't historically accurate, and heck, she may not even be accurate accurate, as in: a properly made corset. But she's here, and I love her! The corset is lined in the plain white cotton coutil that came with my Redthreaded kit (for more info, see my earlier blog about the mockup for this corset) and the fashion fabric is a gorgeous blue and purple galaxy print cotton I got from my local JoAnn Fabric store.
Ultimately, it took just over three days to make. They were long days, but I definitely needed the finished measurements before I went too much farther in making the rest of my dress. In fact, I tried on my original corset cover just after I tried my corset on for the first time, and I'm definitely going to have to make a new one, but more about that later.
All of the boning channels are stitched to the inside, so they aren't visible outside. I chose to bind the edges in dark blue bias tape. Sadly, it's polyester (also from my local JoAnn's) because I was too lazy to buy the appropriate fabric and make my own bias tape. At the top, I stitched in 1/2 inch lace just under the bias tape for a pop of white amidst the dark body and binding.
The bones are a mixture of quarter and half inch straight steels and quarter inch spirals steel. I do like the supportive shaping that a mix of these bones creates. The eyelets are finished with size 00 metal grommets, and the both grommets are reinforced with straight steel bones on either side of the grommets.
This was my first time putting in grommets, fabric or not, and it was great fun! I wrinkled a few of them, and the first few are backwards, but I eventually got the hang of it and bad a blast.
This corset produced a much more historically accurate, and dramatic, shape than my modern off the rack corset I had used to get a rough idea of measurements so I could begin some basic undergarments whilst practicing my stitching before tackling something as complex as a corset. As I mentioned in previous posts, I was scared to try something this daunting, fearing that I lacked the sewing techniques and expertise to make anything like it. However, once I actually got to the cutting, sewing, and stitching of the corset, it was like any other project and I very much enjoyed it.
I didn't want to squish my mannequin, so I didn't lace it up as tight as I lace it on myself. I personally think she looks wonderful! The laces are white satin ribbon that, again, came with the kit. If I want, I can always change them out.
Thank you for following along, and I hope to bring you all more success stories and adventures to come along with me in the future!
Sincerely, The Victorian Alaskan
The time is finally here, and I am pleased to reveal my newly finished galaxy corset!
I know she isn't historically accurate, and heck, she may not even be accurate accurate, as in: a properly made corset. But she's here, and I love her! The corset is lined in the plain white cotton coutil that came with my Redthreaded kit (for more info, see my earlier blog about the mockup for this corset) and the fashion fabric is a gorgeous blue and purple galaxy print cotton I got from my local JoAnn Fabric store.
Ultimately, it took just over three days to make. They were long days, but I definitely needed the finished measurements before I went too much farther in making the rest of my dress. In fact, I tried on my original corset cover just after I tried my corset on for the first time, and I'm definitely going to have to make a new one, but more about that later.
All of the boning channels are stitched to the inside, so they aren't visible outside. I chose to bind the edges in dark blue bias tape. Sadly, it's polyester (also from my local JoAnn's) because I was too lazy to buy the appropriate fabric and make my own bias tape. At the top, I stitched in 1/2 inch lace just under the bias tape for a pop of white amidst the dark body and binding.
The bones are a mixture of quarter and half inch straight steels and quarter inch spirals steel. I do like the supportive shaping that a mix of these bones creates. The eyelets are finished with size 00 metal grommets, and the both grommets are reinforced with straight steel bones on either side of the grommets.
This corset produced a much more historically accurate, and dramatic, shape than my modern off the rack corset I had used to get a rough idea of measurements so I could begin some basic undergarments whilst practicing my stitching before tackling something as complex as a corset. As I mentioned in previous posts, I was scared to try something this daunting, fearing that I lacked the sewing techniques and expertise to make anything like it. However, once I actually got to the cutting, sewing, and stitching of the corset, it was like any other project and I very much enjoyed it.
I didn't want to squish my mannequin, so I didn't lace it up as tight as I lace it on myself. I personally think she looks wonderful! The laces are white satin ribbon that, again, came with the kit. If I want, I can always change them out.
Thank you for following along, and I hope to bring you all more success stories and adventures to come along with me in the future!
Sincerely, The Victorian Alaskan
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