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Corset patterns always seem to be too small or too big at the bust. Here's a deceptively easy fix - a method that works even for large changes.
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Jenni alters the antique "Hearts" corset pattern to emulate the archetypal “Edwardian” posture on a modern body, and weighs up the effect on comfort.
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Sandra Stuart tackles re-creating a gusseted and gored corset using an 1878 patent diagram, from pattern enlargement to construction and fitting.
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Jennifer shows us an intuitive way to take a pattern from an existing corset. Includes the pattern and shopping list for a simple, authentic 1910s corset.
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There have always been pregnant women, and women nursing, but what they wore during these times is harder to know. Amanda Lerum Faulkner investigates.
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An open pair of cotton drawers in the style of the 1840's (but dated late 1850s to 1860s), with delicate whitework embroidery, sewn on a chain stitch machine.
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