corselet part 2

Good Morning all,

Here is the latest catch up on how I'm getting on with trying to make control undies. I have to say that corsets are much easier to fathom without all this stretch business. You just sew your seams up and then control the amount of pull in with how tight you pull your laces, easy.

Monday Morning post and vintage bras are back on the agenda.

Morning all, or afternoon depending on when or where you reading this.

All time highest viewing areas

I was looking over my readers map this morning and I am always quite astonished there are people from all over the world and not just the english speaking bit, so I would like to say a sorry that I am only capable of producing blog posts in English.  There are some blogs out there I read that are written in two languages which I think is so cool.  I was never much good at languages at school, having the kind of mind that does maths, which is a great help when it comes to pattern drafting, so I'm not complaining. But I do try whenever I go abroad to master some basics to be polite, they just never seem to stick for long.

this months readers main locations

The figures that blogger produce only show the top 10 areas for now, that day, that week, that month or all time, so some days I can see a reader will pop up from Nigeria, Angola or anywhere really, but as these are less frequent they don't make it up to the monthly or all time figures. This is what all time looks like at the moment, mainly England, which I believe is a lot to do with my lovely friends who have been reading my posts for the start, but I don't have that many friends and with all the other places too, I do feel very blessed that my readers are growing every week and many do seem to be returning.

EntryPage	Views
United Kingdom	2982
United States	1631
Russia	112
Germany	107
Canada	76
Spain	53
Netherlands	43
New Zealand	40
France	37
Australia	32

So anyway I just wanted to say wherever you are thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy my blog and return in the future.

Well some of you who do read on a regular basis may have noticed that something was missing around the 15th March.  My entry into the historical fortnightly sewing challenge and yes you would be right.  I was just too busy to get it done what with commissions and the EvaDress.com competition.  It should have been #5 Bodice. Well I decided that it wasn't worth rushing it, and I have a plan to catch up.  You see challenge number 8 is UFOs & PHDs: "Use this opportunity to finish off something that’s never quite gotten done, or stalled halfway through".

This is just what I need, due on 1st May, I can use this to complete my bodice, a victorian ball gown pattern I've had sitting around the house for quite a long time now, and I have to say I am fairly please with the way it looks even in pieces, but I will save all that for when it's completed for challenge 8.

Today though is back to the bras and I am experimenting with different fabrics to find the best for hold, none stretch and pleasant to wear, etc, as well as trying to get them to look a little bit prettier that just plain cotton.

The white is a definite improvement on the black, but still needs something more, a little bow or flower maybe.

 Well best be off and at it.

Hugs and Kisses

Ally

back to the bras

Hello all

bet you were thinking I'd forgotten about bras once I had a wearable model. Well not so, one of the big things I want to be able to provide in my virtual shop is made-to-measure reproduction vintage bras, so I have been beavering away at this, in the background so to speak, but I thought today I would just update you as to how I'm getting on.

Ok I have these photos, but I want to apologise for the quality of the front facing camera bit on my phone, it's not so good and my arms aren't so long and the button is in a really awkward place, that if you miss it by the slightest amount you end up going back to the home page.  It can be very frustrating, and one thing I do plan to get for myself is a better camera and a tripod. But for now we will have to make do with what we have got.

So anyway, I have these photos to hopefully show you the difference in bust shapes with the different bras: 1 modern, 1 bullet and 1 circle and spoke.  I aim to have both bullet and circle and spoke in the shop as they are quite different looks.  I wore a close fitting 50s jumper so hopefully it will give the right feel.

Modern Bra
With a modern bra you don't get the same lift and the space between your waist and the start of your bust is smaller, this has quite a detrimental effect on vintage clothes. Vintage trousers and skirts are higher waisted, that is they that actually come up to your waist rather than your hips. As these shots are really only of the bust area you don't get to see this properly, but once I have the camera situation, or a willing model, sorted I hope demonstrate better.





Having just looked at these photos you can actually see that in these shots my elbow joint is less visable showing there is less lift.

Bullet Bra

 Better lift and with this pattern not highly pointed, I think I will try another shot (pardon the pun) at this. The other problem I have with these is that this is a wired bra and I really was hoping to move away from wires, I personally find them quite uncomfortable and they always fall apart in the washing machine. So the next thing to do with the bullet bra is re-draft for no wires and a bit more point, although as a first gander into vintage bras it's not a bad starting point, as an extreme point can be a foreign to start, as I'm sure a lot of vintage wears out there will agree.

Circle and Spoke

much more lift, highest elbow show and quite a point. I love this bra and have been wearing it loads, it improves the fit of my vintage and reproduction clothes no end. And it's comfortable no wire problems, I can't understand why we stopped wearing them.

So that's where I'm at, almost at the stage of putting these up in my shop.  I have just to decide the best way of getting girls to measure exactly where I want them to, as the whole point to a custom made fitted bra is that is fits beautifully.

So I will want to make sure those measurements are spot on.

On other news here's a bit of embroidery for the crown of a hat. I do hope a certain young lady likes it and that we are both of the same thought on colour, sometimes one interpretation can be quite different from the next person, and it's hard to show the exact colour on the internet.

Well bye bye for now,
hug and all that
ally x x