corset again
Jul. 20th, 2007 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnSince I'm dumb, I didn't do a mock-up for this corset. After I sewed it together yesterday, it seemed a little small, so I pinned the lining together in front, basted some lacing strips behind, and laced myself in. Turns out it isn't too terribly small, but the front is weird; the CF drops too low on top, too heart-shaped and modern-looking. And the bust gusset is not quite in the right place. So I'm going to rip off the front piece and make a new one with a few tweaks, hopefully that will solve the problems.
I scold myself and say "you should have made a mock-up!" but when I think about it, I haven't really lost much time by having to go back and fix a piece, just a few inches of fabric. Besides, I know I can't be the only person for whom the Law Of Mock-ups states that when your mock-up fits perfectly, your garment won't, no matter what. There is some kind of tear in reality between the mock-up, the pattern pieces, and the garment fabric. (Yeah, I don't like doing mock-ups much.)
I scold myself and say "you should have made a mock-up!" but when I think about it, I haven't really lost much time by having to go back and fix a piece, just a few inches of fabric. Besides, I know I can't be the only person for whom the Law Of Mock-ups states that when your mock-up fits perfectly, your garment won't, no matter what. There is some kind of tear in reality between the mock-up, the pattern pieces, and the garment fabric. (Yeah, I don't like doing mock-ups much.)
