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You ll want the corset to be settled just between the bottom of your rib cage and the top of your pelvis for maximum compression and comfort. Plastic boning continuous.

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In the aforementioned example this would result in twelve bones between panels for a total of eighteen in the corset.

Corset boning placement. The two garments each have their place for a stylish presentation. Check out parts of a corset. Bones were most commonly made of steel by this time and were often placed in pairs within casings that did not follow the placement of the corset s seams.

A quick rundown of corset terminology to learn more double boning simply involves adding a second channel at each seam so there are two bones between panels instead of one. If you have the victorian corset workbook you ll know all about boning in corsets. Attach the boning and check for bunching and wrinkles.

Then mark the intended boning straight on to the toile. Waist training is a way to sculpt your body using a steel boned corset to modify your waist and create a desired figure often into an accentuated hourglass or a flat trim waistline. The number of pieces you have on your bodice.

Extra wide under busk. One way is to fit the corset on the body it is intended for and use temporary vertical boning channels to ensure the corset is smooth. Well corset boning helps hold the body in a fashionable silhouette whereas boning in a bodice holds the bodice in place.

The advantage here is that you can ensure you are getting the right dimensions for your pattern. Everywhere else you can use either the spiral or the flat bones it s personal choice. Spiral steel boning pre cut lengths from 4 to 18 continuous boning rolls.

By the 1910s the cut of corsets had become longer though less complex and boning in corsets became merely a means to keep the corset s fabric taut. But let s take a look at what kind and where to apply boning in. In terms of bone placement this is why you have to use flat steels in the back of your corset to keep your eyelets straight when you tighten your laces.

Placement of the corset in my article on lacing mistakes i discussed how important it is to make sure the corset is properly anchored on the skeletal waistline. However the placement can be effected by a few determined by a few factors including. Plastic boning pre cut.

The placement of your zipper i m using a 7 piece pattern center front 2x side front 2x side back and 2x back and a pattern that has a center back zipper. Spiral steels would bow and we don t want that. Traditionally waist training referred to the use of steel boned corsets to create an exaggerated hourglass shape for women.