Hello all!
I am glad to see some discussion going again. To add to it I am
still (very slowly) working on this corset. My next question for those
who have made it before is about the busk. Based on the recent
discussion of the split busk being invented in 1853, it seems I should
use a wooden busk for this transitional corset. However, given the curve
along CF, how is that going to work? Following the seam line exactly,
the corset front is quite straight until just below the waist, where it
suddenly curves inward ending just above my pubic bone (I hope that
makes sense). Do you suppose you need a specially made curved busk? Can
you short cut around this and either have the busk end before the lower
curve or straighten out the seam line? Obviously that is going to change
the line of the corset. The pattern indicates the busk runs entirely top
to bottom--16.5 inches on me. I am concerned that if I get a busk that
long that I am going to have it poking me in the pubic bone when I sit
down. I already have this problem on my existing 1830s corset when I
bend over to tie my shoe or cook.
Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated and thanks in advance!
Anne
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Anne Dealy
adelaideatgenevahistoricalsociety.com
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