Wooooooow, I call this a help!!! I just wanted to post a question about what methods you use when drafting/scaling corsets to size. Because I just don't get the scaling or enlarging from an existing pattern. The human body is so "diverse", there are so many measurements to care about...though, I admit, a corset is designed to shape the body rather than to adjust to it. I draft all patterns I make, but I still cannot draft a corset that would achieve the period, not modern, figure. I've spent quite a lot of time digging into 19th century drafting books, but I could never find a drafting system for drawing corsets.
This simple method about enlarging an existing pattern looks good, I gotta try it:-D It's maybe best to make the right proportions (width and height) in photoshop and then print it to the correct size. Or print it in a small size on an A3/A4 printer and let it be photocopied and enlarged. So, may I ask, what methods do you use when making a corset pattern? If it is not your trade secret, of course:-) Zuzana Kathy Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is an original pattern from 1898 someone has scanned in and even explained how one could resize it on the computer. I couldn't figure out exactly what they were talking about, so I simply printed it on mylar and proportionately enlarged it. It made it too long, but that's fairly fixable. With any corset pattern, you should be test fitting it several times anyway. http://www.staylace.com/updatelogs/graphics/school_corset.gif I'm trying my hand at sewing again. I had the urge to get back in thesaddle right in time to finally secure a job. :-) Irony abounds! I'm trying to make a black leather show girl costume in time for a competition in May. I decided to give my imagination free reign, which it still isn't used to. ;-) Cheers, Kathy It�s never too late to be who you might have been.-George Eliot Tosach eólais imchomarc/Questioning is the beginning of knowledge. -Irish proverb One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.-Helen Keller The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are educated - is that intelligent people can handle subtlety. They are not baffled by ambiguous or even contradictory situations. In fact, they expect them and are apt to be suspicious when things seem overly straightforward. - Neal Stephenson, "The Diamond Age" It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. - Denis Waitley __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
