> 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.
I've drafted up a pattern of the Effify corset, based on the photographs available at the time, and scaled up the 1880s corset in Corsets and Crinolines. I really recommend actually adjusting to height rather than width as this is going to be more likely to produce an adjustable pattern for your width. It's much harder to adjust appropriate breast and hip height than it is do add extra to seams (split the panels and add there, as there are so many seams in a corset it's easier to add only a little to each panel without greatly affecting the shaping. This is especially true the greater the difference between your girth vs height and the original girth vs height. The 1880s corset is now too short for my body as I've lost weight which has also dropped my waist which means I wiggle the corset down too far for the upper half to sit well. I've also now had to remove a little from the side panels and the front so that the corset sits close at the back as well as the front. When the bust is too big I find the back wants to close at the top but it then digs into flesh too much, it needs to fit closely without squishing over the bust;) I now suit an 1890s line of corset which is fairly close to what I have wound up making my alterations to my 1880s corset. I just know it fits well as it is apart from the adjustments to the upper half. Michaela de bruce http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
