Two people have mentioned JoAnn Peterson's Laughing Moon Mercantile patterns. Please know that she's already had her design copied and printed elsewhere. Blah-blah-blah copyright. Yes, I've actually seen how it is when someone I know has been ripped off. I don't want to sidetrack this conversation to copyright issues; that's been done and done twice more. I just want to suggest that since JoAnn's patterns have been mentioned, you should certainly look at them if interested and TALK to her about them. LynnD
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Joan Jurancich <joa...@surewest.net>wrote: > Hello, Michael, > > I recommend that you look into Laughing Moon Mercantile patterns ( > www.lafnmoon.com ). Joanne has an excellent mid-Victorian corset pattern > with both hip and bust gores. Sometimes, though, as in my case, the > corsetier had to remove the hip gores to get a better fit. The main fitting > issue with me is the fact that I am very short-waisted; something that will > not be solved with gores. Joanne has her patterns very nicely graded, but > corsets always require individual fittings since no two female bodies are > shaped the same, even if the two wear the "same" size. > > Joan > > > At 02:15 AM 3/24/2011, you wrote: > >> Good morning everyone! >> >> I'm doing some research into corsets, and thought it best to start on here >> where many of you already have research. While I know a lot regarding >> corsets, I have two main focuses. >> >> The first is regarding corset patterns. I am hoping to develop a corset >> pattern and thus would like to be able to have as many corset patterns to >> base it off of as I can. While any corset pattern works, I am specifically >> hoping to find Victorian era corset patterns with hip and/or bust gores. >> From the many companies out there currently selling commercial pattersn, >> there are few who focus on corsets with gores. I am looking at trying to >> simplify the process of grading for different sizes, and believe that >> there >> might be a way to accomplish this with gored patterns. So if any of you >> have >> or know of patterns that I can get, please direct me in that direction! >> (Remember copyright laws and direct me to where I can find things, rather >> than just copy and paste.) >> >> Second, the little research I've done so far indicates that during the >> Victorian eras, there were many corset patterns that used gores - yet many >> of the current commercial patterns focus on those without. Is there a >> reason >> for this that anyone might be aware of? Is it easier to fit without gores? >> Are gored patterns more difficult to make up? Any help in this direction >> is >> also a huge plus! >> >> Please don't shy away, the more I can accumulate, the better my final >> pattern shall be once it is ready! Thanks in advance! >> >> Michael Deibert >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
