The first actual fashion fabric work I started with was Shoryl’s corset. I can’t measure for their waistcoat or cape until that’s done, and we also can’t go get their pants tailored.
It started off well: I had previously transferred the duct tape pieces to an old sheet, and used that to cut out the pieces. Corset outer, interlining, and lining went together well, though there was some seam ripping involved toward the end. It turns out that if you give me fabric that’s the same on both front and back, the odds are good that I will end up sewing at least one piece on either backwards or upside down. Still, a few seams resewn aren’t that bad.
After looking at the corset and playing with it for a bit, I came to the decidedly unhappy decision that I would need to baste the seams together for the outer shell and the interlining to have any hop of lining up the twill tape for the boning casing. I hate basting. It always feels like wasted effort to go to all of the work to hand stitch something together you’re going to take apart later. Unfortunately, I could see this going really, really badly otherwise, so I sat down and spent an evening loosely basting the seams.
My big box of hardware and trims had also come from Corset Making Supplies. In theory, I had everything I needed to begin. Spoiler: things would not continue on well.
A Twist of Metaphor 