How to Make an Underbust Corset
An under bust corset is worn below the bust line and the length differs according to the design. Corsets have been worn for centuries to emphasize the woman’s feminine figure that consists of a tiny waist and an enhanced bust line. Wear your under bust corset at the renaissance fair for added fun.
Items Needed:
- Fabric
- Measuring tape
- Scissors
- Pattern paper
- Pins
- Thread
- Rubber mallet
- Grommets
- Ribbon
- Paper and pencil
- Ruler
- Place the measuring tape just under the bust line and measure the width. Note this down, and then take the waist measurement. Place the tape around the smallest part of the waist area. Measure the hips by placing the tape around the widest part of the hips.
- Measure the length of the body from the armpit to the waistline. Note all the measurements on a piece of paper.
- Take the waist measurement number, add two inches and then divide the total by two. Draw a straight horizontal line using this total on one side of the pattern paper. Draw a second vertical line that should measure the desired length of your corset. Draw to more lines so that you end up with a rectangle.
- Draw lines inside the rectangle, dividing it into five strips of the same size.
- Cut out the strips and pin them onto the fabric. Cut the fabric into corresponding strips remembering to leave half an inch for the seam allowance.
- Place the cut strips on your body and try to shape it into the desired style. Use pins to tuck the fabric in where desired. Shape the top and bottom of the corset according to the design you like.
- Remove the pins as you sew the fabric strips together. Leave one side open where you will stitch on the lace.
- Hem the bottom and top of the corset ensuring you keep to the desired shape.
- Place the garment on a flat workspace and make holes along the open lengths of the corset. Insert the grommets into the holes and use the rubber mallet to hammer them close.
- Insert the ribbon through the holes of the complete under bust corset.