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Jul. 31st, 2010 04:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntiemeeshI still can't slip clothing on over my head, and I really wanted to try on my corset and see how it looked, so I figured out that if I put the thing on backwards, then lace it up loosely, turn it to the back and tighten it, it works, just barely. It's still really hard on my arm, but I got it on. Want to see?
Front:
Back:
I put it on with the shift to see how it works 'in situ' as it were. The shift, sadly, came out about as big as a house and then I've lost a little weight. When I relax my arms and shoulders, it falls into a puddle at my feet. Either I need to find a way to fix it, or find something else to wear with the corset.
And now, working on the gown, I'm back to the same problem that's plagued me all along. I took my measurements and because I was a 14 at both bust and hips, I made the shift a 14. But I have really narrow shoulders and the 14 is ridiculously too big almost everywhere. (This also happened, incidentally, with the dress I made for the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I used the pattern for my measurements and then had to take it in about three inches in the back in order to make it sort of fit.)
For the corset, I used a size 10 for the front, size 8 for the back and a 14 for the sides. It mostly fits pretty well, but even at an 8, the shoulder straps are almost too long, and as you can see in the picture of the back, it overlaps at the top and doesn't quite meet at the bottom (although it came close enough that I was happy). That's fine for undergarments, but I'd rather not have the outerwear looking funky like that. So I don't know what sizes to cut for my patterns. I foresee myself spending the rest of the day debating with myself, and then still being unhappy with whatever decision I make. I'll figure something out and it will be workable, even if it needs all sorts of odd little cheats to make it so, but for once, I'd really like to make something that didn't need odd little cheats to make it work.
Front:
Back:
I put it on with the shift to see how it works 'in situ' as it were. The shift, sadly, came out about as big as a house and then I've lost a little weight. When I relax my arms and shoulders, it falls into a puddle at my feet. Either I need to find a way to fix it, or find something else to wear with the corset.
And now, working on the gown, I'm back to the same problem that's plagued me all along. I took my measurements and because I was a 14 at both bust and hips, I made the shift a 14. But I have really narrow shoulders and the 14 is ridiculously too big almost everywhere. (This also happened, incidentally, with the dress I made for the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I used the pattern for my measurements and then had to take it in about three inches in the back in order to make it sort of fit.)
For the corset, I used a size 10 for the front, size 8 for the back and a 14 for the sides. It mostly fits pretty well, but even at an 8, the shoulder straps are almost too long, and as you can see in the picture of the back, it overlaps at the top and doesn't quite meet at the bottom (although it came close enough that I was happy). That's fine for undergarments, but I'd rather not have the outerwear looking funky like that. So I don't know what sizes to cut for my patterns. I foresee myself spending the rest of the day debating with myself, and then still being unhappy with whatever decision I make. I'll figure something out and it will be workable, even if it needs all sorts of odd little cheats to make it so, but for once, I'd really like to make something that didn't need odd little cheats to make it work.
