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My Current Favorite Corset a.k.a. Corset Number 7 - Effigy Bodies
Pattern: Tudor Bodies Pattern from The Tudor Tailor
Size: 16 (UK size) Here are some really helpful size charts for figuring out sizes when using patterns from The Tudor Tailor.
Fabric: two layers of natural linen canvas from Burnley & Trowbridge.
Boning: cable/duct ties from Home Depot.
Binding: white cotton muslin (recycled from a former farthingale.).
Note: For more information on this corset and the corsets that preceded this one see: In Search of the Perfect Elizabethan Corset (Payre or Pair of Bodies) and In Search of the Perfect Corset (Payre or Pair of Bodies) - Part II.
Lady Margaret, my beloved dress dummy, wears this corset 24/7. Here she is in corset number 3 with her Elizabethan falsies and the smaller diameter linen farthingale.
As of June 2008, Lady Margaret has a new corset. Pictures will becoming.
