Esmeralda

This is my first time working with shiny light materials (synthetics, of course), and first time I tried French seam, rolling foot and well, building a corset (and all that jazz). And absolutely adore all of them! The blouse and skirt patterns are from moodfabrics.com (Rosa blouse and Cress skirt), while the corset is from Butterick. I completely loved the French seam finish with these fabrics (after I got the hang of it) and the rolled edges seem so professional with the exception of connection point of the skirt body and ruffles. I still have problems with those. There were no other problems with the skirt, some issues occurred with the gathering around the neck of the blouse and I definitely should have gone size or two up for the waist.
The construction of the corset was surprisingly smooth, with all three layers of the fashion polyester on the outside, canvas interfacing and the cute lining. I feared the most the busk and boning installation, yet the struggles happened mostly with the final binding application and the eyelet installation. I did have to finish the binding by hand on numerous places, since I was not able to do it by the machine. The previous mock-up was indeed very practical and educational. I kind of regret skipping the waist tape, but did follow the instructions. For the future, I would go smaller on the corset size though, to fit more snuggly. Overall, I’m very proud of my work.