Corset Patterns - Historical Patterns - Corset Book & DVD

Laughing Moon #BCP-1 - Dore Victorian Corset Sewing Pattern. Ladies Victorian Underwear 1840s-1890s.  This is ideal to use with the Corset Making DVD.  

Folkwear #267 - M'Lady's Corset Sewing Pattern. 

• Elizabethan era style silhouette that can be easily worn for modern fashion apparel and special occasion.
• Dropped waistline at center front with peplum
• Wide-set shoulder straps help emphasize the nipped waistline
• Square neckline
• Back lacing (use purchased eyelets, grommets, or make your own holes)
• Adjustable straps lace through the eyelets in front
• Scoop-neck corset fastens in front with purchased hook-and-eye tape
• Misses XS-3XL sizes included in one pattern envelope

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Reconstructing History #RH203 - Late Elizabethan Corsets Sewing Pattern

This paper pattern for late Elizabethan corsets is based on two historical extant English examples. 

View A, based on the pair of boys (corsets) belonging the Pfalzgräfin Dorothea Sabina von Neuberg in 1598 are front-boned, five piece bodys featuring a static front busk, integral shoulder straps, back laced closure, and separate tabs at the waist. 

View B, based on the corset worn by the effigy of Queen Elizabeth I in Westminster Cathedral, features a front opening and integral waist tabs. Historical notes. All Sizes in one envelope. Fits bust 30½"-48" and waist 23"-41". Embellishment suggestions included.

Fits busts 28"-48" and waists 23"-41". All Sizes in one envelope.  

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Reconstructing History #RH711 - Renaissance Corset Stays Sewing Pattern

This late 17th-century stays (corsets) pattern is based on two extant English examples: 

View A - based on the stays in the Museum of London, are fully-boned, five-piece stays featuring an optional front busk, integral shoulder straps, back laced closure, and integral tabs at the waist. 

View B - based on the pink stays in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the red satin stays in the Manchester Gallery of Costume, features a front-laced opening, stomacher, integral waist tabs and optional sleeves.

Ideal for reconstructing historical garments in the Stuart Era - between Elizabethan and Georgian during the late Renaissance period.

Fits busts 28"-48" and waists 20"-40". All sizes in one envelope.

Reconstructing History #RH832 - 18th century Women's Underpinnings Sewing Pattern

Use our Underpinnings pattern for all your 18th century skivvies!

Ladies, no matter what you wear on the outside, you need the right foundation garments on the inside. Use this pattern, based on extant examples, to make your own shifts, pocket hoops, and hooped petticotes. Also includes instructions for other varieties of hoops like panniers.

Fits busts 28"-50". All sizes in one envelope.

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Laughing Moon #102 - Ladies' Victorian Corset Covers, Petticoats & Bustle Sewing Pattern.

Reconstructing History #RH833 - 18th Century Corset Sewing Pattern

Colonial, Georgian, and Revolutionary Corsets. 

Full-size paper patterns with complete instructions and historical notes for stays (corsets) circa 1740s-1790s based on extant examples.

Also included are assembly instructions, embellishment suggestions, and the extensive historical notes you've come to expect from Reconstructing History.

Fits busts 28″-50″. All sizes included in one envelope.