ButterickPatterns B4254 Size 12-14-16 Misses Stays and Corsets, Pack of 1, White

I expected a traditional corset pattern but this is a modern fashion corset.

A quien le guste la costura

Los patrones están muy bien, aunque todas las instrucciones vienen en inglés. Las explicaciones de montaje son bastante escuetas y el papel es demasiado fino y bastante delicado.

Die Anleitung ist gut. Ich habe es aber hauptsächlich wegen der Deutschen Anleitung bestellt,diese fehlte leider . Scheint wohl bei den meisten zu sein. Schade

Oh man, commercial stays are really difficult, because our modern methods do not allow for the bunching of casing bones, or seam finishing. My first attempt was a complete disaster, even though I'm a professional historic seamstress, and followed each and every instruction implicitly. The problem started with the measurements given on the pattern: e.g. Size 12 is supposed to be for bust 34" and waist 28 1/2". If you need your final product to be for a person 34" and 28 1/2", then the pattern is way too big. You can't lace it. Made without alteration that size 12 has the resultant measurements of EXACTLY 34" and 28 1/2" without allowance for the gaps in front and back for lacing stays.. I had to modify up for my customer's larger waists, and then DOWN to make 5" worth of lacing gaps (because they'll stretch another 2" over time). This took DAYS because altering the boning and angles of the cut were nearly impossible with that kind of alteration, and especially if you have to do back length too. True historic patterns have you insert boning top and bottom only, except on the tabs which don't matter.. so you have a lot more flexibility with alteration in an historic method (which this isn't). Truly a hair puller-outer pattern.. but this my 3rd one, I'm figuring out how to alter and adjust the technique.. You need to do your bone insertions instead of casings, as stitch- insert- stitch like they did in the 18th century. This looks historic, and supports historically, but it's a modern commercial pattern and needs to be dealt with as such.