I made the 1860 Light French Stays (38), 1911 Corset (45) and the 1904 Ribbon Corset (46). In all cases pieces went together well. Be careful about the size and proportions (for example, by modern standards they may be short, or as in the case of the c. 1911 one, small-ribbed and large-hipped). The diagrams aren’t printed on a grid, which makes it a little more work to scale them up, but they are big enough to get accurate results without much trouble and there are only a few pattern pieces in each corset.
Margaret DeLap –
I made the 1860 Light French Stays (38), 1911 Corset (45) and the 1904 Ribbon Corset (46). In all cases pieces went together well. Be careful about the size and proportions (for example, by modern standards they may be short, or as in the case of the c. 1911 one, small-ribbed and large-hipped). The diagrams aren’t printed on a grid, which makes it a little more work to scale them up, but they are big enough to get accurate results without much trouble and there are only a few pattern pieces in each corset.