OK, I will stop procrastinating now ... if only to avoid a lynching in chat tonight. There are more folks asking to see these pics than just Val - even though Val was the one who earned these pics by
completing the corset challenge. Just so no one can say I didn't warn y'all ...
*** WARNING! *** WARNING! *** WARNING! ***
Not even my bad photog (lack of) skills can hide this ugliness!
In my defense, I made this over 14 months ago, while commuting to clinicals, in pain, tired, and desperate for something to use as a backbrace ... and it was my first stab at a "real" corset.
*sigh* I guess there is just no getting around posting these pics of what I now call the Blue Monstrosity (and mean it!).
There is no actual boning in this, just hemp craft cord. It was actually pretty comfortable to wear ...
UNDERNEATH my scrubs. There are both antiqued brass and silver eyelet pieces, for those wondering if the camera flash is fooling with your eyes. I used home dec scraps, which in retrospect wasn't the best idea for a pattern with a total of four bias seams on it. I also didn't do a fit muslin ... this pattern runs large ... but perhaps I can call the Blue Monstrosity my full mockup instead? Especially since I made
another (better looking and better constructed!) backbrace this past December. Hmmm, now there's an idea to salvage my pride and sweep the broken feet of clay back together ...
Aother way of looking at it came from the pink-hating Cat the other night in chat. Comparing my latest
denim mid-Victorian to
last spring's Elizabethan, she said she can see a huge improvement. So maybe I can show my age and spin it as "You've come a long way, baby!"
Or maybe I should just burn it ....
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