tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182504564788811181.post4851502306849489087..comments2023-10-16T00:33:56.035-07:00Comments on The Shadow of My Hand: Courtois dress: bodice construction, part IINorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15770653136515096726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182504564788811181.post-85959561266656261952014-03-16T03:16:11.910-07:002014-03-16T03:16:11.910-07:00Thanks for your comment. I haven't found any h...Thanks for your comment. I haven't found any helpful info anywhere concerning these long bodices. Did they use boning? How did they sit in them, if the fronts were boned? Very frustrating. At the moment I'm considering a compromise, that I'd shorten the centre front a little, but not as much as in the pictures above, and then put in boning as far as the corset edge goes and leave the lowest point of the bodice without bones. Also, I think I might just make a sturdy canvas facing for the shirred front panel that goes on top of everything and not put any bones in that at all. Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770653136515096726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182504564788811181.post-27829712227970667472014-03-08T20:52:24.996-08:002014-03-08T20:52:24.996-08:00I think it looks better longer. Boning that extend...I think it looks better longer. Boning that extends too far down in front is super uncomfortable to sit in though! I have a corset with a busk that's too long (made for someone else, so it doesn't quite fit me :( ) and one time I wore it I gave myself a bruise on my leg bending over trying to put on my shoe or something silly like that. So I suggest not putting too much boning in a long front... but it is pretty and well balanced.<br /><br />Best,<br />QuinnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com