I finished my Marie corset, only to be totally unhappy with the fit.
It’s “ok” right now – a tad big. I already took it up a a ton and it’s still overlapping in spots. The tabs along the bottom are stretching out too far, and it’s not pulling tight around my waist – the only place it’s pulling tight is around my rib cage, and I just don’t feel like it’s giving me the right shape. It also seems like it needs a busk in the front, the pattern didn’t call for one, I have no idea if they had them historically, but the boning doesnt seem to be doing right or looking right by itself.
I don’t know, I don’t feel like looking at it right now, I spent all night hand sewing the edging on and I don’t want to have to remake it completely. Haven’t been this frustrated in a while. I’m mostly upset because I really liked how it *looked*.
I’m going to think about it and try a few things tomorrow. Either I don’t think it’s going to end up being pretty 🙁