Farthingales Corset blog

A few months ago I made the Mantua Maker pattern for a 188 0's corset . These are some details I incorporated.                       ...

Linda Sparks of Farthingales will be teaching a hands-on corset making class in October, 2012. The class will run for two consecutive weeken...

  A corset by anyother name is still a corset.... but are all things called corset the same.     By all definitions the garment in the imag...

Okay, no they are not made of silver but they do look it!  In fact they are coated with Zinc which means they're light in colour and do...

1856-1889 Hoops and Bustles 00-PATTERN-12 Laughing Moon Mercantile Hoops and Bustles 1856-1889 for Civil War, Victorian, Dickens, ...

How to Apply Alternating Hook and Eye Tape It's best to first explain what alternating   hook and eye tape is. Typically, you can b...

I made this corset with a ribbon corset in mind, but I wanted the full coverage of an overbust corset.  I love the look of ribbon corsets ...