First Fitting

28 hand-bound eyelets later, I could finally try on the corset. As suspected, I found that the back laced closed with hardly any effort. The bust was also too big. So the next step is creating tucks in between the boning to achieve a three or four inch gap in the back, in case I ever want to try tightlacing.

The eyelets I made in the standard way: Poke hole with awl, make a stitch, insert awl into hole, make a stitch, insert awl into hole, make a stitch, rinse and repeat. It's time consuming, but keeps the eyelet hole from collapsing in on itself between stitches.