Pattern Cutting - How to Draft a Simple Corselet

This is a simple pattern manipulation based on the basic skirt block (Which you can draft here Part 1 and Part 2) The Corselet can be made on its own or as a waistband for a skirt.

First you will need to draw around the top of the basic skirt front and back

Then you should mark a dotted line 8 cm below the waist

This will be the bottom of the corselet waist

Next, you should measure up 8 cm at the start of the pattern, darts and side seams

Now, reduce the dart width by 0.5cm at both sides at both the front and back as shown below:

Next, increase the side seams by 1 cm as shown below:

From the waist line measure up 8 cm to make another dotted line
This will be the top of the corselet.

Join all the dotted lines to complete the pattern and label all the pieces before cutting them out

Finally, cut out all the pieces

The darts should separate the pattern into 4 pieces

And your done.

So I hope this is useful to you in some way, if you have any issues with it let me know and I'll do my best help.

Thanks for looking x