DIY Basic Bustier: Black Swan Hallown Costume Top Part I (Level: Difficult!)
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Vlog Channel: www.youtube.com/bionerd2 Bro’s Channel: www.youtube.com/vtec01 Warning: This will make you hate your life. LOL It takes half a semester to learn how to make a bustier correctly. I did skip a few steps that are typically used in making a bustier. Since a majority of you guys aren’t hard core with the sewing, I watered it down a bit. Fabric: Fashion Fabric-I am using a heavier cotton woven. It’s printed, looks dark and I didn’t want to buy more fabric. I used what I had. (I have used this one before to make the pillow case here:www.youtube.com Lining: Cotton suit fabric (like a khaki fabric). Normally you’ll have a canvas/horse hair layer. I didn’t want to go through that step so I just used a heavier fabric for lining to give it body. -You’ll need about 1/2 a yd of each fabrics. Bustier Pattern: For it to come out accurately you must save the file and print it out on standard US letter paper that is 8.5 X 11 inches. MAKE SURE that if your printer asks, you should print so that fits the paper and not fit to scale. The pattern is made to fit me which is a French size 6 and US size 2. You can tweak the pattern a bit by playing with the side seams to make it fit you a bit better. s646.photobucket.com Things to keep in mind: -The pattern has 1/4″ allowance. -I am a size 2, French Mannequin 6. If you are just a few inches larger or smaller than me, decrease/increase the pattern sizes down/up. You might have to draft a few times to make it custom fitted to you …
