Button-Front Corset with Lace-Up Back
A women's fitted, lined denim corset top of waist-to-hip length with a square neckline, wide straps, princess seams front and back, a six-button front and a lace-up centre back with 22 eyelets and a cord.
When To Wear
- In summer on its own, with jeans, shorts or a skirt.
- Over a shirt or a fine knit top in spring and autumn.
Key Design Features
Silhouette: Close-fitting, shaped by princess seams on the front and back, pressed open.
Length: Just below the waist, straight hem turned up and hand-stitched.
Neckline: Square at the front, continuing into wide straps; V-shaped at the back.
Front: Centre front pieces with interfaced self-fabric facings; six buttons on the left front, buttonholes on the right.
Back: Two centre back pieces laced together through eyelets with a cord tied at the lower edge.
Finishing: Neckline and armholes finished by the lining and facings; the bodice is turned through the straps and an open side seam. Topstitching along the edges and seams as shown on the drawing.
Lining: Full lining cut from the centre back, side back and side front pieces, joined to the front facings.
Level Of Difficulty
Intermediate. Princess seams, a bagged-out lining turned through the straps, buttonholes and 22 set eyelets.
Fabric Recommendations
Denim.
Additional Supplies
- Cotton lining fabric
- Fusible interfacing (front facings)
- 6 buttons
- Cord
- 22 eyelets
Cutter's Must
- From main fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Center Front – 4 pieces (2 for the fronts, 2 as facings)
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- From lining fabric:
- Center Back – 2 pieces
- Side Back – 2 pieces
- Side Front – 2 pieces
- From fusible interfacing:
- Center Front – 2 pieces (for the facings)
Sewing Instructions
- Fuse interfacing to the two Center Front pieces that will be used as facings.
- Stitch the princess seams of the front (Center Front to Side Front) and back (Center Back to Side Back) and press them open.
- Stitch the side seams of the corset and press them open.
- Stitch the shoulder seams of the corset and press them open.
- Place the interfaced Center Front facing on the right side of the Center Front, face down. Stitch along the front edge and the front neckline, stopping 5 cm before the shoulder edges.
- Sew the lining pieces together (Center Back, Side Back, Side Front). Press the lining.
- Place the lining and corset right sides together and stitch the lining to the inner edges of the Center Front facings. Stitch the shoulder seams of the lining together with the shoulder edges of the Center Front facings. Stitch around the back neckline and the part of the front neckline left unstitched. Leave an opening of about 10 cm at the bottom of each armhole and stitch the upper part of the armhole. Trim the seam allowances close to the stitching. Pull the fronts through the shoulder straps to the back and turn the corset right side out through one of the open side seams. Stitch the lower part of the armholes.
- Press the hem allowance of the corset to the wrong side and slipstitch it by hand. Hand-stitch the Center Front facing to the hem allowance.
- Make the buttonholes on the right front and sew the buttons on the left front.
- Mark and set the eyelets on the Center Back pieces and thread the cord.
