After a few attempts at completing the drafts, I realized that ACTUALLY using muslin fabric was a horrible idea. Too flimsy, stretches like crazy and not enough support- even if it's double layered. It should have come to me sooner to use a more durable fabric. In dressmaking, one should use a fabric that mimics the fashion fabric closely so you can visualize the final product better. When I finally construct these bras, I will be using a firm but thin foam for aided support, wider elastic on the band and the strongest powernet I can attain at the non-fashion house level. Until then, I decided to use drill, a thin, strong denim weaved fabric to mimic the strength of the foam.
Drill is sometimes used as a substitute for coutil in corsetry mockups or as a strentgh layer in the finished corset. If it's good enough for corsetmakers and can withstand steel boning, all the yanking and pulling and the pressure of the body within, it's good enough for me.
The many creases and wrinkling on the muslin just lets how flimsy it is be known. When I tried on one of my mockups, everything just sssaaaaannnnnkkkkkkk..... Lol! It was as if I didn't even make any up turned curved seams!
See the diagonal weave pattern and the thicker fibers? Yes it is coming undone at the edges but that's after much manipulation. I have yet to try this on since I have yet to finish the construction of the first drill prototype.
I'm hoping that the drill will do as I wish and hold everything in place.
Besides it being a test run for my future bra, this drill prototype will give me an inkling on how my corset prototype will fare. Yeah another staggering project on the horizon. I can't seem to think singularly with my projects. Always thinking how my possible triumph will assist my next venture.
