Review of Simplicity 9769

I purchased this pattern via eBay a week or two ago in view of making the corset from it after seeing it being recommended in several corset books. It is supposed to be a nice and easy pattern to follow for making beginners corsets so I thought it would be worth a go.

Upon receiving the pattern, I had a look through the instructions and in true simplicity style they were simple to understand and lovely to work with. Extra instructions were given for if you were using a pattern fabric. This is particularly useful but as I will be using a plain fabric, not a lot of use for me. For those of you who have not ever used a Simplicity pattern before, there are really helpful diagrams of where to place your pieces onto the fabric for the most economic use of the fabric. This is very useful if you only have a small amount of fabric, such as the remains from a previous project.

The patterns goes together easy enough, with the list of materials on the packet being accurate enough to even tell you what length bones to use. Please visit my previous post on boning and its selection for more detailed information on the pros and cons of buying boning at predetermined lengths. Overall, I think this pattern sticks to true Simplicity form and is easy to work with and a pleasure to sort out!