Butterick 4254 Corsets & Stays Pattern
B4254
Butterick B4254
An excellent pattern to make two different boned stays and two different corsets, this pattern is described as "advanced".
We enclose a 5% Discount voucher with this pattern offering a saving when you order the components to make your chosen design.
Sizes 6 to 10 (on one pattern) or 12 to 16 (on one pattern) and 18 to 22 (on one pattern).
Explanation "Stays and Corsets" ; "Stays" refer to the long garments on the pattern above, like the one's Jen made, and was used to describe boned undergarments until the end of the 18th Century. When the "Corset" was introduced in France as a garment in it's own right, the two terms became interchangeable.
Jen suggests that you might need to make a size smaller than that given on the envelope. If in doubt make a mock up.
Jen's version is made in pink silk using synthetic whalebone and duchesse bias binding.
Don't forget the pattern gallery!
Laurel made this striking version.... 
Stays by Laurel
Specification:
Back View B4254
B4254
Stays by Jen
Stays by Jen
We don't offer kits for this or any other corset pattern (apart from the Simplicity 9769) because it is vital that you make a mock up first. The corset is uniquely fitting garment and the only way to correctly establish the busk and bones needed is make a test garment and fit it first. We have many many corsets over many years and not used the same combination of busk and bones twice!