making your own bodice?

i know some of you sew so i was wondering, has anyone ever made their own bodice before?  i'd like one but i'm really cheap all the ones i've ever seen online or at ren faires are wayy too much money. soo i was wondering it'd be be more cost effective to just make my own?  or is that just way too difficult to bother with?

My mom made mine. It's pretty easy...just find a pattern you like lol.

It more than likely depends on what you are looking for.  I haven't made one personally, but if you don't want a real steel-boned bodice, and go for plastic or even the lighter metal, you can make it relatively inexpensively depending on the rest of your materials.  But often its the steel boning and the time it takes to sew it all in that ends up being costly. 

I wouldn't touch making one with a ten-foot pole, personally.  Getting it to fit right and dealing with the boning, and all the finishing is more than I care to try.

I've made a few mostly in college but i've made them. Heres my 1 question do you a bodice or a corset? If it has boning in it is technically a corset. If it is unboned it is a bodice.

I suggest going to  store.corsetmaking.com/Merchant2/merchan...gory_Code=K&AFFIL=CM    
they sell kits with detailed directions.  You can choose either steal or plastic boning fabric closures all that stuff. All you need to worry about it fabric but the pattern has fabric suggestions on the back of the envelope. Also you may want to put interfacing in-between the layers for extra support, its not always required but i feel it makes it more sturdy.

ive made a few bodices. there hard but with each one they get easier. you wont need much fabric at all. the boning they sell at craft stores is nice cause you sew it right onto the fabric but don't expect much support from it. ive also found a good website where you can order pre-cut pieces of steel boning. if thats the rout you want to go, make the bodice, measure the seems where you'll want boning, then order it and add it in later.