Adventures in Corsetry, continued

[rhienelleth]

I finished putting my sister's corset together last night, as far as I can until I've fit it to her tomorrow.



All the pieces flatlined to the twill boning layers, as explained in my previous post:



And then all the pieces sewn together, the bare essentials of the corset all together:



And a shot of the inside. I still need to iron down the seams, but you can see most of my boning channels if you look closely:





And that's it for today's sewing pr0n. I'll post more pics as I move forward after the fitting.

Comments

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

Oooo. That's going to be so, so pretty.

And now that I see how those pieces go together, I'm much more confident that assuming I have a sewing machine, I might just be able to make a corset myself. It's the boning channels that I worry about, though.

[rhienelleth.livejournal.com]

Okay, first I am always available to answer any questions you might have during the process, and second, I HIGHLY recommend the Laughing Moon #100 pattern I linked to in my previous post. It has the approximate location of wear to put the boning channels on the pattern, as a guide. I use a white fabric pencil, but if you use white twill, you could use a sharpie pen and literally trace the channels onto the fabric through the pattern.

But really, they don't need to be EXACTLY the same. Farthingales is an excellent online store from which to order your boning, and I can help you figure out what lengths/sizes/how many you need. Boning is only hard if you've never done it before. Once you know what you're doing, it's just time consuming.

[cerisehaze.livejournal.com]

I'm quite convinced that you can do ANYTHING! :)

[rhienelleth.livejournal.com]

I really can't, though! It's just a couple of things I seem to be predisposed to pick up quickly - jewelry making and sewing. I think. :)