It’s done! I finished everything except the lacing last weekend, but I was waiting for the satin cord to arrive before I posted. The remaining steps that it took me to get to done: I measured the length of the … Continue reading
The last post ended with the corset ready for hand-basting along the seam lines, which gets all the layers lined up the way they should be. Without doing this step, shifting would occur when I sew the channels for the … Continue reading
Here is the current state of the corset: These are the steps it took me to get to this point: 1. I sewed the right outside to lining at the center front seam.2. I turned it right side out and … Continue reading
Yesterday I sewed the corset pieces together. When I make my corset pattern pieces I add a 1/4″ seam allowance between the pieces, 1/2″ for the front center where the busk will go, and 1 1/2″ at the back center … Continue reading
In this and the next few posts I’ll show the steps I go through as I make a corset for my daughter, Cori. Besides (hopefully) being interesting, this will also motivate me to get this one done, since I am … Continue reading
A high back underbust corset in green and blue batik cotton. It is lined with gold cotton batik and trimmed with polyester microsuede. It has a steel busk in front, and grommets and handmade silk lacing in the back. There are two layers of cotton coutil and 20 steel bones for support.
I love the name. It makes me feel better about actual wasps because they gave their name to something that is so pretty. Here are pictures of my newest ones. Since I love batik, they all use it, and one … Continue reading
An overbust corset made with red and black cotton batik fabric for outside and lining, trimmed with silk satin. It has a steel busk in front, spiral steel bones and two layers of cotton coutil on the inside.
The outer fabric of this overbust corset is vintage cotton/rayon brocade. It is trimmed with embroidered antique gold silk duchesse, and lined with cotton batik. It has a steel busk in front, spiral steel bones for support, and two inner layers of cotton coutil.
The body of this corset is made of cotton batik on the outside and two layers of black cotton coutil on the inside. It is trimmed with the same batik fabric. It is supported by a steel busk in front and 21 spiral steel bones.