I am almost done with a new waspie. I am using a gold, rose and lavender cotton drapery fabric that I found as a remnant. The overall pattern is way too big for a corset, but I loved individual elements … Continue reading
Category Archives: Corsetry
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
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
My adventure in corset-making began with my daughter’s wedding dress. Nothing like learning under pressure! We made an initial wedding dress pattern choice, and I made it up in inexpensive fabric. We decided that the skirt of the dress was … Continue reading