Category: Projects

1. completed kimono corset

   Posted on 8:24pm Sunday 13th Jul 2014

   This is for the wonderful Threnody in Velvet. Hope it fits!

   

2. Converting an old Zara top

   Posted on 5:31pm Monday 28th Apr 2014

   

   The beauty of corsetry is that any fabric can be used as long as it is flat-lined to a strength layer such as coutil. With this corset I used a spangly Zara top that didn't fit me that well, though I love the fabric. Two different materials are often difficult to sew together, with one being more stretchy and stretching under the feeder foot to a different degree to the bottom layer. To get this to work I pad-stitched the two together and as I sewed, I would lift up the footer and force the top 'stretched' layer back under the foot slightly. It's a slow process!

3. Matching the bias binding

   Posted on 9:22pm Monday 21st Apr 2014

   Making bias binding from the same fabric as the outer corset layer makes a much more professional looking corset. This silk doesn't iron well so I zig zag stitched the bias binding straight from the bias maker. I will remove the stitching just before binding the corset.