so folks how to fasten your corset or stays? you lace them up, pulling as tight as you want or can to get that hourglass figure. So the eyelets (holes) have to be strong, you can hand sew (or machine sew if you have a fancy machine) but I like the strength of a metal… Continue reading eyelets and grommets, not wallace and gromit’s
morning all As promised a blog about different types of boning. For this corset I am using 3 types of bone: spiral steel bone spring steel bone or flat steel and something I don’t really consider ‘real’ boning, but if you buy a cheap corset or boned dress you may well find this inside. plastic… Continue reading a little on boning
Well folks it’s already dark as I write this and not yet 5 o’clock. I do have to say I like the long nights though, although less inclined to go out, my thoughts turn to knitting and curling up in front of a fire. Today’s things are a little behind and I have to go… Continue reading crisis in the honeypot
Morning all Well just a quickie today, I’m very pleased with the way the corset is turning out, the velvet is being a darling and not wrinkling up at all during sewing, and I thought I would just share a tip I use for transferring marking onto corsets. For the non-sewers, sewing patterns come with… Continue reading cheating at tailors tacks and more
Over the weekend, my sort of ex-father in law passed away, after being ill for awhile, although it still seemed very fast at the end. He was a lovely man and after the separation between myself and the children’s dad (his son) many, many years ago, he did his best to make sure I stayed… Continue reading Dedicated to Des x
Hello lovely internet people. just a quickie today, as we have some rather sad things going on with an extremely ill relative. I have not made the progress I would like on certain items, but when other things are more important then you re-prioritise. But I did have a last half of pumpkin in the… Continue reading the last of the pumpkin
