Posted in corsets on Oct 13th, 2008
Here’s what I’ve been working on for the past few days - a corset made from a beautiful Alexander Henry quilting cotton. The design is called “Kyoto Hollyhock”, and it’s swirly red leaves on a black background.
I’m really pleased with this one, although it’s not shown to its full effect in the picture. It gives [...]
Posted in corsets, inspiration, sewing, writing on Oct 9th, 2008
So far I have made a grand total of seven and a half corsets. Two for me, four for friends, and one which is still under construction. The first one I made from a commercial sewing pattern, and it was such a ridiculous shape (even for a ridiculously-shaped garment like a corset) that I decided [...]
Huge thanks to Dott and Dave for these lovely photos of Dott’s Dennis the Menace corset!
I like the one with the Beano.
Paul and I spent this afternoon dodging the rain, to try and catch a few quick photos of Madame Queeny’s spotty corset, before I send it off in the post to her tomorrow. I’m also sending her the spare fabric, so she can make one of her beautiful hats to go with it.
These are my [...]
For anybody looking for the knitting patterns - they’ve moved!
I’ve been working with a shopping cart plugin here on Wordpress, but it couldn’t accomplish everything I needed from it, so back I go to good old Etsy, with a new account.
The shop is looking a little bit empty at the moment. This is because I [...]
Earlier in the week I finished my latest corset - a pink tartan number made from a favourite pair of old trousers. I’d been hoarding the trousers for years and years, despite the fact that they were far too small. I’m glad I did, as I’m very pleased with this new lease of life for [...]
Posted in corsets, inspiration on Jul 25th, 2008
Today I took on four new corset orders, to be completed during August. In order that people could choose the fabric that they wanted, I decided to organise a gallery.
All of the fabrics shown below are part of my very own fabric stash, which I’ve been collecting since approximately 2004. This is only a small [...]
Posted in corsets on Jun 22nd, 2008
Ta-Da!
Please excuse my silly grin.
Here are a bunch of photos of my corset mock-up from the pattern that I drafted last week.
Looks pretty good from the front - nice and flat, which I am not! I should have posted a “without” photo, so you could see how much difference this is actually making to my [...]
Posted in corsets on Jun 16th, 2008
I spent all morning faffing around with my printer, trying to put together some packaging for my badges, and sadly failed miserably. As a result, I decided to spend the afternoon doing something a little more productive.
So, I made a corset.
This is the first mock-up from the pattern I drafted the other day:
It’s made from [...]
Posted in corsets on Jun 13th, 2008
A long time ago (April 2006), I made a corset.
It didn’t fit me, but it did fit Ceri:
As it happens I never got around to making another one, and I eventually sold the pattern, forgetting that I still had all the boning for it! (I used plastic boning and hook & eye tape for Ceri’s [...]
