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 [...]
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My name’s Claire, and I have a fabric problem.
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 [...]
Ta-Da! (Wearing the Fish Almost-Corset)
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 [...]
I appear to have (mostly) made a corset.
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: [...]
Learning to make corsets.
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 [...]