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This tutorial will show you how to make your very own Unique under bust corset. This one I'm making here is an air themed one. Better photos to come...
1. A Corset pattern (I'm using a vogue pattern here but really any overbust corset pattern will do) 2. 1/8wide Spiral steel bones (or flat steel you...
I always start by making a mock up. (Trust me this will save you a lot of stress and wasted fabric later. It's worth the time I promise ^_~) I use v...
pin together pieces 1+2 3+4 5+6 along seams and stitch down. Set your seam allowance at 5/8 Then stitch together 2 and 3 seam & 4 and 5 seam so you ...
Cut out a 2 strips of coutil and set it with grommets and sew it to the edge of piece 6 these are handy dandy lacing rails. they can be pulled off an...
Lace yourself or your model into the mockup. mark on it where it needs adjusting, and draw the line along the top for where you want the corset to si...
Lay out your mock up pieces onto your fashion fabric. Make sure the arrows are going with the grain of your fabric. This is very important for a cors...
For each piece, trim down the fuseable web so it is just a little smaller than your fashion & coutil pieces. Lay down your coutil piece, then lay the...
I like to serge the edges of the fashion fabric pieces to prevent fraying. If you own a serger just serge around all of the sides of the pieces. If n...
Just as you did with your mockup pin together pieces 1+2 3+4 5+6 along seams and stitch down. Set your seam allowance at 5/8 Then stitch together 2 ...
Measure your casings leaving 1/4 of an inch top and bottom. Order bones for each casing according to measurements. I tend to get mine here http://ww...
If you want to get fancy with your corset, now is the time to do it so that your paint goes all the way to the binding and the busk and all of the ra...
Next sew together the lining just as you sewed the outer layer together. Do not serge the edges or it will be slightly smaller than your fashion laye...
Turn under & press both sides of the center front & the lining 1/4inch. Lay the two pieces of the center front together and lay busk sides on top of ...
At center back Turn under your lining and fashion fabric and sew down. Sew a straight line 1/4 of an inch from each edge & slip a bone in. This bone w...
For a simple easy way to space your grommets I tend to buy a lacing bone to use as a quick template. Lay the lacing bone next to the edge bone and mak...
Tah Dah! Your corset is done. If you prefer you can also make yourself a modesty panel to go underneith your laces, I myself prefer to always make on...
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