Steampunk Necktie Corset Dress

Step 4 Start stitching

7.  Lay out your cut pieces.  This helps keep you organized.  Sometimes, the front pattern piece will look a lot like a side or back piece and you don't want to look like you're wearing a piece of cubist art, right?  Hmmm.  Maybe a new 'ible to be had here--how to make a Picasso costume?  Right.  Okay.  Moving on:

8.  Start stitching. Begin with your lining.  (If you always start with your lining, you have less to fear if you screw it up and, generally, less money to shell out to replace the lining you just screwed up.  I speak from experience here.  Anyhow...) With right sides together, stitch the back to the side back.  Then the side back to side front, then the side front to bust gore, bust gore to mid front to bust gore to front.  

*If you are using a busk, your corset will have two distinct halves joined by lacing the back and hooking your busk in the front.  Because I only want my corset laced up the back, I placed my front piece on a fold.  You could also use a seam here for greater curve control.  Please note this instructable does not contain instructions for inserting your busk.

9.  Have the lining together now?  Repeat with outer layer!

Comments

[SewLolita]

if you alternate stitching from top to bottom one peice, then bottom to top the next, then T to B, etc, you can avoid the creeping shift that can happen if you sew all the seams in one direction :)

[mercifulmaenad]

Great tip! I usually do that just to conserve thread, and sometimes I find (depending on the fabric) a little creep still makes it's way through. It certainly helps a great deal, though. Thanks!