I'm making the laughing moon underbust corset for a friend of mine, This thing has already been unpicked more times than I want to admit. At first it was going to be a two layer, with coutil as the fashion fabric with the bones sewn on with twill tape and a simple lining but I was having trouble making the bone channels straight. I then decided to unpick it all and add another layer the purple one, so I can sew the channels where ever I want without worrying about the placement of the tape inside.So for this I've cut one layer of coutil, one of inside fabric(purple) and one of lining. Its feeling nice and thick and sturdy. I hope I'm constructing this thing right, after sewing the seam, I'm pressing it open then to the side. I then put a channel either side of the seam without sewing down the seam allowance, I'm just leaving them 'floating'...Like moving it to one side for one channel then moving it to the other for the next. I hope that explains it....
I've also got a white pen that disappears with an iron, its a bloody fantastic thing and helping everything go so much quicker!
I'm rambling!
4 Mews:
ZOMG! This thing looks so freekin beautiful already!!! I'm peein my pants I'm so excited! (uh, not literally ken)
btw, your magic pen...where and what is it?
Yey! I'm excited too, altho I'm further behind than I thought!
The pen is made by Clover and is white but it disappears with a hot iron or damp cloth, so perfect for marking out bonning channels, chalk was just a nightmare! and I didn't want to sew it inside out as the stitch line looks different...weird...
OMG those colors are beautiful. Can't wait to see the finished product.
Hullo there Meg, Sorry to smash whatever visions came swimming into your head but this corset is going to be all black, the purple is just another strength layer for the bones. Glad you liked it enough to comment though!
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