How to build a corset

Two part steel busk closure. Grey black or white coutil.

Sandwich it between the fashion and the Coutil layers.

How to build a corset. To make a corset choose a pattern and determine your size by taking your bust waist and hip measurements. Next cut out the pattern pin it to your chosen fabric and cut out the fabric pieces. Pin the pieces and sew them together using a straight stitch.

Lay the corset down with the top as flat as possible against the lining fabric. Cut around the edge of the corset. Remove the corset and make a strip that extends about an 15 down from the line you just cut.

For the bottom facing do the same thing making sure the bottom of. Check out our blog for detailed instructions on how to make your own corset pattern. Once you have your pattern made decide what fabric you want to use for the liner and outer shell.

Take your pattern lay it on your fabric and carefully pin it down. Assembling the corset how to put on the busk. If you have a busk start with it.

Sandwich it between the fashion and the Coutil layers. Make holes through the fashion layer on one side for the male part and make sure not to close the seams on the other side for the female part. How to Make a Corset quick Easy By corsetry in Craft Fashion.

How to Make a Corset quick Easy By corsetry. More by the author. Grey black or white coutil.

A specialty corsetry fabric. Please specify you color choice when registering. Your corset will be made from a proprietary Morua pattern.

This pattern is not commercially available. Pattern paper cotton toile fabric hardware fittings bindings and trims. Two part steel busk closure.

Draw the sewing guidelines in the lining with a ruler and use a zip tie to determine how wide to make the channel. Inserting zip ties into the corset top. Sew these lines down.

Go slowly so they are straight and the perfect width for the zip ties. Once theyre sewn insert the zip ties. Sew the two pieces along the back turn right-side out and press.

Pin the seams so that they are aligned. When sewing the seams begin with the middle of the corset and work outwards from both sides circling toward the back. This will lessen the chances of the channels failing to line up.

How much fabric do I need to make a corset. 2 yards of lacingsatin ribbon shoelacing whatever. 2 yards may seem long but it makes it easier to get into the corset by yourself.

25 yards of 1-inch-wide ribbon of your choice for variations 1 2. Cut out a piece of interfacing that will cover the inner piece of your corset. Lay this piece of interfacing adhesive side down onto the wrong side of the piece of fabric.

Iron the interfacing until it is fused onto the fabric. Cut around the edges of the fabric so that no excess interfacing is hanging off the edges. Hi lovelies I have the simplest corset tutorial on YouTube platform pls check it out simple detailed and boom to the point.

A corset pattern is usually made up of half a corset you cut out half then flip the pieces to cut out the second half. The more pieces it has the better it will curve round the body and the less wrinkles youll get. Make a pattern of your original duct tape pieces with no reduction.

This way if your first reduced pattern doesnt work you wont have to trace the actual duct tape again a finicky job but can use this un-altered pattern. Remember even if you dont want the corset to reduce your hips or underbustbust you still need to. Now I wont be covering how to make a corset pattern in this post.

Laughing Moon are a good make or Historical Patterns theres a range of corset patterns on Vena Cava but a quick search on the net brings up lots more. Having said that making your own is not a difficult task. My first corset was based on a pattern I made by putting on a tight vest and covering my torso in duct tape.

With the Xs tightened make a final strong pull using all four strings at the center. This will draw in the waist. Pinch the center of the Xs and pull them away from your back starting at the ends.

Place the punch base under the fabric and press the punch tool in until you feel it align with the dent in the base. Hammer the top of the punch tool with a hammer start with light taps until you feel the tool beginning to punch through the fabric then finish it off with a few hard taps.