I'm back!! =)
I haven't been posting much since I reeeeeally haven't been working as diligently on my Ren Fest costume as I should be... =( But, since it is now May, and I only have until August to get this project finished, I've had to step it up. Here's what I've been working on for the last week or so:
My corset is finished!!
Detail of the boning channels
I used duct ties (basically insanely huge zip ties) in place of corset boning, which gets pretty expensive. It looks pretty much exactly the same as real boning
The eyelets for the corset strings were all sewn by hand. I did some research, and this is more authentic than using metal eyelets, and they'll also be more resistant to the stress of a tight fit, since no fabric fibers were torn to make them. I used an awl to stretch the holes
What the inside lining looks like...every seam is bound and finished, by machine then a hand slip-stitch. Very time consuming. Also part of the reason why I put this project down in November and didn't pick it up again until a couple weeks ago....
Eyelet detail
Inside channel detail
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