The Corsetry Diaries
News, Making, Ponderings & Rants AboundRead moreEven programming reminders into your phone so it tells you to ‘get your butt outta bed and onto that treadmill now’ can work.
Diet and Exercise While Corset Training
Even programming reminders into your phone so it tells you to 'get your butt outta bed and onto that treadmill now' can work. So we've discussed getting your body used to a corset gradually by building up the hours you spend in it day by day. But really this is only...
Read moreThe rule should be: If you don’t feel good, take it off.
Easing Your Body Into Corset Training
The rule should be: If you don't feel good, take it off. A big change occurring in any part of your day to day life, be it exercise, diet, or strapping yourself into a corset, will be easiest to stick to if you do it gradually. We're creatures of habit and a big,...
Read moreNeeding to wear a corset 23/7 to get a decent waist reduction doesn’t mean that you should jump straight into one, lace it up and shout ‘don’t let me out till Christmas I’ve got 10lb to shed!’
Corset Training – Timescale
Needing to wear a corset 23/7 to get a decent waist reduction doesn't mean that you should jump straight into one, lace it up and shout 'don't let me out till Christmas I've got 10lb to shed!' I've had some requests for a bit more info on the time it takes to get...
Read moreEven if you didn’t use my course or patterns, we still want to see your needlework!
Send In Your Corset Making Photos
Even if you didn't use my course or patterns, we still want to see your needlework! So I've now had enough people buying my corset making course to start getting photos back. I've had lots of emails from you about your experience of learning how to make a corset for...
My Friend’s First Corset Making Experience
My friend Beth had a go at making her first corset this week as she's just started corset training and the one she bought doesn't fit quite right. I gave her my express corsetry course to use about a week ago and she emailed me this morning to let me know how she's...
Read moreThere’s nothing better than a ‘new’ corset to wear out this weekend!
How to Make a Corset Personal
There's nothing better than a 'new' corset to wear out this weekend! We all love slipping into a corset, but with so many shop bought corsets out there in the same old colors - especially black (yawn) - it can start to feel a little like you're a carbon copy of every...
Read moreAre all coutils made equal? It would be nice but no.
How To Make A Corset – What is Coutil?
Are all coutils made equal? It would be nice but no. Ok, those of you who already know how to make a corset will probably know what coutil is, but for the newbies there's probably some confusion. So if you're a more advanced corset maker, bear with us on this...
Read moreDo you love your denim?
Corset Training in Jeans
Do you love your denim? I had a reader of my blog email in yesterday with a bit of a jeans-wear crisis. She had just started corset training and had quickly noticed a problem with her favourite pair of jeans. Her corset and jeans didn't meet properly and the small...
Read moreSo today’s question is, ‘What is the difference between a corset and a bustier?’ Which can be quite a tough one as even some of us who are well versed in corset making don’t really know.
Corset Training Education – Bustier or Corset?
So today's question is, 'What is the difference between a corset and a bustier?' Which can be quite a tough one as even some of us who are well versed in corset making don't really know. My old corsetry tutor told me it's a question of layers - A bustier is a single...
Corset Making and Sewing Boning Channels
A quick note about sewing boning channels; when sewing channels, stick to one direction! Changing direction can result in a slight rucking up or wrinkling of the fabric around your stitching. So if you sew one side of the channel from top to bottom, then you need to...
Read moreTo go strapless or not to go strapless, that is the question!
Make a Corset Strapless
To go strapless or not to go strapless, that is the question! A friend asked me yesterday if it was wise to cut the straps off a Simplicity 2621 Elizabethan corset pattern she had bought. Straps can be both fiddly and hard to fit, especially when first learning how to...
Read moreA quick tip for all the corset makers and tight-lacers out there with a fondness for pastel shades, whites, and any other corset color that seriously shows up makeup stains.
Corset Training Nightmares – Make Up Stains!
A quick tip for all the corset makers and tight-lacers out there with a fondness for pastel shades, whites, and any other corset color that seriously shows up makeup stains. If you have a proper steel boned corset training corset, then you'll know that the only way to...
Read moreI received an email from one of my customers today who had recently bought my Express Corsetry Course, it was a more advanced question on the subject of how to make a corset, but a good one, so I thought I’d share it with you for the benefit of the slightly more experienced corsetiers out there:
How To Make A Corset – Double Boning Channels
I received an email from one of my customers today who had recently bought my Express Corsetry Course, it was a more advanced question on the subject of how to make a corset, but a good one, so I thought I'd share it with you for the benefit of the slightly more...
Read moreJust a quick Happy Birthday to the late Bettie Page!
Happy Birthday Bettie Page
Just a quick Happy Birthday to the late Bettie Page! The voluptuous Queen of Pin-up would have been 88 years young today. Expect a special on her with lots of gorgeous photos at some point in the future!
Read moreThere is a poetry to burlesque that shines through the comedy and frills.
Attention Burlesque Corset Fans!
One of the most influential Burlesque shows to grace London is now only open for another week, the 'The Hurly Burly Show' which boasts a number of sensual and breath taking burlesque corsets. But its the art of burlesque which is important here. Michael Billington...
How To Make A Corset
How To Make a Corset - A Success Story. As you all know, I released my corsetry manual and corset pattern compendium not long ago. Here is yet another success story sent in by a customer, this time from Anett in Hungary who has made this stunning underbust corset...
Corset Training in Style
Talk about individuality, nothing is more personal than customising your body! The modern tight-lacer practises corset training because they want to follow their own ideals, not those of society like historic corseted ladies. This is probably the biggest change that...
Male Corset Training Corset
One of my recent clients; George has agreed to let me include the making of his corset on Corset Training .net! This is very exciting as most of my clients want to keep their custom corset private. But George is a very flamboyant artist with a public image to match....
