The Corsetry Diaries
News, Making, Ponderings & Rants Abound
Rewriting the Corset Manual
Along with a complete re filming of the video course I'm overhauling the PDF books that go with. The Corset Manual being one of them. My methods for corset making have changed over the past 5 years since I first made my Corsetry course. The updated video reflects this...
The New Express Corset Making Course – Coming Soon!
Sneak peek of the Corset Photo Shoot... The videoing ended a few days ago with a session that finished at 3am. Then, having only had 5 hours sleep, horror of horrors I had to strut about in front of a camera! I needn't have worried though, the pictures look stunning...
Recording the New Corset Making Course
So I've started re-filming the Express Corsetry Course finally. The original was filmed on a low budget so while it's clear and easy to follow it's not so pretty and not as polished as I would have liked. Have a look at why the new version is going to be beautiful and...
Corset Training Mock-up Assemble!
So it's all sewn together now, the corset pattern looks pretty good shape wise, but I'll have to wait till later to try it on as I have a fair bit to do today and I need to find my lacing tape so I can give it a proper try on. Handy hint - get some lacing tape for...
Pattern Pieces For A New Corset Mock-up
OK so I'm sewing these together later but I thought I'd put up some pictures of the corset pattern pieces before I do so you can see them properly. This is what I've got up to so far and as you can see it's a seven piece corset pattern, so 14 pieces in total. This is...
Shopping… for Inspiration!
I don't know about you but when I'm out I can't help but snap photos of stuff that inspires me to make something corsetry! I think its the sewing bug but everything seems to inspire an 'I'd love to sew something in that colour/style/material' I had a particularly...
Corset Belt for Sale!
Foxy Little Corset Belt So it's finished, I've taken photos and here it is in my Etsy shop on sale to raise money for the recording equipment to film more instructional videos. Click the listing pic to visit this foxy little corset in my Etsy shop or scroll down for...
Today I have been Mostly Making… A Foxy Little Waist Corset
So I"ve been away from the sewing machine for a while and upon my return I decided to make a corset in black with racy red stitching. I thought you"d want to see the new corset pattern so I took some piccys and filmed a quick video blog. It"s a single layer 24 inch...
The 3D Method of Corset Pattern Drafting – Draping
As promised I managed to dig out some photos of the three dimensional method of pattern drafting (as apposed to the 2D flat pattern drafting method we were discussing yesterday). I'm lucky enough to have an old school dress form thats a great starting shape for corset...
Using The 2D Method of Drafting Corset Patterns
So I've been using the 2D method of drafting corset patterns over a bodice block, I've not used a bodice block before but Robert Doyle uses it in his book 'Waisted Efforts' so I thought I'd give it a go. The bodice block isn't really proving very successful for any...
Corset Pattern Drafting – Fixing your Edges – Photos!
Yesterday I thought I'd show you all how I fix up my edges, that is, how I draw the top and bottom edges of a corset pattern - via a video blog. (So if you didn't catch that check it out in my previous blog post below.) As promised here are the photos I took so you...
Getting the Edges Right on Your Corset Patterns
When drafting corset patterns it can be difficult to get all the pieces to match up exactly. So if you've ventured into corset designing you may find todays video blog particularly useful... Today I've been mostly drafting corset patterns! Yes today and all of this...
Sewing Room Clean-up
Today I'm having a late spring clean. Getting the sewing room straightened out for the marathon of corset making I have planned for the next few weeks. I'm also reluctantly getting rid of the 'extra sewing supplies' in my tin - So for all those curious about my little...
Setting Your Eyelets Straight
The video on eyelet setting is now finished, check it out below! It's basically a follow up to the photo version I put up last week but it makes it easier to see what I'm doing. Again thank you to Forthe for letting me put up the images of your...
Another Year at Corset Training
Another Year at Corset Training & A Few Changes To Be Made Well it's a few days after my 28th birthday and give it a few months Corsettraining.net will also be another year older. So it's a time of reflection for me and as the website nears 4 years old I'd like...
Setting Eyelets Straight
I've just finished a tutorial on eyelet setting, check it out on the articles page or click here - Getting Your Eyelets Straight - How to set corset eyelets Forthe asked on facebook how to avoid the wonky eyelets she's getting - Click for bigger pics. So I've done a...
Read moreDouble boning with the strips of bone casing is easy, you use a double width tube and sew a line down the middle to create two tubes.
How do you Make a Corset with Double Boning Channels?
Double boning with the strips of bone casing is easy, you use a double width tube and sew a line down the middle to create two tubes. Corset making is an enjoyable and gratifying hobby, you can conserve money and add to your waist training wardrobe in addition to...
Read moreNow, in terms of time scale; your waist reduction will be affected by your body type, to be precise by your fat mass and abdominal muscle strength.
Corset Training – Introducing You to the Realities
Now, in terms of time scale; your waist reduction will be affected by your body type, to be precise by your fat mass and abdominal muscle strength. Corset training, likewise referred to as waist training, figure training and the even more familiar tight-lacing, is at...
