The Corsetry Diaries
News, Making, Ponderings & Rants AboundTips for fully boning corset pattern panels 2
...continued. When fully boning a corset pattern panel the best way to make the boning channels is to use a thin piece of non-stretch cotton or muslin fabric. Lay your corset fabric on top and pin them together before sewing the boning channels. The layer of cotton...
Tips for boning continuous corset pattern panels
When you make a corset designed to have fully boned panels there are some very important things you should remember, here are a few pointers for you in regards to making a fully boned bodice... >Working out how much continuous steel (if your cutting your own corset...
Corset Training Coutil
I've been asked about coutil and how to tell it from regular cottons. First let me explain what it is - Coutil is a heavy cotton fabric designed specifically to make corset training corsets from. It has the least amount of stretch of any fabric available and is...
The Visual Effect of Sprung and Spiral Corset Bones
When making your corset training corset you should now know from my last post that steel bones are the way to go. You'll also know that spiral steels are a lot more flexible and bend in many more directions than sprung steels. What you might not know is that when you...
Boning material for Corset Training
There are a few types of material used to make corset bones from and as a beginner learning to make a corset for the first time, you can be forgiven for opting for the plastic option. Using steel in a garment can seem a scary and uncomfortable prospect. Steel bones...
Closures For Corset Training
So earlier we talked about zip closures, but can you make a corset with any other kinds besides the traditional busk? Well, yes, there are several methods of front closure in use on corset training corsets. Lacing - yes I know it seems obvious but it's often...
Zip closing corsets
We all know the traditional front opening method for a corset is the busk - a series of metal loops and knobs welded to two sprung steel corset bones. Nice and solid, unlikely to brake or bend. But what if you want to make a corset with a zipper closure? Well, while...
Fabrics For Corset Training Corsets
... Continuing from yesterday's discussion on outer corset fabrics, there are a number of heavyweight materials that add that feeling of quality you just don't get from cheap ready mades. Brocades are a very popular choice, the heavy ones of course, not the cheaper...
Corsetry Fabrics – What To Use?
Have you ever noticed those cheap corsets you see for sale online, or on girls in adverts for premium *ahem* men's lines. They're normally covered in a lightweight satin fabric that wrinkles and puckers around the seams. Using cheap or light weight material on a...
Corset Training How-To (4)
Permanent Effects and Health So we're discusses how tight lacing won't permanently change your shape in a matter of months -this is because it merely disperses the fat (moves it) and this will move back to its original location. Corset training can however have a...
Corset Training How-To (3)
How Long Should it be on? Well, most dedicated tight-lacers will practice a 23/7 rule. This means only taking their training corset off for exercise and wahsing and only loosening it to sleep. However, this is an extreme thats built up to over years, don't start at...
Adding Extra Boning Channels
If your learning how to make a corset and your pattern doesn't have enough boning channels, it can seem a bit daunting to just add in extra ones but it really is that simple. A corset training corset will often benefit from a few more bones as your going to be putting...
Exercise – Combating the Negative Effects of Corset Training
When you waist train its important to exercise as your movement will be restricted and your core muscles (normally responsible for holding up your torso) will be relaxed and therefore weakened. You need to do a mixture of cardio and core strengthening exercises to...
Diet, A Side Note
So you've heard it a thousand times in every magazine, on every doctor's bulletin board and every health related TV program, diet and exercise are key to weight loss and maintaining a healthy body. But diet means something sligtly different to a tight lacer. Diet...
Eat Sensible, Drink Sensible While Corseted
A few words on eating and drinking in your corset. You have to be careful how you 'fill the tank' while corset training. Those of you who've been tight lacing for a while now will no doubt have your own regimes but the less experienced would-be waist trainers will...
Weight Loss & Corset Training
If your planning on loosing weight by donning a corset and changing nothing else about your lifestyle then you will loose some weight, but its not the smartest move. Corset training will leave you unable to eat as much at mealtimes (unless you take the corset off but...
Reasons For Corset Training
Tight-lacers love the individuality of customising the body, a lot of modern corset training is practised because the wearer wants to follow their own idea of beauty rather than the reasons of old when corset training was practised to conform to society in the...
Personalize Your Corset Training Corset
So we're learning how to make a corset? Then why not have some fun with it and make yourself a corset you can't get anywhere else? That sounds difficult, I'm only a beginner Scarlet! Ah but I'm not talking about fancy lacework or intricate design features. You can...
