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News, Making, Ponderings & Rants AboundTightening Your Laces Alone For Corset Training – Rabbit Ears Method
You can easily use the 'rabbit ears' method of lacing your corset training corset to make getting into your corset unassisted supper easy. It involves lacing the corset in the traditional criss crossed method until you get to the waist line, then leaving two big loops...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (10)
Corset Bones - Corset bones come in three main materials which are plastic, sprung steel and spiral steel. They also come in different widths, 5mm and 7mm are most common but I have worked with 4mm and 9mm too. These are the most common sizes but I don't doubt there...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (9)
Corset Construction Learning how to make a corset training corset is very different to learning how to make corset style lingerie or fashion wear. This is not a direct issue when looking for a corset pattern to work from, unless you plan on relying solely on the...
Corset Patterns to use for Corset Training (8)
... Measuring a plus sized figure for a corset training corset may mean that the usual sizing method - taking the waist size minus 4 inches and picking the corset pattern size that matches - results in a corset too big at the bust and hips. Instead go by the bust/hips...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training Corsets (7)
When learning how to make a corset, sizing is everything. If the corset pattern is drawn up too small, it will be impossible to get on (or at least uncomfortably tight). If it is too big however, it won't be any good for corset training. When measuring someone for a...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (6)
Corset Pattern Piece Numbers Another important thing to look for when choosing your corset pattern is the number of pattern pieces it has. This may not be obvious to the novice corset maker, but the more pieces the better the shape and the stronger the corset. Imagine...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (5)
Corset Shapes There are even more corset pattern shapes to choose from than lengths (on hips, over hips etc, see last few posts for more details). Below are examples of the main ones; the top line shows those commonly used for corset training, the second row are the...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (4)
... The last type of underbust is the waist corset or corset belt. This isn't really suitable for corset training but works well as a maintaining device if you want to sleep in something but can't get on with a normal corset. The other option might be to get a tight...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (3)
... The two main types of underbust for corset training in are the 'on the hips' and the 'over the hips' styles. This refers to the bottom edge and how low it goes over the stomach area. A pattern that reaches down over the hips will give more support to the stomach...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (2)
When searching for the right corset pattern you first need to decide on a shape, this will depend on several things including how active you're going to be in your corset, your body shape, personal comfort level etc. but as a rule of thumb, an underbust of some sort...
Corset Patterns for Corset Training (1)
If you're learning how to make a corset so you can make your own custom fit corsets for corset training, then it's important to know what to look for in a corset pattern. You need to find a pattern that suits you in shape; some people prefer over the hips, some on the...
Corset Training – How Long & How Fast? (3)
So we discussed earlier the daily timescale for waist training but how about reduction scale? How far can you and should you go when corset training? And how quickly can you expect to get there? Again there are no hard and fast rules, everyone is different and my best...
Corset Training – How Long & How Fast? (2)
We established yesterday that you need to slowly ease your body into long periods of corset training. The example given was 2hrs a week but this is a lot slower than most people take it. It's really a case of listening to your body and easing up if you begin to feel...
Corset Training – How Long & How Fast? (1)
I'm asked a lot how long you need to tight lace to start physically reducing your waist line and how fast you can start squeezing the inches away. Corset Training isn't supposed to be a quick fix (although it does instantly slim your figure when you don a corset) it's...
Read moreCorset training puts a lot of pressure on your skin and inhibits it breathing properly.
Corset Training & Healthy Skin
Corset training puts a lot of pressure on your skin and inhibits it breathing properly. When you start to corset train, one of the things you don't realize is how much of an effect it will have on your skin and its overall condition. It's not until you start to tight...
New Corset Design
It's summer finally and that means Comic Cons, this year I plan to go as Wonder Woman (I currently have blue hair, like the comic book heroine). So a nice tiny corseted waist like she had in the TV series will look spectacular! So a classic corset training overbust...
Designing Corset Training Corsets
This month I plan to design and make 2 unusual corset training corsets, these will be patterned up and added to the printable corset pattern range - you can check out the current patterns, one of which is a free corset pattern that you can instantly download, by...
Free Corset Pattern for Corset Training
For all the waist trainers out there looking to make a corset for the first time, I have a free corset pattern for you to try out! If you're new to corset training this will be a great introduction to the world of tight lacing - the waist corset pattern. If you're...
