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is a small victory in itself rigilene doesn t work well for corsetry it s far too flimsy for one thing so it was great to see them working with steel boning and i must say just how envious i am that they had access to hand presses for the eyelets i so badly want one but they are so expensive a hand press is definitely on my to save for list but they re not a necessity for corsetry so we can do without but those limitations they had four hours to make their pieces i definitely couldn t make one of my corsets in that time though i do cut and tip my own boning and hand finish my binding for example there were some nice things about the pattern they followed the seamlines down the front and the top and bottom lines were attractive but there wasn t much curve to the pattern it clearly wouldn t give any reduction and was quite tubular it didn t look like they had access to fabrics specifically made for corsetry ie coutil instead the contestants were left to choose their own fabrics from the usual haberdashery if they d been able to use coutil they would have had much better results without so much rippling seen in some of the pieces made in finer cottons looked like a couple were made in poplin for example get your supplies if you want to make a corset using the right fabric my favourite suppliers are vena cava and sew curvy both uk based both ship internationally though so go ahead if you re not in the uk yourself in celebration of the sewing bee s corsets burda style are currently giving away this downloadable corset pattern for free i haven t used this pattern myself but it does look quite tubular i m afraid but fear not if you want something more curvy sew curvy have launched their first corset pattern this week which promises to be more hourglass again i haven t tried this one myself but julia is a specialist in corsetry so she knows what she s doing over to you what did you think of last night s sewing bee did it give you the courage to try out making your first corset do you have questions about how to do that what did you think of the contestant s pieces watch out for my next post where i ll look at the history part of the show edit part 2 is here posted by clare at 11 50 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels corsetry corsets fabric great british sewing bee how to make a corset learn to make a corset monday 23 february 2015 the great british sewing bee corsets or boned bodices so i ve just seen a little trailer for this week s episode of the great british sewing bee and it s filled me with trepidation this week is the one i ve been waiting for they re making corsets or rather they re making what they re calling boned bodices but it looks like all the contestants are referring to them as corsets gratuitous patrick grant photo i suspect they re making something that has zero reduction so doesn t cinch the waist but does smooth the body and is designed to function as a bodice top for wearing with a skirt perhaps that way it s not too racy oh lingerie too brazen for the beeb and avoids any fearmongering about reduction or body modification but your ribs will break here s the little preview the great british sewing bee does corsetry i m keen to see what techniques they use and how the contestants get on i definitely saw spiral steel in the trailer so they are using steel boning what do you think of the sewing bee should they be making speed corsets would this encourage you to have a go at making a corset if you re thinking about making your first i ve got some info coming up soon about corset patterns so keep your eyes peeled subscribe to my mailing list to be first to know when it lands edit here is my first post on the corsets made in this episode of the show and part 2 is here posted by clare at 12 22 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels great british sewing bee how to make a corset learn to make a corset tv wednesday 11 february 2015 wordless wednesday the wordless catch up well mostly wordless study trip to the bath fashion museum corsets we bought a house in august it has a fox tap in the garden was made for me behind the scenes at ococ14 photo shoot the lovely alivya free alivya v free wearing my nyx corset photography by scott chalmers playing with photography it s been a while but i m glad to be back what have you been doing posted by clare at 11 35 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels corsetry corsets sunday 8 september 2013 the oxford conference of corsetry sunday hometime as you can imagine i was quite tired on sunday having gone to my room at 2am i managed to drag myself out of bed with some help from my friend nikki who knocked for me to make sure i didn t miss breakfast which reminds me i haven t mentioned much about the fabulous service and staff at jesus college the ladies and gents working there were so helpful and accommodating all weekend serving up a full english breakfast with a smile every morning cleaning up after us and providing endless cups of tea and coffee all day long seriously when i got home it felt weird to have to actually sort out my own food and drink despite the fab food i felt a bit ill all sunday not because of anything i ate or drank the night before but because i was very nervous about my photo shoot that morning this was the first time i d made a corset for anyone other than myself and there were no fittings i had to make it purely from measurements so i was doubtful it would fit i was also fairly convinced that it would simply fall apart as i tried to lace it up which i know is illogical but such is fear so as you can imagine i was getting a bit worked up detail of my finished corset other than feeling nervous the morning waiting for the shoot was spent adding further embellishment chatting with my new friends and trying not to actually drool on the other amazing corsets they were working on as well as the photo shoots sunday brought us antique corsets from the symington collection presided over by sarah nicol and her lovely assistant hannah wroe a textile and corsetry teacher i already knew from nottingham unfortunately i missed sarah s talk as it was during my photo shoot but i did get to go and check out the corsets after lunch and i am so glad i did this is the largest selection of corsets symington have ever sent out for an event like this and it was a truly impressive array even better we were allowed to carefully touch and handle the corsets and take photos to our hearts content i won t share them all but this should give you an idea of how unique an experience this was courtesy of the symington collection many thanks courtesy of the symington collection with thanks so many corsets so little time the absolutely stunning bride of dracula corset by royal black brought along by morgana thank you alas all good things must come to an end and the conference was no exception 4pm came ticking around far sooner than any of us would have liked looks were exchanged the end was nigh and sure enough julia gave a short speech thanking everyone for their help support and attendance and announcing the end of the conference had that really been a whole weekend was it over already we dragged our feet and stitched a little longer waiting for buses and trains but there was no denying it this was the end there were hugs facebook friend requests and even tears somehow this weekend of loving corsets didn t just lead to that rather professional and perhaps impersonal idea of networking it actually brought a lot of people very close very quickly and friendships were forged across the world with many promises of coming again next year and looking each other up if we were ever in their neck of the woods julia hadn t even worked out whether there would be a next year at that point but i don t think we were giving her an option and luckily we didn t have to it has since been announced that the college has been booked again the oxford conference of corsetry will happen again in 2014 the journey home was a strange combination of subdued and excited i was sad that such an amazing weekend was over but i was also so inspired by everything i d learnt and all the wonderful people i d met there was much sketching of ideas pondering of possibilities and pawing of finds from the swap and then i was home you want to know how good this year s conference was in short well i m already saving for next year and since my last post on this marianne faulkner designer of pop antique and aka victoria dagger model and the other model at the conference as well as workshop runner phew multi talented or what has posted her thoughts on the conference too posted by clare at 12 00 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels corsetry corsets oxford conference of corsetry friday 6 september 2013 the oxford conference of corsetry saturday so i left off my report on pre conference friday by saying how lovely the other conferenceers i like it makes us sound like we should have cool chapeaus and big boots were it was with these delightful ladies i spent saturday learning about draping corsets on a form much less scary than i was expecting thanks to gerry quinton mastermind behind morua designs and the fine art of fitting with particular emphasis on that trickiest of spots the bust led by an expert in that region alison campbell creator of crikey aphrodite s yumminess there were goody bags with pressies from janome and pretty corset postcards yay as well as a huge fabric and embellishment swap seriously i don t think all that stuff even left the building it might even have formed its own gravitational pull at one point this isn t even the peak of the swap sari fabric antique lace pretty pretty things we even had media coverage on the bbc news website in pictures a local newspaper and bbc local radio julia speaks about the conference at 2 25 20 there was stitching coffee and chatter the three staples of any corsetier methinks between classes in our hub with much setting of eyelets and other fun i hate setting eyelets it s the most stressful part of corsetry i think so there i was setting eyelets on saturday afternoon getting more and more stressed you see one of the many awesome parts of the conference was the opportunity to sign up for a short photo shoot with a professional model and photographer and as my city guilds deadline finished just before it was announced that one of those models would be the multi talented and utterly gorgeous morgana aka threnody in velvet a make up artist and photographer herself i thought this would be a good idea hence the deadline that s kept me off blog for a few weeks it was a bit of a scary experience drafting the corset purely from someone s measurements without any fittings but this was too good an opportunity to miss here s a little sneak peek late night phone snap sorry the photo shoots were sunday i hadn t finished the eyelets or embellishment and it was saturday now you see my stress also i loved the look of the loomstate satin i used from sew curvy earlier in the year but it frayed like a complete bastard seriously i think it gave me splinters so more stress but it s ok i soon had a distraction in the shape of saturday night saturday night was a real treat pimms o clock that s the official name right followed by a formal dinner in the hall oh yes didn t i tell you we ate all our meals beneath the watchful gaze of queenie founder of the college and charles i and lawrence of arabia bottom left that s just a taste of our imposing and impressive surroundings it really made the weekend even more dream like and fabulous and the staff at jesus were so friendly and helpful i couldn t ask for more due to rain the pimms drinks reception was held in a rather fancy room whose name escapes me but which contained yet more queenie and what s more she had a cherry earring a cherry earring yep so she kept watchful gaze over our drinking for some people the first time they d tried pimms and admiration of everyone s gladrags then it was off to dinner and another highlight our after dinner speaker was ian frazer wallace someone i admit i hadn t heard of and i wasn t the only one many of us went a googling and found precious little about this mysterious corseteer then julia posted this video of his work on famed burlesque dancer immodesty blaise mild bottom nudity towards end of video http www youtube com watch v pywfajelnj4 polly fey in more ziad ghanem made in collaboration with ian frazer wallace image from fashion pr ian made the green and white corsets in collaboration with designer ziad ghanem wow eh that soon cleared things up so when the conference finally came around we were all excited to hear ian s talk and he did not disappoint an interesting fellow and an enlightening speech giving us a glimpse into the fashion world s take on corsetry with interjections from his muse polly fey also glimpsed in the video second model to walk out on the finale corsetted shaved head many tattoos looks awesome it was something of a double act could things get any better turns out they could these two weren t a pair of snooty fashionistas here for their talk then off to something more important despite what hollywood films might lead us to expect no they stayed all night hit the bar with us chatted drank giggled entertained hugged and were just generally delightful company fun people and genuinely well nice they spoke to everyone sharing advice showing interest and giving encouragement ian wished me luck with my photo shoot when i said good night and teased me for sewing in the bar at midnight since i still hadn t finished my corset for the shoot and it turned out mine was in the morning so it was that i ended up tottering to my room at 2am tired but inspired thus endeth saturday at the conference just one day left posted by clare at 7 18 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels corsetry corsets oxford conference of corsetry friday 30 august 2013 so colette patterns have been nominates for a martha stewart american made award worth 10 000 and they decided they would give that cash to their three employees ie the non owners who work there they make gorgeous patterns and they re lovely i ve gotta vote you should too the rules state you can vote up to 6 times a day apparently posted by clare at 10 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday 29 august 2013 the oxford conference of corsetry friday pre conference it s been rather quiet here since my city guilds exhibition because i ve been working on a corsetry deadline last weekend i was lucky enough to go to the first oxford conference of corsetry i ll come right out and say this from the start it was one of the best weekends ever gorgeous corsets stunning surroundings and m...