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Closeups of the Stars

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 09:16 — Maggie

Stars Closeup 2Stars Closeup 2Closeup of StarsCloseup of Stars
Closeups of the flossing stars for dfr.

I start with an X, then I make the next line actually two lines, each from the outside and then just over where the two starting lines crossed. For the last line, I start from one side and then loop around where all of the threads intersect in the center, but don't actually make that one two separate stitches. I'm not sure that's what I'll keep doing, though, since it doesn't seem to be too clean on the back, and of course wouldn't work on a boning channel.. unless perhaps it went across two boning channels.. but then I think it would be too big for a simple asterisk star pattern. I'm sure refining my flossing will be a long and time-consuming process!

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I'm Declaring the Ivory Corset Done!

Sun, 04/03/2011 - 20:37 — Maggie

I'm Declaring it DoneI'm Declaring it DoneIvory Corset InsideIvory Corset Inside
I know, it doesn't really look different than the last one or the one before that. Or the one before that. After finishing the flowers and the blue top flossing for the boning channels, I felt like it needed something else. So I added little stars in blue and silver, and silver running stitches along the sides of the busk.
The inside doesn't look particularly polished, but it actually is lined, but the lining is Vera Wang canvas rather than something white. And the flossing is of course goes all the way through to the lining. I believe that's how it's supposed to be done, but it does look unpolished that way. Perhaps I just need to work on making the underside of the flossing look decent. Or do less flossing. The pinstripes on that canvas also make straight lines a great deal easier.
I've kept going and going with the flossing because since it's really way too small, especially around the top, I don't know what makes it done. Maybe it's not a completed project at all, but besides the size problem, I rather like it. It's not perfect, but it does look fairly decent, and the general technique is definitely an improvement on my previous corsets. It's a learning experience! Flat fabric, almost no wrinkling.. just way too small!

And So It Continues (or, The Never-Ending Tale of the Ivory Corset)

Fri, 04/01/2011 - 10:26 — Maggie

Ivory Corset -- Getting Even Closer!Ivory Corset -- Getting Even Closer!
..The corset goes ever on and on..

I've finished everything for this corset that I expected to do-- the top and bottom of each bone and of both sides of the busk are flossed, and I've made a modesty panel, although it still needs some improvement. I used a floating modesty panel with grommets at the top, but other than that, it's only attached midway down by a loop of fabric, so at the very least, it needs a few more grommets. I also think that the busk flossing needs more. Definitely a flower on top off the "grass," at least.. it looks unfinished as it is. And I'm still thinking I'd like some flossing along the boning channels, probably a blue star-like design.
And then of course there's the problem of the fact that it doesn't quite fit. Well, it does in that I can wear it, so if that means it fits, then it fits. But it is too small, and the strips of lacing warp a bit, probably because the gap in the back is bigger than it really should be. And I can't tighten it without getting a really bad muffin-top effect. Next one *definitely* gets ease added at least to the top-- I seem to displace more upward than downward. Woah, that might even give the illusion that I actually have a chest!

On a related note, I just learned from Gloria's Blog entry that "muffin top" has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

It's Almost Done! (Or, The Continuing Story of the Ivory Corset)

Wed, 03/30/2011 - 12:24 — Maggie

Almost Done!Almost Done!
Well, it's almost done! There's a flower and a half missing in this picture, since I tried it on after I finished the binding, and I'd had to remove the flower-and-a-half in order to straighten out some of the binding on the bottom. (Note to self-- bind, then floss.) And I still have to floss around the bottom of the busk, and possibly some flossing elsewhere on the main body of the corset, I'm not totally decided on that, but it would help keep everything in place. It also needs a modesty panel, and you can kinda see the outline of the waist tape. But look at the lack of wrinkles!!
I can't get much reduction from it, and have muffin top problems if I try to tighten it much. For the next one, I'll add ease at the top to compensate for displacement, as suggested by Sparklewren and discussed by Cathy Hay in her Pint Glass To Hour Glass Shocker post in the Merry Corsetiers LiveJournal group.

Ivory Corset -- Flossing Along the Bottom Edge

Mon, 03/28/2011 - 17:30 — Maggie

Ivory Corset -- Flossing on the Bottom EdgeIvory Corset -- Flossing on the Bottom EdgeI've gotten the flossing mostly finished along the bottom edge. I'm not sure I like the busk flossing; it looks wrong somehow. It also looks a bit like it could be a shadow rather than a design element, so I'm probably going to redo the busk flossing with more of an actual plan. Maybe.
I haven't decided exactly how I'm going to do the flossing on the top, or whether I'm doing to do any flossing along the boning channels in between. I'll experiment with that tonight and tomorrow, probably before deciding what to do about the busk. I do like the blue, I'm just wondering if I should have done something more interesting.
Wow I'm indecisive..

Flossing

Sun, 03/27/2011 - 15:15 — Maggie

Flossing StartedFlossing Started So, dfr is almost finished her denim corset and it has pretty pink flowers for the flossing. And then of course she asked me if I'm going to do "real" flossing this time or "just" the criss-cross flossing like I did on my last one. Apparently I'm supposed to out-do her. So mine is going to be multi-colored, at least different colors for the leaves/grass and flowers. I haven't decided if I'm going to use any more colors, and I've only done the bottom of two channels so far.. but here's the picture. The top will definitely need something different, too.
Just to clarify: I'm not calling the fabric ripper an ass. Nor am I calling her a bumroll, bustle, farthingale, or any other body part, real or simulated. :p

My Silverado Corset is Finished!

Tue, 02/01/2011 - 15:20 — Maggie

Silverado Finished!: Finished Silverado corset, picture taken with the flash. It looks better this way, but is difficult to see the flossing.Silverado Finished!: Finished Silverado corset, picture taken with the flash. It looks better this way, but is difficult to see the flossing.

Silverado Finished! 2: The finished Silverado corset, taken with my camera's "manor/museum" setting. This setting makes the wrinkles look much more obvious, but it shows the colors a bit better, and makes the flossing more visible. *sigh* It does look less glamorous like that, though.Silverado Finished! 2: The finished Silverado corset, taken with my camera's "manor/museum" setting. This setting makes the wrinkles look much more obvious, but it shows the colors a bit better, and makes the flossing more visible. *sigh* It does look less glamorous like that, though.

My LM100 Silverado corset is finally finished! While it's imperfect in about a zillion ways, and there are a ton of things I'll do differently on the next one, this if the first corset I've actually finished and considered "worthy" of a busk. I should have considered the boning more carefully, used more boning in the front panels, taken the flossing into account while cutting the plastic bones, and thought out the binding more thoroughly. I also should have thought ahead of time and used a light-colored canvas layer rather than olive-green canvas with muslin sandwiched between the canvas and dupioni. BUT, for all that, it's a finished, flossed corset that's not half bad if I do say so myself! Not only that, but all of it is stash fabric, and so with all 4 layers taken into account, it's two yards for the stash contest!

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