Chiffon. It’s a light weight semi transparent fabric that if you’ve ever sewn, you’ll know the pain of 100 suns.

Here’s a fantastic tutorial by Eggie’s Red Dres which produces seams that look this good:

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Now this is something I get asked about a lot- how do you bone your corsets? I use flat steel boning, which you can buy from Vena Cava. I use the 13mm stuff because it’s a easy measurement to make 15mm boning cases on my machine, and it’s heavy duty without being too hard to work with.

So first off, why steel boning? Well, most people don’t realise that with corsets it’s actually the fabric that does all the cinching in. The boning is there to push the fabric out so it doesn’t rumple and hurt you. The more boning and the stronger the boning the more comfortable a corset actually is. Steel boning is actually easier to use than you think, and works out just as cheap as many other alternative methods out there.

The issue with steel boning is that you have to finish the tips, otherwise it will just poke its way out of the corset over time. This tutorial will show you the method I use to make my tips safe, so without further ado, here are the materials you need!

You will need:

• A Dremel/Rotary tool. You can use a metal file, if you want to do this forever. A grinder will also work wonders.
• Tin snips to cut the steel
• PTFE tape. Used by plumbers for radiators. Get some cheap on ebay or a hardware store.
• Continuous steel boning. This is 13mm from Vena Cava.

You will also need the corset you’ll be boning so you can take the measurements.

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