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Sabrina ([personal profile] mala_14) wrote2016-07-28 11:13 pm

Finished?

I finally finished binding my corset. I don't know if I'll end up flossing it. At this point, I'm just tired of working on it and want to move on to something else. Flossing would probably be good, but I'm not sure that it's necessary. I'll have to try wearing the corset more and seeing if the bones have any inclination to twist or move around. If not, then I'm calling it done and not working on flossing. If it needs flossing... well, we'll see when I get around to it.

Next project is hoops/cage crinoline! The fabric (pillow ticking) is in the wash. I'll cut out the pieces tomorrow and probably also get them assembled.

[identity profile] mala-14.livejournal.com 2016-08-01 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Right! Although flossing is often a much simpler pattern than the examples I showed you. I picked extra pretty ones to show.

[identity profile] tigerweave.livejournal.com 2016-08-02 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I see. I liked the pretty! Well I figure if you're gonna do it, may as well do it prettily :-D

Although I can think of many women who would be like 'just utilitarian is all I want thankyou!'

[identity profile] mala-14.livejournal.com 2016-08-02 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of the really fancy ones were done on machine by corset manufacturing companies. I was definitely not in the mood to do pretty ones because I was sick with a cold when I was doing it. But it got done!

[identity profile] tigerweave.livejournal.com 2016-08-02 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Oh right yeah that makes sense.

No I wouldn't have been doing pretty ones either if I was sick with a cold!