| napoleon |
[07 Jan 2010|10:19pm] |
Even though I loved Armand Assante as Napoleon Bonaparte, my favorite Napoleon is Albert Dieudonné in the 1927 silent film Napoléon.
      
|
|
| More items for ETSY |
[08 Jan 2010|01:48pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 tired |
] |
More items added to ETSY.......
LEATHER THONG NECKLACE 
GRAPHIC PRINT BUSTIER
|
|
| Help with a Mock-Up Fitting... |
[07 Jan 2010|05:21pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
 curious |
] |
| [ |
music |
| |
none |
] |
I have just completed the 1st mock-up of my fourth corset this evening, and would like to ask for your help with correcting the fit over the stomach. I have already altered this area to curve in under the stomach, so that the corset is flush with the skin, but I would like to know if there is anything I can do to flatten the stomach instead. I am considering taking it in a little more at the lower edge and/or adding chevron or horizontal boning there, but I am afraid that the hip will no longer fit smoothly when the resulting wider gap is laced to evenness. I don't think more vertical boning is the answer, since my last corset had a wall of it at center front, and it had the same problem.
If you are still interested ;)
Please view my latest journal entry "1st Mock-up Completed" for pics and a thorough overview of the problem.
I would appreciate any help you could give me :) Happy crafting!
|
|
| Pattern drafting |
[07 Jan 2010|10:09pm] |
Hi
I have some pattern drafting problems, I draft all my patterns myself, and I have made quite a few corsets but all for myself. Lately I have drafted a corset pattern for 3 different people all of different sizes and they have all turned out a tad to big.
I use flat pattern making and all the measurements are exactly as the persons except for the waist that have a reduction of 10 cm (4 inches), I have a gap in the back and all is fine and dandy until the corsets are finished, goes on and laces almost all shut.
I made no mock ups, since the persons were not supposed to get the corsets they just lent their measurements and bodies to me for a while.
It is worst on the two smaller sizes, the larger size laces the gap in the back to half shut but the two smaller laces them completely shut.
One would think that the smaller sizes would be the ones that have nothing to "move" other then skin and bones but they still reduce all measurements with almost 8cm (3 inches) witch is what the gap were.
The bigger size reduces 4 cm (1,6) on all measurements (gap was 6cm (2,4 inches).
So when making patterns from scratch would one want to make it a rule to take of lets say 6 cm (2,4 inches) from all the measurements first when working with smaller sizes? and for larger sizes perhaps 2,5 cm (1 inch)?
Is this a problem you have encountered to and how do you think when drafting? I know there were a discussion about how much to reduce for a while ago and almost everyone said "only reduce the waist" but that have not really worked out that well for me.
Please help me :)
|
|
|
[07 Jan 2010|02:28pm] |
Okay, where the hell is my snow already?!
I'm tried of HEARING about it-- I wanna SEE it now.
And if we get really dumped on, I'm totally calling in sick tomorrow.
Those snowmen aren't gonna make themselves!
**** ADDENDUM ****
YAY! IT'S SNOWING!
--J
|
|
| Dentist Fail |
[07 Jan 2010|12:40pm] |
*sigh*
So after a LOT of asking around, I get a couple of really strong recommendations for a dentist. My normal dentist is in WVa - twelve hours away - so I don't get to go see him as often as I'd like, and especially not while there's snow on the ground (last time I went to Fairmont during the winter, a three-day weekend turned into a two-week snowing-in).
So I had an appointment this morning... they do the exam, take X-Rays... my insurance will cover 100% of that. The rest - two caps (one to replace an old cap, one to replace a filling I've managed to crack) and I think two small fillings - my insurance will only pay 50% of-- and I can't afford even that 50%. Major motherfucking suckage.
So it looks like I'm gonna have to wait 'till the spring thaw so I can go to WVa and see David. David, my dentist since I was about fifteen or sixteen, is Dad's colleague and best friend (after Mom) and something of a favourite uncle to me-- and he never charges me.
So it looks like I'm gonna have to wait. Two months... I can deal with that, I think.
Sucks, though. I mean, what the hell am I paying for insurance for?
Feh.
--J
|
|
| Weird |
[07 Jan 2010|11:01am] |
Three entries in a row on my flist about dreams people had last night. I guess it was an evening for memorable ones. Mine was slightly less so, but I did realize upon awakening that I had now dreamed of dead people I knew two nights in a row. ( So there's that. )
So yeah, not so dramatic, but then, I don't always have to be dramatic, do I? Sometimes I just have to get more coffee and put the cats' food bowls away.
|
|
| Customer Etiquette |
[07 Jan 2010|07:51am] |
Hey guys!
I've been a long-time lurker on here and I still have no corset! But! Since I have some Christmas "cheer" to spend, I might just be able to afford one. From my time here, I know all about the different styles and OTR vs. custom and all the parts that go into one and the value of each...
What I want to know is... what do you as Corset Makers look for in your customers? As a first-time buyer of anything custom made, I want to make sure I'm playing by the book and I am as informed as I can possibly be about the purchasing and communication process. I don't want my first corset-maker to be my guinea pig, the poor thing. XD
Thanks in advance!
|
|
| Leather Corsets |
[06 Jan 2010|05:08pm] |
Hi everyone,
I've recently come into possession of a pretty awesome industrial sewing machine and have started back on an old faux leather corset project. My old machine just wouldn't get through it. The industrial sews beautifully, but to do the bias as I do them on regular fashion corsets is way too thick.
Right now I have cut smaller strips so I can just fold it over once, which eliminates some bulk, but it's still a bit messy to sew. Does anyone have any suggestions?
|
|
| Nonsequitur Theatre |
[06 Jan 2010|02:52pm] |
My new gym shoes smell like grape bubblegum.
Don't know what that's about.
--J
|
|
|
[06 Jan 2010|11:11am] |
Okay, getting up and out at 5AM, it's dark and COLD, man. And windy. Yeouch.
That is all.
--J
|
|
| Underbust Brocade Corset Size 32 Waist |
[06 Jan 2010|10:15am] |
Hi there,
I purchased a couple corsets from AZAC Designs (azacdesigns.com) a few years ago, but I have been losing weight - so they don't fit as well as they did when I first purchased them. For right now, I will be selling my black underbust brocade corset. It is off the rack size 32 waist.
AZAC Designs blurb about the corset style is:
Corset is fully steel boned with flat steel bones (a mix 1/4 and 1/2 inch wide), closes with a front busk closuer, lined, and interfaced. Back flap to keep skin from showing. Bi-directional back lacing. This is a real corset and will cinch you down 2-6 inches. We have been producing qaulity corsets for over eight years.
This corset is a size 32 waist when cinched fully.
I wore it a few times, but it doesn't have much wear at all.
Here is her store picture of the corset:
Here is a picture of mine laid out (under cut)
( more pictures )
I am asking for $100 or best offer, with $5 shipping & handling - Priority Mail. U.S. Only. :)
Thank you!
-Stephanie
|
|
| Fabrics for mockup - how to prevent different stretching? |
[06 Jan 2010|12:57pm] |
| [ |
mood |
| |
thoughtful |
] |
I'm having problems with corset mockups. I try to use a fabric that won't stretch or stretches the same as the finished corset, but very often the finished corset ends up to be too small - the mockup fabric stretches more than the finished corset. I do corsets by flatlining fashion fabric to coutil or sometimes strong twill (If I run out of coutil). For the mockups, I use whatever I can find or I buy some strong twill.
How do you solve this problem? Would it be just enough t use coutil for the mockups? I find it a bit too expensive as the coutil ends up in a trash bin...but perhaps it is worth the extra money?
|
|
| navigation |
| [ |
viewing |
| |
most recent entries |
] |
| [ |
go |
| |
earlier |
] |
|
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
totally_waisted's Friends Page
excited
