Before I dash off to purchase better thread for flossing I thought I'd share the stitching diagram. The needle comes out from the interior to the exterior of the corset on hole number 1, and goes back in on hole 2, out at 3, in at 4, and so on. Stitching in this order allows the thread to show on the front of the corset, but only small stitches will be visible on the interior of the corset. I may round the bottom of the arrows instead of keeping the straight line, and I may need eight stitches across instead of seven, but you get the idea. Week eight of the sew along is done! I'll finish the flossing this weekend and lace the corset on Monday. Sew along participants who feel like they are off schedule can catch up this weekend too, and please do share images of your finished work on flickr group page. It is so exciting watching the progress of everyone's corsets, I can't wait to see more as they are completed!
Flossing on corsets is, in short, a particular type of embroidery on corsets, generally used at the ends of bone channels.
A simple blog to go a bit into the details of corset history through the centuries, making corsets,...
OK, here it is. The corsetmaker's dream: Symington's sampler of all their flossing patterns. All photos in this post are (C) Leicestershire County Council: The Symington Collection It's so big, it takes up three photos. In fact, this gorgeous specimen is a huge quilt made of smaller flossing…
I'd like to share my lates work - first attempt on flossing and spoon busks. Home-made photos of fresh result: Timeline - about 1882, many thanks to Sidney Eileen on flossing tutorial and samples! Also, anyone who used spoon busks - am I right, is it much harder to lace such corset tightly, than…
OK, here it is. The corsetmaker's dream: Symington's sampler of all their flossing patterns. All photos in this post are (C) Leicestershire County Council: The Symington Collection It's so big, it takes up three photos. In fact, this gorgeous specimen is a huge quilt made of smaller flossing…
Flossing on corsets is, in short, a particular type of embroidery on corsets, generally used at the ends of bone channels.
Because I have previously tried only the corset types with shaped panels or with a hip basque I have been very curious to give a proper gusseted Victorian corset a try. And because in my opinion 1870's was the last decade before the colorful and luxurious corsets really took over, I wanted this one to look practical and utilitarian. I chose drab coutil because that was one of the most common colors of it's day for an everyday corset. It's a single layer corset with seams sewn as shown here on the right. source: De Gracieuse archives, year 1872 Basically not sewing the seams together and then felling them, but by first folding part of the seam allowance up on the underside and down on the top side, then pinning the layers together and then sewing them down at the edge of both folds. The gussets are inserted in a similar manner as shown on the top illustration. The pattern is from 1876. I found it from one of my favorite resources, De Gracieuse archives. It's the bottom left corset here and the pattern pieces can be found here. It also has several additional bone casings made by sewing strips of coutil inside the corset. The flossing is made with graphite grey silk. It's boned with spiral steel. For the first time I'm happy with the shape with no complaints. It looks quite small waisted, but in fact it isn't any smaller than any of my previous corsets. It's just an illusion created by having enough flare for bust and hips. And a few close-ups:
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OK, here it is. The corsetmaker's dream: Symington's sampler of all their flossing patterns. All photos in this post are (C) Leicestershire County Council: The Symington Collection It's so big, it takes up three photos. In fact, this gorgeous specimen is a huge quilt made of smaller flossing…
Hiya All. I though I would try and make a visual tutorial of flossing. I am illustrating 2 different methods, that creates slightly different visual impact. EDIT: This tutorial is not meant to be "the only true way" of flossing. My methods may or may not be historically correct, and there are…
Flossing on corsets is, in short, a particular type of embroidery on corsets, generally used at the ends of bone channels.
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