The corset fashion show will take place at the Toronto Metro Convention Center on October 22nd 2010 during the Creativ Festival. While Farthingales is producing the show there are about 32 women involved and a couple of men to! Everyone has submitted sketches or descriptions which means everyone who originally signed up is still on board which is pretty incredible for a volunteer project.

Kathi is the first one I've got some photos from; as a fiber artist with no corset building experience she's focusing on the fabric. She's creating two corsets for the corset fashion show. One corset is being featured in A Needle Pulling Thread magazine in a three part series - check out the August Issue for the first installment.

Several fabrics cut into bits and pinned securley between two layers of net.

The second corset Kathi is working on will be built from the same corset pattern - a modern take on an 18th century corset. She's taken several fabrics, cut them into bits and with decorative machine stitching anchorded them between two layers of open net. This one of kind fabric is only being used as a detail; it's being combined with other purchased fabric.

There will be over 30 corsets on the runway during the corset fashion show and many will be on display for the balance of the weekend. So mark you calendar and book a day off work Friday October 22nd this is a show worth seeing.

Corset Fashion Show

Farthingales is producing a Corset Fashion Show for the Creativ Festival, October 22nd 2010. Follow the link to find out more about this event and the many aspects of the Creativ Festival - you won't want to miss it.

This is going to be an amazing show with 30+ corsets made by over 20 people. Everyone has designed and created a unique one of kind corset. Over the next few weeks some of these corsets will be posted here on the Farthingales Corset Blog. None of the corsets are finished yet but we'll be posting pictures of the sketches and fabrics that are now in production.

This project is awesome in that it's a team project. The women involved are not competeing but supporting the process - right down to shoe swaping to make the outfits complete! We actually had a "Cinderella" situation....who ever fit the shoe got to wear the corset!

Check back each week to see more as we close the gap to October 22nd!
Look for the ribbon dress that's actually a corset, the steel corset - welded not sewn! The corset that's knit but still creates great shape, the lace corset with red bones and many more. 

You can follow the progress of one team in the Canadian magazine "A Needle Pulling Thread"
http://www.aneedlepullingthread.com/

Over Bust corset making class

Farthingales L.A. is hosting a two day over-bust corset class at Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, Illinois this coming August!

Two full days it tight to learn all there is about corset making but you will learn alot. Most people don't finish the corset in class but at least they have a pattern that fits them and they know how to complete the corset.

If you really want to know how to fit an over bust corset and put one together this is a good choice. Note: white coutil is used and there is limited to no opportunity to embellish it in class. This is all about learning the processes.

Follow the link for more details

Corset Class - waist cincher

Farthingales L.A will be hosting a one day Waist Cincher Class at Vogue Fabrics in Evanston, Illinois this August.

This is a great way to start corset making especially if you're new to sewing but even if you're not. This class is based on Rye & Ginger Kits waist cinchers to make it a fun and easy class that results in a great fashion accessory AND learning the basics of corset construction.

In the past we've had people come from as far as Washington state, Vogue Fabrics can connect you with hotels in the area and the shopping experience at the flag shop can be amazing - you'll get a discount card when you

"A Needle Pulling Thread"

This is a great Canadian needlework magazine that features many project ideas with instructions. The editor has invited us to chronicle some aspects of our pending Corset Fashion Show to be held at the Creativ Festival in Toronto, Friday, October 22.

I've started the article already as the first deadline is in June. I'll be writing about the developement of one corset - from the sketch to the run way. The corset for the article will be an 18th Century style that's being created for contemporary fashion. I believe the artivcle will be in the August edition of "A Needle Pulling Thread".

Corset Bones at Discount Prices

Vogue Fabrics the US distributor for Farthingales Corset Supplies now offers discounts on several products based on small volume purchasing.

For example:
Light spring steels (white bones) now have a discount of 20% for orders of 50 bones or more (on one size).
This offer is for item #28-8106-series, the  typical 1/4" wide white bone found at many US sources and not sold through our Canadian location.

Corset Making Class

The next Corset Class taught by Linda Sparks of Farthingales will be held October 20th at the Creativ Festival in Toronto. The information should be on their web site soon.

You can sign-up for their e-mail news letter by following the link provided here. http://www.csnf.com/f10_index.html

The class is just one day! And will be based on a pre-cut corset kit similar but not the same as those found on http://www.ryeandgingerkits.com/