Corset Fashion Show Work Week

Leather Waist Cincher

Kathi Posliff has started her corset! She stenciled a pattern onto pre-cut waist cincher pieces then stiched along the pattern that she had traced onto the leather and it's under layer of gold silk.

you can see Kathi's corset and about 35 others at Farthingales Corset Fashion Show during the Creativ Festival in Toronto October 22nd.

Just one corset..of many

Production for the Corset Fashion Show is well underway! This is just one of many corsets that will be featured and it's not quite finished - it's also not on a proper sized mannequin.

This corset was created by starting with Vogue Patterns dress block/sloper. How I did it will be outlined in my second corset making book which unfortunatly will likely not hit stores until 2013. It's made from deep magenta Chinese brocade and features a hidden busk.

For discounted tickets to the Corset Fashion Show check out the "Sale" page on the Farthingales web site. http://www.farthingalescorsetmakingsupplies.com/

Hoop Connectors

Hoop Connectors are back at Farthingales!

So what the heck is a "hoop connector"?  It's a small rust resistant clip that slides onto the end of a lenght of hoop steel, slides through a hoop skirt casing and then slides onto the other end of the length of hoop steel...creating....a hoop! 

Makes hoops easy to make, and easy to take apart for compact storage. Great for hoop skirts and Mascots....think the big bellied ones.
Want to know more? Click here "Hoop Connectors" or on the title of this post.

Setting Grommets

I've just tried to set a grommet using an eyelet setting tool....the grommet, washer, and dies are now wedged so tightly together they may never come apart. I knew betterm but obviously was not paying attention. Even when you've got instructions...always remember to set grommets with a grommet setter and eyelets with an eyelet setter!
If you're not sure how to set grommets check out the link - it's really pretty easy...

The Bone Tipping Tool is Back

The Farthingales Bone Tipping Tool has made a comeback. It's a little different from the one in the past but still CUTS and Tips spiral and spring steel bones!

It makes custom corset making a whole lot easier on your hands and faster. We only had 12 made and 4 have already shipped to costume shops as far away as New Zealand.

new book

I've started work on book two; a more advanced corset making book. It will include step by step directions for making different types of corsets like this one that illustrates matching lace.

The shows matching lace at center back

WebSite Transition

We now taken down the old web site - if you go to it you SHOULD be redirected automatically. This aspect seems to be working but there are still some pages that don't. We're working on this.

However, at the moment the e-mail has not started getting forwarded despite being set up to do so. If you've sent us an e-mail since noon on May 3rd we may not have got it if the address was @farthingales.on.ca
Please resend to  sales@farthingalescorsetmakingsupplies.com