Soufle, Souffle, Soofull

Remember the fabric we used years ago that could make a costume look like there was just skin.  It was called souffle and was a nude colour and very fine. It had minimal stretch but great memory so it could be used on dance and skating costume as it moved with the wearer but retained it's shape. Well I've seen fabrics that look like it but don't have the characteristics it had BUT now I've found a fabric that doesn't look like it but does have the same characgteristics.

Check out the net section of our web site - this item has just been added today in nude and in black and it's 300 cm wide - that's 118 inches. www.farthingalescorsetmakingsupplies.com

Striped Corset

Book 2 is in the works and includes a chapter on working with stripes.

It should be on it's way to the publisher by the new year and available for purchase in 2013.

Silk and lace corset

JoAnn Zegers is making a corset for her grandaugher Emily to wear on the Corset Fashion Show runway during the Creativ Festival October 22nd.

She's layering fine black embroidered net over silk duopioni that fushia shot with black.

The plan is to pair the corset with black skinny jeans.

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...