Oh Frabjous Day!

[lovetriangle]

The binding is done! The binding is done! Callooh Callay, I chortle in my Joy!

I am FAR too impatient to wait for a mail order to arrive, despite the good advice from sarahbellem and peggyelizabeth. I went to Michael's and got some brass jumprings, as recommended by myladyswardrobe, and pink cotton floss since I couldn't find silk buttonhole in the right color. I have marked out my lacing holes. All 60 of them. Remind me again why I thought lacing in front and back was a good idea?

Now I just have to sit down and start stitching...  

Hey sarahbellem, when you made your effigy that laced front & back, did you make lacing holes all the way down the back tabs or did you stop at the waist? I'm inlcined to stop at the waist, but I shudder to think I'd make a bad decision out of laziness... bbbwwwwAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*gasp* *ahem* sorry...

Comments

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

Mine is also laced front and back. I have a "split" at the back where the original has one - I think its about an inch or two over the waist. I felt that lacing ALL the way down through the tabs would make it a bit too "victorian" in feel (not aesthetics as this is very unlike a victorian corset!). Mine was/is very comfy (apart from it stretching enough to be pretty much edge to edge front AND back after just 4 days wear!)

Hopefully you will be ok with the floss. Unfortunately I don't seem to have shown a close up of the eyelets after I had sewn them. I've only got a close up of them when they were whipped on ready for sewing.

By the way - I didn't use floss for mine, but I used normal sewing thread. This is because I used a silk floss on my old corset eyelets and the silk eventually wore away.

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

I've been using cotton embroidery thread for overcasting grommets for as long as I can remember and it's always held up for me. I have silk buttonhole on my PDSvN kirtle but I haven't worn that yet so I don't know how that will hold up. Regular thread, eh? That would cut down considerably on the bulk build-up at the center of the hole... hmmmmm...

"apart from it stretching enough to be pretty much edge to edge front AND back after just 4 days wear!"
I can't TELL you how freaked out I am about this! I used linen canvas that I know is going to stretch and after all this work I just know this darn thing is going to need taking in. :-(