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The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners
by
Linda Sparks
Think of a corset as a blank canvas.
Here’s what’s included in this comprehensive guide to building your first corset:|
Section One: Tools and Materials for Corset Building
Discusses the tools you’ll need, plus types of steel, plastic, and textiles.
Section Two: Building a Corset
Everything you need to know about working with bones and busks, setting grommets and eyelets,
Hardcover, 84 pages
Published
December 23rd 2008
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published December 23rd 2005)
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This is in fact the very basics of corset building, so if you have any experience with sewing corsetry whatsoever skip it and go for something a bit more advanced.
That being said I'm sure for someone who had not done any sort of corsetry before this would be a good resource. It seems fairly clear and complete (though a tad repetitive at times).
That being said I'm sure for someone who had not done any sort of corsetry before this would be a good resource. It seems fairly clear and complete (though a tad repetitive at times).
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I want to say this book would be good for beginners, but I just can't. It is weird, in that it is both much too simplified and lacking in a lot of vital information. All in all, a very disappointing read.
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Good for absolute beginners, but sadly no instructions on how to do gussets or more fancy work
When I bought this book, I assumed it was for the beginning corset builder who already had strong sewing and pattern skills. I was wrong. This book is for absolute beginners, and assumes you can basically sew a straight line and that's it. It does do a good job of explaining the different components necessary in a corset (busks, grommets, different kinds of boning), and the instructions and diagrams are very clear, but I was looking for something more advanced. I will update when I have found be...more
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