Bespoke Corsetry

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Silk Ribbon Roses Tutorial.

Posted by Marloes Dadswell on Friday, April 15, 2016,

One of the things I like most about corset making is the embellishment. I love using antique lace, delicate beads and fun embroideries. Currently I am working on an emerald green corset with antique frivolité lace (tatting) to which I am adding small embroidered silk ribbon roses. You can embroider these roses by hand of course, but did you know you can make them with the use of a sewing machine? In this tutorial I will show you how to make a rosebud with stem using your sewing machine.emeraldcorsetwip1

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Imagine the smell of new silk...

Posted by Marloes Dadswell on Tuesday, August 18, 2015,

Corsetry and so called waist training is making a massive comeback or have corsets simply never really left at all? Even after the Victorians, corsets have been a staple part of fashion even if sometimes invisible and used as the base of a haute couture gown or wedding dress. Sexy girdles in the fifties worn with those iconic seemed stockings and gorgeous corset like stage wear from Jean Paul Gaultier. For me it was the latter that first grabbed my attention. Growing up in de eighties and see...


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