This corslette kit provided materials that you can use to construct a garment using your own pattern or an adaptation of your underbust corset draft from the Bra Sewing Bee. If you need a pattern, Clare lists the one that she used for her project in her instructions.
Corsets are becoming more and more popular for women of all ages and sizes. Even though this kit is not for a true corset, it can be used for a garment that will be a light version of a corset that you can make with your bra sewing skills, supplies and understanding. Our featured Artist for this set is Clare F. She used the Harriet By Cloth Habit for her bra, Tulip Hi-Cuts by Primrose Dawn and the Corset Belt by Sofi Collection for her corslette. Absolutely stunning. If you'd like a copy of the instructions that Clare created to describe how she made her corslette, please check the box and it will be delivered to your email box.
We found this gorgeous lace in two color ways and immediately fell in love! The galloon edge is subtle, and the overprinted blossoms steal the show and are thriving- aptly named "Flourish" in a month of Flowers Everywhere (those April showers bring May flowers)! It's a generous bouquet on the table, a carefully kept garden, the decorations at special gatherings you'll remember all your life...
It is available in a cool variety and a warm variety because we couldn't choose. The cool variety goes well over cream and pairs perfectly with Garnet, Aegean, Fern and Amethyst. The warm version goes over Cocoa Butter and coordinates with Watermelon, Monarch, Emerald and Persimmon. We do love a good embroidered lace with overprinting!
A Corslette Kit contains:
Sewing Notes:
The strength of our microduoplex fabric, which makes it so wonderful for bras, also makes it hard to puncture with needles and pins. This is true with most duoplex fabrics. Use either fine silk pins or Wonder Clips to pin (I find Wonder Clips work best), and a Microtex 80/12 needle with a smooth thread like Superior Threads So Fine or Mettler Metrosene to make it easy to sew. In my testing, the So Fine thread and Microtex 80/12 won the challenge of the nicest stitch on microduoplex, and as long as my presser foot completely covered the seam allowance, I found it just as easy to sew as quilting cotton. I moved the needle to the right to set my seam allowance at 1/4" since my presser foot is a bit wide. I find it works well to saturate the lace with liquid starch and let it dry before laying out your pattern pieces and cutting your fabric. This stiffens the lace until you wash it and the lace has enough body to behave well in the sewing process.
We offer all these pins, clips, needles and thread here on our site.