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Janine's corset

Gorgeous lime green & black corset

This Lime green & black corset was based on a pattern that a friend drafted. As she has copyrighted it I asked her permission first! My client had a dress which she really liked, and she had been trying to find other garments in a similiar colour. I dyed the coutil using Dylon 'Tropical Green'. It is always nerve wrecking waiting to see what colour comes out of the washing machine! Coutil takes dye beautifully. I used sheer black fabric in the panels so that you could get an unexpected flash of skin. There was more handsewing than normal in this corset. I found it easier to hand sew the sheer black panels into place rather than trying to use the sewing machine. Another corset wish I could wear myself!

Pattern or design used: My Own Design - Wanton Woman Cosetry

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Posted on Dec 25th, 2010 in sewing, design, garment construction, fabric, reader's closet, garment, hand stitching, hand drafted patterns, forecasts, fabric dyeing, corset, handsewing

Comments (4)

Scheri writes: Really beautiful work
Posted: 11:04 pm on January 4th

Threads Forum writes: Thanks for your positive comments. The corset actually looksbetter in real life. The colour is so vivid and the colour contrasts are beautiful and really compliment Neen's skin tone. I forgot to ask Neen to photgraph the back will post the back view asap.
Posted: 6:15 pm on December 28th