Two-Day Advanced Corsetry WEEKDAY

Course review:

Designed as a follow-on from the beginners course, this class takes students a stage further into making decorative corsets that have an additional outer layer.

The difference between Beginners course and the Advanced course:

In the beginners course you have built up a pattern to your own measurement and made a one-layer plain corset. In the advanced course you can adjust your pattern to a further customised unique shape and then work on it to create a luxury corset. You will be focusing on the special techniques of constructing a two-layer corset with two different fabrics. Many students choose to bring satin, taffetas, silk, brocade, lace overlay and retro fabric to give the corset a couture touch.

Things you need to bring with you:

• sharp scissors
• notebook
• pencils
• rubber/erasor
• thimble
• fabrics that you wish to use for both layers
• headed pins, hand sewing needles, threads that match your fabrics

Students are strongly recommended to have good sewing skills on a domestic machine and experience of making corsets or bonned bodices before attending a class.