{"id":505,"date":"2008-03-03T07:21:58","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T11:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2008-03-03T09:55:52","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T13:55:52","slug":"make-your-own-corset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Own Corset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ThreadBanger has a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadbanger.com\/post\/5655\/how-to-make-a-corset\">tutorial<\/a> for making a corset, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threadbanger.com\/post\/5651\/corset-pattern\">instructions<\/a> for creating a pattern customized to your measurements.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re going for demure Victorian or sinister sex goddess, a corset can help get you there.  Making your own takes a little time, but it&#8217;s much cheaper than buying one and gives you the opportunity to use interesting fabric choices.<\/p>\n<p>The corset in this tutorial doesn&#8217;t include boning, but it&#8217;s easy to add.  The Fashionable Past has instructions for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koshka-the-cat.com\/shieldmaiden_corset.html\">a boned corset<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d prefer to work from a commercial pattern, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.costumebeginner.com\/corsets\/patterns.htm\">Beginner Costuming<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corsetmaking.com\/CMSpages\/CMShome.html\">Corset Making Supplies<\/a> for patterns, supplies, and tips.<\/p>\n<p>Corsets fall into the category of &#8220;things that look harder than they actually are,&#8221; so don&#8217;t be daunted.  Go get some pretty satin and an eyelet tool and you&#8217;ll have your own custom-tailored corset in no time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ThreadBanger has a nice tutorial for making a corset, including instructions for creating a pattern customized to your measurements. Whether you&#8217;re going for demure Victorian or sinister sex goddess, a corset can help get you there. Making your own takes a little time, but it&#8217;s much cheaper than buying one and gives you the opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}