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Okay, so I will say this: I like this corset so much that I made one for myself. That has to say something, right? I'll get pix of me wearing it one of these days, but it's still a little tight, so here's hoping I'll be able to wear it shortly...

Okay, enough of that. Onto the corset.

This was an odd thing. I purchased a really old obi on a whim, just because I was having a bad day and binge-buying vintage stuffs from Japan seems to be a problem I need to deal with when feeling down. This obi, though, turned out to be a real steal (for me, at least) - the design was on both sides of the obi (for some reason, I was expecting the design to only be on the end of it, on the outside, kind of how you see a box tied obi falling in the back) and all along it - so even though part of it is damaged beyond hope, the rest of it is perfect fabric for me!!

I really liked the graphicness of the red, cream, black, and gold lamé. The pattern is very relaxing to me, and the flowers are just a nice, added touch.

I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. The success of the pattern draft for the points (the cream & black fleur-de-lis corset ) really made me very happy, because I thought the points were exactly what this design needed to compliment it.

So, it was a fairly standard corset to make, once I figured out where I wanted to cut the pattern in the front and all that good stuff.

The hardest part, though, was the black framing around the obi pieces. No one noticed them as being something other than the obi, which I suppose means I did a good job, but boy, were they a total pain in my ass to do. They're flat bias piping, but getting them to be perfectly even around the obi part was a complete pain, and involved much swearing and seam ripping at first...

All in all, though, I really love this design. I'm happy I went with cream silk (I had to go out and specially buy it to match the cream in the obi, because it is not in fact white, like I had expected *grumble* and I didn't have any cream doupioni on hand...) and not red or black, because it really is bright and chipper, but really... I dunno, elegant?

Anywho, I've rambled enough at you about this one. I have enough of this obi to make quite a few more of these, maybe four or five? So, if you're interested in one, and it's not your size, just send me an email or convo on Etsy (I'm notorious for not getting to go through dA notes very often, so it's usually a bad idea to just note me with something)

I hope you this one!

More info on this corset can be found here, on the Etsy listing

©2010 Taeliac Studio \\ `taeliac \\ Sam Lemieux
Available on TSVintage.Etsy.com

Description
Okay, so I will say this: I like this corset so much that I made one for myself. That has to say something, right? I'll get pix of me wearing it one of these days, but it's still a little tight, so here's hoping I'll be able to wear it shortly...

Okay, enough of that. Onto the corset.

This was an odd thing. I purchased a really old obi on a whim, just because I was having a bad day and binge-buying vintage stuffs from Japan seems to be a problem I need to deal with when feeling down. This obi, though, turned out to be a real steal (for me, at least) - the design was on both sides of the obi (for some reason, I was expecting the design to only be on the end of it, on the outside, kind of how you see a box tied obi falling in the back) and all along it - so even though part of it is damaged beyond hope, the rest of it is perfect fabric for me!!

I really liked the graphicness of the red, cream, black, and gold lamé. The pattern is very relaxing to me, and the flowers are just a nice, added touch.

I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. The success of the pattern draft for the points (the cream & black fleur-de-lis corset ) really made me very happy, because I thought the points were exactly what this design needed to compliment it.

So, it was a fairly standard corset to make, once I figured out where I wanted to cut the pattern in the front and all that good stuff.

The hardest part, though, was the black framing around the obi pieces. No one noticed them as being something other than the obi, which I suppose means I did a good job, but boy, were they a total pain in my ass to do. They're flat bias piping, but getting them to be perfectly even around the obi part was a complete pain, and involved much swearing and seam ripping at first...

All in all, though, I really love this design. I'm happy I went with cream silk (I had to go out and specially buy it to match the cream in the obi, because it is not in fact white, like I had expected *grumble* and I didn't have any cream doupioni on hand...) and not red or black, because it really is bright and chipper, but really... I dunno, elegant?

Anywho, I've rambled enough at you about this one. I have enough of this obi to make quite a few more of these, maybe four or five? So, if you're interested in one, and it's not your size, just send me an email or convo on Etsy (I'm notorious for not getting to go through dA notes very often, so it's usually a bad idea to just note me with something)

I hope you this one!

More info on this corset can be found here, on the Etsy listing

©2010 Taeliac Studio \\ `taeliac \\ Sam Lemieux
Available on TSVintage.Etsy.com