Barbara Pesendorfer, of Royal Black, shares her secret techniques to getting a super smooth outer finish on fabric or PVC using roll pinning.

Creative blocks can be so frustrating. Marion shares tips on how to refresh your creative batteries and allow yourself the space to create.  

Kelly discusses some basic types of corsetry embellishment techniques to get you started on the road to unique custom creations.

Jeremy covers how to use python scripts to create custom corset patterns on your computer with any given measurements.

Royal Black shares secrets of creating cupped corsets, using a standard overbust corset pattern & well fitting ready-to-wear bra.

Barbara guides us through the process of making a mock-up, and doing fittings and adjustments, for cupped corsets.

Anya introduces Tambour beading, an embellishment technique using a hook/needle hybrid on fabric stretched in a frame.

Lumbar hyper lordosis, alias 'sway back', creates a special challenge when drafting a corset. Amber shares her expertise and experience.

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What makes a corset, a corset? Jenni shares her basic six rules of "good" contemporary Victorian corsetry.

Practising making corsets in preparation for selling: what exactly should you practise, and what's the most effective way to use your time and resources?

Continuing discussion on the home sewer's approach to leather corsetmaking, one part professional technique, one part broke college student ingenuity.

Marianne discusses the tools available to aid corsetieres - outlining the options available for you to choose from in each area of the corsetmaking process.

In the first of a hotly-anticipated series, Laura rolls up her sleeves and addresses the single most pressing frustration that FR readers tell us they face: just how do you fit a corset properly?

Many corsetmakers accept long distance orders. Is it a good idea? Jenni explores the benefits and pitfalls, and offers tips and advice.

Jenni constructs a simple Broche corset to help explore and understand the six rules of good corsetry.

Sandra Stuart shares what she's learned about how to use stretch velvet in corsetry. She discovers that it has its advantages, as well as its own special challenges - and it looks stunning!

Lisa demonstrates ‘the duct tape method’ of pattern drafting - it's especially helpful for people who are better with 3D than with measurements and a calculator.

Jema takes the pattern she made from an antique here and recreates it step by step, including a lapped seam technique for one layer corsets that neatly encases all raw edges on both sides.

A tricky skill to master: Laura details a few techniques on how to do it right first time, every time - and how to keep your stitching straight.