Just so you can see what I've been up to in December, here are photos of my family with their 'magic quilts.' The pillows unfold into quilted blankets. Above, my mother-in-law got a 'Provencal' style in blue. Everyone got a personalized quilt based off their hobbies and personalities:
My sister-in-law got a kitty print pillow.
My sister-in-law got a kitty print pillow.
Her Husband got a hockey themed pillow
And my father-in-law (the LGB train nut) got a train themed pillow.
Right now my main focus is finishing the binding on my 18th century corset. I worked on it over the Christmas holiday (you can see my dog Caly dutifully assisting me), and I've been working on it in the evenings in front of the TV.
Right now my main focus is finishing the binding on my 18th century corset. I worked on it over the Christmas holiday (you can see my dog Caly dutifully assisting me), and I've been working on it in the evenings in front of the TV.
I just finished binding the top of the corset this evening:
Of course, it's the easiest. I dread all those tabs on the bottom of the corset.
Of course, it's the easiest. I dread all those tabs on the bottom of the corset.
There's the added benefit of having leather protecting you from any protruding reed bones as well. After my old corset, having a strong layer of leather in between me and the reed ends will be a welcome change.
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pretty corset! Did you flip the edge of the leather binding under like you would the edge of bias tape or is the raw edge of the leather showing where the binding meets the corset fabric?
When I did mine, I didnt' flip the edge under ('cause leather isn't going to fray, right :-S) but I wasn't very happy with how it looked...
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