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A pink gingham underbust that I have most definately fallen in love with. I started this not so long ago and spent 9 hours hand finishing it on sunday. All of the broderie anglais is hand sewn on for accuracy and sinplicity, it looks as though it belongs that way. It looks fantastic over a white shirt and would look great as part of an outfit or a bedroom play type thing... frills thrills frills... It is also very summery... in my opinion
Underbust: 32"
Wasit: 30"
Hips: 40"
It has a coutil base and spiral steel boning, a steel busk and white laces. I really love this. It is a sample for my website (which is almost ready to launch!) and therefore is being sold at a discounted price. I would usually commission a corset like this for around £80-100 due to the amount of time I invest into it. This one I am willing to part with for £60.
Feel free to note me with any questions, comments or interest
Thank you.
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I have to say it's my favourite corset from you because it's cute, girly and kinda lolita-styled. Very good work!
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Thank you, I must say I agree with you. It is definately one of my favourites! I'm currently making some more underbusts so keep an eye out
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i envy you and your talent
if i was rich, i'd hire you to teach me to sew like that
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Thank you for the compliment
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It is so cute! I love the frills and the fabric, they work so well together.
Watch your costs though! It seems to me that you are letting this little beauty go a little cheaply. I know how hard it is to actually get a decent profit for your time and effort but I think you've got the talent that you could be asking more for something like this.
I don't know if you keep cost sheets for your work but I would suggest it because it makes it easier to evaluate where you are spending your money when sewing and where you might be able to cut back etc.
DAMN MY MEASUREMENTS! I need to loose 50lbs
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Thanks for this feedback. I had to keep costing sheets for everything at college, I don't know why I stopped. I will make some up today and start costing everything effectively from now on. I have to keep a note of everything I spend and make (corset wise) for tax reasons anyway.
And you don't need to lose wight at all.. I need to start making some slightly bigger corsets. I want to have a range after all that all women can imagine themselves in. Not just skinny women
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be wary of parting with pieces that you love, especially if you learned something new or had a breakthrough of some sort while making it. I'm glad that some of my pieces didn't sell, and intend to hold on to them because they help remind me of where I've come from.
It is a beautiful piece, and if you say you love it you should keep it, at least for now. One hard lesson I've learned is that even though I may be very hard-pressed for cash, there are pieces that I've attached emotionally to that I wish I hadn't have sold.
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I know what you mean. This corset is still on my tailors dummy and I just caught a glimpse of it when I got in from work and I felt so much better. No one has offered to buy it so maybe no one else is as interested, but he ho, I wont mind keeping hold of this one.
I may have to get a loan though to repay the cost of making these corsets... lol!
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This is pretty, I love the broderie anglais
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Thank you muffin!
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This sooooo has a 'Wizard of Oz' feel about it. Again, well done.
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Thank you
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That would have been my second choice............
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Are you working for minimum wage? £60 is crazy for 9+ hours work.
Nice piece though - I like frills thrills frills! It reminds me very much of a cheesecloth and broderie anglais top I made 30 years ago - It was fitted but not boned - I hadn't discovered the joys of corsetry then!
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I havent really thought about a wage with these first few because I need to make the money back that I have spent on corsetry componants over the last few days. I really have to pay my credit card off and get some money together for christmas presents. I have been told that I should be asking for more money for this, but I think £60 is adequate. I haven't actually made up accurate costings for these ones because I literally just sat down and got on with it.
I need to start bringing in commissions too, because I really want to quit my part time job and go for it!!!
I love cheesecloth! I wonder where I could get some...
I have bought some all over broderie angalis fabric that I wanted to turn into a corset but I'm not sure if that would work very well, Freya (my four year old cousin) was eyeing it up for a summer dress yesterday.
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Summer Dress? we had our first flurry of snow today brrrr!
I've wondered about using broderie anglais over the top of a contrasting colour so that the colour would show through the holes. I think I'd probably bind it and trim it with the same colour ribbon. The only problem is so much broderie anglais is so thin the colour would show through the fabric as well - unless it was a pastel and then you wouldn't get the same effect.
Leeds market for cheesecloth - probably 
I understand about the pricing - I'm doing the same at the moment and I don't even have a day job to quit! I'm going through my fabric hoards and making up costume and corsets in the hope that I can find buyers, populate my website and pay the bills. As for Christmas presents - this year they'll all be hand made items!
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Well, hand made items are a good choice, they are always more loved and kept for longer. I've crochered Freya a blanket but I think thats as far as my hand made items go.
I think I'll keep the broderie anglais wrapped up for now and then bring it out later on. At least I know it's there for any future use.
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Hehehe - I've got lots of bits of fabric 'wrapped up for now'. If my workshop wasn't being used as a living room and bedroom, I'd have opened and sorted all my boxes of fabric and have them all neatly organised and know what I've got - as it is, I've got a few opened boxes and more surprises to come!
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