How to Make a Sport Mesh Corset
Attach the Busk
For full details on how to prepare the busk panel, see my tutorial How to Insert a Busk.
I wish I had made the panel wide enough for an adjacent 1/4″ flat, but I did not. I don’t think anything horrible will happen as a result, but it would make for a sturdier garment. Next time I will make this panel wider.
Next I attached the double-busk because I didn’t leave myself much room for attachment. I made this decision despite the potential problems with edging after.
This shows an alternate method of attaching the double-busk when compared to my tutorial on the subject. Ideally, I strongly recommend attaching a double-busk as a final detail using the instructions in that dedicated tutorial, because the bulk can interfere with sewing other seams. However, in some special circumstances, this method may be helpful.
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Hi Sydney! Love your tutorials. Would you happen to still have the pattern for this? I’m teaching myself to make corsets (almost done with the first!) and would love this for the summer.
The photos of the pattern are on page one of the tutorial. I draft by hand, so there is no pdf or other digital format that easily prints.
Hi Sidney!
When I work with materials that refuse to hold chalk marks or anything like that, I always have a roll of blank adhesive paper labels. You can put the sticker on the panel, and mark with a pen or pencil over the label (unless the fabric won’t hold the adhesive as well…).
Thank you for the amazing tutorial. I will be trying to do one of these Mesh Corsets soon!
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I never thought to use adhesive labels! That’s a wonderful idea, and it would probably work fantastic for this. Thank you very much for sharing the idea, and I hope you’ll share the fruits of your labor when it’s finished. I’d love to see what you make. :)