![]() ![]() However, you can always do some funky head pieces by making a headband and decorate it up with features and cogs and gears. The method to create this hat can be modified for a large or small top hat. Lastly, glue the pocket onto the corset where you would like and put your pocket watch in! Enjoy~! For no sewing, I think it came out quite nice! Luckily this fabric my dad found holds the seams nicely no need for making hems or sewing in seams! Perfect, since I have little to no sewing skills. If you want it semetrical, fold it in half and trim the two sides so they match. I made that mistake, when I glued it on the watched didnt fit in it >.< Finally cut out your approximate design. Draw out an approximate pocket design around the pocket watch. ![]() To make the pocket, place the pocket watch on a piece of fabric. So I made a pocket on the side of the corset that It would fit in. My dad found this pocket watch, It looks like a cheap thing maybe from a Wal-Mart but it has a beautiful design on the back. It was a tad bit boring though, so I began scavenging my house for things to decorate it with. Since I had outlined part of the shoulder straps, I decided at this point to cut the top of the corset straight across. Finally I re-laced the new corset and tested the fit. Next I began cutting off the bones from the corset I bought and hot glued them in the correct place on my new faux leather corset. ![]() (Was just the right size thank goodness.) 3. But I was smart in stretching the corset when making the pattern. I was a little worried at first because the fabric I was using was not stretchy like the corset I bought. After outlined, I cut out the corset shape. I outlined the corset using fabric crayons. After many other failed attempts, I undid the string on the corset and layed it flat against my material. (US) Steps for Making my No Sew Corset: 1. Finally I bit the bullet, and I made the corset by hand. Covering the ribbon with my own fabric/ribbon- this was a lot of work, and it became a challenge to get all the pieces the right size and to cover the ruffle part of the ribbon. Painting the ribbon with paint- Messy and the colors didn't set well on the ribbon 2. ![]() With all the hard work I did on all the other pieces I did not want to do a sloppy/poor job on this major piece of the outfit. Not what I had planned, but my other methods just did not look nice. Now the pink doesn't really go with my idea, but since the corset was only $7.00 I don't feel so bad about Steampunking this corset out! So after a lot of different trials for the corset, I ended up using the corset I bought as a pattern and cutting/making my own corset. So I started checking local stores around my house and found a corset in the lingerie section of a Marshall's in my neighborhood. But most were about 50$ and up, which was certainly out of my price range for a single piece in my costume. So I searched online and found beautiful corsets, even costume made Steampunk corsets. So I started here, because I figured this would be the most challenging part for me because I want to keep this costume fairly cheap. ![]()
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