Satin ribbon doesn't stay tied as well as grosgrain does. Twill tape is better.
I use shoelaces - really long ones, but I use three laces for my corset - one for the couple of holes right at the waist, one for all the holes above it, and one for all the holes below it. It's the only way I know to keep the corset from gapping at the waist over the course of a day. On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Laurie Taylor <costume...@mazarineblue.com>wrote: > Hi, > > Getting ready for Costume College and have a last minute issue. Could have > asked this on the CGW list, but thought the larger group here might give a > larger range of answers/ideas. > > What do you use for lacing your various types of corsets and/or stays? > When > I think about going to the local fabric store and buying the cotton cord > that I would normally use as filling in pipings, I just can't see using it > on stays, especially late 18th/early 19th century. Rattail certainly would > not work either. What do you use that isn't too bulky or to hard, or too > prone to slipping out of the tie? > > Right now, for convenience and in the interest of stash reduction, I'm > using > 1/8" and 1/4" silk ribbon, leftover from my last round of silk ribbon > embroidery. It's not very satisfactory, but I could not figure out a good > alternative. > > Thanks. > > Laurie T. > Phoenix > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
