10mm Steel Corset Boning with Plastic Coating - by The metre or Cut to Custom Length

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Boning is long, flat and stiff and is inserted inside the garment to give it stiffness and structure. Featherbone was a substitute for whalebone in the Edwardian era. Featherbone was made from the quills of feathers and was more pliable than whalebone. Therefore it was used less for corsets and more for dress bodices, for belts and as collar supports. Personally I prefer the smoothing properties of steel particularly at the front of the corset where I like a flat appearance rather than the rounded tummy of authentic Victorian style corsetry, however I do know of modern makers who do prefer SW over steel. It's really down to personal choice and as ever - experimentation. SW is around the same cost as steel so it's not an economical choice at all. Reed and pliable wood like hazel and willow was sometimes used in 18th century stays. But both could break so it was only used as cheap substitute for real baleen. Boning is sewn along straight, vertical seams, including side seams, princess seams and center seams. Boning can be sewn on either side of a zipper for extra support.

Spiral steel boning for corset making - OXFORD SCHOOL OF CORSETRY

Instead of sewing boning channels onto the fabric, you sew both layers of fabric together to create cording channels between them. You can either measure and sew first and then pull the cording through the channels or you lay the cords between the layers and sew it in with a zipper foot. Figure 14, Take the boning out of its casings. You’ll have curly plastic strips. To straighten out the boning pieces, fill a shallow dish with boiling water and drop the plastic pieces into the water. Leave the boning in the hot water for five to ten minutes, using a mug or dish to hold the pieces under water. Take the pieces out and press them flat under something heavy while they cool off. (If you’re not able to soften the boning in hot water, alternate the direction of the curl as you insert each piece into its casing so that they don’t curve the same way. Over time they should straighten out.) (Figure 14)A sturdy, flexible bone made of galvanized spring steel wire. 1/2″ or 1/4″ (6mm.) wide. Available in pre-cut lengths or in continuous rolls. High flex in two axis. Figure 3: Spiral Steel Boning It usually comes with a fabric cover which I always remove before I use it. I use this kind of plastic boning mainly for Edwardian belts.

Boning for Corsets - Etsy UK Plastic Boning for Corsets - Etsy UK

Plastic boning is particularly favored in modern fashion corsets and costumes, where flexibility and ease of wear are essential. However, it's important to note that plastic boning may not provide as much support as steel boning in tightly laced or heavily structured corsets.I am looking for some bone ([plastic) stiffening for some Gaiters. It is like what is used in Corsetts. I need it to be white or clear or a light colour and to be 5 mm by 3 mm. The range of plastic boning on sale at Sew Curvy. All of it is suitable for corsets but in different ways and some, only as a supplement to Steel boning. Efforts have been made to substitute [whalebone with] celluloid, various kinds of wood and hard rubber strips, but nothing has yet been found so good as the whalebone or the horn.’ ( A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods, 1892) Clumsy substitutes for whalebone’ are ‘steel, reed, and imitation bone.’ ( Every Woman’s Encyclopaedia, 1910-2) Featherbone Spiral steel offers very much support for heavier figures and moderate waist shaping. Keep in mind that it can rust, so washing the corset is a problem.