Preparing for the corsets.
I have puddingcat coming over later today, to be measured for a corset to match her coat.
I needed to have the contract ready, along with the instructions for how to measure yourself for a corset.
The contract sets out the terms and conditions of the sale, and also confirms the customer's choices of fabrics and trimmings. This makes sure that we both know exactly what's going on.
I'm going to be doing most of my orders via the internet and without fittings, so I've drawn up a handy sheet of instructions which will hopefully enable the buyer to provide me with accurate measurements. The instructions come with a tape measure, and three pieces of elastic which you use as a guide for where to take the measurements.
Obviously I'll provide a mock-up if a customer wants one, but it helps to have accurate measurements in the first place!
If the pack works well, I'll probably make it available for download. (You'd have to provide your own tape measure and elastic to go with it though!)
To go with it, I was thinking of sharing the details of how I use these measurements to draft the corsets. Most of the searches coming to the Eternal Magpie blog are looking for instructions on how to draft a corset, so it might be nice for me to share that information.
Is that the sort of thing that people would be interested in, do you think?
[edit] I'm taking orders for September, by the way! You can find out how to order over here.
I needed to have the contract ready, along with the instructions for how to measure yourself for a corset.
The contract sets out the terms and conditions of the sale, and also confirms the customer's choices of fabrics and trimmings. This makes sure that we both know exactly what's going on.
I'm going to be doing most of my orders via the internet and without fittings, so I've drawn up a handy sheet of instructions which will hopefully enable the buyer to provide me with accurate measurements. The instructions come with a tape measure, and three pieces of elastic which you use as a guide for where to take the measurements.
Obviously I'll provide a mock-up if a customer wants one, but it helps to have accurate measurements in the first place!
If the pack works well, I'll probably make it available for download. (You'd have to provide your own tape measure and elastic to go with it though!)
To go with it, I was thinking of sharing the details of how I use these measurements to draft the corsets. Most of the searches coming to the Eternal Magpie blog are looking for instructions on how to draft a corset, so it might be nice for me to share that information.
Is that the sort of thing that people would be interested in, do you think?
[edit] I'm taking orders for September, by the way! You can find out how to order over here.