I have yet again found myself addicted to LJ and DA during downtime. I found some tutorials on DA geared toward textiles and sewing as a whole (no specifics, just like.. intro stuff) and figured I would share ( Read more... )

I love making corsets, but there is no such thing as grommets in my town, nor can I ever find them on sale on line. But I've found somehting called grommet tape, and I was wondering if any one had a tutorial about how to use it or could even explain how it works, thank you!!!

So I made a pattern for a pair of boy shorts and then mocked it up in muslin. The fabric I'm working with is a lot like muslin in that it has no give to it. (Dumb thing to make underwear out of, i know. It needs to match a corset so thats why I'm using this fabric) Anyway I'm just going to up a zipper up the side to make up for the lack of stretch ( Read more... )

hey everyone. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could purchase Grommet/eyelet tape/lace. I checked everywhere..joanns, ACMOORES , Michaels, Walmart, fabrics.com and i cant find it anywhere.

thanks in advance