Teens Corset Progress
The teens corset is pretty close to being done. All the pieces are together, all the boning channels are sewn, and the busk is in. I need to stick the bones in and bind the top and bottom, and I need to do all the grommets. Unfortunately, the grommet pliers that I bought online arrived today, and doesn't appear to work. It didn't come with instructions, but I've tried it every way I can imagine, and it refuses to clamp down the back of the grommet. So I think that has to go back.
So the question is - should I reorder one of the hammer style tools (I have a larger one that I bought a while ago at Joanns, but I don't like that grommet size for the corset, and I don't think I can even buy grommets that small at Joanns anymore), or should I just go ahead and do machine-bound eyelets for the lacing? Or, has anyone here bought or used the C.S. Osborne grommet pliers, and could tell me the correct way to use it?
I also bought two other kinds of shoes from Bedford Fair. Whoops.
So the question is - should I reorder one of the hammer style tools (I have a larger one that I bought a while ago at Joanns, but I don't like that grommet size for the corset, and I don't think I can even buy grommets that small at Joanns anymore), or should I just go ahead and do machine-bound eyelets for the lacing? Or, has anyone here bought or used the C.S. Osborne grommet pliers, and could tell me the correct way to use it?
I also bought two other kinds of shoes from Bedford Fair. Whoops.