Location: Sacramento City Dry Goods, 112 J Street, Suite 303, Sacramento, CA 95814
Who: Intermediate sewing skills required.
Class is limited to 6 people.
Cost: $183.75 ($175 plus $8.75 sales tax) – Includes Workshop Fee and Complete Corset Kit. Kits available in white herringbone with contrasting trim. Trim colors available are: pink, blue, aqua, lavender and peach.
Register before Friday December 24th for your choice of trim color. Registrations after December 25th are not guaranteed choice of trim color and will be limited to the colors on hand. If minimum enrollment isn't reached by November 9th, class will be cancelled and fees will be refunded.
A hands on sewing workshop in which students learn to fit and construct an historically accurate Victorian corset (for the period 1837 to 1890) using Laughing Moon Mercantile’s #100 Women’s Victorian Underwear. The techniques, materials, and skills learned may be applied to other corset styles and boned garments.
Topics covered during the workshop include:
Coutil, linings, and fashion fabric choices
Busks and boning, from whale bone to spring steel
Fitting and construction techniques
Flossing and trimming
Lacing, wearing, and caring for a corset
Student supply list:
Sewing machine with bobbin, regular and zipper foot, in good working order
Size 14 or 16 machine needles, bring extras
Tracing paper and tape
Some method of marking fabric - pen, pencil, chalk, or wheel and marking paper
Thread, scissors (both fabric and paper), pins
Basic sewing supplies including hand sewing needles
Thread to match your fabric
For Further Information Contact: Barbara Muran (916) 419-1889 -
Date: Saturday January 8, 2011