Think of a corset as a blank canvas.
Linda Sparks' The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners is a comprehensive guide to building your first corset, including:
Section One: Tools and Materials for Corset Building Discusses the tools you'll need, plus types of steel, plastic, and textiles.
Section Two: Building a Corset Everything you need to know about working with bones and busks, setting grommets and eyelets, and creating a beautifully finished corset.
Section Three: Construction Techniques Covers all the steps, including making a modesty panel, making a mock-up, and building single layer, double layer, and fashion fabric corsets.
Section Four: Alterations and Fit Discusses commercial corset patterns, as well as how to fit and style a corset for exactly the look you want.

The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Sparks, Linda

Crafts & Hobbies

St. Martin's: Griffin

A duo of university reference librarians compiled this handbook to answer questions such as `What are the school colors of the University of New Mexico?' `What is the nickname of Syracuse University's athletic teams?' `What are the words to the alma mater of Merrimack College?' and `What is the title of Baylor University's yearbook?' . . . . When a reference librarian faces a question of the sort posited above, this is the source to turn to. Wilson Library Bulletin
This handbook provides, for the first time, a single, easy-to-use source for locating information about the regalia of various colleges and universities. It includes such information as nicknames, mascots, school newspapers, school colors, and school yearbook for 469 American colleges and universities with an enrollment of 2,500 or above. Fight songs and alma maters are included for a majority of the institutions. This is the only reference to bring together this hard-to-find data in one volue.

American College Regalia: A Handbook

Education & Teaching

Emerton, Bruce

Higher & Continuing Education

Greenwood

The Basics Of Corset Building , A Handbook For Beginners

Eagle Press

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151 Quick Ideas to Increase Sales

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

Weiser

No One Should Kiss a Frog

Literature & Fiction

Black, Karen

Carr, Steve

Zajdman, S. Nadja

MacKenzie, C. A.

Cairns, D. A.

Sanchez, Jhon

Balcolm, Gabriella

Owens, Lisa H.

Tulloch, Bonita G.

Short Stories & Anthologies

MacKenzie Publishing

The Hour of the Witch

Genre Fiction

Independently published

Whispers From the Grave

Galaxy # 4: An Inner Circle Writers' Group Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Birch, Andrew

Ahern, Edward

Marshall, Alexander

Hudson, Grant

Fregoso, Gabriel

Reiben, Michal

Saha, Satabdi

Carnegie-Padgett, Elaine Marie

Kuglin, Mark

Fantasy

Galaxy # 6: An Inner Circle Writers' Group Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology

MacKenzie, Catherine

BROWN, ELIZABETH

Bates, Jim

Ahern, Ed

Mitchell, Sue

Pearce, Mark

Paradiso, A. L.

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