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This document provides instructions for making a mens bandeau corset top. It includes a size guide in EU and US sizes ranging from 44 to 58. The materials needed are listed as an outer fabric, lining fabric, interfacing, eyelets, printed sewing pattern, spiral or steel boning, an eyelet tool or hammer, and a sewing machine. The 6 step instructions explain how to cut out the pattern pieces, sew the front and lining fabrics together, sew the two sides together with channels for boning, insert the boning, and finish with eyelets or hooks and eyes. Accuracy is emphasized when pinning and sewing the pieces together.

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Corset

This document provides instructions for making a mens bandeau corset top. It includes a size guide in EU and US sizes ranging from 44 to 58. The materials needed are listed as an outer fabric, lining fabric, interfacing, eyelets, printed sewing pattern, spiral or steel boning, an eyelet tool or hammer, and a sewing machine. The 6 step instructions explain how to cut out the pattern pieces, sew the front and lining fabrics together, sew the two sides together with channels for boning, insert the boning, and finish with eyelets or hooks and eyes. Accuracy is emphasized when pinning and sewing the pieces together.

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Mens Bandeau Corset Top - Instructions

Size Guide Bust Waist

EU 44/ US XXS 86-89 cm 76-79 cm

EU 46/ US XS 90-93 cm 80-83 cm

EU 48/ US S 94-97 cm 84-87 cm

EU 50/ US S-M 98-101 cm 88-91 cm

EU 52/ US M 102-105 cm 92-95 cm

EU 54/ US M-L 106-109 cm 95-99 cm

EU 56/ US L 109-112 cm 100-103 cm

EU 58/ US XL 112-115 cm 103-106 cm


Materials:
- Outer fabric of your choice (not too delicate or your bones will pop out, I used raw silk)
- Lining fabric, ideally coutil (cotton specifically for corsets), but any strong non-stretch
woven cotton fabric will do.
- Interfacing
- Eyelets
- Printed Sewing Pattern
- Additionally: Spiral/steel boning, 20 for this corset
- Tools: Eyelet Tool/Hammer
- Sewing Machine (obviously!) - Rotary cutter and mat

Step 1
Glue together the pages according to the overview on page 1 and cut out your desired
size. You can check the size dude to find out which size should fit you.

Step 2
Place and pin the pieces on your fabric and cut each piece 4 times in total (2 front fabric/
2 lining fabric). Don’t forget to add 1cm seam allowance. Iron on a 5 cm stripe of vliesline/
interfacing on the left side of piece C (the ends where the eyelets will be placed
afterwards), or add interfacing to all pieces completely.

Step 3
Sew together all pieces, so in the end you have a front side and the inner side. Press all
seams flat (both sides).

Step 4
Now we have to sew together both sides. Lay the pieces right side together and pin all
seams together. I always start on the front seams. Please be very accurate with that. When
all seams are pinned together, you can sew both ends together along the back panel, the
neckline and the bottom. Make sure that you leave around 10cm open to turn inside out.
Trim the edges and overlapping fabric. Turn right side out, and press. I always use a small
wooden tool to turn the edges.

Step 5
Now you have to pin the seams together again to sew either way the channels if you want
it to have boning, or just for better fit to sew seams along the panels. Again, be very
accurate with pining. I normally have a bone on either side of each seam and on the
middle part two or three channels. — I usually start in the middle of the corset and work
in both directions towards the back, so that if there is any discrepancy in how the seams
line up it will be even vs. working from one side to the other.

If you add Boning: Sew the Channels


For each seam line, I first sew a seam right next to the seam line on either side, as close
as possible. Sew the first of these seams slowly, making sure the seam line of the outer
and lining fabric are lined up as perfectly as possible.
The size of the channels always depends on the boning you are using. You can also sew
very small or none channels if you don’t use any boning.
If you don’t add boning, just sew along the seams.

Step 6
Insert a bone into each of your channels. Therefore use a thread opener to cut and open
the holes for the channels. There will be four layers of fabric in each channel (front and
back, plus their seam allowances). If you use plastic boning like I do, round up the ends
and maybe use a lighter to make the ends more soft (so they won’t ripp the fabric).

Step 7
Sew along the outer seam - completely! So in the end the holes where you inserted the
boning are closed again as well as the turning hole.

Step 8
Add either way hooks and eyes or eyelets to the backside of your corset. I always prefer
eyelets or sew in lace up so it is adjustable at the end.

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