{"id":1203,"date":"2006-11-04T16:47:53","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T16:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2023-09-25T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T23:14:09","slug":"needs-boning-heh-heh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2006\/11\/04\/needs-boning-heh-heh\/","title":{"rendered":"Needs boning, heh heh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much corsetness achieved. Cut everything and sewed endless boning channels (though for once, the bobbin was kind enough to run out at the end of a channel instead of in the middle). Even made a strip of matching bias tape. Might put in the grommets tomorrow, whilst I wait for the boning order. Got an email that it was shipped yesterday, so I should have it mid-week. Then bind the top, and *ta da* I have a ren corset plus part of next year&#8217;s Halloween costume.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1204\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/rencorset-inprogress.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1204\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1204 size-full\" title=\"Ren corset, in progress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/rencorset-inprogress.jpg?resize=400%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ren corset, in progress\" width=\"400\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/rencorset-inprogress.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/rencorset-inprogress.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ren corset, in progress<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much corsetness achieved. Cut everything and sewed endless boning channels (though for once, the bobbin was kind enough to run out at the end of a channel instead of in the middle). Even made a strip of matching bias tape. Might put in the grommets tomorrow, whilst I wait for the boning order. 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