Rye and Ginger Kits 
Corset Making Supplies
This is a selection of corset making supplies and tools that you may want but will not absolutely need if you're making one of our kits because most every thing is included in the kit. Scroll the whole page you never know what you might find and be sure to check out the AWL - this you will need if you're making one of our kits. An awl is needed to apply the busk
Busk
A busk is the center front clasped on a corset that allows you to get into and out of a corset. The Link below takes you to a 10" busk which is used in some of our larger kits. There are many other busks to found when you follow the link.
Product Banner Corset Busk - 10" (25.4 cm) with 5 knobs Corset Busk - 10" (25.4 cm) with 5 knobs. #91-8550-10. Priced per busk. CLICK HERE TO ORDER White Steel Bones
White steel bones are also called "steel stays" and "white bones" and "spring steels" there are several different qualities and lenghts. Steel bones make a very supportive corset and are not included in the kits unless clearly stated. You may want to use steel but we suggest you start with the plastic bones included. Steel bones CANNOT be sewn through or cut with scissors.
Product Banner 6mm (1/4") Lightweight White Spring Steel Bones - Several Lengths 6mm (1/4") Lightweight White Spring Steel Bones - #28-8106. Priced per bone. Several lengths available from the drop-down menu. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Product Banner 8mm (5/16") White Spring Steel Bones - Several Lengths Product Banner 12.5mm (1/2") White Spring Steel Bones - Several Lengths 12.5mm (1/2") White Spring Steel Bones. #28-8312. Priced per bone, several sizes available in the drop-down menu. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Sprial Bones
Spiral bones are grey and look like a flattened spring...but they are not spring steel bones! Spiral bones are quite flexible and work well in dance bodices as they allow freedom of movement. They also create a comfortable corset but do not offer as much support as a spring steel bone. These are best used where you want to enhance curves
Product Banner 6mm (1/4") Spiral Steel Bones - Several Lengths 6mm (1/4") Spiral Steel Bones - #47-8000-04. Priced per bone. CLICK HERE TO ORDER German Plastic Bones
German plastic bones are the best quality plastic bones available anywhere in the world in Ginger's opinion. "German plastic bones are durable, but you can still sew through them and cut them with scissors." They come in 4 widths and once you've tried them you'll think of lot's of ways to use them. The 5mm (3/16") are popular for doll corsets and for millinery! The 7mm (9/32" - a bit more than 1/4") is popular for corsets and millinery, the 11mm (7/16") is a favorite for Elizabethan as is the 13mm (a bit more than 1/2" wide).
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Product Banner Boning Coils - German Plastic 5mm wide, 25 meters Boning Coils - 5mm (3/16") German Plastic Boning. Priced per 25 meter coil. CLICK HERE TO ORDER 7mm German Plastic Boning
Product Banner Boning Coils - German Plastic 7mm wide, 25 meters Boning Coils - 7mm (5/16") German Plastic Boning. Priced per 25 meter coil. CLICK HERE TO ORDER 11mm German Plastic Boning
Product Banner Boning Coils - German Plastic 11mm wide, 25 meters Boning Coils - 11mm (7/16") German Plastic Boning. Priced per 25 meter coil. CLICK HERE TO ORDER 13mm German Plastic Boning
Product Banner Boning Coils - German Plastic 13mm wide, 25 meters Boning Coils - 13mm (1/2") German Plastic Boning. Priced per 25 meter coil. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Bone Casing Tape
Bone casing tape is used to encase the bones and hold them in place. The bone casing is sewn on first and then the bones slide in. Bone casing tape is like a flat tube and comes in two widths. We don't use bone casing tape in the kits.
Product Banner Casing Tape for Boning - 1/2" (13mm) wide Casing Tape for Boning - 1/2" (13mm) wide. #34-7212. Priced per yard. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Pins!
No matter what your sewing project you likey need pins. Ginger rarely uses pins for corset making but when she's fitting a corset she likes long strong ones and these work well.
Product Banner Dritz Quilting Pins, 175 count Notion - Dritz Quilting Pins, 175 count CLICK HERE TO ORDER These are longer and thicker than most pins so they hold better during a corset fitting.
Double Wheel Tracing Wheel
Ginger likes the double wheel tracing wheel because it makes parallel lines very easy and you can run one wheel along the edge of your pattern and the other wheel can mark a new adjusted seam allowance. This is a great advantage if the pattern you're using is a bit too small for you. She also uses it to mark bone casing channels in the middle of a corset panel (for when you need more bones than just at the seams).
Product Banner Clover- Double Tracing Wheel Clover #509 - Double Tracing Wheel. Priced per package. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Sewing Kit
If you're new to sewing there's a decent starter kit that gives you several basic tools.
Product Banner Dritz- Beginning Sewing Kit Beginners Sewing Kit-Includes Basic Sewing Notions CLICK HERE TO ORDER Spray Adhesive
Hmmm why use glue when you're sewing?! Because sometimes you just need two fabrics to stay together until you've got them sewn - so you use a little spray adhsive and your lace will stay in place! Please be sure to read the instruction on the can.
Product Banner Sulky KK2000 Temporary Spray Adhesive Sulky KK2000 Temporary Spray Adhesive is a must when matching plaids, sewing velvet, and putting together quilts. Ideal for appliqueing, quilt basting, tracing and cutting patterns & trial fitting of hems and darts. Safe, non flammable, non-toxic, ozone friendly with no CFC's of HCFC's. Test on a scrap before using on fabric. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Rulers
Some times a good ruler can make all the difference to how a garment fits - especially a corset. Ginger uses a See Thru ruler for pattern drafting and for marking alterations on a corset - when it's not on the body.
Product Banner Tailoring Supplies C-Thru Graph Ruler18 inch x 2 in, with grid This lightweight, clear ruler offers handy grid patterns in inches. There is also a "0 centering scale," so you can measure equally left and right from a centered starting point. Beveled edge. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Corsets are curvy! and the best way to mark and adjust curves is with a curved object and the ruler below helps keep curves consistent.
Product Banner Fairgate Fashion Form, 3-in-1 Curve This unique, cast-acrylic tool combines the functions of a ruler, hip curve, and French curve. Perfect for laying out lapel, elbow, skirt, slack, trouser, and other special contours. Also allows drawing a wide range of tighter curves by simply turning the tool. Incorproates a ruler and 1/8" grid for straight-line drawing. Designed for the fashion industry, but equally useful to all artists and draftsmen. Overall length: 24". Calibrated in inches to 1/8th along curved and straight edges. CLICK HERE TO ORDER The one below is exactly like the one Ginger uses for her work.
Product Banner Fairgate Vary Form, 24 inch curve french curve CLICK HERE TO ORDER If you think you want to do more pattern work the kit below gives you a selection of measuring tools including a curver. This is a great gift idea!
Product Banner Fairgate Pattern Making Ruler Kit Fairgate Pattern Making Ruler Kit CLICK HERE TO ORDER This measuring tool comes in handy for many things, Ginger uses it to help place seam allowance on curved lines...like those on a corset. The "ruler" is just right for the small seam allowance she likes to use on her corsets. She simply shapes this ruler along the edge of her pattern and drags her pencil along it's outer edge for a perfectly spaced and perfectly parallel cut line.
Product Banner Collins- Designing Curve Collins- Designing Curve. This unique ruler is an 18" (46cm) flexible tool for designing curves. Priced per package. CLICK HERE TO ORDER AWL!
Yes, you will need one of these -hope you saw the links before now.
Product Banner Tailoring Supplies - Precision Crafted Awl Precision crafted from quality steel for long lasting performance, this VERY SHARP awl is a great tool for tailors, design students and dressmakers who need the extra sharp point this provides. You can use this like a stiletto or an awl for fashion design, pattern drafting, quilting and garment sewing. Keep this away from children! CLICK HERE TO ORDER The Basics of Corset Building Book
This book is used as a text at several Fashion and Costume programs. It's publlished by St. Martin's press and distributed just about world wide. It's a great book for anyone interested in corset making and does start with the basics with lots of photos and illustrations to help demonstrate the steps. We've heard another book is in the works by the Author Linda Sparks.
Product Banner Book - The Basics of Corset Building by Linda Sparks Book - The Basics of Corset Building by Linda Sparks. Priced per book - hardcover. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Expanding Sewing Gauge
This is an odd little tool but perfect for measuring and marking button holes and more importantly MEASURING GROMMET PLACEMENT! It's like a little accordian and as you open it up to the length of your garment it keeps spacing even so you can mark grommet placement without having to measure and calculate. Click on the link for a video clip of how to use this tool.
Product Banner Simflex Expanding Sewing Gauge The Simflex Expanding Sewing Gauge is the "must-have" notions for marking precise placement of buttons, snaps, pleats, darts, hook & eyes and more. You can even use it in the kitchen for cake decorating! CLICK HERE TO ORDER Rotary Cutter
Ginger uses a rotary cutter rather than scissors, she loves how accuratly she can cut and how easily she can trim her corset top and bottom edges prior to binding them. The rotary cutter does not cut through the bones!
Product Banner Olfa- Rotary Cutter, 45mm with Ergonomic Design Notions - Olfa Rotary Cutter, 45mm with Ergonomic Design. With a 45mm blade, this rotary cutter is best used for larger or heavier applications. It also has a comfortable grip. A dual action safety lock that will lock the blade open for ease of us or closed for safety. It also can accommodate straight edge, pinking, or wave blades. For cutting cloth, paper, leather, vinyl. CLICK HERE TO ORDER If you're going to use a rotary cutter you MUST use a cutting matter - or you'll destroy you table!
Product Banner Olfa- Rotary Mat, 9880 Olfa- Rotary Mat, 9880. This 18" x 12" mat features 1" and 2" parallel diagonals for cutting bias strips. It also features 30˚, 45˚, 60˚, and 90˚ angles for precision cutting. Olfa Rotary Mat is a self-healing mat! This mat is for use with Olfa Rotary Cutters and Blades only. Priced per mat. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Ginger leaves the mat on her work table at all times to protect the surface.
Sewing Basket
You need to keep all your sewing tools in one place - makes them easier to find - it's frustrating to want to work on a project and not be able to find the tool you need to make the job easier.
This little sewing basket won't hold your rulers but it will hold all your hand held tools AND it's decorated with dressforms in corset like apparel!!
Great Gift Idea.
Product Banner Kimberly Poloson Large Oval Sewing Box Large Oval Sewing Box CLICK HERE TO ORDER This comes in 3 sizes, small, medium and large - shown above. The large assures you that you'll have lots of room but if your budget only allows for the small - start there, maybe someday you'll have all three!
There's also this really cute little one, won't hold much but it could be a great gift. It's decorated with shoes and purses.
Product Banner Kimberly Poloson Small Round Box with Pin Cushion Small Round Sewing Box CLICK HERE TO ORDER Grommet Kit for Corsets
Grommets are needed in the back of your corset and some people like them up the front as well. Little grommets as found in most fabrics stores will not last. These are good corset grommets, they are small but not tiny being size 00 with a finished hole size of a bit less than 1/4". There are two kits which include grommets, hole punch and grommet setter; one kit has brass grommets and the other has nickle grommets. Both include "washers" which need to go on the wrong side of your garmet to help hold the grommet when under stress.
Please note the kits are for one or two projects as the hole punches are not made of tempered steel. Do not expect the hole punch to last for more than a couple of corsets.
Brass (gold) Grommet Kit
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Grommet Kit - Gilt, size 00 Grommet Kit - Gilt, size 00. #60-8820-KIT. Priced per kit. 48 grommets and a setting tool per kit. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Nickle (silver) Grommet Kit
Product Banner Grommet Kit - Nickle, size 00 Grommet Kit - Nickle, size 00. #60-8820N-KIT. Priced per kit. 48 grommets and a setting tool per kit. CLICK HERE TO ORDER If you need more grommets you can order grommets by the gross and they come with the washers.
Product Banner Grommet Refill - Nickle, size 00, gross put up Grommet Refill - Nickle, size 00. #60-8800-NK. Priced per gross (144 pieces). CLICK HERE TO ORDER Bias Tape maker for corsets
The top and bottom edges of a corset have to be bound in order to be finished - Ginger has seen corsets with serged edges and if done well it can be a design element but binding the edges is the most common way to finish the top and bottom of a corset. You can use store-bought ready-made bias binding or you can make your own so that the binding matches your corset. Ginger often cuts 2" bias strips to finish her corsets and that is the size of strip needed for this 1" bias tape maker.
To see a video clip demonstrating how to make bias tape Click Here
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Clover- Bias Tape Maker, Clover 25mm (1 in.) 25mm (1") Clover Fusible Bias Tape Maker. Create regular or fusible bias tape. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Silk Duoppioni
There are few more beautiful fabrics to make a corset out of than silk. Not strong enough to be the foundation but perfect as the fashion fabric outer layer. Silk duoppioni has both a slub and a sheen so it's great for casual or special occasion wear. Create a corset...or anything else from silk duoppioni and embellish with lace, ribbon embroidery or beading!
Some of the silks come in bundles of "fat quarters" and Ginger has made some of the smaller waist cinchers from just one piece, get the selection and you can mixh and match to make several corsets...consider the corset panels from one colour and the bindings from another. There is a huge selection of colours to choose from, far more than listed here, but follow any of these links and you can view all the others. Just can't decide? Order the colour card by scrolling down.
Product Banner Thai Silk Dupioini Grape #142 Thai Silk Dupioni. 100% silk. 44" wide. Dry clean. Priced per yard. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Product Banner Thai Silk Dupioni Blood Red #37 Thai Silk Dupioni. 100% silk. 44" wide. Dry clean. Priced per yard. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Product Banner Thai Silk Dupioni Cocoa #107 Thai Silk Dupioni. 100% silk. 44" wide. Dry clean. Priced per yard. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Product Banner Thai Silk Dupioni Glow #21 Thai Silk Dupioni. 100% silk. 44" wide. Dry clean. Priced per yard. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Product Banner Thai Silk Dupioni Creme #04 Thai Silk Dupioni. 100% silk. 44" wide. Dry clean. Priced per yard. CLICK HERE TO ORDER Product Banner 32192-GG10 Thai Silk Dupioni - Assortment Pack, 10 Earthtone colors 32192-GG10 Thai Silk Dupioni - Earthtone Assortment Pack, 10 colors. Product Banner Color Card - Thai Silk Dupioni "Thai" Silk Dupioni by far is the most interesting and elegant fabric, with slubby texture and subtle chic. This color card will provide you with a sample of the 54 colors of 45" silk dupioni we carry in stock year round in our stores. Use as a guide for reference. Yardage can be ordered online or by phone. $5.00 for color card, regular mail shipping is included in price. CLICK HERE TO ORDER
