Gift Ideas
- Written by Marion McNealy
Regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice this year, we've got lots of tempting ideas for your gift list, from kits to calendars, and from tools to books!
Letters, Questions & Advice: April 2010
- Written by Marion McNealy
Two questions and an embroidery library on the Letters page this month.
Letters, Questions & Advice: January 2010
- Written by Marion McNealy
In Letters, Questions and Advice this month: Laura sends in a great lighting suggestion, Rachelle asks about 1840's corset resources, and Hanna wonders how to make a 1950's style bra for her new dress.
Questions & Answers February 2011
- Written by Cathy Hay
Three awesome questions & solutions: fitting 1770's stays for curvy figures, changing overbust corsets to underbusts, and corsets for apple shape figures.
Letters, Questions & Advice: March 2010
- Written by Marion McNealy
Two questions and a short story on the Letters page this month: how to make a set of the 1660 watered silk stays from the V&A, alternative lacing and where to find colored eyelets, a short story from 1913.
Letters, Questions & Advice: December 2009
- Written by Marion McNealy
There are two questions this month. One on patterning/fitting a corset for a figure where the waist is almost as big as the hips. The other is on horizontal boning channels in 18th century corsets.
Letters, Q&A: June 2010
- Written by The Editor
We answer your questions and ask for your help with upcoming articles!
Letters, Questions & Advice: February 2010
- Written by Marion McNealy
This month we have four questions: transferring marks to the garment, how to sew a challenging area on an 1891 Ageless patterns corset, bias cut panels on Teens corsets, how to adjust a pattern for a client's challenging hip area
Letters, Questions & Answers: November 2009
- Written by Marion McNealy
This month Suzannah asks about corset mannequins, Laurie inquires about the different site look and Natalie wonders how adaptable the corset drafting tutorial could be.




