I like to consider this project my "salvaged materials" cincher.
I know the combo is a bit overdone, but I literally had the materials laying around. The outer layer was a loosely woven cotton plaid from another old project (it shifted more than I would have liked), the inner layer is herringbone denim, the lining is a basic black cotton, and the PVC boning channels (it's backed with a layer of herringbone denim) were from a pair of cheap PVC pants.
I have worked with PVC before for another project and hated it. I still hate it. It's not a material I use often so I have no reason to buy attachments for my machine to make it easier.
I basted the plaid to the denim and treated it as one layer, and then made a separate lining. I used external casings for the bones (all spiral except front and back) for the first time and even though I have a few obvious mistakes visible in the PVC, I'm not too concerned.
I also finished the binding by hand and I'm a little proud of my results. I know I'm chunkier than my dress form, but I tried to pad it out to be closer to the right shape. I included a really awful mirror shot of me for good measure! There's a few pics and they're all kind of big so I used a cut.
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