How to Fix Swing Clips to a Corset Centre Front
Learn how to confidently attach metal swing clips/clasps to the front of your fabric tight-lacing corset with this tutorial.
The center front of the corset is displayed with a reinforcing panel already sewn onto the center front seam
Follow the corset tutorial to the point where you have fixed the strip of reinforcing petersham tape.
Download the Free template to make a guide to mark your corset perfectly for the swing clips. Adjust this guide if your swing clips are different dimensions than those given in the guide.
Position the guide so its edge is against the centre front pattern piece edge. Mark all the positions with a suitable fabric marking pencil.
Align the other side of the corset and mark the top hole exactly level.
Open the corset front up.
Only punch holes through the top side and reinforcing strip.
DO NOT PUNCH HOLES IN THE LINING.
IT NEEDS TO BE INTACT FOR CORSET STRENGTH
Insert rivet stems from the back, put swing clips in place and press rivet caps onto the swing clips.
Sew a facing to the left side to the back lining so there is no gap showing when the corset is under stress.
Press all the rivet caps down. Sew a line close to the edge of the swing clips on both corset sides to form a channel behind the clips to insert the flat 12mm steel bones.
Sew a width of fabric right sides together and turn through, sew closed ready to sew to LINING of the left front corset panel.
Open up the left front corset panel and sew the facing close to the edge, sew two rows of stitches the full length of the facing.
Sew row full length close to the side of the swing clips to form a channel to insert the 12mm wide flat steel boning behind the swing clips. the facing finished the front panel.
