After being asked a couple of times in my reviews, I had a member suggest a ho-to in the forums. So, here goes!!
With a small pair of sewing scissors, remove the seam from the bottom of the boning. You will have to remove one that sews the boning hem up and the one off the boning 'tube'. The tube is the material sheath. You may also slit the material at the bottom of the boning tube if you do not want to do as much sewing on the finish-up.
Pull the plastic boning out and thread your metal boning in. Threading can be a bit tricky, you need infinite patience. When you have the metal boning threaded to the top, adjust the length using tin snips if needed.
Re-sew the bottom of the tube, fold hem back up and make sure you use small, even stitches and go over the hem. Make sure you sew over and re-set the prior stitches that were cut on the garment so they do not unravel later. If you get one that looks a bit off, add a pretty to the outside; button, bow, pearl or other nice and complimentary item-do this to the contrasting one (on the other side) to match. If you just slit the tube, re-sew it with small and even stitches, tie off snugly and you are ready to go. You do need to re-check your stitches occasionally to make sure they are secure, wire or metal is a bit harsher on the material than plastic.
Good luck, this is what works best for me. I slit the tube on non-reversible corsets and slit the dual hems on reversible ones.
With a small pair of sewing scissors, remove the seam from the bottom of the boning. You will have to remove one that sews the boning hem up and the one off the boning 'tube'. The tube is the material sheath. You may also slit the material at the bottom of the boning tube if you do not want to do as much sewing on the finish-up.
Pull the plastic boning out and thread your metal boning in. Threading can be a bit tricky, you need infinite patience. When you have the metal boning threaded to the top, adjust the length using tin snips if needed.
Re-sew the bottom of the tube, fold hem back up and make sure you use small, even stitches and go over the hem. Make sure you sew over and re-set the prior stitches that were cut on the garment so they do not unravel later. If you get one that looks a bit off, add a pretty to the outside; button, bow, pearl or other nice and complimentary item-do this to the contrasting one (on the other side) to match. If you just slit the tube, re-sew it with small and even stitches, tie off snugly and you are ready to go. You do need to re-check your stitches occasionally to make sure they are secure, wire or metal is a bit harsher on the material than plastic.
Good luck, this is what works best for me. I slit the tube on non-reversible corsets and slit the dual hems on reversible ones.
