> I never found the Rigilene to be useful at all, and certainly not for > corsets. I use cable ties that I buy at the hardware store (my > current Elizabethan corset has them); cheap and easily available. I > get the 34" ones. They can be cut with heavy craft scissors (or tin > snips); the ends can be rounded with a coarse file (some people > candle them, but I don't bother as it makes for lumpy ends). As long > as you make the stays about 1/2 inch shorter than the casings, they are fine.
Kitchen scissors are what I use. I do one straight cut and two snips either corner. It takes about 5seconds per bone;) Of course I use the narrow kind as I find they are made softer than the larger ties and so don't warp so much. I know it's counter intuative, but there ya go;) michaela http://costumes.glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.25/246 - Release Date: 30/01/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
