Polyester Rigline Boning
Polyester Rigline Boning
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Rigilene boning comes in three colours, black, white and transparent, and 2 widths, 12mm and 8mm.
The most common type of plastic boning - and the most widely available - is known as "Rigilene" which is made from polyester, a type of plastic.
Rigilene has been the boning of choice for many a dressmaker over many a decade. It can stiffen, shape and hold your garment or parts of your garment and gives very light support. It is thin and flexible, easy to use, can be moulded with an iron, can be sewn through and sometimes comes ready covered in satin or felt, making application to your garment even easier.
You'll find it in a range of ready made garments including prom dresses, bodices, skirts, jackets, wedding gowns. In short, it can be used for all manner of sewing or craft applications where light stiffening and light shaping is required.
From the perspective of corsetry, Rigilene boning is not a good choice because it is too light to support a proper corset pattern, it will not help modify the body in any way, it will also distort over time giving you unsightly lumps where you really don't want them!
Having said all that, I do use Rigilene in corsetry and dressmaking for various little jobs where I need a bit of extra 'body' to a certain section of a garment - horizontally over the bust to make a rounded shape for instance, or at the side bust to help a forward thrust where light help is required. I also use it in corset modesty panels where only a slight amount of stiffness is required because I can sew through it and it makes one job less fiddly. I sometimes use it as a supplement to steel boning in certain closed front corsets and bodices but it wont give enough support on it's own. A novel application I've heard it being used for is to make feeding tents for babies and breastfeeding mums.
Rigilene boning comes in three colours, black, white and transparent, and 2 widths, 12mm and 8mm.
The most common type of plastic boning - and the most widely available - is known as "Rigilene" which is made from polyester, a type of plastic.
Rigilene has been the boning of choice for many a dressmaker over many a decade. It can stiffen, shape and hold your garment or parts of your garment and gives very light support. It is thin and flexible, easy to use, can be moulded with an iron, can be sewn through and sometimes comes ready covered in satin or felt, making application to your garment even easier.
You'll find it in a range of ready made garments including prom dresses, bodices, skirts, jackets, wedding gowns. In short, it can be used for all manner of sewing or craft applications where light stiffening and light shaping is required.
From the perspective of corsetry, Rigilene boning is not a good choice because it is too light to support a proper corset pattern, it will not help modify the body in any way, it will also distort over time giving you unsightly lumps where you really don't want them!
Having said all that, I do use Rigilene in corsetry and dressmaking for various little jobs where I need a bit of extra 'body' to a certain section of a garment - horizontally over the bust to make a rounded shape for instance, or at the side bust to help a forward thrust where light help is required. I also use it in corset modesty panels where only a slight amount of stiffness is required because I can sew through it and it makes one job less fiddly. I sometimes use it as a supplement to steel boning in certain closed front corsets and bodices but it wont give enough support on it's own. A novel application I've heard it being used for is to make feeding tents for babies and breastfeeding mums.
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