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Week 1: Corset

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It's a good thing I already made something last week since I didn't think of starting this blog until week 2. One for the sewing bucket list. So my project for week 1 was assembling a corset that I first thought of about a year and a half ago.  I won't go into a lot of detail here since I did make a dedicated video on it. Long story short, I already had the fabric cut out, but an illness put this project on the backburner since June 2016.  I knew I wanted to go ahead and finish it, mostly to get that fabric out of my stash so I can start to slim that down. What I had: Fabric (Main, lining, and interfacing) Thread Plastic boning Eyelets Busk What I bought: Ribbon, originally $4, had a 50% off one item coupon, paid $2 Cord, originally $8, had a 40% off regular price coupon, paid $4.80 Total cost: $6.80 Week 1 Budget: $1.92 Week 1 Spent: $6.80 Week 1 Leftover: -$4.88 January Budget: $8.33 January Spent: $6.80 January Leftover: $1....