Description
Buttonholes and corsages are made last, in a rush, when you are already tired — and then they appear in every close-up photograph of the day. They are also the pieces most likely to wilt, droop, peel apart or get pinned on upside down.
The Buttonhole and Corsage Guide treats them as the technical work they are. It covers what these pieces have to survive out of water, the wiring and taping method in order, and how to hand them over so the whole party wears them correctly.
What is inside
- What these pieces have to survive, and how to work backwards from wear time
- A material stamina table: what holds all day out of water and what collapses in three hours
- Wiring and taping in eight steps, including gauges, hooks, stretching tape and finishing the back
- Faster natural-stem alternatives that still look professional
- Sizing that suits the wearer, plus a full sizing reference for buttonholes, wrist and pin-on corsages, combs and clips
- Attaching without damaging fabric: pins, magnetic fasteners, felt backing and adjustable bands
- What to say at handover so nothing is worn upside down
- A printable quantities table for the whole party, with fixing noted per wearer
- An order and fabric notes sheet
- A same-day prep timing plan and a boxing and kit checklist
- The common mistakes, including the one about the fridge
Who it is for
Florists who want their wiring to be neat and consistent, students learning wired work, and stylists or planners handling the flower handover on the morning.
After you use it, your sets will match, your backs will be smooth, nothing will mark a hired jacket, and every piece will still look fresh in the last photographs of the night. You will also stop losing an hour to remakes you did not budget for.
What’s inside
- Material stamina table for out-of-water wear
- Wiring and taping in eight clear steps
- Natural-stem faster alternatives
- Full sizing reference by piece and wearer
- Fixings that do not mark delicate fabric
- Quantities table for the whole party
- Same-day prep timing plan
- Boxing, kit and handover checklists
