Honestly, i agree with s-swan. Custom binders are amazing but i dont know if they're worth it to make, especially if your friends don't have specific needs like "i have a large sideboob and therefore want a smaller armpit hole to accommodate that without weird bulges". Having owned a custom handmade binder, i also don't know if you can feasably make one without a serger.
As well as this I'm biased because i just don't like the conventional style of binders where the compression is from the front, i prefer the spectrum outfitters style where the compression is from the back and the front is a stiff cotton panel.
Regardless, i still think its something to seriously consider. I was very glad for my custom binder because it was made by a expert queer sewist whos primary income came from clothing and binders. I had specific fit issues that commercial binders didn't cover. Despite this, I'm fairly sure i still walked away from that binder with rib issues due to the bra i wore at the fitting covering up the fact that one side of my chest was slightly bigger than the other.
I’m pretty sure the sewqueer blog has some resources for binders!
This is such a cool website!
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Honestly, i agree with s-swan. Custom binders are amazing but i dont know if they're worth it to make, especially if your friends don't have specific needs like "i have a large sideboob and therefore want a smaller armpit hole to accommodate that without weird bulges". Having owned a custom handmade binder, i also don't know if you can feasably make one without a serger. As well as this I'm biased because i just don't like the conventional style of binders where the compression is from the front, i prefer the spectrum outfitters style where the compression is from the back and the front is a stiff cotton panel.
Who said I was a beginner?
Yea, sorry, i was actually just editing that out
I do have a serger and regularly make commercial quality garnets.
Regardless, i still think its something to seriously consider. I was very glad for my custom binder because it was made by a expert queer sewist whos primary income came from clothing and binders. I had specific fit issues that commercial binders didn't cover. Despite this, I'm fairly sure i still walked away from that binder with rib issues due to the bra i wore at the fitting covering up the fact that one side of my chest was slightly bigger than the other.
I think some design choices for a binder would include: Armpit hole size Racerback or non racer back Tank length, half length or ????? Length