So I'm making my own wedding dress this spring and I wear an insulin pump, which means I need a way to get the tubing from my waist area up to my arm. My plan is inseam pockets with a small hole so the tubing can pass thru, but I'm second guessing everythign now that I've actualy cut into the satin. The problem is the exit hole itself. I tested a tiny slit on some scraps and the satin started fraying like crazy the second I touched it. I tried a bit of fray check but it made a stiff little blob that you can feel through the fabric. Is there a better way to do this? Hand sewn eyelet? Bound buttonhole? I only get one shot at the real thing and I'm nervous.
Second issue is routing. My bodice is going to have boning in it for structure, and I'm worried the tubing will get pinched or kinked between the boning channels and my skin. Has anyone threaded pump tubing through a corset style bodice before? Do you just run it up the side seam and hope for the best? I don't want to be standing at the altar tugging at it every five minutes.