Welcome to Ivory Black Design! I have been creating costumes for almost 20 years and I enjoy sharing my work. I'm very much interested in historical costume and embroidery and adding elements of it to my work.
Hi there! Your stays is so beautiful. I’m trying to sew one for the first time, do you have a pattern or know any patterns similar to this one? Thanks in advance!
My mother had a similar looking sewing machine. I always thought it was so beautiful. Yours is in exquisite condition. Thank you for sharing how to properly clean and oil it.
Thank you for the comment! I bought the machine oil from Amazon, it was about £7.50. Just put Singer sewing machine oil into the search box and it will come up but I would also check your local sewing shops because it's always best to shop local when you can and support small businesses. Just in this case I wasn't able to find what I was looking for so I went on Amazon ❤️
Gorgeous result! The thought of a modesty panel actually never crossed my mind when i was thinking how i could also wear mine in the colder days with the gap there :)) great idea taken from history. May I ask, how come you attach the back strap as a separate piece to the back itself and not have the back and the strap all in one piece from the cutting stage?
Thank you for the comment, I'm glad it helped. To answer your question, I take my patterns from 18th century patterns and I've adapted them. This was how stays were made from the patterns I adapted in the 18th century. Do you cut all as one piece?
@@IvoryBlackDesign ooh i see! Had no idea! Yeah i do my back half and strap in one piece because i think that, for example, when you bend over to pick something up or hug someone there might be more stress there and I'd fear the seam would eventually tear 😅 however i know historical patterns usually made more sense than nowadays patterns so maybe there's a good reason they did it like that!
Thank you!! This style of modesty panel is like a stomacher from the 18th Century. It's not attached like modesty panels can be in modern corsetry. It just slides behind the laces and once you tighten the stays, it will stay in place.
Thankd for this video,my question is do i need to apply glue on non glue rhinestone before fixing it? I have like fabric glue..pls guide..and will it burn if i use on satin, Georgette or any such fabric?
If you want to use this applicator you will need hotfix rhinestones. The glue is already on the back so when you apply the heat from the applicator it heats the glue and makes it stick. I would avoid using this applicator and hotfix rhinestones on Georgette fabric as it will burn it. I would use NON hotfix rhinestones on Georgette and apply the gemstone glue manually. I hope that helps.
Thank you so much for creating this video. I went to purchase this at Michaels and the people working there were not willing to help me find the tool or answer my question about needing to add extra glue. I lucked out a guy who worked there was willing to help me find the tool.
