Never have I ever, in all my 10 years of sewing, thought of using the pattern itself to mark the seam allowance! Thank you for this tip! Marking seam allowances is one of my most hated tasks of sewing!
Some people would whine, even if you hung them with a brand new rope, as in, "Ouch, this rope is too stiff and prickly"! Some are born idiots, and the rest of them must take "stupid pills", or something! Useless!
Seeing her eyeball the boning channels makes me feel like watching a mountainbiker taking the hands of the handlebar while racing down a hilly wood path. It's an awesome show of skill and totally unnerving for a noob like me :D :D
Thank you for this most instructional visual on corset making. I am wondering if you might consider another instructional video on how to correctly measure oneself for a corset. For example, taking measurements whilst considering negative ease to cinch in the waist, etc.
Ohhhh, so THAT's coutil. That is one sturdy fabric, wow. Didn't even fray much with all the handling. No wonder it's used for corsets. Also, splendid demonstration of techniques, very enlightening. Thank you for posting this!
I love how you explain everything. I am gradually losing my fear of making a corset! I have been sewing since I was 4 years old over 43 years ago yet the thought of sewing corsets still scares me 😵💫🤦🏼♀️ Oh and “Boobage” made me giggle as I am still a child inside 😂😂🤷🏼♀️
I know this is not a tutorial, exactly, but it's so helpful to see the process up close. I want to try a corset soon, but have felt very intimidated by the process. This helps a great deal, especially when you showed the busk insert and boning channels. I did not know that the boning only supports the shape of the corset. I was so worried that if I put the boning channels wrong it would ruin the shape. But it won't! Thank you for that bit of info, and thank you for posting the video!
Oh my goodness, this would have saved me *dozens* of hours of work when I was trying to draft my own S-bend corset! Fortunately I have to start over anyway, but between this and my learning process, it should go much faster!
I'm getting ready to dive into the world of corset making myself but I haven't come across a video as insightful as this one. As great as Bernadette Banner and Morgan Donner's videos were, this just took it to a whole new level of understanding for me. I guess you could say I had an epiphany or my ah-ha moment. Thanks ❤
Amazing, corsetry making must have been a huge industry ,with apprentices,bone shapers,lace and ribbon makers.Sad we don’t wear them anymore.This video made me feel very nostalgic for some reason.😊😍👏👏
So very helpful! I didn't feel that the filming or presentation was clunky at all...it flowed beautifully. The bit at the end was such fun! Many thanks indeed.
I find your sewing and your commentary so relaxing. Your skill and practice is very evident and yet you make it seem possible for an experienced amateur dressmaker to have a go at home!
This was a great video! But I have to say the star of the show was your sewing machine. It blows my mind how yours can snip the threads, and the thread doesn't slip out when you start a new line of stitching. And it drives fabric through like butter! Even when you're sewing multiple layers! I absolutely need to get an upgrade over my Toyota, and while I know I can't make up for your hard work with just a new piece of machinery, at least it'll stop clogging on 4 layers of voile...
I had the same problem with my toyota... Amd when i brought it to a repairshop to have it looked at they just said it'd be cheaper to get a new machine hahaha and that day i traided in a 10 year old toyota for a 15 year old lewenstein and sewing has been a lot more fun since
I was thinking the same thing! I was like she isn't cutting the threads after each round of stitching! Wow! My moma would have loved this sewing machine!
I adore watching you sew. I am so fascinated by the process of making corsets, I am not skilled enough to do it myself, but I like to dream about doing it one day.
Thank you!!! It gaves me some motivation for creating again.. i didn't practice for 7 years since i'm a housewife with 3 kids, no more time and space to do some sewings, well ... i will make space & free time for creating again. Your video is great! Thank you! 😘
I have to applaud you for making this video and most of all the steel boning! Because my none period costume friends think I'm crazy for wearing a corset with steel boning and don't believe it's a thing, and don't understand why I don't wear the infamous flimsy plastic ones that are normally used in a modern bridal gown. Now I have proof it is something that's actually done and I'm not crazy. I can't wait to see what your next project is and again thank you!
I've often had to zig-zag two layers of the plastic boning together (not synthetic whalebone, but the stuff with multiple plastic strands) in order to get any strength from it. Needs must, but capping/finishing the ends of that stuff reliably is a nightmare.
@Century Countess. The original boning was whale balean (sp?). Bone is not flexible. Thank God we do not use whales any more. Stay safe and keep well. Virginia in Ohio
@@playme129 while I agree that not using whales any more is excellent, as it happens 'whalebone' is a slight misnomer. Baleen is (I think) made of keratin, like hair and fingernails. Some species of whales have giant bristly sieve-tooth-moustaches for sifting food from the water, and I think those bristles are what was called 'whalebone'. Has some flex to it, but probably not as much as spiral steel.
This is by far the most helpful corset-sewing video I've ever watched. I understood everything you said and your steps were so clear and easy to understand. I am so thankful you uploaded this anyway, it's an absolute life-saver!!!
Hello Prior Attire. In the middle of this video, I thought "I could make my own bras!" Great video . Thanks so much. Keep safe. Virginia in northern Ohio
OK - I am not much of a sewing person - but I do when I need something and want to feel like I did it - and I now am beginning to understand why certain seams look the way they do - thanks - I could do this if I ever want to from seeing how you did it. I did a quilt square once and learned from a tv show - everyone thought I had been sewing for years - I said no but I can follow directions if I can see them!
Thank you. I am fiddling around with a project based on some lightly boned regency stays to be used for daily wear (my skin objects to the plastic used in making modern underwired bras) and these side seams, enclosing the boning to stop the hem riding up, will be ideal. While using nowhere the number of pieces this video was so helpful. Many, many, thanks. Sincere regards, Dublin.
This was probably what I needed to watch just now. I've got the strength layer of my first corset cut.... but I keep procrastinating the next step. I shall have to re-watch this in the morning to get my brain in gear for more progress! Thank you for sharing your steps so clearly : )
Love this. I wish we could buy the pattern and then do a sew along. I've never been taught to sew but I guess it out by looking at the pattern pictures and guessing at the pattern instructions. Great video.
On softer, more pliable fabric, I make 50:50 divisions. That is, I pin the ends and any straight bits and then find the centre of each piece of fabric and pin sideways from the seam edge towards the middle. Then I repeat on one half the same, and again until it holds. Then I do the other half. You can baste to go to the machine without pins or you can risk your needle, as I often do, to sew across the pins. Going slowly with the machine you can remove the pins as they reach the foot and ease the material into the curve. Slow but faster than handsewing.
You are wonderful!! You make it look so easy. I have the fabric and a pattern and I’m just about ready to jump in and do it. The only thing I don’t have is a busk. I have to figure out where to get one. I guess I better google it and get started. Thank you for making it look so easy. I’m going to rewatch it and do my best with your help.
This is absolutely amazing, I always love to see how you work and it is so great to see how you explain the works for making this. Really a great video that I absolutely appreciate.
My gr- grandmum, who was born in 1887 would have worn this type of corset. She considered this to be the most elegant type of corset. Although considered slightly more expensive than the 'everyday' no-frills corset it was my guess that sometime betw the ages of 14 / 15 when her engagement was announced that she dressed-up for the presentation to both sets of parents. Buying such an item was what she would have splurged on.
Thank you for posting! Your video explained so much I didn't understand from reading pattern directions. And I loved your padding pieces! I wish my corset was too large. Alas, it's not as easy to remove natural padding.
I love watching you sew! You are so efficient and confident, of course from years of doing this, but awesome nonetheless! The extra "packing" at the end was "cheeky" and brought a big smile to my face! Lol! Question: is it that cold there? I see you are wearing a thick like sweater inside during the day time....? Just wondering. Being from Hilliard Florida USA, it's rather warm here. 🤔
I did it, I finally ordered your book! I'm hoping it will help with designing and building my wedding dress but I'm super excited to get it either way!
That looked so much easier than the corset patterns I've done despite many of them having less pieces. I prefer yours because of the shaping that happens when you sew them the way you did. Mine tended to be flatter and less shaped and the bones were a very complicated pattern like trying to sew a freeway diagram and had to make sure that you did not sew across any of the horizontal boning channels when sewing the vertical ones. Makes me want to make another corset for myself although I probably prefer stays as I don't like to make a breast gusset as it is hard to fit on me. I am also long waisted so most corset patterns are too short. Bad form when it looks like a crop top and shows skin at the waist:)
Love watching you sew!! Would love to learn to make a corset but would way to nervous to try. The corsets looks amazing!! Also love the little clip on the end got a laugh at the padding🤣
Historical attire is all about silhouette right? Your foremothers would be proud of the well placed gloves. Right silhouette and prepared in case you get cold.
When you pulled out the gloves! Oh my but I laughed! I'm thinking that a corset would actually be quite comfortable for my back and - excuse me - my hernia.
Thank you so much for this video! I have a pattern for an Edwardian corset that claims to use lap seams, but the diagram they included explaining how to sew them was not 'clicking' for me. This is much easier for me to follow along with and hopefully I'll be able to actually make a proper mockup with the correct seam finishes
Oh my god, why did I only realise now that I can insert a gusset like this... Instead of trying to awkwardly squeeze it between the two front panels 😂😂😂
Ok, I have to disagree with Izabella, as she DID NOT mumble too much, and this was, like ALL her videos, very interesting & informative. A full "head & shoulders" higher than most of the other ladies covering the same subject matter. But I AM disappointed in one respect. Where the heck is "our" Merlin?!?! I haven't seen the little guy in a while, is he OK?
Now i just need to find or draft a pattern to fit my more than ample shape! Hubby thinks i'm mad! But in all seriousness, i think a corset or even stays will be better for me than the modern equivalent.
Quite possible, but DON'T get it too tight, or you'll cause a lot more harm than good! Watch this for an introduction, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q-ivntz8DbY.html OR this one, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_Ogeug8XPc.html I found them both to be interesting and informative.
This is my own, but very similar ones are available from sew curvy, truly Victorian or, amazing authentic ones ( if you know how to adapt patterns) from Atelier sylphe
I LOVED this. I would love to see more long sewing videos, whether they are learning tutorials like this or just demonstrations for more advanced sexists.
I am watching/listening to this as I am working on a Rapunzel costume for my daughter (I am taking her on a surprise trip to Disney World) and I really love this music! Love your videos.
I’m in awe, you make this creating corsets look so easy! i’ve made a couple as practice & i have to say i struggled so so much! I now have a new Edwardian corset pattern than i’m in the process of making a mock up of & i know i’m going to get confused ( it’s a sandwich corset) i’m debating whether to try one layer like yours 🤔
Izabela, how do you measure the waist when making a bespoke corset of this period? Do you use the actual waist measurement of your customer or go a few centimeters/inches lower to create the desired shape?
