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I know this is a three-year-old video, but I have to say that I'm super jealous of your collar patterning skills. I've wanted to make a blouse nearly EXACTLY like that for years (since right around when you made this video, completely incidentally) and have always gotten stumped on the collar.

Did you ever make the final version?

Very nice! It’s so cute!

What a pity you didn't continue producing content for your channel... your style and humour are unique!

Love this video! But how do you scale up the pattern?

Great to see the mini paper mockup first! Such an effective way to see how the pattern will look!

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Extra credit for using Sheer Fabric

Ofelia is Gorgeous.

I'm also working on a corset at the moment. I think mine is an 1880s one from black snail patterns, based on aan actual corset from the time, might have also come from the Symington collection 🤔. I did some adjustments to make it work for me, so far giving more space in the hip area. I might have lost a lot of weight for no apparent reason, it means I need a new corset and I still have more hip or should I say bum? than a pattern expects with my other measurements.

Just found your channel, love your videos, hope you pop back up to make more! I'm an 1890s-1910s newbie sewing enthusiast with some thrown in 1930s-1950s cloths because why not. I need to make a corset and am horrified to do so-still very new to sewing, so I keep procrastinating and making chemise (shifts, etc) through the centuries instead.

Oh dear, the last words spoken are "I would die for you, you are beautiful." and then there are no more uploads O.O

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I know that this was well over a year ago, but just have to tell you that I emitted an audible gasp when I saw the wooden cover of your machine! Sewing machine envy is a very real thing to a lifelong sewist! Even though I have six machines, I am always looking for something very old, but new to me! I hope that you have had the opportunity to use it!

*still waiting for the 1890 content*

I’m definitely going to try that pin , fold and press method. I have chalk but I have an unfounded grudge against using it.

Not gonna lie, this very reads at 17th century. Like 1680s specifically. I personally love it, like I'd wear it all the time, but that's me and I love the 17th century.

Ophelia is a great name! I tought i was the only one that gives name for my antique sewing machine lmao Mine is called ''Olga''.

I'm soooo green! I want that lovely machine from when form and function were one. Sigh.

For pattern weights, I went to my hardware store and picked up 2-4 inch metal washers. They work great and are super cheap!

no seem allowances on fabric?

I vote for the sewing machine to be named Cordellia. She looks like a Cordellia.

I think we have the same aesthetic, I tend to call it steampunk Edwardian librarian. I love this piece so much, I want, structured bodices are so uggggh, I love it. Lord help the obsession. ‎¯ࡇ¯ That pain on the burn reminds me of the collar of a shirt I just finished. When I was trimming the seam allowance for turning and SOMEHOW I cut into the piece that was supposed to fold over and connect to the shirt. Not even all the way off, it somehow weaved in and out of the scissors making a huge sliced v in the center. Also cute teacup

Please, remove the pins before you sew over them. This will keep you from breaking a pin or your needle and keep them from flying and hitting you in the face of eye. I cringed every time I see someone do this.

Thank you. It's nice to see i'm not the only one who's got on existential crises over sewing and tissus haha

I was wondering, how did you scale the pattern up to the proper size? I'm currently in the process of scaling up a similar pattern from the Symington collection, and trying to figure out exactly how to scale it properly has been the actual bane of my existence.

The blouse and skirt are both lovely, and they look wonderful on you.

Hello, my name is Lyssa Hatfield, and I am from Washington State, USA. I started sewing when my aunt began teaching me when I was 10, so 33 years ago (eep!). My main focus has been the Middle Ages and Renaissance Era, with a few forays into the Tudor Era, as well. I have currently stepped out of my comfort zone and into the 18th Century. My first pair of stays turned out too short-waisted, so I will need to make a new set (this is what I get for not doing a mock-up, lol). I have made my shift and bum pad, and have the fabrics for the bodice, under petticoat and skirt/over petticoat lined up for when I get my new stays done. I love the name Ophelia for your 1893 Singer sewing machine. It is a very classy name for a very classy machine. Your turtle pin cushion is adorable! --Lyssa Washington, USA

Front closing bodices of the 18th Century came into fashion around the 1770s-1780s.

You are talking so much

three mockups?? im impressed... i had to convince myself to make even one proper mockup, lol

My initial training came from my Nana (trained as a tailoress). She taught me to sew over pins. My initial professional training was in fashion. They taught me mostly to machine without pins, but that if you have a tricky shape where you need to pin, to sew over them. And then I studied hat making at art school, and when we did the machine sewn part of the course, they taught us to - you guessed it - sew over the pins!

okay so im kinda curious and i have a problem with my first corsetXD. i bought a very beautifull pattern from someone on etsy and im currently trying to make a mock up. when i had found my size and measured all the pieces for that side and sewed one half i came to the realisation that it coverd 3/4 of my body..... something somewhere went terrible wrongXD. my question now is what is a good thing to do with my mock up? i need to take out like 17 cm at each side atleast (this is after already removing one panel from each side) and im not sure what to do:P. so if you or anybody else has some tips i would gladly hear them:).

I relate to you so hard with that bug. The audacity! Also, hard at work on my own 1890's-inspired (definitely not historically accurate) corset mockup so it was great to see your process! I may or may not be studying it intently over the next few weeks xD

Love it!! I'm thinking about making something similar sometime this year. (Maybe..hopefully 😅) I was curious if you felt like this type of top would work better in warm or cold weather and if the structure added any support or encouragement of posture? I'm wanting to make a top with some of the benefits of corset/stays without the additional layer

I think CZcams would like you to make more videos as its recommending your videos even though you only done three. It'd be great to see more of your videos. Lovely jacket.

Wow. She could be Sybil from Downton Abbey... Great Job!

Hello dear. Did you ever finish your final corset?

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I just found your channel and I really like your videos, I hope you'll upload more in the near future! I'm curious to see how the corset will turn out.

Its beautiful! I would love to make something similar, did you make your own pattern?

Kinda useless information. There is no explanation of where this project came from, how it was patterned, what you started with, what you re-started with. You even 'forgot to turn on the camera.' Too bad, it could have been a really interesting video.

Just Started a Victorian Corset. Had to cut out 16 pieces for a double layer. That took forever.

This video made me think "do I have eneugh fabric to start making a skirt today? Mixing eras is great, my goal for Christmas is an edwardian skirt, a victorian vest and ... a 21st century blouse? a regency man's shirt?

That final mockup is beautifull, I can see myself wearing it over a black or a white blouse.

Please don’t ever see over your pins , you could be hurt or really damage your machine , a friend of mine was hit in the eye and had to wear a patch for 2 months , she still has sight problems

i love this !! and i love the sleeves!

Please do part 2 of this video

"I burned my sleeve." Well, you win some, you lose some...

My favorite pattern weights for large projects are the two geocrystals I got at the gift shop at one of the museums I visited on my 8th grade DC trip and the many hot rocks that were made yearly in elementary school. It was everyone’s favorite every year. The teacher would put rocks in a toaster over and set them in front of us on a towel and we would melt old crayons on them. My mom was going to throw them out but I saved them just in time. My favorite are the ones we’re I got ahold of metallic crayons.