Sewing a Flossing Sampler - Victorian Corset Embroidery
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 21. 07. 2024
- Hello all! Welcome to my CoCoVid video, I hope you enjoy it! I got a little ambitious with how many designs I could include in a single video (I'm new to making videos and misjudged it đ
). I tried to make sure the instructions for the individual designs are still clear, but if you have any questions just drop a comment below and I'd be happy to help you out!
GIVEAWAY
I'm giving away a blank flossing sampler and 2 spools of silk embroidery thread, so that one lucky person can try out all of these designs without having to do any of the prep work. This is being hosted on my instagram page (@linapiprek) and all details on how to enter are located there!
/ linapiprek
HANDOUT
Iâve put together a printable handout with some notes about flossing and a full-scale copy of my sampler! You can use this to take more detailed measurements, to scale the designs up or down for different size boning channels, or simply to have a closer look:
drive.google.com/file/d/18ruA...
COCOVID
If youâd like to see more videos from all the creators participating in CoCoVid, there is a downloadable program which lists all the videos and links directly to each personâs channel here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1kqbv...
TIMESTAMPS
What is Corset Flossing? - 2:04
Materials - 5:10
Types of Thread - 7:19
Sewing the Sampler Base - 11:19
Designs for Plastic and Steel - 12:41
Green Heart - 13:25
Orange V - 19:50
Orange X - 22:03
Brown Staggered V - 25:34
Blue Tulip - 28:18
Blue V Gradient - 32:16
Grey/Black Floral - 36:00
Pink X Gradient - 39:16
Simple Brown V - 43:25
Designs for Cording - 44:32
Pink/Brown - 45:01
Orange Staggered - 46:13
Greeen Wide - 47:49
Designs for Cane - 49:12
Orange Floral - 50:08
Green Floral Sprig - 52:47
Blue Teardrop Flower - 54:08
Black Feather - 56:01
Final Reveal and Conclusion - 59:24
USEFUL RESOURCES
The Symington Collection is a collection of corsets, samples, and patterns from the Symington Corset Company and their competitors, it is housed by the Leicestershire County Council museum service here in the UK. It is particularly notable for how comprehensive it is (the company kept great records!), and for how willing its curators are to share the knowledge that comes with such a collection. I believe theyâre an invaluable resource if you have an interest in Victorian corsetry, and I highly recommend checking them out.
There are photos of the collection here:
imageleicestershire.org.uk/vi...
And you can buy copies of Victorian corset patterns from them here:
imageleicestershire.org.uk/vi...
Devere Yarns sell beautiful embroidery threads. Their silk thread in 36 thickness is my current favorite to use for flossing, and theyâre the best value for silk embroidery thread that Iâve found. I use about 15m of thread to do a fairly elaborate flossing design on a whole corset, and their spools have 50m for the same cost that I was previously spending on 10m.
www.devereyarns.co.uk/
P.S.
I know my audio jumps up and down throughout the video. I did my best to fix it but as it turns out, placing your camera between yourself and your sewing (and continually moving your face closer and further away from it), is not the best way to get good audio! Perhaps I should do actual voiceovers rather than explain as I go, I'm working on it đ - Jak na to + styl
Perfect timing, I've just finished cutting out the fabric for my first corset. This is the motivation I need to finish it quickly as I dream of flossing designs. You picked really pretty examples. Thank you for using the different boning options/styles. It was so informative. Thank you!
Iâm so glad you enjoyed it! Including a range of options that work for different corsets was one of my top âmust havesâ when I was putting this together, so Iâm glad it was useful đ
This video is incredible! I have wanted to learn flossing for quite some time, and could never find good directions. *thank you*!!
Iâm so glad! Thatâs the reason I wanted to make the video: itâs so straightforward but thereâs relatively little information about it out there (compared to things like shifts, for example). Hopefully there will be even more videos about it as costube continues to grow đ
Finishing up my 1890's Health Corset and looking for designs as well. Thank you for this LOVELY tutorial!
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I am not yet at that level in my sewing journey to start making a corset, but I can definitely start practicing flossing! Thank you so much for such a thorough tutorial!
Thanks! And there are so many terrific patterns available online now that I think even corsets are a lot more simple to learn, you can do it! đ
Thank you very much for this incredibly detailed video. You are a great teacher. Flossing is a form of art. By giving the basics as well as showing different designs for different boning materials the principles become very clear. I especially liked seeing silk floss and embroidery floss compared next to each other. I feel very confident in stitching my own flossing designs for all different kinds of stays and corsets now. Thank you!
Finished up watching your video this morning.
Thank you so much for this invaluable resource! I learned a lot - in particular from how you passed the back stitches under the fabric, seeing the comparison of the embroidery thread vs. silk twist, and seeing how you used the accumulated threads in the center of the motif at 29:55 to pass the active thread underneath instead of making the hole even more full!!
Iâm so glad you made a video for CoCoVid. :) this is my first time seeing you, and I enjoyed your content!
Thanks so much! It was very last minute because my channel is so new, but I loved being able to participate đ
Lina Piprek I look forward to seeing more in the future. :)
Thank you for all this wonderful information! I'm currently working on my first corset and I definitely wanted to do some beautiful flossing but had no idea what to do. This helps loads.
Thanks! Iâm glad it was helpful đ
This is fantastic! Thanks so much!-Iâve always wanted to see more of a âtutorialâ video on flossing-Iâm a bit clueless as to doing it freestyle.đđŒđđŒđđŒđ€
I just bought a pattern for a victorian corset so cant wait to use this!
Thank you SOOOO much â€
This is the video I didnât even know I needed. This is a brilliant idea for testing designs and color combinations together. It truly allows one to create a signature or one of a kind look.
Iâm so grateful to you for taking the time to create this video and share it on CZcams đ
This was absolutely wonderful and so informative! I will definitely have to try out some of these in the near future. Thank you so much.
Thank you! Iâd love to see if you try them out
Iâm glad CoCoVid happened, as I have found some New (to me) CZcamsrs đđđ
Iâm actually new! Not just new to you đ And yes, I loved exploring everyoneâs channels during cocovid as well â€ïž
Lina Piprek I look foreword to following your adventures in Sewing đ§”đ
A fantastic and comprehensive tutorial on flossing. Well done! Impressive!
Thanks so much!
This is a great in-depth class, thank you for all the info!
This is absolutely incredible
This is wonderful. Thank you.
what a beautiful addition to any corset, so well explained, thank you
Very informative, thank you!!!
Youâre a lifesaver ;) thank you again for this lovely tutorial, I loved it during CoCoVid and Iâm loving it now too!
Excellent! I learned so much! Thank you!
So well done!! What a beautiful sampled -- glad you are planning on framing it!
Loved this thank you!!
This was SO helpful. Thank you for putting in the time!
Beautiful! Thank you for documenting this.
Beautiful neat work with clear instructions. Thank you đ
Wow ... this is great! I'm definitely going to come back to the video when I start work on my flossing sample.
Yay! That was my hope đ Remember that you can use the time stamps to jump around to different designs to make it easier
Amazing work! very detailed, thank you for taking the time for this
Loved watching this fascinating tutorial.
incredible!
This video was lovely! I'm so glad cocovid introduced me to your channel. I have never created a corset but if I ever do I will definitely be using your sampler on how to floss it. Thank you so much!! â€đđ
Lovely work and a well made videođ
This is amaaazing! Thank you! :)
Wow. Wonderful explanation and demonstration of all things flossing!!
Thank you so much for the amazing video! This sampler is art itself. I've seen some people's corsets with flossing, but now I have a whole new appreciation for (and need to accomplish) this lovely craft :)
this is so great! I am so thankful for the internet and people like you as I learn to make corsets! (don't know how I would do it without all this easily available info!!)
Omg that was so cool! It will help me a lot soon because I'm making my first corset
This was really informative and useful. I'm hoping to make a corset sometime this year.
Thank you so much for this great resource! I look forward to applying this new knowledge to my first corset ;)
i love this thank you so much!!! also thank you for providing instructions for the sampler base, honestly i find it very hard toi find this, especially how to make them look neat and tidy, like yours does!
Coming to this rather late but just to say thank you! Long? Yes, but so worth it. It's saved. I have my first corset finished apart from the flossing so perfect timing. I am so glad I couldn't find the right colour in embroidery floss to match the ribbon as I too really like the crisper look. Thanks for the recommendation of the de vere - heading there to see their blues although if I can't find the exact match I think the 3 colour option would be a great alternative. Thank you once again. BTW I'm not bothered about the changing audio when the content is so good and the voice measured. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos, Peta :-)
Thank you so much! This is such a kind comment âșïž I hope youâre able to find a good color for your corset!
TrĂšs bien expliquĂ©...đ„° merci beaucoup
Really brilliant video, I'm impressed you did so many variations! I've been trying to find an annoyingly elaborate flossing pattern so this definitely gives me some inspiration!
This is so lovely and so comprehensive!! Massively impressed, thank you for sharing this with us
Thank you! Iâm glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliantly helpful video, thank you so much! :D
Thank you!
Iâve only made corsets so far for BJD dolls. I use those plastic zip ties. They are cheap and come in all widths & lengths. They would be perfect for this project.
Beautiful demonstration,I really like the flossing on your corset , tasteful and professional
I had no idea about the symington corset website. Itâs so amazing! Thank you for bringing this website to my attention
30 seconds in and I already love it just because of your awesome tea cup!
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Thank you for this helpful video! I really want to try flossing on the metal nose piece channel on a mask but havenât ever flossed before. đ„°
This is exactly what I was looking for! I am almost done assembling my 1860's corset, and I was wondering how I would embroider it. Thanks for the video :)
Squeeeee flossing fun! Love it Lina - the Symmington flossing samplers are so fun :)
Thanks Jema! And yes absolutely, sooo pretty! đ
Thank you for going over the different thread options in detail! I am going to get a pattern and try making a corset, but have no idea what kind. (I just want the back support.) Knowing how to make it more durable and more beautiful all at the same time is brilliant. I đ
Thank you so much for these very easy to understand explanations. Perfekt Video
Thank you!
this is so helpful!!!!!! i've decided to practice my flossing on my powermesh bras in preparation of some brocade tudor style bodies i plan to create for myself soon!
Wow wow wow wow. Gonna go whip up a corset literally just to try some of these. You've got a faithful subscriber now
Aww yay! Thanks so much! đ
That sampler is BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you for this! It was really well done, and informative. Stay well!
Thank you!
Brilliant! Lovely sampler.
Thank you!
Lina, you did such a great job! Iâm so glad to see this.
Thank you so much! â€ïž
That was incredibly useful. Very thorough, and lovely step by step instruction. I was especially pleased to see that you'd included some designs for cording in your sampler, as I've just finished mocking up an 1830s corset that will have some cording included. I'm now super excited to get back to work on it so that I can get to the flossing stage and pick some of these fantastic designs to play around with. Thank you for putting this tutorial together for us.
Thank you so much! Iâm glad it was useful.
This is amazing! Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Wonderful video, thank you so much for your efforts. I'm working on my first ever corset and the teacher suggested that I do some flossing. It will be awesome! Thanks for your patience. It was very instructive and I am confident after watching your explanations.
Ahhh! This video is amazing! I've just started my first 1890s corset and had no idea where to start with flossing! Thank you!!
Iâm glad you liked it! Good luck with your corset đ
Iâm new to your channel and just going to watch
Thank you for sharing this with me
Be safe okay letâs go.
This is absolutely brilliant! I might do this for my 18th century stays even if itâs not HA-Iâm so tired of patching my binding because the bones decide to jump ship đ
I donât sew at all. But this is so satisfying to watch. What incredible skill.
I love this. It's lovely to see other flossing designs and patterns. I'm going to have to play around with some to put on my Edwardian corset once it's made.
(I also shared the vid to the Historybounding FB group to spread the love)
Aww thank you! âșïž I love that group, so much inspiration and everyone is so kind.
Such a great video... âŁïž Not sure if I will ever make a full corset but making and having a sampler hanging in my sewing room will be very pretty. Thank you for making such a great video. Hope to see many more from you. đđ„đ
Thank you!
I found you after watching one of Cathy Hay's videos. Hope you continue to share more of your projects. Your work is so lovely!!
Thank you! I have a couple more projects that Iâm filming, but Iâve been jumping back and forth on them too often to finish any of the videos đ Iâll definitely be sharing more though!
You make it seem so simple. Lovely job. Also, I learned a lot about boning types and how you sew them in and that was worth a great deal to me.
Please tell me this will be up for a while, because I'm nowhere near doing any flossing yet.
Thank you! Yes, this will be up indefinitely đ
Just found your channel, CZcams is awesome. That was coolđ. We need more instructional videos like this, very well done. I want to make a few corsets. I got the pretty housemaid corded corset pattern and I have a few other ones and I was wondering how to do the flossing. Looks as easy as doing regular embroidery. đ I like the sampler format. Good to practice. Young girls used to have to do a sampler to show off thier skills. Letters and numbers and lots of flowers and vines, some got quite elaborate. Sometimes they were framed sometimes they were made into stuff like pillows or book covers. A dying art that needs to be brought back.
Thank you! And good luck with the corset! Making a pretty housemaid corset has been on my list for years and years - hopefully someday đ Completely agree about the sampler format too, such a great way to try new things and practice skills
Really great video!
Thank you!
Yes... I definitely made it to the end, I really enjoyed it. Thank You for taking the time to show these stitches in detail. I was wondering if these could be done on a modern day bra to prevent the wire breaking through? It is frustrating when a favourite pair is damaged in that way...I have subscribed and look forward to seeing other videos you post...đ„°đŠđș
Thanks so much đ„° And what a fantastic idea! I havenât ever done it, but it definitely seems worth a try!
This was so informative
Just getting to this video from #CoCoVid and I think that a sampler for flossing details is a great idea! I think it takes some of the edge off all the anxiety of making a corset and can allow you to experiment with designs without rendering the corset you've made useless afterwards! (Although, no guarantees!)
I intend on making a few myself with varying degrees of decoration on them so I'll be referring to this video a lot in the future. Thanks for participating and hope you enjoyed the event as well!
That was so useful thank you so much.
Birdy
I took a look at the threads from DeVere and immediately heard my wallet scream in terror đđžđžđž They are so beautiful and I want literally all of them! Thank you for the great video, I love the designs!
Iâve definitely had to hold myself back from adding âjust one moreâ to my cart a few times đđ
I love your video. I'm just curious if you have experimented with silk embroidery floss? I'm so excited to try this
Thank you! The DeVere ones are sold as embroidery thread, but I havenât tried the silk ones that come in skeins like the synthetic embroidery floss. I always assumed they would be loosely plied and I really like âcleanâ look you get from the tightly twisted ones, so I guess I just never bothered to actually check. đ Iâd actually be curious to see the difference as well though, it would be interesting to put together another comparison at some point with each thread side by side.
Thank you for such an informational video. This was made just in time for my first corset pattern. I do wish that there were more links for the materials listed. Like where did you get the punchy tool?! You did an amazing job with the time stamps.
Thanks! I can list more materials in future, I didnât think anyone would be interested in the basic stuff! I got the hole punch online, if you search for âleather hole punchâ you find lots of similar ones đ
@@LinaPiprek thank you for responding and pointing me in the right direction.
đ Thank you!
Wow, now I definitely want to do a flossing sampler for myself, even if I think I'll do a smaller one. :D How small are the punched holes in the whalebone and how easy is it to make them with the hole punch?
The ones I showed in the video are about 2mm across and I just used the smallest setting on my hole punch for them; they were very easy to do because I used 7x1mm synthetic whalebone for the sampler. However, I know a lot of people prefer the 6x1.5 mm for corsets, which would be harder to punch through and 2mm might be a little too big for the hole. Personally Iâve drilled a hole in the narrower bones with a 1 or 1.5 mm drill bit and that worked fine as well. I hope thatâs not too over complicated, short answer: between 1-2mm!
@@LinaPiprek Thanks for the tip! And that was not over complicated, I appreciate the extra information because I wouldn't even have thought to ask about it. :)
Just getting around to watching your video. Paused briefly to say that if you add a timestamp with 00:00 (call it "introduction" or "start") before your other timestamps in the description, then you'll see them like chapters on the video itself in the progress bar. Now to watch the rest ... !!
Oh interesting! Thanks for the tip.
Your "I wish I was a cat" mug is a mood. Hear hear.
Haha yes! Thatâs my mood just about every day đ
@@LinaPiprek Loved the video by the way. It never occurred to me that the embroidery could serve a purpose beyond decoration. I have this on my list of vids to re-watch so I can absorb it all.
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I was wondering if you sell the samplers? If so I would like to buy 2 of them. Thank you.
I do not sell the samplers, sorry.
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Awesome đ thank you for sharing your knowledge. A little trick while making videos, look directly into the camera rather than yourself. It help the contact with the viewers đ
Talking about putting a stich wheee you want it dam
Excellent content & video AND closed caption enabled?!? -> subscribed!
Thanks! I prefer watching with captions personally and know itâs even more essential for others, so Iâve been making sure to at least go through and spell check everything đ
Where did you buy your fabric pen from?
The blue one that I use during the instructions is from Muji, they have an online shop if youâre not close to any stores. The frixion ones work the same way and are usually easy to find on amazon or in office stores.