Outlander Project: Beginner 18th Century Stays (Corset) using Simplicity 8162
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2020
- Hello I’m Sophie. Welcome to the beginning of my sewing journey, come along with me through all the mistakes and seam ripping! And hopefully feel some solidarity that there are others bumbling their way through this hobby.
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This is the third video of a series creating a full 18th century outfit, which I will admit is definitely Outlander inspired. And I finally got around to making an intro slide for the video! I’m using the Simplicity 8162 pattern created by American Duchess to make these, and I’ll be loosely explaining the steps as I go for this pair of stays/corset. This video isn't really what I would call a "How To" because I have no idea what I'm doing most of the time, maybe more of a moral support video to those like me.
Disclaimer I didn’t bother paying any attention to the instructions that came with the pattern, and instead just constructed them how I have seen and read about them being made, which might have been a bit foolhardy but 🤷♀️
Fabric and Pattern- 0:40
Boning Channels- 4:27
Boning- 9:53
Finishing raw edges- 15:35
Resources that helped me:
American Duchess Pattern Hack videos- • Where to Put Boning in... • Sewing 18th Century St...
Website with details about historical stay construction- www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/...
Morgan Donner’s 18th Century Stays video- • Making 17th Century St...
Hat to Hem’s 18th Century Undergarmenrs series: • Sew-Along 18th Century...
Materials Used:
Sewing Machine- Husqvarna Viking 100 that I got used
Thread- Cotton thread from Joanns
Fabric- Fabrics-Store.com, 1.5 yards of DB 4C22 BLEACHED at $10.99 a yard, pink fabric is thrifted
Zip Ties- www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07438...
Cutting Mat and Ruler- www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000B7...
Music from iMovie library
I was inspired by many channels here which focus on Historical Costuming to finally try to do it on my own, even though I have almost no experience sewing. These are some of the wonderful ladies I was inspired by:
American Duchess: / @americanduchess1
Bernadette Banner: / @bernadettebanner
Costuming Drama: / @costuming_drama
Morgan Donner:
/ @morgandonner
Hat to Hem: / @hattohem - Jak na to + styl
Bought the pattern for the stays and was going to chicken put before I saw this
luna Conrad I’m so glad I could help a bit ☺️ you’ve got this!
Did you end up making it ?? I also just recently bought the pattern.
@@cruelcimmcia859 not yet I'm waiting until I redo my space :*
Top tip ( from a tailor) sew the middle channel first and then work out to each side. Basting doesn’t stop bulking and ridges. ( it just does it in between stitches) But starting in the middle shows it who’s boss 😊
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That's an awesome tip! Thank you so much!!! Probably will eliminate basting for me since pins should be sufficient once you get the middle channel sewn
You can sharpen pinking shears by cutting aluminum foil.
Love the zip tie idea for boning; real budget friendly. I sharpen my pinking shears with oil & aluminum foil.
I was watching another person who actually punched a hole at each end of the bones so that when she did the contrasting embroidery work she could put the needle through the hole of the bones and thus locking them in place which I thought was a great idea I thought I would share with you 🤗🤗I just can not remember her name now
Angela Herremans It is an ingenious technique that I believe is called Flossing, but I’m not sure if that was something commonly used in the 18th century. I mainly know it as a technique for Victorian corsetry, but maybe it was used in this time period as well.
And Sew it Begins... I’m not sure but it was for a garment made in the early to mid 1700’s to 1800’s just like the idea as I have seen some old stay’s that had embroidery work on them when I use to live in the UK back in the 70’s yecks suddenly feeling old that was over 40 years ago and I was a teenager at the time 😹😹😹 Mom and I use to visit the museums so I could look at the clothes they had on display as I was learning to embroidery and wanted to check out the older clothes for this as the Elizabethan outfits were heavily embroidered I would have gone to RSN to learn but we moved to Australia and they did not have anything like that here in the late 70’s early 80’s so everything I have learned is from books that I could find for the time period I was interested now I live in the Outback of Australia so the closest city to me is 300km from me that has even a shop that I can get embroidery floss from😹😹😹thank goodness for the internet
thank you so much for showing your mistakes and how you resolved them! i have this vid saved for my future stays lol
Good luck on your project ☺️
Genius to use a lighter to smooth it rather than sandpaper or file, thanks for that tip! 👍 zip ties, and all materials on lock, deciding which set of stays to try and make first. I may make this instead of a pattern I have to make adjustments to that I don't know how to. Maybe make those later.
Good luck ☺️
Nice work! I'm looking forward to part 2!
I am so excited to see this! I too am fairly new to sewing and have been feeling pulled to create historical costumes! I'm starting with the McCall's Outlander Skirt you made in velvet and I will eventually gain the courage to make my own corset!
That is so exciting 🥳 Good luck on your project! Don’t be afraid of the corset, it’s just a bit more time consuming but nothing super challenging. I found pleating my velvet skirt harder than anything while working on the stays 😂
Merry Christmas!
This is far too tempting to try 😭 I can't sew but I really want to try on stays!!!
Emily Lock it’s a lot of straight lines which is great practice as a beginner myself. Don’t be too afraid of it, just keep watching other CZcams videos about it 😊
Amazing, thanks for the vote of confidence... seems like a great project for my second ever garment 😂 I bought the pattern and boning last night so I've committed now!
Thank you this helped so much!!!
Thank you so much for using a table to do your things. Much nicer to see.
I am going to start on my stays too. I want to do the Larkin and Smith or Scroop Augusta stays but I am thinking about making a set with these as a practice pair! Glad to see this!
Good luck on your stays adventure 😊
Has anyone used quilter’s basting spray to temporarily keep the layers together while sewing boning channels? Curious if it would work…
Im going to try to look for the zip ties in the hardware store.
You should be able to find them there! Good luck 👍
What's the "cinch power" of the zip ties when worn? I know that's not the exact point of stays but I want mine to be suuuper sturdy. Do you think they are comparable to actual boning? These are so cute btw! This gave me confidence to start mine.
I think when comparing zip ties to synthetic baleen they are pretty similar in flexibility, but zip ties tend to be thick in width so they won’t give as many boning channels. But for sturdabilty (not a word 😂) I think either do just fine as long as you make strong seams and have nice strong fabrics you won’t have a problem tightening when lacing. And yay 😁 it makes me so happy when decide to make stays, I was holding off for so long cause they seems so complicated as someone who hasn’t sewn anything. But they were so fun to make
My knowledge on stays is limmited. In your opinion are stays more supportive than bras? And if so, are they breatheable, do you sweat in them really?
Para Keet I’ve only worn them about 3 hours at the longest cause I’ve had no events to go to, but from short wearings I can say that it can get a bit hot from all the layers. But the shift underneath can be washed easily so it’s not too much of an issue. As for support, I find stays more supportive than a traditional bra because the weight distribution is all around the hips and waist, instead of digging into the shoulders. I certainly wouldn’t want to run on a treadmill in stays, but for normal activities it’s fine.
@@AndSewitBegins ok, thank you😁
What's the difference between fully boned and half boned?
Emily Lock Half boned stays will just have less boning in them that leave spaces of fabric in between the boning channels. Whereas mine has bones right next to each other through the whole piece
I'm confused about step 6 but its probably because its nearly midnight and I'm tired but I have to have this done by tomorrow afternoon so no sleep for me ;-;
Also I noticed you did it in a different order
If you are talking about the steps in the pattern instructions I basically threw out the instructions and just did it how it made the most sense. I don’t really understand “pattern language” so it mainly just confuses me 😂
May I ask how tall you are?
5’7”