Why You Need Lacing Strips and How to Make Them || Make Your Corsets Easier
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2021
- Hello Friends!
I have recently need thinking that I needed a pair of lacing strips for my corset making endeavors, and I thought I would make a video to show you how hat is done! What are lacing strips? They are basically the back, grommeted part of the corset, but in separate strip format. You keep them separate from any corsets you are working on and then use them while you are fitting your different corsets so that you don't have to grommet or make eyelets over and over again while you go through mockup after mockup. They also help you fit that very back panel and tell you where it should be placed in relation to the panels before it. These strips make life a lot easier and corset making goes so much more quickly!
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You are the epitome of 0% gatekeeping. All the info, all the accessibility, no need to be perfect, just good information. Super nice to see :)
awww thank you!!!
That thing is NOT a sewing machine, it's a Transformer. A baby one.
And the "Let's be realistic... a year" got a bark of laughter out of me. Girl, I feel ya! (I should be making me a Victorian corset like I did my stays, I have all I need for it, but I've been on a sewing vacation... Oh well, I'll make it when I'll make it)
It really is!
Aww, a baby Transformer!
No swearing aronund the baby transformer. It's at that impressionable age where its loyalty could be cast with the Decepticons.
I love how you show all the features on your machine but also explain how to do things without a spiffy machine. Very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I will never make a corset, yet I find this fascinating.
OKAY BUT IT IS MY FIRST TIME CORSETING. And this was an excellent motivator and confidence builder.
YAY! I'm so glad!!
Your sewing machine is just SMART AF! It's awesome what you can do with it!
These look so much better than my buttonhole having lacing strips... I might need to make a nice canvas pair now. Also, that machine is *chef's kiss! Watching it lift the plate hydraulically was so satisfying.
18:50 perfectly illustrating the need to have a set of lacing strips in the first place!
Boo yah, it's all coming together.
That machine is glorious and I want one now!😂
that machine is so DOPE. Loving all those cool features.
I am making some lacing strips asap! This is a great idea.
Your timing is perfect. I have the Scroop "Rilla" on my cutting table right now. I'm cutting out the mock-up. You've convinced me. I'll make a pair of lacing strips to test it out tonight.
This is brilliant. My sister keeps asking me when I’m going to try making corsets. This is a good idea to start out with ❤ thank you for sharing
This has now moved to the top of my project list. It wasn't on the list before today.
Thank you for sharing how to make these. I've saved it to watch again, probably mutliple times, when I'm ready to do this.
I have a Janome HD 3000 and I love it! I feel like Janome isn't talked about as much for apparel sewing but mine is a good, sturdy machine with all the stitches that I need. :)
I've been combing through the interwebs this evening for information and instructions on making a set of lacing strips YOURS is the most complete, simple, and easy to follow instructions I've found. Thank you!
Glad to be of help!
Oh thank you for doing the baby steps!
Absolutely brilliant. Love your brain, girl! Grommeting mock-ups is the the bane of my existence. Implementing as of yesterday.
Also...that machine...😍 you turned on that light and I may have spit out my drink. Amazing.
Oh man, my lacing strips are SO drunk, lol! I have been wanting to make new ones. Thanks for the inspiration. Your grommet press is so perfect! I love the color!!
Omahgerd!!! If only I learned about or figured this out myself (seems so obvious now that I've seen this, I feel so dumb!) months ago lol. Thank you thank you thank you! Going to make this tomorrow.❤ Also, the military grade lighting on your Janome is cool, but that throat space tho!
RIGHT?!?!
For reals! The throat space is amazing! That's really just the sewing machine of my dreams.
i was wondering how you and the janome were doing, seems you are becoming friends. Yay!
I have yet to be brave enough to take on making a corset but when the time comes, these will be super helpful!! I never would have thought to make testing strips for mock-ups. Thank you for sharing this with us!! :D
Awesome!! My current project is a corset and I’m using a tape with grommets for the first mock-up, but this seems like a sensible helper to make for future mock-ups.
What a great tutorial. Easy to follow and mentioning all the little things that can make the project just that much better. So glad you're having a great time with your sewing machine. It looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing and take care!
Thanks so much!
dandy machine, i put one of those tri-burst lights in my room , makes a really big difference to how long my eyes last
I know these lacing strips as false backs and learnt how to make them in uni. Have used them many times now, I might have to make a new pair soon 😂
I’m convinced! I need to make a pair of lacing strips for corset mock-ups. Excellent video
I find it useful for using up the odd eyelets left over from projects.
Your video came right in time, as I just made my first cardboard stays mockup and was about to tackle the fabric mockup! Thanks! I'll start by making a pair of lacing strips, which will also be a good time to practice eyelet stitching I suppose. :)
Hello Noelle!
Great idea! The grommet tool is cool, looks so much easier.
Have an awesome 4th,
xoxo's Sandie
Thank you! You too!
HI! I am always so glad to see you! I'd love to see one of your infamous 20 question interviews with Engineering Knits!
Doing all right, makin some stays
Janome so bright I gotta wear shades.
Thank you for this.. am hoping to dip my toe into the world of corsets, and this is super helpful! 😊😊
I'm so glad!
I have only made one pair of regency long stays, but I loved it and want to make several! This will save so much time on mock-ups!
Thanks for a really useful vlog, I’ve got a couple of corset patterns I want to try out on my dummy, so I will definitely try your process out, Jason from the UK🤓
Glad it was helpful!
Notification squad!
hahahah Thank you!!
Yup...gonna have to make some now. No immediate corset making plans but any tool that makes the process easier is worth having. Also might need a grommet press too🤔
can't wait to see your new sewing machine video!
What a fantastic idea!! I will be launching into the world of corsetry very soon and yes, there will be all the mockups. Looking forward to giving this a try. Thanks for the great information!!
Janome makes sweet machines, I’ve been eyeing them. That’s a robot you’re using - the next gen will be even cooler.
Love the lacing strip concept as I start my stays, thanks!
I have a green hello kitty Jenome❤️❤️❤️
This is a great tutorial! Thank you!!!
Very good to know, hadn't even thought about it. What a pain to have to re-grommet every mock-up.
RIGHT?!
I _did_ enjoy this video, and aways appreciate the tips.
But I also got a smile when I saw the scratches on your hands/wrists. _I know those scratches!!_
When I see them on my patients, I always use them to develop a rapport.
Me: [sees scratches] "Ahhh, you have a kitty cat!"
Nervous patient: [smiles] "Yes. His name is Fuzzer von Mittendorf. How did you know?"
Me: "I am one of you!" [displays similar scratches]
Patient's pulse, blood pressure normalizes. lol
Awww that’s so cute! Yeah, I have 7… so my arms are pretty much always torn up.
You're much cooler than the doctor who asked if I was self harming. No, my roommates were fostering kittens.
Thank you -- this is a very useful tutorial! Also, that machine is so cool...
You said Janome has a grommet setting and I am just breaking in a new machine. Sure enough, there in the stitches on the side, the last one is a grommet stitch.
🥳Terrific tutorial. ✅ Very thorough and impressively detailed. 😉 Enjoyable watching for even a noob who's just being a 👀lookie loo @ this stage.
💜 You're pleasant and quite relatable too. 🤗Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experience 🎁 w/the costuming & crafting corner of the world.🌎🙏God bless you❕
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That was brilliant thanks!
Thank you, just starting to sew my own living history clothing -your video is awesome for us newbies! You very much helped alleviate the fear.
Wonderful!
Ok, I've been meaning to make this for AWHILE, so this is a reminder to get it together.
Brilliant idea I'll be making a set of these❤
Cool! I didn't even know about lacing strips! I will definitely make some for my first corset making endevours
Awesome!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Okay, I definitely need a pair of lacing strips now. I've been trying to convince myself to work on my underpinnings for outfits and this would be a great start! Also, high-key jealous of your fancy machine! I'll have to save up for one ... one day.
Thank you!
that is SUCH a smart idea! Thank you. (Promptly going out to buy a pattern and fabric for something totally not corset-related....of course!)
Had to pause watching. I’m currently doing Tour de Fleece, watched the Loki series.
ESPETACULAR..INCRÍVEL...MARAVILHOSA
Hello lovely! I just wanted to say I hope you have a happy long weekend, get some self care in, do the things, and HAVE FUN!!
Hugs and spoons from NZ xoxo
Thanks for this. It’s going to help me in making some of these too.
Glad I could help
You could cord your machined eyelets to strengthen the hole.
It comes in right in time before I start my project 💪👍😂😂
“That’s no sewing machine…that’s a space station!”
And now I’m wondering how a sewing machine for use in microgravity might need to differ from one for use in 1 _g._ The pedal would almost certainly need to be modified, and maybe a big “secondary foot” to help hold the fabric in place?
I like the tools that make the tools do the toolish thing. (Except people. I don't like people who are tools, but I know that that is not always a permanent condition and anyone can have a tool moment and reform from it, so I don't like to say that I dislike everyone who is being a tool when I happen to meet them because it could be their only toolish moment in the whole year!)
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That was so good. I’m thinking about making a corset someday now I know I will need the lacing strip first!
@@stevezytveld6585 I’m sorta jealous even though I don’t need a grommet punch right now. I’m thinking about asking for it as a present but first I have to do some research otherwise I get blank looks. They need a list of makes models and options.
Canada day is going to be ruff this year. The news has brought up a lot of stuff and has dominated a lot of the conversations with family. My grandmother was a survivor. I have a pair of kids runners on the front steps as a remembrance. That said we are bbqing ribs and have friends coming to enjoy all the food. I haven’t seen them since this all began. Hopefully the old glow sticks I have will work or at least enough of them to amuse the kids. I have been informed that I should stop calling them kids something about everyone being over 25 and adults. Even the grandson is almost 8. I’m feeling old
@@stevezytveld6585 Cathy my grandmother always said she didn’t remember but if someone spoke slowly she could understand. She was actually stolen back from the school by her father and hidden up north with a white family. Until she died she powdered her face to look paler and died her hair brown. She told me that brown hair was a nice respectable colour. Looking back I see that she spent her life hiding. She was such a smart strong woman. She actually started a trading business during the depression and was one of the only people in the area to have peanut butter. There was only one story she told about her time in the school. Pauline Johnson came with dignitaries and reporters. My grandmother was given a signed copy of her book of poetry which was taken away with a nasty comment after everyone left. My parents found a copy years later it was signed and had a beautiful leather dust cover. She slept with it under her pillow the rest of her life. There’s debate among the family on which school she was in I’m not sure I want to know. Though I would love to see the reports after she was stolen back!
I’m sure that snowbirds will have the missing man formation. I haven’t been able to find orange shirts anywhere well except the ones with stolen artwork on them. I will try again this weekend. If all else fails I will grab some material and make t-shirts. I will also grab fabric paint or fabric crayons and use our own artwork. The pictures of the paint on the church in Calgary is heartbreaking, poignant and something that will always be what I see when thinking about this time.
Sorry I keep going back to it. Thank you for the candles and for your volunteer work. It’s something that not enough people do. Hopefully this time home will have helped people realize that there is a lot more out there than hustle and bustle
@@stevezytveld6585 Cathy your right.
I know that they will never find all the children but giving most of them their names back will be good. This is a truth that I have always known. It’s hard to realize just how many people have found this a shock. No one has even mentioned that some of the schools ran medical experiments. Those poor babies had no choice no one was told. Not too mention the number of times they had things like tuberculosis run through the schools. I also wonder about the Indian hospitals I don’t know if the graves there were marked or if there’s any documentation around.
Did you know we didn’t get the vote till the 60’s? One of the many things not spoken of. It’s a dark history and it’s not that long ago.
Well this is dark. I hope you have a good day and get to spend time with friends and family!!
@@stevezytveld6585 Cathy your brilliant!!! I always got to hung up on her story to see the big picture. I will start checking that out tomorrow!! Thank you!!!
Thank you for showing how to do this,I would love to make a corset but I don't think I'll be able to wear it.💖
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omg doing all that maths with imperial fractional measures seems like hell 😂 I use inches fairly often while sewing, but if it gets down to little things, I'm switching to millimetres for sure
Here's a million dollar idea for you. Create a tool that acts like a hole puncher, but uses awl to create the needed holes without cutting the fibers. Think in the design of a spiral book maker. It "cuts", expands, and closes the spiral in place.. instead of spirals, make them grommets.. basically and all in one tool.
5:55 100% thought I was looking at an X-ray.
For that price, I expect it to wake me up, make my coffee, feed the cats, drive me to work, and make stuff while I'm at work. Lawdy!! LOL
I'm literally putting off corset/stays projects because I didn't know how to make lacing strips... Get out of my brain!! No but seriously. Ty! I have to start now I guess...
You’ve got this!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I'm convinced. Can we get a giveaway? 😜
First, thank you so much for this. I'm making my first corset and The cost for the supplies is starting to stress me out. I was just about to order lacing strips when this popped up. At least the strips are one thing I don't have to spend money on. I would like to know if this will work on front lacing corsets and or stays?
Sure!
Great lesson and what a wonderful idea. Who do you recommend for coutil and an awl?
Coutil can be purchased at The same link as the boning and the awl just comes from the hardware store!
@@Costuming_Drama Thank you!
I've never seen another sewer who does buttonhole stitches twice. I've been doing that for about 2 years though because mine just doesn't make them dense enough to be sturdy.
If I was making Lacing stips for historical 18th century stays, how do I make them Spiral Lacing? WOuld I just offset the holes after the first one by half the distance
Yep! But honeslty, for fitting purposes, just offset them as you sew the strips into the mockup. that way you don;t need to make a separate pair.
That's a heck of a machine. How does it love buttonholes?
It does love buttonholes! I did a few in my Merida Bodice Video... it just makes them without you having to be involved at all...
@@Costuming_Drama that’s a relief. My smaller Janome almost ended up being chucked out of the window last week. Buttonholes over a facing seam? Mais, non
If you did two or three different types of corsets would it be a good idea to have one type of lacing strip for each one?
Only if you are doing ones with drastically different lacing types such as 1700s stays vs Victorian corsets otherwise the lacing is pretty much gonna work fine for a variety of corsets
Where did you get your grommet punch? I've looked a MANY places, only one that sells comparable is Amazon.
Goldstar! It’s a great price and comes INCREDIBLY well wrapped. Like… “takes 20 minutes to open” good.
Me watching Noelle doing maths in inches, and me thinking, thank god I work in cm's!
Yes - how often to we hear people say that they can't math, but they have to work in such a weird system it's a surprise anyone can math in imperial!
Does this machine do embroidery beyond the lettering?
No, this is a standalone sewing machine. The S9 is a great machine that will do both!
What fabric do you use for corsets noelle?
The same ones recommended for this project, usually!
I just started with my grommets on my corset and when I used the awl it pulled the fibers so tight they make like an X around the hole. Now my fabric looks wavy around it. Is that just going to happen when you don’t cut the hole out? I feel like the back of my corset is going to look really messy now😭😭
I usually use two awls to open the hole and I go very very slowly and work the fabric if it’s super tightly woven like that. It does happen, but I haven’t had it happen in a long time. Try working your fabric a bit to loosen up the fibers and maybe using some steam from your iron while you do that.
@@Costuming_Drama Thank for replying!! It’s just frustrating the rest of the corset looks amazing. 😢 Now I’m going to have to take the back panels off and try again. I tried ironing it after to try to loosen it but it didn’t really do anything. Maybe with that fabric it would be better to put in the grommets before cutting out the pattern & sewing it together. When I did the tester piece it didn’t pull or warp. So maybe if the edges were free it wouldn’t pull. Idk😳 haha 20th times the charm!
Awww well, I hope you find a good path that makes you feel great about it!
Will there be closed captioning soon?
I always have it turned on! It’s more dependent on if CZcams decides to make it happen. I have no idea why it does it most of the time, but occasionally just waits forever. 🤨
@@Costuming_Drama Okie dokes :) Thank you!
Your wonderful machine looks high end expensive.
What sewing machine/s would you recommend for a complete sewing novice? It is always better to upgrade a machine as sewing skill level increases and the ability to use and maintain
a sewing machine increases.
I’m still using my first machine which I got used in the late 80’s. It has 12 stitches and there’s really nothing I can’t do. Check out the used market or see if a relative has one tucked away that they can lend or give you. As long as it can zigzag your good
Totally agree with this! I got my first one (and it was also a Janome) at my local sewing shop used and I never regretted it!
I have been sewing over 20 years and still use my Brother with 10 stitch options and my Globe with 4 stitch options. Shop to your budget :)
@@invadersin5203 Thank you.
Thank you everyone. Buying used was my primary goal but am clueless as to what to look for. I learned from you that I need a zig zag feature on the machine I do get. I also learned of two brands our long time sewers enjoyed using and that'll be reliable as a used machine as long as it is in working condition when I buy it. Thank you all.💚🤗
OMG every time I've tried using grommets they look awful or their loose. Mostly they look crappy 😂
It was good to see the close up of the cotel (?) A double herringbone fabric- tough
If Noelle would be making clickbaity titles of video this would be "Why do you need lacing strips and how to make them?" 😺
hahahaha I'm changing the title right now :-)
@@Costuming_Drama lol 😂 you actually did, I love you 😁
A machine that makes eyelets @.@
I suppose if I bought an $8000 sewing machine, I wouldn't be able to afford grommets. Or food. lol
That’s why I didn’t buy one 😉
Okay I knew it would be expensive but when I clicked the link to see just how much, I choked. I couldn’t afford a machine that’s 5% of that price 😩😭
same here ;-) That's why I got sponsored one!
😯 Shocking, huh!? This tremendously talented costumer was blessed to get such a generous sponsor. 🎉Good for her! Hope it helps 🤑sells more of these brilliant machines.
With all those 🤯mind blowing tech advances & features that she demonstrates here, it's probably worth the investment💰 for serious sewers w/major skills (vs noobs or dabblers).
🤣Meanwhile, I have 3 different sewing machines (spanning 1940s-90s) that I inherited from my mother that absolutely terrify me😱. Bless you!
💚 Bridget from Cali ☘️
(using my pal's YT acct)