Making a Pair of 18th Century Clocked Stockings
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2020
- A project I would never have thought about had there not been a global pandemic...
REFERENCES
"Making 18th Century Fitted Stockings" by Rebecca Manthey: orbitals.com/self/history/stocking.pdf
Pair of Stockings, 1750-70: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O13...
Pair of Stockings, 1780: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O35...
MATERIALS
Beige cotton knit (1yd) and dark navy cotton knit (1/2yd): Mood Fabrics (but only because they were the only store open when I went to the garment district...)
Embroidery kit: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
SHOES
Fraser 18th Century Leather Shoes from American Duchess: www.americanduchess.com/colle...
Other Links that might be Useful
"Construction of Clocked Stockings and Garters" by Enchanted Rose Costumes: • Construction of Clocke...
"How to Make 18th Century Stockings" by The Lady Victoria: www.theladyvictoriasewing.com...
"18th Century Stockings" by Marquise: www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/...
More about Me
ins: @clairezhangyx
website: clairezhangyx.com - Jak na to + styl
When I want to trace something I use a big Pyrex (glass caserrole dish?) and my cellphone flashlight underneath, works really well :)
Hope this helps
Great idea!
I used a glass table and a flash light underneath once. Worked as well.
This is genius!!!
Dude.
That's a damn good idea.
I always find it works best, particularly tracing onto something like cloth that moves and stretches as the example in this video, to start with the central design and work out from there.
Good idea.
This is amazing! I love it when people use ingenuity to overcome the lack of expensive and single-use tools on hand. Your dad **is** a genius! And the results are impressive! Really nice cinematography, by the way, and wonderfully detailed narration. Thanks for making what would seem like a daunting project, achievable.
Thank you so much!!
Your stockings turned out so well! The hairspray idea is awesome, I would have never thought of that.
Thank you! All credits to my dad
Her dad really is a genius. I’d never have thought of that either.
@@katherinemorelle7115 Yeah, I took up embroidery during quarantine and was exclusively using old t-shirt scraps for practice. I am so excited to try this hairspray stiffening tip, because I got so frustrated with all the stretching and warping in the fabric.
What a beautiful pair of stockings, i would have never guessed that this was your first time creating something like this. Wonderful, really.
Never sell yourself short, you did an amazing job. Dads are always in the genius category in my book. All you can do is try, if you dont succeed try again, your first attempt is always a trial, if it works out its a bonus.
The ASMR on those scissor cuts! It's like a cat's purr
I’m so glad I somehow ended up on your channel. Your work is truly inspiring.
thank you so much!
Over all they look good and fit well! I'm very happy to see you embroidered both sides of the ankle. All of the originals I've examined are embellished on both sides.
A few things about embellishment on stockings - knit stockings in the 18th century are not very stretchy, but the yard goods we have today are. Some stockings were hand embroidered, they just weren't dealing with such stretchy fabric. One type of design was silver threads stitched onto a piece of parchment, then the motifs cut out and appliquéd onto the stockings with more embroidery added.
The design you chose was done with a technique called "plating," where a second color of silk was added on top of the main knitting yarn as the stockings were being knit on a frame (early knitting machine).This meant the design followed the grid of the knit fabric. It was labor intensive and fell out of use around the middle of the 18th century.
The closest hand stitch would be duplicate stitch, following each knit stitch with your embroidery thread. The benefit is that the embroidery will flex with the knit. Depending on how fine a gauge of fabric you use, it could end up being a lot more work.
You've kept your embroidery smooth on a stretchy knit, something they didn't have to worry about at the time. Amazing work!
That explains a lot! I had a feeling that the motifs were knitted into the fabrics in some way because they looked so flat and perfect. I thought about doing duplicate stitch, but the amount of work going into it was quite intimidating. Maybe for my next pair I will try that. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain!
These are legit the most beautiful stockings I've ever seen! Great work!
Decades ago, my sister by marriage gave me a light box she once made for herself. She covered one or two thick pieces of foamboard, 20 by 16 inches with silver paper that had adhesive on its back. Then she installed 2 small florescent lights on top, running along each wide end. She covered that with a thin piece of 20 by 16 inch lucite, but that soon cracked, so I went to the hardware store and got a much thicker piece, (again 20 by 16 inches) to lay on top. I love having it! It’s great for retracing and correcting one’s cartoons or artwork, it would certainly help with your embroidery projects, and was not all that expensive to make. When one of the lights burned out, I just bought a smaller one which I lay in the middle of the orignial two, under the lucite top. The whole thing is 2 1/2 inches deep and easily stores under a bed or standing on its end beside shelves.
wow that is so smart, thank you for sharing this!
Your videos are amazing! I love how you stuck to your budget and used your resources to make something amazing. I can't wait for more
thank you so much!!!!
Historical sewing CZcams is honestly amazing
These are so well done!! I'm terrified of knit fabrics which is why I haven't attempted stockings yet. But you give me hope! I feel you on the not having a light box issue :D I've used my window soooo many times. I also figured out that I could pull a glass shelf out of my fridge, balance it between two chairs, pop a lamp under it, and make a makeshift light box that way - so that's how I transfer all my embroidery patterns now.
Thank you! The fridge idea is genius, I would never have thought about it. I'm not a big fan of knit fabrics as well..I procrastinated as much as I could while making the four mock-ups but once I figured out the pattern it became much easier than I had thought!
The stockings came out beautiful! For someone new to working with stretchy knit fabrics you did amazingly well 👍🏻
Absolutely beautiful handwork!
You are the saint of patience !
I also love your shoes! Very elegant!
We use a table that is glass top & put a light under it. Everything is flat an easy to weight down.
You are incredible. Wow. The number of techniques that you taught yourself are astounding. Kudos to you.
That embroidery is so beautiful! It took me way back to my early sewing days ❤️
Regular paper will work to stiffen the fabric as well. It's a big of a pain folding it into the hoop, but it tears away easily when your done.
I don't know if anyone else has already said this but the original stockings are embroidered with cross stitch. Cross stitch generally doesn't work too well with knits, so good choice sticking with stem and satin stitches!
You have given me courage to get started on hand embroidering some stockings. Your results are truly lovely. A tip on the tracing- you can find very functional, very thin and light LED tracing pads on Amazon.. You can find a range of sizes and prices from incredibly inexpensive to very expensive, but many are in the $20 range and have variable dimming. They work a charm!
I absolutely LUST over these!
😍 Love love love!!
😊 You could transfer your future embroidery patterns by coloring the back of your pattern paper with a layer of charcoal pencil, (making sure every place that has a pattern line on the front is covered with charcoal on the back) then lay the pattern down, face up, ontop of the stocking, and trace the pattern lines on the paper with a pen or pencil. The charcoal will transfer from the back of the paper onto your fabric, and wash out 'without a trace'. (Pun intended.) Lol ☺️
☝️😯 Oooo! You could also do the pin prick method... Take a straight pin and punch little holes into all the lines of your pattern, then lay the pattern down on your fabric. Take a small muslin pouch and fill with colored chalk dust or baby powder. With this pouch, softly pat the holed lines on the pattern. Once all the pattern has been dusted, you will find the chalk dust has gone through the holes and transferred your pattern onto the fabric. (Hope my shoddy explanation makes sense?!) 🤦🏻♀️ Lol ☺️
Amazing art, skill and historical reproduction.
A beautiful pair and the embroidery exquisite too!. I look forward to more of your creations
That is absolutely stunning work. Well done.
Thank you for including the references.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
a moment of inspiration came to mind on a makeshift tracing table - desk lamp and a glass baking dish.
your stitching turned out lovely, and you are doing a wonderful job.
Very pretty.
Exquisite stockings! 👌 sense8 blew my mind, so well done & such a good story, wish they'd make more seasons 😫
This was amazing! Turned out absolutely stunning!
They are beautiful.and elegant. You are very talented. I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel.
Beautiful stockings Claire and loved your ingenuity when making them. Subbed.
This is fabulous, thank you!
THESE LOOK AMAZING!
What a great idea using the windows 👍
Oh, how gorgeous!!!
This is amazing! You are so talented! I love everything about this DIY. Great job 🤩
I find myself mesmerized by your videos and I can't figure out if it's your voice or just the sheer wonder what you create or maybe it's both? Either way wonderful job
Great Job, beautiful sock/ stockings
THAT’S GORGEOUS!!!
These are amazing! Thanks you for sharing this!
A glass table with a flash light underneath works well too
Gorgeous!
This is beautiful!
Beautiful work!
That was awesome. Thanks!
Wow! Fantastic
Lovely. And thank you for the budget friendly info. I so needed it always
This is amazing! Now I want to make some.
You Are SO talented.
Ah they look so pretty!!
Wow !!!!
Gorgeous!!!!
Love them great job 👏
This is amazing Claire!
Hi Kim!! Thank you!
Great project!
wow, such lovely work. Just great to watch
You know the pandemic's hit hard when you're watching this as a straight guy.
Hey, aesthetic appeal and skill/talent are generally interesting no matter how they're expressed!
sadly the website of the pattern is no longer available. thank you so much for much needed valuable insights into my own venture into stockings.
You are amazingly talented, I am in awe at what you can get
you are so, so talented!
Lovely!
Ms. Zhang, this is brilliant. Thank you for sharing. I have shared with my Regency Costuming group on FB. I heart your work.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it :)
Woweee, so aesthetic 😍😍😍
Gorgeous result, you've inspired me to give it a try myself 🤞
Clair, so happy to have found your channel. These were exquisitely made. I believe the old way of transfering embroidery patterns was to pierce the pattern along the stitching lines with a pin, and then place it on the fabric to be marked and then pounce over the holes with charcoal. I think you could use old eye shadows that you no longer care for, I use them sometimes to mark my sewing. Your father's hairspray idea is ingenious. I shall put it to use one day.
eye shadow sounds like a great idea, I shall try that one day!
Yeap, so I know what I'm doing when I move. First project will be tights! Gotta,find linen and cotton knit fabrics.
You’re an amazing seamstress!!
these are absolutely beautiful and EXACTLY what I need for a project!!! thank you so much 😍
could you technically make these as tights? because that would be even better
These are so beautiful!! I definitely plan on attempting a pair this year (although I doubt they'll turn out quite so well as yours did) I'm also so glad I'm not the only person that watches Sense8!!!
Thank you! I wish the show wasn't cut....
Transfer paper and a nail art stylus would help with tracing those patterns
This is an amazing video. I was thinking I'd have to learn to knit to make 18th century stockings! When you were making your many mock-ups, did you use your fashion fabric or something cheaper, and if you used cheaper mock-up fabric how did you make sure it had the same amount of stretch?
Thanks :)
Wow! They're beautiful. I'm about to make a simple pair without embroidery but I definitely want to copy what you've done, later. What might you suggest for hand-sewing the seams? I don't know what kind of stitches are good for stretchy fabric, I haven't worked much with it either (and I'm pretty sure my sewing machine doesn't have options for it either). Thanks!
Thank you! I tried a few hand stitching method but it wasn't very successful. I believe that Enchanted Rose Costumes made one of her stockings with hand sewing, maybe it's worth checking out her video or messaging her on instagram.
@@clairezhangyx I will check her out, I'm not familiar with her. So many creative, talented people out there!! :-D Can't wait to watch more of your videos as well.
Excellent work, I reallyyy like the hand design.. wow how many hours😱 does it costs to finish that kind of work congrats ☺️final result is perfect ❤️👌
thank you! it took about 65 hours
Beautiful! you are very talented. Also, may I ask where you got your shoes?
Nevermind I see the link in the desc. You most get a ton of people asking about them lol
Hello I love your videos. What kind of sewing machine to you use? Thanks.
thank you! i use singer 4423
@@clairezhangyx thank you so much.
Beautiful. Where did you get the shoes?
they are from american duchess!
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#KewL!
Now that you have made stockings, what you could do is embroider the details before you cut out your fabric. Draw your stocking pattern, then draw your design and embroider then cut everything out.
i thought about doing that, but I realized that the seam allowance around the gore was not even so I was worried the pattern wouldn't be symmetrical if I did the embroidery before cutting out and stitching the fabrics.
i saw this style on pinterest you have inspired me to make a pair. do you have an instagram # so i can show you?
Hello! My ins is @clairezhangyx
Does anyone feel a ghostly connection to the past when people recreate historical items? Even being the seamstress makes you a person of that time