LOL! You know what's odd, I may or may not have. I watched those videos like a year before I made these...came up with the concept on my own just by looking at the gores...and then I went back and rewatched just before I started, when I already had the plan, and was like, "...oh..."
I frequently search for videos of 17th century costuming, yet UA-cam neglected to show me this 😫 Glad to be here now though and love how the stays turned out. The secret pizza guys is an inspiration!
Thank you so much! Glad you're here! The more 17th century nerds around, the better! And hm...interesting that it's not showing in searches 🤔 glad I know that, will have to play around with that video. Thanks!
I've been doing 17th-century working-class Dutch for a while and Dutch genre paintings show clearly that working-class women wore bodices rather than stays. Are there any records about what English women were wearing? There's certainly not the same amount of easily-accessible visual records. Stuart Peachey's Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England: Volume 35: A Users Manual is a good resource, but hard to find. He draws a lot on prints that are are harder to find to figure out how people dressed. I am so thrilled to be able to share that! Someone is doing 17th century and sharing it online! Thank you for sharing your projects with us, it's wonderful to see that these things really can be done and done beautifully.
Whoohoo, another 17th century-head! I have no idea what working class English women were wearing, I suspect probably something closer to a Tudor-style kirtle, but like you said, there's very little visual representation of lower classes. This particular set of bodies was made purely as research for a fantasy novel I was writing at the time, so I had full control over what my lower middle classes were wearing! My particular area of interest is actually mid-late century French upper class...gimme all those schmancy things!!
Such a gorgeous, underrated century. Why no love for the 17th century from other people? Love the stays! And wool is the best for warm climates. Also - the different colored markers is GENIUS.
Thank you! Honestly, after a year jabbering about it to people, survey says that everyone likes the way the 17th century looks, but are all too intimidated to attempt it--and nobody does it, so there are "no events" to wear it to. I'm hoping to at least solve the former 😁 And I know, the colored marker thing is great, right? I take zero credit for it. That was all Sewrina 🧡
Very late comment here, but this is my favorite of all of your stays and corsets! I love this one (naturally)!! And I've watched this video repeatedly.
Never too late! Thank you 😊 This one is definitely one of my favorites, too! I recently broke the busk on this guy...I need to fix it so I can wear it again 🤐
These stays look so good. All the construction details really make these look authentic. The fit is perfect too. You really put in the work and made a top notch garment. 🎉
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming I do wonder what you'd of called it if you'd not of been told the name though🤔🤔. I think you'd of come up with something as equally silly!!
From machine quilting, i gradually change the stitch !ength to zero or the shortest length. Then I stitch in place for a few stitches. Works wonderfully.
I'm so happy I found you videos I love 💕 what you make.it's so much fun to watch you you inspire me to make stuff for myself.thank you so much for sharing your beautiful clothes you make
Those stays came out absolutely beautiful. I love the colours - it's a good base that will work with pretty much everything. I can't think of anything to recommend for the back pinching, other than to let the fabric do it's thing and see how it works itself out. Also - there's an acrylic fabric medium that will turn any paint into fabric paint (should be able to find it at your local independent art store). - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Thank you! True about the fabric. I wore it for some time the other day and it was better. I intentionally made it a little smaller because I knew it was gonna stretch 🤪 I do have some of that fabric medium...I just couldn't be bothered to dig through the pit of dispair (aka my craft closet) to find it 🤣
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming Ah. The pit of despair. I understand it well. I was just about finished organizing my studio area in our one bedroom apartment. Fabulous - clear table, drawer units underneath. Extra stuff sorted and packed into a metal bookcase. And it was perfect. Until the bookcase decided to fold itself in half... I. Was. So. Close. To. Done...
this was delightful, as always! if you dont have them already (and honestly you might have mentioned them in this video when I glanced away but I don't think so) there's a two book thing from the v&a called Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns and it is honestly two the most ridiculous historical costuming books I own. there's patterning and assembly stuff, there's bobbin lace patterns and knitting charts and freaking x rays of the original garments in addition to half scale replicas and closeups of the damage showing construction for the originals.
Thanks! I do have those books. The menswear one, too. They're great, but the problem is they focus on the first half of the century. My particular interest aligns with the reign of Louis XIV, so we're talking 1660-1700.
Thanks for the video. Yes I'd like a follow-up later. :D So did you use natural plant dyes, or a modern dye? :) I'm guessing modern dye, because that shade and brightness is probably hard to achieve with natural dyes. (To get that shade with natural dyes I would dye with weld first, and then overdye with madder. It would probably take several test dyes to get the right shade, and it probably wouldn't be as bright). Colour splotches when dyeing are often down to the dye container being too small, and/or there not being enough water in the container. If you used a washing machine I'm guessing your washing machine uses eco mode with very little water. Maybe get a big bucket with lots of water next time you dye. :) The fabric needs to be able to move around unhindered in the water when you stir it, for an even colour. I don't have any tips for the other things, sorry.
Acid dye for the wool and fiber reactive for the rest. I don't really have an interest in natural dyes, the mordants kind of squick me out 🥴 Acid dyes have to be done in a pot on the stove, the washing machine doesn't get hot enough! (and I can't dye in my washer, anyway. Long story.) It had sufficent room...but I was being lazy with stirring, and that's why it got splotchy. 🤷♂️
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming the imels are a clerical type, Qins a farmer, Hasud a warrior. The Threl and Sharun balance the three. The Imel are horned and hooved, the Qins are feathered and the Hasud are reptilian
Oh, yay, that's awesome!! And LOL surprisingly not easy, actually. Knits are hard to sew for beginners, and you have sleeves to set in, which is also hard! 😆 😵💫 A skirt, even a knit one, would be a better place to start 👍
Earlier I said that to make orange on fabric with plants, you need two dyes. After that I did some internet searching. And nope, madder by itself can give a clear orange, at least on wool. The trick is to use the second dye bath, not the first. The first bath will be red, and the second bath will be orange. (As always with plant dyes, test on scrap fabric first). 🙂 It is still possible that cellulose fibres need two dyes. I don't know. Just writing this in case someone wants to experiment. 😊
did you take this down and then upload it again? it randomly disappeared from the recently released list. it was very strange. it also wouldn't let me comment about the fact that it had taken me 40 minutes to watch 6 minutes of footage. strange things be happening. anyway, awesome as always! how in the hell do you come up with these mashup designs? what sparks the ideas?I've been using different coloured pens for my corsets for ages. it helps me to visually see the straight of grain Vs boning channels Vs seam lines etc. it works really well.
Yep. Was having technical issues. Y'all were too quick for me 🤣 sorry for the mix up!! And to answer your question about the idea for the mashups...this one specifically I got the idea for because the gores when bound just look so much like pizzas. But mostly it's just my brain being its random self 🤷♂️
A wooden ruler's a great idea! I guessed and was right, 30 cm is very close to our standard 12 in. Which makes sense 🤷♀️ What doesn't make sense is why we're still using the imperial system...
You can also get paint sticks for something like $.25 USD and if you also are buying paint you might be able to get them free! And I have found smaller ones at Walmart and larger ones at Home Depot. 21:35
I feel like you watched Morgan's video and ran with her pizza slice comment!😂
I love these so much! Your imagination is inspiring!
LOL! You know what's odd, I may or may not have. I watched those videos like a year before I made these...came up with the concept on my own just by looking at the gores...and then I went back and rewatched just before I started, when I already had the plan, and was like, "...oh..."
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming OH get out! Haha that's funny! Great minds think alike!
I frequently search for videos of 17th century costuming, yet UA-cam neglected to show me this 😫 Glad to be here now though and love how the stays turned out. The secret pizza guys is an inspiration!
Thank you so much! Glad you're here! The more 17th century nerds around, the better! And hm...interesting that it's not showing in searches 🤔 glad I know that, will have to play around with that video. Thanks!
“Knead” this pair of stays in my life 🍕🍕🤣🤣
LOL omg. That made me giggle. Thank you!
I've been doing 17th-century working-class Dutch for a while and Dutch genre paintings show clearly that working-class women wore bodices rather than stays. Are there any records about what English women were wearing? There's certainly not the same amount of easily-accessible visual records. Stuart Peachey's Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England: Volume 35: A Users Manual is a good resource, but hard to find. He draws a lot on prints that are are harder to find to figure out how people dressed.
I am so thrilled to be able to share that! Someone is doing 17th century and sharing it online! Thank you for sharing your projects with us, it's wonderful to see that these things really can be done and done beautifully.
Whoohoo, another 17th century-head! I have no idea what working class English women were wearing, I suspect probably something closer to a Tudor-style kirtle, but like you said, there's very little visual representation of lower classes. This particular set of bodies was made purely as research for a fantasy novel I was writing at the time, so I had full control over what my lower middle classes were wearing! My particular area of interest is actually mid-late century French upper class...gimme all those schmancy things!!
Such a gorgeous, underrated century. Why no love for the 17th century from other people? Love the stays! And wool is the best for warm climates. Also - the different colored markers is GENIUS.
Thank you! Honestly, after a year jabbering about it to people, survey says that everyone likes the way the 17th century looks, but are all too intimidated to attempt it--and nobody does it, so there are "no events" to wear it to. I'm hoping to at least solve the former 😁
And I know, the colored marker thing is great, right? I take zero credit for it. That was all Sewrina 🧡
I'm with you, guys! I love the 17th century but there's so few resources and events I haven't gotten further than halfway through a pair of stays.
Pizza and corsetry. Heaven! ❤
Hah! Two of the best things! 🤣 Thanks for watching!
The paint stick tip was brilliant. You did so much hard work. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much! I appreciate you watching 🤗
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming Thanks. 😊
Lolol you sliding in to frame before cutting out the pieces was so good 😂
😁 Thank you! Trade secret: it took me three takes because I kept getting stuck in my tripod. 🤣😳
Yes I’m loving this cooler Texas weather too! I’m about 2 hours north east of Houston. I hate the heat!
Good job on the stays!!
Thank you! Yes...it's been nice. Hopefully we get a decent winter this year!
They look amazing. I love all the little pizza men.
Thank you! I'll admit, I had a lot of fun making those 😁
Those stays are amazing!
Thank you! 😁
Very late comment here, but this is my favorite of all of your stays and corsets! I love this one (naturally)!! And I've watched this video repeatedly.
Never too late! Thank you 😊 This one is definitely one of my favorites, too! I recently broke the busk on this guy...I need to fix it so I can wear it again 🤐
I love these stays!
Thank you! 😁
Your stats turned out beautifully! And those cute little pizza guys are _chef's kiss_ 🥹
Thanks for normalizing weird fun stuff with sewing!
Aw, thank you! The pizza guys were so much fun to make 😂 And LOL. That's what someone is going to put on my gravestone...
These stays look so good. All the construction details really make these look authentic. The fit is perfect too. You really put in the work and made a top notch garment. 🎉
Thank you so much! 😁
woohoo! whipped butta got its first outing🤣.
🤣 It is that forever and always.
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming I do wonder what you'd of called it if you'd not of been told the name though🤔🤔. I think you'd of come up with something as equally silly!!
So much work! They turned out great and look fantastic on you. Worth the wait.
Thank you so much! 🤗
This looks gorgeous and really beautiful on. You. I’m encouraged..
Thank you so much!! It's really comfortable, too!
From machine quilting, i gradually change the stitch !ength to zero or the shortest length. Then I stitch in place for a few stitches. Works wonderfully.
Thanks for the tip!
Beautiful and brilliant job ❤❤❤ fantastic presentation ❤❤❤ have a wonderful day my dear friend ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! You, too 😁
These are beautiful!! I've made a busk from a paint stir stick too! It's a great hack.
Thank you! It is a good hack--busks are so expensive!!
I'm so happy I found you videos I love 💕 what you make.it's so much fun to watch you you inspire me to make stuff for myself.thank you so much for sharing your beautiful clothes you make
Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate you! ☺️
17th century ftw!
Whoohoo! 🤜🤛 It's my very favorite!
Those stays came out absolutely beautiful. I love the colours - it's a good base that will work with pretty much everything. I can't think of anything to recommend for the back pinching, other than to let the fabric do it's thing and see how it works itself out. Also - there's an acrylic fabric medium that will turn any paint into fabric paint (should be able to find it at your local independent art store).
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Thank you! True about the fabric. I wore it for some time the other day and it was better. I intentionally made it a little smaller because I knew it was gonna stretch 🤪 I do have some of that fabric medium...I just couldn't be bothered to dig through the pit of dispair (aka my craft closet) to find it 🤣
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming Ah. The pit of despair. I understand it well.
I was just about finished organizing my studio area in our one bedroom apartment. Fabulous - clear table, drawer units underneath. Extra stuff sorted and packed into a metal bookcase. And it was perfect.
Until the bookcase decided to fold itself in half... I. Was. So. Close. To. Done...
So cool..I m learning so much from you❤
Aw, yay! That's awesome! Thank you for watching 😊
this was delightful, as always!
if you dont have them already (and honestly you might have mentioned them in this video when I glanced away but I don't think so) there's a two book thing from the v&a called Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns and it is honestly two the most ridiculous historical costuming books I own. there's patterning and assembly stuff, there's bobbin lace patterns and knitting charts and freaking x rays of the original garments in addition to half scale replicas and closeups of the damage showing construction for the originals.
Thanks! I do have those books. The menswear one, too. They're great, but the problem is they focus on the first half of the century. My particular interest aligns with the reign of Louis XIV, so we're talking 1660-1700.
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming ahhhh, you're right that's different of course. bummer. I'll have to find that menswear one though!
Thanks for the video. Yes I'd like a follow-up later. :D So did you use natural plant dyes, or a modern dye? :) I'm guessing modern dye, because that shade and brightness is probably hard to achieve with natural dyes. (To get that shade with natural dyes I would dye with weld first, and then overdye with madder. It would probably take several test dyes to get the right shade, and it probably wouldn't be as bright).
Colour splotches when dyeing are often down to the dye container being too small, and/or there not being enough water in the container. If you used a washing machine I'm guessing your washing machine uses eco mode with very little water. Maybe get a big bucket with lots of water next time you dye. :) The fabric needs to be able to move around unhindered in the water when you stir it, for an even colour. I don't have any tips for the other things, sorry.
Acid dye for the wool and fiber reactive for the rest. I don't really have an interest in natural dyes, the mordants kind of squick me out 🥴 Acid dyes have to be done in a pot on the stove, the washing machine doesn't get hot enough! (and I can't dye in my washer, anyway. Long story.) It had sufficent room...but I was being lazy with stirring, and that's why it got splotchy. 🤷♂️
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming OK, cool. 🙂 Aha, OK. Yes stirring is important.
I love this. Your crazy twist to a pair of bodies and farthingale would be interesting. Otherwise a Harlequin costume would be something to see
Thank you! Bodies and a farthingale...that would definitely be fun. So would a Harlequin costume. Thanks for the ideas!
You are welcome. What suggestions would you give as far as my making alien royalty garb?
@@kyradavis7130 What are you looking for, specifically? Do you have an era in mind? And what kind of alien? That's a very broad category 😂
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming I have settled on Georgian, Edwardian, 1830s and late 1890s inspiration. I call them Imel, Qins, Hasud, Threl and Sharun
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming the imels are a clerical type, Qins a farmer, Hasud a warrior. The Threl and Sharun balance the three. The Imel are horned and hooved, the Qins are feathered and the Hasud are reptilian
You have inspired me to give making something for myself a try. How easy would hand sewing a t-shirt be? 😂
Oh, yay, that's awesome!! And LOL surprisingly not easy, actually. Knits are hard to sew for beginners, and you have sleeves to set in, which is also hard! 😆 😵💫 A skirt, even a knit one, would be a better place to start 👍
You had me at pizza!
Hah! 🤣 Glad it wasn't too cheesy of an idea...
Earlier I said that to make orange on fabric with plants, you need two dyes. After that I did some internet searching. And nope, madder by itself can give a clear orange, at least on wool. The trick is to use the second dye bath, not the first. The first bath will be red, and the second bath will be orange. (As always with plant dyes, test on scrap fabric first). 🙂 It is still possible that cellulose fibres need two dyes. I don't know. Just writing this in case someone wants to experiment. 😊
Thank you! Yes I am into natural dyes and I haven't gotten my hands on madder yet.
@@jessicabey275 You're welcome. Cool. 🙂 Madder is one of the most researched plant dyes. So there is quite a lot of info and pictures on the net. 😊
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
Darn. Have to remember to add the height of the boning when figuring out how much space they will take up.
Indeed! 😣
did you take this down and then upload it again? it randomly disappeared from the recently released list. it was very strange. it also wouldn't let me comment about the fact that it had taken me 40 minutes to watch 6 minutes of footage. strange things be happening. anyway, awesome as always! how in the hell do you come up with these mashup designs? what sparks the ideas?I've been using different coloured pens for my corsets for ages. it helps me to visually see the straight of grain Vs boning channels Vs seam lines etc. it works really well.
Yes she did. I was typing a comment and it wouldn't post because the video was gone.
@@nian60 thank god I'm not going mad. thanks for that.
Yep. Was having technical issues. Y'all were too quick for me 🤣 sorry for the mix up!!
And to answer your question about the idea for the mashups...this one specifically I got the idea for because the gores when bound just look so much like pizzas. But mostly it's just my brain being its random self 🤷♂️
@@dancooper-jones Lol, you're welcome. 🙂
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming ah, random brain patterns is something I can relate to. Yup, we were all too quick for you to slip by unnoticed.
I used a 30cm wooden ruler for my busk 👍 not sure what 30cm is in inches, just use a wooden ruler haha
A wooden ruler's a great idea! I guessed and was right, 30 cm is very close to our standard 12 in. Which makes sense 🤷♀️ What doesn't make sense is why we're still using the imperial system...
Its always so annoying when I look up 17th century and half the stuff that comes up is 18th century.
I agree! Drives me nuts!
6:18 oh how aggravating after all that to just be a couple of millimeters off.!
You can also get paint sticks for something like $.25 USD and if you also are buying paint you might be able to get them free! And I have found smaller ones at Walmart and larger ones at Home Depot. 21:35
This was beautiful! I just subscribed!
Right? 🙄 story of my life, lol! Great idea about the paint sticks! So glad you enjoyed, and thanks for subscribing! 🤗 happy to have you here!