I love this! Just bought an old sheet for my first experiment in 18th century shirtmaking, and as you say, patterns aren't very complicated or hard to find. But this short visualisation really helps illustrate the actual process, and it's going to be extremely helpful. Thank you so much!
You are way to hard on yourself. You realize that the first people see this are most likely your subscribers and we all liked your content enough to subcribe in the first place. (Do worry about the editing, the sound mixing, etc...just be you)
Thank you for covering the neck gussets on this video! Now I see how complicated I went with my first shirt! Please keep us updated about the natural bleaching of this shirt! I have some meters of light natural linen and I've been thinking about making a shirt with it! Great video as always!
Thank you for doing this! I been nervously procrastinating like crazy because I wasn’t entirely sure what I needed to do! I’m gonna come back and watch this tomorrow and make notes!
oh wonderful, clearer than the last and with great visuals. I remember well how impossible the gussets were to figure out from diagrams for me, this video would have been a great help and shows it very clearly. The length of the body is what's keeping me from just starting - I'm always afraid I'll leave too little and have to re-tuck it into trousers every five minutes, or too much and make myself a nightgown - but I guess I can always take the hem up and use the remnants for cuffs on the next one. Thanks for posting!
Great video as always! It'd be cool to see a shirt update a year from now once this one is torn up and sun bleached - I've always wondered to what extent natural linen shirts bleached lighter in the period.
There’s an idea! I’ve already been sleeping in it and I’m planning on wearing it to the battle of Prestonpans so it’ll be interesting to see what happens to the colour
That shirt looks so cool, I hope it gets even better with wear and tear! So happy to have such a perfect video for reference and inspiration! I can’t wait to make this shirt!
Putting another one of these (real linen this time) on my to sew list. This has been the most useful tutorial this year. I think I’ve made four or five adaptions of it.
Amazing! I am a tailor too, and it has been a while since I last designed and worked on my workshop, due to laboral reasons. And while browsing about a fashion's past era, I watched this video. You made me reconnect with my passion. Thank You, So Much! :)
Your first video was already really clear despite the sound mixing issues you mentioned, simply because of how clearly you went about it! This one was even better and I think is going to be a really handy tutorial to follow as I attempt to make a slight bastardisation of this kind of shirt. Also, (having had a quick look over at your other vids), nice to see a fellow trans guy in the historical clothing community!
I`ve been looking up some puffy shirt tutorials for my 8th doctor cosplay and realized that it is basically the same pattern as the traditional shirt of my culture minus the collar. I think it`s neat that different peoples all over the world just decided to make their shirts the same way for hundreds of years
I am working on a shirt now for my son and this was a wonderful tutorial. It is very easy to see what you were doing. I would love to see some videos on the stitches you used. How to start and end them as well. Keep it up.
Thank you for your 2 shirt videos! There is such a lack of instructions for making mens period shirts online and in costume reference books. Super appreciate it as I am needing to cut some for a film!
Seriously, this video is amazing, I have returned to this video several times and I’m on my fourth iteration of this shirt now and can basically make it by heart. One thing that I was wondering, is I’ve been fascinated by the bar tack at the neck slit and that you mentioned that the Pennsylvania Dutch had extra decoration to it. I’ve been wondering if anyone might know where to find pictures? I’ve been googling around but haven’t managed to find anything. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful work!
Thank you! I have the Kannick Korner pattern and although I'm an experienced seamstress I could not figure out how those neck gussets worked. I really needed to see it IRL.
now I am really tempted to add those neck gussets to a finished piece...or make a new one. Thanks for the tutorial, your instructions are clear and easy to understand.
@@emile_fa I believe he meant mark one point 22 cm down from the top and one point 10 cm from the bottom. This will be the side seam starting at the bottom of the sleeve gusset and ending at the side slit.
So I'm going to watch this in the morning but my first reaction was "why are you awake?" But then I thought NCY time. BUT THEN I realised its like 5am so my reaction was "babe no, go to bed"
Funny story, this was scheduled to go up at 10 AM EST but my laptop didn’t process the time difference. But I’ve been up since 4:30 for online classes anyway, RIP
still so confused-- do the shoulder reinforcements go on the inside or the outside? do they start at the end of the gusset or back up into the collar? ahh help
I didn't know I wanted to recreate the Colin Firth coming from the lake scene until you mentioned it, but oh, how I would love to do just that. Actually, I'd love to recreate the entire movie.
I’d be careful-cotton was more ‘exotic’ and expensive in the 18th century. I think it might be an option for upper class men’s shirts in the Americas, but don’t quote me on that. I haven’t found any documentation for cotton shirts in Britain, at any rate!
Hi, just discovering your channel with this great video. I'm thinking of trying it but I'm not too sure about the measurements. English is not my first language so that may be why 🤔 would you agree to tell me how tall you are so that it can give me an idea of how to adapt it to myself ? And even if you don't want to, I can't thank you enough for how clearly you explained everything !
this is soo clear n well made!!! :D 1 question, if i made this i wouldnt be making it w. historical accuracy in mind, it would be just.. having cute clothes.. so how easily do you think i could add a rounded peter-pan / club (i think club wld be more accurate to the shape i like) collar to this rather than the high collar? i just love round collars n puffy sleeves so much :,0 + how long is the shirt made like this? i wldnt need mine to hit like mid-thigh b.c i wear relativelytight fitting vests and high waisted pants ovr it so all that tucking into pants fabric wld be unnecessary i would probably need a couple inches less cus i dont like how it feels when it bunches up!!
A club collar or a Peter Pan collar would be more complex, you’d need two separate pattern pieces! But it’s definitely doable. And you can probably shave a couple inches off the body piece too!
The number is for laundry/book keeping purposes! Men would own more shirts than pairs of breeches, waistcoats, etc. because they were the basic protective layer between your clothes and your skin. They’d get washed and changed more often, and the numbers made it easier to keep track of your shirts or shifts in the laundry
Thank you marius for making these videos! There are so few videos on UA-cam on mens historic sewing and your videos are so helpful!
I love this! Just bought an old sheet for my first experiment in 18th century shirtmaking, and as you say, patterns aren't very complicated or hard to find. But this short visualisation really helps illustrate the actual process, and it's going to be extremely helpful. Thank you so much!
You are way to hard on yourself. You realize that the first people see this are most likely your subscribers and we all liked your content enough to subcribe in the first place. (Do worry about the editing, the sound mixing, etc...just be you)
Yoooo there're so many great tutorials on UA-cam for womenswear, but barely any for menswear, so this is a godsend and so delightful to watch!
Also I love your sheep pincushion, it's 🔥
Thank you for covering the neck gussets on this video! Now I see how complicated I went with my first shirt!
Please keep us updated about the natural bleaching of this shirt! I have some meters of light natural linen and I've been thinking about making a shirt with it! Great video as always!
Thank you for doing this! I been nervously procrastinating like crazy because I wasn’t entirely sure what I needed to do! I’m gonna come back and watch this tomorrow and make notes!
Thank you so much! I hope it’s helpful
oh wonderful, clearer than the last and with great visuals. I remember well how impossible the gussets were to figure out from diagrams for me, this video would have been a great help and shows it very clearly.
The length of the body is what's keeping me from just starting - I'm always afraid I'll leave too little and have to re-tuck it into trousers every five minutes, or too much and make myself a nightgown - but I guess I can always take the hem up and use the remnants for cuffs on the next one. Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much! I’d say it’s better to err on the long side, but mid-thigh would be a decent length to shoot for
This is perfect! And now I can stop side-eyeing the raw edges on my armscyes wondering how I'm supposed to finish them. Thank you!
Best of luck! I’m sure your shirt will turn out wonderfully
Great video as always! It'd be cool to see a shirt update a year from now once this one is torn up and sun bleached - I've always wondered to what extent natural linen shirts bleached lighter in the period.
There’s an idea! I’ve already been sleeping in it and I’m planning on wearing it to the battle of Prestonpans so it’ll be interesting to see what happens to the colour
That shirt looks so cool, I hope it gets even better with wear and tear! So happy to have such a perfect video for reference and inspiration! I can’t wait to make this shirt!
Putting another one of these (real linen this time) on my to sew list. This has been the most useful tutorial this year. I think I’ve made four or five adaptions of it.
I hope it goes well and I’d love to see the shirt when it’s done!
Really nice work of historical sewing 🪡
Amazing! I am a tailor too, and it has been a while since I last designed and worked on my workshop, due to laboral reasons. And while browsing about a fashion's past era, I watched this video. You made me reconnect with my passion. Thank You, So Much! :)
I’m so glad to hear it! Thank you!!!
Your first video was already really clear despite the sound mixing issues you mentioned, simply because of how clearly you went about it! This one was even better and I think is going to be a really handy tutorial to follow as I attempt to make a slight bastardisation of this kind of shirt. Also, (having had a quick look over at your other vids), nice to see a fellow trans guy in the historical clothing community!
Thank you so much! Good luck with the shirt!
I love the fabric.
Wow! This was short, clear, and very thorough. Thank you!
I am glad to see U use the same thimble as I do
I`ve been looking up some puffy shirt tutorials for my 8th doctor cosplay and realized that it is basically the same pattern as the traditional shirt of my culture minus the collar. I think it`s neat that different peoples all over the world just decided to make their shirts the same way for hundreds of years
Good job! And now we have the button video to look out for!
thank you for this!! going to my first renfaire in August and need something to get the excitement out while I wait 😊😊
This is a great video! I’m going to make the shirt myself now, and was wondering how many yards of fabric you used.
Damn, amazing stuff. Criminally undersubscribed. Wishing you all the best
Heat from fire
I am working on a shirt now for my son and this was a wonderful tutorial. It is very easy to see what you were doing. I would love to see some videos on the stitches you used. How to start and end them as well. Keep it up.
Absolutely wonderful channel. You are wonderful Marius!
Thank you for your 2 shirt videos! There is such a lack of instructions for making mens period shirts online and in costume reference books. Super appreciate it as I am needing to cut some for a film!
thank you for this!! it inspired me to finally go finish my version of this shirt, so it came at the perfect time for me haha
Seriously, this video is amazing, I have returned to this video several times and I’m on my fourth iteration of this shirt now and can basically make it by heart. One thing that I was wondering, is I’ve been fascinated by the bar tack at the neck slit and that you mentioned that the Pennsylvania Dutch had extra decoration to it. I’ve been wondering if anyone might know where to find pictures? I’ve been googling around but haven’t managed to find anything. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful work!
Love these tutorials!!!
They (and you) are so inspiring ❤
Looks absolutely marvelous! Thank you for these videos!
Thank you! I have the Kannick Korner pattern and although I'm an experienced seamstress I could not figure out how those neck gussets worked. I really needed to see it IRL.
I was hoping for this video! Gotta make me one of these
Your work always looks amazing :)
Thank you so much!!! 💛
Yes this is exactly what i was looking for, subscribeddd
Can you share some links of the "lace-like" reinforcements of the T split that you mention at 2:01 ? Thanks! Great video :)
now I am really tempted to add those neck gussets to a finished piece...or make a new one. Thanks for the tutorial, your instructions are clear and easy to understand.
Thank you so much! I’d say it’s definitely worth trying the neck gussets, I’ve heard stories of people’s collars/neck openings ripping without them!
Yes, definitely! The collar is much more comfortable with those gussets as well, and that part of the shirt just gets much sturdier by adding them.
I just found this from your previous version, this is very good. Thanks for posting.
Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
I'm so excited to make this shirt. It's exactly what I was looking for!
This is a great tutorial!
Do the shoulder reinforcers go over the neck gussets? :)
They do!
hello! great video with no pattern! oh btw what button is that?
Bernadette Banner also does a good tutorial of a pirate shirt. 😉
Promptly yanked some linen of my shelfs and started cutting pieces
wonderful as always
Thank you!!!
You give me so much serotonin :)
The sleeves need to be placed 1.22 cm down from the top and 1.10 cm from the bottom? Did I hear correctly? Can someone wiser than me clear things up?
Same question here. I'm confused what these measurements are.
And I don't understand where from I should be sewing the sides of the body together.
@@emile_fa I believe he meant mark one point 22 cm down from the top and one point 10 cm from the bottom. This will be the side seam starting at the bottom of the sleeve gusset and ending at the side slit.
So I'm going to watch this in the morning but my first reaction was "why are you awake?" But then I thought NCY time. BUT THEN I realised its like 5am so my reaction was "babe no, go to bed"
Funny story, this was scheduled to go up at 10 AM EST but my laptop didn’t process the time difference. But I’ve been up since 4:30 for online classes anyway, RIP
I also forgot you are going to school in Europe, but in NYC. I'm sorry. Go to bed
Much appreciated
still so confused-- do the shoulder reinforcements go on the inside or the outside? do they start at the end of the gusset or back up into the collar? ahh help
They go on the outside and up into the collar!
@@pinsandweevils great! that's what i ended up doing!
Thanks so much! Was wondering the same. I hope your final shots don't get hidden by a scarf next time. Thanks so much for your videos!
This is so impressive
Mine won't look the same but I shall try!
Can the neck gussets be 4x4 cm?
I didn't know I wanted to recreate the Colin Firth coming from the lake scene until you mentioned it, but oh, how I would love to do just that. Actually, I'd love to recreate the entire movie.
The dream tbh
Hey Marius, great video also quick question, is cotton fabric appropriate to use as alternative to linen?
I’d be careful-cotton was more ‘exotic’ and expensive in the 18th century. I think it might be an option for upper class men’s shirts in the Americas, but don’t quote me on that. I haven’t found any documentation for cotton shirts in Britain, at any rate!
Hi, just discovering your channel with this great video. I'm thinking of trying it but I'm not too sure about the measurements. English is not my first language so that may be why 🤔 would you agree to tell me how tall you are so that it can give me an idea of how to adapt it to myself ? And even if you don't want to, I can't thank you enough for how clearly you explained everything !
1.72m! I hope that’s helpful?
@@pinsandweevils thanks a lot ! It does help 😊
The shoulder reinforcement should go on the outside or the inside of the shirt? I'm sorry if it is a dumb question
On the outside! Not a dumb question at all
How do you know how big a rectangle of fabric to cut out for the sleeves? And along which dimension are they folded in half?
how much would you recommend adding to the half chest measurement? (love your videos btw!!)
How long did it take you to sew it?
this is soo clear n well made!!! :D 1 question, if i made this i wouldnt be making it w. historical accuracy in mind, it would be just.. having cute clothes.. so how easily do you think i could add a rounded peter-pan / club (i think club wld be more accurate to the shape i like) collar to this rather than the high collar? i just love round collars n puffy sleeves so much :,0
+ how long is the shirt made like this? i wldnt need mine to hit like mid-thigh b.c i wear relativelytight fitting vests and high waisted pants ovr it so all that tucking into pants fabric wld be unnecessary i would probably need a couple inches less cus i dont like how it feels when it bunches up!!
A club collar or a Peter Pan collar would be more complex, you’d need two separate pattern pieces! But it’s definitely doable. And you can probably shave a couple inches off the body piece too!
Why would you need a number on your shirt? Is it because you reenact a soldier?
The number is for laundry/book keeping purposes! Men would own more shirts than pairs of breeches, waistcoats, etc. because they were the basic protective layer between your clothes and your skin. They’d get washed and changed more often, and the numbers made it easier to keep track of your shirts or shifts in the laundry
That makes sense, thank you!
Hey Kid, where did you learn all This?
The sewing in general or the specific info in the video?
Any idea of the metres of linen you used? :D (I very much do not want to do the math haha)
Depends on your size! I use maybe 2 metres but I’m also not a particularly large person.
You haven’t posted in such a long time!! Are you okay??
Yes! Just haven’t had the time to make a video in ages. Thank you for asking!
@@pinsandweevils good to know :) i’m looking forwards to when you post something again
Half your chest circumfrence plus a fair amount. I don't understand what 'a fair amount' means. Is it seam allowance??
I don’t account for seam allowance in my patterns-I mean adding a lot of ease, so that the shirt body is loose and flowy
How many meters/yards of fabric did you use for this project?
I used about 2 1/4!
Also can we get some footage of that bad ass plaid garment lmfao I NEED one
It’s a belted plaid or a fèileadh mòr! I posted a video about it ages ago
@@pinsandweevils oh cool! Sorry I should've checked lol thank you!
Dude you're so soothing to watch lol idk if you're into this kinda thing but may I ask your sign? Lmao
Thank you!! I have to admit I don’t know a lot about horoscopes but I’m a Virgo I think?
I watch this and decided to make a poets pillow shirt..
Mm yes linen... Ima use a bed sheet. Not very historically accurate but you know.. Gets it done XD
I’ve watched so many tutorials and I still don’t understand a thing. I genuinely don’t understand how this is supposed to work
pirate shirt pirate shirt pirate shirt
i have tried so many times this is too hard i just need a wife to do it
Pronoun check?
He/him!