1890s Sports Corset: I Made a Ferris Good Sense Waist

[@RychaardRyder]

*agressivelly takes down notes to make my own ferris waist inspired corset*

[@ShannonMakes]

heck yes!!

[@tiffanytomasino335]

It’s always great to see a creator enjoy the efforts of their work. I’m glad you’re happy with your product. Thank you for sharing

[@ShannonMakes]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you were entertained :-D

[@agimagi2158]

Wow taping yout buttons down before sewing is a genius idea and honestly actually life changeing! I used to use 4 pins to hold them in place but the only thing that method was good at was to stab me into my fingers... Your corset turned out beautiful those cute little buttons are a perfect addition!

[@ShannonMakes]

Ooh, I'm so glad you found it helpful! I use tape a fair amount because I used to sew a lot of leather, and pins (obviously) don't work well with leather and even if they would, they'd scar it, so I would often use masking tape, double-sided tape, or sometimes even spray adhesive (in different situations) to hold various pieces together prior to stitching!

[@ushere5791]

oof, i love the finished corset! and the whole taped-down buttons attached with twill tape and closing with such easy welted button holes...and power mesh sides...just wow. i'd love such a corset for weekly contradancing.

[@lenka3393]

OMG, that’s Singer Concerto! Only the best sewing machine I ever had ❤

[@ShannonMakes]

I found it for free on the side of the road!! Alas, I had to leave it behind in CPH, but someone else got it and is continuing to use it :-)

[@marionmcnealy1329]

Great video! Love the finished corset, it looks like an original.

[@ShannonMakes]

High praise coming from you :-D Thanks for the compliments and the help along the way... it wouldn't have been nearly as nice without you!

[@samanthacran4761]

This is awesome!! Definitely gonna save this vid to rewatch when corset making is less intimidating to me

[@amauryy4417]

Votre enthousiasme est communicatif!Beau travail...et le"pooing, pooing" est amusant!

[@ShannonMakes]

Merciii! C'était un projet très intéressant pour moi, et de le réaliser après 2 mois de travail, recherche, etc.... un vrai plaisir!

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

Awesome job! And thank you for sharing the not so perfect moments. Its a good reminder that we all make mistakes, and sometimes taking a step back and reassessing can turn it from an issue into a lesson in a bit more patience! And of course Cannelle footage!

[@ShannonMakes]

Thank you 😊 😊 I feel like no creative endeavor, unless it's a pattern you're making for the millionth time, is free of mistakes, hiccups, errors, miscalculations, etc... it can be challenging if you're on a time crunch, or if you hit A LOT of snags all in one project, but in general, taking a deep breath and going back a step is always a good way to approach it! And yes... Cannelle!!

[@GreenMartha]

Yes ! I have finally found the time to wathc the entirety of this video and it made me so happy to watch your process, and I learnt a thing or two ! I'm happy to see the buttons come to good use, after so many years !

[@ShannonMakes]

Yes, this one is a long one, but I'm glad you liked it, and to say that I've taught YOU something is really an honor

[@ChestersonJack]

How have I not seen this yet? For some time, I’ve had a project in mind of a custom support garment for myself, combining the benefits of a stay, a sport corset, and a chest binder. I’ve been trying to do research, but it’s definitely more difficult to find info on some things than others. Thank you for this!

[@ShannonMakes]

I mean, if you want even more info, I literally have an entire playlist on the topic, including historical context as to, like, when and why the whole concept of a sports corset became "a thing" ...don't know that you are looking for THAT much info/research, but I did it, and it's there on the Tubes if you're interested!

[@roninelenion4805]

Thank you for this. I got an idea to do a Victorian-inspired cosplay back in January but had no idea where to start. An athletic corset is officially my next sewing project.

[@ShannonMakes]

You're very welcome, and best of luck with your own corset - I have a couple more videos in the playlist including making a mock-up and then a special focusing on the button strip!

[@MsDeepAndDark]

Your videos are a delight) Looking forward to see the corset in action 😉👍

[@ShannonMakes]

Ooooh, thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them! I am also excited to see how it holds up, and it is lives up to it's name!

[@magnoliaweathershield443]

This is an excellent video. Interesting, clear, entertaining and highly informative. I hope lots of new subscribers come your way- you really deserve them!

[@ShannonMakes]

Thank you, your kind words are appreciated! Feel free to spread the word 😉 My subs are all very lovely and encouraging so far, and I hope to grow this little community even more!

[@helenawestby]

Beautiful! Great explanations! I also appreciate the matter of fact expressions. I utterly dislike getting a pain in the part of me being tallest when picking lingonberries (!) You're saving my bacon! You may want to try placing a ribbon over the grammits next time your mashine refuses the motion. It works with mine, and the ribbon will easily be removed as soon as it's served it's makeshift purpose. Thank you so much for posting!

[@ShannonMakes]

I am so glad you enjoyed the video, and mmmm.... bacon (oh yea, and lingonberries!). And you are very welcome for posting! So the problem with the machine was actually that the grommets were holding the foot of the machine up too high so that the needle couldn't get low enough to interact with the bobbin thread. I even tried to lower the needle a bit in the presser foot to kind of cheat and see if it was snag the bobbin thread, but it didn't work. But I like the ribbon idea for when the texture of the fabric is the problem - I've heard of this trick for some of the more finicky fabrics, which I've yet to really deal with!

[@c0ldlight1]

This came out beautifully! What lovely work!

[@ShannonMakes]

Thank you!! 🥰🥰

[@BethAge95]

Wow, super well done! It looks sturdy yet flexible, so perfect for sports. I hope it lived up to your expectations when using it to perform!

[@ShannonMakes]

Yes, it absolutely did! You can watch that whole "testing it out" video on the channel too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foGueqCCrL-pm8U

[@indiabilly]

It’s utterly fabulous and so helpful- off to watch the entire playlist xx

[@ShannonMakes]

Awww, nice!! (I'm reading your comments in reverse order, so I have now discovered the beginning of your journey 🤣)

[@indiabilly]

@@ShannonMakes I like to leave comments on under appreciated channels because you deserve a much bigger audience, I don’t mean to make work for you xx

[@ShannonMakes]

aww, thank you! And I enjoy answering comments, so it's no hassle

[@egnisa]

Grinning at the poing-poing part at the end😁 It looks useful! Love that the straps are more to the middle at the back, almost like a halter top.

[@ShannonMakes]

I didn't really anticipate that the straps would sit that way when I started out, I just... imitated the extant ones, but it is kind of a fun feature!

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

Wow that’s stunning! I love it and want one. I also have fond thoughts of getting all the feet ever invented!!

[@ShannonMakes]

I would *LOVE* to have all the feet, but then again, I'd love to have them for my PFAFF 1212 and 1222s that I collect, but that currently aren't even on the same continent as me 😭😭

[@marialouise3450]

Åh, det blev så fint! Tusind tak for den utroligt informative video!!

[@ShannonMakes]

you're welcome!

[@gloriasuarez4204]

Thank you for this beautiful video ❤️

[@ShannonMakes]

My pleasure 😊glad you enjoyed it

[@carriescostumescrochet]

Cette video est fantastique. Fraiment!!!! J'ai telment aime. Sorry for the bad spelling in French. Seriously though, loved the fun little interludes. Your corset looks great. Looking forward to seeing you perform in it.

[@ShannonMakes]

Hey, I totally understood even if the spelling wasn't perfect

[@AliciaB.]

Thank you so much for making this video. I'm planning on making something similar and I surely would've failed miserably without your explanations

[@ShannonMakes]

While I suspect that you're underestimating your own skill, I am happy to contribute to your own sports corset-esque journey, and I hope that something you learned here does indeed come in handy later on! Good luck, and please share your end result with me when you make it!

[@AliciaB.]

@@ShannonMakes I'll probably post it on the historybounding facebook group :)

[@fannyduvillage]

Yeah, love the finished corset. As your explanation is very easy to follow I really think of trying my own... Miko sends his regards to Canelle.

[@ShannonMakes]

They are really achievable to make (especially with the correct attachments for the machine, but I think I've proved that it's possible even without), and SUPER comfortable! I definitely encourage you to make one, I think you'll like it!

[@fannyduvillage]

@@ShannonMakes what model is your sewing machine?

[@ShannonMakes]

@@fannyduvillage I'm using a Singer Concerto 2 and an Elna 2006, neither of which wanted to do the job. Normally I swear by my Pfaff 1212/1222 (and in fact own three of them.... but none of them in Europe)

[@nevem5010]

Awesome! I love the finished look, and it was so good to find out how this type of corset is put together ❤️.

[@ShannonMakes]

❤️💚💙 Thank You!!

[@rd6203]

Very much worth the wait! Loves it!

[@ShannonMakes]

Glad to hear it! I guarantee it was a better video than it would have been if I had put it out last week 🙃😉 Plus I'll probably put the buttonhole video out next week as a little supplement (apparently I'm bad at posting every other week....)

[@rd6203]

@@ShannonMakes 😄 You'll get the hang of the new schedule... eventually. Of course, by then we might all be vaccinated 🤞🏼 and you'll need to rearrange you schedule again. I'm glad you took the time rather than eternally regretting making something you knew you could have done right. I just get excited is all... 😣

[@ShannonMakes]

@@rd6203 "I just get excited is all... 😣" ...very understandable! I am hoping that I can continue to maintain a every-other-week schedule even after going back to work, at least for the next year and a half (we have a pretty reasonable work schedule here in CPH), and I like the thought of sprinkling in smaller videos (like the Shorts) occasionally when I have the time :)

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

Glad you included that graphic from Foundations Revealed, I used it as a basis for my own half-corset a couple years ago but the graphic I had had no date or attribution, this has been corrected in my notes! Grandted, what I made actually looks very little like the scaled up pieces cause weird torso, but enh, gotta start somewhere.

[@ShannonMakes]

Which graphic are you referring to? (it's been a long time since I made this video 😜)... either way, glad to properly attribute it! I

[@cheerful_something_something]

Fantastic work, it looks great!

[@ShannonMakes]

Thank you very much for both the comment, and for taking the time to watch 😀

[@astridafklinteberg298]

It looks great!

[@ShannonMakes]

Thank you!! 🎄♥️💚♥️🎄

[@iris4649]

It looks so good!!

[@ShannonMakes]

Thank you!

[@mfg2324]

So interesting, I have to make it!

[@ShannonMakes]

Yes, please do! And share the results!

[@regitzeroos2874]

Thank you for this whole series of videos. It’s so nice to learn more about the practical side of historical dress and not just high fashion. I’m making 1905 outfits for my nearly 2 year old daughter and myself. And as far as I can tell the child corsets are pretty close to the health/adult corsets. I have some cotton canvas I use for my own corset mock-ups and some coutil. Do you think I can use that for her corset or would you rather recommend I order the fabric you used in this video? Also where did you buy your cording? I live in Denmark, so it’s really nice to see danish stores mentioned.

[@ShannonMakes]

You are very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it! From my (limited) research, I agree that children's waists seem very similar to health corsets, although even more "boxy," with almost no curves. I feel like Marion also has children's waists listed in her patterns, if you want to give that a look (in fact, I was curious so I just checked, and she does). I am no expert, but I do think you can use what you have. It's also not going to take a huge quantity of fabric either, if you wanted to order some of the twill I used (ordered online from stofkiosken.dk), and the cording is from STOF & STIL, Bomuldssnor vokset 1mm hvid 10m

[@regitzeroos2874]

@@ShannonMakes Thank you for your answer. I will try with the fabric I have and order the cording from STOF & STIL. I bought some patterns from a 1905 la mode illustree in which there is all the needed undergarments including a corset for her size. I think it’s fun to use a original pattern to learn more about the period clothes.

[@ShannonMakes]

Oh it's definitely fun to use original patterns! Best of luck with your project, and if you're on Instagram, tag me in any progress photos you might post, I'd love to follow along!!

[@lindahutchings5394]

Would love to make this for my daughter. She is a pirate some days...lol

[@ShannonMakes]

Oh definitely! Huzzah for part time pirates!🏴‍☠️ 🏴‍☠️

[@lilyivers3489]

❤

[@les.projets.insolites5814]

I Shannon, thanks' for the video! Are you from Québec? Bonjour de Batiscan! :)

[@ShannonMakes]

Salut, bienvenue, et merci d'avoir écouter 😊 J'habite à Montréal (qd je ne suis pas à l'étranger)... comment tu le savais?!

[@les.projets.insolites5814]

@@ShannonMakes tu as fait une mention sur Montréal dans la portion sur ta machine à coudre...! Contente de rencontrer une collègue d'ici! (J'ai grandie à Laval et me suis expatriée en Mauricie il y a 6 ans) J'ai pensé faire des vidéos KZbin sur mes projets en scénographie - je suis principalement bonne pour coudre pas cher!) et je t'avoue ne pas être capable de me motiver a prendre en image mon temps d'atelier et faire le montage! Ahhhh, ça demande tellement d'énergie! Alors, bravo, c'est de la vrai générosité de le faire avec autant de détails! :) Si tu le veux (pas de pression) ajoute moi sur FB Anne-Renaud (il n'y en a qu'une)!

[@alabee3069]

"Canelle is judging me" 10/10 right? 😎

[@ShannonMakes]

The side eye she was giving me was 🔥🔥

[@chanelmccoy5228]

Thanks to your video, I just scored 702 antique buttons for $33, many of which are underwear buttons! Do you think reed would work for the boning? I am partially disabled and as such will not be circusing in mine, so I don't think perspiration will be an issue and would love to avoid plastic, if possible. I do have zip ties on hand, if reed won't cut it, though.

[@marionmcnealy1329]

Reed might work, but I'm not sure. It does tend to get brittle after a while, and break. If you don't want plastic, you could always go with steel like the original.

[@ShannonMakes]

Well, I don't know much about reed, but I do know that the Warner Corset Co -one of the largest producers of sports corsets in the 1890s- made a huge part of their fortune on Coraline (also called Tampico fibre), which may be similar to reed?! It's definitely worth investigating what tampico's properties are, and how it compares to reed, but I tentatively suspect it'd work? Otherwise zip ties would probably do the job, or even just using a bit more cording (and maybe more of the 2mm cords, instead of the 1mm ones - I used them in the CB next to the grommets, and they're a bit stiffer). There were certainly plenty of corsets that were only corded, without bones, although to be fair, I do see references to the fact that these ones were known to wrinkle/bunch in the hip area, so *something* a bit stiffer might be beneficial.

[@ShannonMakes]

Also, that's amazing about the buttons! I saw a couple lots like that, and thought about buying them too (but darn shipping to Copenhagen can be so expensive!)

[@teresabaumbach7883]

Just wondering where do you wear these historical clothes?

[@ShannonMakes]

I mostly don't because I'm a hermit that doesn't have the money, time, or energy to go to events, which is also why the purely historical clothes are definitely fewer and far between the more practical historically-inspired makes on the channel!

[@chanelmccoy5228]

PS What is that you're using for marking?? I NEED that. I am having trouble with my tailors chalk and that looks perfect!

[@ShannonMakes]

It depends which thing you mean. I usually use the Bohin mechanical chalk pencil, which... as someone is VERY reluctant to actually buy things new... I actually can't recommend them enough, especially for very precise garments like corsets. They're amazing, but I only have white chalk for that, which clearly wouldn't work in this case (they do sell other colors, I just don't have them), so here I'm using chalk refills for one of the fabric chalk pencils that has THICC chalk "lead"... then for marking the seam allowances, I just used a regular pen, because... it's a seam allowance, and having to sharpen the chalk all the time was a bit bothersome ;-)

[@chanelmccoy5228]

@@ShannonMakes that's what I'm looking at - the green? I'll be picking that up. Thanks! I love your videos.

[@ShannonMakes]

@@chanelmccoy5228 You can probably even pick up just the refills, if you don't want the plastic of the casing (although it is a bit more fiddly to handle, if dexterity is not one's strong suite)!

[@mildlycornfield]

Cannelle, don't judge your mom!

[@ShannonMakes]

Every. Damn. Day. ;-)

[@ingeniouspixie]

Were tou atill in Denmark here?

[@ShannonMakes]

Yes, I was!

[@chanelmccoy5228]

Me again - I just sent you a FB message regarding your lack of zipper feet and then realized you may get so many messages there, you might not see it. I have 9 machines, two of which I no longer use and I'd be happy to see if any of the feet fit your rescued machine, if you'd like.

[@ShannonMakes]

Ahh, I just found it - it was in that strange black hole of "you aren't friends so we don't show you that you have a message" section... Thank you for the offer, that's incredibly sweet of you! However the shipping to Denmark is probably more than the cost of a foot, unless you're already in Europe! I think I will start by keeping an eye out in thrift stores and recycling bins for a zipper foot - just yesterday I thrifted a foot that is not quite a zipper foot, but much skinnier than a normal foot, so already off to a good start :-D

[@chanelmccoy5228]

Cool! Happy thrifting! I just thrifted an old, leather suitcase yesterday for $5!

[@ShannonMakes]

@@chanelmccoy5228 any plans for it beyond being a suitcase? Or will it serve its original purpose?

[@chanelmccoy5228]

It will be a suitcase. It actually matches my grandmother's hat case, which I have, so I'm really jazzed. It's in great shape, too.