Hi I've heard you mention briefly in other videos that for breastfeeding stays would often have side lacing. I love cosplay and the 18th century is one of my favorite periods and I know it was extremely common for normal women to breastfeed their children, but I haven't seen much on the topic, could you do a video about it?
@cydneyking74533 жыл бұрын
Late to the party but can I just say that the sky blue stays at 3:28 are one of the most beautiful garments I’ve ever seen
@AmericanDuchess13 жыл бұрын
indeed!
@user-rq9yz9hz6e7 жыл бұрын
I LOVE your work (regular listener of your podcast!) I made my first pair of stays based off of your advice, the zip ties worked wonderfully. I didn't use your pattern, but I'm excited to make my next stays using it! Thank you for posting this video!
@mandylou48 жыл бұрын
I never finished binding my first pair of stays oops but I'm really excited to make a new pair with the Simplicity pattern!
@AmericanDuchess18 жыл бұрын
+mandylou4 The binding is certainly time consuming! There are some methods that take less time than others, though, and I'll be showing one of them.
@rianaangwin31797 жыл бұрын
PLEASE CAN YOU SHOW US HOW TO SIZE UP THE PATTERN
@penelope-oe2vr3 жыл бұрын
This is late, but widen the pieces. Then after you've made them as wide as needed, draw new boning channel patterns on it. Easy.
@Kuromiicrafts7 жыл бұрын
I attempted to make this with broadcloth and bemsilk lining. Broadcloth was very easy to sew and cut. The lining however, it is difficult to cut even along the bias and I ended up with multiple pieces that didn't match. I decided to use a different fabric and am now sat here unpicking all my pieces. I should have taken your advice and used upholstery fabric.
@penelope-oe2vr3 жыл бұрын
I'm using upcycled denim for the inside 2 layers and fresh 15oz denim for the outside layer. Denim is very similar to coutil but much cheaper (or free in my case!). I want mine very stiff because I am using it to support my back and abdomen. I'm going to try using zip ties. If I don't like it I will get some of the synthetic balene. I am only 130 pounds and 5"8' and the sizee 22 the largest size , was too small for me. This wasn't right by using measurements, so I had to redraw and add more to mine to get it to work. My second mock up is close now, so I will make it work but it made this project very hard for me, a beginner. It will be worth it though!
@thebluevelvetriver2 жыл бұрын
How did it turn out?
@maicey_t.4 жыл бұрын
This is a GODSEND thank you so much!!
@emilynightingale77585 жыл бұрын
this was very helpful, thank you.
@lisa8a8e5 жыл бұрын
good info, cable ties are so easy to work with!
@StampinDivaUK7 жыл бұрын
Here in the UK we have a plastic boning, called Rigilene, that most sewing and habberdashery shops stock. Are you able to get this in the US? It's not expensive over here and would, in my mind, work better than cable ties.
@pamela_chau5 жыл бұрын
Rigilene is sold in sewing shops in the U.S. I've also ordered steel boning from Richard the Thread website.
@annicat6485 жыл бұрын
I have heard that reeds were generally associated with homemade stays for poorer women. It was not considered a material used by professional tailors, as they did have a tendency to crease or break with wear.
@erinjoy39428 жыл бұрын
Should women who are very petite (I'm 4'11") alter the length of their stays? According to the pattern, the shortest back length is 15 1/2". My back is only 12 1/2".
@AmericanDuchess18 жыл бұрын
yes, adjust accordingly
@Melonhead-gp9du5 жыл бұрын
Are the stays in the 8162 pattern accurate for the 1780's Italian gown from your book?
@jenny91394 жыл бұрын
I also am curious about this
@AmyTheJawsTerminator4 жыл бұрын
I would say yes, half-boned stays became quite popular before thr transitional era of the 1790s.
@Melonhead-gp9du4 жыл бұрын
@@AmyTheJawsTerminator Thanks :)
@chloexianah30704 жыл бұрын
I never wear a bra at home I do when i go out.. hate the things, thankfully i am modestly busted. I would love a good corset, i have very bad back pain.
@dalenaena8874 жыл бұрын
Fairly simple :D
@nizarahdragon39735 жыл бұрын
Is there a pattern for stays in your book
@ProcessionOly7 жыл бұрын
argh! I did not prewash my fabric. I am using a light upholstry/heavy cotton fabric. Am I doing a bad thing? The person helping me said that we could steam the fabric to shrink a bit, and I do not plan to wash the stay ever. I am only going to wear this a few times. Advice?
@breeinatree48113 жыл бұрын
Always wash fabric before cutting it, to remove the coating and machine oils that gets on it during manufacturing. It also makes it easyer to correct the fabric if it isn't straight on the grain. I always iron the fabric after washing and drying it. It's all a pain in the arse, but the finished garment is well worth the extra time you take. Think of it as prepairing the canvas before you paint.
@penelope-oe2vr3 жыл бұрын
If you're not going to wash the garmet, prewashing your fabric doesn't matter. There will be no opportunity for it to shrink.
@LadyAdelinda6 жыл бұрын
I looking for information on a stay for large breasted women. I have read that in that time large breasts were not a good thing, that small breasts were all the rage, preferred by men, and when wearing stays. I'm having an issue looking for what large breasted women would do. Did they cinch them down with an ace bandage type thing? what did they do? can you help me. I'm wanting to look pretty and not ridiculous. I'm planning on making my own.
@petra59796 жыл бұрын
I do not know what the fashion at the time was, but I have heard just about everywhere on the internet that binding with ace bandages is not safe, so I would advise against that
@e.s.r58096 жыл бұрын
The "ideal" bust of the time was more about the shape than the size. The shape would be a smooth tubular sweep from your waist to your bust, with a high round cleavage over the top. Imagine two apples in your bodice! Both a large bust and a small bust would tend to slip down inside stays, so women would use crescent-shaped padding sewn into the inside of the stays to hold up the bosom. As the stays flattened out the front of the body, large breasts wouldn't be too much of an issue as most of the bust would be smoothed down and pushed up. You'll likely want to tailor the seams to accommodate your bust and taper in towards the waist as well as sewing in some bust support. If you have a large difference between your overbust and underbust, getting more flexible boning for the front of your stays might help smooth your silhouette without having a large gap between the stays and your ribs. Other things that would help you would be either altering this pattern for a higher front instead of an underbust, or finding an overbust pattern; and if you're looking for maximum support, you might consider fully boned stays instead of the half-boned 8162 pattern.
@penelope-oe2vr3 жыл бұрын
You can add cup supports inside your stays. You can sew crescent shaped supports to the inside of your stays, there's some KZbin videos about this. I know this answer is 3 years late.
@ruban80382 жыл бұрын
can we get the sources for the images, please please, prettyplease ?
@maysahagel26244 жыл бұрын
Do you know the name of the painting you use at the 2:00 minutes mark
@Microsity8 жыл бұрын
If some of the boning channels are larger than others, is it appropriate to vary the thickness of the zipties accordingly? Can I put a thinner zip tie than the other ties I am using in if the channel is not wide enough?
@AmericanDuchess18 жыл бұрын
yes, absolutely. in original stays, the baleen was varied in width however was needed to fit the channels. I often use a combination of sizes in my stays, with the front and back edges using the wide ties and the rest using the narrow.
@juunaardan89054 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about corded stays, was it still a common practice in 18th century ?
@AmericanDuchess14 жыл бұрын
hi! Cording doesn't seem to have been a common boning material until the 1790s, when stays became much softer and more naturally shaped.
@alicyiashiner41074 жыл бұрын
I know it wouldnt be historically accurate to do so, but do you think that pipe cleaners would work as boning for stays? I'm thinking they might bend a little too much, but I wanted to hear other opinions. Alternatively, could pine needles work?
@AmericanDuchess14 жыл бұрын
I don't recommend pipe cleaners for boning because they don't spring back into their original position once bent. You need something with "memory". Pine needs are also to fragile and will break, but reed or heavy straw (like broom straw) was used. It also has a tendency to break, so it's not the most ideal material.
@alicyiashiner41074 жыл бұрын
@@AmericanDuchess1 thank you!
@colleenenglish94634 жыл бұрын
Do you have or know of any sources for stays for children/ young girls?
@AmericanDuchess14 жыл бұрын
not off the top of my head...hmmmm...I know people who have made them, but I think they might have done the pattern themselves...
@ProcessionOly7 жыл бұрын
can I use flexible steel boning with this pattern?
@sadmac3564 жыл бұрын
You probably could, but it seems like it would be overkill
@HunterDriguez4 жыл бұрын
All this talk about support for the bust, but what about people with little to no bust? Would that mean you were free to not wear stays? I imagine not, and it was more of a “you look slovenly if you don’t wear your stays” situation, practicality aside.
@AmericanDuchess14 жыл бұрын
Stays did more than support the bust - they also supported the garments being worn. It's quite uncomfortable to wear a tight-fitting gown without some sort of structure under or in it.
@labananiere6 жыл бұрын
Pour jouer du corset, les cheveux longs sont fortement recommandés. Coiffeur teintures ,décolorations, horribles. Coiffeur et ciseaux, un des pire prédateur de la beauté féminine.