Making Witchy Fantasy Stays with an Instagram Pattern

Some friends and I started a sewing club and our first project is a pair of stays using Lunneth's pattern! I think the pattern is great and super cute and I'm very happy with how they turned out despite some problems with the binding 😅 What do you think? Lmk if you try this pattern out!
Pattern: etsy.me/3Pj00rv
Lunneth Instagram : / lunneth_
Skip Ahead:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Fabric Shopping
2:04 Fitting
5:08 Cutting
6:41 Roll Pinning
7:02 Boning Channel Tips
10:54 Sewing the Tricky Corner
12:15 Trimming Seams
12:27 Boning
12:57 Lining
13:33 Binding
14:16 Grommets
14:35 Lacing
14:49 Reveal
15:45 Discussion
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[@adderavera6183]

I haven't said this but I love the mockup stage because I become rich with knowledge

[@moth.faerie]

I’m glad it’s helpful!

[@nataliestanchevski4628]

I wish more apparel fabric had the beautiful designs of home decor fabric. The stays are so lovely and I like the way you styled them.

[@Sewingistherapy]

I love the fabric! I know that stuff fray’s easily, but I also love how they turn out on corsets/stays. I’ve made a few out of similar but not ones with tabs. Yours is quite lovely! Erika

[@moth.faerie]

Haha ty! Yeah I gotta force myself to keep the fraying fabric for tabless stays and use more tightly woven fabric for tabs 😅

[@imjustdandy9799]

I consider this Halloween pre-gaming 😂

[@datumzinememories]

That looks lovely and the skirts and the belt really are the finishing touches. The stays is awesome love the print.

[@moth.faerie]

Thank you so much!

[@TheHoardingPuffin]

Ooooh those stays look beautiful! Also a Sewing "Bookclub" is such a cool idea, oh my goodness!

[@JadeSummers218]

Your lack of stuff to say about this pattern is really the biggest compliment to it. Well, that and of course it looks incredible--your lines are so good, like always. I'm looking forward to any and all spooky / sewing club / spooky sewing club?? content in future!

[@moth.faerie]

Yes I loved this pattern!! Definitely want to use it again. And thank you!

[@mcwjes]

Of course the sweet black cat wants to help you make your witch clothes! So thoughtful and thematic!

[@moth.faerie]

Haha she’s very good at helping at appropriate times

[@morgantornetta8599]

These stays are absolutely fabulous. I'm fully obsessed with that fabric (devastated it's actually upholstery fabric, I was ready to go looking for it) and the shape is super flattering on you!

[@moth.faerie]

i keep putting myself in the upholstery fabric pit and its always a mistake lol

[@thorunns.craftstudio]

i love the idea of a sewing club! that sounds like so much fun. i've done one sew-a-long for an 18th century tie on pocket hosted by OurShieldMaiden last year and i really enjoyed that even tho it was a super simple project

[@moth.faerie]

Sew a long also sounds fun!! I’ll have to check out ourshieldmaiden 😊

[@andis7187]

I kept seeing this fabric at Joann’s but couldn’t bring myself to buy it since I already had several other fabrics in the cart. I’m so happy to see it used for stays since that’s what I would have had in mind for it as well! It turned out so pretty!!

[@moth.faerie]

Lol I feel that it’s always hard to restrain myself with fabric

[@zanili]

The sewing club concept is such a good idea !

[@moth.faerie]

I thought it was really cute! It wasn’t my idea haha I just went along with it

[@katierose6424]

I love this series! There are so many patterns out there I have no idea where to start so it's so helpful seeing you review the pattern and ease of use/adjustments etc so when I brave up there's a reference for a lot of common patterns 🙌 hope your tooth is better soon! Probably wouldn't have noticed the slight lisp if you didn't mention it ☺️

[@moth.faerie]

I’m glad you like it! Haha ty I appreciate if

[@Nieke_exe]

God I learn more and more from your videos every time. I come back on the regular to see the way you do specific things etc, and im so excited to finish my first proper corset soon!! Thank you so much for your videos, theyre amazing and fun to watch, but teach me so so much and you're such a sweetheart and i just wish you everything good in the world 💜💜💜

[@auranah_was_taken]

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. And I understand if you feel slightly frustrated not being able to pronounce some words in the way you’re used to, but for me as a viewer it just added a bit extra charm to the video 🥰

[@moth.faerie]

Aw well thank you I appreciate it 😭❤️

[@rockencheesepuffs]

Those stays look incredible! I love the fabric pattern! I've really been enjoying your stays series. Excellent work!

[@moth.faerie]

Thank you!

[@adderavera6183]

OMG the tips 🥰 this really helped me

[@namenotfound4743]

Thank you for showing us how to pull the thread through from the front to allow you to tie a knot when you can't backstitch 🤯

[@moth.faerie]

haha i'm glad it was helpful!

[@kellyrose3905]

Oh, I'm so happy you made this pattern! I was eyeing it, and was wondering how it was, so thank you for the video!

[@moth.faerie]

It’s really good!

[@KellyAK]

Those are so lovely, I love the shape of the stays, and the fabric! I'm so ready for autumn themed content as well, I'm in a heatwave and drought and am so done with it, now just counting down till Sept!

[@SewlockHolmes]

I loved seeing how things turned out! I'm fairly certain our body shapes are dofferent but I'm excited to check out the pattern and see how I would need to alter it for my body. Thanks again for explaining some of the construction methods! I often find, as I make my million mockups (in an attempt to procrastinate making the real deal), that a lot of the problems I encounter are addressed in your videos! Maybe I can finally get rid of that weird rippling I see between my boning channels...

[@Nyceta]

I love your videos! The cutting and cat ASMR are my favorite parts

[@moth.faerie]

Thank you so much!

[@jimpickens4067]

Great work as always

[@moth.faerie]

Thank you!

[@jennglow4647]

Very pretty 😀

[@adderavera6183]

Love the fur details on the reveal 😍

[@moth.faerie]

Thanks! I got them at the renaissance festival 😊

[@KittieRoses]

Gosh I am so jealous of the fabric you found! I went to my local JoAnns and there was nothing like that. (I'm definitely not sobbing over it). The stays are stunning! Thank you for sharing your process. I was watching your other stay videos over the week while I worked on mine, nothing like seeing one of your sewing inspirations make beautiful clothing. I finished my redthreaded stays just in time for the weekend to go to Ren Faire, granted I RUSHED through them so I need to go back and do proper finishing.

[@moth.faerie]

honestly this joanns is not close to me at all haha but it's the biggest one near me! the ones in my actual area are much less impressive lol. but thats so exciting!! i hope you had fun at the renfaire!!

[@adderavera6183]

I cannot say how much the tips helped me. The questions I did not know I needed answers to 😅

[@moth.faerie]

I’m so glad!

[@lunneth_]

Thanks again for your review! it was really interesting to hear your opinion and the final product is amazing! 😍 Also I love the idea of a sewing club, this is such a good idea!!

[@moth.faerie]

thank you for making such a great pattern!

[@Douliette]

These patterned fabrics you pick look sooo good as stays, i'm loving them! This one in particular reminds me of my grandma's house (i think the wallpapers in one of the bedrooms has the same pattern, in a different color scheme and it was my fav thing as a kid), makes it very cosy to me lmao Also the cutting with cat bit was adorbs

[@moth.faerie]

Thank you! Aah that sounds like such a cute wallpaper!

[@Amanda-pg7lw]

I love Halloween! Working on my witches tea party. I can’t wait for more witchy content.

[@moth.faerie]

Aah cute! A witch tea party sounds like so much fun 🥰

[@adderavera6183]

OMG THE DOG ❤️❤️❤️

[@moth.faerie]

A good dog 🥰

[@ashalindrose6055]

How perfect! I bought this pattern last week and now you have a video about it! I'm especially excited since we have similar measurements/fit issues with standard patterns. I'm much more excited to print it out and use it now. =) Also, so good to see you getting more use out of your previous leather-working projects. I loved it when you jumped into the deep end to make that belt and pouch. They really compliment this project, too!

[@moth.faerie]

Haha yay what good timing! I’m super excited to do more leather working I have a bunch of projects planned!

[@whimsicalmusedesign]

Aww this turned out soooo cute! I love the fabric you chose for the final look! sooo cute! I love the tails in this look! I'm sorry the fabric was so frustrating...They look amazing! I'm so glad your on the mend with a new tooth! congrats! I love love love the idea of a sewing club that creates something every so often together! That is sooo cool! The steps and tips you added in this video was so insightful! Maybe try putting a little thicker of a black ribbon over it without taking off the first biding? I love this as a witch look!

[@moth.faerie]

Aw thank you! About the fabric and about the tooth haha. The sewing club is really fun! It’s a little difficult coordinating all of our schedules but it’s nice getting to talk about the sewing projects we’re working on! Also that’s a good idea about the black ribbon!

[@CraftPandas]

Honest witchcraft at 10:05, omg I love it

[@Miss_Marisa]

Oh my god my world is shaken by the tip on bringing up the thread for colliding boning channels!!

[@moth.faerie]

It was very exciting when I learned it!

[@TealCheetah]

Baby Bat doing all that helping

[@moth.faerie]

She’s such a good helper 🥰

[@saltlifegull4091]

Oh Heck Yeah - awesome!! What kind of grommet machine do you have/recommend?

[@sierraroses5679]

Awesome video. Where did you get your grommet maker?

[@Cassiterit3]

Oh my goodness it turned out so amazingly! I love working with upholstery fabric, but it's definitely harder to use for fiddly things like tabs :)

[@moth.faerie]

thank you! yeah i keep making myself suffer with it haha

[@Cassiterit3]

@@moth.faerie would doing a stay-stitch just inside the seam allowance help with that? Or would that mess with the natural stretch of the tabs?

[@jenniefowler4968]

Both Joann's I know where it is could fit in that store and have room still

[@BoolaHoola]

❤

[@AquaSwooshie]

hot damn that pattern matched butterfly at 15:30.

[@moth.faerie]

Aah haha thank you so much!

[@stevezytveld6585]

I love how Mister Cat turns his-self into a flexible pattern weight when cutting out. The corset came out absolutely beautiful. Well done. It looks super comfortable. I'm currently tracing out my 1950's vintage pattern for cigarette pants. I'm going to be upsizing them. First pair of pants and first time adding on this many inches to a pattern (the bust size is me, the waist measurements are... a distant memory). Hopefully the mock-ups will be kind. In the normal course of life I'd be putting this project off until the fall, but I got into a conversation with the nice elderly lady in Louisiana who was selling it. She's peer pressuring me for photos of the finished pants. Which is fun, I may be getting a sewing pen pal as well as a pair of pants out of the deal. But I haven't yet broke it to her that I usually sew at a snails pace... - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@moth.faerie]

Haha it sounds like a fun project even if you’re getting a little peer pressured! Tho it’s probably a good motivator haha

[@stevezytveld6585]

@@moth.faerie Having an audience for a pair of pants is a very good motivator. Now all I have to do is the slash and spread and mock this baby up. Needles crossed, it works out decently.

[@antareslesage5611]

Hi Minjee! You are gorgeous in that outfit😊 thanks for sharing your tips on this. You projects always look so beautiful and neat😃 No no , I am not remotely jealous right now😉😉😉. I hope your tooth is not too painful 😓 See you in your next video 🥰

[@moth.faerie]

Aw thank you so much that’s really sweet of you! Haha def don’t be jealous it took a ton of practice to get here, you can do it too!

[@antareslesage5611]

Thank you!😊

[@RockinTheBassGuitar]

I wish my cat made such a good fabric weight, alas he thinks all fabric is for pouncing on lol. Love it, 😻!

[@moth.faerie]

Haha she is very good at helping 🥰

[@liliankastning6389]

Where did u get ur grommet press? Pls let me know!!

[@lauraes9568]

It's so beautiful! I just printed out the pattern and the boning channels seen a bit small. Did you have to widen your boning channels? The test square measures correctly on my printed pattern.

[@moth.faerie]

yeah i just made boning channels wide enough for the boning i already had

[@kellyhain251]

This turned out so beautiful! I have this exact fabric that I'm planning to use to make some stays to wear to a renn faire. Of the stays patterns you've tried, do you have a recommendation for the best one for a beginner to start with?

[@moth.faerie]

Thank you! If you’re using this fabric I would def recommend making stays without tabs so altering a pattern to cut off the tabs. If you look for my renaissance stays from last year around this time I made tabless stays 😊 otherwise I really like red threadeds 1780s stays

[@kellyhain251]

@@moth.faerie Redthreaded 1780s stays pattern is the one I bought after watching your video on it! I’m making a mock-up now with tabs for fit, but I’ll definitely remove the tabs for my final version with the fabric you used in this video. I love the look of tabs, but I’ll have to save making stays with tabs for when I’m better at sewing and using an easier fabric. Thanks for the tips! I really love your channel and the projects you do!

[@ichinisa2583]

Thank you for all the tips on how to make stays, I've always been kind of scared of doing stays cause they look so intricate, what fabric would you recommend for stays? is it always 3 layers?

[@moth.faerie]

it doesn't have to be three layers, it can be as few as 1! typically i'll do two layers, the fashion outer and the coutil/canvas strength layer. if i only do one layer i use bone casing for the channels. anything tightly woven but not too heavy will work

[@adderavera6183]

Do you have any thoughts on doing a video that shows how you edit videos and managing cameras and stuff like that because I would love a "behind the scenes" kind of video

[@moth.faerie]

I was going to do one but since all my teeth problems I want to wait until I’m healed before I do such a talking heavy video 😅

[@rachelwiens820]

Love your videos! I have been sewing for quite some time and can still learn new tricks here :) For your boning, what size synthetic whalebone do you use? I've used spiral steel in the past but it can get so heavy. Do you just get the same size as you would use in steel or is there a difference in the amount of support and structure they give? Thanks!

[@moth.faerie]

I think I use 7mm? Its a little flatter than the 6mm if I recall correctly. It’s definitely much lighter than spiral steel and a little less supportive

[@rachelwiens820]

@@moth.faerie thanks so much!

[@dragonslayerz2794]

We're did you get the grommet puncher

[@moth.faerie]

Wawak.com

[@JupPlyr]

Hi don't know if you will see this, but after working with leather do you think these can be made like a armor?

[@moth.faerie]

i don't think you could get a tight fit with leather

[@veronicawannberg8242]

Are the shoulder straps supposed to stay up? Do they serve a structural purpose? Having them fall off my shoulders would drive me nuts! Or, did you simply not tie the ribbons as tight as needed for them to stay vertical?

[@madzikdek]

The fabric is gorgeous no wonder you didn't listen to your own advice xd also I'm so jealous of US fabric stores

[@moth.faerie]

Haha thank you for understanding the struggle 😂 I’m sorry you don’t have better fabric stores though! I do buy fabric on Etsy occasionally if that helps?

[@theladyw]

I don't remember if you've covered this before but what is your opinion on using thimbles while hand sewing? [Also, much love for Baby Bat.]

[@moth.faerie]

I personally don’t use them much just bc I forget and also lose them all the time 😅 but they’re definitely helpful when I’m hand sewing through thicker materials, I just usually suffer a little haha

[@annelieserose7928]

Possibly if you lengthened it like an inch or a half inch it would fix the gap difference in the back

[@moth.faerie]

It was fine once I had boning in it but Ty for the suggestion!

[@lincantatio7749]

I have a very stupid question dear, how much fabric yard do you usually buy for your size? I never made stays and I am so not good at knowing how much fabric I would need to do them.

[@moth.faerie]

I usually buy a yard, though most patterns will tell you how much you need!

[@lauraoergel6003]

Love love love the way this turned out!! And.bro, I've used upholstery fabric for all my stays bc ITS TOO PRETTY NOT TO Also I'm goin through the same dental stuff right now, so girl you're not alone, dont.worry about. It at all 😊

[@alexgould9244]

I love how your cat thinks "cutting out" is a game...

[@AjCamreaBunnyLoveStories]

Omg is your tooth ok??

[@moth.faerie]

It’s getting better, I’m in the process of healing a dental implant so that they can put the permanent crown on it but that won’t be for a couple months 😅

[@AjCamreaBunnyLoveStories]

@@moth.faerie Oh dang. I hope it heals well and quickly! ❤️

[@sheifapunla-green4223]

Just a little piece of constructive criticism: it would really help foster an inclusive community if you highlight patterns that are size inclusive or just say at the start that unfortunately this pattern only accommodates a certain size range. It's just disappointing to hear how wonderful a pattern is and think the end result is so stunning and go to the pattern page and realize it only goes up to a size L. That being said, most of the patterns you've recommended before have actually been relatively inclusive so thank you for that!

[@MrsBrit1]

It seems like she does usually mention sizing, at least when talking about paid for patterns, but I'd guess maybe a lot of free patterns don't offer many different sizes. They are free, after all. A couple I've looked at are just one size, so you'd either need to be around that size and only need tweaks, or you'd need to know how to fully adjust it to a new size.

[@moth.faerie]

Ah sorry I usually do talk about sizing I just filmed this intro like two hours before the video had to go up, so I was a little scattered!

[@madamemoonscosplay]

I'd like to jump in here as someone who makes their own patterns frequently and has been sewing for ten plus years, if this pattern is for 26" waist or lower, in order to get it over a size L, all you would have to do is add 3cm all the way around the pattern and it would fit at least a UK size 22 (which is roughly a 44"-45" bust and would fit anyone with a natural waist of 40-43" and a hip of 50-52") if you do this method, I'd still recommend making a mock up so you can keep track of any alterations needed. Or, respectively, you can count how many seams there are, and with a list of your measurements for bust, waist and hips, you can divide those measurements by the number of seams and it will tell you how much you can extend the pattern by. (Minus seam allowances) I hope this helps.

[@Shahrezad1]

@@madamemoonscosplay Hannah, you are brilliant. 🎉🎉🎉 I am making a screenshot of your comment right now, for future use. ❤️

[@ShakespeareDoomsday]

@@Shahrezad1 If you want to see the process of sizing up a pattern that way, the vintage pattern community has your back! Stephanie Canada, Queen De Luxe and A Vintage Vanity all have videos sizing up patterns using various methods. It is a lot easier to grade a multi size pattern precisely, though, because you have more lines to follow.