Hey Minji! Revisiting this video as it's one of the first Redhtreaded-related corset making videos I watched. As you may have heard, early in 2023 Redthreaded overhauled their patterns so that they include a range of sizes, as well as updating their instructions. One of the things I was hoping to see were videos comparing the old patterns with the new ones, though I haven't seen any yet. If it's not too much to ask, would you be willing to compare the single-sized pattern with the newer one? I'm not sure what the total educational value is for that, but as someone who is learning all of these things on their own, I've been curious to see what value there is in the difference beyond just the inclusion of multiple sizes.
I hate the one size thing! No one's a standard size anyway. That's why I didn't end up buying from them, though I was considering it since they're so popular. You had a tough job of not only making the pattern fit you, but also match the reference! I think I had a flower fairy book by the same artist when I was younger! They're so pretty. And congrats on the house!!!!
yeah I feel like the fact that literally every other company offers multiple sizes should have been a clue? it unfortunately just feels like a shitty money grab and I didn't really love the base pattern anyways? but it did end up serving my purpose! at some point i'd love to go through and review all the popular corset patterns and make the search easier since there's so many to sort through! Thank you!! ❤ I'm so excited to move haha
I've actually heard from some people that they will exchange sizes if you bought the wrong one and reach out to them. But yeah I agree it would be a lot easier if it simply was more than one size per purchase
Love seeing the problem solving process! The mock-up looks fantastic and I’m so excited to see the finished version! Hope you’re doing well and congratulations on the house!!!
wow that SHAPE!! 😍 this was so helpful to see your thought process on fitting and pattern alterations. your videos are a lovely bright moment in these shitty times. stay safe!
ah thank you so much! I'm so glad you found it helpful haha I felt like I spent a lot of time rambling, so really thankful it ended up coherent enough 😅please also stay safe!
Can’t wait to see the finished corset!! I have lusted over this particular corset for a few years now and I am so excited that you are making it!! It is just so SO beautiful!!! Also, congratulations on the new house...that is wonderful and exciting news!! Happy Easter 🐣🐇🐰
happy easter and thank you! it's SUCH a beautiful corset, i would love to see it in person some day ❤ I'm almost done with actually sewing it and I think I've gotten it pretty close? haha I hope I do it justice, I feel like this is one of those garments I'm going to end up attempting once a year or so until it's perfect
@@moth.faerie I am sure you will do it justice and it will be wonderful, you are so very talented!! We are usually much harder on ourselves and will pick something apart that we have made or done, when to others it looks absolutely perfect!! We are our own worst enemies 🤣🤣
Im glad im not the only one who struggled with redthreaded's pattern! I used her regency stays and disliked them, and when i posted a slightly negative review online her fans tore me to pieces!
Thanks for making these videos and sharing them with us. While I'm just beginning to dabble in dressmaking, it is really interesting to see folks making historical/cosplay costumes. It feels like there is more to learn from the more complicated makes. Congratulations on the house!
Ah, well thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! I definitely feel like I learn so many new things every time I make something big. Haha and I always go into it so confident that I have the right plan and the right knowledge but there's always some kind of surprise! I think that's actually one of my favorite parts about sewing - I always finish a project feeling like I've leveled up and learned new things 😊 and thank you about the house!
You're videos are such a lovely little slice of youtube, I feel like I'm chatting with a friend about our mockups! It's just SO helpful and interesting to see your fitting and adjusting process. Thank you!
Love the shaping of this! If you want to shorten the busk some metal snips from a hardware store will cut the busk. It can then be ground with a dremel and i got a small sampler of Rust-Oleum paint and dip the cut end of it that, let it dry and do 2 or 3 coats.
The postcards 😯 I had those exact same ones when I was like 5 or 6. They were my treasure, I never used any of them lol. I had them well into my teens. I believed in faeries for a long time when I was a kid. I still love them. It was so strange seeing it still in print. I'm happy it is though
I had them as a kid too! I think my parents tossed them during one of our many moves though, so I'm glad to have them again! I feel you on not using them haha, the listing I bought had two full postcard books so one will be for using and one will be for staring at haha
Can't wait to see the final corset! You're so skilled, it's amazing to watch your videos! Also good luck with moving and congrats on being a homeowner!! :D
Relieved to see you sticking that padding in there. I was looking at the pattern today for my own and thinking there is no way I’m going to get that silhouette without padding inside I wonder if that is fine to do.
Ah yes I definitely make use of the bust padding super frequently with costumes! I don’t need much extra in the hip area personally 😅 but don’t be afraid of using it there either if you need it to get a curvier silhouette!
Oh my goodness that corset turned out fabulous, the silhouette is just so stunning! Congratulations on the new house! I know moving is a really busy and stressful time, but I truly hope that this week you were able to take more time to rest and heal.
thank you so much! and we won't be official moving for another month and a half so I did get some time to rest and I'm able to move gradually rather than all at once which definitely helps. this week has actually been a lot of watching youtube and hand sewing for the finished corset so that's always relaxing for me 😊
That shape is incredible, I can't wait to see it's final form! Congratulations on the house! Glad you got some good news to hopefully keep your spirits lifted.
thank you so much for you comments on both videos! and thank you for the congratulations, I'm sooo excited to move so it was definitely a mood booster 😊
I totally agree with you on the one size things of the patterns. Specially since my weight fluctuates so much that if I want to make another one in another size I’ll have to buy the pattern again. Not a fan.
Especially with something that has so many pieces and “moving parts”. I’m looking into making this corset and I do trust my ability to modify patterns to fit me better. But I haven’t really done this on something so complex, I think the most complicated thing I’ve done is that butterick b4669 stays-ish piece. Fitting to the waist is probably the best bet. Adjusting the waistline and boning channels would be a lot harder than adjusting/ replacing the gores.
The buckling seems to be an endemic problem with this pattern. If you look at the finished models on her website the corset buckles on all 3 of the women modeling it. Its not as bad on the one but its bad enough to look painful on 2 of them. The finished corsets are so bad it looks like there is plastic boning in them even though it says steel. It must be tinfoil thin. I don't know if the original used stiffened fabric or if there wss more boning than what there appears to be in the pattern but I'm excited to watch your next video to see how you overcame this problem! Love watching your troubleshooting!
ah glad it wasn't just me then! I still got a little bit of buckling in the end but mostly fixed it! It was mostly affected by where I placed the waist, once I got that right most of my issues went away 😊 I used synthetic whalebone, so it is plastic boning, but it's also much higher quality than the typical plastic boning!
It was super interesting and helpful to see you go through the fitting process and the problem solving! I don't know if I saw it correctly, but in the shots where you are comparing the first mockup with the book it seems to me that the seam across the back of the extant corset is curved? (at 12:20) And the seam from the pattern is straight, so maybe that accounts for some of the difference in fit?
@@moth.faerie @minjalinjee I meant the vertical seam, between the back and side-back panel. The seam seems to curve towards the centre back a bit before going down and forward towards the hip, where it almost hits the sideseam.
So cool to see you making the alterations! I'm in the process of figuring out how to do this but make the waist bigger for some 1740-1770's stays (also from Red Threaded) so I'm wondering if I can kind of do what you did but add in paper instead of taking it out? It's gonna take some trial and error lol. You're very much helping me to put together my own historical ensemble XD (Very belated congrats on the new house!!)
yes you can just add paper in! i tape mine to a larger piece of paper, draw in the alteration and cut it to the new line. tape on the back will help keep everything together too. i had to make a pattern larger in my cottagegoth stays video!
@@moth.faerie Tape on the back! I can't believe how much that helps lol. I'll definitely go check out your cottagegoth stays video to see your process, thank you!!
It’s two ikea bookshelves as a base, with two doors screwed together as the table top with a layer of homasote on top! I covered it with paper and a faux wood backdrop bc it was too ugly before haha
I know you’ve finished this by now, but I think the problem was it was too long in the waist. So the waist area was hitting you at the top of your hips.
That "one size" thing is why I won't buy her patterns. :( I know I would need major alterations to any size I got and I'd rather have a few sizes to reference as I make changes.
Hey Minji! Revisiting this video as it's one of the first Redhtreaded-related corset making videos I watched. As you may have heard, early in 2023 Redthreaded overhauled their patterns so that they include a range of sizes, as well as updating their instructions. One of the things I was hoping to see were videos comparing the old patterns with the new ones, though I haven't seen any yet. If it's not too much to ask, would you be willing to compare the single-sized pattern with the newer one? I'm not sure what the total educational value is for that, but as someone who is learning all of these things on their own, I've been curious to see what value there is in the difference beyond just the inclusion of multiple sizes.
I hate the one size thing! No one's a standard size anyway. That's why I didn't end up buying from them, though I was considering it since they're so popular. You had a tough job of not only making the pattern fit you, but also match the reference!
I think I had a flower fairy book by the same artist when I was younger! They're so pretty.
And congrats on the house!!!!
yeah I feel like the fact that literally every other company offers multiple sizes should have been a clue? it unfortunately just feels like a shitty money grab and I didn't really love the base pattern anyways? but it did end up serving my purpose! at some point i'd love to go through and review all the popular corset patterns and make the search easier since there's so many to sort through!
Thank you!! ❤ I'm so excited to move haha
I've actually heard from some people that they will exchange sizes if you bought the wrong one and reach out to them. But yeah I agree it would be a lot easier if it simply was more than one size per purchase
@@DFarbklecks most people need to grade patterns anyway. Redthreaded has the worst historical patterns ive ever tried anyway.
Love seeing the problem solving process! The mock-up looks fantastic and I’m so excited to see the finished version! Hope you’re doing well and congratulations on the house!!!
Ah thank you! Haha I'm glad it's interesting and not just rambly 😅 I'm doing better and super excited to move soon!
wow that SHAPE!! 😍 this was so helpful to see your thought process on fitting and pattern alterations. your videos are a lovely bright moment in these shitty times. stay safe!
ah thank you so much! I'm so glad you found it helpful haha I felt like I spent a lot of time rambling, so really thankful it ended up coherent enough 😅please also stay safe!
Can’t wait to see the finished corset!! I have lusted over this particular corset for a few years now and I am so excited that you are making it!! It is just so SO beautiful!!! Also, congratulations on the new house...that is wonderful and exciting news!! Happy Easter 🐣🐇🐰
happy easter and thank you! it's SUCH a beautiful corset, i would love to see it in person some day ❤ I'm almost done with actually sewing it and I think I've gotten it pretty close? haha I hope I do it justice, I feel like this is one of those garments I'm going to end up attempting once a year or so until it's perfect
@@moth.faerie I am sure you will do it justice and it will be wonderful, you are so very talented!! We are usually much harder on ourselves and will pick something apart that we have made or done, when to others it looks absolutely perfect!! We are our own worst enemies 🤣🤣
ah well thank you for the encouragement! that's so true, gotta remember to view my work with more forgiving eyes 😅
Fricking love corsets!! There’s so much that goes into one, I honestly wouldn’t have guessed/seen how much work goes into the designs!
corsets are so deceptively simple looking but require SO MUCH WORK, they're a lot like a tailored jacket in that way! So many secretssss
Im glad im not the only one who struggled with redthreaded's pattern! I used her regency stays and disliked them, and when i posted a slightly negative review online her fans tore me to pieces!
Thanks for making these videos and sharing them with us. While I'm just beginning to dabble in dressmaking, it is really interesting to see folks making historical/cosplay costumes. It feels like there is more to learn from the more complicated makes.
Congratulations on the house!
Ah, well thank you for watching and taking the time to comment! I definitely feel like I learn so many new things every time I make something big. Haha and I always go into it so confident that I have the right plan and the right knowledge but there's always some kind of surprise! I think that's actually one of my favorite parts about sewing - I always finish a project feeling like I've leveled up and learned new things 😊 and thank you about the house!
You're videos are such a lovely little slice of youtube, I feel like I'm chatting with a friend about our mockups! It's just SO helpful and interesting to see your fitting and adjusting process. Thank you!
Ah thank you for the sweet comment, I'm so glad the video is helpful and I'm glad you like it!! ❤
Love the shaping of this!
If you want to shorten the busk some metal snips from a hardware store will cut the busk. It can then be ground with a dremel and i got a small sampler of Rust-Oleum paint and dip the cut end of it that, let it dry and do 2 or 3 coats.
omg that's much more doable than I had assumed, I will definitely have to keep that in my brain for the future!
The postcards 😯 I had those exact same ones when I was like 5 or 6. They were my treasure, I never used any of them lol. I had them well into my teens. I believed in faeries for a long time when I was a kid. I still love them. It was so strange seeing it still in print. I'm happy it is though
I had them as a kid too! I think my parents tossed them during one of our many moves though, so I'm glad to have them again! I feel you on not using them haha, the listing I bought had two full postcard books so one will be for using and one will be for staring at haha
Can't wait to see the final corset! You're so skilled, it's amazing to watch your videos!
Also good luck with moving and congrats on being a homeowner!! :D
ah thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I'm so glad you liked the video!
Relieved to see you sticking that padding in there. I was looking at the pattern today for my own and thinking there is no way I’m going to get that silhouette without padding inside I wonder if that is fine to do.
Ah yes I definitely make use of the bust padding super frequently with costumes! I don’t need much extra in the hip area personally 😅 but don’t be afraid of using it there either if you need it to get a curvier silhouette!
Thanks for sharing the flower fairies!
ah of course, thank you for watching!
I wish I had seen this when you first posted it! I’m sure the wrinkling is just that it’s at least half an inch too long in the waist for you!
Your videos are so good, it's criminal that you don't have more views and subscribers!
aw thank you so much!
Oh my goodness that corset turned out fabulous, the silhouette is just so stunning!
Congratulations on the new house! I know moving is a really busy and stressful time, but I truly hope that this week you were able to take more time to rest and heal.
thank you so much! and we won't be official moving for another month and a half so I did get some time to rest and I'm able to move gradually rather than all at once which definitely helps. this week has actually been a lot of watching youtube and hand sewing for the finished corset so that's always relaxing for me 😊
@@moth.faerie I am so glad to hear!
ok, now i want to make a corset like this
but i have nowhere near enough patience to go through that many mockups
Haha well if you're looking for similar but not replicating a historical corset it probably won't take as many mockups!
Congratulations on the house!!!
thank you!!
That shape is incredible, I can't wait to see it's final form!
Congratulations on the house! Glad you got some good news to hopefully keep your spirits lifted.
thank you so much for you comments on both videos! and thank you for the congratulations, I'm sooo excited to move so it was definitely a mood booster 😊
Love all your videos so much and your skills are incredible!
aw thank you so much I'm glad you're enjoying all the videos!
This is going to be the most gorgeous corset! Congratulations on your house!
thank you!
OMG how did I not know about your channel?! You're such a talented sewist and the editing is ridiculously good! SUBSCRIBE
Thank you so much!! I only started seriously making videos a few months ago haha so I’m pretty new 😅 I’m glad you like the videos!!
I totally agree with you on the one size things of the patterns. Specially since my weight fluctuates so much that if I want to make another one in another size I’ll have to buy the pattern again. Not a fan.
Especially with something that has so many pieces and “moving parts”. I’m looking into making this corset and I do trust my ability to modify patterns to fit me better. But I haven’t really done this on something so complex, I think the most complicated thing I’ve done is that butterick b4669 stays-ish piece.
Fitting to the waist is probably the best bet. Adjusting the waistline and boning channels would be a lot harder than adjusting/ replacing the gores.
I would do one more mockup. Short on the bones about 1/2 “. Spread the hips a bit.
The buckling seems to be an endemic problem with this pattern. If you look at the finished models on her website the corset buckles on all 3 of the women modeling it. Its not as bad on the one but its bad enough to look painful on 2 of them. The finished corsets are so bad it looks like there is plastic boning in them even though it says steel. It must be tinfoil thin. I don't know if the original used stiffened fabric or if there wss more boning than what there appears to be in the pattern but I'm excited to watch your next video to see how you overcame this problem! Love watching your troubleshooting!
ah glad it wasn't just me then! I still got a little bit of buckling in the end but mostly fixed it! It was mostly affected by where I placed the waist, once I got that right most of my issues went away 😊 I used synthetic whalebone, so it is plastic boning, but it's also much higher quality than the typical plastic boning!
It was super interesting and helpful to see you go through the fitting process and the problem solving! I don't know if I saw it correctly, but in the shots where you are comparing the first mockup with the book it seems to me that the seam across the back of the extant corset is curved? (at 12:20) And the seam from the pattern is straight, so maybe that accounts for some of the difference in fit?
thank you! do you mean the vertical or horizontal seam?
@@moth.faerie @minjalinjee I meant the vertical seam, between the back and side-back panel. The seam seems to curve towards the centre back a bit before going down and forward towards the hip, where it almost hits the sideseam.
@@raevynwoods9403 oh! i think that I did curve that side back seam to bring it into the waist a little more
Hi ! Working on this project too,how did you create the back gore and gore space for it ? Very much struggling with it 😅
So cool to see you making the alterations! I'm in the process of figuring out how to do this but make the waist bigger for some 1740-1770's stays (also from Red Threaded) so I'm wondering if I can kind of do what you did but add in paper instead of taking it out? It's gonna take some trial and error lol.
You're very much helping me to put together my own historical ensemble XD (Very belated congrats on the new house!!)
yes you can just add paper in! i tape mine to a larger piece of paper, draw in the alteration and cut it to the new line. tape on the back will help keep everything together too. i had to make a pattern larger in my cottagegoth stays video!
@@moth.faerie Tape on the back! I can't believe how much that helps lol. I'll definitely go check out your cottagegoth stays video to see your process, thank you!!
Their Stay Patterns are alot better never had a issue with those ones. Ive never used their 19th Century Corset Patterns.
Oh good to know! I do want to try more of their patterns eventually so maybe I'll try those next 😊
Why did you cut out the rectangular piece? What is it's function?
love seeing the fitting and pattern adjusting process. What is your cutting table made of?
It’s two ikea bookshelves as a base, with two doors screwed together as the table top with a layer of homasote on top! I covered it with paper and a faux wood backdrop bc it was too ugly before haha
I know you’ve finished this by now, but I think the problem was it was too long in the waist. So the waist area was hitting you at the top of your hips.
that gets addressed in the second corset video!
I ordered a size down too, I have a 35in waist, ordered a 32” waist, (30” corset) and LACED SHUT it’s too big!! What😂😂
aah yeah something isn't right with their pattern grading...
Her patterns arent done right, i had the same issue buying a 27in waist!
Youre amazing.
aw thank you!
What's the book you're using?
It’s the v&a fashion in detail: underwear book!
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That "one size" thing is why I won't buy her patterns. :( I know I would need major alterations to any size I got and I'd rather have a few sizes to reference as I make changes.