Making Gothic Victorian Underwear // A New Petticoat & Corset Cover

Today we will be updating my late Victorian 1880's corset, making a new 1880's appropriate petticoat in linen with cotton lace, and making corset cover in black cotton voile!

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Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound.

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First, a disclaimer: So many of you have kindly offered to send me things, including vintage items you may have inherited, and I am so honored you would think of me and of course I do adore vintage treasures, however, unfortunately I only have so much storage space currently! So there is a chance that if something just wont work for me, or doesn't fit me etc, that I may not be able to keep all of your lovely things. Please only send things if you are okay with the possibility that I may donate items I just cannot keep. If you would prefer I put things that I can't keep into the TCH Etsy shop to help raise funds for me and the channel, please specify this in a note or letter in your parcel. Thank you so much!

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[MendyLady]

re historical accuracy: I'm a big fan of "historically adequacy". You do what works for you, using the resources you have, and the techniques you prefer. Folks who want to do everything as original practices are cool. People who use sergers and modern embroidery machines are cool. The point is to have fun and enjoy your work and product! I'm sorry that you feel pressured for accuracy.

[StephanieCanada]

YouTube: longer content doesn’t do well, aim for shorter.
CH: *puts out hour long content*
Me: *watches ENTIRE thing in one sitting while making pancakes for my kid*

I love the B roll, don’t apologize for that. Everything looks lovely and I am all for switching between styles. Can’t wait to see the next installment.

[FlickiChicki]

My great great grandmother Eliza, born April 24th, 1881, was well known as per my Granny P for always wearing a black petticoat/slip. No one in my family was sure where the black undergarments started, but Granny P pointed out in my 90s goth attire that I was looking rather like my namesake.

[ellahopkinson]

Aesthetic 10/10 garments 10/10 spooky vibes 10/10 soundtrack 10/10 would reccomend, cinematic masterpiece, fulfills much needed historical goth dreams 👌

[frugalfemmecarole]

Am I the only one that would wear the music note mockup as outerwear pretty much just as it is? Just me? Okay.

[coffemuse]

I'm not sure about Victorian corset covers, but I know they decorated and embellished Edwardian ones a lot because they took to wearing what they called "lingerie waists" - very sheer blouses in which you were supposed to see all the pretties underneath! Lovely video, beautifully shot. You are allowed to stop apologising/explaining for the historical inaccuracy! Theatre art is a thing, and you're doing it.

[darklymoonlit]

"Who knows what mental state I was in when I was sewing this" is such a mood.

[chaeburger]

I spent several months of grad school doing inventory of thousands of pieces of silverware ranging in age from 1880 to 1980. I believe that the small silver dish is a sugar shell. I've mostly seen those in spoon-sized pieces. I don't know why, but apparently shell-shaped things were just the best thing to serve sugar with.

And for anyone wondering, my favorite piece I ever came across was either the cheese shovel or the jelly fork.

[aravista]

ok I know this is supposed to be about sewing and all but OH my GOD YOUR EYESHADOW IS STUNNING!!!!1!1!!1

[marinary]

You watch Sims 4 building while you sew, I build in the Sims 4 while I watch you sew, the circle of life continues!
Now, if you're going to be showing off these gothically black late victorian undergarments, I might want to look into some smelling salts, a fainting couch, and a dramatically large silk fan :P Seriously, these are awesome, and it's almost a shame to cover up such lovely work with actual clothing.
The only owl names I can think of are Minerva, or... shoot, whatever the owl from Winnie the Pooh was called

[violetteplague]

I love how you used a serger. As someone who is a Mom and has health issues, using a machine for parts makes the difference between finishing a project and not finishing a project.

[BettyWoo]

Holy. Crap.The production values (never mind the fab clothes)! You are a wonder.

[Leanimal]

“My methods are a little bit strange and a mixture of things both modern and lazy, and occasionally hand done and historical.”
Me: *Looks at my large, vintage sewing machine and modern serger collection.*
Same. Subscribed. 🖤

[yrbestiewestie]

Please know that the insane amount of effort and care you put into your videos does not go unnoticed! You create an ✨experience✨ and it’s so much fun

[JustSaralius]

Do you really need any other reason for switching between hand and machine sewing than "I felt like it"? 😁 I'm so excited to see the dress now! The under layers look beautiful and the silhouette really suits you! 😍 Can't wait to see what stockings you bought too!!

[margaretkaraba]

YES! Yes yes yes.... so nice. Forget period accuracy. The Victorian dressmakers were all about speed, so I have no doubt they'd be using sewing machines, sergers and any shortcuts they could to get that dress to the customer as fast as possible. By the way, you look like you're having fun with your delightful art project (great name for the dress).

[jayneeojeda]

I love your whole approach to historical dress in this video, I recently started my first historical project -a pair of 17th century stays and some experts in the community kept going on about perfect accuracy and even mentioned some mistakes they saw in other costumers I follow during a workshop and I felt real pressure to make sure I got it right, but I think I’m actually going for a bit more of what you’re doing here and it made me feel more confident in my project

[SewTexas]

I find relish cut crystal dishes next to sewing machine and for dividers in sewing drawers. Makes for pretty notions! Nice touch, readily available at garage sales etc. The model 99 does a beautiful stitch, always reliable.

[frugalfemmecarole]

I’m very fond of the name Owlistair for owl shaped objects. I just love the play on Alistair and it sounds dignified enough for an owl. (Sorry for the plethora of comments, but I’m in Louisiana and what else is there to do but watch YouTube while sitting in a hurricane during a plague?)

[AdirondackRuby]

Flossing! There's just something so Romantic & Elegant about flossing on a Corset. Probably because it bridges the gap between Function & Fashion. And who doesn't love a bit of Bumble Bee black & yellow? That mockup is gorgeous! Especially from the back, with the contrasting prints and the tails. Owl Name Suggestions: Felix Augustus, Ebenezar, Humphries, Saranac, Bob.