Sewing Regency era short stays (corset) - Part 1

Welcome to the next garment of my Regency era larp costume. This time we will start sewing a pair of short stays. In this first part I will show you the process up until inserting the cording.
This type of stays was popular during the regency period, thus it is what I will be using under my regency dress.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:43 Pattern tracing
2:14 Mockup fitting
4:14 Fabric cutting
4:34 Inserting gussets
7:20 Attaching back to side
9:33 Making the cording channels
10:38 Cording the channels
14:24 Outro

[penelope-oevr]

I am working on some short stays from another pattern maker. I want to change all the boning over to cording. I don't want anything hard in my set. Good to see this to see how and where the cording is on this one. I plan to sew my cording as I go, not pull it through channels. My vintage machine has an insanely narrow zipper foot and a cording foot. I shall try them both!

[mallaidhanneyep]

omg I FINALLY understand gussets. Thank you!

[eleanorbirchellhughes]

Just found your channel 🙂 the detail in the cording is fantastic! In all the videos I've seen of stays or corset making I've never seen it so well explained, thank you. Now to binge watch all your videos 😉

[mellisartandcrafts]

I'm working on this pattern right now :) So that video is really helpful, to see how others made this!

[susanbassler]

Did you watch the vid that red threaded did on cording with a zipper foot? I’m thinking of trying that.

[imbrivm]

Great video! I am making the same pair of stays.
may I ask where you got that wonderful needle to do your cording? I am been searching frantically for something like this.

[susanbassler]

Oh, interesting! I have a pattern for regency stays sitting beside me right now... just waiting for time!