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I would love to watch your channel if you would turn of the music.

Thank you for posting. I enjoyed this! I bet they were perfect for nursing. They are like postpartum nursing stays. So interesting!

Technically your lacing was not quite spiral; the lace should pass from outside to inside on one side of the stays, and from inside to outside on the other side of the stays for a true spiral lacing.🙂 Butas you say, it’s only for a fub meet-up, and who’s going to see!

The 2005 P&P film shows Mrs Bennett wearing her quilted waistcoat over her stays. Which was interesting So the accounts of women who were wearing jumps, as opposed to stays, are where we get the term 'loose women '

Very interesting to see the period garment and pattern examples - this is the first time I've seen western european examples that directly match what I've assumed is just a 'poor woman's version' of stays in the nordic folk dresses of the 18th century. But now I know the 'vest' in sweden and finland is just a pair of jumps that travelled northeast! Thank you for a delightful video. ❤

They had to have something comfortable if they were working 13 hour days then having to do chores. They couldn't spend a lot of time getting ready in the mornings. I really don't see where they'd find the time and energy to be immoral. That kind of thing takes some effort.

I started a Crewelwork project today and this was the perfect thing to watch as I was getting sorted. Thanks for the great history lesson!

That dress is amazing. Would love to see it!

I just can't stop imagining the hat which would have been worn with that blue stripey bodice, I bet it would have been spectacular!

That jacket! Those wonderful huge cuffs! 😍

So exciting - looking forward to the next episode! Love that tasseled jacket.

I love that see through blouse! I have something fairly similar that I wear all the time. What a great haul!

i'm knitting myself a setesdal cardigan and i wanted to buy the proper ribbons to embelish it but i do not own a credit card that would allow me to do so (i bought some "ethnic folk ribbon on amazon that had the same patterns ended up being laughably wide and polyester type shiny, might use it for something else ) so i figured i could finish it so it's bland, that way it's done by this winter and in the meantime i'd have all the time to research and embroider myself some tape (i wanted an embroidered collar and i couldn't wrap my head as to how it was done with a straight ribbon, turns out it's not, i saw embroidered panels that look like what i should do) i have almost 1 meter of a glorious black felted wool from a previous project and i watched a video that explained what that type of embroidery was. it didn't go too much in detail into how to actually reproduce what i was looking for (as a matter of fact it seems that the fabric is put on top of the canvas and i stuglle to see how it'll help) but the craftswoman was mentioning that it was somewhat reminiscent of crewelwork... I've always been intrigued by crewelwork without ever knowing its name nor having the aptience to pick it up (my inspirations are the fancy ball owns of the 18th century, mens coats of that same era and queen elizabeth II 's coronation dress which are maybe not the most beginer friendly types of pattern /shrug) from what i gathered the whole vibe with that type of embroidery is to do with what you have at the moment, what you feel like doing and what you already know from people around you, i might draw inspiration from different sources to fill out what i cannot find online

I just found your channel. I love crewel work embroidery and will be watching your channel. Wonderful info.

Project update 👀

I love those long term projects as well - in fact I'm watching this while working on a blackworked shirt which has kept me busy for about 4 months now! I feel like embroidery is very underrepresented in the costuming/costube scene: there are people who amazing things with machine embroidery, but handwork rarely gets a look in. I can understand why of course, it's a huge time commitment and doesn't have the visual impact that it once did, now that everyone is used to machine embroidery being so cheaply and easily available. But it is a huge part of the history of textiles, dress, and women's social history; it would be nice to see more of it. Thanks for this video, it was very informative and has me itching to stitch!

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Very interesting video, i love your chanel!! Can i ask what patterns you used for the stays and the jumps? :)

These are great tips! I'm not sure if you mentioned this and I missed it, but one thing I would add is that acid free paper is available from artist supply stores, which could be useful as inserts between patterns, instructions, and sleeves :) I do wonder when you think these measures become necessary? Is it once the pattern is 30 years old? 50? Once it's out of print?

Thanks! I learned a lot!

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Is the 'quilted waistcoat' that or is it lightly boned jumps? Very difficult to tell from the video which was very enjoyable. Have been wondering if lightly boned jumps would be a better option than actual stays because wearing something heavily boned isn't that comfortable, and I remember reading somewhere that the next step up from the jumps were the slightly more heavily boned regency stays which then became the victorian corset.

That's fascinating. I've wanted jumps and quilted waistcoat for modern wear for ages. It seems like for history bounding just over a shirt and skirt, it would be pretty comfortable. I can't wait for the comfort episode. Elite men saw women wearing clothes meant for maternity, sickness, and hard work and thought that was a great sign of vulnerability they could use to get away with harassment and assault, while of course blaming victims for existing while black, brown, pregnant, ill, probably disabled, or providing for themselves? Got it.

This is an excellent video! I've been wanting to make jumps, so I appreciate this primer on their history and use.

I think the outfit is so cute! I have been curious about the construction of those back tying petticoats like your under petticoat but I don't know the search terms, are they in the American Duchess book? Or do you know a tutorial?

Do you have/will you be showing a direct comparison of jumps and quilted waist coats? Where is the minimal boning in the jumps?

Lovely outfit and I hope you had a wonderful time at your event.

Me: Yes! I'm here for it! You: ...I am a dress historian and have researched this topic for about a year for my thesis... Me: YES! I am HERE for it! I look so much forward to more of this kind of content.

The idea of comfort is really interesting. It means different things in different contexts. For me, I don’t leave the house without wearing stays or a corset. That partly for physical comfort- I need the bust support, but I also really need the back support as I have a disabling spinal condition and the stays or corset acts like a back brace. I also need that mental comfort too. Part of that is knowing that my back is a lot more protected, so I’m not anywhere near as likely to injure myself (like I did the Kat time I went out without one, thinking I wouldn’t be gone long, I’ll just wear a bra… and then I was stuck in bed for the next two weeks. Learned my lesson, that’s for sure!). There’s the le tap comfort also of having something that effectively acts like a weighted blanket for my torso, which helps to ease my anxiety. Plus, I like the fact that no one can really see my body, they see what I’ve constructed, what I want them to see. Because stays or a corset does make a difference to my shape, and I like being able to have control over how my body looks. I like that I can achieve the shape that I want. So there are quite a few different elements of comfort just in my own case, both physical and mental. It’s not the same physical sort of comfort as when I’m laying in bed in just a shift, but because I do need that extra support, I almost feel like it’s armour that I put on- it protects me in a number of ways. And while that’s not as *comfortable* as a shift on its own (or the modern equivalent of pyjamas), it’s *comforting*.

Thank you for this video!

Thank you for sharing your research, it was a very interesting video. Side note: I really love your blue depression glass dressing table set.

Thank you so much for sharing your tips! Looking forward to part 2 :)

For now I'm much more interested in drafting my own pattern instead of using vintage ones, but this is all solid advice even for new patterns.

Great ideas! I have inherited several large vintage pattern collections. While I have made the choice not to keep them, but to document them for my own drafting and sell them, I need to preserve them while they are in my possession. You brought up several points I had never thought about.

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who doesn't put patterns back in the same envelope!

This was interesting. Thanks. The quilted waist coats do look so comfortable. I had never heard of this piece of clothing - I think it is interesting that in the cos tube community - this piece of clothing gets no mention or attention! at all. can anyone think of any video where this item is mentioned or sewn? i look forward to your other videos on this topic.

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing on this topic, and I look forward to the video on comfort. Also, I love your shirt. Two pinks! so pretty.

This is really fascinating ! Thank you for taking the time to share !

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing, you have a new subscriber!

Fantastic, thank you.

Thanks for this very insightful video! I look forward seeing more!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! I can't wait to see the construction video 😊

Really interesting! Thank you for sharing your research!

This is really interesting! Was the quilted waistcoat every worn with stays? Is it like a winter weather extra/alternative?