What did Victorian sewing patterns look like? || The oldest fashion magazines in my collection

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  • 1880's fashion is truly spectacular, so I wanted to show it to you, these, the oldest fashion magazines in my collection. In this video we will be looking at a 140 year old fashion magazines, that's right a VICTORIAN fashion magazines and even better you could buy the sewing patterns from it. I will show you all the amazing victorian sewing patterns from both the Weldon's Ladies Journal November, 1885 and Weldons Ladies Journal September 1886. In these antiques magazines, it showcases Victorian Weldon's patterns from the 1880's as well as all the "current" fashion trends.
    The 1880's clothing it features includes but is not limited to, lobster tail bustles, corsets, children's stays, traveling costumes, and so many more. These wonderful examples go beyond vintage patterns and dive clear into the world of antique sewing patterns.
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    0:00 Howdy
    0:35 What to expect
    1:52 November, 1885
    20:40 September,1886
    34:09 See ya next time
    34:36 Me being a goof
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  • @StephanieCanada
    @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    If you enjoyed this video, let me know if you would like to have similar, low-key tours of my catalogs that I own. Images from the magazines will be added to my Ko-fi account tomorrow (Sunday, 6/20/21): ko-fi.com/stephaniecanada

    • @gdhhayes2129
      @gdhhayes2129 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very much enjoyed this

    • @brigidscaldron
      @brigidscaldron 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I loved this!

    • @aletasonner3989
      @aletasonner3989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would love more videos like this but with more of the close-up shots like you did on a few of the looks. Once it was close up it was so amazing to see all the details I couldn't see from the wider shot. Beautiful find!!

    • @button4631
      @button4631 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loved this so much and would love more like this, also intrigued by the Mac and cheese recipe

    • @pat56458
      @pat56458 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm only just seeing this now...where have you been all my TH-cam life??
      If you made copies of these pages, especially the ads, us junk journalers would buy you a bunch of coffees!. We would absolutely love to have copies of those!!

  • @snooksmcdermott
    @snooksmcdermott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Rare books & preservation librarian here -- Can people stop with the "white gloves must be worn to handle old paper!" obsession? Stephanie is perfectly right in using clean bare hands (no moisturizer) to handle old brittle paper because wearing gloves, even nitrile gloves (which are the gold standard, not white cotton gloves) will make it much more likely for her to tear or damage it. If you want to wear gloves while handling a paper object, use nitrile gloves. If you are handling photographs or metal objects, definitely use nitrile gloves. But stop with the white glove obsession!!!! Ok, rant over. lol.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No worries! I actually hadn't gotten any backlash, I just wanted to preface it before we got started. I want folks to know how I do it, so if they come across some they know what to do. But thank you for confirming I am doing it correct!

    • @LadyoftheDreamless14
      @LadyoftheDreamless14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nitrile! Thats what the other type of glove was. I could not remember the name for the life of me lol.

    • @snooksmcdermott
      @snooksmcdermott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StephanieCanada Pre-emptive rant. ;-)

    • @juliaforsyth8332
      @juliaforsyth8332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes!

    • @antiquesewist423
      @antiquesewist423 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An expert! Score!❤
      Ok, I have like a dozen mid 19th c. Ladies magazines I got off ebay. They were already taped up (scotch tape, packing tape, ugh) in quite a few places. Is it worth trying to remove the tape at all, or would I just cause more damage at this point?

  • @gwirithil1
    @gwirithil1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Many if not most museums no longer use white gloves for handling fragile stuff for exactly the reasons you gave. Thank you SO much for posting this!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it! And I have heard from a few folks now that my way is actually correct. Makes me feel good.

  • @patriciat7058
    @patriciat7058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Macasscar oil was used on men’s hair and got all over the furniture. Hence antimacasscars were put on the furniture (like doilies). Really liked this one. I hope we’ve seen that goat for the last time.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you for the information! That is very interesting. And no, that goat will be around for some time. I giggle every time. 😅

    • @lizcademy4809
      @lizcademy4809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And the best pronunciation (withAmerican accent) is McAsser.
      I like the goat. It sums up the personality of your channel :-)

    • @barbaraferron7994
      @barbaraferron7994 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My grandmother made those doilies. I remember them at her house in the 1960s.

  • @loisgehman949
    @loisgehman949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I find it amusing that all the bustle illustrations are drawn in such a way as to make them look like centaurs… at least they look like that to me!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tee hee hee... I will now forever see centaurs!

    • @Worldbuilder
      @Worldbuilder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now I’m picturing a centaur in a bustle dress. Thank you for that image. (I just watched Percy Jackson. Honestly, now I’m picturing Pierce Brosnan as a centaur in a fabulous bustle jacket and skirt…)

    • @lorieharris2776
      @lorieharris2776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol. It's hard for me to not laugh due to having read through my great-great-grandfather's personal journals.
      He admired horses, buggies, and races. Much the way some guys admire sports cars these days. So he wrote, in....unique detail (lol.) About meeting great-great-grandma and setting his cap for her.
      "Set her with a saddle, silver bells to delight more her jaunty walk. Head high, slender neck. The best choice of any young mans stable."
      Big bottom girls y'all. Even our ancient grannies were making the world go round. Lol

  • @cattuslavandula
    @cattuslavandula ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting how the drape of the fabric in the skirts resemble the elaborate curtains of the Victorian era.

  • @thedrinkinggames9573
    @thedrinkinggames9573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    TH-camr Engineering Knits actually has a "silent sewing machine" from Wilcox and Gibbs, and she has a video about it. It's pretty neat

  • @FloridasYesteryear
    @FloridasYesteryear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    In the first magazine there was an ad for the author George Sand. She was an immensely popular French writer. Her real name is Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin and was apparently more popular than Victor Hugo.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh how COOL! Thank you for sharing!

  • @7arboreal
    @7arboreal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wright’s Coal Tar Soap, Pear’s Soap, Bird’s Custard Powder and Cross and Blackwell soups are all still sold in supermarkets. I love Pear’s Soap, it’s gorgeous.
    Very interesting, thank you.

  • @Hiker_who_Sews
    @Hiker_who_Sews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    As we look at all the incredible women's costumes, we see (at 17:30) an ad for George Sand's novels, and I'm reminded how she wore men's clothing without a permit! Thanks Stephanie, for such a fun walk through antiquity!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are so welcome! I am glad to provide glimpses into the past.

  • @kyriea3112
    @kyriea3112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    So my boyfriend is about as interested in my Sewing Videos as I am in his Motorbike/Car videos. He happened to pass by when you were describing finding the magazine in a Florida Attic and I haven't heard him laugh that hard in a week.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh my goodness Kyriea! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this with me!

    • @stevezytveld6585
      @stevezytveld6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      {screaming goat echoing this comment}
      - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

  • @caosville
    @caosville ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recognize the crochet pages! In particular, the baby overalls and cozy antimacassar. They are part of a collection in a book called Victorian Crochet By Weldon and Company put out by by Dover Publications in 1974. I found this book in the library ages ago and had to acquire it for myself. I have spent many hours trying to translate the instructions for lace and edgings, with varying success.

  • @lazygardens
    @lazygardens 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That ad for the opera company would be "tipped in" (glued to a bound-in page) only in the magazines destined for the town the company was playing in. It's an early "targeted ad".

  • @fluffydragon84
    @fluffydragon84 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just wanted to let you know that I found your channel fairly recently and it's extremely pleasing to my ADHD brain to just have your videos playing while I sew or work on other projects. I might never buy a historical pattern, but apparently, I really like hearing about them.

  • @michellecornum5856
    @michellecornum5856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fact that the PATTERN was still in there was no small miracle!! Yes, you may similarly low key more catalogs. YAY!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RIGHT! I LOVE IT! And thank you! If there is anyone else who you think would enjoy this, please share this with them.

  • @Queensthief195
    @Queensthief195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just want a closeup of the ad: SOUTHALL'S SANITARY TOWELS FOR LADIES. This is so exciting!

  • @gillianairlie4187
    @gillianairlie4187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Antimacasars were decorative chair covers to protect furniture from gentlemens’ hair oil. Macasar hair oil.

  • @lazygardens
    @lazygardens 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I find the ads fascinating ... because that's what people were being told was necessary, or advertising what they actually used: menstrual supplies, complexion soaps, nerve tonics, laundry aids.

    • @chayaq6690
      @chayaq6690 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same thing today 😅

  • @LadyoftheDreamless14
    @LadyoftheDreamless14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Heyyyy, library tech student here! Fun facts! Part of my schooling is some Archival Training and, im here to inform you all that some archives will not make you wear gloves depending on what you want to look at. I know, the horror! But, the main reason for this is, ironically, to protect the archival material.
    When you go to an archive or a museum, the gloves they offer you are usually made of cotton. They arent as thick as the cheap winter gloves you get in the $1 bin, but they are pretty much that. These gloves are wonderful for protecting materials, but they do diminish your sense if touch and can cause you to unintentionally rip or break a part of the material. These gloves are like any other mass manufactured material and can be flawed as well. It sounds silly, but should these gloves fray, those stray bits can catch on the material and damage it.
    Latex or any plastic glove would be the easy second pick but, they have chemicals of their own that can unintentionally damage the archival material as well.
    I am also wondering how Stephanie is storing these. Personally, id be shilling out for the archive grade paper and boxes and putting them in a cool, dry place. I think shes mentioned before that she lives in Florida, im not sure what they use to combat humidity besides temp controled storage rooms but it might be worth it to reach out to a local archive and ask!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, thank you! I actually am sending these lovelies to my friend in Texas who is aiming to start a sewing pattern museum. So they won't be in Florida much longer, but I figure inside my climate controlled house is better than the garage attic I found them in.

    • @LadyoftheDreamless14
      @LadyoftheDreamless14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@StephanieCanada hey, welcome!! OHHHHHHHH YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!! I was also wondering what they were stored in cause the acid free paper and boxes would be SOOO good for them but they are... SO stupidly pricey???? For some reason?????? The site we looked at had a "acid free soft display" for $120 (it was the most expencive one mind you) .... IT WAS A SQUARE PILLOW. THATS IT. So dumb. Anyway, im so excited to hear!! And yes inside the house is much much better lol. I was so surprised by how good of shape they were in, you have truely given them a second life!

    • @snooksmcdermott
      @snooksmcdermott 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LadyoftheDreamless14 Mylar sleeves are not too pricey, and you can get a roll and make them yourself. If you need a display or a book cradle and don't have any money, use rolled up white towels! That's what us pros with small budgets use. :-)

    • @LadyoftheDreamless14
      @LadyoftheDreamless14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@snooksmcdermott mylar sleeves... that sounds familiare... yes! I would never pay that for a display pillow. It was just an exercise to get us looking at stuff. The entire time we did i was thinking of alternatives. I think the only thing id shell out for is paper and boxes. Maybe the occasional specialty protector to keep something partocularily delicate safe but thats it.

  • @shariberry3123
    @shariberry3123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read online somewhere about what life was like before sewing machines were widely used. Apparently, girls and women were required to spend many daylight hours sewing clothing, before darkness because it was difficult to sew by candle and oil lamp. Men wore out their clothing quickly while working, so women were required to sew enough replacement clothing and this was quite a task. When the sewing machine became widely available, suddenly women had more time available not taken up by hand sewing, which brought about the concept of "free time" or "leisure time".

  • @MeMe-Moi
    @MeMe-Moi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Frye's cocoa is still available. It was the only brand my grandmother would use.

  • @jomercer21113
    @jomercer21113 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I adore old magazine and newspapers!
    The Willcox & Gibbs "Silent Automatic" chainstitchers are very quiet--no bobbin/shuttle thrashing around.
    Voyage lady has a pair of binoculars slung over her shoulder.
    Antimacassar was to prevent hair oils from staining the upholstery.

  • @neilchowney8982
    @neilchowney8982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    From England and a Londoner. I have some Weldon patterns and transfers and know the areas, locations of the ads well, especially the central London locations, as a great deal of the rag trade was located in this area and I used to work and shop there. I worked in Lower Regent Street, which feeds into Regent Strret via Piccadilly Circus.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How cool! I hope some of these make more sense to you, than they did me. 😂

  • @sublimnalphish7232
    @sublimnalphish7232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The lace in that was spectacular! Wow. I'm a bit older,lol. But as a child I saw many of reprints of things as old as that. I think that format was still kind of similar in the 1930/40s era. Still, It was fun to look back. I am surprised that magazine wasn't a bit wholeier than thou from being mite eaten. I'm amazed it lasted that long that well. Awesome we have that to look at.
    You can tell art was not taught to the laymen of that day also but hey ya do what ya gotta and it was a nice service to the ladies.

  • @annetteavery3349
    @annetteavery3349 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just watching this for the first time, love seeing the vintage sewing machine adverts and the antimacassa (yes, chair coverings often for arms on chairs for sweaty hands and sometimes for the backs, for hair oils used by gentlemen of the time) and sometimes people still use the covers and the hair oil or Brylcream in the UK. Thank you, this is fascinating, especially the bustles for children 😱

  • @DaphneAbernathy
    @DaphneAbernathy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Regent St and Oxford St in London are now known as Oxford Circus where you will go if you want to do some high street shopping. Regent St is also beautifully decorated at Christmas. Those directions made sense to me and I’m an American living in England.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Daphne! I am so glad that they actually make sense! (even if it wasn't to me)

  • @aeray3581
    @aeray3581 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @StephanieCanada
    Antimacassar were seat back covers to keep hair oils and powders off he upholstery. We saw them their heads down the line with the little "bibs" on the backs of railway seats.

  • @PamelaSmithakapossbert
    @PamelaSmithakapossbert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wright's Coal Tar soap is still being made and I love it.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh how cool!

    • @juliaforsyth8332
      @juliaforsyth8332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StephanieCanada And Pear's soap. Lovely scent. Coal Tar soap is good for skin troubles.

    • @india1422
      @india1422 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love Pears’ soap although I heard the contents had changed. Coal tar soap - reminds me of school toilets with the nasty soap all soggy where it had been left in a pool of water

  • @j.elizabethbrakhage7192
    @j.elizabethbrakhage7192 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a Wilcox and Gibbs treadle sewing machine from the 1890s I believe. Yes, it is very quiet. I love it.

  • @nelliewerger5505
    @nelliewerger5505 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Feel like i know you, seems like we ought to be friends for real. Im also an opera costumer, i work in theater.
    The ads are as fastenating as the outfits. Amazing how many of those things are still available.

  • @robinbaum-hn2pc
    @robinbaum-hn2pc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love going over your older patterns. The wonderful Victorian Lady’s Home Journal was such a treat. I love the 30’s eras and back from there. Those old pattern designs are so very complex and detailed. I guess they didn’t have the time wasters we have today and can do “slower” more detailed and tricky little things I would be very careful attempting now. Keep up the great sharing❤❤❤❤

  • @lindasheets1767
    @lindasheets1767 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love looking at these old magazines with you

  • @TheKayleigh124
    @TheKayleigh124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    US sarcasm doesn’t hit quite as good as sarcasm here in the UK but I do appreciate it.👍🏻😆

  • @ruthkirkparick3535
    @ruthkirkparick3535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think it's pronounced anti-mic-asser. It's a protective chair cover. Usually embroidered or crocheted doilies to lay on upholstered furniture where skin oils might come in contact with the fabric, on arm rests and the top of chair backs (dark stains, difficult to remove). The illustration appears to be an all-in-one (which I've never seen before). I have a few from my grandmothers'.

  • @annastebelskyj580
    @annastebelskyj580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That "costume de voyage" lady at 25:15 is wearing a binoculars case! Probably made from heavily oiled tooling leather.

  • @Kindofalot
    @Kindofalot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I found your channel through a comment on another video and I just want to say HOW DARE TH-cam hide such delicious content from me

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aww thank you Ash! I am so glad you are here!

  • @sbender3787
    @sbender3787 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are modern patterns, for historical dolls costumes that you could study for shapes of pattern pieces. Of course, there are books that illustrate the pattern pieces that you can "size up". But an actual pattern that you can cut out and put together that is already to scale, will give you insight with less work.
    I am not talking about American Girl or even Barbie patterns. There are special hand crafted dolls that come with fashion from different eras. Probably look at Etsy. I haven't dealt with dolls in quite a few decades.

  • @morganzimmerman1337
    @morganzimmerman1337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Okay, this might as well of been an actual time machine 😂 Thank you for going page by page. What an incredible find!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had to remind myself to stay at a slower pace so that y'all could enjoy them as much as I did! I hope it worked. 😀

  • @lauralake7430
    @lauralake7430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I own, and use, the Wilcox and Gibbs Automatic sewing machine advertised! It is, indeed silent! Mine is a hand crank, but I have a buddy who has a treadle

  • @cmg565
    @cmg565 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love all things for many reasons, primarily because I like to see what people actually wore and did during that period. I also enjoy vintage recipes in would like to see the mac and cheese one.

  • @believeinfaeries8713
    @believeinfaeries8713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I suspect that what looked like studded fabric was a lamb fur edged garment. It's very curly and the illustrations of the time looked studded. I learned about it when reading through Peterson's Ladies Magazine from the late 1880s.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh you are SO right (I think my 2000's emo brain just wanted to see studs).

    • @believeinfaeries8713
      @believeinfaeries8713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StephanieCanada Lol! I get that! My 2000s goth brain wants every dark colored illustration to be black fabric.

  • @zombiedoggie2732
    @zombiedoggie2732 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Willcox and Gibbs automatic silent sewing machine. Yes, it was mostly, silent! It was a chain stitch machine that had a special tension that place tension on the thread when it needed it for each stitch. I used to own a later, electrified one. Sadly they don't make needles for this anymore. The shape was interesting too. It looked like a G from the back!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank is so cool! Thank you for the knowledge!

    • @zombiedoggie2732
      @zombiedoggie2732 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StephanieCanada They are also pretty darned cute. If you got the room and want an antique machine just for display I do recommend a Wilcox and Gibbs automatic!

  • @janelaroque
    @janelaroque 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm more used to the 1880's patterns all on the same piece of paper with differing edge marks to identify the piece from all the others written on top and over it. Several garments on the same sheet of paper.

  • @shariberry3123
    @shariberry3123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to visit an old building full of misc. antiques collected by a flea market seller. She had this very old dressmaker's model ( I think that's the right word). It had all these hand sized puffy squares all around it that could be cranked out to accommodate a larger silhouette. It was amazing, it looked so damn old and I could visualize the shop it stood in back in the early to mid 1800's.

  • @evelynashford5272
    @evelynashford5272 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As always, fascinated with your collection. Wondering if you have considered digitizing/archiving the content of these relics, or if you know if someone has already done so. They could be valuable to researchers of various kinds, as well as to us vintage sewing buffs?

  • @carolekhoury9984
    @carolekhoury9984 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Macassar oil was a man's hair grooming oil in the 1800s through early 1900s .To keep furniture clean, one used 'antimacassars'.

  • @KatieRae_AmidCrisis
    @KatieRae_AmidCrisis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes please! to more page-turner tours of more magazines or catalogues. I'm a complete non-sewer, but a history nerd - and I very much enjoy your channel. Both your content and your presenting style are great.

  • @catherinerw1
    @catherinerw1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    item 3262 is the "Hurlingham" wrap (place where they play polo now!)

  • @grandymommy4531
    @grandymommy4531 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did these ladies sit down? And maybe the thimble was lead? Very interesting. This would be my great-grandmother's time. I believe she wore bustles when she was young.

  • @OddlyElly
    @OddlyElly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have adored old magazines and Ladies' journals since I read the Little House books as a kid 😍 the 1880s silhouettes are my absolute favourite of all time (partly why Back to the Future part III is one of my favourite movies). The hats! All the illustrations are stunning 😍 those sailing costumes!!!
    The electropathic belt looks like it could be an early iteration of a TENS machine 😂 actually extremely effective for lower abdominal/back pain.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh me too! I have always loved old patterns and magazines! And yes, the sailor costumes were the best!

  • @stevezytveld6585
    @stevezytveld6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a lovely tour. Me and my 1915 Singer 99K hand-crank sewing machine vote for more, please.
    1885 edition: And let's just have a moment of silence for anyone who used the "coal tar" soap. Because good parts of Ottawa are still contaminated with the stuff... yikes.
    You should see if Nicole from Costuming Drama would be interested in a collaboration?
    Also - you could scan that centerfold and load it up to your Kof-ee page... another idea; I'm a-full of 'em.
    1886 edition: Poisoned for life by a thimble... unless that thimble was made out of lead and you soaked it in your tea water every day... huh? What the holy heck of an urban legend are we dealing with here.
    - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve)

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for the ideas! And I would love to collab with other channels, but right now I am still quite small, so letting your friends know about me by sharing my channel is the best way to get bigger collabs going.

    • @stevezytveld6585
      @stevezytveld6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StephanieCanada They just be people, darlin'. 'No' is the worst that can happen. And even then it would probably be a 'no for now'...
      Can you tell I've worked fundraisers for not-for-profit-land charities. If you want to bounce some ideas around for your approach, I can be that wall fer ya.
      You doing this years version of Co Co Vid? I haven't figured out who the organizing brain is for the festivities... but I think it's for some time in August?

    • @expatpiskie
      @expatpiskie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wright's Coal Tar soap is still a thing in the UK. Imo it smells vile but I know my gran swore by it. When mum was growing up she even used it to wash her hair together with rain water from the water butt. She may have been onto something as she always had lovely skin and hair even at 100.

    • @stevezytveld6585
      @stevezytveld6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@expatpiskie That's amazing. And amazing that it seemed to have worked.
      My only relationship with coal tar is from a distance, as people with hazmat suits and shovels do their decontamination routine. Because eating so much as a tomato that grows up in that soil is a cancer risk.
      It's gotta be a different substance in the soap. The UK is too good with regulations to allow carcinogens into the soap supply of the country...

    • @expatpiskie
      @expatpiskie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@StephanieCanada I'd love to see you do a Collab with The Closet Historian. Although she usually drafts her own patterns she has used vintage patterns in the past. One that springs to mind is a pair of trousers that she made.

  • @sonjanordahl3158
    @sonjanordahl3158 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for sharing. Although is somewhat understand the progression of the various bustles and why the underlying scaffolding was needed. How could anyone believe that shape was appealing?🤣

  • @yvonnebuckley1740
    @yvonnebuckley1740 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Antimacassar was a doily like piece of decorative fabric placed on the back of chairs or sofa to protect the fabric from dirt or oily hair as men of that some eras wore it in their hair to slick it down.

  • @mladeau2105
    @mladeau2105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And why not? But a cheeky request, do you have any counter pattern catalogue? I would love to watch more videos of someone going through them. They all seem to be in the USA.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you! If enough folks reach out and let me know the same, I can certainly add more to the film list.

  • @aeray3581
    @aeray3581 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey, Bird's Custard Powder was made here in Birmingham, England.

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No little kids alive today would willingly wear a bustle! If you do try that though, please record it! I it's to extreme for TH-cam there's LiveLeak. 😁

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me: as a mother who had a tough pregnancy, would revel in the awkward of my kid in a bustle
      Also me: I wouldn't make her go at it alone. I would have to make one for me too.

    • @zeusathena26
      @zeusathena26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've worked in a preschools & kindergartens where we had plays, pageants, etc. It's rare to walk away without bruises after getting 30 toddlers in costumes! 🤣🤣

  • @AdventuresInLife2012
    @AdventuresInLife2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was so cool! A glimpse into history of the fashion world.

  • @vickismallwood2082
    @vickismallwood2082 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful historical books and what a wonderful find with the pattern.

  • @ColorJoyLynnH
    @ColorJoyLynnH ปีที่แล้ว

    My grandmother was born 4 months after the 2nd issue’s publication date. So fascinating.

  • @karengerber8390
    @karengerber8390 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enjoying your exploration!

  • @sharpduds
    @sharpduds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Antimacassars were to protect the upholstery from the macassar oil used by the gentlemen to style their hair. One would suppose that it had a tendency to spread, and, like Brilliantine, appeared to be notoriously difficult to get out of fabric, which might explain the popularity of detachable collars, especially the 'disposable' variety made from paper or celluloid

  • @JordannMHall
    @JordannMHall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love seeing these old magazines 😍😍😍😍

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am SO glad! They really are a treasure!

  • @5DNRG
    @5DNRG 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As soon as you said I'm a little bit morbid. I thought Scorpio...HA!!😉👍

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are you surprised? Did you think we wouldn't want to see this? Generally if you are interested in one bit of history, your curious about all of it. At this time in history most fabric, wallpaper (which was almost always fabric), skin creams, & cosmetics contained arsenic, & lead. I'm glad I'm alive now!😁

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, I usually don't dip my toes into waters that I can't speak on. (Unless it is just plain sewing, then god help anyone who is trying to follow along)

  • @aletasonner3989
    @aletasonner3989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm so glad you did the Rachel Maksey pattern video because that TH-cam algorithm suggested that video and I'm so glad I found your channel!! Love your videos! One day I'll probably buy a pattern from you too...but I should probably work on using the ones I have already first 😆

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aww yeah! I am so glad too. Rachel was so nice to let me do that, and I am glad it meant the algorithm got it's poop in a group to show my videos to new folks. Happy you are here!

  • @constancevigilance1730
    @constancevigilance1730 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really wanted you to read the article in the first one 'To The Corpulent'. And now I'm a year late bsides. Bummer.

  • @CharredFibers
    @CharredFibers ปีที่แล้ว

    That book is from my birthday. Yes I'm *that old*

  • @gangurogeisha
    @gangurogeisha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lucky! The oldest written document I have is only from 1895. :/

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly, I still can't believe I found them. In the wild even.

  • @esmesvintagecloset
    @esmesvintagecloset 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am still swooning. There are some bodice patterns in there that I would kill to get my dirty little mitts on! I have a couple of Paris Mode magazines from 1903 and 1905, one of which has the pattern. Except one piece, which they carried over to the following week to make sure you got the next edition. So many ideas, so little time...

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They really are gorgeous. I could seriously look at them ALL DAY!

    • @esmesvintagecloset
      @esmesvintagecloset 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StephanieCanada Truly Victorian website has a bodice that is really similar to one of the ones in the 1887 booklet which is giving me some ideas... also, what are the odds that you might be offering duplicates of the pattern from the magazine? Because I would bloody love that!!!

  • @Downhomeherbwife
    @Downhomeherbwife 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that you have a little Monticello cutout

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! My husband and I went there on our first date to learn from the past.

  • @user-ft8bf7yb8o
    @user-ft8bf7yb8o 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am VERY late to the party. Sorry. You saw a crochet pattern for an Antimacassar. In those days there was a hair pomade called Macassar. It was very sticky and when young men came a courting they would get the back of their head stuck to your furniture and leave a stain. It became fashionable to have little doily like things on the backs of your chairs and sofas to avoid ruining them. They were called Antimacassars (Anty - mac- ass - ars).

  • @BeverleyButterfly
    @BeverleyButterfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow they are so beautiful

  • @SewBiased
    @SewBiased 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You work in opera?!?!?! Am opera singer! So excite!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I sure doI I am an opera stage manager.

    • @SewBiased
      @SewBiased 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StephanieCanada no wonder you're so sassy and organized!

  • @judysocal8682
    @judysocal8682 ปีที่แล้ว

    Franklin Habit has knit some of the patterns from Weldon's.

  • @OBLIVIOUSappple
    @OBLIVIOUSappple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would love to have old magazines but I don’t trust myself being careful enough 🥲

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then digital copies are the way to go, that way you get to enjoy it, without fear of damaging it.

  • @adelaaire8861
    @adelaaire8861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PLEASE make the antique mac' and cheese recipe!
    P.S. love this look through 😄

  • @DaphneAbernathy
    @DaphneAbernathy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, more of this please. It does end with me searching Esty and eBay for similar magazines and catalogues though.

  • @marimba26
    @marimba26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was so much fun! Just looking at all those incredibly pleated skirts makes me swoon a bit...even if the second bustle "shelf" is not my favorite look.

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am so glad I could share their beauty with everyone! If there is anyone else who would enjoy this video, please consider sharing it with them.

  • @gladdy2104
    @gladdy2104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for sharing this treasure! 💞 I've got a magazine from 1901 and it is so exiting to look at this gorgeous paintings! And my journal also have the original pattern... So exciting.. 💞

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy to share! And HOW LUCKY YOU!

  • @TealCheetah
    @TealCheetah 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are amazing, both the dresses and the ads!

  • @kathrynmdesign
    @kathrynmdesign ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for sharing those knitting patterns! I’m loving looking at your Ko-if page. So many pretty pictures! And I should knit those dusting mitts. and the “Dog Blanket” OMG I see an ugly Christmas sweater for my GSD I’m my future hahahahahah! I’m better at knitting than sewing but I like to try projects here and there and I LOVE vintage sewing “stuff”

  • @littleangel9531
    @littleangel9531 ปีที่แล้ว

    The antimacassar is a loose cover to go on the top of the chair back to stop hair products (oils, pomade etc) from damaging the chair upholstery fabric. Love your vlogs @Stephanie 💖

  • @cattuslavandula
    @cattuslavandula ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol. Anti-mac-a-sar. It's a decorative doily like cover for the backs of furniture. They protected the fabric from soiling, especially from the Macassar hair oil of gentlemen.

  • @Carmen-nq8ex
    @Carmen-nq8ex 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was just fantastic! Thanks for sharing xx

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy to share! Please share with a friend so others can enjoy them too.

  • @tishie42
    @tishie42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your pop culture references are the best very best! And thanks for this!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much! I would've added some more, but my computer kept crashing.

    • @tishie42
      @tishie42 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StephanieCanada does it need a new Flux capacitor? Lolol

  • @SouthpawPatty
    @SouthpawPatty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those are amazing! I loved watching this video. Thanks for sharing!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much Patty! If there is anyone who would enjoy this, feel free to share with them.

  • @roadrunnercrazy
    @roadrunnercrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant! I thoroughly enjoyed this! 👍

  • @michellecranford9238
    @michellecranford9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thoroughly enjoyed it..please do more of the flip throughs if you can..

  • @daxxydog5777
    @daxxydog5777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Woot! First! Love your videos!

  • @angelaross1
    @angelaross1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Antimacassar (sp) were to keep the hair oils/ grease from ruining the upholstery on the chairs

  • @kristaschmitt1722
    @kristaschmitt1722 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes yes and more yes!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Please share with a friend so that others can enjoy this one as well.

  • @marierotundo9616
    @marierotundo9616 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing find, those dresses were fantastic, would like to know how they sat down in them 😂 also when are you going to make one? Would love to see that video ❤

  • @miketa87
    @miketa87 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an interesting video…thanks!!

  • @onesma1729
    @onesma1729 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful magazines!! Soooooo when will you start making some of these beautiful dresses 😉🤭 I really enjoyed looking through these with you! Ty for sharing!

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well... I don't have a corset, or bustle, or undergarments.... so MAYBE in the future, but for now I am going to stick to my mid-century madness that I like to play in. But thank you for the idea.

  • @Seamstressed
    @Seamstressed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think I have that Willcox & Gibbs sewing machine in my collection. And yes, it's silent hehehehehe
    One my subscribers just recommended me your channel and I love you now.
    Mwa!

  • @AReluctantSeamstress
    @AReluctantSeamstress 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOL, you and I have different ideas of what to do with things that are 150 years old. But I love how careful you are with the magazine.
    Also, if my treadle is freshly oiled, it’s very quiet.

  • @button4631
    @button4631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You must be a fellow deathling and watch Caitlin Doherty then?
    And yikes creepy kids, but omg the little knitted feetsies ♥️

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yes, I LOVE Caitlin! If only I could think of something to present to her as a collab. It would be top notch!

  • @SewRena
    @SewRena 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is soooo cool. I wish I could knit. I’d recreate the baby stuff. Thanks for sharing

    • @StephanieCanada
      @StephanieCanada  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy to share friend! And I honestly wish I could knit too!

    • @SewRena
      @SewRena 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StephanieCanada but you can SEW. Hopefully one day you can sew up that pattern. What an amazing surprise.

  • @lilalicat32
    @lilalicat32 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out Bernadette Banner's video on the silent sewing machine. It really is silent. 😯

  • @mjdc2533
    @mjdc2533 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    super fun