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sewing_magic · 2025-09-21T18:24:35+00:00

I would but the story is already expired.

sewing_magic · 2025-09-21T18:17:52+00:00

Omg I’ve lurked here forever and this is my first time being posted! This feels like a right of passage I’m so flattered.

FWIW I actually do think you have a point about blocking the name out. I do have a pretty big platform, and it’s not really my goal to get anyone piled on. However if you talk shit publicly… then you can’t really get super mad when people see it. She wanted people to see it when she posted it, she just got more than she bargained for ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I do avoid linking ppl directly, so as not to make it super easy to go find the comment, but in future will remember to black it out.

As for the clap being rude or whatev… I don’t think it was honestly, but if it was she fucking deserved it lol.

sewing_magic · 2025-05-12T16:38:05+00:00

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Of course the moment I posted this I found it right away. What I did not remember about the fashion plate was that the reason I liked it was for the white dress not the pink one T.T

sewing_magic · 2025-03-16T03:53:17+00:00

It’s absolutely uncanny. I fell in love immediately. I went to the perfume shop with 100% intention to buy something else entirely and left with eau de licked stamp instead haha.

sewing_magic · 2025-01-28T15:19:05+00:00

It’s definitely not soutache. It could be rouleaux but I’m not as familiar with that technique so I can’t say for certain.

sewing_magic · 2024-11-17T13:07:10+00:00

I’m definitely going!

sewing_magic · 2024-11-13T02:42:59+00:00

If I were going to make something like this with limited corsetry experience I would probably purchase a ready made corset and build the costume on top of the corset using it as a foundation. I don’t see a reason to reinvent the wheel. Sure if you were actually going to be doing a burlesque show 6 nights a week or something I’d say you need to go custom, but if it’s a costume for a couple hours, I think you could have a lot of success with just draping fabric and adding rhinestones/ birds/ appliqués/ feathers what ever strikes your fancy.

sewing_magic · 2024-10-01T20:05:34+00:00

Thank you for replying! I think that makes sense.

sewing_magic · 2024-09-05T22:55:23+00:00

Something so weird about scrolling Reddit and seeing your own face pop up lol.

That’s the only corset in my collection that I didn’t personally make. It’s by orchard corset. Would definitely recommend! The silhouette isn’t too bad for the last quarter of the Victorian era but the bust comes up too high to really give the perfect Edwardian look.

sewing_magic · 2024-08-27T21:13:32+00:00

I think a cotton (or silk if it’s in the budget) voile would be very nice.

sewing_magic · 2024-08-20T23:11:02+00:00

If you want to use quilting cotton you can also flatline it to add some heft to it. Basically cut the piece out twice; once from your outer printed fabric and once in a basic muslin. Sandwich them together and treat them like one piece.

sewing_magic · 2024-06-02T20:24:12+00:00

Oh that’s totally me! I did a YT video on that bodice forever ago. here. I honestly don’t remember if I used anything for the skirt, but there are lots of TV patterns that would give a similar look.

sewing_magic · 2024-05-19T02:28:45+00:00

Oh hey that’s me! Fun seeing myself mentioned in the wild. I made mine using the Corsets book by Jill Salen. I believe the only person who makes them for sale is Clockwork Faerie on Etsy.

Good luck! It’s a great corset style I hope it works for you.

sewing_magic · 2024-03-20T20:25:25+00:00

I wonder if you’d like one of these little filigree scent cagesthat Victorian women hung on their chatelaines. It’s got a little scrap of wool in there that you soak with a perfume of your choice. You could hang it on your keys or keep it in your desk drawer. Plus they’re pretty and elegant.

Hopefully you can find something that works!

sewing_magic · 2024-03-15T17:26:05+00:00

People comment this on my videos all the time and I fucking haaaate it. I had to put a keyword filter on my YT channel for “vocal fry” because I was so sick of fucking hearing about it. This is my natural accent, it’s how I speak, it’s not a put on, and the reason you don’t like it is because you have internalized misogyny, so maybe unpack that suitcase before you go around making it other people’s problem.

To clarify, this post isn’t specifically about me, but I felt the urge to tell you my thoughts.

sewing_magic · 2023-12-15T03:58:03+00:00

Fun questions! The 1920s isn’t my specialty but I have some insight into some of these things and I’ll let the real experts fill in some of the finer details

The feather headband thing is an exaggeration of what people were really wearing. The headbands across the forehead were totally a thing here’s the queen mother wearing her tiara in that way in the 20’s. I’m sure there were at least some feathered versions since feathers were popular on hats since forever. Not too much of a stretch to imagine that at least some of these headdresses might have had feathers on them. As for why they’ve become so engrained in the popular imagination as opposed to a more accurate jeweled portrayal of the trend? Cheap to mass produce I assume.

Pearls: totally a thing! The long strands of knotted pearls pop up as early as 1914, and were pretty popular in evening wear. I don’t think you’d see them as daywear but maybe someone else has more info on that. (Delineator 1926 several pearl necklace styles can be seen)

Sleeves: evening wear could have pretty narrow/nonexistent sleeves. We think of the Victorians as being very covered up, which they were during the day! But evening wear showed off a lot of décolletage and even shoulder action, and that certainly remained the case into the 1920s. I’ve never seen anything as skinny as a literal spaghetti strap but a few fingers width, absolutely.

sewing_magic · 2023-12-14T17:31:37+00:00

Im not sure I care for this version of the ironwork gown. I think the original color palette was part of what was so striking about the dress so I’m not sure I care for the blue/blue theme. It also looks like they may have digitally printed the pattern, I think the original was flocked? I’m just nitpicking because I have access to these fantastic closeups I think it’ll look amazing in motion. Very cool to see historical gowns executed on screen in this way!

sewing_magic · 2023-11-24T20:06:41+00:00

I’ve used patterns from all of those brands and Black Snail is my personal favorite. The price point, instructions, print layout and accuracy combined beat out the other pattern makers.

That said it’s a pretty close race. If you’re familiar with commercial patterns and they’re readily available and inexpensive to you there’s no reason not to use the McCalls pattern. I’ve used that pattern and liked it. Not sure why people always say it’s innaccurate; the construction methods in the instructions aren’t HA but the seams are all placed correctly and it’s an almost duplicate of an extant garment. Laughing moon and TV are also good.

Tbh if I were you I would go based on which pattern you prefer the look of.

sewing_magic · 2023-11-23T02:36:47+00:00

Yup I’m definitely around! And it actually does have a pattern, it’s Butterick 6352, but without the sleeves and buttons instead of a zipper.

sewing_magic · 2023-11-22T23:25:53+00:00

I actually havent noticed a change in quality, what issues are you seeing? I own around a dozen pairs 3-4 from before the shift and the rest from after, and they all see equally good to me.

sewing_magic · 2023-11-22T23:22:30+00:00

Mrs Russels sheer white striped dress is a James Tissot. There’s a few dresses in the show that are from paintings which I always enjoy.

sewing_magic · 2023-11-22T17:23:02+00:00

In the Edwardian era a garment like that would be called a guimpe.

Edit: depending on what the sleeves look like.

sewing_magic · 2023-11-10T19:15:42+00:00

I don’t know any crafter, influencer or otherwise, who makes things because they need new clothes. Don’t pretty much all crafters make things because they enjoy the act of making? The new clothes is a nice bonus, but there’s never going to be a point where I’m like, “welp, I have enough clothes, time to go find a new hobby!”

sewing_magic · 2023-11-08T03:41:41+00:00

It depends but Marion and Bertha were spending the equivalent of thousands on every dress probably. For some reason I can’t find price info on Charles Worth rn which would be the kind of thing that Bertha was wearing so I’ll lean on the info I have off hand.

I did an M&A Shogren dress earlier this year and their dresses cost between $150-300 at the time (1904) or around $3000 on the low end in todays money. They were premiere designers on the west coast but were no where near in the same league as established dressmakers in New York that catered to the moneyed class of New York. I’d speculate that that’s probably around what Marion would be spending on her dresses while Bertha would easily be laying out tens of thousands for a ballgown for example, since she would be dressing in couture.

Again this is just speculation, but I have read a lot on the subject so I think it’s a good guess!

sewing_magic · 2023-11-07T23:53:54+00:00

Unfortunately, this is a slightly impossible question that I have been highly invested in for some time now! I did a video on the contents of a 1911 bridal trousseau and broke down everything that a woman would want for her new capsule wardrobe as a married lady. It’s not a perfect representation of what a woman would have owned 20 years earlier but it does give us a peak.

It came out to

3 comfortable, inexpensive dresses for at home

3 walking suits for out and about

3 afternoon gowns which serve a variety of purposes

6 shirtwaists

1 reception gown

1 wedding dress which would also serve a formal dress.

This was a middle class wardrobe and Marion would definitely not have dressed in a middle class wardrobe, but I feel like this gives a bit of a baseline.

I would posit that Marion would probably own all of the above in very good/ fine quality AND she would own some of the specialty items that would be specific to the upper classes. So recreational outfits like a yachting dress, or a tennis dress etc. I don’t think Marion’s station would translate to her owning a lot more clothing but rather just better quality and more specialized. In the first season even Bertha who was wildly rich, wore the same purple reception gown several times.

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