I follow a number of blogs, podcasts, and YouTube channels dedicated to sewing, and more generally, crafting. I started after getting the sewing bug earlier this year, and wanted to acquire some resources on beginner-friendly sewing projects and the like. Among my entertainment acquisitions was a likable but troubled network which had a blog, podcast, AND YouTube channel, called Threadbanger. In iTunes, the word “threadbanger” brings up a number of defunct podcast feeds that still have watchable content in them. Their YouTube Channel is more recently updated.
I called it “troubled”, because I came to it just as it was entering one of its dormant phases. It’s gone through a number of them, where the people who produced the well-made series simply stopped updating, or abruptly changed the format, or some of their guest crafters wandered in or wandered away willy-nilly. It’s difficult for me to recommend this network of crafting sources to anyone because I never know if whatever link I provide is going to be active or dead in a number of weeks.
ANYHOO, the main host just updated the YouTube Channel with a Halloween-themed grouping of videos pertaining to a burlesque costume. The presentation is a bit messy, but I was able to glean this gem out of it:
DIY Costume Corset, CRAFTOVISION
If you’ll notice from the above link, it looks like the host is using yet another YouTube Channel, Craftovision. See what I mean about continuity errors? Anyhoo…
As I was just getting into the sewing thing earlier this year, I bought a bunch of cheap patterns off of eBay with the intention of trying my hand at making something, specifically medieval-looking garb for casual use at SCA events and the like. Unfortunately, I require fabric in order to start and that seems to be the most expensive part of this hobby I want to get into. Also, I am unused to most of the terminology used in the art of sewing. And I’m dreadfully afraid of breaking a sewing machine if I touch one.
I was happy to find a video about making a corset. NOOO, I don’t want to be a naughty pirate/nurse/wench/witch/whatever. But I would like to figure out how to make one for aforementioned historical playacting. I can’t decide on a Halloween costume, though I have been browsing a number of Goodwills specifically for ideas. I’ll probably wear my already existing “pirate” garb because it’s been a long number of years since I had occasion to wear any such thing. I purchased a “cincher” (a under-boob corset) online, which ended up being way, WAY too small even though I ordered twice my normal size. I wouldn’t mind owning one silly corset-bodice thingie that actually fits…
We’ll see.