Best Historical Corset Patterns for Beginners

I'm using my years of experience not only sewing historical corsets and stays but also designing, drafting, and writing sewing patterns to share my picks for the best corset and stays patterns for new sewists who are just starting out with corset making. This video will span the 18th century through the 1910s and cover Regency-era stays, Victorian, Edwardian and more. Just because these patterns are good for beginner corset makers, that doesn't mean corsets are a good first sewing project in general. You'll still need to work up your sewing skills before you tackle a corset project.

Below are all my recommended patterns. I haven't made all of these but if I haven't made a pattern mentioned specifically, I have made other patterns by that same company and would trust them. I've also made corset patterns not mentioned in this video but didn't included them because I would not recommend them for beginners (or sometimes, at all!).

** RECOMMENDED PATTERNS **

EARLY to MID-18TH-CENTURY
Larkin & Smith front and back lacing stays https://atthesignofthegoldenscissors....
Redthreaded Georgian Stays (Printed https://redthreaded.com/collections/m... (Paper), https://www.etsy.com/shop/Redthreaded... (PDF)
Budget friendly: Simplicity 8579 American Duchess Stays https://www.americanduchess.com/colle...


LATE-18TH-CENTURY
Hands down winner: Scroop & Virgil's Fine Goods Augusta Stays https://www.scrooppatterns.com/produc...
Runner up: Redthreaded 1780s stays https://www.redthreaded.com/products/...


REGENCY
Laughing Moon Merchantile Regency Corset and chemise https://www.laughingmoonmercantile.co...


VICTORIAN
Tried and True: Laughing Moon Mercantile Dore and Silverado Corsets https://www.laughingmoonmercantile.co... (also check out Truly Victorian's blog post on choosing a size for the LM pattern: https://trulyvictorian.info/index.php...)
Early Victorian: Black Snail 1840s-1860s Underwear https://blacksnailpatterns.com/listin... (PDF) https://blacksnailpatterns.com/listin... (Printed)
Budget Friendly: Aranea Black Dahlia Riding Corset https://www.araneablack.com/easy-vict...


EDWARDIAN S-BEND
Great Historical Shape: Truly Victorian TVE-01 1903 corset https://trulyvictorian.info/index.php...
Easiest construction: Black Snail https://blacksnailpatterns.com/listin...
Freebie: Aranea Black Tulip https://www.araneablack.com/antique-e...


1910s
Clear winner: Scroop Rilla Corset https://www.scrooppatterns.com/produc...
Runner up: Truly Victorian 1913 Corset https://trulyvictorian.info/index.php...


** MY CORSET-MAKING VIDEOS **
Early Victorian Corset:    • Making an Early Victorian Corset + co...  
"Lazy" Regency Corset:    • Corset for the Lazy? The simplest Reg...  
Fixing my Corsets and Stays:    • Motivation for Alterations | Fixing m...  
1910s Rilla Corset:    • The Easiest Corset I've Ever Made: Se...  
1780s Redthreaded Stays:    • Struggling to Sew an 18th Century Cor...  
Comparing my First Corset to my Best Corset:    • Comparing my FIRST corset to my BEST ...  

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