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you got any favorite youtube channels/videos on costume stuff?

(oops, this has been sitting in my drafts for many weeks)

A few!

Until recently I didn’t watch much of anything on youtube, unless I was looking for music or specific tutorials, but then I learned that there are historical sewing channels out there! I haven’t watched a huge amount yet though. I’ll list the ones I’ve watched the most of first.

Oh! Also, in December of 2019 a whole bunch of historical costume youtubers did a Secret Santa, so if you search “costube secret santa” a lot more will come up from channels I haven’t checked out yet, or just check the list in the description of this video.

Bernadette Banner - My favourite, her videos are so well made, and she has so much enthusiasm for historical sewing techniques.

10/10 Relatable Content right there! Lots of sewing videos, and she does various different eras. She is currently getting started on an 1890′s black velvet ballgown project.

Karolina Zebrowska - A combination of educational videos about fashion history, and memes & funny skits.

Morgan Donner - A delightful sewing channel with mostly medieval and Renaissance stuff.

Sewstine - Famous for her historical machine embroidery, and she started making videos about it recently! I didn’t realize before how much work machine embroidery is.

Cathy Hay - Not really any sewing videos, but more about the time management & mental health aspect of historical costuming. A mom-friend who is there to encourage you!

Rachel Maksy - Mostly does vintage stuff and cosplay (and really amazing makeup holy heck please click this link), and is only just learning to sew, but she has done some historical stuff and I’m including her because she’s delightful and also because I want to post this screenshot.

“The way you decorate your meatbag is up to you.” Words to live by!

Enchanted Rose Costumes - She’s got sewing videos about 18th and 19th century stuff, and is currently learning how to make needle lace in order to replicate her favourite Worth gown.

Prior Attire - Many different eras, and she mainly does “getting dressed” videos, as well as a few tutorials.

Costuming Drama - I’ve only watched a couple of her videos so far, and they appear to be mostly long vlog type videos that are good for watching while hand sewing. Mostly 19th century, I think.

Bryce Adams - She makes bobbin lace!!! A fairly new channel that I’ve only watched one video from, but I’m excited to see more lace making stuff.

American Duchess - While their channel has a lot of videos of what their shoes look like on feet, they also have some sewing videos, ones where they talk about historical fashion, and general costumed silliness. They also have a very interesting podcast.

Burnley & Trowbridge - The wonderful online shop I buy button blanks and linen thread from! They have historical sewing tutorials that I’ve found incredibly useful.

Gilbert Dolthalion - Another fairly new channel. He’s working on making that 16th century Aziraphale outfit from the Shakespeare scene! 

Gina B Silkworks - Gina Barrett does magnificent passementerie. Thread buttons, woven trim, tassels, etc. She made the thread buttons for Sweeney Todd’s shirt in the 2007 movie.

LBCC Historical - Historical cosmetics and hair! Same person I bought my 18th century makeup from.

Pinsent Tailoring - I’m sure most everyone reading this has heard of Zack Pinsent, and he’s finally started making videos! He just released his first one yesterday and it turns out he’s an awkward human just like the rest of us, especially since he’s currently recovering from a broken elbow. Poor guy broke a teacup because he’s not used to doing things left handed :( 

I expect there will be sewing content and stuff about Regency fashion, and he’s mentioned that he will do a tutorial on different ways to tie a cravat, which I’m looking forward to since that’s something I’m not very good at.

Lady Rebecca Fashions - Another very recent channel, which I’ve only seen one video from, but it looks like she makes a lot of lovely 19th century stuff.

Marius Lee - @marius-pont-de-bercy​ has made one video so far and it’s about sewing an 18th century men’s shirt!

Mimic of Modes - Hi @mimicofmodes! Another new channel with two videos at the moment, but perhaps there will be more? Maybe about extant garments or pattern drafting or something?

Cluster Frock - I have only watched one video, but have been following her sewing blog for years and she does many different eras. Hopefully she’ll do some sewing videos! Mostly it looks like videos from costumed events so far.

Paul Malcolm - Only one video so far and it’s about 18th century covered buttons. Perhaps he will make more? 

Les Soirees Amusantes - I only just realized they had a youtube channel a minute ago, so haven’t watched any yet, but if their instagram is anything to go by then the videos probably feature people in beautifully made late 18th century costumes dancing, playing music, having tea, etc.

Dames a la Mode - @damesalamode Another one I haven’t watched any of yet, but it appears to be sewing videos and some fancy event stuff.

Redthreaded - A corset & stays company, so she’s got some videos and tutorials pertaining to that.

Jenny la Fleur - Yet another one I haven’t watched any of yet, but it appears to be mainly hairstyling with a bit of sewing.

Me… soonish.. I think? - That link is to a currently empty channel, but I really want to try my hand at making sewing videos. I put it as one of my goals for 2020 to make a video on death’s head buttons, because I get so many questions and comments about the buttons on my black & white c. 1790 coat, so I have started filming some clips for that. 

I want to do plain and multicoloured buttons in my video, so I still have some more to film, and then I have to learn how to edit videos, so I’ve no idea when it will happen but it will! I have already filmed the process of making the exact same buttons as the ones on the coat. 

And hopefully I shall film some sewing stuff also!

Feel free to add more suggestions!

Edit:

Elin Abrahamsson - Suggested by @graupig, thank you! Mostly medieval.

Good lort. Do you want to learn how to control your stich length? Take up shashiko. It's just a running stitch, but you have to make sure that thry are all the same length and that the curve is equally divided.

My stitches are still too short.

It’s Bat Week, and we have new bat research to share! 🦇 A recent study from Museum Research Associate Paul Velazco has described a new bat species from northwestern Peru—along with evidence that it was known to the pre-Incan Moche people more than 1,000 years ago. How can we tell? The Moche people crafted ceramics, many of which realistically portray local animals and plants, including Histiotus mochica.

This bat species has distinctively large ears connected by a large band of tissue—which were clearly depicted on a Moche vessel—and is the only member of the genus. Bats of this genus are medium-sized insectivores adapted to dry climates and can be found from the Pacific coast of Peru to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. This new addition increases the total number of bat species identified in Peru to 192, the third highest in the world. Velazco believes there are still many more to find.

Read our bat blog post with the link in bio. 📸 Photo: © Paul Velazco

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Goals. But in a much darker shade of black

A Victorian archery outfit belonging to Mrs Fanny Giveen. C. 1855, now part of the collection of the Museum of London

Alternatives to baker creek are available. You can buy from better people.

I grow our own vegetables. Many hybrid and heirloom varieties are bred for flavor rather than for commercial appeal and travel. There are entire species on the allotment that you can’t easily buy in stores because of this - like salsify, a root vegetable that tastes of fish and shellfish. Our neighbours happily take it to make vegan latkes of alarming similarity to fishcakes. You cannot sell it in stores because - despite looking like a white parsnip - it turns brown when you pick it if you scrape/bruise/cut the white root in any way, or damage the delicate little hairs, for some reason, it BLEEDS RED and is very upsetting to look at.

There are whole classes of foods like this. Foods that just don’t ship well or look good on supermarket shelves. Forbidden fruits. Vegetables that bleed and taste like meat. Sorry about this

Farm children learn sex ed early. It doesn't groom them for anything (other than stewardship and land/herd management). I would argue that me (not a farm kid, but critter-adjacent) knowing about animal reproduction made the whole sex thing less interesting to look for. It wasn't taboo and exotic, it was just part of life.

genuinely so fucking tired of people leveraging the "groomer" argument against people who support sex ed because scientific literature over decades shows that comprehensive sex education starting around kindergarten actually prevents children from being sexually abused and groomed because it teaches children the correct words for their body parts and also teaches them concepts of privacy, personal space, bodily autonomy, the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touching, and the fact that sex is something that only adults do. children with this knowledge are not only better equipped to identify abuse and predatory behavior and communicate that its happening to a trusted adult, but also prevent it from happening in the first place by recognizing when something is happening that shouldn't.

sex education does not sexualize children, it prevents children from being sexualized. anyone who is against early foundational sex education and claims they are doing it to protect children is a fucking liar.

Funguary Day 17: Dotted Stem Bolete

This one was a bit simpler because, honestly, I was experiencing some art block. I also wanted to experiment with a different body type than I usually do.

The Joker’s violent attention-comedy bullshit would 100% just not work if his main opponent was John Constantine. Both because John is funnier than he is and just does NOT care. Joker would be bouncing around like “look at me, I’m so EEEEVILLLL” and John’s just bored because this isn’t even in the top ten evil things he’s seen this morning