It's still sad to see that Aranea's patterns have been so useful for so many costumers but now she's removed all of her information and patterns and disappeared from the Internet completely. I hope things are going well for her, I've seen from her patreon supporters that she left rather suddenly with a goodbye statement. The corset turned out lovely btw!

I appreciate that you took us through the many months and iterations this took to get a final product. So often we see a short video and then get disappointed when it doesn't come together as quickly when we try at home.

this is all the more beautiful and heartbreaking knowing that aranea black worked so hard but got so overwhelmed and stressed, and i think partly because she lived close to the ukraine war, that she took down everything, I pray she finds peace somewhere and doesnt feel pressured to come back, looking back on it, she did constantly seem on edge in her videos which at the time I just interpreted as chaotic good raven law type energy. actually i remember she did in fact have a post on her website about converting underbust to a midbust/overbust, and you accomplished it very well!

Ahhhh welcome to Iris corset club! You did basically the same thing I did when I turned the pattern into a mid-bust. You and Ora and I will all have to do a photoshoot together someday!

Great result, as always! Love the colour, subtle yet pretty trim, criss-cross flossing & tip for marking straight grain on wide fabrics. Lovely start to my weekend, thanks! Good luck procuring a zipper foot for your machine. I managed for decades without one on my 1931 hand-cranked Singer, but now I use one very frequently on my recently upgraded(!) 1970s Bernina & it makes life so much easier. Well, sewing at least. Shouldn't overclaim the benefits of a zipper foot for other purposes, I suppose 😂

The colour choices are so lovely! The sort of dusky purple + gold goes really well with the metal hardware. Thanks for sharing!

Shannon, you are remarkable

I'm in shock that Aranea Black' stuff is gone 😢

I ❤ you took extra steps which could help future you! 🎉🎉🎉 When we’re excited about a project, our first inclination is to zoom to the finish line and behold our growing skills. This approach frequently sends us into a sea of missed opportunities and major obstacles nearer the end of the project. The place I frequently abandon projects is in the space between initial impulse and the 3rd self imposed obstacle. Taking earlier and more frequent steps to help our future selves is really the gift of magic!

I remember in the early 70s with knits being new, i was doing a designer pattern and hand sewed the zipper in. Never went back to machine. Hand sewed collars, and sleeves and never had the frustration i did with the machine.

Great work! I've been loving dusty pinks and purples lately. Every time I watch a corset making video I'm tempted to try and make one too, but I don't dress historically or really do intricate projects.

I love your mouse & flower shirt in this video 🤣

For anyone buying Shannon's ham kit, as a personal suggestion, and if you can, try to use wool as a stuffing for the pin cushion. It is far easier to use when it's wool instead of poly fill which I found seems to have an odd bounce factor making it harder to pin your pins, and it has been said that the lanolin in the wool fiber will prevent your needles from rusting. It's a fantastic kit and 10/10 highly recommend!

Looks lovely. The colors of the purple and that bronzy lace work well.

I love all your corsets but the athletic one is my absolute favorite. ☺️

I ❤ the decorative stitching you added to the bottom

Your no-sewing-foot-hack is what Joelle of atelier Sylphe taught me - but I never truly mastered it - so you're in good company !

The trick with the second busk or anything the same height is SO SMART, why did it never occur to me 😅

Maybe we could have a community zipper foot search! I'd love to see you get one and make more corsets (hint, hint). The lace on this one was the perfect touch!

That's a really clever solution to not having a zipper foot! Definitely going to go check out your Edwardian Miss Frizzle.

Im still in awe about this corset. I want to make one and a set of stays but cant wrap my head around the amount of work it takes. Lol Bravo to you for amking 3!!

I love the dusty purple colour. Yep I am a purple gal at heart 😹😹the flossing was just perfect. It has given you a really nice shape(can not spell the other word😿)once you have made the padding for them it will look perfect. It’s a shame about the website for the corsets just vanishing like that. It’s not the first time a website has up and vanished and I’m sure it will not be the last. I think that with all the corset patterns I have now collected over the past few years I will manage to make something that will be perfect for me, I have had my fabric for years now just as well I bought more than what is needed as it’s now out of production(bought it 25 years ago found the docket in with it😹😹😹 not sure what was more shocking the age of the fabric or the cost of it compared to todays prices🙀🙀thankfully even back then I had stopped buying manmade fibers.

No 1: Your hair looks lovely down! No 2: I just want to sew a simple dress. Haha. You are very talented! The corset looks awesome.

this is stunning. I wish i knew of a free pattern most suitable for beginner sewists :(

Corgi floof is always the best floof!!!

So lovely! The dusky purple and antiqued lace were nice choices. Some day I am going to get off my but an make the Redthreaded front lacing stays pattern - would love to do it in a Halloween themed fabric.

I want to make a corset, but I figured I should try one that has been made by someone who knows what they are doing first-so I have a better idea what I’m aiming for. Which is why I asked for a Red threaded corset for the End of Year gift giving 😅. Your process is super informative and I’m a huge fan of good accents and contrasts. I think you wear it very well. Thank you for sharing!

Ooh. Love how this turned out! The colors are beautiful.

I love the subtlety of the flossing thread being *nearly* the same colour. It’s a beautiful corset.

great job! i love the colors.

A lovely outcome.

Love seeing your videos! ❤

Oh gorgeous!!! That purple with the old gold lace is stunning. I can't say anything about your zipper foot -- I've been sewing for fifteen years and I'm just now making myself a tailor's ham XD

It came out so well! ❤❤❤

Your projects are always perfect!

I love those colors! Incredible work as always.

What a lovely video 🤗

Awesome work!

I love the colour!

Love to color!

I was lucky and downloaded all of Aranea's patterns when i first came across her so have access to them when needed but i was so sad to see her go. She was so sassy and such a beautiful creative soul, shes always a miss. I am new to your channel but must say i am loving it your creative energy it is contagious 😊 subbed and working my way through your uploads ❤

You’ve done such a great job with everything,coutil,flossing,boning,busk etc ,and yet you’re greatest problem seems to be the zipper foot ,I can’t believe it 😂 👍👏

PS This is the one I thought I watched. I found it in my watch history 🌞💗🦋

the colour choices are so pretty! well done :) it looks great

Oh gosh. I thought I'd already subscribed. I have now. That's a cute corset. I like the lace.

Great details and tips. Perhaps one day I'll venture into corset making too.

I love how this turned out! I also appreciate how you include your thoughts and process, especially the choices you made and why. It's super helpful! ❤

10/10 fabric choice with the cotton! That's a gorgeous colour.

Love it. That is a great pattern for the flossing. This is one of my favorite shades of purple.

Costumer, circus artist, AND you're wearing an "F off" shirt? You're my kind of person!

Unrelated to the actual video but I love your blue hamster sweater 🥺

I love the dusty lavender, and your skills are formidable , I know because you make difficult look easy xx

what a beautiful corset! Love the flossing too! I wear mostly black so I guess a corset would be black too xD maybe with cream colored decoration (I love the contrast between cream and black)

Love the colours!! I'd choose a kind of mid blue with a silvery grey trim.

Love the purple with that lace. Gretlat match to your busk and gromet hardware!

I love wearable mock ups!

Looks soooo good. If I made it, it would be green and silver.

Great video. And also want to say thank you so much for adding captions to your content. As a deaf person I highly appreciate this!!

Your corset looks awesome, love the colour you chose and the lace goes well together. Glad to see you still have Alphonse Mucha poster ☺️ my nan has loads of his pictures (replicas) in her hall.

Perfect timing, I just got back into some of my UFOs, including a half-finished version of Aranea’s Dolores corset and I decided I wanted to revisit it (since I have everything but the busk on hand). The original pattern is significantly short on me and needed some widening in the hip, so I did that frankenstein work this weekend and we’ll see how well it worked or if I was totally off 😂

Your tutorial in my opinion has been the best on corset construction I have seen & I have watched a lot of them. ☺ It was very clear, both visually and in your explanations, and thus cleared up a number of questions About the process I would always have, following one of those many, many tutorials. Thanks so much Shannon. You are amazing, as always!

Those colors are awesome! I just got a bunch (like almost 6 yards) of dusty pink watered silk look cotton canvas and I’m definitely going to be using it for some corsets but I’m trying to figure out what colors to combine it with. Definitely probably going to do one with ivory

Very pretty n I like the colors... its more of a utilitarian look n for a first corset is practical... additional ones can be fluffier if desired... that extra can interfere with outer garments laying... I will be interested to see how you determine the shaping of the padded accents... thank you for a great video 😊

I think you're on to something with that coutil boning channel trick. 🤔 Might have to try it next time I use quilting cotton. I never thought to sandwich the layers as you sew, either, to hide the seam allowances. Will definitely try that on my next corset 😎 thanks!

Very nicely done all the way through! I actually do have a couple of corsets in the works at the moment, one of them *attempting* historical accuracy (cream-colored silk-satin with lace and peridot green ribbon and flossing) and another more "everyday" corset using quilting cotton for the outer layer that is still kind of on hold because I can't decide which pattern fabric from my stash of quilting cotton remnants and squares I should use. 😂 It's soooooo tempting to just make a whole bunch of corsets, but buying that many busks is definitely going to add up fast!

Oh my gosh your hair is sooooo pretty! I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now and I’m still discovering some older ones and yesterday I was wondering what your hair looked like and then today in my suggested this video popped up :) you should do a video on your hair style :)

Great work! Thank you for sharing the process. I love the colours! My dream corset would be a muted forest/dark green with off-white/cream lace :) but I don't even have any corset yet and I'm very far behind with my plans of making one, so maybe in the next 10 years? :'D when I finally get around making one, it will probably be a very similar shape as this :)

I think it turned out Lovely! I have to admit I was totally suggesting using some cardboard since you didn't have a zipper foot, (which is hilarious since you can't hear me and I am sitting here alone) so I was super happy when you said you used a busk to accomplish bridging the gap between the height/. Thank you for another great video!

i think I would like a teal or dark green corset.

emerald green and gold

Hey! This video is soo great. You are an amazing inspiration 🎉 Can i ask what string did you use to lace it? Im currently making one, but im not planning at all, so i dont know what to use haha! (Thanks for the video, i can tell you put in effort❤)

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So cool! What is the tool you use to draw the seam allowance?

I love love love this! I have been wanting to make a corset for YEARS and you make it look so easy! Does it add any size to your waist? I bought an already-made and it adds a full inch which makes the whole idea seem pointless since i want it to make my waist smaller. (I have the extra squish on my waist to achieve this. Lol)

I was hoping it will be possible to access Aranea's instructions, from what I remember they were so easy to digest. Let's hope her patterns will show up somewhere, I'll gladly pay her for them because I know it's a lot of work to make any pattern, let alone corset one.

I’m wondering, what pattern you used for the chemise and drawers? Turned out fantastic, well done 👍🏼

I love this! The colour and lace are lovely. The combination is stunning!! I really can't day enough about it. Also what is your machine? I'm guessing that a few of use have an extra zipper foot around. I always but the random boxes of sewing machine bits and bobs. Sometimes they are confusing messes of different machines parts. Anyway if you have a PO Box or a care of address let us know.

Where are your hams & sausages? I went to your ko-fi store, but did not find them!

Where is the link to the free patterns! I really want to tulip pattern.

love your personality & interested in your evening job!! I've always enjoyed your videos Why in the world would you wear a sweatshirt that says f*** off? very offensive to some of us. Sorry, but good bye

"I am notoriously hard to give a waistline to" ohhhhh I feel that in my very soul.... I think I have a similar athletic build to you, only mine's got some, ehrm, extra padding as well to further obscure any hip to waist ratio I might ever have had... Do you ever get annoyed ribs from the waist of the corset? I'm guessing your hip bones and rib bones aren't too far apart from each other and you've got a fair bit of muscle in between from the core muscles you must have in order to be able to do all the things you do (I made mine strong to hold my spine together and the bonus bulk of the muscle increase has made me look even more like a brick with boobs). I made a half-corset sports bra last year and it's in the UFO pile for ticking off my ribcage even after I opened up the back seam (I made a zipper front, solid back) at the bottom for an extra inch, I'm going to have to go in and let it out at the sides, or maybe adjust where the bones are so they don't press on my floating ribs. I might split the back and put lacing in but I suspect the result of that is going to be my shoulder straps falling off because my slopey shoulders tend to lose any kind of strap that doesn't come from the centre of my back (yeah expanding bras that fit my front to also fit my kinda muscular ribcage by adding to the back does exactly this by moving the back straps further apart from each other, I wanna be a 36 in the front for cup placement but a 40 in the back for the hammering and swordwork muscles across my shoulders and back). UGH, BODIES. And I think I might try the welt method next time I try to make something structured, so far my two structural garments have been bag-lined and I'm not as happy wtih how the boning channels worked out on the one I boned and the other one's in the "UFO" pile for now while I contemplate how to add boning to it, given that I do not have a thread that matches the fashion fabric. I'm pretty good at hiding that I'm using the wrong colour thread, but not THAT good LOL. I have my suspicions that when I do finally make a full corset, I'm going to be referring back to this video. Since I made my first attempt, I ALWAYS use the waist line as my reference for pinning stuff together, I'll have to figure out how to add other marks since my measurements often lie. Though for this kind of garment, socks just may be the solution to the "But I measured you silly boobs at 40" and made the thing to 40" with zero ease, why can I stick both hands in there with you now??" issue. Mariah Pattie has a good video on making crescent shaped bust improvers to prevent things from... slithering ... down your corset or stays... and I have no hips to speak of so I'll definitely be contemplating my sock collection or making fake hips. Some "BADöNKA" to go with the "üPLIFTA", if you will... Looks great, that colour works way better on you than it would on me, I need the deep jewel tones or I look ill. Fortunately for my wearable corset mockup future, I have some dark purple canvas!

Can I send you a zipper foot? I have quite a few vintage machines and often they've come with various feet and other doodads.... and I don't need multiple zipper feet! (Although now that I really look closely at your machine, it looks like it takes a very specific style of foot....)

What keeps the breast in a mid-bust Corset? I have bras that I have given up on wearing; because, my breast spills over the top of the cups when I bend over (they really do pour over and out of the bra cups). This is very embarrassing, and very painful. To wear any of these modern support bras, I have to wear a full coverage sorts bra over my support bras. Dressing up is painful and hot. Corsets may be a safer, cooler and more comfortable choice.

As an experienced corset maker, please don't clip your seams. It seriously weakens the seams