Sewing a Flossing Sampler - Victorian Corset Embroidery

Hello all! Welcome to my CoCoVid video, I hope you enjoy it! I got a little ambitious with how many designs I could include in a single video (I'm new to making videos and misjudged it 😅). I tried to make sure the instructions for the individual designs are still clear, but if you have any questions just drop a comment below and I'd be happy to help you out!


GIVEAWAY

I'm giving away a blank flossing sampler and 2 spools of silk embroidery thread, so that one lucky person can try out all of these designs without having to do any of the prep work. This is being hosted on my instagram page (@linapiprek) and all details on how to enter are located there!
  / linapiprek  


HANDOUT

I’ve put together a printable handout with some notes about flossing and a full-scale copy of my sampler! You can use this to take more detailed measurements, to scale the designs up or down for different size boning channels, or simply to have a closer look:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ruA...


COCOVID

If you’d like to see more videos from all the creators participating in CoCoVid, there is a downloadable program which lists all the videos and links directly to each person’s channel here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kqbv...


TIMESTAMPS

What is Corset Flossing? – 2:04
Materials – 5:10
Types of Thread – 7:19
Sewing the Sampler Base – 11:19

Designs for Plastic and Steel – 12:41
Green Heart – 13:25
Orange V – 19:50
Orange X – 22:03
Brown Staggered V – 25:34
Blue Tulip – 28:18
Blue V Gradient – 32:16
Grey/Black Floral – 36:00
Pink X Gradient – 39:16
Simple Brown V – 43:25

Designs for Cording – 44:32
Pink/Brown – 45:01
Orange Staggered – 46:13
Greeen Wide – 47:49

Designs for Cane – 49:12
Orange Floral – 50:08
Green Floral Sprig – 52:47
Blue Teardrop Flower – 54:08
Black Feather – 56:01

Final Reveal and Conclusion – 59:24


USEFUL RESOURCES

The Symington Collection is a collection of corsets, samples, and patterns from the Symington Corset Company and their competitors, it is housed by the Leicestershire County Council museum service here in the UK. It is particularly notable for how comprehensive it is (the company kept great records!), and for how willing its curators are to share the knowledge that comes with such a collection. I believe they’re an invaluable resource if you have an interest in Victorian corsetry, and I highly recommend checking them out.

There are photos of the collection here:
https://imageleicestershire.org.uk/vi...

And you can buy copies of Victorian corset patterns from them here:
https://imageleicestershire.org.uk/vi...


Devere Yarns sell beautiful embroidery threads. Their silk thread in 36 thickness is my current favorite to use for flossing, and they’re the best value for silk embroidery thread that I’ve found. I use about 15m of thread to do a fairly elaborate flossing design on a whole corset, and their spools have 50m for the same cost that I was previously spending on 10m.
https://www.devereyarns.co.uk/


P.S.
I know my audio jumps up and down throughout the video. I did my best to fix it but as it turns out, placing your camera between yourself and your sewing (and continually moving your face closer and further away from it), is not the best way to get good audio! Perhaps I should do actual voiceovers rather than explain as I go, I'm working on it 😊