Making a Corset Cover for a Victorian Alice in Wonderland Cosplay | Hannah Alexander Cos Sewing Vlog

Corset covers are like... medium important for concealing the ridges created by the edges and hardware of corset from showing through in the outer garment so that's what I made this week! It was very hard to find exactly what I wanted from my corset cover represented in extant garments available on the internet so I kind of made parts of it up. This is the fifth video in my Hannah Alexander Alice in Wonderland cosplay series and I'm taking my research and inspiration from the mid-Victorian 1860's since that's when Alice in Wonderland was published and the time period that most matches Hannah's design.

In this video I show some patterning and talk about how I make a facing pattern and sew some lace and buttons. It's a pretty straightforward project.

Reference Garments:
Corset Cover 1 - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Corset Cover 2 - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Strapless Corset Cover - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Edwardian Corset Cover - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Worth Off Shoulder Gown - https://live.staticflickr.com/7170/66...

Books:
"The Standard Work on Cutting Ladies' Tailor Made Garments" - https://archive.org/details/standardw...

Skip ahead:
0:00 Intro and Purpose of Corset Covers
3:37 Patterning
4:19 Sewing Corset Cover
4:29 Talking about Facing
4:56 More Sewing
5:24 Buttonholes
6:10 Sewing Facing
7:23 Sewing Lace
7:35 Sewing Buttons
8:05 Reveal
8:52 Project Discussion
11:54 Outro

Other Videos in this Series:
🧵Make Better Cosplay Using Historical Research -    • Make Better Cosplay Using Historical Resea...  
🧵Sewing Fluffy Victorian Underwear -    • Sewing Fluffy Victorian Underwear || Makin...  
🧵Fitting a Victorian Corset -    • Fitting a Victorian Corset Using RedThread...  
🧵Making a Victorian Corset (1860s) -    • Making a Victorian Corset | Recreating an ...  

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