Video: The Étoile Bodice
Come join me and Gunnar Deatherage as we chat about our collaboration for the Étoile Bodice and Étoile Skirt! It was so fun having Gunnar in the Charm studio. This video will walk you through sewing the bodice.
Don't forget to download this pattern and instructions in the separate Étoile Bodice post.
To get the Étoile Skirt, check out Gunnar’s membership at https://www.patreon.com/c/gunnardeatherage.
xoxo,
Gertie
RESOURCES & OTHER VIDEOS
Recommended Stay Tape for stabilizing the zipper: https://emmaseabrooke.com/product/extremely-fine-fusible-woven-stay-tape-1-1-4-inch/
Lamour Dress video tutorials (for more details about using spiral steel boning):
Link to the tutorial with Gunnar on how to attach the bodice to the skirt & insert the zipper: https://youtu.be/YIKVZzHRqLc
Follow along with the timestamps below:
00:00 Introduction to the Étoile Bodice (with special guest!)
04:47 Chapter 1: Pattern Pieces, Preparation, and Sewing the Center Front Seam
11:56 Chapter 2: Sewing the First Bodice Front Princess Seam
21:01 Chapter 3: Sewing the Second Bodice Front Princess Seam
24:23 Chapter 4: Sewing the Bodice Back Princess Seams
29:32 Chapter 5: Applying the Boning Channels
35:23 Chapter 6: Preparing for the Clean Finish Method and Sewing the Back Neckline
44:52 Chapter 7: Sewing the Front Neckline
53:10 Chapter 8: Understitching the Neckline
56:47 Chapter 9: Sewing the Armholes
1:03:51 Chapter 10: Sewing the Straps
1:12:04 Chapter 11: Inserting the Boning
1:15:32 Chapter 12: Finishing
1:18:09 Goodbyeeeee!
Sew the Étoile Bodice (May 2026 - exclusive video for Charm's Patreon members) (YouTube)
Comments (28)
Am I just completely missing the video with Gunnar showing attaching the bodice to the skirt and doing the zipper? I’ve scoured both pages and am at a loss.
It is coming soon!
Yay! It's alive!!!!
I'm unale to open the video for the Etoile. Is there another link?
Sorry, technical snafu! Please give it an hour, and then the video should be back up (with a new link, so please check this post in a bit).
The link is broken.
It's working now
Youtube says "Video unavailable This video has been removed by the uploader." Does anyone know when it will be back up?
It's working now
Oh no! Video link isn’t currently working.
Oops! It was accidentally deleted. The video should be back up in an hour or so.
Where is the video???? I was following it to make the bodice!
Sorry, it was accidentally deleted! The link above has been updated, but it might take an hour or so for the video to upload to YT.
Dude I’m poor
I don’t like that I have to join another member
The Lamour steel boning link is giving me an error page, “this video isn’t available anymore”. Is this locked to a higher tier? Or only available if you own the Lamour pattern?
Thanks for the heads up! I've updated the post & here are direct links to the 2 videos that will be the most helpful: https://youtu.be/CnaVD-_2Hd0?si=fN06AY79p-6pMRU8 https://youtu.be/smcpdtE-Z2Y?si=Nv5I7c_KDQqEkoSm
SO ANGRY i have to get someone else's subscription for this full download!! Feels like capitalism just wanting more money from us. Thanks for the HALF a pattern ...
Charm gives us bodice-only patterns very regularly and it's fully interchangeable with the Lamour series. "So ANGRY" seems a very extreme response to a collab.
😍😍😍
Well this is the collab of my dreams.
Fabulous!!! I know there are going to be gals that are disappointed for some reason. And I'm sorry for that. But this is just stunning.
Perfection! This is exactly what I would expect from this collaboration.
I love you both! I’ve been watching him forever…. Gertie forever too! Love it when he is making a dress and puts it on to check sizing and does a big “ twirl!”
OMG……
Oh my gaaaaawwwwwwd I’m dying ❤️❤️❤️
💖💖💖
OMG MY FAVES ARE COLLABORATING AGAIN!!