Video: The Peggy Bodice
Hello, lovely! Let's sew together with a video tutorial on the Peggy Bodice! You'll learn how to sew the bodice from start to finish, and how to attach it to your favorite Lamour-series bottom.
Skills you'll practice this month include:
Sewing a cut-on sleeve
Adding an underarm gusset
Perfecting bust gathers
Hope you love this video & find it helpful! Don't forget to download this pattern and instructions in the separate Peggy Bodice post.
xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. The video may look slightly different to you this month! We tried a new method of filming the step-by-step sewing instructions. You will see my hands more and fewer front talking shots (just during the nitty gritty sewing sections). I personally love how it turned out (my brain learns better this way), and the good news is this style will allow us to hopefully film more content for you in the new year! Let me know what you think in the comments. :)
Comments (12)
I love the new video style, my brain also works this way
I love this new style of video :D
Love the new video style. I usually watch the videos at 1.5x-2x speed so the new speed is much appreciated!
Really enjoyed the new Video style. Everything was still very comprehensible even with faster speed 👌
Hi Gertie- I love the Peggy Bodice and can't wait to make it! I do like the new format but the fast forward sections seemed much faster and actually gave me a feeling of motion sickness. The speed when you are starting to sew the facing is great. I can understand the rapid speed for long segments of straight stitching but the sewing segments weren't very long here. Could you slow it down? Thank you! Can't wait to see the theme for next year!
If you open the video in YouTube you have the option to watch in slower speeds. Hopefully that is helpful for at least this video.
Gretchen! Gretchen . ... Gretchen!!! I am in love with the new video style! So easy to follow! This dress is everything I hoped for after finishing binge watching Mad Men and falling in love with Peggy's style! Nailed another year!!!
I love having gussets on dresses with longer sleeves. This is a great pattern. Thanks
Delighted with The Peggy Bodice :-D! All your sewing videos - and sewing your garments - are a source of Self Care for me Gertie so I'm very happy with all of your work. I really enjoyed your new style of video with the exception of the background music...the style is great...I'm a tactile/visual learner so any extra noise has to get processed on top...so it felt 'busier' having to process the music as well. I understand the nature of the video dictates some background noise tho...maybe birdsong? (Birds in your Sewing Room ...chuckle chuckle.) Also...I find I can see your stitching well enough with the closeness of the camera so I would love if you used matching thread so you don't ruin those beautiful fabrics and garments :-D. Perhaps do a zoom in for anything really tricky to see...but generally it is very obvious. And I would Love to see the new garment modelled too...it's almost teasing to see the fabric but not the finished garment. Love The Peggy Bodice, and looking forward to new surprises next year. It's been A Great Year and I've Really Enjoyed It. Thanks to Everyone at Charm :-D. Keep Up The Good Work! Warmth, Rosie (from beautiful sub-tropical Central Queensland, Australia).
The new video style is very practical. I have some original vintage pieces with gussets now I know how to recreate the look. Thank you Gertie and team. I also love the versatility of this pattern. There is something very sexy about a supine waist !
The video is fantastic!!!! Love the way you simplified the gusset. Such a beautiful element to the dress. I am now going to scour the internet for that green velveteen! Also, I LOVE the new filming style! This makes it much easier to look back to when you’re at the machine and need to check a step. But it still felt like hanging out with a pal and did I mention I need that green velveteen???
This feedback is so great to hear, thank you! Also, if you go to the youtube link there are clickable chapters in the description so you can jump to exactly where you want in the video :)