How to Get Started in Historical Costuming if You're Broke & Clueless |Tips for Sewing on a Budget

The historical costuming community can be truly wonderful, but it can also be an expensive and exclusive passion. I'm sharing a year's worth of lessons in how to get started in sewing, cosplay, and historical costuming when you have limited knowledge and money. I hope this makes costuming more affordable and accessible for people starting out on a budget. Since historical costuming can occasionally fall prey to elitism and gatekeeping, I want to invite a wider variety of sewists to feel comfortable getting started however they can. The video covers 00:00 Intro 00:57 Mindset 02:53 Historical Dress, Historical Costuming & Gatekeeping 06:50 Getting Materials 10:03 Finding Fabric 12:53 Using Patterns 14:42 Miscellaneous tips Support the Channel Shakespeare Themed Coloring Book: https://www.ipgbook.com/color-the-bar... Jane Austen Themed Coloring Book: https://www.ipgbook.com/a-quick-succe... Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/CCBPower... Instagram:   / ccbcreative   Broad Room Cosmic Library: https://broadroom.org/cosmic-library Cosplayers and Costumers having important conversations about Gatekeeping & Racism in Costuming: Bianca Hernandez:    / thebiancahernandez   Muse and Dionysius:    / @museanddionysus   Cheyney McKnight: https://www.instagram.com/notyourmomm... Erika A La Mode: https://www.instagram.com/erikaalamod... Alatheish: https://www.instagram.com/alatheish/?... Noodle Stitch: https://www.instagram.com/noodle.stit... Sewstine:    / @sewstine   SnappyDragon:    / @snappydragon   Playlist of tutorials with free patterns:    • Historical Costume Tutorials with Free Pat...   Indie Patterns: Readthreaded: https://redthreaded.com/ Margo’s Patterns: https://margospatterns.com/ Laughing Moon Mercantile: http://www.lafnmoon.com/ Truly Victorian: https://www.trulyvictorian.net/ Sense & Sensibility: http://sensibility.com/ Mantua Maker Historical Sewing Patterns: http://www.mantua-maker.com/ Black Snail Patterns: https://blacksnailpatterns.com/ Past Patterns: http://www.pastpatterns.com/ Antique Pattern Library (open-source historical patterns): http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/ Free Mood Patterns: https://www.moodfabrics.com/blog/cate... Cheap Fabrics Swanson Fabrics: https://www.swansonsfabrics.com/ Cheap Trims: https://www.cheeptrims.com/ Ali express Bias Binding Kit: http://bit.ly/biasbinderkit