I Sewed myself the Strawberry Dress (But Made it Regency) | Red Dress from Emma 2020 | VA Mesh Dress
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- In this video, I draft a regency dress pattern using the draping method on a home made dress form, digitize the embroidery on computer software, stitch it out on an embroidery machine using dissolvable interfacing/stabilizer, then sew up the dress. I also show the undergarments involved with traditional regency dress. I also partake in a photoshoot with some very talented artists.
This video was sponsored in part by @babylocksewing , with whom I’m a Baby Lock Ambassador.
Machines Used:
Embroidery - Baby Lock Venture
Serger - Baby Lock Victory
Sewing - Baby Lock Soprano
Digitizing Software Palette 11
Red Mesh dress based on the one at the Museum of Victoria and Albert collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1...
Strawberries inspired by the Lirika Matoshi dress at lirikamatoshi.com/products/st...
Strawberries digitized from an extant at the Cooper Hewitt useum: collection.cooperhewitt.org/o...
A giant thank you to the people who helped make the photoshoot possible:
Lindsey Hinderer who took the photographs / lindseyhindererportraits
Malorie Harris who did the hair and make up: / hair.makeupbymalorie
Elise Sowgrace who helped Lindsey with the shoot: / elise.sowgrace
Anna of LittleBitGerman who laced me into the gown and also helped take the shots of the photoshoot: / littlebitgerman
Materials for the gown:
Dress form: patterns.bootstrapfashion.com/
Fabric: www.silkbaron.com/Default.asp
Thread: Tire Silk Thread 50wt
Stabilizer: @Babylocksewing dissolvable stabilizer
Notions: Burnley and Trowbridge
Getting Dressed Sequence:
Corset: Red Threaded @redthreaded
Shift: Shop Beyond Time www.etsy.com/shop/ShopBeyondT...
Petticoat: Shop Beyond Time www.etsy.com/shop/ShopBeyondT...
Stockings and Shoes: @americanduchess
Makeup: Chanel
Music from Artlist - Навчання та стиль
I've only watched a few minutes but I just love the idea of a regency lady looking bored and saying, "Roses? For spring? Groundbreaking".
Oh my god yes!
The level of sassiness! 😂
Love that Devil Wears Prada reference 😈👠
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It's SUCH a gorgeous, distinctive dress, and you did SUCH a beautiful job!
Thank you Cathy!!
It is crazy that you do this next to a full time job and having children!
Thank you! It helps that I have a husband who is a wonderful partner and father. But eeks! It's been tough and my upload schedule the past six months shows it! :/
I love that you added a personal touch and pulled from pop culture at the same time as a historical garment. Past meets present in the most gorgeous way!
Thank you! I feel like strawberries are just so much more whimsical than roses, you know?
@@Sewstine i totally agree. They remind me of spring, and magical tea parties in the yard with childhood friends.
Christine: digitize the embroideries, draped the patterns, babysat the machine, sewed the dress
Also Christine: Here is the whole team of makers that made this happen
THIS is why you're one of my favorite UA-camrs. It's a joy to watch you do what you love :)
Thank you so much @kerchuansoong ! I can't tel you how this comment made me so proud and happy.
I’m not a fan of Regency women’s fashion, usually, but this is gorgeous! I vastly prefer this to the other strawberry dress. The clothing you make is nothing short of spectacular.
Thank you!! I confess, regency is probably one of my least favorite periods myself - but this particular dress and all the ones from Emma 2020 are turning me around on it!
I just love how you didn't want to put roses on this dress but you actually ended up putting "roses" on it. Strawberries are part if the rosacea family (rose family). I love this! :)
The way the back hem is just long enough to form a mini-train is just... *swoon* I want to be this fancy every day
Thank you!! Oh man, LOVE the train on this one!
*sigh* Thank you .... you just re-created my own personal white whale. I never thought I would see this anywhere outside of the V&A. It looks gorgeous on you and kudos to the embroidery. If I ever get the funds to re-create my version of it, I will be embroidering strawberries and strawberry blossoms, as per your inspiration. Well done, Christine. Really well done!!!
Thank you Una! Oh man, it's such a white whale for me too. There's just such a moment when you see it in the museum for the first time and your heart goes still, you know?
@@Sewstine Oh absolutely. It was like everything else stepped way back and there was only this dress and me. It has been such a long time. I already felt tickled when I saw the repro in Emma but it wasn't the same. Watching you recreating it was way better, all the thought and inspiration that went into your creation. Wonderful!!!
This dress is gorgeous! I'm not huge on regency-era fashions but I'm obsessed with this
I actually first saw this dress (the original) on Pinterest, and it had no caption. I automatically assumed it was Gilded/Titanic age. That’s what it really reminds me of.
Gorgeous dress. In some lights it looks like a deep pink and in others red. I love how you break down the steps in making the dress and what all goes into it. I enjoy your videos very much.
Thank you so much! I seriously appreciate that!
I love this, the texture of the fabric is so pretty with the embroidery (also, I'm still kind of mind blown by dissolvable interfacing haha). And I love what you added about getting professional pictures done because it definitely shows a lot more detail and kind of brings the projects to life more in photos. Beautiful work!
Ash? The product is known by many names, but I have a bolt of Solvey. It's really reasonable.
Thank you! It's also called dissolvable stabilizer if you're interested in it! :D
Dissolvable interfacing! Such a world we live in:)
The elegant simplicity of this dress makes it one of my favorites - would love this is in a soft petal pink. (Looks lovely on you, by the way!) Once again, stunning!
Thank you so much Robyn!! :D
I love how you approach a project, it's like shadowing a seasoned seamstress transported to the present day-- you're so skilled , and so straightforward in seeking out the most direct way of achieving the historical effects you want, which is nice, because the focus is on the most beautiful aspects of the finished piece. It's really helpful to see someone saying unambiguously that they hate making undergarments. It just increases the likelihood of me starting to cut out more patterns, and make a design I'm excited about a reality, rather than cajoling myself into an enthusiasm I don't feel for less essential processes. (Though I absolutely get the calming aspect of sewing by hand-- this is just a personal gripe.) I often speculate what a 1540s tailor might have done with, say, the synthetics now seen as cheap and ugly, and try to look at new materials with a fresh eye-- I think it's only occasionally you see someone who makes something really transcendent, like Iris van Herpen, that lives up to the potential of the methods and materials available today. So anyway, thanks for your blog and your channel, they're both practically helpful and genuinely inspiring.
Thank you so much Marta! I am very honest about how I don't like making things that go underneath and won't show. I really do only have so much free time and would rather spend that time doing my favorite parts of each project. (That being said, I do love making men's shirts; not sure what that's about). But yes! Please do treat yourself to the parts that you enjoy doing!
I had to look up Iris van Herpen - she is spectacular. Thank you for sharing!
Elspeth and Gideon are just melting into those scritches.
The dress is a work of art, fabulous.
I'm so happy to have found this channel. My eyes got misty seeing the photo reveal - the dress is so magnificent. I look forward to a time when I'll be able to pursue projects like this!
Thank you Olivia!! Best of luck and I hope you do!
You look so adorably happy at 16:12, I almost teared up a bit!
Thank you!! I did in fact tear up; I just love the feeling when you work with fellow artists and everyone just GETS IT.
I'm usually not into regency styles but I now want to mix this idea and Rachel's Halloween strawberry dress. Such a cute dress with pumpkins and bats and little bones, the high waistline could even play off of a certain vampire aesthetic too! I want one in every color😍 I'll wait til my skill level is a bit higher tho😅 I'm trying to teach myself how to do embroidery at the moment :D
This a an amazing dress! I love how you adapted the strawberry dress to an authentic regency style!
Thank you so much! Much appreciated!
Your version of the Strawberry Dress is my favorite one! It's so beautiful and you look so good! That color suits you so well.
Thank you, Christine, for sharing this much of yourself. The dress is beautiful and so are you. You are inspiring.
Thank you Bonnie!
The genuine joy when you stood to see your hair and then your makeup, and the artist's joy too! Aww.
Bravo! J’adore cette robe ! Vous êtes une merveilleuse couturière ! Amitiés de France 🇫🇷 !
That is so gorgeous! You look absolutely amazing, that dress is... Just.... Stunning.. Don't have words. You make it seem so easy and effortless (though I'm sure a lot of effort went into making this!). I think it's absolutely incredible that you are a mom, work in the medical field, during a raging pandemic, without childcare, and yet still manage to make something so stunning, and even let us share in the wonder. You are an amazing person!
I'm only three minutes in but tldr, new subscriber.
The algorithm put this on my feed and I saw "strawberry dress" and "regency" and clicked immediately. I looked away during the intro and heard you call Elspeth and thought, "the plainswalker? Nah." And then you introduced Gideon and flashed the card and now I'm a fan forever.
This woman is a national treasure
I really love your adaptation of the dress better than the original. The strawberries were perfect.
Im not a fan of regency but dang. This is glorious. For me its the embroidery that makes it. But then, I'm a sucker for more embroidery. I wish I did more work on my own clothing but Im always held back buy worrying about making it so I'm not willing to match a piece with as many things. I have so many hang ups on what Im willing to match with what. Not a problem with a dress though. Anyway, thank you for sharing your project and making an amazing video to show off the process and that dress!
i would seriously watch an hour of the embroidery machine. it's just so relaxing watching the thing appear.
I love
- That dress
- The attention to detail
- The incredible amount of experience with sewing you share with us
- That look on your face, when Malorie Harris lets you inspect the hair do, after before you being like "I hide away all my hair and put on these cheapo fake-pieces" :D
You're incredible.
The dress is very deceiving as it appears simple until one notices the beauty of the fabric and the intricacies of the embroidery. Truly lovely.
14:42 you look a bit like a teenager in this shot. The Regency silhouette makes you look even more petite.
Ps also can I just add that the dress looks gorgeous on you and its a work of art.
Thank you!! Seriously, thank you.
My family does embroidery and watching those machines can get tiring for sure! I just got into this type of fashion and you're the first youtuber I've seen to digitize it and everything, it's so cool.
This dress is incredible and as a Magic player, your dogs' names gave me life.
Love this rendition of the strawberry dress!!! Watching all your amazing embroidery always kindles my crazy ideas of making historical Russian dresses... You are exceptional talented!!
Absolutely gorgeous. Love the dress. I have seen it in the V&A though was a while ago. Lovely to see it "come to life" with a different embroidery.
Thank you! I still remember falling in love with it when I saw it in that tiny glass cage!
So glad I watched all the way to the end! Loved it all. The dress, the look, the photos, all are bliss. As for the cost? Wowowowowow ow.
Truly not a cheap hobby. :/ But I have to say, it's about the same cost as the Strawberry Dress for real. :D And thank you! I feel like the photoshoot always feel like the closing of a chapter!
I saw someone share a photo of you making this and I couldn't remember your channel name to look it up, but I knew whenever the video came out it would eventually show up on my recommended feed and it just did! So glad, I've been looking forward to seeing this project since then
one of the prettiest dresses ever, videos like this fuel my dreams and hopes to be a designer! love it
Once a year I get that Jane Austen fever again, and this video reaallyy made me want to finally make some stays from the period. It all looks so graceful and can I say the dress is so beautiful!
As a former hospital worker, I love that you grabbed yourself one of those water cups! I've got a few at home!
I like your version much better than the original Strawberry Dress! It's beautiful, feminine, and has so much personality
Thank you!
Seeing how happy you are in your pieces is amazing.
All I can say is wow 😍😩😳 the team you worked with on the photos and makeup/hair really brought your work to life before our eyes. Such an amazing way to show different types of art in one. 💕
The sewtube reccommendations on the side of this video *way too excited*
this woman and her work and videos fill me with an incredible sense of peace
Yes! Get yourself a whole hype team! I loved watching all the women be so enamored!
I just love seeing someone get all dolled up. It made me smile when you looked in the mirror after getting your makeup done ❤️
Friend, I am so glad that you celebrated yourself and your hard work with a photo-shoot. You looked radiant! As a fellow sewist (quilter) no one knows how much you put into your pieces--time, money, the energy! just to work through it while the littles are running around. I admire your craft!
I am so inspired by your enthusiasm for your costumes I’ve always loved costumes and I never thought that it would be some thing that I should pursue. I’m practical to a fault, I think to myself well where would I wear it ? what would I do with it afterwards? but watching you get so much joy out of the process and then having photos done with it makes me think that maybe I should be spending some more time pursuing the idea of just dressing up for the sake of it .
The best version of the "strawberry" gown I've seen. You dif such a wonderful job on it.
During this lock down I have had a scant handful of over the moon touchstones. I thank you for this one. I cried. Such beauty and perfection. I think I will watch it 2 more times at least. Sending genuine heartfelt gratitude.
Wow I love the embroidery. And the drawstrings are so clever. I guess I never thought about how they got gathered cuffs without elastic!! And you are absolutely right, the photos are 100% worth it. Thanks for sharing!
Your strawberry version is gorgeous!🤗💚
💖👑👑💖🎬🎥📽💖🤗💖I wanted to watch this one again .l think this dress is so Beautiful and how you have made it is just Beautiful once again Thank you we all appreciate your day Job has a Doctor in a busy Hospital Helping people with long shifts.. Then you get home and give us amazingly Beautiful videos of your Dress makeing which you are so talanted. Thank you sawstine💖👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I noticed that most the ladies doing the photo shoot had long dresses on too. Dress envy? XD
I love how you used high tech methods to get a vintage reproduction dress.
How lovely!!
I absolutley love this dress! I feel in love with it when I first saw it at the V&A and then was fan-girling over it when it appeared in the Emma movie and now you have made it as well! I do want to make this someday for mysef and this video gave me some great ideas and advice on construction. and I absolutley love that you added the strawberries :)
I was in tears as I watched you and your expressions while she helped you get made up and get dressed....you look so lovely and so happy... almost as if you were a bride getting ready for her wedding actually. Thank you so much for sharing the whole process especially including getting dressed and the photo shoot. I REALLY enjoyed this video. Beautiful 🥰
You are one of a few i've seen who put a distinctive spin on the strawberry dress rather than just trying to remake it as it originally was. I love that creativity
The only thing I have ever sewn was an apron in middle school. But seeing beautiful things like this (and seeing Bernadette and Rachel), it really makes me want to give it a try. Maybe when I have enough money for materials 😅
Omg !!! GORGEOUS
When I saw the title and thumbnail I gasped out loud and said 'you did not!'
Wonderful dress!
Oh wonderful! Did you recognize it from the V and A or just the Strawberry? Thank you!
@@Sewstine I recognized the strawberry dress from various other media's
GORGEOUS
I am a recent subscriber and am enjoying going through your channel. I LOVE digitizing and enjoy making historical costumes. My embroidery is done on a combination sewing and embroidery machine so is a lot slower than yours. Not sure if I would attempt the court clothing but this dress is tempting. Thank you for your descriptions of both historical and modern methods.
A sewing youtuber that is into MTG, hellllll yehhhhhh.
I was so weirdly excited that their doggos are named after planeswalkers 😂
Just lovely!
Stunning!
Stunning!!
What an elegant and striking dress. 🙂you are so clever and skilled!
I love her!
Beautiful! The color is gorgeous on you. You make it look so easy when I know it isn’t so simple.
It is gorgeous!
Beautiful ♡
Lovely, just lovely!
Oh my gosh...ughh that’s so amazing!!!
Absolutely stunning! Thank you
Amazing!!! 💕
Stunningly beautiful !
Amazing!!
Fantastic!!!!
Beautiful!
The technical skill and creativity required for this rather boggled my mind. Incredible work and results!
Gorgeous
Wow the pics are amazing. You look stunning! I’ve seen this dress an many regency movies and this is definitely my favorite replica.
Absolutely fantastic!!!!
Wow! ♥
That’s so beautiful 😻
Is there anything you can’t do? You’re so talented!
Those pictures! Wow! Just lovely.
So beautiful!!
Beautiful
THIS IS AMAZING
Lovely! I loved the process!
Stunning! I love the strawberries
Yayyy so beautiful. Ty for sharing.
This is so beautifully and skillfully made! Bravo!
Absolutely gorgeous dress ❤❤❤❤❤
Amazing!!!!!!