i have sticky velcro but it's seriously the worst thing ever. the stickness isn't strong enough to allow use without sewing, but if you sew through the velcro it ruins your needle
You should start. I just started right before the quarantine began in March. I've been learning so much and I got the Brother se625 sewing machine with embroidery. It's awesome!!
I can't believe you just created this on the go....you are incredibly talented! I mean, anyone can learn to sew and follow a pattern and instructions but this is like magic...you imagine something and then you make come true!
OMG April! The fact that you've made a transforming Bell dress that a little girl can easily change between! Love it! Your creativity seems to never end! Keep on bringing these great transformations!
I'm a grown adult woman and I want this for myself! Amazing as usual April! I adore this and your sweet little model! What a special dress for a special princess.
What an ingenious idea. This would be wonderful for a girl or woman desiring to do a dance routine from beauty and the beast or even a skating routine! You gave me some good ideas on how to make these outfits for my great nieces but I think I will make two separate dresses for them so they can play together with them!
This could also work for Cinderella! You could do the maid outfit to the blue dress! You also could do it for Elsa! The coronation gown to the ice dress! Oh so many possibilities!
Omg, you are so clever! That was neat. The dress turned out absolutely beautiful and your cousins are so adorable. Your little Belle looked like she was having the time of her life doing that spin. I bet you could do that with a lot of princesses, imagine an Elsa transformation. PS - Love your videos. I only found your channel about two months ago when I started looking for ideas on how to make a steampunk dress out of thrift store finds (especially curtains). I get stuck watching your videos for hours. You're one of the very few on youtube that do thrift store sewing. I wish I was as skilled as you are.
You are totally amazing! As a long time seamstress - I am inspired by your imagination, inspiration and impressed with your skills. Your eye for the 'remake' and the beautiful garments you turn out is nothing short of astounding! After 50 years I thought there was nothing else for me to learn. Boy was I wrong! THANK YOU for giving me a renewed interest and excitement about sewing. Watching the transformation as it develops through your eyes is a gift to us all. And to think these are the items that we would normally discard because we no longer think they have value. And look what you have taught us! As I said you are amazing, beautiful, and stay strong in your beliefs.
omg! what a cutie! and u can see how much she loves the dress! she is so lucky! a dress like that would have been my dream come true at her age... sooo jelly!
Oh my gosh! Amazing job! I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to work on such a young model. Wonderful dress and absolutely adorable littl model!!
Omg. I just love this! aaah! Any kid would just love this. And even though you were rushed, you made it seem so simple!! This would work for so many of the transforming princesses! I wonder if theres any transforming prince outfits!
I did a christmas pantomime at the end of last year/beginning of this year. it was cinderella and I had a transforming dress similar to this. The ball dress had a top/waistcoat sewn on the underside of the skirt and you lifted it up and tucked the dress inside. Underneath was a brown skirt. It was so fun to transform on stage!
a fabulous piece of work made under difficult circumstances. it's not easy to do a great job when you're working in someone else's space, without all of the favourite gadgets & supplies you build up in your sewing room. well done.
Your design blows me away! I have to admit to being really confused about the blue/ gold skirt... Me: "So, the entire dress is reversible? No, wait, it's sewn down... Where the heck is she going with this?!?" 😅 You totally inspire me, but I get too many "good ideas" and never enough time for them! Thanks for doing you and sharing with us, April. 👍
Wow, well dome April! I can not stop watching the blue to gold dress transformation, it still seems like a magic to me. This must be the best transformation you have ever done! I LOVE it! And your little cousin is so cute ^_^
Just adjust and use an adult dress as the base and make sure that the skirt length is correct. Also, Becca Beach has an adult sized one that she shows that is a one piece deal instead of being two piece. Although, I personally like the two piece deal for kids, it makes the costume lightweight, easy for kids to remove themselves, and less likely to get messed up/dirty/caught on something
I was wondering if you could also make that fur coat shall thing belle wears when shes outside in the snow, so that she could also wear this costume out at night and still have the gist of the costume and not covering it with a jacket. I love this idea so much!
that's awesome! I first saw this video pop up in my subscriber newsfeed on UA-cam but didn't watch it yet. But because I was mindlessly scrolling through Reddit and saw your gif on the front page, I had to come back here on UA-cam to watch the full video. It came full circle!
Seriously the way that the transformation works is brilliant. At first I thought it was a two-sided dress that you can wear inside out -- but this is so much better and the transformation does look completely magical
THAT IS SO AMAZING!! Your niece did so well in the learning the transformation of her dress. I was thinking, this would be a really great dress for a play as well, to make for a really easy costume change on or off stage! Nice!
hey april!!! i was wondering if you could do a video (maybe series) where you buy one of those knock off scam ebay prom dresses and make it look beautiful!! i think this would be really interesting to see xxx
bareera haujee omg I was trying to find videos of these after seeing a boredpanda post on disaster prom dresses ordered online! Yes please make this happen!! 😱
I love this! I've seen some cosplayers do the reveal of a transforming dress, and it blows my mind every time. It was really great to see how you placed the velcro, and what came off vs what flipped down.
HOW. HOW ARE YOU THIS AMAZING. I LITERALLY GASPED WHEN I SAW THE FIRST CLIP OF THE TRANSFORMATION. IT IS INSANE AND YOU ARE SO TALENTED AND I AM IN SHOCK. SHE'S TOO CUTE.
I've made a transforming dress before and the only thing that would've made it any better was making the blue dress apron top disappear into the skirt. It really adds volume to the secondary dress and really gives it that magical effect. You really didn't have too much time though so that's understandable.
I assume the top is attached to the bottom of the folded skirt. So when you take it off and let go, the skirt falls and takes the top with it, and the hidden skirt covers everything.
I can't thank you enough for this! I could never figure out how to sew this dress and the daddy dresses are way too expensive for me. My nieces will love this!
Velcro. The duct tape of sewing.
exactly! hope they make velcro with double sided tape (For fabric if they have).haha no need to sew anymore. just tape it
Lila Leyka Here where I live we have velcro with a double-sided tape but it needs to be sewed afterwards 😄
i have sticky velcro but it's seriously the worst thing ever. the stickness isn't strong enough to allow use without sewing, but if you sew through the velcro it ruins your needle
Omg awesome
ChristineMyLinh i
I love how she squints her eyes like really tightly when she spins around omg its so adorable
Sarah Misa that moment when you realise she wasn't squinting
-.- lol jk (btw sorry if that offends anyone)
This is so stinking cute!!! If I had the patience to sew I would so make something like this for my little sister
TheOnlyPinkPunk if only I had the skills to sew anything 😔
Chipmunk Bates the horror queen Woah. Chill. No need to get feisty😂
Chipmunk Bates the horror queen Damn no need for all of that
TheOnlyPinkPunk Maybe you could go to a seamstress and have it sewn :)
Im making a transformation dress for my sister.
Your lil cousin's too cute. I squee'd at her closing her eyes every time she twirled LMAO.
crimsonjade She does the cutest curtsy & bow!! 😍😘
crimsonjade ki
She's sooooo cute and adorable.
Can I sew? No. Will I continue to watch these videos in their entirety as if I could? Yes.
You should start. I just started right before the quarantine began in March. I've been learning so much and I got the Brother se625 sewing machine with embroidery. It's awesome!!
Go a head and try
I know that it's not thrifted BUT would you be able to do a video where you transform really bad dresses from eBay?
YES
APRIL DO THIS PLEAASE
Do this!!!!!
I can't believe you just created this on the go....you are incredibly talented! I mean, anyone can learn to sew and follow a pattern and instructions but this is like magic...you imagine something and then you make come true!
What a lucky girl! Who wouldn't want a dress that transformed like that? From day to evening wear in seconds. Great idea.
OMG April! The fact that you've made a transforming Bell dress that a little girl can easily change between! Love it! Your creativity seems to never end! Keep on bringing these great transformations!
I'm a grown adult woman and I want this for myself! Amazing as usual April! I adore this and your sweet little model! What a special dress for a special princess.
What an ingenious idea. This would be wonderful for a girl or woman desiring to do a dance routine from beauty and the beast or even a skating routine! You gave me some good ideas on how to make these outfits for my great nieces but I think I will make two separate dresses for them so they can play together with them!
She is the cutest! It's so funny how she closes her eyes when she's spinning. I'd love to see you make a transforming dress for adults.
This could also work for Cinderella! You could do the maid outfit to the blue dress! You also could do it for Elsa! The coronation gown to the ice dress! Oh so many possibilities!
oh my gosh that is the cutest dress on the cutest little girl! I have never seen a transforming dress like this before.
Omg, you are so clever! That was neat. The dress turned out absolutely beautiful and your cousins are so adorable. Your little Belle looked like she was having the time of her life doing that spin. I bet you could do that with a lot of princesses, imagine an Elsa transformation.
PS - Love your videos. I only found your channel about two months ago when I started looking for ideas on how to make a steampunk dress out of thrift store finds (especially curtains). I get stuck watching your videos for hours. You're one of the very few on youtube that do thrift store sewing. I wish I was as skilled as you are.
You are totally amazing! As a long time seamstress - I am inspired by your imagination, inspiration and impressed with your skills. Your eye for the 'remake' and the beautiful garments you turn out is nothing short of astounding! After 50 years I thought there was nothing else for me to learn. Boy was I wrong! THANK YOU for giving me a renewed interest and excitement about sewing. Watching the transformation as it develops through your eyes is a gift to us all. And to think these are the items that we would normally discard because we no longer think they have value. And look what you have taught us! As I said you are amazing, beautiful, and stay strong in your beliefs.
You should totally do prom dress recoveries. Like, buy crappy prom dresses on ebay and transform them!!
omg! what a cutie! and u can see how much she loves the dress! she is so lucky! a dress like that would have been my dream come true at her age... sooo jelly!
This is literally magical. I would love to see you as costume designer for a really big project one day.
Oh my gosh! Amazing job! I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to work on such a young model. Wonderful dress and absolutely adorable littl model!!
"Poor princess Belle looks like she's about to be blown away here" hahaha that was hilarious. Such a beautiful dress 💛
It's so adorable how she closes her eyes as she spins to take the jacket piece off... great work!!! Adorable cousins!
Omg. I just love this! aaah! Any kid would just love this.
And even though you were rushed, you made it seem so simple!!
This would work for so many of the transforming princesses!
I wonder if theres any transforming prince outfits!
Oh my goodness...your little cousin is so adorable!!!
I did a christmas pantomime at the end of last year/beginning of this year. it was cinderella and I had a transforming dress similar to this. The ball dress had a top/waistcoat sewn on the underside of the skirt and you lifted it up and tucked the dress inside. Underneath was a brown skirt. It was so fun to transform on stage!
Grace xox it's a really common costume change trick but it's so tricky to Sew!
Your little cousin is soooo cute, you can tell she really loves that dress!
Very cute! If this is the same cousin you made a little dress for...wow...they sure do grow up fast...
a fabulous piece of work made under difficult circumstances. it's not easy to do a great job when you're working in someone else's space, without all of the favourite gadgets & supplies you build up in your sewing room. well done.
You're ridiculously talented. Your cousin was the perfect lil model and she did your creation such justice haha.
*Jaw hits floor* Unbelievable! Adorable and so cool! I hope she had a party to wear that to. It's awesome! Great job!
so thats how you make a transforming dress ive been trying to figure it out ( in my head) for a while. DUh its so easy!!
I don't understand people not liking this beautiful video. Awesome. Keep going I'm a FAN.
Your design blows me away! I have to admit to being really confused about the blue/ gold skirt... Me: "So, the entire dress is reversible? No, wait, it's sewn down... Where the heck is she going with this?!?" 😅 You totally inspire me, but I get too many "good ideas" and never enough time for them! Thanks for doing you and sharing with us, April. 👍
Wow, well dome April! I can not stop watching the blue to gold dress transformation, it still seems like a magic to me. This must be the best transformation you have ever done! I LOVE it! And your little cousin is so cute ^_^
I don't know a thing about sewing but watching your videos makes me want to learn! This video is absolutely amazing! 😍🤗
Your baby cousins are absolutely adorable and the dress is amazing!
This is awesome! I love this idea! Would love to see this for an adult size! =D
Just adjust and use an adult dress as the base and make sure that the skirt length is correct. Also, Becca Beach has an adult sized one that she shows that is a one piece deal instead of being two piece. Although, I personally like the two piece deal for kids, it makes the costume lightweight, easy for kids to remove themselves, and less likely to get messed up/dirty/caught on something
you did such a good job on the limited time that you had and then limit equipment that you can she looks so cute and adorable
Amazing transformation, literally. A transforming transformation. Your cousin is so sweet, and you are so talented. Keep up the great work!
The wind added a little magic to it. Great job, I'm a newbie to your channel , I must say you are so gifted. Thank you
I was wondering if you could also make that fur coat shall thing belle wears when shes outside in the snow, so that she could also wear this costume out at night and still have the gist of the costume and not covering it with a jacket. I love this idea so much!
so cute both your little niece and the dress.
that was absolutely ridiculously cute and awesome! great job, esp with the time crunch and using resources at your disposal!
I love how your idea of "last minute" is something as gorgeous as this
I'm going to make a gif of the transforming costume and post in on Reddit and give you credit :)
It's done! under /r/Gifs with title "Homemade Belle Dress Transformation"
I hope this blows up for you! Well done April.
Well, that gif is why I'm here. Good job!
Aww thank you!! It made front page 😱❤❤❤❤
That is hilarious, yeah I am sadly not "AbortedFetusNecrophilac" and I only posted the gif I made to Reddit.
that's awesome! I first saw this video pop up in my subscriber newsfeed on UA-cam but didn't watch it yet. But because I was mindlessly scrolling through Reddit and saw your gif on the front page, I had to come back here on UA-cam to watch the full video. It came full circle!
So cuuuute!! Alexa is precious and is a lucky girl to have an aunt who can turn her dreams into reality!
Your cousin is so cute!!! I love the dresses that you made, you are so good at this.
Seriously the way that the transformation works is brilliant. At first I thought it was a two-sided dress that you can wear inside out -- but this is so much better and the transformation does look completely magical
that awkward moment when April made a better outfit than the live movie did
Corynn P lol yep
Corynn P truee
Corynn P the live action dresses were beautiful idk what you're talking about
Corynn P surprisingly it was better than what it looked like in the trailer
Corynn P ur probs basing it off the trailor but I saw it today and they were gorgeous
THAT IS SO AMAZING!! Your niece did so well in the learning the transformation of her dress. I was thinking, this would be a really great dress for a play as well, to make for a really easy costume change on or off stage! Nice!
I had to rewatch the transforming part like 10 times. You're amazing!!!
Texas weather is honestly the craziest thing. She's so cute and this dress was amazing!
hey april!!! i was wondering if you could do a video (maybe series) where you buy one of those knock off scam ebay prom dresses and make it look beautiful!! i think this would be really interesting to see xxx
bareera haujee omg I was trying to find videos of these after seeing a boredpanda post on disaster prom dresses ordered online! Yes please make this happen!! 😱
Yesss!!!
This is officially one of the cutest things I have ever seen! What a wonderful aunt!!!
so cool!! I have no clue what the blue dress tucks into to hide the gold dress. but other than that I think I got it :P well done!
Maja Hampson I think it just tucks under the edge of the apron shirt :)
she's so adorable.. you're very talented
Yes! The ideal solution for my daughter who asked me to make her both of these dresses. #nailedit #momwin
What an awesome transforming costume. Your cousins are very blessed to have you in their family.
I love you april, you're such an inspiration!! Please never stop! Love from france!
I love this! I've seen some cosplayers do the reveal of a transforming dress, and it blows my mind every time. It was really great to see how you placed the velcro, and what came off vs what flipped down.
Haha, she is adorable!
The little girls stole the show! They are absolutley Precious.
I have been following you for a long time now and I am used to your level of creations, but this is so impressive. Great job :) dress looks perfect
she's such a cute little princess !!
A Thrifted Transformation that actually Transforms! LOL! Very Cool!
Her squinting every time she does the transformation is the cutest thing ever, omg.
You are the best cousin ever! And she is growing up so fast!
HOW. HOW ARE YOU THIS AMAZING. I LITERALLY GASPED WHEN I SAW THE FIRST CLIP OF THE TRANSFORMATION. IT IS INSANE AND YOU ARE SO TALENTED AND I AM IN SHOCK. SHE'S TOO CUTE.
rupauls drag race is shaking
BTS INVENTED TALENT lol rip phi phi
ahaha yes, also I LOVE YOUR USERNAME!
BTS INVENTED TALENT kekeke cute name!
Phi Phi O’Hara is shaking right now
Oh April you truly made this video magical. Blessings!
Whoaaaa!!! it's a new opening sequence!!!
Wow this dress really turned out magical!! You did great work! :) Your little cousin is lucky to have such an amazing relative to sew her a costume ♥
Just when I think you cant possibly get anymore amazing, BOOM, more A-MAZING!!! Lol You inspire me so much!!!
So freaking cute!! This is really amazing. You've really outdid yourself, April. And it was done in a time crunch. Just incredible!
That was absolutely amazing! I have no words ♡
This is so cool, and the first time I saw the transformation it looked magical! Congratulations on a great job.
Such a good idea! You're honestly so talented 😍
OMG, it's beautiful.
Your imagination has not limits.
This is so adorable! Great work april!
AMAZING. This would be a perfect halloween costume for kids and adults as well. You are so talented and I am amazed at your transformations. 😀👗
What a great transformation! That dress is going to get a lot of wear I am sure :D
Gotta love the waltz of the flowers music. Cute transformation dress!!!
Honestly So talented, if I were to do this it would look like an uneven blanket with weird sleeves 😂
Wow, seriously so imaginative and wonderfully executed. You are so talented!
Now this is how you do a sponsored video. 👏 Loved it! :)
You're such a great cousin and Alia is such a cutie! The costume turned out great.
I've made a transforming dress before and the only thing that would've made it any better was making the blue dress apron top disappear into the skirt. It really adds volume to the secondary dress and really gives it that magical effect. You really didn't have too much time though so that's understandable.
Kanaan Hesseling how is that done btw
I assume the top is attached to the bottom of the folded skirt. So when you take it off and let go, the skirt falls and takes the top with it, and the hidden skirt covers everything.
a person on Instagram named @daddydesigner came up with the transformation dress concept like you describe it's so beautiful!
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This dress is super amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! and your cousin's smile is melting my heart!!!!!!!!!! so cute!!!
Best transformation ever!! Love it!
April this dress is the coolest transformation I've ever seen!!!!! Love this !!!
Great, now I want to make one for myself.
Oh your cousins are so adorable! Gorgeous transformation x
The belle dress so beautiful and useful if she wants to play beauty and the beast.
You are so talented. To imagine it and then make it. AMAZING! Your cousin is a very lucky little girl. It turned out beautifully.
I'm really tired and at 9:19 I thought that April had three hands for a second.
Yeah, there was a moment where I had to blink, count, and then understand myself. lol
That's the real secret to how good she is at making clothes.
I can't thank you enough for this! I could never figure out how to sew this dress and the daddy dresses are way too expensive for me. My nieces will love this!
Your cousin is so cute!
wow this is unbelievably creative!! Your best transformation yet!
this style would an amazing for halloween costumes
I LOVE THIS! And I love her little random leg kicks.