For anyone new to draping and nervous about it: My grandmother taught me (an extremely anxious human with intense OCD since the day I was born) how to drape using fabric scraps and a doll when I was a kid. Use scraps and practice on the doll. This doesn't waste a ton of fabric in case you make a mistake and it helps you get a feel for what you should be doing. You can get a confident feel for the order/process before moving on to the human garment. And if you mess up, you have some experience already on how to fix little mistakes without sacrificing the whole garment.
I did that to get a base pattern and then to combat the draping demons, it was a most powerful tool. I was then confident enough to make the human mockup and the final garment went far more smooth than I thought it would.
Hi! A quick tip to save money! Unless you’re doing something totally one-sided or unusual (where you need two or more patterns for the sides that differ), you only need to drape one side: from the center front to center back. This way the extra fabric isn’t in the way and you save on fabric. (Sorry for being all professional and nagging!)
I really liked watching you drape. I feel like most people say they draped a pattern but don’t explain how. So Being able to watch you figure it out too made the frustrating parts feel more universal.
I watched this all the way thru to the final video. I have sewn for 40 years & I am so glad to see that someone as great @ drafting patterns as you are - still struggles. Really liked the part about no outfit is complete without dog hair!! Definitely feel the same way!!
My Lady Morgan, I currently hold in my hand Butterick number B6212; which has (believe it or not), the exact (EXACT!!) neckline as The Red Dress, and the cute extended slope cap sleeve as well! I feel that a true fan would be able to pass it thru the computer and into your happy little hand. I do apologize for my shortcomings.
I’ve just checked that pattern out and it’s a wrap dress the construction of which is fascinating, I’d probably never wear it but am tempted to get it anyway just to see how it goes together!
Ahh, I’ve just researched further and there’s a line drawing of the pattern itself on google images. Hartsfabric blog has a tutorial on how to make a retro style wrap top that’s constructed the same way, interesting
I've been watching "how to draping" videos for years and never understood the process (of how pinning fabric to a dress form = dress) until now. Thanks heaps!
Hey Morgan! I just made a video about dressing like Mrs Maisel and I included your red dress playlist in my video as a resource! You are so crafty!! I’m very impressed. 😊
I've also copied a '50s-style dress from film. It's Black Widow's dress from the Age of Ultron party scene. It also has a faux wrap, and no arms-eye seam. I'd never draped anything before, but it was really fun!
I've actually had a dress that was designed to be worn without a bra that was similar to this one. It had a multi-layered bodice and a ribbon strap that fastened like a bra band in the back and was pretty supportive. This doesn't address the bustline silhouette problem, of course, because the dress was a mid 90s model.
Patterns with a bane of my existence and home economics back in the days of yore. I'm just not mechanically inclined. This video would have saved my life but then you may not have even been born then Thank you You've given me courage to try yet again 👍🤩🙌
Hi Morgan, I realise this is far too late but the shoulder and arm construction remind me a lot of the Simplicity 1800 . I hope this helps anyone who attempts to make this dress.
Easier said then done with the pins, since my 2 yo daughter has started to watch me sew I've had to work really hard to break the habit... a tip for draping that I learned from school is to draw a grainline 1" away from the side of your salvage before starting to drape. :)
Enchanted Rose Costumes If putting pins in your mouth is a kind of bad idea, talking with pins in your mouth (and kids frequently ask questions that they want answered immediately) is a very bad idea.
This is the very first time draping has made any sense to me at all. I've always watched videos that pin to the mannequin/dressform and not carry into the next step of chalking or making any marks at all and going, ok done!, leaving me over here going, but what now??? so THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this clear! It was a real lightbulb moment!
@@MorganDonner I love your videos and they inspire me to start sewing again but I currently don't have the space to start. I would love to see a video that goes over how you have set up and organized your work station.
So sorry to be that person but it’s spelled Yoke. It’s called that because it’s across the back of your shoulders, and reminded people of the stick from which they would hang buckets of water to take the weight off their arms. Also by the same name is the wooden bar which would allow a team of oxen or horses to pull a cart. It would go across the backs of their shoulders and have a neck/ chest harness attached below it. By contrast, aYolk is the inside of an egg.
A sleeve with no armscythe seam is called a doleman sleeve! Super duper popular in the the 40s. Usually accompanied by some kind of gusset under the arm to add mobility
"This is the dragon piece." I love how you craft xD Very familiar process here. Charge in with lots of enthusiasm and half an idea, and just work around the questions until you have to solve them.
Actually, I looked for patterns on Etsy and found a commercial pattern that looks like the pattern that was probably used as reference for the mrs. Maisel dress
this is the first thing i thought of when i saw bernadette's latest video. the pattern is out. wish you'd make one with the pattern now and compare them
Came here to say this too! I’d love to see a comparison of the patterns, especially since comparing patterns is relevant to comparing drafts of the kinds of existing medieval garments MD likes to recreate :)
as someone who went to a seamstress school in Eastern Europe waaaaay before discovering Sewing UA-cam (and does not sew for a living, or currently, at all), it's taken me a long time to go from "why would anyone drape when they could just construct a pattern" to "hey draping is useful sometimes, especially when you need fabric to fall a certain way! much simpler to pin it up then than to spend half an hour trying to work out the math in your brain". i can't help but feel, though, that this isn't one of those times. i'm new to this channel and don't know who has what skills, but for anyone starting out in making garments from scratch, pattern-making is very easy to learn! well, in my school we also made the base construction pattern from scratch, and that was a bit harder (and a *lot* of math), but if you can manage to get one for your measurements (even by draping your own body), after that it's smooth sailing! you're just visualising the 3d form on a 2d plane. we used generic bases scaled down 1/4 to about the size of your palm and then just took scissors and glue to the paper, learning what dart placements/sizes made what 3d shapes, how to design necklines, how to put folds/gathers into the pattern, etc. and now i can basically look at any modern garment and with a single glance have a vague idea of how it was put together and what the pattern would look like. it's very useful! and i don't see it talked about very often on Sewing UA-cam
Is it not maybe a idea to save some up and invest that in a mannequin that's totally adjustable to your body shape? Mind you, I have totally NO, sewing or anything else in this compartment , experience... but somehow I remember that this type of mannequins exist? If I am wrong... please ignore me and put me in a corner to be ashamed of myself 😶😲😂😉 But what I wanted to say, I have mad respect for everybody who is skilled in this department! Really impressed and therefore my respect 👌 Wow... 😎👍
mademoisellekaya Aww, but at this point I have grown fond of the old lady! A new adjustable mannequin would be pretty awesome, but my old one is good enough for now ;)
Hi! Those adjudtable mannequins are horrible! All plasticy and can be toppled when you lean in hard to do work. The feel is also not the same as an industrial heavyduty mannequin. ( Just a seamstresses pov)
@@daniel_is_messy Also I think the distribution of the volume can be incorrect, even if the measurements are, for example a swayback would push the volume to the belly and hollow the back, so it would not fit well the to person anyway, is that correct ? I was thinking about getting one, but I thought this might be a problem (jumping on the occasion to have more experienced seamstresses opinion ^^)
@@Draegane I'm not sure that you'll see this since it's so far after the fact, but I wanted to try. I have one of the horrible plasticy ones. While I don't disagree with anything Natalia said, they are an okay starter option if you can't afford (or don't want to drop the change necessary for) an industrial one. The idea is that you get it to your base measurements and pad it out from there. For example I have a full bust so mine is set for my upper bust measurement. Then put an old bra with padding to get the full bust measurement where I need it to be. For my sway back I have a little pad on the front to adjust that out a bit. It's definitely not the nicest or most professional option, but it's pretty good if you can't afford a really nice one for your measurements. It's also nice if your weight fluctuates. I didn't have to get a new dress form after I had kids, so at least there's that. Sorry to waffle on so long :)
'Don't put pins in your mouth'... uhm, I don't think I have a single pin, that has not at some point spent time between my lips xD how else am I supposed to sew?!
charles southerton That sounds like a really fun project! I have never made a bustier before but I've done a little dabbling in corsetry, so that might a good next step!
I'm obsessed with your vids atm!! What is it the arm area called?! Arm sigh? Arm sign?! It's driving me crazy. You and Angela Clayton say it and for some reason I just can't figure it out!! X
Oh my gosh wait did you post on Reddit? I think I commented on the sleeve patterning and whether there was a seam or not! I didn't know you have a UA-cam channel. Subscribed!
Morgan Donner haha autoplay actually took me here from Angela Clayton. Trying to search for sew along videos on UA-cam turns up almost nothing! Lmk if you have any other sew along channels I must follow!
Please tell me where you got your tailor dummy. I got the singer adjustable model and I can't get it to adjust to my measurements and I'm not able to pin into it.
Love that TV show and your video! Thanks so much for sharing this. You make draping seem not so scary !
Ash Ar Thank you! With enough iterations, anyone can get a great pattern from draping! I certainly didn't get it in my first try ;p
For anyone new to draping and nervous about it:
My grandmother taught me (an extremely anxious human with intense OCD since the day I was born) how to drape using fabric scraps and a doll when I was a kid. Use scraps and practice on the doll. This doesn't waste a ton of fabric in case you make a mistake and it helps you get a feel for what you should be doing. You can get a confident feel for the order/process before moving on to the human garment. And if you mess up, you have some experience already on how to fix little mistakes without sacrificing the whole garment.
I did that to get a base pattern and then to combat the draping demons, it was a most powerful tool. I was then confident enough to make the human mockup and the final garment went far more smooth than I thought it would.
I'm fairly new to sewing, and have done this too. I make little items of clothing for my children's toys as practice.
Hi! A quick tip to save money! Unless you’re doing something totally one-sided or unusual (where you need two or more patterns for the sides that differ), you only need to drape one side: from the center front to center back. This way the extra fabric isn’t in the way and you save on fabric. (Sorry for being all professional and nagging!)
The sleeve might be a kimono cap sleeve? They sometimes had a small gusset at the armpit for movement, but not always.
I really liked watching you drape. I feel like most people say they draped a pattern but don’t explain how. So Being able to watch you figure it out too made the frustrating parts feel more universal.
for something similar to Mrs. Maisel check out Miss Phryne Fisher her murder mysteries are hilarious and the costumes are amazing
I watched this all the way thru to the final video. I have sewn for 40 years & I am so glad to see that someone as great @ drafting patterns as you are - still struggles. Really liked the part about no outfit is complete without dog hair!! Definitely feel the same way!!
My Lady Morgan, I currently hold in my hand Butterick number B6212; which has (believe it or not), the exact (EXACT!!) neckline as The Red Dress, and the cute extended slope cap sleeve as well! I feel that a true fan would be able to pass it thru the computer and into your happy little hand. I do apologize for my shortcomings.
I’ve just checked that pattern out and it’s a wrap dress the construction of which is fascinating, I’d probably never wear it but am tempted to get it anyway just to see how it goes together!
Ahh, I’ve just researched further and there’s a line drawing of the pattern itself on google images. Hartsfabric blog has a tutorial on how to make a retro style wrap top that’s constructed the same way, interesting
Thank you for showing your drapping technique. Very helpful for those of new to sewing.
I, too, fell in love with this dress!
I'm making myself a sammich and coming back to watch this. I am totally fascinated by your draping and I want to try this myself.
I've been watching "how to draping" videos for years and never understood the process (of how pinning fabric to a dress form = dress) until now. Thanks heaps!
Hey Morgan! I just made a video about dressing like Mrs Maisel and I included your red dress playlist in my video as a resource! You are so crafty!! I’m very impressed. 😊
I just finished watching, great video!
I can't sew ... it stresses me out ... but I enjoyed watching YOU sew lol. Came over from Abbey's video 😀
Love that you named that piece “dragon” 😂
It looks like the fabric continues from the back over the shoulder and meets at the "enigma" seam area.
I've also copied a '50s-style dress from film. It's Black Widow's dress from the Age of Ultron party scene. It also has a faux wrap, and no arms-eye seam. I'd never draped anything before, but it was really fun!
I've actually had a dress that was designed to be worn without a bra that was similar to this one. It had a multi-layered bodice and a ribbon strap that fastened like a bra band in the back and was pretty supportive. This doesn't address the bustline silhouette problem, of course, because the dress was a mid 90s model.
Patterns with a bane of my existence and home economics back in the days of yore. I'm just not mechanically inclined. This video would have saved my life but then you may not have even been born then Thank you You've given me courage to try yet again 👍🤩🙌
Hi Morgan, I realise this is far too late but the shoulder and arm construction remind me a lot of the Simplicity 1800 . I hope this helps anyone who attempts to make this dress.
Excellent! Thank you for the suggestion!
I love how real you are😂 I’ve never draped something and had it fit how it’s supposed to with the first mock-up. I’m excited to see how it turns out!😊
Thank you! I always end up making several mockups before I get it (mostly) right :p
Easier said then done with the pins, since my 2 yo daughter has started to watch me sew I've had to work really hard to break the habit... a tip for draping that I learned from school is to draw a grainline 1" away from the side of your salvage before starting to drape. :)
Enchanted Rose Costumes I agree, it's so hard to stop a habit once you've started! Thanks for the tip about the selvedge, I'll have to remember that!
Enchanted Rose Costumes
If putting pins in your mouth is a kind of bad idea, talking with pins in your mouth (and kids frequently ask questions that they want answered immediately) is a very bad idea.
It looks awesome so far! Laughed so much at the enigma/witchcraft/dragon piece, but I think you've got it!
A tailor's gauntlet will hold your scissors, chalk, tape, and pins. You could possibly even make one if you felt so inclined?
I'd love to see you make her Dior dress. The one she wore to the part. The peach bottom with the red top.
I just found your channel and have been marathoning all your videos. I love them! And you!! You are so funny!!! Also lots of exclamation points. Haha
Rebecca MacCormack Thank you so much! I hope to continue to make fun videos for people to enjoy!
This is the very first time draping has made any sense to me at all. I've always watched videos that pin to the mannequin/dressform and not carry into the next step of chalking or making any marks at all and going, ok done!, leaving me over here going, but what now??? so THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this clear! It was a real lightbulb moment!
This is may be a bit late but I believe the mystery piece is called a yolk.
Oh, I can't believe I didn't think of that! Yolk is a perfect way to refer to that part of the pattern!
@@MorganDonner I love your videos and they inspire me to start sewing again but I currently don't have the space to start. I would love to see a video that goes over how you have set up and organized your work station.
Particularly that work table. I drool over it ever time.
So sorry to be that person but it’s spelled Yoke. It’s called that because it’s across the back of your shoulders, and reminded people of the stick from which they would hang buckets of water to take the weight off their arms. Also by the same name is the wooden bar which would allow a team of oxen or horses to pull a cart. It would go across the backs of their shoulders and have a neck/ chest harness attached below it. By contrast, aYolk is the inside of an egg.
omg your dragonland comment made me giggle so hard I had to pause the video to recover! This is an awesome video
A sleeve with no armscythe seam is called a doleman sleeve! Super duper popular in the the 40s. Usually accompanied by some kind of gusset under the arm to add mobility
I can't wait to see the finished product!
YullenLover33 me too! I really hope that it comes out looking like her dress despite our different body shapes!
I love that this was just recommended to me, interesting to see how far you've come in terms of personal style and also video quality.
"This is the dragon piece."
I love how you craft xD Very familiar process here. Charge in with lots of enthusiasm and half an idea, and just work around the questions until you have to solve them.
I love how you make the same face that I do when you are unsure of something, but going with it!
Actually, I looked for patterns on Etsy and found a commercial pattern that looks like the pattern that was probably used as reference for the mrs. Maisel dress
this is the first thing i thought of when i saw bernadette's latest video. the pattern is out. wish you'd make one with the pattern now and compare them
I thought EXACTLY the same thing! :D
Came here to say this too! I’d love to see a comparison of the patterns, especially since comparing patterns is relevant to comparing drafts of the kinds of existing medieval garments MD likes to recreate :)
I really enjoyed your process
You’re amazing from attempting this, I love your work ❤️❤️❤️
as someone who went to a seamstress school in Eastern Europe waaaaay before discovering Sewing UA-cam (and does not sew for a living, or currently, at all), it's taken me a long time to go from "why would anyone drape when they could just construct a pattern" to "hey draping is useful sometimes, especially when you need fabric to fall a certain way! much simpler to pin it up then than to spend half an hour trying to work out the math in your brain". i can't help but feel, though, that this isn't one of those times. i'm new to this channel and don't know who has what skills, but for anyone starting out in making garments from scratch, pattern-making is very easy to learn!
well, in my school we also made the base construction pattern from scratch, and that was a bit harder (and a *lot* of math), but if you can manage to get one for your measurements (even by draping your own body), after that it's smooth sailing! you're just visualising the 3d form on a 2d plane. we used generic bases scaled down 1/4 to about the size of your palm and then just took scissors and glue to the paper, learning what dart placements/sizes made what 3d shapes, how to design necklines, how to put folds/gathers into the pattern, etc. and now i can basically look at any modern garment and with a single glance have a vague idea of how it was put together and what the pattern would look like. it's very useful! and i don't see it talked about very often on Sewing UA-cam
I never knew a measuring tape was 5/8"! Wow! Talk about a great hack!
OHMYGOSHIJSUTREALIZEDWEHAVETHESAMESEWINGMACHINEAHHHHHH
Amazing work! I enjoyed watching the video!
Fifties Strapless, and they have some that will hold us buxom type ladies.
Is it not maybe a idea to save some up and invest that in a mannequin that's totally adjustable to your body shape? Mind you, I have totally NO, sewing or anything else in this compartment , experience... but somehow I remember that this type of mannequins exist? If I am wrong... please ignore me and put me in a corner to be ashamed of myself 😶😲😂😉
But what I wanted to say, I have mad respect for everybody who is skilled in this department!
Really impressed and therefore my respect 👌 Wow... 😎👍
mademoisellekaya Aww, but at this point I have grown fond of the old lady! A new adjustable mannequin would be pretty awesome, but my old one is good enough for now ;)
Hi! Those adjudtable mannequins are horrible! All plasticy and can be toppled when you lean in hard to do work. The feel is also not the same as an industrial heavyduty mannequin. ( Just a seamstresses pov)
@@daniel_is_messy Also I think the distribution of the volume can be incorrect, even if the measurements are, for example a swayback would push the volume to the belly and hollow the back, so it would not fit well the to person anyway, is that correct ? I was thinking about getting one, but I thought this might be a problem (jumping on the occasion to have more experienced seamstresses opinion ^^)
@@Draegane I'm not sure that you'll see this since it's so far after the fact, but I wanted to try. I have one of the horrible plasticy ones. While I don't disagree with anything Natalia said, they are an okay starter option if you can't afford (or don't want to drop the change necessary for) an industrial one. The idea is that you get it to your base measurements and pad it out from there. For example I have a full bust so mine is set for my upper bust measurement. Then put an old bra with padding to get the full bust measurement where I need it to be. For my sway back I have a little pad on the front to adjust that out a bit.
It's definitely not the nicest or most professional option, but it's pretty good if you can't afford a really nice one for your measurements. It's also nice if your weight fluctuates. I didn't have to get a new dress form after I had kids, so at least there's that. Sorry to waffle on so long :)
My mother has an adjustable mannequin , so they do exist.
Great job!
You are so amazing.
Awww, thank you Mrs. Markie!
You could easily buy a scissor "holster" by looking for massage tools. Prices are good at Massage Warehouse.
I have dreamed this dress for years, now even more so I can have a dragon piece!
I would venture to guess thzt during this period a corset would have been worn under that dress...
BLESS for muting machine noise. Thanks!
Awesome!
@13:03- you ended up making the ship sail outfit instead teehee
"I wish I had a thing to hold my scissors...I need one of those work aprons."
Hmm, if only you knew someone who could sew something like that
Hahaha! I wonder...
'Don't put pins in your mouth'... uhm, I don't think I have a single pin, that has not at some point spent time between my lips xD how else am I supposed to sew?!
You need a strong magnet on top of the neck to hold your scissors❤️❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺
A 1900s project? 😱 This must be early in the channel history ☺️
make a strapless high waisted boned bustier to go with the dress hooked and eyed at the back
charles southerton That sounds like a really fun project! I have never made a bustier before but I've done a little dabbling in corsetry, so that might a good next step!
Morgan, you could check out Pinupgirl clothing .com for inspiration on the bustier idea. The Asian style one is the one I'm thinking of.
I'm obsessed with your vids atm!! What is it the arm area called?! Arm sigh? Arm sign?! It's driving me crazy. You and Angela Clayton say it and for some reason I just can't figure it out!! X
We are saying "armscye" :D
@@MorganDonner Ahhh, fab. Thank you! X
Oh my gosh wait did you post on Reddit?
I think I commented on the sleeve patterning and whether there was a seam or not! I didn't know you have a UA-cam channel. Subscribed!
Eleine Sun I did! But the reddit sewing group doesn't seem fond of video links, so I just did the usual imagur thing :p Glad you found me though!
Morgan Donner haha autoplay actually took me here from Angela Clayton. Trying to search for sew along videos on UA-cam turns up almost nothing!
Lmk if you have any other sew along channels I must follow!
Morgan Donner also you make me desperately want to recreate the that-needs-pearls dress after my current corset project...
Eleine Sun do it! That is a gorgeous dress! As for other sewing channels, I like Ms. Makes, she also does vintage/historical!
What about Butterick 6018
The gnorm lady In the window, where did you get it? It looks like one from my childhood.
Vogue pattern V9105 has the basic shape. But it is expensive.
Ooo, thank you for the heads up!
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You need a chatelaine, like a modern one
@1:08 speaking of mics 😘 what mic would you recommend for a beginning UA-camr?
Comment for engagement! 🎉
Please tell me where you got your tailor dummy. I got the singer adjustable model and I can't get it to adjust to my measurements and I'm not able to pin into it.