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Thank you for this video. I am just getting started in accurate Regency fashion and would have loved to see how you worked the pattern from a Janet Arnold book (?). On a side note, I’ve learnt that the kind of peak we see on the back pleats is a remnant of previous fashions and found in the early Regency gowns. In order to make the dress more versatile and wear a sash or ribbon below the bust, it is advised to simply eliminate the back peak and tuck the fabric in a straight line.

It's amazing the things we've lost knowledge of, but also the knowledge we had in the first place. It's a simple recipe, but who was the first to pick up oak galls and think "I can write with this!"

Here’s a tip for you, from a seamstress of over 50 years and a former member if Society of Creative Anachronism- and mad my own costumes… I scoured regularly my local Goodwill and Salvation Army thrift stores and found many large beautiful bedspreads ( King & Queen size!) that were brocade and tapestry type fabrics.Also there are great remnant pieces that can be utilized on the remnants table at your local craft/ fabric store for embellishments. Be on the lookout always for laces, trims etc you can use that can be taken from wedding dresses, tops etc and used bought for a pittance at the thrift stores…. Don’t forget to look through the table linen area also…

Love!

Your Burgundian gown came out beautifully. I am also into historical garb making and the thrift stores are always my first stop when sourcing fabrics.

So lovely

But you forgot to answer the most important question! Are they water proof? And are they good for walking over rocks in the water?

Western Europe isn’t a physical geographical place?? Eh it is, because I live in it.

Ahhh you’re so cute can’t believe in all my views of medieval/historic sewing videos I haven’t seen you before… anyway glad to have found your account

really enjoyed the historical tangent. you really spilled the tea! (-; the dress also came out so beautiful, and the color you got from the onion skins is so vibrant and happy!! thank you so much for sharing

This is PERFECT!

Just subscribed, as I’m getting into Regency fashion and need all the help I can get. Thank you so much for speaking about Gaza (I visited Israel in 1987 and saw with my eyes the appalling conditions the Palestinians lived in). It’s now May 2024 and the situation is even worse….

I love your art and your channel!!!!

I feel like I should have known that fish leather was a thing but I did not...

Could've just called this Failing to make ink like they did in 1795

As an aquatic elf cosplay, these would be great!

Love it. Never give up. Want to see more

"No definitive answers about anything" is a solid benchmark for a history deep-dive! I love these gosh darn hats!!!!

Using vinegar and iron would give Ferrous Acetate which is perfectly respectable iron salt for ink making. (I think.) Enjoyed the show!

These are pretty awesome

Thank you so much for sharing!! I will be sewing this garment bc you really made it feel approachable and fun :) Instant subscribe.

Love this video and so glad I found your channel! Also, the frustration cry when it doesn't work again I totally felt in my soul

I embraced the rectangles-and-gores style dresses for using up stash about the same time this came out :) I finished my first kirtle in 2022 and omg hand done eyelets are so awesome. I love rectangles-and-gores dresses for stash because I can just draw out my fabric on grid paper, I know from experience how wide the two strips need to be and I can nudge things around to either get sleeve fullness, length, pocket size or swoosh depending on where I add or take away fabric, and I also liked armpit gussets so much that I'm putting them in anything that's just a bit tight up top and it's become my secret weapon for battling my increasing bust size because apparently my body has decided it wants to be top-heavy instead of pear-shaped. I adore how fabric-efficient these designs are and am trying to make more of my wardrobe in that style because having big chunks of leftover fabric does not bust my stash! And coincidentally, I just did an onion skin dye on greyish striped wool (I used 800g wool and the bag from 10 lbs of onions stuffed with the skins) and it came out just how I wanted it, however every time I try cotton in onion skin dye, I get off-white at best.... I'll have to try it with the linen I've got, because though orange isn't usually my colour, I really like THAT orange, and I also figure that when I collect black walnuts in the fall that combining onion skin with the greyish brown that black walnut gives will give me a lovely warm brown, which is exactly what it did with my greyish brown wool. That wool is becoming a Victorian walking skirt, but I still need to sort out how I'm closing it. Perhaps putting skirt hoooks in the middle of an inverted box pleat at the centre back, dunno yet, I'm winging it.

This sounds complicated, In Germany they made ink form sooth.

Being weird is the best thing in the world... I love EVERYTHING about this project

The apple mock-up fills my heart with demented joy.

A mashup of Scarlet O’Hara and Hans Memling? Oh HECK yeah! I can’t wait to see how you engineered the hat, especially the black forehead loop thing.

I saw your shoe making video first (thanks CZcams - you really know my tastes) and was struck by how casually you tossed around the phrase fish leather. You made it sound like everybody should have heard of this material, and I was REALLY confused.

Wonderful video! Your dress is truly lovely. I like how you do things. We think alike. ❤

this was such an awesome video! so interesting and it turned out great!

I love how experimental and honest you were throughout - I think that is part of making natural ink - intuition, experimentation, curiosity and alchemy. Ignore the negative comments. Ink making is an experimental process and you are doing it well. @kimrussostudio

ferrous sulfate is available in your pharmacy, it's sold as an iron supplement

You did a fabulous job. I absolutely love this dress and the headpiece. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

My grandfather told me that he made ink from poppy flowers. (A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae.) I would be curious if you can do the same. Thanks!

Beautiful! How I wish "A Stitch in Time" had more seasons.

This is just so fabulous, you did such a great job!!! I'm inspired to try my own

ah ah ah...le chat ne veut pas qu on le prenne pour une licorne lol... la teinture du tissu est magnifique. 🤩👏👏

j adore 😍...ainsi que votre humour. le coté historique est tres interressant. merci. Amities de France

This was fun to watch. You made it work with the fabric you had - good job.

Great job !! Also congradulations o

Superb! Charming! Informative! Great video

Im glad you finished it and shared it. Turned out wonderful.

In this context, bruise means pulverize. I too am of the variety of people that frequently write. Hand made quill pens, fountain pens, steel nib dip pens, reed pens...everything. I do love so very much a good quality gall ink. Not just because it is a superior ink with some great character, but also because it makes me feel that much closer to a pert of history that really captivates me. All history do3s, and the sentiment you have explained in your opening monologue sums it ip quite nicely indeed. - A pen friend in NY

Oh hey! That's lots of fun!

This is perfect. You did an incredible job!

this looks s great!!

History tangent was the icing on the cupcake that compelled me to subscribe. Also couldn't stop laughing over the IRL elusive unicat at the end...

I don't care if it's historically accurate, because this is the greatest idea mankind has ever and will ever have. I didn't know you could make leather from fish! Amazing!! YOU ARE SO COOL. YOUR SHOES LOOK GREAT!!! Good job on existing. Full marks; no notes; invented awe itself.

Wonderful job.

I expect the doing whatever it takes to make it fit was probably historically accurate. When you think of how expensive and difficult to get fabric was they probably added gussets to increase the size of gowns as girls grew. I would think you would have taken the gores from any good fabric left in old clothes.