I love the authentic reality of showing how you messed something up but then found a way to fix it. That is the reality of creating clothing, learning and growing with your work. I have struggled the same. Thank you for all you do!
Just love how it all wraps and hooks and hides away. It kind of makes it that much more magic and ethereal to now see any sort of closure, because it's a bit "How did she put that on? Did the cosmos just wrap themselves around her?"
I could imagaine Bernadette Banner rolling her eyes at the serger. The Travisity! (Queue melodramatic music) Me personally, I love this idea. I did it for a Princess Jasmine costume I made for my duaghter a few years ago. The fabric she chose was really pretty to look at but it frayed really bad. I alternated between the regualr machine and the over lock as I went. In tje end she was happy and I got out of buying her something from the Disney store. I really love how this came out. It's sew beautiful. You looked a-mazing with it on. I saw the video clips of you still adding stars to it at costume college. Now costume college is on my bucket list. ❤
Lining should be fun, because it gives us room to play with pattern and whimsy. One of my favorite, albeit woefully too small for me after three kids wool jackets, has a loud tropical songbird pattern on the lining in colors I wouldn't be caught dead wearing on the outside of a garment. It just makes me a bit happier every time I see it.
I didnt think I could love this dress any more, but seeing all the attention to detail, all the layering, and even the liitle mistakes has elevated it to holy grail status. Not to mention the Tardis fabric! Serious squeeling when you pulled that out. Have a length of it in my stash that I'm guarding jealously ⭐⭐⭐
Seeing the making of the dress makes it become even more beautiful than just looking at the photos!! I adore that complicated victorian/edwardian opening with independent layers, makes me think about a matrioska doll of clothing.
The power of a mock up = confidence in cutting your fancy material. The lining is fantastic! Alternating hooks and eyes...excellent precautionary measure. A whole lot of work. It turned out amazingly.
26:03 There are so many layers to the opening! I bet it feels amazing to close them all up, one by one, feeling fancier and fancier with every hook and eye😍
What a wonderful idea to make the lining fun! I love that you used TARDIS fabric for it too. The top is just amazing and I'd never seen hidden closures like those before.
Its beautiful! I love how you did the hidden closures on it and I love the lining fabric 😍 I think I need to add those books to my collection for future reference and projects
Thank you! Frances Grimble (author of the voice of fashion)has a whole series of books using the Apportioning scales. They cover the mostly the bustle and natural form eras. I don't own them yet, but they are on my list!
If you're anything like me, you probably think those unexpected piecing moments are mistakes and the worst part of this gown, but I come from the internet to tell you they are 100% the most impressive thing to me that you did in this gown and the whole thing is amazing. So great job and well done!
Such lovely work, brava you!! I know its crazy but I'm in love with the back layering treatment the most, very elegant. Draping a poly taffeta on the bias is no small feat. So lovely. Have a great day.
Omg this video just saved my butt!!! I didn’t know you could piece fabric. Like thinking about it now it seems so obvious but it just never occurred to me. I made a coat an inch too small in the arm hole area and was kicking myself thinking I needed to redo the whole sleeve. But like now I can just piece it, it’ll be on the under side so not like anyone is gonna see it anyway.
Such a pleasure to watch you work! I learn so much from listening several times each video, and from your mistakes too. The different sewing techniques, the words, the preparation and execution of each step... We're really lucky that you share all the process of those intricate garments. Again, congrats on this dress, it is absolutely stunning!
This dress is the epitome of classy. *0* if I have learned anything from watching all these sewing videos, it's: "take your time" and "Press your seams" The final product always turns out so gorgeous when shortcuts aren't taken. It's something I'm going to have to unlearn after years of rushing to finish a costume for an event. Thank you for the lovely video and the lovely life lessons!
I really love watching your process, and I love how you and Noelle used fun fabric for the linings, I think it's cool because 1. it CAN save money from using something more expensive, and 2. it can use stash you bought because it's cute and fun but then realize you'll never make anything with it LOL. I have very little fabric in my stash but it's all food themed and it's not something I'd use in a lot of clothes.
Oh My Giddy Aunt! I would be panicking if I'd done those mistakes with cutting too far past the seam allowance! You were so calm! You are an amazing person! By the way, I loved the TARDIS themed foundation layer!! I'm an old Doctor Who fan, too. ~Janet in Canada
The hidden closure is just amazing,I knew it must have some sort of wrap front effect but six layers of closures is dedication to getting dressed! You make draping look incredibly easy, even with the occasional bit of piecing!
Loved the Tardis lining and agree 100% linings should be fine or divine! Great trick with alternating the hook and eyes. I know I learnt something else but after shrieking "Oh No" when you realised your mistake (we have all done it) I forgot all the gems acquired! Will have to rewatch and make a note of clever things learnt from your video.
I love that you shared your piecing debacle! I tend to let things like that get in my head and think less of my work because of it. So hearing "it happens to the best of us" was really helpful.
I love your work, and calm attitude when things go a little wrong. I am just wondering if..."Piecing is period" is something I can adopt to all eras? Please say yes!
100% yes! Fabric is expensive, and if you look at garments throughout the eras you will definitely find that many items are pieced! As for my calm attitude, I said some choice words at the time 😅😉
OMG another Whovian!!!! My personal favorite build was an "Idris" wedding dress/cosplay for 2014 Phoenix Fan Fest (Comi-Con). Lined it with TARDIS fabric for the same reason, the lining should be fun.
This is atounding. I saw it on BB's in the costume college vlog and follow a link from her gift wrapping video. This dress was just G O A L S from start to finish!!
That's good I make these gowns without rulers and patterns never had to have them the way dress looks just comes to me and I see it and make it. Just finished a dress for my 11 year old granddaughter .
Hi, Marika: I found a link on period sewing techniques, which provides some valuable information, which I thought you might be interested in. Piecing is, to some extent, part of the "visible seam" theme. When fabrics were woven by hand, they usually were only 60-80 cm wide and more expensive than the labour that went into tailoring. Making the most of the fabric available was an art in itself. You may have experienced cases where economical use ofthe fabric wasn't possible just because of a tiny corner of the pattern piece didn't fit onto the fabric. Nowadays, you move the piece until it fits, even if it means that you need half a metre more. In earlier times, one would have thought nothing of cutting the missing corner from some other part of the fabric - even if the seam where it was sewn on was visible, even if the missing corner was only the size of a thumbnail. I've even seen an extant dress where the compère - a highly visible part of the dress - was pieced together out of ten or more pieces without any regard for the (striped!) pattern. -www.marquise.de/en/themes/howto/technik.shtml Your dress turned out, beautifully and I'm sure that it will be a show stopper.
Saw your dress at the 'Gala' (and stitching on stars) on Bernadette Banner's CC vlog and was so excited to find you had your own channel and had uploaded the making of "The Constellation Dress"! It looks stunning! I tried draping when I first got my dress form (whom I named Matilda, because, why not?) But I learned a lot watching you in this video that I may give it another go...
I first saw you wearing this dress in Bernadette Banner's Costume College video. I fell in love, and that was before I knew there was Tardis fabric lining the bodice! So totally totally cool! Also major impressed with all the work you did on this dress. Just awesome.
I've been working with eva foam (black, semi matte) for a month of so now so I had the most wild time for a moment when you were cutting your black base fabric out, I was desperately confused as to why you were making your bodice out of foam T_T
Oh this is just stunning!!!! I wish I had the time and perseverance to try sewing my own skirts, dresses and gowns, but until I do, I'll just continue watching videos like yours to keep me inspired!!!!! I can't wait to see more!!!
OMG I love this gown! I have just changed my mind on how my wedding dress. I think Im going to use this dress as inspiration I hope you don't mind. only difference is my dress will be strapless. Im going to get the books you used for this. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
I spend half the video admiring the Tamora Pierce hardbacks on the bookshelf! Maybe I should note down the 50% of her bookshelf I haven't read and get started on that...
This dress is really breathtaking and it's really nice to see it being made and how all the little details you put into it! And just like the robe a la française videos, it's really cool to see you making all the layers - and seeing all the work you have to build it - until the finished gown!
Fun linings are fun! Thanks for sharing the making-of, including the piecing. It's reassuring to see that anyone can make mistakes sometimes and that's ok. Was the overlapping closures part of the original design or did you make it up?
I had seen over lapping designs before and wanted to try it out, but it wasn't until the saw the video on how they could be done that I was willing break out of my comfort zone and try it.
So many layers! I love watching draping and pleating on a dress form, but glad I've never done it myself! Silly chiffon, having no memory for pleats. This dress is stunning and I'm so excited seeing the process videos!
Love the lining, makes it fun. I often do very different linings and it surprises folks. Why be boring? For the rulers from that book, I copied them and glued them onto paint sticks. Worked out great. Then I create the pattern and do some adjustments for my sway back. I envy you having a dress form. It drives people batty that I have them come in for a few fittings as I work. I'd love to have one of just myself. How are you able to stitch the hem of the bodice without ironing it first? Also I like the finished seams that are serged. The stitches aren't going anywhere.
I just can't get enough of the fact, that you used a Dr Who themed foundation layer to a dress of stars! Perfect!
Oooo, I feel you on that "Woops, I guess I need to piece this now!" life. I LOVE how clever the final hidden closure is, so cool!
I mean, of all the modern pop culture patterns to have on your historical garment it makes sense to have it be a time traveling one.
Piecing might be period, but screw-ups are timeless! I’ve done exactly that - on my sister’s wedding dress!!! x) “Fixie fixie - nothing to see here!”
I love the authentic reality of showing how you messed something up but then found a way to fix it. That is the reality of creating clothing, learning and growing with your work. I have struggled the same. Thank you for all you do!
Just love how it all wraps and hooks and hides away. It kind of makes it that much more magic and ethereal to now see any sort of closure, because it's a bit "How did she put that on? Did the cosmos just wrap themselves around her?"
I could imagaine Bernadette Banner rolling her eyes at the serger. The Travisity! (Queue melodramatic music) Me personally, I love this idea. I did it for a Princess Jasmine costume I made for my duaghter a few years ago. The fabric she chose was really pretty to look at but it frayed really bad. I alternated between the regualr machine and the over lock as I went. In tje end she was happy and I got out of buying her something from the Disney store. I really love how this came out. It's sew beautiful. You looked a-mazing with it on. I saw the video clips of you still adding stars to it at costume college. Now costume college is on my bucket list. ❤
"lining should be fun" I'm gonna quote it from now on 👍
💗💗💗
Lining should be fun, because it gives us room to play with pattern and whimsy. One of my favorite, albeit woefully too small for me after three kids wool jackets, has a loud tropical songbird pattern on the lining in colors I wouldn't be caught dead wearing on the outside of a garment. It just makes me a bit happier every time I see it.
I didnt think I could love this dress any more, but seeing all the attention to detail, all the layering, and even the liitle mistakes has elevated it to holy grail status. Not to mention the Tardis fabric! Serious squeeling when you pulled that out. Have a length of it in my stash that I'm guarding jealously ⭐⭐⭐
I love the swoop of those pleats at the front, it's so beautiful. also I agree that lining should be fun, the tardis print was a great idea
Seeing the making of the dress makes it become even more beautiful than just looking at the photos!! I adore that complicated victorian/edwardian opening with independent layers, makes me think about a matrioska doll of clothing.
The power of a mock up = confidence in cutting your fancy material. The lining is fantastic! Alternating hooks and eyes...excellent precautionary measure. A whole lot of work. It turned out amazingly.
26:03 There are so many layers to the opening! I bet it feels amazing to close them all up, one by one, feeling fancier and fancier with every hook and eye😍
What a wonderful idea to make the lining fun! I love that you used TARDIS fabric for it too. The top is just amazing and I'd never seen hidden closures like those before.
This dress is stunning, now that I know it is lined with Tardis fabric I love it even more
i love the tip on sewing just inside the dart lines. So clever!
Its beautiful! I love how you did the hidden closures on it and I love the lining fabric 😍 I think I need to add those books to my collection for future reference and projects
Thank you! Frances Grimble (author of the voice of fashion)has a whole series of books using the Apportioning scales. They cover the mostly the bustle and natural form eras. I don't own them yet, but they are on my list!
@@EnchantedRoseCostumes thank you so much, I'm going to look them up and save them to my list of books to get.
If you're anything like me, you probably think those unexpected piecing moments are mistakes and the worst part of this gown, but I come from the internet to tell you they are 100% the most impressive thing to me that you did in this gown and the whole thing is amazing. So great job and well done!
Such lovely work, brava you!! I know its crazy but I'm in love with the back layering treatment the most, very elegant. Draping a poly taffeta on the bias is no small feat. So lovely. Have a great day.
To me you're the Bob Ross of sewing. I find your videos so relaxing. Thank you.❤
😭😭😭 I am not worthy 😭😭😭
Thank you 💗
I'm in such awe of your skill in cutting out your patterns.
Omg this video just saved my butt!!! I didn’t know you could piece fabric. Like thinking about it now it seems so obvious but it just never occurred to me. I made a coat an inch too small in the arm hole area and was kicking myself thinking I needed to redo the whole sleeve. But like now I can just piece it, it’ll be on the under side so not like anyone is gonna see it anyway.
Such a pleasure to watch you work!
I learn so much from listening several times each video, and from your mistakes too. The different sewing techniques, the words, the preparation and execution of each step...
We're really lucky that you share all the process of those intricate garments. Again, congrats on this dress, it is absolutely stunning!
That TARDIS fabric is so cheeky and perfect. I loved watching the draping segment; every video of yours is so jam-packed with informative tidbits.
Love your lining! Watching you sew your bodice makes it seem less scary to try making one. Thank you for sharing.
I love this dress and the the fact that the Tardis was on a lining.
This dress is the epitome of classy. *0* if I have learned anything from watching all these sewing videos, it's: "take your time" and "Press your seams" The final product always turns out so gorgeous when shortcuts aren't taken. It's something I'm going to have to unlearn after years of rushing to finish a costume for an event. Thank you for the lovely video and the lovely life lessons!
Pressing plays a big role in creating a professional looking garment 💜
oh wow, I haven't realized how many layers the bodice has! this is amazing!
I really love watching your process, and I love how you and Noelle used fun fabric for the linings, I think it's cool because 1. it CAN save money from using something more expensive, and 2. it can use stash you bought because it's cute and fun but then realize you'll never make anything with it LOL. I have very little fabric in my stash but it's all food themed and it's not something I'd use in a lot of clothes.
That TARDIS lining !!! Pure cuteness made into fabric !
Tardis lining fabric? Squeee! You are the cutest! Thanks for posting the construction videos. You have my eternal admiration!
Oh My Giddy Aunt! I would be panicking if I'd done those mistakes with cutting too far past the seam allowance! You were so calm! You are an amazing person! By the way, I loved the TARDIS themed foundation layer!! I'm an old Doctor Who fan, too. ~Janet in Canada
The hidden closure is just amazing,I knew it must have some sort of wrap front effect but six layers of closures is dedication to getting dressed! You make draping look incredibly easy, even with the occasional bit of piecing!
Loved the Tardis lining and agree 100% linings should be fine or divine! Great trick with alternating the hook and eyes. I know I learnt something else but after shrieking "Oh No" when you realised your mistake (we have all done it) I forgot all the gems acquired! Will have to rewatch and make a note of clever things learnt from your video.
I love that you shared your piecing debacle! I tend to let things like that get in my head and think less of my work because of it. So hearing "it happens to the best of us" was really helpful.
I love the TARDIS fabric! That would be a fun circle skirt
Your lining makes me so happy. Beautiful.
I love your work, and calm attitude when things go a little wrong. I am just wondering if..."Piecing is period" is something I can adopt to all eras? Please say yes!
100% yes! Fabric is expensive, and if you look at garments throughout the eras you will definitely find that many items are pieced! As for my calm attitude, I said some choice words at the time 😅😉
TARDIS!! Fantastic!!!!! Fellow Whovian saying this is awesome!
Yay! The Golem and the Jinni is on your shelf! Amazing work on this dress
I actually applauded when I saw all of of the closures come together!
Absolutely stunning, I love that closure!
Thank you 💗
OMG another Whovian!!!! My personal favorite build was an "Idris" wedding dress/cosplay for 2014 Phoenix Fan Fest (Comi-Con). Lined it with TARDIS fabric for the same reason, the lining should be fun.
I love the lining! The bodice is so beautiful and your gathering of the fashion layers are exquisite. Can't wait to see how you tackled the sleeves!
This is atounding. I saw it on BB's in the costume college vlog and follow a link from her gift wrapping video. This dress was just G O A L S from start to finish!!
Thank you for recording and sharing your sewing adventures
Such a lot of detailed work beautifully executed. I love the choice of fabrics and the starry embellishments!
That's good I make these gowns without rulers and patterns never had to have them the way dress looks just comes to me and I see it and make it. Just finished a dress for my 11 year old granddaughter .
Hi, Marika: I found a link on period sewing techniques, which provides some valuable information, which I thought you might be interested in.
Piecing is, to some extent, part of the "visible seam" theme. When fabrics were woven by hand, they usually were only 60-80 cm wide and more expensive than the labour that went into tailoring. Making the most of the fabric available was an art in itself. You may have experienced cases where economical use ofthe fabric wasn't possible just because of a tiny corner of the pattern piece didn't fit onto the fabric. Nowadays, you move the piece until it fits, even if it means that you need half a metre more. In earlier times, one would have thought nothing of cutting the missing corner from some other part of the fabric - even if the seam where it was sewn on was visible, even if the missing corner was only the size of a thumbnail. I've even seen an extant dress where the compère - a highly visible part of the dress - was pieced together out of ten or more pieces without any regard for the (striped!) pattern. -www.marquise.de/en/themes/howto/technik.shtml Your dress turned out, beautifully and I'm sure that it will be a show stopper.
Saw your dress at the 'Gala' (and stitching on stars) on Bernadette Banner's CC vlog and was so excited to find you had your own channel and had uploaded the making of "The Constellation Dress"!
It looks stunning!
I tried draping when I first got my dress form (whom I named Matilda, because, why not?) But I learned a lot watching you in this video that I may give it another go...
Yep I am definitely subscribing now that I saw that tardis fabric
I love that you used Tardis material for your lining!!!
You recovered so beautifully! I’d have had to have a good wail. You made magic with this bodice - the whole gown, really.
I first saw you wearing this dress in Bernadette Banner's Costume College video. I fell in love, and that was before I knew there was Tardis fabric lining the bodice! So totally totally cool! Also major impressed with all the work you did on this dress. Just awesome.
As soon as she got out the Dr who fabric I was like, Alright, she's got a new subscriber. Lol.
Absolutely lovely, Marika!
This was mindblowing! You ROCK at what you do!
Wow this looks like a lot of work! Great scene in the end when you open and close the bodice layer by layer, it turned out beautifully :)
I've been working with eva foam (black, semi matte) for a month of so now so I had the most wild time for a moment when you were cutting your black base fabric out, I was desperately confused as to why you were making your bodice out of foam T_T
Love the lining and also the hidden closure, something I will be using once I start my dreamgown, somewhen in the future.
Oh it’s so beautiful! Love a good fun lining, and the TARDIS fabric works so perfectly 💚
So elegant! I love the tiny bit of black lace!
What a gorgeous bodice (and dress, overall)! The music made this so peaceful to watch :)
lol.... It's like a combination lock getting in the front!
I want to try a hidden closure too! What a gorgeous project 😊 thank you for bringing us along!
Mistakes and all, it is gorgeous!! I love watching you make your projects!!
It turned out beautifully!
Lining scores 10/10!!!
Who's your favorite Doctor and Companion?
I have a soft spot for Nine and Rose, and Eleven and River, but I love Ten and Donna!
@@EnchantedRoseCostumes 4 and Sarah Jane are my faves, but they're also my first. That said, I dearly love them all!
a paragon of taste, Ten and Donna are amazing
@@EnchantedRoseCostumes ten and Donna are the best!!!
I'd know that TARDIS anywhere! So great to have fun with your lining. Thoroughly enjoyed watching.
Oh this is just stunning!!!! I wish I had the time and perseverance to try sewing my own skirts, dresses and gowns, but until I do, I'll just continue watching videos like yours to keep me inspired!!!!!
I can't wait to see more!!!
Thank you 💜
OMG I love this gown! I have just changed my mind on how my wedding dress. I think Im going to use this dress as inspiration I hope you don't mind. only difference is my dress will be strapless. Im going to get the books you used for this. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
So many steps... it’s amazing!
Oh my goodness SO pretty!!!!
Unfortunate that's impossible to double like this video 💕
Oh my gosh, I love the doctor who lining!! So awesome. :) very appropriate
I spend half the video admiring the Tamora Pierce hardbacks on the bookshelf! Maybe I should note down the 50% of her bookshelf I haven't read and get started on that...
Did you hear they are in preproduction for a series based on Tamora's books!!!
I love that hidden closure.😍😍
God, you're such an inspiration! Fantastic lining, and that closure! Exquisite!
This dress is really breathtaking and it's really nice to see it being made and how all the little details you put into it! And just like the robe a la française videos, it's really cool to see you making all the layers - and seeing all the work you have to build it - until the finished gown!
You can be justifiably proud of yourself!! Absolutely stunning. This must have taken you ages to do....
I absolutely adore the lining fabric you chose for the bodice!!!
That was ..WOW! I have been looking for a video that shows how you make patterns from draping. Love the hidden closure. 😊💝💞💕💖💗💌
I NEED this Tardis fabric in my life❤️ love how it is looking thus far ⭐️
This is gorgeous Marika! I wish my videos were half as good!
I am soo impressed and I love the colour and idea for this dress! ❤❤
Beautiful
Wow, gorgeous! 💕
Stunning 🤓
Fun linings are fun! Thanks for sharing the making-of, including the piecing. It's reassuring to see that anyone can make mistakes sometimes and that's ok. Was the overlapping closures part of the original design or did you make it up?
I had seen over lapping designs before and wanted to try it out, but it wasn't until the saw the video on how they could be done that I was willing break out of my comfort zone and try it.
I remember seeing the TARDIS lining in a CoCo vlog and thought it was so neat!
So many layers! I love watching draping and pleating on a dress form, but glad I've never done it myself! Silly chiffon, having no memory for pleats. This dress is stunning and I'm so excited seeing the process videos!
You did an amazing job!!
I'm kind of in awe of your rotary cutting skills! I feel like I can never get my lines that neat first try!
Ugh that closure 😍😍😍
AMAZING!
Please take me on as your apprentice.
Wow, beautiful! I love the hidden closure!
Wow. I can't imagine. Or, I can imagine and I just don't have the backbone to try! Just wow.
ugh! this bodice construction is incredible! so detailed! I love this
Love the lining, makes it fun. I often do very different linings and it surprises folks. Why be boring?
For the rulers from that book, I copied them and glued them onto paint sticks. Worked out great. Then I create the pattern and do some adjustments for my sway back. I envy you having a dress form. It drives people batty that I have them come in for a few fittings as I work. I'd love to have one of just myself.
How are you able to stitch the hem of the bodice without ironing it first?
Also I like the finished seams that are serged. The stitches aren't going anywhere.
I love to watch 😍