So, considering how much time it took to create the ruffles, it seems plausible that 18th century dressmakers would have somebody whose sole job it was to create the ruffles. Professional ruffle maker might have been a legitimate job.
this dress turned out perfect it really is on of your best to date. The color and fabric used is just wonderful and you only used 4 nail varnish colors in the making of this video
Two words for you, Stun ing! growing up, my mother sewed. Not beautiful historical costumes, but she could turn out a wardrobe of simple skirts, shorts, and shirts in a day. I loved watching her sew. As an adult, she bought me my first machine, but I was always so scared of using it, scared of breaking it, scared of messing up, scared of sewing my fingers. So I would call her, and she would sit with me while I sewed, telling me I could do it, I would be fine, and that perfection is not a requirement for what I was making. After she died, I don't think I touched that machine for 7 or 8 years. I just couldn't. A couple years ago I finally got brave and sewed some costume pieces. I had so much fun (and frustration, because my machine was a pain in the neck after sitting so long), and felt so much accomplishment from doing it. I wish I had the patience and talent to do work as gorgeous as yours, but even though I don't, you inspire me to sew again.
A good machine is trickey to break (except the darn needle which you can replace) start small and you cant go wrong. If the machine breaks chances are it wasnt you it was the cheap machine. (So long as you defluff after every use and oil once a month)
As a costume designer and technician, I'm so impressed by your skills and designs. You are far more willing to take risks on personal projects than I am, haha, and I feel like your astonishing progress over the last couple of years really shows the benefits of that approach! One professional costumer to another, I would be delighted to work under or with you. Your design sensibilities are so thoughtful and refined, and I know that sometimes when you're changing stuff as you work on the project it might not seem like that, but I think that's your excellent instincts. It's also so refreshing, as a theatrical costumer, to see someone doing historical work but not being afraid to use modern techniques when it's appropriate or just plain easier! I'm so glad I saw your work on tumblr and managed to find you again on youtube, because you are one of my absolute favorite bloggers/vloggers!
I'd always assumed extant garments had flat ruffles because they had been packed flat and they were too delicate to 'reinflate' but now I know it's intentional. Fascinating and yes, a bit painful 🙂
I'm not a fan of eighteenth century costumes but I watch your videos to admire the skill and care that you put into all garment making. It was fantastic watching you make this gown
Just smashing. I really love seeing the ruffle technique - fabric manipulation and embroidery brought interest to garments before prints existed. It's what I found most interesting!
If I made a dress like this, I would wear it everywhere... even walmart. If I had that much time to spend, you best believe that is what I would wear for the foreseeable future. Beautiful job, Angela- I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous! It looks like it's a sherbert colored dream of a dress, straight out of a Fragonard painting. An instant classic, and a new favorite of your works, along with the Pumpkin patch redingote.
"It takes so long that my nail polish changed color!" Lol. I love your dry wit. Your work is absolutely fantastic!!! It was VeRy inspirational when you said...you were not confident about making this gown. Wow. Had u not said that I would have guessed you were totally confident. The fact that you shared your intimidation helped me look at my fear of sewing...and honestly fear of lots of things ... face the fear ...see the fear....and do it anyway!!!
I think you are too harsh on your own abilities. And i think, you should start selling your patterns on etsy. I bet many people would love to buy them, even in "wrong" size, so they can work their correct size out of it. I just love to watch your videos. They always give me wings on things I'm planning to do (unrelatred to sewing).
I loved loved LOVED this video and how this dress turned out !!! I should have been born in the era that this dress was first worn. I am an old soul. These dresses are just so beautiful and so much work goes into making one. Thank you for making the video, I enjoyed so much and "If only I could sew like this!!" This dress came out so beautifully and when you're wearing it, you certainly look like you've just stepped out of that century.
I am attempting my own 18th century jacket. I am procrastinating working on the sleeves by watching your videos! Thank you for providing quality content on this crazy platform
Yesterday I found one of your very very early tumblr posts again when you made the Christmas angel dress with the lights inside the tulle skirt and now watching you make this I'm blown away by how hard you've worked and how far you've come in only five years. Your drive and dedication are incredibly inspiring.
Wow Angela you're such a Couture Godess!! How did you handle that??! It's just the most beautiful recreation of a XVIII century French dress!! You're taste and master craft on that project are just unbelievable. The proportions, the texture, the color: everything is there! Bravo and thank you.
Thank so much for your videos! I could never afford the fabric so I live vicariously through your sewing videos. I get so very much enjoyment from them.
The dress is gorgeous and you are gorgeous in it. You make the most difficult patterns look easy. You are amazing. Even though I have been sewing over 50 plus years, I would never attempt the projects you do. Thank you for this video.👠
I am really not a fan of sewing, however, I try every few years. I do LOVE watching your videos! I am a fan of creativity and the way you create both with and without patterns is truly inspiring.
After noticing what you did with the stomacher, I noticed you're making a false front stomacher on this French dress. The infamous Duchess of Devonshire popularized a false front, especially after numerous pregnancies, because it gives the impression that the stomacher was pinned on but could expand with the body via pregnancy. Stomachers were usually a separate piece of fabric pinned to the dress like you said. But when many women often fell pregnant the stomacher was removed around 4-5 months of pregnancy known as the quickening. I'm impressed that you are making a French robe dress from the early 18th century and it happens to be a Duchess of Devonshire design. Kudos to you.
It took me about 6 good minutes to stop being amazed at haw fast you were sewing on your machine and realize you sped up the video. (Then after than I kept being amazed by you patience and how amazing this dress is)
OMG this was soo satisfying to watch! I am super impressed by your patience - the hours and hours of ruffles!! Stunning!!!! I just bought to of your McCall's patterns! Keep on being amazing!
"...and after cutting it out, it gets set aside and ignored..." The story of my life! I have so many have completed projects scattered around my sewing room. I cut them out and then suddenly get anxious about actually sewing it together, so I just set it aside until I have accepted the possibility that I might not actually mess it up and it will actually be wearable. Except for buttonholes...because mine aren't even related! --- The whole ensemble is gorgeous. You look like a big ruffly pearly pink princess!
"The ruffles will cover it" ❤ i think you're my new hero! I'm getting started on my foundation pieces now to be able to do this gown later, and I've been worried about how it'll turn out, but i love your philosophy here!
This gown is breathtaking.The colour,your design and the expertise of your outstanding sewing skills.I hope people will keep financially supporting you until a company,college or any professional realises that you need a permanent position where your talent can be supported and developed to be beneficial for everyone.
A deep bow and mad Respect... How beautiful is this! And it is if the color, the fabric and the cut is made for you as you were from that time... I'm madly in love with the dress and PLEASE show it as much as you please in every way! 🤗 Congrats to this victory and... Chapeau!!
I can't believe you drafted this yourself. I want to make a dress in this same style for halloween this year, but I've never attempted anything at this level of detail. Absolutely beautiful.
I would think the ruffles are only flattened due to age and time folded up in storage. It'd have been neat to have seen the dress with the fresh ruffles, but the result of it regardless is phenomenal. Absolutely gorgeous work.
I really think the dress is gorgeous, from all angles! I love the way the special pleats at the back pull away and make almost a superhero cape like effect! Usually the back of a dress isn't a very interesting area, but this one is almost as charming as the front. The front really is a show-stopper though, with all those ruffles.
Firstly, I love your videos, although I have little time for some of your techniques. I'm a costume designer at a University and wish I had the time to do true historical techniques, so I watch you instead! I'm EXTREMELY happy you've finally purchased a gravity feed iron...its life altering. I will suggest that you purchase an iron shoe made to fit your particular model. Iron shoes evenly distribute the heat/steam and good quality varieties (non silicone) make scorching, shining and brown water stains practically impossible. I leave my iron on the middle heat setting for everything from silk chiffon and organza to wool coating with no problem whatsoever.
Oh, Angela......this is where you shine, girlfriend! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this creation....the color, the ruffles, the hat..................PERFECTION!
That is like a lifetime of sewing work encapsulated. I am really really impressed. This turned out fashion plate level awesome. I hope you are very proud of your accomplishment. You said you thought it would go wrong on many level and just wow with the results despite those negative feelings. This just proves you can achieve your goals and continue developing your skills. I think you should consider a project with truly wild semi-detached sleeves at some point just to prove to yourself that NOTHING is beyond you with enough time and patience! You are often really hard on yourself without cause because no one improves without practicing and making trial attempts.
I'm so happy to hear you feeling happy with your work. You are often too self-effacing! Stand up girl, you are SO good at what you do. Love your videos, keep it up!
This is the best video I’ve seen on the saque back construction as well as the dress in general. Thank you, it really helps to visualize the one I’ll be making. 😃 That’s a wedding dress. They don’t have to be white.
Epic waves of ruffles! I love the fabric color (absolutely perfect with your skin tone) & that wonderfully ethereal crumpled silk look that just reads so authentically. 🌹 And the hat! I hope it gets its own little showcase at some point. Another amazing video...you have a gift for making even these huge, ambitious projects mentally accessible, even for those of us who can maybe sew a running stitch at best. Inspirational!
Around the time this video was posted, I started making plans for my own Robe a la Francaise. I found patterns by simplicity, the fabrics I wanted to use, and decided on all the embellishments (which included pink chiffon flowers, pearls, and ribbon bows) that would decorate the front of the skirt. I'm sewing up the final bit of ruffle now, following Angela's little guide, and hopefully, this dress will be done in time for my twenty-first birthday! Thank you Angela for the wonderful video...and for reminding me that I did up the armscye wrong. I sewed them like you would a modern day strap and didn't realize my error until a few days later. Still gotta figure out what I'm doing about that!
So, it's been a while since I first saw this video, and now I'm watching again, and I realized that at 11:50, you finally broke, and laughed at the "sack". 😂😂😂
Beautiful....beautiful job!!!! Thankyou for showing me that although this looks so complicated, the process looked so easy!! I loved watching you do this. You truly are talented!!🥰🥰
It looks like you stepped out of an old period drama in this gown! It's so lovely and you worked so hard on this! I'd love to see more photos and close ups!
You did a fabulous job on this dress. I adore period dresses too and like you they scare me, but the fact you took a leap of faith to create one is amazing. Perhaps, one day I will be just as brave and make one for myself.
To say that this dress turned out lovely is a vast understatement! Now I kind of want to make one for myself in yellow for a historically accurate Belle cosplay...
Lol! I love your outlook! Your dress, your rules! I made a similar decision on my 18th century French gown. I seriously do not like unfinished pinked edging so I went with finished edge ruffles, decorative stitching, and a ton of lace.
ok I love so much of what you make, but this HAS to be my favorite. Like.... This is legitimately perfect. Bravo.
YASSS GIRL this is my comfort sewing video 😊
"I think the dress has enough going on already." That's not very 18th century France of you, Angela.
You could also say "That's not very Angela of you, Angela" LOL!
"Enough going on already"... as she makes her own buttons.
i thought the same. but i think she might have been right. it doesn't really look like it needs more...
ha ha ha
HA! True! Those women use to put actual bird's nest in their wigs. If your instincts tell you to stop, add 3 more things 😆😆😆
At 6:40 it looks like you're using marshmallows to weigh your pattern down
Not nearly as efficient as chickens.
I like that you went with a monochrome design, and relied on textures to add visual interest.
So very tasteful and elegant!
So, considering how much time it took to create the ruffles, it seems plausible that 18th century dressmakers would have somebody whose sole job it was to create the ruffles. Professional ruffle maker might have been a legitimate job.
Probably they handed that to their apprentice(s). :)
Can you imagine? poor thing, doing that 24/7 :(
@@usagilamperouge brutal
I was thinking the same thing :)
I think they would be considered piecework makers, right? Sort of like an assembly line worker, focused on only one part of a whole
"Ruffles were the bias tape of the eighteenth century." You are gorgeous in your gorgeous dress!
this dress turned out perfect it really is on of your best to date. The color and fabric used is just wonderful and you only used 4 nail varnish colors in the making of this video
Two words for you, Stun ing!
growing up, my mother sewed. Not beautiful historical costumes, but she could turn out a wardrobe of simple skirts, shorts, and shirts in a day. I loved watching her sew. As an adult, she bought me my first machine, but I was always so scared of using it, scared of breaking it, scared of messing up, scared of sewing my fingers. So I would call her, and she would sit with me while I sewed, telling me I could do it, I would be fine, and that perfection is not a requirement for what I was making. After she died, I don't think I touched that machine for 7 or 8 years. I just couldn't. A couple years ago I finally got brave and sewed some costume pieces. I had so much fun (and frustration, because my machine was a pain in the neck after sitting so long), and felt so much accomplishment from doing it. I wish I had the patience and talent to do work as gorgeous as yours, but even though I don't, you inspire me to sew again.
A good machine is trickey to break (except the darn needle which you can replace) start small and you cant go wrong. If the machine breaks chances are it wasnt you it was the cheap machine. (So long as you defluff after every use and oil once a month)
The finished dress is lovey! Congratulations on completing your first Robe a la Francaise! They are so much fun to wear!
Your finished dress was amazing!
As a costume designer and technician, I'm so impressed by your skills and designs. You are far more willing to take risks on personal projects than I am, haha, and I feel like your astonishing progress over the last couple of years really shows the benefits of that approach! One professional costumer to another, I would be delighted to work under or with you. Your design sensibilities are so thoughtful and refined, and I know that sometimes when you're changing stuff as you work on the project it might not seem like that, but I think that's your excellent instincts. It's also so refreshing, as a theatrical costumer, to see someone doing historical work but not being afraid to use modern techniques when it's appropriate or just plain easier!
I'm so glad I saw your work on tumblr and managed to find you again on youtube, because you are one of my absolute favorite bloggers/vloggers!
The most satisfying and also most painful part of this is watching you iron the ruffles...its like well now it looks right but but but floof 💜
I'd always assumed extant garments had flat ruffles because they had been packed flat and they were too delicate to 'reinflate' but now I know it's intentional. Fascinating and yes, a bit painful 🙂
This dress is a frilly dream from an 18th century painting...love it!
I'm not a fan of eighteenth century costumes but I watch your videos to admire the skill and care that you put into all garment making. It was fantastic watching you make this gown
Just smashing. I really love seeing the ruffle technique - fabric manipulation and embroidery brought interest to garments before prints existed. It's what I found most interesting!
If I made a dress like this, I would wear it everywhere... even walmart. If I had that much time to spend, you best believe that is what I would wear for the foreseeable future. Beautiful job, Angela- I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous! It looks like it's a sherbert colored dream of a dress, straight out of a Fragonard painting. An instant classic, and a new favorite of your works, along with the Pumpkin patch redingote.
Oooooh I'm excited to find the costume spot light. Eeeekkkk!!! What a great idea.
"Costume Sootlight"
"It takes so long that my nail polish changed color!" Lol. I love your dry wit.
Your work is absolutely fantastic!!!
It was VeRy inspirational when you said...you were not confident about making this gown. Wow. Had u not said that I would have guessed you were totally confident. The fact that you shared your intimidation helped me look at my fear of sewing...and honestly fear of lots of things ... face the fear ...see the fear....and do it anyway!!!
OMG gurl you don't need to "hope" that we liked it, gosh that's amazing!
That dress is a work of art. Absolutely stunning!
I think you are too harsh on your own abilities. And i think, you should start selling your patterns on etsy. I bet many people would love to buy them, even in "wrong" size, so they can work their correct size out of it. I just love to watch your videos. They always give me wings on things I'm planning to do (unrelatred to sewing).
I would buy a pattern for this in a hot minute
I would buy some patterns for sure
I'm french and I just can't stand how cute your voice sounds when you say "a la Française" and the dress is gorgeous!
WHAT BUT...BUT... YOU FORGOT THE HAT....
I want to know how it is made, i need to know ...ahahah
Yes Please, how did you make the hat?!
I posted about making it in my instagram stories, but I didn't film it! :(
@@AngelaCostumery ok Instagram...
so do we add "ruffle monster" to your CV under the "lace monster" listing? :P love the dress, and i love how monochrome it is. :D
You look like you just stepped out of a rococo painting ...... everything came together perfectly & your dress is a triumph!
I loved loved LOVED this video and how this dress turned out !!! I should have been born in the era that this dress was first worn. I am an old soul. These dresses are just so beautiful and so much work goes into making one.
Thank you for making the video, I enjoyed so much and "If only I could sew like this!!" This dress came out so beautifully and when you're wearing it, you certainly look like you've just stepped out of that century.
Umm... What?! I JUST finished watching the first part when I get the notif for the second part! Today's my lucky day!
I am attempting my own 18th century jacket. I am procrastinating working on the sleeves by watching your videos! Thank you for providing quality content on this crazy platform
The talent? The patience? The ruffles? These videos were amazing!!
Yesterday I found one of your very very early tumblr posts again when you made the Christmas angel dress with the lights inside the tulle skirt and now watching you make this I'm blown away by how hard you've worked and how far you've come in only five years. Your drive and dedication are incredibly inspiring.
What a stunning dress. I love that it's monochrome, it makes the details stand out without being "too much" for today's standard.
You must feel like a Princess in that amazing gown!! You certainly look like one. And the hat... I'm floored!! 👒
A spectacular dress and beautifully made. Any lady from this era would be proud to wear and treasure it!
The whole project is just amazing, but I was most fascinated by the making of the buttons, I could watch that for hours, I think, it's so relaxing!
OUTSTANDING!!!! I got tired watching...I can’t even imagine actually doing the work. The ruffles are crazy beautiful. WOW! Great job!!
It turned out so lovely. You must have so much patience to tackle those ruffles, but the ruffles really did make that dress. Excellent job!
SO pretty! I love the stomacher. Those buttons are to die for. No embroidery needed.
Wow Angela you're such a Couture Godess!! How did you handle that??! It's just the most beautiful recreation of a XVIII century French dress!! You're taste and master craft on that project are just unbelievable. The proportions, the texture, the color: everything is there! Bravo and thank you.
It's a relief to see someone not over pin the pattern pieces when cutting. I miss my industrial machine..
Thank so much for your videos! I could never afford the fabric so I live vicariously through your sewing videos. I get so very much enjoyment from them.
That dress is beautiful. It makes me want to wear a modern dress or shirt with ruffles like that, possibly in that color too.
This is breathless.! Should be used in a movie! YOU HAVE SUCH A TALENT. YES GUSH OVER THIS. This is worth it.
The dress is gorgeous and you are gorgeous in it. You make the most difficult patterns look easy. You are amazing. Even though I have been sewing over 50 plus years, I would never attempt the projects you do. Thank you for this video.👠
I'm dying inside a little bit from how beautifully this dress turned out. Bravo!
An outstanding dress so femine with all the ruffles, just gorgeous! 💖🏆
I am really not a fan of sewing, however, I try every few years. I do LOVE watching your videos! I am a fan of creativity and the way you create both with and without patterns is truly inspiring.
After noticing what you did with the stomacher, I noticed you're making a false front stomacher on this French dress. The infamous Duchess of Devonshire popularized a false front, especially after numerous pregnancies, because it gives the impression that the stomacher was pinned on but could expand with the body via pregnancy. Stomachers were usually a separate piece of fabric pinned to the dress like you said. But when many women often fell pregnant the stomacher was removed around 4-5 months of pregnancy known as the quickening. I'm impressed that you are making a French robe dress from the early 18th century and it happens to be a Duchess of Devonshire design. Kudos to you.
This total salmon pink look is breathtaking! The textures in the dress, so good! 🧡🧡🧡
It took me about 6 good minutes to stop being amazed at haw fast you were sewing on your machine and realize you sped up the video. (Then after than I kept being amazed by you patience and how amazing this dress is)
OMG this was soo satisfying to watch! I am super impressed by your patience - the hours and hours of ruffles!! Stunning!!!! I just bought to of your McCall's patterns! Keep on being amazing!
This dress is beautiful! I love all the smocked ruffles; they add so much texture to the dress. You look gorgeous in your Robe a la Francaise!
This is the most magnificent period piece I have EVER seen. Hands down. Undisputed.
this dress is *superb* oh my god, those ruffles are giving me life
You look as if you've stepped out of a painting with your fair skin and sweet heart shaped face. As always a wonderful job! Perfect!
Your hand sewing is so wonderful. Mine always looks like a blind 2 year old did it! Magnificent work as usual!
That dress is beautiful!!! The light pink and ruffles is absolutely gorgeous! Also that hat is amazing!
"...and after cutting it out, it gets set aside and ignored..." The story of my life! I have so many have completed projects scattered around my sewing room. I cut them out and then suddenly get anxious about actually sewing it together, so I just set it aside until I have accepted the possibility that I might not actually mess it up and it will actually be wearable. Except for buttonholes...because mine aren't even related! --- The whole ensemble is gorgeous. You look like a big ruffly pearly pink princess!
"The ruffles will cover it" ❤ i think you're my new hero! I'm getting started on my foundation pieces now to be able to do this gown later, and I've been worried about how it'll turn out, but i love your philosophy here!
How beautiful the ladies look in these dresses. In our time, sometimes from afar it is not clear whether it is a lady or a man.
I am a fella who just stumbled upon your video. You are an artist and an engineer. Cheers to you!!
I think you leveled up your sewing skills with this project.
I 've started sewing again. 2 days before I cut a dress n 2day m wearing it. I got encouraged by Angela. Thank u. You r an Angel
This gown is breathtaking.The colour,your design and the expertise of your outstanding sewing skills.I hope people will keep financially supporting you until a company,college or any professional realises that you need a permanent position where your talent can be supported and developed to be beneficial for everyone.
I can't wrap my head around that construction... Great job and the colour suits you really well!!
A deep bow and mad Respect... How beautiful is this! And it is if the color, the fabric and the cut is made for you as you were from that time... I'm madly in love with the dress and PLEASE show it as much as you please in every way! 🤗 Congrats to this victory and... Chapeau!!
As always, MIND BLOWN. your patience to craft, doing those ruffles.
I can't believe you drafted this yourself. I want to make a dress in this same style for halloween this year, but I've never attempted anything at this level of detail. Absolutely beautiful.
I would think the ruffles are only flattened due to age and time folded up in storage. It'd have been neat to have seen the dress with the fresh ruffles, but the result of it regardless is phenomenal. Absolutely gorgeous work.
This is my favorite of all of your dresses. Those ruffles! I think I want to make just the stomacher and frame it!
This is the prettiest robe a la francaise I have seen yet! Congratulations!
I really think the dress is gorgeous, from all angles! I love the way the special pleats at the back pull away and make almost a superhero cape like effect! Usually the back of a dress isn't a very interesting area, but this one is almost as charming as the front. The front really is a show-stopper though, with all those ruffles.
I don't know why but I need this so I can show up to biochemistry like a queen
Firstly, I love your videos, although I have little time for some of your techniques. I'm a costume designer at a University and wish I had the time to do true historical techniques, so I watch you instead! I'm EXTREMELY happy you've finally purchased a gravity feed iron...its life altering. I will suggest that you purchase an iron shoe made to fit your particular model. Iron shoes evenly distribute the heat/steam and good quality varieties (non silicone) make scorching, shining and brown water stains practically impossible. I leave my iron on the middle heat setting for everything from silk chiffon and organza to wool coating with no problem whatsoever.
Oh, Angela......this is where you shine, girlfriend! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this creation....the color, the ruffles, the hat..................PERFECTION!
That is like a lifetime of sewing work encapsulated. I am really really impressed. This turned out fashion plate level awesome. I hope you are very proud of your accomplishment. You said you thought it would go wrong on many level and just wow with the results despite those negative feelings. This just proves you can achieve your goals and continue developing your skills. I think you should consider a project with truly wild semi-detached sleeves at some point just to prove to yourself that NOTHING is beyond you with enough time and patience! You are often really hard on yourself without cause because no one improves without practicing and making trial attempts.
I'm so happy to hear you feeling happy with your work. You are often too self-effacing! Stand up girl, you are SO good at what you do. Love your videos, keep it up!
I wish i had the patients to make dress like this. Bravo 🌺 you are wonderful...don’t ever let anyone take that away from you
I do admire anyone with the skills to do things like this!!! BRAVO! !! It is stunning!!!!
This is the best video I’ve seen on the saque back construction as well as the dress in general. Thank you, it really helps to visualize the one I’ll be making. 😃
That’s a wedding dress. They don’t have to be white.
This turned out amazing Angela, your hard work and tenacity really shines through in this garment.
This dress is breathtakingly beautiful. I'm so amazed.
The texture of the ruffles is just perfect!
I love your work and I think the honest title of this one is, "Don't worry, ruffles will cover it."
Epic waves of ruffles! I love the fabric color (absolutely perfect with your skin tone) & that wonderfully ethereal crumpled silk look that just reads so authentically. 🌹 And the hat! I hope it gets its own little showcase at some point. Another amazing video...you have a gift for making even these huge, ambitious projects mentally accessible, even for those of us who can maybe sew a running stitch at best. Inspirational!
A gorgeous dress and an amazing amount of work in it ...very well done.
Around the time this video was posted, I started making plans for my own Robe a la Francaise. I found patterns by simplicity, the fabrics I wanted to use, and decided on all the embellishments (which included pink chiffon flowers, pearls, and ribbon bows) that would decorate the front of the skirt. I'm sewing up the final bit of ruffle now, following Angela's little guide, and hopefully, this dress will be done in time for my twenty-first birthday! Thank you Angela for the wonderful video...and for reminding me that I did up the armscye wrong. I sewed them like you would a modern day strap and didn't realize my error until a few days later. Still gotta figure out what I'm doing about that!
This is so pretty! Side note, I wish I could keep my nails as nice as yours, they break all the time when I'm crafting, lol.
Wow I had no idea coverable buttons were so easy!! Definitely beats stalking through the button aisle with a scrap of fabric hoping for a colour match
So, it's been a while since I first saw this video, and now I'm watching again, and I realized that at 11:50, you finally broke, and laughed at the "sack". 😂😂😂
Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Hope to see your designs in the movies someday. Outstanding! 💞
Now I want to see you recreate those fabulous portraits of aristocratic French ladies with that dress. That would be so amazing!!
I love this dress. The color and ruffles are super pretty!
Beautiful....beautiful job!!!! Thankyou for showing me that although this looks so complicated, the process looked so easy!! I loved watching you do this. You truly are talented!!🥰🥰
It looks like you stepped out of an old period drama in this gown! It's so lovely and you worked so hard on this! I'd love to see more photos and close ups!
I like that tip on using the bottle! It turned out beautiful 🧵
Amazing amazing amazing!!! Those ruffles turned out so great. I look forward to more gowns too.😉
You did a fabulous job on this dress. I adore period dresses too and like you they scare me, but the fact you took a leap of faith to create one is amazing. Perhaps, one day I will be just as brave and make one for myself.
To say that this dress turned out lovely is a vast understatement! Now I kind of want to make one for myself in yellow for a historically accurate Belle cosplay...
The sleeve setting demonstration is amazing because I have been racking my brain trying to figure it out
Lol! I love your outlook! Your dress, your rules!
I made a similar decision on my 18th century French gown. I seriously do not like unfinished pinked edging so I went with finished edge ruffles, decorative stitching, and a ton of lace.