Making a Medieval Heraldic Dress! -- (Extra Long Vid!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2018
- Based on the 14th-century brass effigies, particularly the beautiful heraldic ones, I have sewn a colorful gown! This is an extra long video, hope you enjoy!
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"Sorry Bernadette" hehe I found your channel through Bernadette's so that made me laugh for sure.
Same, that apology made me snort.
The fact that most of the Historical TH-camrs are friends always makes my day.
Me too!
same lol
Me too! 😄
"I thought red and green [socks] would be too on the nose". NOTHING was too on the nose for medieval nobility! lol. This turned out beautifully!
Ikr! I have a book with pictures of old tapestries and in one all the noblemen are wearing crazy coloured socks! Red+green blue+red green+blue
My avatar was King Henry I's jester. Where else do you think the fool's particolour dress came from? Mocking his Peers!
I got a SimplyNailogical and Bernadette Banner reference in one video! Im ecstatic!
I know right!!! 😱💿🧵
Simplynailogical
omg yes! I was like "wait? did she mean Cristine Cristine? awesome!"
We can see that Morgan is a woman of taste
I love the ongoing gag throughout all of CosTube- “Sorry Bernadette” every time something isn’t hand finished, and “Sorry Bernadette and Karolina” very time something isn’t historically “accurate”.
It makes me smile every time, and I don’t think there are many channels that haven’t apologised to one or both at this point.
Me too!
“I’m using something vaguely whip stitch like” is honestly such a mood
23:47
Put it on my tombstone 💀
My aunt is a seamstress and she always uses bar soap scraps to trace patterns onto fabric. Does anyone else do this because I think it's a pretty awesome way to reduce waste and of course it washes out because it's soap.
My mother and grandmother both used slivers of soap to mark fabric. I am sensitive to fragrances and only use pump soap so I don't have any slivers leftover to use this way.🙁
@@enixon8268
I use soap as well. It makes much sharper lines than chalk. And also the feeling of chalk on my fingers just makes my skin crawl.
@@creatingismagic I don't use chalk except a chaco-liner. I use marking wax. It disappears much like soap but one needs to be cautious with linen, silk and microfibre...thus the chaco-liner.
my mom taught me that too. makes things so much easier for when I am making my cosplays. Never have to worry about it not washing out , it doesn't leave a mess everywhere like chalk does and actually the lines don't smudge and are much sturdier than chalk too yet come off immediately with water. I am sensitive to fragrances so I can't use most liquid soaps (and the fragrance free soaps usually cost a lot and don't last as long as natural bar soaps that are fragrance free) so I always have pieces lying around. And the natural birch tar soap (one of the most old school soaps XD and oh so lovely for us highly sensitive and allergic to everything people) is naturally dark in color so the soap stain it leaves can be seen both on light fabrics and dark ones. 10/10 would recommend over any chalk or marker or pencil.
Genius! Wow :D
You are adorable at the end of this video! "Your branches are looking very twiggy today." "Waah!" "Ah, yes. A random path in the woods. Let's see where this goes...That's never how horror movies begin."
😜 I was feeling silly!
And it was glorious!!
@@MorganDonner no such thing as a silly feeling in a medieval dress in the woods
Okay, but can we just talk for a second about how beautiful the fit of this gown is?!? Like, how many bazillion mockups have you done to fine-tune that pattern, cuz dayum
The secret's in how you start. The idea's in something called a basic block, which is a simplified generic pattern. From there, make a fitted block, which is the same, but personalised. And with that, you can adjust flares darts and other details to your heart's content, because you know you've got a great foundation. Obviously, you need a top and bottom, minimum: from there, dresses, trousers, underwear. And stop there, because these are basics. Culottes or plus-fours, start from your blocks! Trace them, trace them, trace them!
..."I would like to reduce the number of pins currently being held hostage..." !! Oh, you made me spit my tea! :)
at the moment ive got three big projects hangin that need to be finsiched...guess where all the pins are!! started using quiltingpins years ago... longer, sharper and much more durable..
Wow. So beautiful, you and the gown. Never, ever be afeared of the "narcissistic montage". I LIVE for that. After all the work you put in, it's only right to wallow in the glamour and the glory that you've created.
Aww, thank you kindly!
I really appreciated your tip for avoiding sagging when seams are on the bias. For most garments that don't allow for stitching straight grain to bias grain I usually just let the garment hang for a few days before hemming. That usually solves the problem.
The "sorry Bernadette" had me dying! 😂😂😂
"Dab dab dab" I started to continue the phrase in my head and you did it for me. Always nice to find a SimplyNailogical reference in something non-nail related. Thank you for this tutorial!
I am glad some people caught that! XD
I did the same!!
That made me giggle for a good minute!!
Welp. This made the kirtle SO much easier to understand! I’ve been battling this pattern for about three years now, and each time it’s a huge frustration. You’re completely right, doubling up on the steps and repeating same information over and over helped, especially for those of us who don’t yet have a “routine” for all these important steps!!!
So I don't know if you've ever covered this in a video before but a good tip for evenly pinning in sleeves is to pin the middle-top to the shoulder seam then pin the middle-bottom to the armpit seam. So you are pinning top, bottom, side, side and in between. It is super helpful in avoiding puckering/unwanted pleating!
Thank you for the tip! ❤️
Oh my goodness! So happy I found your Channel!
My 9 year old Daughter is going to be so excited to see your videos in the morn. She is homeschooled and found a passion for Historical Midevil dress. We are getting her a Sewing machine next month to explore and have fun.
The effigy of the black prince that you showed (its the gilded knight) has an actual extant garment tied to it. It's a jupon and he did wear it (although almost certainly as court dress not into actual battle as the effigy would suggest.
They redid it for A Stitch In Time.
I really appreciate that you kept in the mistakes you made, especially the sleeve-setting mishaps. I ALWAYS get pleats my first time around no matter how careful I am, and it gives me massive impostor syndrome. It's comforting to see that even an exceptionally talented seamstress, one I admire quite a lot, can sometimes make the same small mistakes I do.
Finally TH-cam has slipped an actual sewing video into my rotation (instead of no-sew crafts). Everyone should learn how to sew. It's a basic skill. You did a nice job.
Dab dab dab makes the ermine Fab! H💿L💿
The moment I heard "Dab dab dab, right, Cristine?" I came here to the comments. Someone else MUST have picked up on that! Only 6 comments down, I wasn't disappointed.
I watched this when it came out and recently started watching Cristine. I heard that and I screamed, "THAT"S WHAT SHE MEANT"
Needle in a Rosebush Meanwhile, your comment prompted me to rewatch this video and when Morgan says, “Sorry, Bernadette,” in the 27 minute mark, I JUST got who she was talking about because while I’ve followed Bernadette on Instagram for a while, I just found her TH-cam two weeks ago. So I just had the same experience all over again! 😂
@@SeanMcGuire92 I also heard that after I watched!
I love how Cristine has saturated the internet. Anyone want to see simplysewlogical debut?
Honestly no, it would be so painful to watch
Edward Bradbury but think of the entertainment 🤣
Yep
Absolutely!
I MUST see that now! Quali-tea entertainment, for sure. 😂👌
Stunning work! The video caught my eye while researching Heraldry. The red, white and green immediately made me think of my ancestral country, Wales. This would look awesome with a red dragon on it, don’t you think? 🏴❤️🏴
This was beautiful and you are so funny! It's also nice to see a tutorial video with the mistakes left in. Makes me feel more normal. Lol
Everyone makes mistakes! I figure that it helps to see how to fix them :D
That dress is delightful and hilarious. I love it and I want this to be a thing, I want to see parties of people wearing clothes like this.
That would be awesome!! Yes please!
I super appreciate the detailed tutorial! I'm making a dress for my friends wedding, and THANK GOODNESS they're going for more of a fantasy vibe than historical accuracy.
I love how you do all of this sewing the dress but repeatedly say that you're lazy. Lazy? Really? I hate making mock ups and you make multiples! Amazing dress. I think the best tip (only because I don't have patience to sew full outfits like this otherwise I'd use the whole video) I received was putting a knotted cord inside a long tube to make reversing it easier. That's brilliant! Thank you so much!
How are you looking so much like an elf lady? And I'm not even talking about the dress, which is absolutely fabulous btw.
Ohhhh! A Galadriel dress!!!!!😱🥰🥰🥰
Did you not know our dear Morgan is an elf and is positively ageless?
That cord you put in the casing looks like a life-saver! I’ve spent far too long trying to turn out strips of fabric lol
Love it, especially the stenciling. You just saved me days - I had in mind I’d have to hand cut and appliqué my leaves for my next cosplay, but those suckers shall be painted :)
Thanks for your hard work!
How can you call yourself lazy after ALL THIS INCREDIBLE WORK?
Lol, sometimes I think I am selectively lazy 😜
I recently started larping in a system where the different costume archetypes all have very direct and strong historical reference points and this channel has been so helpful when making kit! You explain things so well and also are the only person I have found making accurate medieval stuff. You're a big inspiration!
Also that faux button trick is genius and I will absolutely be using it on the jacket I am making right now
Thank you so much! While I am typically trying to create historically inspired garments, I am often all too aware of the multiple inaccuracies with my design choices, and feel the need to call them out in my video to warn folks, but I sure do love getting close where I can!
Ugh, now want to make one with the coat of arms for my mom and dad's families 💙❤️ 🇵🇷🇪🇸 This dress came out fantastic! It's absolutely gorgeous and I must make one for myself. And, "Sorry, Bernadette" made me snort-laugh 🤣
I love how your gown turned out! When you were carving the lino I had flashbacks to when I took off most of my left thumb doing the exact same thing!!!!
Yep! Those carving tools are no joke, especially when using them on tough lino! Fortunately, my cut wasn't too bad, it healed up within a week.
Same. Art class was awesome
I love the end look. Most people don't know that women's hair being uncovered was post renaissance. The long, loose locks are all romanticized fantasy portraits in the later centuries (Ludwig, I'm looking at you, you obsessive, castle building crazy)
This video came out just as my grandma and I were making a dress for our Sherlock Holmes show. It was great to watch with my grandma
I wish I had your skill and patience. And those faux buttons were brilliant!
Holly hedgehogs ! This is stunning ! I want one ! I need one ! ... Oh, there is the link to draft one in the comment section ! *sigh of relief and joy*.
Amazing video ! I'm brand new to your channel, but I feel I'm gonna stay here a loooong time :)
Not big on medieval dresses, but this has to be one of the most beautiful gowns ever!
I didn't understand a single word of the process but the dress is beautiful 😍😍 I seriously love it!
I honestly have no idea what it is with me and finding people making videos about/wearing period clothing at 3 am. I think it’s a new obsession
A very fine obsession to have 😉
Absolutely fabulous Morgan! Thankyou for sharing your knowledge. I am gradually learning to sew at 67 years of age and loving every minute of it. Your videos are a treat.
The commentary on the lookbook at the end was great
19:02 I just always love it when youtubers reference other youtubers, it‘s so nice
Thanks this is extremely informative especially to a beginner as myself. I plan on this year making a kyrtle and A “puffed” shoulder doublet of the late 15th century
"Dab dab dab, make it fab!" Beautiful dress! :)
Your makes are so beautiful and inspirational. You wear them well. I might borrow you tip for faking buttonholes. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome! I'd love to see your own take on the false button-up sleeves if you do end up using the idea!
These videos are really keeping me entertained and inspired to make things with the time. However, as a fellow lurcher/greyhound mum, heraldic tunics/pjs for them. My big girl is so big but gets so cold and whiney! X
The green mock-up was gorgeous
"because, EXTRA" felt that comment so much 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Lovely.
I am apt to mis-step. So, when you are in the park, I am chanting "Don't fall into the lake!" I am fully aware that chanting at a video does not change outcomes. My need to do it shows how ingrained my own awareness of mis-step potential is.
It really is so fantastic. A lot of for a great payoff. I think your family crest ideas is lovely. I love that u play around and smile. So many of these lady’s take it to seriously and never smile.
You being a "lazy noodle" (I love that term!) ended up in something absolutely amazing. I'm currently watching several "sewing people" that were already recommended to me (after starting watching Bernadette) and that I decided to finally watch after vlogs from this year's Costume College and I just marvel at the different styles of work and of videos that you all have. Love your fun and cute yet practical approach, one can see you really enjoy creating the garments. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing this though I might never attempt such a dress, I just love to see it done so well. Looks really awesome!
Browsing through your older videos and laughed out loud when you said make sure you use all of the pins you have - I used to find baby pacifiers in ecery room now its pins that somehow find themselves in the most bizarre of places 😄
I love your channel and I love this video. I went back and watched the patterning video and made my own kirtle for the Ohio Renaissance Festival. I had so much fun and I've added two more projects since then. I haven't sewed in 7 years and your videos brought that joy into my life again. Thank you.
"Try your luck with blind hemming on a machine." If we account for the amount of time it takes me to get set up to sew a blind hem on the machine, referencing the manual, and/or the reference fabric I made myself, with notes on it, messing it up at least twice, it would not surprise me if Bernadette could blind hem all but the most ostentatiously huge skirt hem in less time, and have it look equally tidy. That said, I refuse to put in the hours upon hours of practice hand sewing to get mine to look that good, so I'll probably keep using the machine and hope remembering how it to set it up sticks in my brain, someday.
Also, awesome fake buttons - I am 100% going to make use of that at some point. And the turning a long tube of fabric by sewing a string in to yank through... you made my day with those tricks.
Great video. Loved that it was so long. You're so entertaining, on top of being informative. Gorgeous dress. You spoke before about your apron heraldry design, but I'm curious as to the meaning behind Mr. Morgan Donner's ermine spots (which I had thought were trees before you said otherwise.) I live dangerously, but only because I am lazy and scared. LOL! I do sometimes take out the pins, but 99% of the time I sew over them.
I am so glad that you enjoyed the video! I think he chose is heraldry because he liked green, and wanted something very simple (some of the heraldry out there is super complex!), And it hadn't already been taken within our medieval group (SCA). No special reason for the ermine spots specifically, they just look cool!
I'm sure a lot of historic heraldry probably came about for the same reason. "Well, that looks cool/dangerous/fancy/fear-inducing, let's go with that!" Or maybe not. LOL
I'm late, but I had to tell you how much I loved your video! My dress is earlier than yours; I was part of a troupe [we did both acting and stage combat] that played out the Robin Hood, John Lackland, Richard the Lion, and Eleanor story, so I did a T-tunic with godets to make the skirt bigger - 284"! Super Fun!
Here's a possibly useful tip for marking. When a bar of soap gets thin, dry it out & use the edge for marking. It doesn't come off easily, like chalk - but rubbing the fabric against itself takes it right off. Enjoy, and thanks again!
I am absolutely taking notes on the faux serging for the edging and the sneaky faux buttons.
Like. GENIUS.
All in all, super adorable dress and fantastic sewing!
Thank you for showing the construction in detail! As a novice sewer it was so helpful to hear and see your thought process!
Honestly? i used to think Medieval dress was so tacky until I saw this video! It looks great!
My mother made all of our clothes and Her own clothing. I also, because I was used to it enjoyed the tailored cloths.. I have not sorted for serval years. I’m considering starting up again. You’re giving me a bit of a jumpstart. Little ambitious, maybe, but it doesn’t sound very difficult or complicated the way that you laid it out.
That sounds like a great idea! Making your own clothing, or even just tailoring storebought items is very rewarding :)
Dab dab dab 'til your dress is fab!!
Not gunna lie, I hand stitch all my gathering just so I control the puckering better.
I’m watching this again Morgan! Because I love it so much! I’d love to see a blue and red one with the lions and fleur thingys!
The apology to Bernadette didn't surprise me - the reference to Cristine did! I've wanted to make one of these gowns/outfits since I was a teen - so about 15 years? - and watching your process makes me realize that now, I might, maybe, sorta, kinda have the skills to do it. I'm awed by the perfectly straight lines on the back of the dress. Fantastic job!
wool and linnen where frequently used in europe for about 1000 years , so not far fetched material chose.
However silks where high status and heraldic clothing where probably in said material.
I really appreciate all the steps discussed and shown. I've only sewn an apron and that was years ago in home economics. I love watching Morgan and all the other historical sewers. I may try making something myself one day. I love gowns with bell sleeves.
I haven’t honestly sewn anything in over 5 years since moving a few times and having a baby and not having much free time to truly work on my own hobbies but honestly I can hear my fabric and my 2 of my sewing machines calling my name down in the unpacked basement (from us moving over a year ago 🙄) it’s sucks I just can’t sit down and find the time or patience to create something half as gorgeous as this….I’m inspired by you’re work! damn now I have my own hobby goals from watching this and one day I WILL make and finally finish my own Viking dress! Thank you for the inspiration! This is truly beautiful👑✨
I learned more in this one video than 2 years of Clothing Construction classes in College. Great job. I hope there is an occasion you can wear this dress again. It needs to be seen.
Thank you, for pointing out the bias stretch. I never considered this while adding gores. It's going to be a game changer.
Beautiful and so much fun.
I love all of these wonderful, beautiful dresses! They are so inspiring!
Vary informative I'm making one for my lady and I stopped because I was stumped on what to do now I have a better refrance I am confident to continue
This video is a lifesaver!!! Thank you SO much for posting this!
Gladly, I clicked in the video just to have fun, but finally I could understand why my low sewing skill make me do a lot of running cheap-looking stitches (a child can probably do better than me) and not know why that's happening or how to fix it. Thank you so much, the dress is beautiful and well-fit and you made it very helpful for my dumb ass. Much love 💕💕
I save slivers of soap and use those for marking fabric. You can usually just scratch them away but they will wash out, of course. A little tip from my mother. I enjoy watching your videos. Thanks for posting them.
I love how fun this creation is 🎉👏🏻👏🏻
Your channel makes me so happy.
Just found this. Love love love. Well done You. Gloria
Oooh i just bought a whole lot of linen because its hard to find where i live, now i'm very tempted to turn it into a kirtle :o
Go for it! And send me a picture! :D
That turned out AWESOME!
Everything about this is lovely
Love the long video! That dress is gorgeous
Wonderful as always! Thank you!❤
This is so GORGEOUS !
The dress is absolutely stunning and I loved your montage in the park. ❤️💚
I appreciate how thorough you are! It's amazing to watch you create.
Incredible work. I'm impressed
I love love love how you combined the heraldry :)
I laughed so much at the end when you were spinning your tippets????? I love this dress, so flipping much! Might make one, one day.....
I usually have watched Bernadette's channel, but I have been fascinated by medieval fashion.
I love the quick "Dab dab dab Right, Cristine?" shout out. Love you, Morgan!
I love the silk with the linen too.
I don’t even know how to sew, but I am still finding myself binging your videos. I’m impressed by your skills!
That’s so cool! Love it!
Beautiful dress and great tutorial
Bretonne wathching! Always happy to see some of my region traditional heraldy appear in other countries!
Love seeing linen used in the garment. I sew linen a lot.
Hi Morgan! I love your dress tutorial. Thank you!,
I love watching your longer videos! I love to hear the research too, wonderful work and well done!
So cute. Love your personality.
Fabulous! Love love love the buttons.