How to make a Merida Dress (Time Lapse)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 เม.ย. 2018
- A lot of people have been asking me where I got my dress or how I made it. When I started this dress, I really had a hard time finding some good (and free) information on how to make it. All the patterns I could find had seams in the bodice of the dress, which I did not want. So I did a long search on the internet and eventually managed to make a dress I am very happy with! I filmed almost the whole process of making the dress in this time lapse, and now I finally uploaded it! I put subtitles in it in which I try to describe what I am doing every step.
The quality is not the best, it might go a little fast and some steps are missing, but I hope it can still help some of you in making your own cosplay (or just entertain you 😉 ). I am an amateur seamstress, so I will not say this is the way you should do it. I only want to share how I did it and my experience with it. If you know a better way to do it, go for it! My dress is in general based on the one that Angela Clayton made. You can find her blog about it below, with some extra tutorials I used. I hope you like this video, and if you have any questions you can always ask them!
The tutorials I used:
Pattern and sleeves: angelacostumery.com/2013/04/2...
Zipper without back seam: • Class 14 - How to atta...
Godets: • Inserting a Godet into...
Pictures at the end of the video are made by Team Anubite
Music used:
League of Legends - Braum, the heart of the Freljord • Braum, the Heart of th...
Peter Crowley - Spirit of Freedom • (Celtic Adventure Musi...
You can also find me on:
Facebook: / dotorocosplay
Instagram: / xdotoro
I LOVE THIS! Please please make more videos! I'd love to see more of your works!
I am so jealous of your sewing skills!
This is amazing 8yr old me would claim you as a total and complete GOD!
Amazing 👏 five 🌟⭐ 🌟⭐ 🌟!!!!
damn, this is the most wonderful and most original costume i've ever seen! 😱😍🤩 you're the most perfect merida! i love this and you in this costume so much! 🧡
you made a beautiful dress! It's a shame you didn't make other projects, I think you're really good at ou it! 😘😘
You snapped on this whole look immaculate stitching too 🌻
It may have been easier to make a separate poet shirt to go underneath, and just sew the straps at the Elbows and Shoulders. And the ruffle on the sleeve could have been faux. Also a hand hem, although historically accurate isn't necessary if it causes so much trouble. I've whipstiched entire ballgowns for productions. Although it looks good, it is a time factor you have to consider. But logistics aside, your Merida costume is lovely. Great problem solving and patterning abilities. 😊
Thanks a lot for your comment! I learned a lot by making this dress and looking back I would have done some things differently indeed. Something like a chemise might have been more accurate and less tedious to make. Although the other method did save me some fabric and gave me a little bit more control over how the "poofs" looked like in the end. I actually kinda like hand sewing hems and for this project it looked really good so I am really happy I did it. But it takes sooo long indeed! hahahha.
Damn...
@@dotorocosplay While it is true that the white on the sleeves would historically have been part of her shift, I found myself thinking that your clever method would indeed make it easier to get the extra “pouffiness” just where you want it, every time you wear the dress. Very nice!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
Absolutely beautiful! You and the dress!
Beautiful!
Omg I love this! ✨💕
Loved this!! ❤️
This is so cool!
Please post more vids! I love your vid!
You look fantastic!
A-MA-ZING!!!!!!
Freaking incredible!!!!
awesome your work congratulations
That looks so cool!!!
I love merida😍🤩
I love the dress
What a wee bonnie lass.
I would love to make a Merida dress it’s second top in my list, but all my dresses have taken me ages because I hand sew them completely 😂😭
What is your first on your list? also I wanna learn how to sew
same for all my sewing projects! the machine is constantly breaking on me!!
I love it
I love the capes
😂
Hi, I love this video you are a perfect Merida. Did you style the wig yourself ?xx
Thank you!! No I actually bought a wonderful wig from wickedwigs! I only shook out the curls a bit and pinned some hair out of my face and it was ready to go (:
@@dotorocosplay i need that pattern
I want to do this for Halloween. Can you walk me through how you did it?
Hello, can you tell me how difficult it is to sew a dress like this yourself? I have just found this video and was immediately impressed. Unfortunately I don't know how to sew. Is this something for beginners? Can you manage it? Is there a "tutorial" for such a great dress?😅😌🙏
Which measurements did you use?🤔😱😳
se ve bien
How many wards of the wool did you get?
Did you use a pattern from Simplicity?
I love printess Merida
Do you by chance remember what the fabric is? I am planning on creating a dress and am having a hard time making a decision of fabric choice.
Tu vestido me ha encantado. Confeccionas para la venta, yo estaria muy interesada. Saludos desde Barcelona
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i was thinking it might be easier to make regular sleeves and then sew the poofy parts just over them
when knowing that the white bits are actually a shift/ chemise underneath, does anyone else mentally scream "it's not supposed to be done that way/ that's why its so difficult" like yes I know it's been modernized but it just makes it feel too costumey to me when I see this.
That said I do this that this is a wonderfully done dress and is very beautiful. I 'm going to be making something very similar in the future. and OMG a zipper! it feels like cheating but it's awesome
Can you tell me the fabric's name please
How many fabric did you use? I don't understand this...
How did you fit the bodice? Darts? I didn’t see you sew any. Cute costume.
No darts, maybe she used a stretchy fabric?
Hey we're the same height!
Your red wig is looking so beautiful and furry on you.I would like to cuddle up to you in your wig.It would be cool!
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Its absolutely gorgeous as are you. What a beautiful figure and hair. Do you get to wear it?
I love the dress so much.. But the tutorial is to fast. I wish you could upload another one with the detail explanation in the video.
Thanks! Yes I understand. I really had difficulties with filming everything because I only had a crappy camera with a short battery life and no camera stand :'). But the links in the description actually cover almost everything I do in the video, so I hope that still helps you a little... And if you have any questions you can always ask them!
@@dotorocosplay Nice. By the way, what kind of fabric did you use to make this dress?
I used wool! Its heavy but easy to sew with and nice and warm.
you can watch it on a very slow speed mode like I did :D
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Loved the dress , I just don’t enjoy sped up videos, real time please 😘
Holaa, el asco ese donde lo puedo conseguir? Muchísimas gracias
To fast
Moça tu venderia pra mim por 100 R$
What a pain in the arse! I am going to do something easier. LOL
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