I made a harlequin patterned Vionnet gown (with 158 pieces) out of old t-shirts.
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- In which I use a tiny diagram from the book Madeleine Vionnet by Betty Kirk to make a pattern with 158 pieces, then turn that pattern into a gown made from old t shirts. Really, though, this is a 15 minute video encompassing a 300+ hour labor of love, and I regret nothing.
Love high-end recreations with low-end materials. The construction was stunning.
Thank you! Low end materials just make the whole process less pressure.
If you want to recreate Vionnet, get the "Japanese book" from Bunko. It has clear, scalable drawings of the pattern pieces. The text is in Japanese but it's still very useful. Learn a few characters and you are good to sew.
... I was enticed into sewing via quilting, because sewing together little square, cut with grid rulers and a rotary cutter specifically avoided that level of precision.
I'm impressed!
perfect.. love the gold bead thing on the dress....loved it, you looked like a woodland fairy out of those 1920's fairy tale books...
Talk about making a silk purse out of a sow's ear! 300 hours, holy moly. But it is really stunning. You never fail to amaze!
Thank you!!
Absolutely stunning! I can’t even imagine how many hours went into the planning and construction of the dress…but the results were definitely worth it!
Thank you!! It was SO much planning… but I’m already thinking up different versions, so it was definitely worth it for me creatively
Just beautiful! The choice of the gold chain was spot on! Really beautiful!!
So thrilled to have come across this! The final result is absolutely fabulous!
Thank you!!
That. Was an amazing amount of work. (Also heck yes Robin Hood! 😂)
A project of love and obsession. Resolving a child hood dream
Thanks!!
Your videos are amazing
I'm about to make a project with T-shirts. I really appreciate the things you explained you were not doing and why. Thank you for this video.
Love this, it’s such a stunning mix of modern and vintage that it just works beautifully. It looks like it will be an amazing dress to wear in the summer when you wanna be cute and dressy but still comfortable lol.
This is amazing! I bow to your patience and the result is proving your hard work worth it.
Gobsmacked at your dedication to the original construction techniques. And great solutions for materials in your budget. It really looks amazing!
I didn't expect it to turn out so elegant, to be perfectly honest
I made a queen size Boston Commons quilt with 2" squares, but it was machine-pieced. Love this project of yours!
Amazed by your work. The hand stitching was very, very nice. While you were considering your options for the trim (reminding us that its t-shirt), I wondered if a braided embroidery thread would likely fit. The number of threads in the braid; metallic sheen etc and, of course, so many colors with embroidery thread. 😊 The finished dress is simply wonderful!
Am enjoying your channel so much and all the interesting journeys you bring us along with you.
This wins best use of gold balls!
It turned out beautifully
OMG! Beautiful dress. 🎆🤗💖
Fabulous! I've had that book for many years. Thank you so much for sharing your work.
The matching seams are sooooo satisfying!!!
Thank you! It’s so nice when it works out.
Its wonderful!
I am in awe of your devotion to this.
Thank you for sharing
Thank you!!
The amount of time and precision that went into this blows my mind. I just made my own wedding dress and I thought that was a lot - but I'm pretty sure it wasn't 300 hours!! You are amazing! I'm surprised you don't have more subscribers yet, but you just gained one :)
Thank you! It was a LOT, and sometimes I still can’t believe this dress is actually done. I cannot even imagine the amount of joy/pressure/overall work that goes into a wedding dress- I’ve thought about making one maybe in a fun color just to have the experience. I hope it was everything you wanted it to be!
@@anotherdreamgonewest it was definitely a huge challenge with many ups and downs, but also such a nice rite of passage... this might sound silly but all those hours sewing the dress felt like a form of premarital self-counseling. Lots of time to meditate on myself, my relationship and what the next chapter really meant to me. It was totally worth it and I highly recommend it, even if you are using the time to ponder something totally different!
ps - if you ever do want to make this again in silk velvet, you should let all of us know. I'd gladly donate a yard of fabric to a good cause and I'm sure I'm not the only one. ;)
Amazing work!! Congratulations on how it turned out!
Thank you!
Omg! I have this book - have had it for a few years (I have an ongoing "sewing & fashion history books" wishlist) and have been staring at those "patterns" for a long time - I am a good seamstress when it comes to modern self drafted patterns that are just on the straight grain with all their seams and darts, and I can simple bias skirts and dresses of the difficulty that you can find on the high street, but the only dress from that book I don't feel hugely intimidated by and also personally like for myself is pattern 3. I am so glad to finally see someone take on one of the harder ones!
It’s such a good book- even just as an inspirational flip through. I love pattern three- the bias handkerchief is classic Vionnet, and still looks so modern! I think the key to tackling these patterns is just charging in, and when in doubt hand stitching and steam are your best friends 😁
OMG, you have patience of Job. Congrats, the green dress is so nice. However, I could not do it, and I love to sew.
Wow. Your work is just mind blowing. Well done.
Wow that was awesome . I love Vionnet ❤
Aw thanks! I love her too!
I am a lover of bias and Vionnet and really enjoyed seeing your process of recreating this. I just did pattern 10 from the book yesterday and am experimenting with different ways to pico the hem on my georgette fabric. Vionnet always intrigues me and the other sewists who love experimenting with her design techniques as well. Thanks for sharing and making this video!
Aw thank you! I have to say that finishing is the trickiest part of these pieces, and I can only imagine what types of experiments Madeleine herself did!
@@anotherdreamgonewest yes. I’ve played with some in rough shapes but the finishing and polishing is often the hurdle to bringing it fully to life. she truly was a sculptor of fabric. I look forward to what other experiments(even non-vionnet related) you do.
Love love love this dress! And I guess I gotta have that book....it looks amazing 😊
Thank you!! The book is really amazing, especially if you like to geek out over technique.
This was amazing. I loved your dedication to the trim! I was surprised there haven't been more Vionnet recreations, but after seeing your video, I think I understand why!
Thank you! It can be super fiddly, so I totally understand why people aren’t jumping at the idea of undertaking these pieces- but it’s pretty satisfying when it comes together!
@@anotherdreamgonewest I'm trying to make another Vionnet dress, no. 6 in the Bunka book (it's the square 5-colour 1920s dress), and it also says to use gold thread to cover the seams. Although I know you didn't end up using it, may I ask what thread you used?
Umm... WOW! It's so stunning!!
Thank you so much!!
Wow. Love the way that you reused old t-shirts to make something so beautiful! And I love that it's extra special because of the childhood memories.
Yep, a very winding road, but in the end it was worth it!
Well now I know what to do with the 6 pairs of only slightly damaged jeans I have in the wardrobe
Absolutely gorgeous. I had my doubts about using knit but WOW!
Ha, I had my doubts as well! Thank you!!
Absolutley extraordinary. I love the result soo much!
You have the most immense patience to be able to commit to such a giant amount of effort. ❤
1st time on your channel. Subscribed, natch.
Aw thanks! Welcome to the channel!
This is an incredible project. Well done. I am in awe of what you did with this!
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
I very much love your approach to projects. It’s refreshing to watch you use solid techniques.
Your finished dress is wonderful❤️
Aw thanks! Very much still building up my arsenal of techniques, but I guess it’s a lifelong process!
Very interesting. I was sus on the tshirt but I think it worked out really well. I Love the ball chain as trim. brilliant. A real success I'd say.
Thanks! I also questioned the t shirt move pretty much as soon as I made it ha.
I love your version of the dress... I must get the book soon.
Thank you! The book is so good- definitely a splurge but contains so much information (plus a foreword by Issey Miyake!)
This is gorgeous!
Thank you so much!!
Subbed, dedication to detail admirable, amazing. 🙏
Love that dress! ❤️❤️❤️
Brilliant!
That’s beautiful 😻
Thanks!
Hi that dress came out beautiful
Thank you!
The dress is really pretty. Since the piece is embroidered, could you mimic the effect by just cutting out the dress on the bias and just embroidering the squares? I think you could still use pieces in the dress if you are using remnants.
Very pretty 😀
Thank you!!
This is amazing!! What if....the squares WERE the same, but warped on the bias, hence the crazy squares?? It would be the best cheat code yet
Ooooohhh! Sounds like some experimentation is in order!!!
This is AMAZING!!!! So beautiful!!!!!! I want a dress like this!!!! I wouldn't really have a use for it, but omg ...........
Can I like do that? Imagine trying to simplify this, for practical reasons. Hmmmm, we'd need to keep the cutout at the neck, and the zig zag hem. But I'd also need sleeves, but it's ok because you can do it like a peasant dress. Kinda byebye 20's, but would it look nice still?
And then just embroidery/trim to make the design????
Why am I hurting my brain right now, I don't need this!!!! omg
Ya, absolutely- that’s kind of how I made the toile, minus the embroidery. You could achieve a very similar silhouette without all the seaming and embroider the design on top. If you did a bateau neckline it would still have the 1920s feel, even.
And thank you!!
I watched the video yo. I gave it a 5 star review.
If you had done the panels as complete strips from hem to neck all of these panels could then be all sewn with straight seams. Thus avoids the zigzag side seams. Remember you can get sewing machine feet that have a cutout underneath that fits over cylindrical trims like your metal ball one. Future refernce. The final dress looks beautiful btw.
Thank you! The zig zags were a pain, but it was pretty satisfying when they actually fit together properly. I absolutely agree on the presser foot- next time!
So imaginative and true to the purpose of a harlequin dress. why are you stuck in cost?
Thank you! I’m trying to reign in the cost of these things a bit because they can quickly get out of control- this particular one was tricky because I didn’t really know how much fabric I would need initially since my toile didn’t contain all the seam allowance of the final look. In the end I’d say I probably used about 2.5 yards, so if I ever do remake this I won’t get so caught up in that part of it (all the more reason to make it again haha)
@@anotherdreamgonewest I think that would be lovely but I am sad that we are in money. It should be free in haberdashery for all of us. You should be able to walk into any haberdashery store and be given that which you need for your projekt. I sent your TH-cam channel to Bill Gates as I thought you were anxious in money. we should be in Gratis. I really like you channel with all the art history and connections to the royal courts. I wish you much success.
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Holy cow. When I saw your fabric choice I thought "Oh honey, no. Not jersey -- use something woven." I was wrong. I was alive and knotting during the 70s macrame craze and I have zero interest in revisiting it. You managed to make macrame beautiful.
I'm currently finishing my outfit for an "elevated cocktail attire" wedding in 6 days. In no universe do I have enough time to use any element of this dress, but I wish I could. I'm making do with a mostly screen accurate Stede Bonnet depression robe and a 1920s one hour dress in nice silk crepe.
Ha, there were definitely points where I had the same reaction to my fabric choice. On some level I still wish I’d used some sort of slinky silk- but my thought it’s that if I ever do revisit this pattern in the future any fabric choice will likely be simpler, ha.
I’m still enamored with the depression robe. It’s just so good on so many levels. Good luck with the 1 hr dress- I’ve always wanted to try one!
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squares... I see lots and lots of squares...turned so the points are up/down, left/right...
Yes- SO many squares. I still see them when I close my eyes sometimes haha.
I was looking forward to watching this, however, your choice of a stench fabric is a fail. The point of bias cut is lost when you substitute a stretch fabric for a woven. Bias provides natural stretch which has a very different l behaviour.