I am 3 seconds in but THE RIBBON BRAIDED PIGTAILS ARE BACK!!!! As someone who started using ribbon as an alternative to hairties cuz of you, that made me very happy 😁
This is a very nice guide on "how to use original images to recreate medieval styles". 🙂 Also, the kitty cameos are appreciated & understood. Our little guy is quite often in my face during grading, sewing, painting, laundry, anything really. 😹
it's almost like an angela clayton video, where you can mark the amount of time spent on a project by the nail polish changes lol. great job as always!!!
Housebook dress!!!!!! I made a structured pleat one with the grande assiette sleeve- or at least, I made a flannel wearable mockup that will one day be made in wool :D (and the veil is so much fun to wear) It's such a lovely gown! My sleeves do have gussets, one in front and one in back- that comes from starting with a plain rectangular sleeve, slashed and spread with gussets inserted to form the sleeve head
Very cool dress style! I'm also just dipping my toes in to later mediaeval styles, but more 1360s-1400s, so a little earlier but still a jump from my usual beloved 11th century. Will also have to make a mock up for the new bodice style I'm planning to make. First wanted to go with a laced up dress, but since I'm short on time, I decided to go with a fitted, but not super tight style that doesn't require lacing
I always think that when things piece together effectively it's a good sign, no way were people wasting fabric back then- if a pattern is wildly wasteful then I doubt anyone would be making dresses with it
I'm kinda obsessed with those center pleats, and this dress looks cozy... I really don't need another project right now! But I did just finish my natural form tea gown... hmmmmm.
You look absolutely gorgeous in that red dress! I'm am amazed (and jealous) that people have the wherewithal and patience to do what you do. I'm such an instant gratification sort of person that of it takes too long I get bored and give up. Nicely done and thanks for sharing your process!
Your videos make me excited about learning to sew. I was given my aunt's vintage, metal, sturdy as hell sewing machine. She's scary, but..... You give me hope.
What a beautiful dress! And I am so happy to see you with long hair again - although the short version was nice. But I never got used to that look. I have had long hair for over 40 years. Then it turned gray and my skalp is not compatible with any dye any longer. So I got a shortcut and never regretted it.
I'm always so happy to see a new video of yours! Thank you for that lovely explanation of your process! And wow, your endurance to the cold in the reveal part... I wouldn't dare go out in the snow with my neck uncovered like that XD
Gotta say, I LOVE this hair length on you!! I've loved the buzz cut regrowth process for you - you've rocked every phase. Also, always love the insight you share xx
I adore your content, Morgan! You make me believe that I could also actually sew something! (I can't) Those minutes when I feel that I really understand what you are explaining! (I don't). 😍
See, I'm the one that has shown up at my work Christmas parties in a Tudor style kirtle made out of Christmas print flannel. (And won the "most Christmas-y outfit contest. 😂) I've done both the less structured and more structured houseboat gown style, and I love them both. So comfy! I found for the less structured gown, making tapered panels into a pseudo- circle segment for each panel of the gown and then cutting away armscyes (mine was sleeveless with some hanging bits in back) was the best way to get the shape like the manuscripts.
That’s so funny I literally woke up at like 1am this morning to see how much fabric I had and I figured I was going to have to bunch it up at the back to be able to get some flow since I don’t have enough to add the flair part. Love that my own imagination basically solved the “same” problem they probably faced 😅and that it’s historically accurate at the same time bonus points 🙏🏼
That's such an interesting construction and an interesting moment in the medieval fashion history! Also, I love the spikey hoop like earrings you're wearing, very pretty ones!
I´d really like to sew myself a wam winter dress, but I am quite intimidated by the process as the only few objects I made so far have come out crooked and ... well, not quite wearable. Still, I try to soak up the knowledge you give out in these videos and try to learn.^^
Love the dress, especially the hardware. That said, I think I prefer the look of the grey mock-up! Maybe it's just my personal tendency to avoid light/white colored fabric due to my tendency to spill my dinner down my front. But I love the way those pleats draped in that grey. It just looked so sharp, but still comfortable. It looked like a dress I could live in! I hope you eventually finished it!
I like this one❤ do you need two dresses of the same color, from the same time🤭? Of course! Well maybe not, but for your viewers, it’s super interesting to compare them. I enjoyed that very much❤ Oh and by the way, your little red dress is HOT🔥💥🔥🦊
I love this dress! Thinking that it's actually super practical...all that pleating could make it easy to shift the dress, so to speak, as a woman's body changes over time. And the deep v in front would make it easy to breast feed a baby. All that said, it's also very whimsical! Looks like a good one to try to make. PS - I love all the helpful, seamstressy details you give. Super helpful and thoughtful. Thank you for being, Morgan!
For the pleating you should check out the BBC's A Stitch in Time: The Arnolfini Portrait. A really great documentary about The Tudor Tailor studio doing a recreation of the dress in the portrait for fashion historian Amber Butchart. I'm not really into medieval but the whole series of recreating garments from contemporary portraits was fascinating. I do love your version and I admire your experimentation, especially the modern versions. 🩵
So gorgeous!! Im always so tempted to sew with wool after watching your videos, but I'm in Australia haha Super not weather appropriate! I wonder how one of these dresses would look in linen 🤔😂
I feel like the grainline matters more for if you have a pattern print that needs to look visually vertical; in that case I would 100% say the original grainline closer to the side would be needed, but if you wanted to line up the front perfectly for a plaid or something then you'd maybe consider the center front as the grainline. Also I love your outfit and the hair braids! I might have to figure something like that out for myself 😊
There are photos on the interwebz of fake medieval braids. So if you search that term, maybe combine it with "germany" and "swiss" (hausbuch illustrations you loved most are more in the swiss regions) you ll find your headgear.
Ye Olde Potato Dress!!! I love that thing! I so want a copy of that pattern. If you are ever feeling like you want to share, please make it available for purchase. I have a pattern for the ancient dress, but found out later that it is the child’s version.
OMG, I just started the video and got sort of jump scared from the painting at 0:37. That is from the gallery in the castle of my hometown! It is called the "Gothaer Liebespaar" (the lovers of Gotha), Gotha beeing my hometown. It was found in a dusty attic at some point and is now one of the most famous pieces in the gallery. The couple are thought to be lovers, not married to each other but the woman might me married to someone else. One theory is, that it was painted as a kind of insurance, if something would happen to one of them. I do not remember every detail and theory about it, though. If you are ever in Thuringia in Germany, maybe visit Gotha, the city and castle are beautiful.
There is a finding of such a dress from castle lengberg. There should be some videos and publications on that from Beatrix Nutz around (Lengberg findings, Lengberg dress). From this original one can see how sophisticated the bias game was in the 15th century.
Great video! I might have missed it, but did you secure the CF and CB pleats down in any way? I was just reminded of the similar gown that Tudor Tailor made for the BBC series _A Stitch In Time_, when they recreated the Arnolfini portrait. I seem to remember Ninya stitching the pleats in that gown, to a stiffened lining/interlining layer, and steaming them into shape. I wonder if that is what is going on in some of those German illustrations.
I haven't actually done so myself, but as I understand it, it's fairly easy to draw patterns for medieval type dresses yourself. Which would be a huge advantage, as these would be very large pattern pieces. A real pain to print out and put together, in other words.
Just a thought, i think whats kinda important about sustainability isnt just getting something reused but primarily, not running to shops for the sake of one outfit. Even if its thread up why not wear ur cool hand made clothing to any thing ever cuz its always cool. Ik its for a sponsorship. I just find it ironic that thread up is supposed to be better but it operates under the same momentum as fast fashion.
At one time a wife was wed, bred, and dead in the same dress. That dress had to be made to expand to cover the body as she had children. I thin you did that in you new Housebook dress. There is plenty of room to hide a baby bump and a lot more. Women used to hide their small children under their skirts. Your dress looks good on you; and, it also looks warm and comfortable.
Every time I watch your videos, I get so angry at myself. I started to grow out my pixie at least 6 months before you shaved yours off and my hair is only just above shoulder length. Because I just couldn't resist the urge to go and get 'shaping cuts' in between, rather than just sticking it out. It could be so much longer by now. I want cute braids, too 😭 Sorry. Just ignore me, everyone. But damn, hair envy hurts.
Watching you work is positively fascinating. So creative, so clever, so talented. P.S. The red dress from Thredup looks INCREDIBLE on you!! Total smoke show!!
I love the way you typically dress. That being said…..that red dress is wow on you! The little cardigan with it is great too!
It was really fun to play with a new silhouette! Almost vintage vibes :D
I am 3 seconds in but THE RIBBON BRAIDED PIGTAILS ARE BACK!!!! As someone who started using ribbon as an alternative to hairties cuz of you, that made me very happy 😁
I had so much fun with all the different short length as my hair grew out but I am also VERY excited to be able to play with ribbons again :D
‘Tis the season for Winter Coat Morgan™ 😂
The Moy bog dress, with that shoulder blade style, also has the triangle gusset. It might just work best in the more fitted ones.
This is a very nice guide on "how to use original images to recreate medieval styles". 🙂 Also, the kitty cameos are appreciated & understood. Our little guy is quite often in my face during grading, sewing, painting, laundry, anything really. 😹
I loved when the cat was trying to go under the dress and just gave up and walked away
I love thred up.
This is a super cute dress. And the gray mockup you made would actually make a super cute tunic or short dress just as it was.
That was my secret hope in using that fabric - I plan to open the front so it's like a jacket
@MorganDonner oh I love that!!! Will you do a follow up video? I don't have Instagram or I'd never get anything done.
Holy moly those are amazing secondhand finds for the holiday party!
it's almost like an angela clayton video, where you can mark the amount of time spent on a project by the nail polish changes lol. great job as always!!!
Just finished my last final exam and Morgan posts a video? Must be a reward! - it also feels criminal to be super early for once lol
I love your Cat Craft Assistant!😻
Thanks for introducing us to this new style and showing us how you puzzled it out! Your research and problem solving and creativity are appreciated
14:25 has real "Master has given Dobby a sock!" vibes 😂. Love seeing a cameo from your kitty cat.
Housebook dress!!!!!! I made a structured pleat one with the grande assiette sleeve- or at least, I made a flannel wearable mockup that will one day be made in wool :D (and the veil is so much fun to wear) It's such a lovely gown!
My sleeves do have gussets, one in front and one in back- that comes from starting with a plain rectangular sleeve, slashed and spread with gussets inserted to form the sleeve head
Oooh, the final shots of you and this dress in snow are so cozy, I love the vibes of this channel so much
Very cool dress style! I'm also just dipping my toes in to later mediaeval styles, but more 1360s-1400s, so a little earlier but still a jump from my usual beloved 11th century. Will also have to make a mock up for the new bodice style I'm planning to make. First wanted to go with a laced up dress, but since I'm short on time, I decided to go with a fitted, but not super tight style that doesn't require lacing
I always think that when things piece together effectively it's a good sign, no way were people wasting fabric back then- if a pattern is wildly wasteful then I doubt anyone would be making dresses with it
I'm kinda obsessed with those center pleats, and this dress looks cozy... I really don't need another project right now! But I did just finish my natural form tea gown... hmmmmm.
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I just checked the calendar today and it says you absolutely need to make this dress. And you don’t want to upset the calendar, do you?
You look absolutely gorgeous in that red dress! I'm am amazed (and jealous) that people have the wherewithal and patience to do what you do. I'm such an instant gratification sort of person that of it takes too long I get bored and give up. Nicely done and thanks for sharing your process!
super nice. I also like that the dress has an adjustablity to it so it works for different comfort levels or if somebody was a mom maybe.
Yay! I was just looking for something amazing to watch, and you post ❤❤
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ThreadUp dress. Beautiful you in said dress.
Your videos make me excited about learning to sew. I was given my aunt's vintage, metal, sturdy as hell sewing machine. She's scary, but..... You give me hope.
I love this, and I deeply need to have one of my D&D characters wear a dress like this
This length and styling of your hair has to be my favorite by far!
What a beautiful dress! And I am so happy to see you with long hair again - although the short version was nice. But I never got used to that look. I have had long hair for over 40 years. Then it turned gray and my skalp is not compatible with any dye any longer. So I got a shortcut and never regretted it.
I'm always so happy to see a new video of yours! Thank you for that lovely explanation of your process! And wow, your endurance to the cold in the reveal part... I wouldn't dare go out in the snow with my neck uncovered like that XD
Gotta say, I LOVE this hair length on you!! I've loved the buzz cut regrowth process for you - you've rocked every phase. Also, always love the insight you share xx
I needed a video to inspire me, and lo and behold, Morgan Donner posts a new video 💝
I adore your content, Morgan! You make me believe that I could also actually sew something! (I can't) Those minutes when I feel that I really understand what you are explaining! (I don't). 😍
@MorganDonner, you’re my hero with all of these historical dressmakings! These are awesome! 🤩 ❤🎉
See, I'm the one that has shown up at my work Christmas parties in a Tudor style kirtle made out of Christmas print flannel. (And won the "most Christmas-y outfit contest. 😂)
I've done both the less structured and more structured houseboat gown style, and I love them both. So comfy! I found for the less structured gown, making tapered panels into a pseudo- circle segment for each panel of the gown and then cutting away armscyes (mine was sleeveless with some hanging bits in back) was the best way to get the shape like the manuscripts.
Most sponsorship sections I speed through, but I genuinely wanted to see what you got for the office Christmas party!
I love Clara's little shirt! I think she could use a little medieval tunic or something 😅
I think so too!
That’s so funny I literally woke up at like 1am this morning to see how much fabric I had and I figured I was going to have to bunch it up at the back to be able to get some flow since I don’t have enough to add the flair part. Love that my own imagination basically solved the “same” problem they probably faced 😅and that it’s historically accurate at the same time bonus points 🙏🏼
Your holiday outfit looks so beautiful.
It's SO cute!! I love it 👏🌞💛👍 great job. Thank you
I have been wanting to make a gown like this and never knew what it was.! I love it.!
So happy to be so early! Looks comfortable, I'm itching to make one 👀
That's such an interesting construction and an interesting moment in the medieval fashion history!
Also, I love the spikey hoop like earrings you're wearing, very pretty ones!
rock'n cocktail dress, awesome pleated dress. love your enthusiasm
That definitely turned out really cute
Much good skirt ❤ this is one of my favorite behind the scenes how you got to this style for the previous video.😊
I´d really like to sew myself a wam winter dress, but I am quite intimidated by the process as the only few objects I made so far have come out crooked and ... well, not quite wearable. Still, I try to soak up the knowledge you give out in these videos and try to learn.^^
That's very pretty. I do love, how the pleats turned out.
Love the dress, especially the hardware. That said, I think I prefer the look of the grey mock-up! Maybe it's just my personal tendency to avoid light/white colored fabric due to my tendency to spill my dinner down my front. But I love the way those pleats draped in that grey. It just looked so sharp, but still comfortable. It looked like a dress I could live in! I hope you eventually finished it!
What a beautiful dress! Great work
So glad to see these details, too fascinating!!
I have no need of a kirtle but every time you make one i start thinking of making one because you look so darn good in them xx
One day I will get round to sewing myself a dress like this, but that day is not today. Love it!
Edit: you are welcome for the patreon sub! ❤️
Thanks for the Thred Up recommendation!
I admire your abilities and talents.
Amazing dress and your supurrvisor is looking pretty in blue aswell
The dress is really lovely. Love the pleated details.
Love this! You inspire me. Thank you, Morgan!
Het is zeer goed gepresenteerd.
Thanks Morgan lovely work. Thank you for the explanation for the Triangle gusset.👍🏼
🌟🤰🚼🐑👼🐪🐪🐪🎁📯🎄🔔🎆💕
Absolutely beautiful!
So excited for this project, it looks very comfy and cozy. Are you planning putting any of the schematics up on Patreon?
I most certainly can! I'll get them cleaned up a bit and post shortly.
I like that you are growing your hair back out it's really pretty
I like your pronunciation of the german terms, it's almost accurate!
Im so glad you shared that sleeve journey! It's been driving me crazy lately trying to figure out sleeve heads 😂❤
Wow, you look stunning in that red dress you got from Thread up =)
It's so beautiful!
You can go on and do a Renaissance Snow Queen costume. ^ ^
I like this one❤ do you need two dresses of the same color, from the same time🤭? Of course!
Well maybe not, but for your viewers, it’s super interesting to compare them. I enjoyed that very much❤
Oh and by the way, your little red dress is HOT🔥💥🔥🦊
I love this dress! Thinking that it's actually super practical...all that pleating could make it easy to shift the dress, so to speak, as a woman's body changes over time. And the deep v in front would make it easy to breast feed a baby. All that said, it's also very whimsical! Looks like a good one to try to make.
PS - I love all the helpful, seamstressy details you give. Super helpful and thoughtful. Thank you for being, Morgan!
I missed your videos 😘😘 you're so cute, thank you🌸
For the pleating you should check out the BBC's A Stitch in Time: The Arnolfini Portrait. A really great documentary about The Tudor Tailor studio doing a recreation of the dress in the portrait for fashion historian Amber Butchart. I'm not really into medieval but the whole series of recreating garments from contemporary portraits was fascinating. I do love your version and I admire your experimentation, especially the modern versions. 🩵
So gorgeous!! Im always so tempted to sew with wool after watching your videos, but I'm in Australia haha
Super not weather appropriate!
I wonder how one of these dresses would look in linen 🤔😂
Oh no I have a new project to add to the list
I love it. I love your style.
I feel like the grainline matters more for if you have a pattern print that needs to look visually vertical; in that case I would 100% say the original grainline closer to the side would be needed, but if you wanted to line up the front perfectly for a plaid or something then you'd maybe consider the center front as the grainline.
Also I love your outfit and the hair braids! I might have to figure something like that out for myself 😊
There are photos on the interwebz of fake medieval braids. So if you search that term, maybe combine it with "germany" and "swiss" (hausbuch illustrations you loved most are more in the swiss regions) you ll find your headgear.
housebook love!
Hurray for mockups that are really just other clothes!! 🎉
Reminds me of one Irish trends , aka the Moy gown in the back in the manuscrips and one very bizare gown called the Shinrone gown.
I LOVE 💗 your cat! 🐈⬛
Ye Olde Potato Dress!!! I love that thing! I so want a copy of that pattern. If you are ever feeling like you want to share, please make it available for purchase. I have a pattern for the ancient dress, but found out later that it is the child’s version.
CAAAT! ❤ Love the dress as well
I know it's not the same style/era but the pleats make me think of the Arnolfini Marriage portrait gown!
Ah yes the happy accident stage - aka the Bob Ross stage.
Cutee❤
OMG, I just started the video and got sort of jump scared from the painting at 0:37. That is from the gallery in the castle of my hometown! It is called the "Gothaer Liebespaar" (the lovers of Gotha), Gotha beeing my hometown. It was found in a dusty attic at some point and is now one of the most famous pieces in the gallery. The couple are thought to be lovers, not married to each other but the woman might me married to someone else. One theory is, that it was painted as a kind of insurance, if something would happen to one of them. I do not remember every detail and theory about it, though.
If you are ever in Thuringia in Germany, maybe visit Gotha, the city and castle are beautiful.
Wow, your hair is down below your shoulders. I will never forget that day when you cut it off as long as I live lol.
There is a finding of such a dress from castle lengberg. There should be some videos and publications on that from Beatrix Nutz around (Lengberg findings, Lengberg dress). From this original one can see how sophisticated the bias game was in the 15th century.
Great content! @MorganDonner could you please link where you got the lacing rings? Thankyou
you make it had to find another you in the wild, to love
Great video! I might have missed it, but did you secure the CF and CB pleats down in any way? I was just reminded of the similar gown that Tudor Tailor made for the BBC series _A Stitch In Time_, when they recreated the Arnolfini portrait. I seem to remember Ninya stitching the pleats in that gown, to a stiffened lining/interlining layer, and steaming them into shape. I wonder if that is what is going on in some of those German illustrations.
The whole bias or straight issue is stuck in my brain now too. 🧠
wow and zamzam water
HELL YEAH
great vid :)
Love this channel from the uk!🎉
Do you sell down load patterns I really want to have a go making medieval outfits 😊
I haven't actually done so myself, but as I understand it, it's fairly easy to draw patterns for medieval type dresses yourself.
Which would be a huge advantage, as these would be very large pattern pieces. A real pain to print out and put together, in other words.
I would love to know where you bought your gold-toned red glass necklace! Is the style baroque?
am curious if the armscye plate feels any different. allows for nicer movement maybe?
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Just a thought, i think whats kinda important about sustainability isnt just getting something reused but primarily, not running to shops for the sake of one outfit. Even if its thread up why not wear ur cool hand made clothing to any thing ever cuz its always cool. Ik its for a sponsorship. I just find it ironic that thread up is supposed to be better but it operates under the same momentum as fast fashion.
At one time a wife was wed, bred, and dead in the same dress. That dress had to be made to expand to cover the body as she had children. I thin you did that in you new Housebook dress. There is plenty of room to hide a baby bump and a lot more. Women used to hide their small children under their skirts. Your dress looks good on you; and, it also looks warm and comfortable.
The pleats definitely looked better with the side straight. The side bias did poor things to the boobs. Hooray for mock-up 3!
How was the party? Did everyone tell you how amazing you looked in that dress?
Every time I watch your videos, I get so angry at myself. I started to grow out my pixie at least 6 months before you shaved yours off and my hair is only just above shoulder length. Because I just couldn't resist the urge to go and get 'shaping cuts' in between, rather than just sticking it out. It could be so much longer by now. I want cute braids, too 😭
Sorry. Just ignore me, everyone. But damn, hair envy hurts.
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Watching you work is positively fascinating. So creative, so clever, so talented. P.S. The red dress from Thredup looks INCREDIBLE on you!! Total smoke show!!