i have sticky velcro but it's seriously the worst thing ever. the stickness isn't strong enough to allow use without sewing, but if you sew through the velcro it ruins your needle
You should start. I just started right before the quarantine began in March. I've been learning so much and I got the Brother se625 sewing machine with embroidery. It's awesome!!
OMG April! The fact that you've made a transforming Bell dress that a little girl can easily change between! Love it! Your creativity seems to never end! Keep on bringing these great transformations!
I'm a grown adult woman and I want this for myself! Amazing as usual April! I adore this and your sweet little model! What a special dress for a special princess.
What an ingenious idea. This would be wonderful for a girl or woman desiring to do a dance routine from beauty and the beast or even a skating routine! You gave me some good ideas on how to make these outfits for my great nieces but I think I will make two separate dresses for them so they can play together with them!
I can't believe you just created this on the go....you are incredibly talented! I mean, anyone can learn to sew and follow a pattern and instructions but this is like magic...you imagine something and then you make come true!
This could also work for Cinderella! You could do the maid outfit to the blue dress! You also could do it for Elsa! The coronation gown to the ice dress! Oh so many possibilities!
You are totally amazing! As a long time seamstress - I am inspired by your imagination, inspiration and impressed with your skills. Your eye for the 'remake' and the beautiful garments you turn out is nothing short of astounding! After 50 years I thought there was nothing else for me to learn. Boy was I wrong! THANK YOU for giving me a renewed interest and excitement about sewing. Watching the transformation as it develops through your eyes is a gift to us all. And to think these are the items that we would normally discard because we no longer think they have value. And look what you have taught us! As I said you are amazing, beautiful, and stay strong in your beliefs.
I did a christmas pantomime at the end of last year/beginning of this year. it was cinderella and I had a transforming dress similar to this. The ball dress had a top/waistcoat sewn on the underside of the skirt and you lifted it up and tucked the dress inside. Underneath was a brown skirt. It was so fun to transform on stage!
omg! what a cutie! and u can see how much she loves the dress! she is so lucky! a dress like that would have been my dream come true at her age... sooo jelly!
a fabulous piece of work made under difficult circumstances. it's not easy to do a great job when you're working in someone else's space, without all of the favourite gadgets & supplies you build up in your sewing room. well done.
Omg. I just love this! aaah! Any kid would just love this. And even though you were rushed, you made it seem so simple!! This would work for so many of the transforming princesses! I wonder if theres any transforming prince outfits!
Your design blows me away! I have to admit to being really confused about the blue/ gold skirt... Me: "So, the entire dress is reversible? No, wait, it's sewn down... Where the heck is she going with this?!?" 😅 You totally inspire me, but I get too many "good ideas" and never enough time for them! Thanks for doing you and sharing with us, April. 👍
Omg, you are so clever! That was neat. The dress turned out absolutely beautiful and your cousins are so adorable. Your little Belle looked like she was having the time of her life doing that spin. I bet you could do that with a lot of princesses, imagine an Elsa transformation. PS - Love your videos. I only found your channel about two months ago when I started looking for ideas on how to make a steampunk dress out of thrift store finds (especially curtains). I get stuck watching your videos for hours. You're one of the very few on youtube that do thrift store sewing. I wish I was as skilled as you are.
Just adjust and use an adult dress as the base and make sure that the skirt length is correct. Also, Becca Beach has an adult sized one that she shows that is a one piece deal instead of being two piece. Although, I personally like the two piece deal for kids, it makes the costume lightweight, easy for kids to remove themselves, and less likely to get messed up/dirty/caught on something
Oh my gosh! Amazing job! I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to work on such a young model. Wonderful dress and absolutely adorable littl model!!
THAT IS SO AMAZING!! Your niece did so well in the learning the transformation of her dress. I was thinking, this would be a really great dress for a play as well, to make for a really easy costume change on or off stage! Nice!
Seriously the way that the transformation works is brilliant. At first I thought it was a two-sided dress that you can wear inside out -- but this is so much better and the transformation does look completely magical
I was wondering if you could also make that fur coat shall thing belle wears when shes outside in the snow, so that she could also wear this costume out at night and still have the gist of the costume and not covering it with a jacket. I love this idea so much!
I love this! I've seen some cosplayers do the reveal of a transforming dress, and it blows my mind every time. It was really great to see how you placed the velcro, and what came off vs what flipped down.
hey april!!! i was wondering if you could do a video (maybe series) where you buy one of those knock off scam ebay prom dresses and make it look beautiful!! i think this would be really interesting to see xxx
bareera haujee omg I was trying to find videos of these after seeing a boredpanda post on disaster prom dresses ordered online! Yes please make this happen!! 😱
that's awesome! I first saw this video pop up in my subscriber newsfeed on TH-cam but didn't watch it yet. But because I was mindlessly scrolling through Reddit and saw your gif on the front page, I had to come back here on TH-cam to watch the full video. It came full circle!
I've made a transforming dress before and the only thing that would've made it any better was making the blue dress apron top disappear into the skirt. It really adds volume to the secondary dress and really gives it that magical effect. You really didn't have too much time though so that's understandable.
I assume the top is attached to the bottom of the folded skirt. So when you take it off and let go, the skirt falls and takes the top with it, and the hidden skirt covers everything.
HOW. HOW ARE YOU THIS AMAZING. I LITERALLY GASPED WHEN I SAW THE FIRST CLIP OF THE TRANSFORMATION. IT IS INSANE AND YOU ARE SO TALENTED AND I AM IN SHOCK. SHE'S TOO CUTE.
This is so stinking cute!!! If I had the patience to sew I would so make something like this for my little sister
TheOnlyPinkPunk if only I had the skills to sew anything 😔
Chipmunk Bates the horror queen Woah. Chill. No need to get feisty😂
Chipmunk Bates the horror queen Damn no need for all of that
TheOnlyPinkPunk Maybe you could go to a seamstress and have it sewn :)
Im making a transformation dress for my sister.
I love how she squints her eyes like really tightly when she spins around omg its so adorable
Sarah Misa that moment when you realise she wasn't squinting
-.- lol jk (btw sorry if that offends anyone)
Velcro. The duct tape of sewing.
exactly! hope they make velcro with double sided tape (For fabric if they have).haha no need to sew anymore. just tape it
Lila Leyka Here where I live we have velcro with a double-sided tape but it needs to be sewed afterwards 😄
i have sticky velcro but it's seriously the worst thing ever. the stickness isn't strong enough to allow use without sewing, but if you sew through the velcro it ruins your needle
Omg awesome
ChristineMyLinh i
Your lil cousin's too cute. I squee'd at her closing her eyes every time she twirled LMAO.
crimsonjade She does the cutest curtsy & bow!! 😍😘
crimsonjade ki
She's sooooo cute and adorable.
Can I sew? No. Will I continue to watch these videos in their entirety as if I could? Yes.
You should start. I just started right before the quarantine began in March. I've been learning so much and I got the Brother se625 sewing machine with embroidery. It's awesome!!
Go a head and try
I know that it's not thrifted BUT would you be able to do a video where you transform really bad dresses from eBay?
YES
APRIL DO THIS PLEAASE
Do this!!!!!
OMG April! The fact that you've made a transforming Bell dress that a little girl can easily change between! Love it! Your creativity seems to never end! Keep on bringing these great transformations!
oh my gosh that is the cutest dress on the cutest little girl! I have never seen a transforming dress like this before.
I'm a grown adult woman and I want this for myself! Amazing as usual April! I adore this and your sweet little model! What a special dress for a special princess.
What a lucky girl! Who wouldn't want a dress that transformed like that? From day to evening wear in seconds. Great idea.
What an ingenious idea. This would be wonderful for a girl or woman desiring to do a dance routine from beauty and the beast or even a skating routine! You gave me some good ideas on how to make these outfits for my great nieces but I think I will make two separate dresses for them so they can play together with them!
It's so adorable how she closes her eyes as she spins to take the jacket piece off... great work!!! Adorable cousins!
She is the cutest! It's so funny how she closes her eyes when she's spinning. I'd love to see you make a transforming dress for adults.
I can't believe you just created this on the go....you are incredibly talented! I mean, anyone can learn to sew and follow a pattern and instructions but this is like magic...you imagine something and then you make come true!
This could also work for Cinderella! You could do the maid outfit to the blue dress! You also could do it for Elsa! The coronation gown to the ice dress! Oh so many possibilities!
You are totally amazing! As a long time seamstress - I am inspired by your imagination, inspiration and impressed with your skills. Your eye for the 'remake' and the beautiful garments you turn out is nothing short of astounding! After 50 years I thought there was nothing else for me to learn. Boy was I wrong! THANK YOU for giving me a renewed interest and excitement about sewing. Watching the transformation as it develops through your eyes is a gift to us all. And to think these are the items that we would normally discard because we no longer think they have value. And look what you have taught us! As I said you are amazing, beautiful, and stay strong in your beliefs.
I did a christmas pantomime at the end of last year/beginning of this year. it was cinderella and I had a transforming dress similar to this. The ball dress had a top/waistcoat sewn on the underside of the skirt and you lifted it up and tucked the dress inside. Underneath was a brown skirt. It was so fun to transform on stage!
Grace xox it's a really common costume change trick but it's so tricky to Sew!
omg! what a cutie! and u can see how much she loves the dress! she is so lucky! a dress like that would have been my dream come true at her age... sooo jelly!
Very cute! If this is the same cousin you made a little dress for...wow...they sure do grow up fast...
The wind added a little magic to it. Great job, I'm a newbie to your channel , I must say you are so gifted. Thank you
This is literally magical. I would love to see you as costume designer for a really big project one day.
*Jaw hits floor* Unbelievable! Adorable and so cool! I hope she had a party to wear that to. It's awesome! Great job!
Haha, she is adorable!
a fabulous piece of work made under difficult circumstances. it's not easy to do a great job when you're working in someone else's space, without all of the favourite gadgets & supplies you build up in your sewing room. well done.
Omg. I just love this! aaah! Any kid would just love this.
And even though you were rushed, you made it seem so simple!!
This would work for so many of the transforming princesses!
I wonder if theres any transforming prince outfits!
Oh my goodness...your little cousin is so adorable!!!
Your design blows me away! I have to admit to being really confused about the blue/ gold skirt... Me: "So, the entire dress is reversible? No, wait, it's sewn down... Where the heck is she going with this?!?" 😅 You totally inspire me, but I get too many "good ideas" and never enough time for them! Thanks for doing you and sharing with us, April. 👍
Your baby cousins are absolutely adorable and the dress is amazing!
Amazing transformation, literally. A transforming transformation. Your cousin is so sweet, and you are so talented. Keep up the great work!
The little girls stole the show! They are absolutley Precious.
that was absolutely ridiculously cute and awesome! great job, esp with the time crunch and using resources at your disposal!
This is officially one of the cutest things I have ever seen! What a wonderful aunt!!!
You should totally do prom dress recoveries. Like, buy crappy prom dresses on ebay and transform them!!
I don't understand people not liking this beautiful video. Awesome. Keep going I'm a FAN.
You're ridiculously talented. Your cousin was the perfect lil model and she did your creation such justice haha.
Your little cousin is soooo cute, you can tell she really loves that dress!
"Poor princess Belle looks like she's about to be blown away here" hahaha that was hilarious. Such a beautiful dress 💛
I love how your idea of "last minute" is something as gorgeous as this
Omg, you are so clever! That was neat. The dress turned out absolutely beautiful and your cousins are so adorable. Your little Belle looked like she was having the time of her life doing that spin. I bet you could do that with a lot of princesses, imagine an Elsa transformation.
PS - Love your videos. I only found your channel about two months ago when I started looking for ideas on how to make a steampunk dress out of thrift store finds (especially curtains). I get stuck watching your videos for hours. You're one of the very few on youtube that do thrift store sewing. I wish I was as skilled as you are.
What an awesome transforming costume. Your cousins are very blessed to have you in their family.
so thats how you make a transforming dress ive been trying to figure it out ( in my head) for a while. DUh its so easy!!
so cute both your little niece and the dress.
This is awesome! I love this idea! Would love to see this for an adult size! =D
Just adjust and use an adult dress as the base and make sure that the skirt length is correct. Also, Becca Beach has an adult sized one that she shows that is a one piece deal instead of being two piece. Although, I personally like the two piece deal for kids, it makes the costume lightweight, easy for kids to remove themselves, and less likely to get messed up/dirty/caught on something
So cuuuute!! Alexa is precious and is a lucky girl to have an aunt who can turn her dreams into reality!
A Thrifted Transformation that actually Transforms! LOL! Very Cool!
she's such a cute little princess !!
You are the best cousin ever! And she is growing up so fast!
Oh my gosh! Amazing job! I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to work on such a young model. Wonderful dress and absolutely adorable littl model!!
I don't know a thing about sewing but watching your videos makes me want to learn! This video is absolutely amazing! 😍🤗
she's so adorable.. you're very talented
Whoaaaa!!! it's a new opening sequence!!!
Oh April you truly made this video magical. Blessings!
I had to rewatch the transforming part like 10 times. You're amazing!!!
THAT IS SO AMAZING!! Your niece did so well in the learning the transformation of her dress. I was thinking, this would be a really great dress for a play as well, to make for a really easy costume change on or off stage! Nice!
Your cousin is so cute!!! I love the dresses that you made, you are so good at this.
Texas weather is honestly the craziest thing. She's so cute and this dress was amazing!
This is so adorable! Great work april!
Seriously the way that the transformation works is brilliant. At first I thought it was a two-sided dress that you can wear inside out -- but this is so much better and the transformation does look completely magical
Yes! The ideal solution for my daughter who asked me to make her both of these dresses. #nailedit #momwin
you did such a good job on the limited time that you had and then limit equipment that you can she looks so cute and adorable
I love you april, you're such an inspiration!! Please never stop! Love from france!
Aweeee I literally almost cried at the bowing at the end.
I was wondering if you could also make that fur coat shall thing belle wears when shes outside in the snow, so that she could also wear this costume out at night and still have the gist of the costume and not covering it with a jacket. I love this idea so much!
I love this! I've seen some cosplayers do the reveal of a transforming dress, and it blows my mind every time. It was really great to see how you placed the velcro, and what came off vs what flipped down.
hey april!!! i was wondering if you could do a video (maybe series) where you buy one of those knock off scam ebay prom dresses and make it look beautiful!! i think this would be really interesting to see xxx
bareera haujee omg I was trying to find videos of these after seeing a boredpanda post on disaster prom dresses ordered online! Yes please make this happen!! 😱
Yesss!!!
OMG, it's beautiful.
Your imagination has not limits.
I'm going to make a gif of the transforming costume and post in on Reddit and give you credit :)
It's done! under /r/Gifs with title "Homemade Belle Dress Transformation"
I hope this blows up for you! Well done April.
Well, that gif is why I'm here. Good job!
Aww thank you!! It made front page 😱❤❤❤❤
That is hilarious, yeah I am sadly not "AbortedFetusNecrophilac" and I only posted the gif I made to Reddit.
that's awesome! I first saw this video pop up in my subscriber newsfeed on TH-cam but didn't watch it yet. But because I was mindlessly scrolling through Reddit and saw your gif on the front page, I had to come back here on TH-cam to watch the full video. It came full circle!
April this dress is the coolest transformation I've ever seen!!!!! Love this !!!
Best transformation ever!! Love it!
Gotta love the waltz of the flowers music. Cute transformation dress!!!
Such a good idea! You're honestly so talented 😍
Oh your cousins are so adorable! Gorgeous transformation x
so cool!! I have no clue what the blue dress tucks into to hide the gold dress. but other than that I think I got it :P well done!
Maja Hampson I think it just tucks under the edge of the apron shirt :)
Just found this April !!! Turned out so Beautiful !!! You are a Patient, Gifted Saint !!! Just Love You !!!
Just when I think you cant possibly get anymore amazing, BOOM, more A-MAZING!!! Lol You inspire me so much!!!
You're so incredibly talented April!
I have been following you for a long time now and I am used to your level of creations, but this is so impressive. Great job :) dress looks perfect
This dress is super amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! and your cousin's smile is melting my heart!!!!!!!!!! so cute!!!
That was absolutely amazing! I have no words ♡
So freaking cute!! This is really amazing. You've really outdid yourself, April. And it was done in a time crunch. Just incredible!
that awkward moment when April made a better outfit than the live movie did
Corynn P lol yep
Corynn P truee
Corynn P the live action dresses were beautiful idk what you're talking about
Corynn P surprisingly it was better than what it looked like in the trailer
Corynn P ur probs basing it off the trailor but I saw it today and they were gorgeous
Her squinting every time she does the transformation is the cutest thing ever, omg.
Your cousin is so cute!
Wow, seriously so imaginative and wonderfully executed. You are so talented!
rupauls drag race is shaking
BTS INVENTED TALENT lol rip phi phi
ahaha yes, also I LOVE YOUR USERNAME!
BTS INVENTED TALENT kekeke cute name!
Phi Phi O’Hara is shaking right now
You are so talented. To imagine it and then make it. AMAZING! Your cousin is a very lucky little girl. It turned out beautifully.
I've made a transforming dress before and the only thing that would've made it any better was making the blue dress apron top disappear into the skirt. It really adds volume to the secondary dress and really gives it that magical effect. You really didn't have too much time though so that's understandable.
Kanaan Hesseling how is that done btw
I assume the top is attached to the bottom of the folded skirt. So when you take it off and let go, the skirt falls and takes the top with it, and the hidden skirt covers everything.
a person on Instagram named @daddydesigner came up with the transformation dress concept like you describe it's so beautiful!
ahoyjamesmcavoy
This is soooo cool! Such a sweet little dress!
What color is the dress? Blue and white or yellow and gold?
HOW. HOW ARE YOU THIS AMAZING. I LITERALLY GASPED WHEN I SAW THE FIRST CLIP OF THE TRANSFORMATION. IT IS INSANE AND YOU ARE SO TALENTED AND I AM IN SHOCK. SHE'S TOO CUTE.
SO GOOD
This is so cool, and the first time I saw the transformation it looked magical! Congratulations on a great job.
The belle dress so beautiful and useful if she wants to play beauty and the beast.
This was so cute!!! Lovely work April!
Great, now I want to make one for myself.
wow this is unbelievably creative!! Your best transformation yet!
What a great transformation! That dress is going to get a lot of wear I am sure :D
You're such a great cousin and Alia is such a cutie! The costume turned out great.
Adorable!
Amazing amazing video! The fact that it's a transformation dress!! Soo unique