This is a lovely dress, and it's amazing how different it looks with different accessories. Seeing you making the sleeves gives me an idea for making my work uniform better = it is short sleeved and I am a driver and wish to keep my arms covered. So I see making a pair of sleeves something I will be doing in my future.
How long do you approximately spend on sowing a dress like this? It is beautiful and those silk sleeves are just 👌 gorgeous - I really like the apron smocking too.
Thank you! It took me about 10 days working around my my work week and parenting. If I did nothing else I could probably make one in a weekend. I will time myself next time!
It's really not hard! You can make a trapezoid with the top width being your flexed bicep plus 1-1.5" and the bottom width being the measurement of your fist, and the height being the measurement of the inside of your arm from armpit to wrist. Add seam allowance and voila: pattern. I can make a short demonstrating it, if that's helpful!
@@OpusElenae that sounds fairly straightforward. I wouldn't mind a short to reference later. I'm sure there are others who would also appreciate a demonstration. Thank you!
I love the look of a cotehardie, especially your lavender coloured one. Could you recommend any patterns I could use to start off? I‘m far from well versed in medieval garnments
Lovely dress, Gotta love a versitile piece! How did you make the pattern? If you have a drafting video please link! Love the dont slouch sticker! 😂 i need one to when not wearing stays
I don’t, unfortunately; the pattern was made for me ages ago and I’ve just tweaked it here and there when necessary. I’m thinking I should probably make one though…
Love this so much. Do you happen to know if this was something everyone did, or was it confined to women’s clothing in the 14th century? I don’t recall seeing any masc/men’s cotehardies with pinned sleeves, but it can be hard to tell on paintings/manuscript images.
The fit on that dress is amazing! Do you mind if I ask what you're wearing under it? I'm guessing a white shift/under tunic/similar, but are there any supportive under garments at that time, or do the linen layers do all the work? And for 20-odd buttonholes you're not lazy, you're energy efficient! Those 14th century ladies would absolutely have used a machine to make their sewing quicker if they'd had one.
I'm wearing just a plain shift, no support. For me, the dress is enough to provide support but we have examples of supportive undergarments. I made one, if you look for the Bohemian bathhouse shift video.
@@OpusElenae aha! I hadn't clicked that was the same time period. I've seen Faye Sterling and Latina Living History's videos on supportive kirtles (and your bathhouse shift video), and a couple of videos/blogs about the Lengberg bra. I have plans to make a 'bra' from entirely natural materials (cotton or linen) to replace my woefully stretched-out bralettes, so I've been going down a bit of a rabbit hole on the subject.
Do you have any tipps for if I want to make this with the closure in the back? Do I just sew the front shut normally instead and leave the back seam open? Or is there anything else I would have to consider?
I'm assuming you're using plain straight pins to hold the sleeves on? or one of the more fancy ones with a glass head for the fancy silk? I couldn't see clearly. Love the whole outfit and the sleeves are fab!
Also… the music volume seems to be drowning out your voice.. I looked for subtitles at that point (you said something about whipstitching at the point it was bad).. the music is really lovely btw.. just way too loud!
It’s a seam finishing (and hemming) technique where one side of the seam allowance is cut down by half, and the other side is folded over it and secured to the fabric with a whip stitch. You’ll see me doing it several times later in the video
A wild tornado appears. Lol great opening and amazing dress.
Re: Machine Button holes
That’s not lazy, it’s using your time wisely.
I like hand stitched things, but it’s not always the best use of time.
Love how much you can change one piece up with accessories. The silk sleeves are so beautiful 😍
I hope we will see you in this at Gulf Wars!!! ❤️❤️😊😊
I will be there! I’m trying to work out a space for a meet up!
❤ it is nice to know I am not the only one who has a tendency to nearly murder themselves by stepping on my skirt hem…
You’d think someone with dance training would be more graceful but nooooo
So lovely, well done! 😃
Love this! You're right, that silk is gorgeous! And what a lovely surprise appearance from the drop spindle. :)
I adore the different levels of fancy. A very cool way to make one piece expand to many different occasions.
Modular clothing is super cool
This is a lovely dress, and it's amazing how different it looks with different accessories. Seeing you making the sleeves gives me an idea for making my work uniform better = it is short sleeved and I am a driver and wish to keep my arms covered. So I see making a pair of sleeves something I will be doing in my future.
Work meetings are the best time to get stuff done
The cote came out lovely! And I love those green sleeves.
I wear them with my Tudor kirtle too!
Ah the reveal is so cute!! Haha I’d love to see more styling videos!! The medieval modular wardrobe is just so dang cool!
Wow! That turned out so beautifully! Thanks for sharing your expertise and skills with us ❤
Thank you!
Thanks
Thank you for the don't slouch reminder. I think I may have to use a similar reminder when I sew or work.
I am SO BAD about that.
I like wearing Elizabethan stays and corsets for this reason. Can't shlump in them !
@@HosCreates which is why I so desperately want to make myself a pair of stays - when I finally get the time.
So well done! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful dress! I love the attention to detail you have in your crafting. It's always a joy to see what you are up to :)
Thank you so much! I love the little things.
So. Many. Buttons @.@
(You're right, though, they are absolutely adorable)
For the buttonholes, you could have used loops since you were using shank buttons.
I could have, but loop buttons weren’t really used in the 14th century. It’s basically all buttonholes.
This is so timely, as I’m working on pinnable sleeves!
Also, I feel attacked by your “Don’t Slouch” sticker lol
I attack myself, I assure you!
How long do you approximately spend on sowing a dress like this? It is beautiful and those silk sleeves are just 👌 gorgeous - I really like the apron smocking too.
Thank you! It took me about 10 days working around my my work week and parenting. If I did nothing else I could probably make one in a weekend. I will time myself next time!
All three outfits are lovely! I need to figure out a good pattern for detachable sleeves at some point...
It's really not hard! You can make a trapezoid with the top width being your flexed bicep plus 1-1.5" and the bottom width being the measurement of your fist, and the height being the measurement of the inside of your arm from armpit to wrist. Add seam allowance and voila: pattern. I can make a short demonstrating it, if that's helpful!
@@OpusElenae that sounds fairly straightforward. I wouldn't mind a short to reference later. I'm sure there are others who would also appreciate a demonstration. Thank you!
I love the look of a cotehardie, especially your lavender coloured one.
Could you recommend any patterns I could use to start off? I‘m far from well versed in medieval garnments
Machine button holes....you told your maid to do them, didn't you...
It is lovely. I like the early eras best. Much more comfortable.
❤
Did they really just pin sleeves on and off like that?
Seems like you’d get stuck a lot with old metal, and no antibiotic ointment.
They sure did; we have later (more realistic) paintings that show the straight pins
@@OpusElenae wow. Even getting dressed was dangerous. Lol
Lovely dress, Gotta love a versitile piece! How did you make the pattern? If you have a drafting video please link! Love the dont slouch sticker! 😂 i need one to when not wearing stays
I don’t, unfortunately; the pattern was made for me ages ago and I’ve just tweaked it here and there when necessary. I’m thinking I should probably make one though…
@@OpusElenae oh darn! I thought it couldn't hurt to ask.. at any rate the kirtle looks lovely on you !
Beautiful dress!
Drinking water
Love this so much. Do you happen to know if this was something everyone did, or was it confined to women’s clothing in the 14th century? I don’t recall seeing any masc/men’s cotehardies with pinned sleeves, but it can be hard to tell on paintings/manuscript images.
You know, I am not sure! I'd have to go back through sources and do a survey of men's clothing.
The fit on that dress is amazing! Do you mind if I ask what you're wearing under it? I'm guessing a white shift/under tunic/similar, but are there any supportive under garments at that time, or do the linen layers do all the work?
And for 20-odd buttonholes you're not lazy, you're energy efficient! Those 14th century ladies would absolutely have used a machine to make their sewing quicker if they'd had one.
I'm wearing just a plain shift, no support. For me, the dress is enough to provide support but we have examples of supportive undergarments. I made one, if you look for the Bohemian bathhouse shift video.
@@OpusElenae aha! I hadn't clicked that was the same time period. I've seen Faye Sterling and Latina Living History's videos on supportive kirtles (and your bathhouse shift video), and a couple of videos/blogs about the Lengberg bra. I have plans to make a 'bra' from entirely natural materials (cotton or linen) to replace my woefully stretched-out bralettes, so I've been going down a bit of a rabbit hole on the subject.
Look up the lengberg bra. Basically a built in bra/slip type garment used to keep the girls up
Do you have any tipps for if I want to make this with the closure in the back? Do I just sew the front shut normally instead and leave the back seam open? Or is there anything else I would have to consider?
Beautiful dress, hemmed a bit shorter it’s ready for 2023. Funny how that works…
Some silhouettes are timeless!
I'm assuming you're using plain straight pins to hold the sleeves on? or one of the more fancy ones with a glass head for the fancy silk? I couldn't see clearly. Love the whole outfit and the sleeves are fab!
I am using plain pins for these, mostly because I find the fancy ones leave bigger holes if steel, and bend alarmingly if brass.
What shape was your veil, oval, round?
Oval. I have a video about making one just like it!
Also… the music volume seems to be drowning out your voice.. I looked for subtitles at that point (you said something about whipstitching at the point it was bad).. the music is really lovely btw.. just way too loud!
Good to know
Watching.. what does “felling down” mean please?😊
It’s a seam finishing (and hemming) technique where one side of the seam allowance is cut down by half, and the other side is folded over it and secured to the fabric with a whip stitch. You’ll see me doing it several times later in the video
Thank you! (I would have loved to see the skirt part of the dress at the end as well ) ❤👏
@@lornapenn-chester6867 it’s hard to get a full length shot filming in an apartment
@@OpusElenae I hear ya! I love your work.. so inspirational. Thank you for what you do manage!