Following Rosery Apparel's Milkmaid Dress Tutorial | Does it Plus Size? Sewing Challenge! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you for addressing the reality of these trendy designs for larger sizes. They are not generalisable across sizing. Great job in evaluating the changes needed.

You did such a good job in not only explaining how to make Genell’s original pattern, but in realizing alterations/adjustments were needed for you. The vest/bodice you added certainly made a huge difference in both the fit and look of your creation. You must remember that she only shows tutorials on clothing suitable for her body type, and that is why they always look good on her. Don’t limit yourself to trying to replicate what she makes. You do you!

The gapeing in the back and the sides is because of the bust taking more fabric to go over. Her dress tecnically has it too, it's just less because her bust is smaller (outside of using a super flowy fabric that would than hang over the shirring instead) the only way around it is to make the shirring on a curve. It would have to be lower from apex to apex and then reach the higher level at the side seam. So the front would be measurement from overbust above the apex to underbust underneath the apex + 2isch cm and the back using the difference between the same heights in the back.

Very excited to have another Australian RU-vidr! Great video. Look forward to seeing more.

oh my goodness! Your dress is adorable! I love the color and the way you've styled it! linen is going to be very comfterable, always a good choice. Thank you for the tips, I want to make this dress too.

A true delight to see how to adapt these gorgeous patterns to fit a shape and size closer to my own. Thank you!

I’ve tried to make this style dress so many times and I’ve always had the same issues! Thank you for showing the why and how to fix it!

This video has saved my bacon! I couldn't work out why the Rosery Apparel shirred dress I'm making just wasn't working... and now I understand. I think I will be able to fix it now. Thank you!!!

The bodice over the top really transforms the dress and gives it the wow factor

ha that was so cute at the end...i like how you did your adjustments...i have a hard time fitting this style on me...tfs:)

Looks great with the vest! Great you persevered.

I wish I could have seen this before attempting her “easy shirred dress” tutorial that she uploaded. The premise was similar (2 rectangles for the body and two for the sleeves). I made a dress with her instructions and it came out far too big for me and the sleeves were ENORMOUS. I ended up cutting the dress straight down the front side, taking it in like 4” then sewing it back together and doing the same to the back too for it to at least fit my body a bit better but I gotta still sort out the sleeves. It’s always a gamble with these types of tutorials as a larger bodied person. I just wanna find ways to make easy dresses for myself too 😅😭 I appreciate this video tho as it was very informative and I will know these things now when I move on to making this dress too. ❤

Love how you made it your own!

Well done for giving this dress a go. When you made your sleeves with less fabric I thought that would've been a good idea for the back rectangle. So you just added an extra 25% to the sleeve so just an extra 25% to the back piece could've been all you needed. Otherwise I can see myself having a bust size bubble of material on my back. It's great that you found a way for keeping the sleeves on!! Thanks again for showing us how to do this !!!

My main problem with this dress when I made it was the lack of arm holes, which makes the back sag, I found jess dang's shirred dress video which helped me when making dresses like this.

Thank you so much for this video. I was just about to try doing her tutorial exactly how it was and now I know to make some alterations first. This just likely saved me a bunch of fabric and time.

oh and i do like the stays! def take a look when you release it

I bought a similar dress from Kmart for $30 which fit me well and copied that but added tiers to the skirt section. I watched Roseryapparel and other videos and analysed how the dresses sat on the makers’ bodies. I knew that doubling the chest measurement was going to make me look bigger so I made it 1.5 times like the Kmart dress. My sleeves don’t fall off my shoulders but I’ll cut a bigger triangle out of them and the bodice pieces next time so they will sit comfortably over bra straps. The resultant dress slims me down because less fabric used…so I will make a couple more dresses in different colours and probably add other features such as chest and sleeve ties.

Great how you solved your problems and made it work for you. Just a couple of questions/remarks. I watched Rosery apparel’s video and there wasn’t a tie. She shirred the whole bodice and put elastic in the top of the dress (not a tie) and the sleeves. Also she cut the triangles in both the sleeves and the shirred body to give an adapted armhole which helped the sleeves stay on.

This is why I only attempt skirts when it comes to DIY no pattern tutorials. 😅 The only fit issue is the bulk of fabric gathering needed for the skirt to fit my huge hips sitting at a significantly smaller waist measurement, very beginner friendly adjustment! 😊

those pins are very cute.

What a difference the stays make 😃

Looks great 😊

What a gorgeous dress !!!🤗🌟💜Way to customize and find lovely solutions! Happy to find your channel 💜🌟

It looks great with that vest, I love your humour. Really helpful video 😊

Wow you did great with the dress.Bur my favorite is the black bodice,vest? I want one. Is it a pattern of your own drafting? I love it!

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I have been trying to figure out how to do the sleeves. Thank you!

Thankyou so much for showing us your problems and how you fixed it! I love the stays they really enhance the dress..I love the colour of your linen too. I’m also looking at you old machine in the background I think I have one similar….a hand cranked singer I purchased from a garage sale for $35!

So wonderful..🙌🙌🙌

I personally will never sew a “only x amount of rectangles garment” again. The end result will just never be flattering, especially if you’re not super skinny. 🙈 Maybe the Mabel dress by Tilly and the buttons could be an option for you, it has a pretty similar look. You’re stays look gorgeous, they really tie the look together. 😃

Thank you for such detail on how this pattern worked and the adjustments that you needed. I’ve been thinking of making this dress but had stalled on how to avoid the sleeves dropping, I’m broad shouldered, and was considering some back ties. Also my bust size doesn’t “scale up” along with my hips so was worried about having the fabric volume up top.

Oh I really love that vest corset piece you added at the end! If that's something you made, is there a tutorial for it? Thank you for explaining why the sizing up doesn't work by just scaling up the measurements.. It seems obvious now but not something I could get my head around until watching!

Can you share the pattern or source for the black bodice you are wearing on top? I love it!

I made Rosery Apparel's Pansy dress, in it's largest size for my wife (I think it was a 22, though it might have been a 20?). Overall it worked, but I found that the neckline needed to be lowered for it to work for Samantha. It's neckline is fairly high naturally, but when you bring it up to the plus-size realm, it just doesn't account for chunkier necks, and duck in a bit. Thankfully I only needed to lower it by about 1.5-2cm.

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ligit question. how do you ware a bra with this? the straps would show.

thank you for your video, but would you consider not playing any background music, just your voice....I find the music distracting. thank you most people don't understand that plus size is not just about adding inches every where....