How to Pattern a Regency Dress WITHOUT Help?

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Historically, gowns from this era would have been draped on the body. Every piece was custom fit and designed. But how was it done? And how can we manage draping on ourselves? I'm covering the process of draping and fitting an early 19th c gown both ways! Not only will this process help with draping this specific era, but should give insight into how to fit pre-made patterns or refit old bodices.
While the Regency era has a huge variety of gown styles, many of them come down to a basic beginning shape. There are even quite a few that retain this base under the fashionable fabric! The best part is, it's the simplest type of bodice to fit. And once you have this garment worked out, you can apply loads of different shapes on top to customize the style.
If you want to see the results of Abbys gown fittings, and the insanity of sewing: • I Hand Sewed a Regency...
For ‪@AbbyCox‬ we went with a bib front style, while on me I show a full coverage bodice like a Spencer jacket would have. It's also easy to drape lighter fabric across in so many ways with gathers, pleats, and darts to shape around this base. If you have a mannequin, you can even take the "body block" and stuff it out to the correct shape and drape on there! This is a system I use for nearly all of my historic clothing. There's no reason to fuss with complex shapes until I know my base fits correctly!
So let's get patterning and get ready to make all of those dream garments from Bridgerton, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, or frankly any Jane Austen story ever!
Blue Drop Front Gown: australiandressregister.org/g...
Ivory Front Fastening: collections.lesartsdecoratifs....
Red Bodice: www.abitiantichi.it/collezione...
Ivory Drop Front: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1...
Lavender Spencer: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O11...
Gown Back: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O31...
00:00 Introduction
02:29 Basic Bodice Shape
06:39 Draping Abby
16:36 Fitting Abby
20:38 Basic Self Draping
27:57 Full Bodice Draping
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@cinemaocd1752 3 года назад

Nicole on Nicole's channel: elegant, well-spoken, thoughtful Nicole on Abby's channel: SASSY, looks into the camera like she's on the office, clearly saving Abby's bacon AGAIN.

@TheWritersDream 3 года назад

I'm sure I'm not the only one that watches Nicole (and the other wonderful Costubers) because they don't have real-life sewing friends. It feels like having a sewing catch up with friends while they tell you about their recent projects.

@lorisewsstuff1607 3 года назад

Nicole, you are my hero. I don't have a sewist friend nearby that I can ask for help. My husband runs in fear when I ask him to help with stuff like this. I have always wanted a draped pattern block for myself. This is going to be so much better than buying a pattern. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

@EileenNestman 3 года назад

"My husband runs in fear" oh man, great description. Mine fumbles and flops XD

@sleazyclara 3 года назад

My husband tries but he can’t figure out how to pin 😭 why

@SolveigMineo 3 года назад

😂😂😂 I feel less alone

@kinpandun2464 Год назад

Here to brag about my spouse. He sews better than I do. I may do some adjustments alone with a mirror, but we're going to help each other with fitting the mock ups for our Renaissance Festival outfits. They need to be done by the end of August, so wish us luck! We've both got executive disfuntion like whoah. 🤞🪡🧵🌳🏰🌳⏲️🤞

@robintheparttimesewer6798 3 года назад

The self fitting is brilliant. I lost my fitting minion darn kid grew up!

@sarahrosen4985 3 года назад

The secret is to not feed them often so they grow very slowly. 😉

@becauseimafan 3 года назад

😂😂

@Cassie-xt1ku 3 года назад

Just when I need a fitting minion, mine all left the nest years ago.

@damogranheart5521 Год назад

After my son grew 3 to 4 inches in 3 months, thereby showing his ankles by that amount, I threatened to tape encyclopedias to his head. He was not amused. Neither was I. I had bought him two pairs of jeans three months prior. My stars!

@MollyWeiss 3 года назад

Perfect timing, as I just shoved a 1790s mockup into the naughty corner for a few months!

@cincocats320 3 года назад

This video is absolute gold for someone still learning fitting. That explanation at 35:00 with the side by side of wrinkles indicating different pull patterns and how to correct made a million light bulbs go off. You are an exceptional teacher. And please please please...a tutorial on the technique you used for the long skirt seams. I reallllyyyyyy hate doing French seams.by hand.

@becauseimafan 3 года назад

Ooh I would like to see a video about that as well!

@liav4102 3 года назад

On Abby’s channel the video of this project shows them using a mantua makers seam which is essentially a French seam but done in one pass (and without trimming seams).

@StrongImaginationA 2 года назад

I'm not a sewist but the problem Nicole showed on her right side (what we see on the left side in the video when she's facing the camera) is the problem I have with most clothes I buy and I never understood why that was!

@theredrover3217 3 года назад

I don't and wouldn't usually comment on historical garment Construction - because I don't do that. I am today as a very experienced contemporary sewist (patterns, construction techniques and processes) because it really struck me how invaluable this would be if I were to. Written instructions and diagrams are typically my preference as I can refer back to ponder as necessary but it really struck me how much small details I was picking up with this visual and the narrative. Perhaps more even tips to illustration (3 to 1) in essence answering my questions before asked. An excellent video overall (to include video production) and my appreciation for your degree of experience and level of skill has risen - more than up a notch. 😉 Very, very well done Nicole. 👏👏👏👏

@cyberdunce 3 года назад

6:53 i was so certain abby was holding a sweet potato

@ivywells2909 3 года назад

Me too, and for some reason I didn't even question it!

@adamreynolds9816 3 года назад

This is fascinating to watch. You’re a sculptor revealing the sculpture the was always in the stone. All you need to remove what is not needed.

@kellicebanks6223 3 года назад

Nicole, you are like the Bob Ross of sewing. I love your videos so much.

@theladyisavamp 3 года назад

Now I know why I bruise when I bring my arms forward in some of my bodices!

@whitneykopsie9772 3 года назад

You’re an amazing friend. A dress in a day is a huge task to complete. Thank you for teaching us how to do this by ourselves, I almost never have a person you can help.

@mirjanbouma 3 года назад

Wow this has a lot of fitting tips and lessons! Nicole, you're slaying it again. My brain hurts from all the learning! And you're doing it on yourself too. What a Queen 👑

@brigidscaldron 3 года назад

I’m definitely gonna be watching this over and over and over!

@MsDeepAndDark 3 года назад

Same) I have an idea of a regency-style summer dress and this is going to be very helpful)

@TheMetatronGirl 3 года назад

🤯🤯🤯 Draping finally makes sense to me! Thank you for going so in-depth. I understood the concept, of course, but fixing little issues eluded me as that tends to be either skipped or fast forwarded through on most videos. That, and draping on oneself seemed nearly impossible. The blooper was HILARIOUS!!

@katherinemorelle7115 3 года назад

The wrinkles thing is so useful. I remember that in the CoCoVid playlist, is a video on reading wrinkles. She goes off a men’s suit, but you’ll still learn how to read wrinkles, and what they all mean. It translates over to women’s styles with no issue (it’s just that men’s suits can be very difficult to fit and will show every fit issue with very noticeable wrinkles). Highly recommend that video as well as the entire CoCoVid playlist. I’m very much looking forward to CoSy this year, hoping to find more great channels, and learn just as much as I did last year. And for someone who definitely won’t ever be able to attend costume college (too poor, and live on the other side of the world), the fact that CosTube is now putting on its own costume college each year makes me so happy!

@TheMetatronGirl 3 года назад

@@katherinemorelle7115 Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve watched a huge amount of the CoCoVid videos but I obviously missed that one. I’m not unreasonably far from Costume College, but it’s a bit out of my price range and physical capabilities at the moment, or I’d be there in a hot second. Definitely looking forward to CoSy!

@FlybyStardancer 3 года назад

Yay! I enjoy it when two creators put out related videos! Also LOVE the tutorial for self-fitting! It’s very rare that I have any help with fitting soI have to muddle through on my own.

@AmoCultumAlo 3 года назад

This is fantastic. As someone who doesn't have a dress form or a person to help with fitting, I've wondered how I'd manage when making fitted items for the upper body. So far, I'm still working on my first garment -- a skirt -- but I want to do a matching blouse for my next project. I'll definitely be coming back to this when I start on that one! Thanks, Nicole!

@ariadne0w1 2 года назад

I made my first modern dress with a fitted bodice a few months ago (with no pattern, and almost no sewing experience) I chose a well-fitting bra, pinned the fabric to the bra while I was wearing it, then carefully re-pinned it to itself. Lots of trial and error, lots of time in front of the mirror. I ended up putting the zipper in as one of the first things, since the back panels on either side were the easiest to figure out, and that was a life-saver. I could pin everything up nice and snug, then just unzip instead of having to unpin things.

@AmoCultumAlo 2 года назад

@@ariadne0w1 very nice! Definitely a clever way to do things!

@barbaraferron7994 6 месяцев назад

I have a dress form but I need a moulage/sloper to put on the dress form and stuff so the form will fit me.

@mssunset 3 года назад

The shears is all I could see. Those massive, metal blades gliding across the fabric at the slightest pressure! I can feel my wrists hurt just from looking at them, they are amazing!

@katherinemorelle7115 3 года назад

You know, my cat doesn’t fart often, but when she does, even she has to leave the room. As does everyone else. How on earth a tiny little thing that is only 2.6kg (she’s full grown, just very, very small) manages to fill an entire room with her smell is just… I don’t know. As for the actual topic of the video- this is genius! I do have a dress form, but I find that while her bust shape is great for draping mid century styles, it’s not so great for regency or similar, because her bust is just very pointy. It’s not too bad for Victorian or 18th century as long as I lace her into a corset or stays- that moves the fluff around enough that I can still drape on her. So having a way to drape on myself is just genius! Thank you so much! I assume for other styles, you can just move the waist ribbon to where it’s supposed to go, and work from there.

@saricadouglas5469 2 года назад

The sea breeze green for you is divine.

@mialemon6186 Год назад

Why the hell have I never considered taking a -video- to see my back?? I've invented all sorts of mad bullshit to take photos, to somehow have multiple mirrors (that I then can't actually see with).... I have no less than 4 devices capable of quality video. THIS IS BRILLIANT.

@michelleg7 Месяц назад

My favorite, Short Stays! 😃

@midnightmuse9829 Год назад

Thank you for your content. I'm a serial hobbiest that works in manufacturing. Your confidence in understanding the third dimension soothes my engineer brain so much, and gives me so much confidence to pick up sewing as a new hobby. It is because of you guys and Miss Banner that I look forward to soon attempting to make combinations for my (later attempt) late bustle period wedding gown.

@lesaschmidt7668 3 года назад

Can I just say first off, I love that pattern of your blouse! That fabric is just 🥰. And secondly thank you! I think I may be able to tackle fitting myself now.

@michelleross9782 3 года назад

I love how detailed your explanations are.

@user-mh4dy1tx6j 3 года назад

I have scoliosis, self draped and found a 3 inch difference between my left and right sides. No wonder some clothes were so uncomfortable! I feel like I have so much control over how clothes look on me. This is so useful, thank you!

@brigidscaldron 3 года назад

I am so incredibly excited that you all did this right now! I have been making some modern garments lately because circle skirts with pockets during pride are important too! But my historical garment that I am focusing on right now is regency style. I haven’t exactly figured out which decade or style but the general era for sure! What I would give to be able to get a fitting by the two of you!

@generalcorgi698 3 года назад

God I wish everyone put timestamps in their videos. People don't understand just how helpful they are

@sveapollock2537 3 года назад

This is a fabulous video and so very helpful for those of us who have no one to help us drape on ourselves. You’re the brainy one, Abby’s the zany one , and Chrissy is the one who provides the zest. By the way the food porn in that video is just chefs kiss. I vote for more food porn. I know food and fabric don’t mix but c’mon we all do it, right? Admit it. A girl’s gotta eat. Can’t wait to see your Regency dress.

@annlidslot8212 3 года назад

Hi, Thank you for this demonstration in how to fit things to your own body. I'm very new to this sewing thing and I especially appreciate the demonstration on how to mark the changes to your pattern. I'm like everybody else don't fit what the pattern makers think I should look like, being unsymmetrical and all, and one thing I haven't found in RU-vid university is how to transfer your markings from your toile to your pattern and then to your next toile. I'm still not quite sure how to do it but I'm a whole lot closer now. I also appreciated that you said that what you were doing isn't limited to regency wear, as I want to start with "modern" clothes, with a somewhat late 1920's to early 1930's look. Maybe it's what you åeriod sewers call history bounding. Maybe when I grow up (I'm only in my 50's so there is plenty of time) I can make some of these gorgeous things you CosTubers do, and find somewhere to wear them to too, but for now I'm happy if I can extend my closet. So thank you so much. Yours, Ann

@EH23831 3 года назад

Lady, your patience is astonishing! Well done! I would’ve spat the dummy about 30 minutes in..😂

@HandyHelons 3 года назад

This is brilliant. Thank you! You explained everything so clearly. I actually feel like this is possible now. Great collaboration!! And perfect blooper 😂 Thank you so much!!

@lisahodges8299 3 года назад

I completely enjoyed this historical process, my experience has only been contemporary allowing for Victorian techniques still in use. I wanted so much to be seeing along with you both. Birdy

@shevuansereday6536 3 года назад

A video fitting 18th century stays would be fantastic. So many videos explain the construction. I have tried to figure out certain things threw pictures of completed stays but still i struggle with how far up the back should it be. How to get the skirts at the proper angle. How should the shoulder straps fit. The side panels cause me to cringe. The relationship of the dimensions of each panel. Some pannels are very narrow and some are thick and some slope drastically and other seem to be completly vertical. I can't be the only person struggling with these things. Pictures can be somewhat helpful, but verbal diskription and physical demonstration would help my stay making a pleasant experience.

@ms-rachel-anne 11 месяцев назад

Nicole using her cleavage as a scissors sheath at 12:54 is so relatable 🤣

@calicolyon 3 года назад

This is amazing!! I'm eventually going to be making a dress out of table runners. I will most likely have help available but it's good to know with practice I can do it without help!

@music_YT2023 3 года назад

Wonderful video - I appreciated that you explained how to fix the fit based on the pull/directionality of the wrinkling of the fabric at the end.

@kzisnbkosplay3346 3 года назад

Self fitting is so valuable. Even after having an occasional sewist spend hours, and then 2 experienced garment makers help, I still had tweaks to make.

@breenarnianwarhorse5051 3 года назад

This is such a fantasticly helpful video. Thank you Nichole!! Regency is just one of those eras where the fit just only goes terribly, or pleasantly surprised you. This video will help so much with /starting/ in the right shape, rather than struggling with what looks like a bad crop-top. 😂

@emrysziegler7354 3 года назад

Are you using fabric to drape Abby’s bodice? It’s so shiny!

@NicoleRudolph 3 года назад

It's a type of polished cotton! We have a local source for stuff from the 1980s/90s when it was REALLY popular for home decor.

@annlidslot8212 3 года назад

@@NicoleRudolph Hi, Would this be chintz, pease? I think there is a place like this near me, and I have struggled to figure out how to find a source for sustainable options for making toiles. Polyester isn't my thing I'm afraid, and new sustainable fabric is so pricy that those are the ones I would use for fashion fabrics. We tend to use our bed sheets until they are tread bare, and our charity shops classifies bed sheets as not sanitary enough to sell. I do contemplate IKEA, but buying deadstock chintz for cheep would be better in my view, especially for seeing how things like taffeta would fall. Oh, and for reference I'm in Scandinavia, born, bread, citizen and resident. Thank You. Yours, Ann

@kathrynabbott5032 3 года назад

@@annlidslot8212 In the UK IKEA sells calico for £1 a metre.

@annlidslot8212 3 года назад

@@kathrynabbott5032 Hi Kathryn, Than you. Ours are about the same. We can't get those fabrics online though, and my husband and I are keeping to the sheltering in place still. We have had our vaccine already, but unfortunately we also have the Delta virus (the doubly mutated virus from India) in the our country, so we haven't been yet. I have comorbidity with wonky lungs and even wonkier immune system, so we have to be extra careful. At some point I'm sure we have to go because I'm getting restless, but for now he still gets to be extra careful, as it's he that's worrying. One day soon... We are venturing outside our isolation next weekend for a family event, so hopefully we can break isolation a little more after that and go and get some mockup fabric. I tried to drape today using "Swedish Tracing Paper" but I'm not good at draping and I was not very successful. Needs must so I'll get back to it tomorrow when my frustrations have had a nights rest, so they can come back in full force again. Hoping your having a good weekend. Yours Ann

@dianeshelton9592 3 года назад

eBay or Amazon also sell 100% cotton very cheaply , for £1 or 2 pounds per metre

@sophiebird7459 3 года назад

THIS IS BRILLIANT!

@leila_h_photography 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this! I've been wanting to make 18th century gowns with fitted backs for quite a while and now I'm no longer too intimidated to do so! 💖💖

@Cassie-xt1ku 3 года назад

This is going to need repeating, alot. I learn so much here.

@lauraoergel6003 3 года назад

The camera trick dor the bck is so simple and genius. The rest of it is beautifully technical

@saricadouglas5469 2 года назад

Nicole you’re the boss! 💓 I love the color on Abby it’s pure flattery to her.

@MonaSkovJensen 3 года назад

This is so helpfull! Thank you so much! It was great to see you and Abby sew a gown in a day.

@amb163 3 года назад

This is INCREDIBLY useful -- thank you!!!

@nblmqst1167 3 года назад

As always, your videos are so informative and helpful. Thank you!

@Adrienne557 3 года назад

You answered so many questions in this video. Thank you!

@dee-annegordon5959 3 года назад

This was so helpful. Going to need to refer back to this one on future projects.

@ceruleanskies001 3 года назад

SO much information here! Thank you for taking the time from beginning to end on this.

@TheCoutureCourtesan 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing this process!

@hanananah 3 года назад

This was very informative, but honestly my favorite part was just watching you create the pattern on Abby. It's nice to have friends you're close enough with to get all up in their business like that.

@cassiesews 3 года назад

Great video. Watching draping in process and listening to your thinking. Thanks so much. will def. watch again

@Hair8Metal8Karen 3 года назад

I love how much technical and foundation skills I've learned from your videos. Thank you so much!

@agimagi2158 3 года назад

This was super detailed and well explained, thank you so much!

@SolveigMineo 3 года назад

This video is pure gold. Thank you so much

@whodapole 3 года назад

This is going to be so helpful! I could finally attempt a vest using this now!

@persiswynter6357 3 года назад

Incredible!

@mnels5214 3 года назад

Genius. I have struggled with this so much, and this is amazing! Thank you!

@EmilyAmeliaHK 3 года назад

This was fascinating! I now feel like I could begin a Regency gown with confidence (and a lot of coming back to this video!). I've done similar drape-and-pin with Renaissance bodices.

@1485Becks 3 года назад

I hope this doesn't come off as rude, it's NOT MEANT TO BE, but Nicole, you're really starting relax in front of the camera and it's making your videos so much better. It's not an easy thing to do, and it shows in some videos as awkward, but you are doing really well, this was such an enjoyable video to watch.... Thank you!!

@SueK2001 3 года назад

I loved watching this. Many years ago I took a flat pattern class in college and learned all about darts and moving them around, etc. to make lots of unusual designs.

@beckstheimpatient4135 3 года назад

This was so incredibly informative! And SO incredibly hepful! I have a Regency-ish gown that I've been wanting to fix the fit of and now I have the perfect video to help me with that! Thank you!

@mmw55122 3 года назад

Brilliant! Thank you, thank you--i was mildly stressing on how to do any form-fitting bodice on myself. Saving this for re-watching and taking notes. Really appreciate this!

@shevuansereday6536 3 года назад

Omg!!!! Thank you so much for this. This will help me and so many others I am sure. I appreciate you.

@margaretmyres5626 3 года назад

Love seeing how to drape on yourself. Not sure I'll be able to do it on my own, may go with some help. Thanks for the video instructions. You all are awesome, loved the two videos being related today.

@melissashiels7838 3 года назад

Man, I am saving this video to re-watch before making my next Regency gown! I've made 2, and a spencer, all on my own, but it was a challenge - way worse than making a redingote and fitting that all by myself. Regency is deceptively difficult, so I am so glad for this video!

@nanettebromley8843 2 года назад

Thank you. The info is going to be so handy when I fit garments to my friend. Fitting to me is going to be more put on, see problem, take off, adjust... wash, rinse, repeat. I love calico for my mock ups, its soo cheap and versatile and comes in 3 different weights.

@katwitanruna 3 года назад

Love this! I hate sleeves!

@Hair8Metal8Karen 3 года назад

I read somewhere someone calling them Sleevils and honestly, yeah.

@katwitanruna 3 года назад

@@Hair8Metal8Karen I don’t think I’ve ever set in a pair once without having to take at least one of them out and redo it.

@raraavis7782 3 года назад

Very impressive. Makes me want to try it now, just because it's such an interesting challenge. Thanks for making the effort, to film the process in such detail and explaining everything so well. It's really quite singular content 👍

@quicksilvertears921 3 года назад

Nicole, I am a teacher. I have had examples of excellent teachers through my field, and through my masters courses. I just feel the need to point out that you are an excellent teacher. Your information is concise but not stripped down so much that it is no longer interesting. You point out gold nuggets of fascinating information and your pace of speech is not too fast or too slow. I am assuming this comes naturally but wow, I would love to do as well. Thanks for teaching me so much and for generously sharing the skills you have honed through hard work and practice.

@FromtheMPR 3 года назад

Totally brilliant tutorial. Wow! My brain hurts with how mind blown I am. I know I will be referring to this video again (& probably again and again)! Thank you for all you do! Awesome work.

@lisa8a8e 3 года назад

omg this is so comprehensive.. you've changed my life with this video

@RianShafer Год назад

I really enjoyed this one. I saw the Abby & Nicole one first. lol This will really help with fitting yourself with no help to many people, myself include if I get brave enough to attempt it. For now my dolls wear fancy clothing. 😁😁

@nicolakunz231 3 года назад

Dearest Nicole, thank you! You have succssfuly removed my anxiety for learning pattern drafting. I shall Drape patterns 😃

@michellecornum5856 3 года назад

My mother and sister do madness like this. Very informative! I makes me tense, because I have attempted this once or twice -- unsuccessfully, so I know how all this smoothing and pinning feels. Of course, I was much less experienced back then. Good video! Also, I now desperately need something made out of baby frog green and maroon.

@SimpleDesertRose 3 года назад

Where was this video two weeks ago when I was trying to make the Simplicity regency dress from American Duchess? I admit its partly my fault for not doing a mock up on the bodice in the first place. I guess I figured its Simplicity, its idiot proff right? WRONG! This idiot discovered the Simplicity patterns are made for petite young lady's who aren't any bigger in the bust than a size B. That wasn't a problem for me before I had kids. Turns out DD's need a lot more work to for fitting the bodice. 🤦🏼Well fortunately for me I set the dress to the side and left it to think on for a while. I started using the bodice from a black snails regency pattern for a mock up but I haven't done much as far as cutting from the extra side panels that really made it look like a maternity dress. This video is was so helpful. I will be working on the mock up again before I do any more cutting for the dress. That way I get a better fit. As for that blooper moment I'm surprised Abby didn't put that in her video. Dog farts 😂😂😂😂

@rebecasabourin1318 3 года назад

I'd love to see more of these. Draping on you're self.

@nevem5010 3 года назад

Ooh, so clever, thank you!

@AJaneiteSews 3 года назад

You brave, intrepid woman! Thank you for this!

@simplymedieval 3 года назад

Yay! If everybody could just hear that you need some ease and wrinkles in the arm to be able to move... I have held lectures in this for the Medieval week in Sweden. But I see a lot of people worrying about the sleeves doesn't look like they are painted on the body, either way... I think that I even did a blog about sleeves a couple of years ago (no, no need to find the blog and look it up, Nicole did a fantastic job explaining this here :) ) But my point is that many find sleeves to be scary. But they really are not :)

@gerdine9258 3 года назад

I am not going to use this in the foreseeable future, but watched the whole thing because it is so weel put together and I learned also not 1810's specific things, such as the wrinkles and how to solve them. Super video again!

@suffocute 2 года назад

THANK YOUUUUUU this was so helpful you’re better than most sewing teachers ! can’t wait to watch your other vids

@Hannah-rx8fk 3 года назад

I wish this video had existed before I got to the 'eh, that'll do' stage on my regency gown. But now my second one will be so much better!

@charlarp 3 года назад

You inspire me to sew

@janesimpson251 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this video, it's very informative! I'm trying to draft a regency bodice based on the information in Jean Hunisett's Period Costumes for Stage and Screen but the book doesn't cover self-fitting. I think I will be returning to this video!

@ecologicaladam7262 3 года назад

Once again, I heave a sigh of relief that I only work with men's clothes!!

@elisabethm9655 3 года назад

Amazing! Awesome! Absolutely doable! THANK YOU…it’s just plain brilliant😁(can you tell I like this method?)🤣

@MarthadelPilarMoreno 3 года назад

those of us that have to do it by ourselves, We thank you

@breeinatree4811 3 года назад

I so want to learn drapping.

@fabioferreiragomes 3 года назад

INCRÍVEL..,..ESPETACULAR..MAGNÍFICA...MARAVILHOSA

@janetaylor9185 3 года назад

That is excellent for all us "isolated" sewists . What a good idea to film while measuring and trying on the back (or the front for that matter!). I will be using this for my "modern" drafting too. Thank you!! Ps. Just noticed that my spell check desperately wants to substitute "sexist' for 'sewist". How bizarre is that?

@christineherrmann205 3 года назад

I despair that I'll never get back to sewing, but I always wanted an Empire waist gown, and always thought this would be my era. I need to save this in case they impossible happens and I decide to sew one.

@Emthe30something 3 года назад

Excited to see you in comments on some future Nicole video announcing you made it :)

@autumn7143 3 года назад

Thank you!!! I needed this. I’m excessively ticklish so having someone rubbing on me to straighten fabric would be a nightmare.

@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem 3 года назад

thank you for this great information and explaining how it can really be used in any kind of construction. and, wow. that was one big dog fart! rofl. i'm surprised y'all were able to stay in the room.

@Fireflyhaven 3 года назад

Super useful! Thank you! And I have a really pedantic question. In the video with Noelle, you guys draped the front body block on the bias. Why the difference between bias for 18th century and straight grain for regency?

@NicoleRudolph 3 года назад

There are some bodices on the bias from this era too, but the key factor in all of them is what HAS to be on straight grain. Straps are best done on the straight. Center front closures are easier that way as well- HOWEVER if the bodice you are fitting over is slightly curvy but you have no darts/gathers/pleats then utilizing the bias in the right places will achieve a smooth finish. If you try to drape an 18th c bodice on the straight it will gap or wrinkle due to the shape of the stays and the lack of fabric manipulation points. These bodices were going over a much curvier surface and commonly had darts/gathers so using the straight grain to keep the straps and center front from skewing was important!

@mienafriggstad3360 3 года назад

👍 I ❤ videos with you and your friends

@dawsie 3 года назад

😹😹I’m soo glad I decided to make my own dress dummy with my own body shape I am not able fit to myself due to fixed Skelton frame from surgery and accidents 😼😼😼 I like to make a Regency gown as it would hid my twisted spine very nicely 😹😹 Great informative video thank you for sharing love your videos they have always been full of information 😊😊😊😊

@jollyjeangiant 3 года назад

This is a magnificent and super technically useful video! However I spent half the time wondering why your green fabric texture looked so familiar to me because I haven't worked with polished cotton. Then I realized the gold fabric didn't look familiar, and then I realized. That foam green polished cotton looks oddly like saltwater taffy. 🤷