I Made a Goth Chemise a la Reine || Part 2 

You know you’re an adult when household products are exciting holiday gifts. I still remember the first time I got a washer & dryer. Lol (It was around 1998.) hahaha I love bath sheets! I’m plus sized so I hear you!

"Life is short, buy new towels!" Also, old towels are very useful for floor spills, animal messes, etc. so there is no waste.

We all know that how we look while we're sewing is less than perfect. (Sweatpants included!) So the addition of weird and geeky appliances is just more of the same. Well worth it for the best outcome. Loving your work, as always. You're a lovely person.

Three cheers for bath sheets! 😀 They are vital for a happy life in my opinion. My 2022 started with news that my sibling is now healthy enough to get taken off the respirator. 😊 Huge sigh of relief. Christmas in the ICU sucks, Covid sucks! Stay healthy peeps ❤

In swedish the days between christmas and newyears are called "mellandagarna" which translates into "the inbetween days" I usually spend them hanging out with family and possibly starting on using some of my gifts if I got something like a book or craftsupplies, but mainly thats still familytime. Tho I grew up with divorced parents so Id spend christmas with one side and newyears with another so the inbetween days always involved atleast some amount of traveling for me too.

New Year’s Eve, I had a candlelight bubble bath and re read a book. New Year’s Day, I re read 3 more books and did some laundry. Washing bedding for my baby, who’s hopefully will be here roughly 7 weeks.

I have those same magnifying glasses. I use them for painting miniatures for D&D and when I do crossstitch on a black cloth. Love them, they're so helpful!

This is turning out to be super cute and perfect for a gothic summer. I am in love, also the whole time I was watching this video I was thinking about how this dress would actually be perfect to get married in. Am I crazy? If someone's appalled don't worry I'm not really a marriage kind of person, so unclutch your pearls ;)

That magnifying headgear might be amazing for cross stitching or embroidery! I haven't been able to do it as well since I got trifocals, so those might help a lot! The dress us coming along beautifully, purple sash and stays perhaps? Or emerald green...witchy colors!

I bought those same magnifying glasses last year when I was trying to do some cross stitching. They're great.

As you’re panning across the board, I don’t know why but. “Fix Butt” stands out like it’s in neon. I know what you mean, but thank you for that giggle (Excellent work montage music this time btw)

Ah, the joy of trying to use black anything. I'm working with super dark burgundy yarn right now and it's a nightmare to pick tiny stitches out of. I've decided that 2022 is the year I Use The Nice Yarn. I am making and FINISHING projects and not waiting for the perfect project to use my good yarn. So my nieces may be the proud owner of silk and merino toques by the end of this year, we'll see. Your dress looks AMAZING and I'm excited to see the total finished ensemble.

“The Discovery of Witches” book series is sooooooo good! It’s one of my all time favorites. I highly recommend them for your next read!

A dark purple sash would look really good with that.

Not even done the video… but bath sheets….. totally a game changer!!!

In 2021 I was going finish things I started and put aside. I've only 4 things on the go and only 2 were started more than a year ago, so that's a successful year. A jersey started 20 years ago is finished being knitted and is in a size that I can wear. That was the oldest project on the back burner, because it was too small. Thanks for the white board.

I watched the Beatles Get Back on NYE. It's my dad's birthday, so he got to pick. It was very interesting, though I thought it would have been better in smaller chunks. Also, this is looking great, and you're a bad influence. I needed a few more bucks yesterday to get to free shipping on a site and ended up buying some red voile to make my own chemise because I love the way these look. Thanks 😳😍

Those magnificent glasses are what I use to see pests on my house plants! Why have I never thought to use them for sewing?! My peak old lady look will be hand sewing in bed, wearing those glasses!

The dress is so pretty! I'd totally wear that in everyday life! Excited to see it with a matching pair of stays! Real inspiration to maybe make a chemise a la reign myself one day when I improved my sewing skills. Always thought there were pretty but not really wearable bcs of the white fabric. In black it would totally work with my overall aesthetic :) New year's plans to go to a cottage were busted, but I had a lovely time with some friends. Snowball fight, black metal and traditional finnish new year's food (hot dogs and potato salad) included. Was my first new year's in Helsinki and loved it :)

This Frock is Going to Look SO AMAZING on you! I'm definitely loving Black on you! Super super flattering! Ugh, I need to be sewing......

New Years Eve was fun. We played a table top RPG based on the movie The Crow, drank and generally ate cheese boards until we almost died LOL And today my yarn came in! I'm going to crochet a full cape with a hood and pockets out of blanket yarn! Totally worth the 100$ worth of yarn and the months it will take me to make it!

My Christmas gift from my parents the last 3 years has been bath towels for me and my partner. It is awesome to look forward to fresh new towels every year

Bath sheets are wonderful. I've had a difficult time replacing towels because it's difficult to find some that actually dry and have a bath sheet. What brand did you find? Love to hear how they're working out after you wash them. And, LOVE your "nerdy" gadget! If it works, I don't care what it looks like. Will check it out on Amazon.

I love the chemise in black! The puff sleeves and the ruffles are wonderful ❤

Yessss I really enjoyed watching the Discovery of Witches and the costumes in season 2. Is it the most original plot? No. Am I still watching it? Hell yes. 😂😂

This year for Christmas we sat down as a family that is changing and came up with a new normal. My kids will be home every other year for Christmas. This is so they can be with their spouses families too.

Watched fireworks over the lake from my deck. Traveled to take Christmas to grandkids over the weekend. Goal for 2022: finish hand quilting a large quilt. Focus on getting healthier. Make a dress each for niece & nephew’s weddings. Purge closet & files.

It looks super cute! loving the ~soft spooky~ vibes. I think a rich red or maybe a purple sash would look super witch-y.

You always have the best notions!! My Gen X self needs light and magnification!

I feel you unpicking pain. Black on black is a pain *stares at my black chiffon dress. I've come to the decision fabric needs a seam ripper gauge on it. 5 seam rippers it is a piece of cake. No seam rippers don't bother just cut and start again. Edit: I'm half Korean just message me on IG for recipes. Same name on there.

Fell asleep about 10:30 woke from the fireworks outside, went right back to sleep 😴

Oh it's beautiful!!! I know it's a maybe but purple stays squee! Can't wait to hear the 2022 plan. I've been putting off make one as I'm trying to balance wish list with the feeling of being overwhelmed with the reality that we went down to a single income household for now, so I need to figure out my budget reality.

I totally agree with you about towels! I was brought up to be very frugal, but the difference between new fluffy towels and ten-years-plus towels (no matter how ‘clean’ they are!) is like night and day! A quick semi-fix for limed-up towels is to tip a bottle of white vinegar in the wash with them occasionally, but it’s only a semi-fix and doesn’t last long. Give me the new fluffy one every time!

I darned a black sock wtih black yarn the other day and now I remember why I use contrasting colours that highlight my repairs... and just cut out the pattern for a black robe for a friend... good thing I've got 60 watts of LED goodness in here, even if the rabbit blinks and glares at me every time I turn it on.

This dress is coming along nicely. Since you are making the new petticoat and stays from the purple, maybe a purple sash to echo that? I went to see a winter light display with my boyfriend on New Year's Eve before coming home to relax by our fireplace. My new year plans include finishing a couple of works in progress including a wool medieval dress and knit shawl as well as figuring out how to warp my tabletop loom. Some of the books I got might help with learning that particular skill.

Been loving the grungemise journey. Can't wait to see the photo shoot!!

Love the ruffle! The chemise looks terrific. We were home for New Years with my 82yo father and my teenager. We watched the fireworks being set off up and down our valley and listened to a concert that was played live at our ski hill but which no one could attend because of a covid outbreak (yeah lockdown!) Continued to work on the quilted panels (black work) for my 1790s quilted petticoat. Wishing you and yours bright blessings for the New Year!

Those glasses look like they would be handy when trimming kitties toenails!

Oooo new stuff! New towels - remember to soak them in cold water with a cup of salt for 24 hours before first wash (colour fasting and helps with longevity) PS bath sheets are the best Vacuum, mine is mum's old one, it's 25 years old? Phillips Mobilo circa 199? Hehehehe Also - I hand sewed something today and feel like a boss. I've been watching all these sewing channels for the last 2 years and never worked up the nerve to actually sew anything - well, today I did! Huzzah!! Thanks Noelle, you helped me 😘

I love the black witchy Chemise a la Reine....I would do either an amethyst or emerald sash or even a royal blue...a blood red would look good too! So whatever colour you want it to be! Love your channel! Thank you for being so down-to-earth Noelle! Happy New Year! And happy Old Christmas Eve from Nova Scotia, Canada!

Awe, black. I am currently going blind while trying to knit socks in black. I can only knit a row or two, and then I have to switch to something else. Knitting needles the size of toothpicks with yarn as thin as a piece of string. I need that magnifying gadget you have. The dress is done! That was fast; it will look amazing with a hot pink sash/belt thing. I don't think you sew slowly; you get distracted! :D Love ya, Noelle. xoxo's Sandie

Hooray for bathsheets! We got some once, never went back to regular towels :-D

For New Years we hung out with the children and played games and watched Movies. My husband and I were supposed to get a weekend away but a huge snowstorm hit that night and so we had to cancel due to road closures and weather conditions.

Love the once a week format and you did a great job on the black dress. Loved the first one but the black one is just that much better. I have been looking for a magnifying solution for my hand sewing so I took the plunge and ordered the pair you recommended. They look like what I need! Trying to finish some unfinished projects before I start new things. But it is so hard to get excited about doing these.

I love it, at first I wasn't sure about the ruffles, but they are great! So, a blood red sash??

My vacuum is American (I live in UK). It has an attached turbo engine so I can push it. Your dress is gorgeous! It really looks great on you. You have won the Pulitzer Prise of sewing 😃 I watched the Anderson Cooper thing from UK. It was hilarious!

We went to the Oregon coast (2 hours from our house) and played games and walked along the beach for New Years. Beautiful but cold!

Love the goth vibe ! I am sure this dress is very comfortable and it will be lovely in the pictures. Cheers from France

I love that you used elastic, I'm planning on doing something similar for a Chemise a la Reine that I have coming up in a fabric I fell in love with from mood. It's a little bit of a history bounding project.

Thanks for keeping me company while I cleaned my hair out of the vacuum. Hopefully new belts arrive soon so I can put it back together

YAY! You did it! Looks incredible. I'm just working on a new drawing in my free time. 🤷🏽‍♂️👍🏽😊

I went to bed at 9pm on New Year's Eve. Today, I've been putting Christmas stuff away, and cleaning house and doing laundry, and now I'm off to work.

I got to the bit about the head gear and the moment before I had thought, you need one of those magnifier head bands the dentist wears!

Love the bath sheet comment...so relatable HaHa!!

Loving the dress! For new years, I had a few friends over and we played boardgames then lit the braizer. Was really nice and chill. First day back at work today after all the public holidays (if New Years falls on a weekend, the Monday and Tuesday are public holidays), and it was actually really good to see people.

Oh wow, I had just finished watching your Part 1 video XD New Years was great actually. Spent it with my SO and got my first New Year's Kiss which was everything I could have hoped for. I'm actually hiding from work and school a little right now but I'm sure I'll get the courage to go and make something happen soon. Thanks again!!! Good luck with those stays!!!

I have a Shark canister vac. I have 6 cats and it does a wonderful job cleaning the carpet. lol Im like your husband; I don't throw away blankets, comforters, sheets or towels unless falling apart. (grew up poor; still am)

Love a good head light appliance. I watched a Discovery of Witches and then Witcher, looking for new recommendations, I started watching Salvation season 2. I enjoyed the movie 'Don't look up' for the type of comedy it was meant to be. I spent New Years at my mom's house on the West Coast of South Africa in our pretty lagoon village, it was nice and chilled had our own pamper party. I've been back at work since the 3rd of Jan.

Here I am on February 1st, catching up! I love watching these speed runs 🥰 So what do I do at Christmas? I watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Alone. My husband HATES it. He will leave the room if I put it on. So I wait till I'm alone and then watch it twice, because the audio commentary is also very funny. I am Christian, so Christmas absolutely includes religion, but not very much tbh. I love the Christmas Eve and Christmas morning church services at the church I grew up in, but I live too far away to combine attending with the other things I want to do. And for some reason I never started attending services where I live now. Secular Christmas is having family and friends over, eating great food, watching sappy movies, listening to old Christmas songs. Christmas Eve is spent with my husbands siblings, we cook vegetarian food and get to try things we'd never make or eat otherwise. I actually made furkey this year. It was so much work, it was super expensive and took about 40 ingredients but it tasted amazing. There's still some in the freezer... We spend Boxing day at my moms house usually (it's an official holiday here in the Netherlands), but actual Christmas is different every year. One year we had all my siblings here, we have spent it with my father in law and with just the two of us. Just whatever works out for everyones schedule and preferences that year. The week between Christmas and New Year we usually spend with friends, going to the UK for a few days. Not an option for the last two years, so we just got together and did fun stuff together (we played a game called "So Clover, it is a fantastic game to play with a group of people you know well. Totally recommend). We don't really have a name for just this period, but everything from December 5th (Sinterklaas, the feast of st. Nicholas) up to and including January 1st is called "de feestdagen", which just means the party days. Which sounds a lot more extravagant than most of those days are 😉 Rando other things: - I have recently started crochet and made my mom and her best friend potholders for Christmas, and have today finished a summer shawl for myself and am pretty proud of it, errors and all - I just got a message that a theater show I got tickets for I think at the start op 2020 will proceed on February 19th as planned but not with us. With the restrictions here they could only fill 1/3 of the seats, so we lost out in the lottery. We do now have tickets for this persons next show... in April 2023. So yeah. - I started listening to the podcast Musicalsplaining and it is a lot of fun. It's two friends, one loves musicals and one does not, and they see shows together and then talk about them. Very recognisable on both ends! - Happy belated birthday to you Noelle!

On New Years Eve and part of New Years Day . I caught a few classic episodes of The Twilight Zone 📺. Always good fun. 🎭

Bath sheets are a game changer, for sure! Being able to wrap my butt length hair up without the wet ends sticking out 6 or more inches after being able to actually wrap it around my whole self was a wonder. Honestly, before I knew bath sheets were a thing, I used a beach towel as my bath towel. 😁 For New Year's we went to the beach with our good friend's family for the weekend. Did a lot of hot tubbing, board gaming, and just chilling. On NYE, we introduced the group to Mansions of Madness and they won the game right before midnight! As for what I'm listening to/watching, we finished the last book in The Expanse by James SA Corey on that trip (which ended extremely well!). We are miraculously keeping caught up on campaign 3 of Critical Role, and just finished Brooklyn 99.

I'm not one for black clothing, but that is one super cool dress! I'm so glad you decided to go with the ruffles; they just top the dress off perfectly.

i am loving your chemises journey.

Absolutely loving the progress. You’re making want to start dressmaking again. My New Year plans were unfortunately cancelled due to friends being ill. However I had a productive evening bringing in the New Year learning a new skill. I made my first macramé planter. Hope you and yours have a happy and healthy New Year!

It’s amazing how much faster hand sewing goes when you’re not trying to be pretty. I’ve all but got the sheet sewn to the foam and the ties shouldn’t be too bad after that. I don’t make New Years resolutions. I’ve actually decided that I will make smaller monthly goals throughout the year. So far I’m doing well. Im working on the classes (I’m going to be a dog trainer!) like I wanted. I’m working on my sewing little by little. Trying to do more instead of just wistfully thinking about it lol. I have so many projects going right now, but I’m weirdly happy about it? Apparently I needed to stop being afraid of being overwhelmed and just dive in. Who knew? 😂 thank you for sharing

for new years, i stayed up until midnight (due to my current work schedule i'm usually in bed no later than 9pm) and did a 1-card tarot draw and it was a good one! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hello! Happy New Year and Happy Birthday! I had Christmas with my Mum and Stepfather. The less said about that, the better 😒 But New Year was a blast 😆 Had the peeps from my Medieval household over to our house. Much frivolity ensued. The best bit though, was coming down on New Year's morning and having to step over sleeping bodies on every floor of the place and waking every one up with tea and bacon sarnies. 😁 Yule deccies are now down and it's time to start on the huge list of sewing projects - most of them for other people - because despite telling me they don't need any more kit in house colours, the two new members of the group have decided they need a livery jack each. And not to be outdone, hubby has decided he wants a new surcoat. I am hoping that in the middle of all this, I will be allowed to finish my Posh Totty frock that I have been working on for the past three years! First show is Easter and I know that time is just going to FLY 😆

Back in the day........ Kirby vaccums would last for 15 to 20 years. And they were HEAVY!! LOL

Bath sheets - I can soooo relate. I just bought an LED magnifier headband too! Now, I don't feel so weird about wearing it. Thank you!

So so so stoked for this 🖤🖤🖤

Noelle, fantastically witchy dress! Can you/have you ever done a video on the different eyes and hooks? I need the when to use ,which kind ,and where to purchase.

Thank you! It's like you try out the nerdy tools so we don't have to wiblle over whether we need them or not! I avoid New Year celebrations by going to bed early. But I sewed either side of it, so that was nice. And I had the cuddle company of my cats (who needed reassuring because of the New Year fireworks)

I discovered Otz lights about 15 years ago. Working with dark fabric or yarn they make it VISIBLE! Amazing. I tried those kinds of glasses with lights once. I felt like I was going to fall off the tower! So dizzy so confused, not on a tower! Shut up mind! Never going to do that again! My friend had a pair that she used to carve people who lived in walnut shells. She laughed her head off while I was panicking, we had a really good laugh after I recovered. If I do need to see I have a magnifying glass on a stand with arms with clips to hold stuff in place if I need it. For now that will do. We had a very quite xmas and new year. It was very very cold (windchill of -35 to -40c) and covid so everything was cancelled.

Christmas this year was nice. Went to my sister's for Christmas Eve had dinner and hung out with my sister, her husband, father in law and all my nieces. It was nice. Then Christmas I spent with my Mom we watched movies and had a lovely dinner.

Notification squad is here! I love the inspo for this.

I have those same magnifying glasses! I keep forgetting that I have them so I placed them where I could see them easier and I STILL forget I have them! I need to remember them because they work so well.

I wish I had a friend who could cut my hair. I always end up cutting it myself, and well, it probably looks like it. I love the way this dress is looking. I think it's going to be super versatile. You can style it modern or historical. You could even make it looks 70s or 80s if you wanted. Makes me want to make a deep red version of this pattern, though perhaps with wrist-length sleeves (I'm always cold and I know bare forearms would make me freeze).

I’m a less curvy woman than you. Yet still curvy. Your attempt at this dress looks way nicer than my attempt did. Good job!!! I will always be learning how to best replicate historical fashion. Glad to see I’m not the only all black Chimeres al La reign. (Sp?)

I really loved your ode to the Black Forager. I'm knitting my last WIP from 2021. Once done, I will cast on all the things. I'm working up the nerve to thread my serger and test it out. I've had it for a year... please send me courage.

Bath sheets, are the only towels needed for the body! Turbie Twists are the only towels needed for your hair. Cute hand towels for your fingers. Rant done! Lol.

Weeeee I was waiting for more of this

Andy made my year

Huge bath sheet fan here!

I have that head light gadget too love it!

Spent NYE chopping wood into kindling for our fireplace, sewing the lining pieces to my coutil outers for a Tudor pair of bodies, and watched A Silent Voice. New Years itself we played D&D with friends and relaxed.

Loooove the black chemise!!!!

I can relate to the bath sheet 🤣

My mom has that contraption for making cards and knitting. I like them for cross stitching and the fact that they go over glasses is fantastic. Love the dress in black!

Oh my god! I feel the same way about sewing black on black.

love the magnifier , will check that out

I hate "unpicking" I have been known to cut off a seem if I sew it wrong. Especially a french seem! I do like the light/magnifer and would use it for hand sewing. Love your tangents. Thanks for making videos!

minute 8 "but it's super nerdy" me: neat! and omagawd, you remind me of a ghostbuster, i love it and i want one :D

I really want to make one of these for myself 😍

Hi !! Happy new year!! Watching the Red Notice for the 3rd time .. I’m a creature like that lol.. I so enjoy watching your blogs .. I’ve BingeWatch your Chanel often! Thank you .. I relate to your style of sewing .. and way of thinking .. I have been asking my friends your question about the zombie apocalypse .. soo many answered the “ I’ll just get it over with” lol I’m still on the fence .. but fun conversations.. have a fabulous night … ps bath sheets are by far one of my best purchases !! Happy wrapping ..

The chemise looks great. It's been awhile since I've sewn anything. Hoping to get back to it soon. Yes! One of my goals for 2022 is getting new bath towels! I know im getting older because new bath towels excite me too! LOL! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Noelle! I love this project, it looks so good!

Awesome dress

I am enjoying watching this come together. It's super cute, even if it requires special eye wear to make ^^ I wrote down to look into Red Notice since it sounds good. I watched Sydney's fireworks with a friend who lives in Perth, Western Australia. It was nice. I plan on making myself an empire waisted maxi dress with a ruffle at the bottom out of some beautiful firefly fabric with a black background....the fabric is sitting on my sewing table, mocking me while I hem and haw about a pattern for the top. The rest is easy... :) I will strive to share progress on it for your next vlog (as a way of giving myself some motivation and something to share in this meta relationship). I am currently reading the 9th book of the Crochet Mysteries by Betty Hechtman, Knot Guilty....I like crafty cozy mysteries.

If you wanted you could do a ruffle in the same color as the sash

bath sheets are wonderful. my 6'3 husband needs the extra length