"Hoarding is a way of life for crafters": definitely the most relatable quote there ever was. Also, your embroidery on this bodice is absolutely STUNNING and I'm in awe over your patience and ambition. As always, I thoroughly enjoyed your video!
I’m feeling called out and vindicated!! But really a couple of years ago I found these stunning emerald long beads they were even on sale! When I find the perfect project for them they might not be there and they won’t be on sale. Same with the other bits and bobs I have collected over the years.
I'm like the distracted boyfriend meme where the other woman is embroidery and my girlfriend is all the projects I'm already working on XD I don't have time but it's so tempting
Oh! This was really great. ☺️ Your dress was so satisfying. Would it be too forward to ask for more experimental embroidery projects on wearable clothes? I really loved watching you experiment and you explaining the thought process behind it. And please model your outfit idea with your tree bodice top. I don’t want to imagine it. Side note: it’s really amazing seeing historical silhouettes incorporated with modern hemlines. I hope this becomes a whole movement in our times.
Well, see, now you've caused me a problem. Because I need to get cracking on my pirate costume, but this embroidery is just too painfully gorgeous not to try out. I already had an undeniable urge to make an 18th century gown a la Micarah Tewers. How do you expect me to focus? Honestly, mad respect to you for doing this in SIX DAYS holy carp.
Oh my gosh the texture of the roving is DIVINE! I've always thought I'm too impatient for embroidery but this is making it SO APPEALING. Beautiful work!
Every time I come here you show off another skill I didn't even know about! I'm not even into sewing but I really like watching the art you create come together and see a little bit behind the scenes!
YOU are the most amazing embroiderer that I’ve ever seen! Your one of a kind dresses and outfits are jaw dropping. Wow! You’re such a talented young woman!
this turned out gorgeously, i can't believe how fast you were able to finish it, the longest I've ever spent on an embroidery project was 16 hours but that was without a time crunch! I seriously admire your work!!
Sewing hooks and eyes to the inside of the bodice (or to the stays) and to the waistband of the skirts might be a good idea to prevent slipping! Bella Mae used that in her Cinderella dress and it worked great and was super clever.
I would love to see more of your hand embroidery videos. I have been studying hand embroidery for several years and this type of embroidery is exactly what I have been looking for! It's oddly difficult to find videos or posts on embroidery that isn't for beginners.
My grandmother wouldn't throw anything away, going to charity shops and jumble sales, having tons of button and hardware taken from old bags and clothes. My own history of sewing and crafting I've done the same. Dipping into these box and tins have been god send over the year, lockdown especially! Non sewer or crafter don't get important of a good stash of haberdashery and scraps fabric and all good thing, they see it as clutter. But all treasures and possibility's for future projects and reinventions!
Wow that pomegranate tree is so rich, so now! So there may be something to this embroidery thing after all. And the two piece dress is beautiful. The bodice would also look great with high-waisted satin stretch pants and matching long gloves.
Oh man, you continue to do all the stuff I wanna make (but instead choose not to wake my cats when they sleep on me). Thank you for letting me live vicariously through you 😁
It’s so deceptively simple. All the amazing embroidery from your astounding wealth of knowledge and history which is evident in your work is a walking conversation piece. Well done!!!
Two things: 1.) Now I totally want to make my own "Tiger Dress," and another with a Tree of Life on the bodice and other Celtic motifs elsewhere. 2.) QUOTE: "Hoarding is a way of life for crafters." /QUOTE Suddenly, I don't feel *quite* so badly about my huge yarn stash ... and embroidery stash ... and bead/jewelry supply stash ... and fabric stash .... 😂 I've been wanting to get back into embroidery, so this video was really inspiring. I also love your attitude that each project is an experiment and a learning process. 🤗 Thanks for sharing! ~R~ 💜
Favorite part is definitely all of the texture on the trunk!! You would never know that you were just experimenting. It looks like it was planned like that
My husband yesterday:" are you interested in jewellery supplies like beads, chains, threads etc? We were cleaning my granpa house and we found a few tubs full of that". Me today:" find this video and decide that I'll need those beads after all ^_^"
The thicker gold embroidery threads are usually couched down & not pulled through the fabric. It doesn't shred as much that way. I went down a major embroidery rabbit hole at one point lol. The tutorials I found here on RU-vid for gold work were really good!
Next time you want a chain in a hem, look for drapery weight chain. It is very flexible, made up of small weights covered in a cloth tube, surprisingly weighty for the size, and super easy to slide into a hem. Iz also comes in variety of sizes though the smallest would probably work fine for a dress hem. The dress is lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Good golly this is one of the most amazing, gorgeous, inspiring, otherworldly videos I have EVER seen on the RU-vids! Standing applause for you, m’lady!
This is go cool! I started embroidery years ago, but it took so long to make any progress I got really discouraged. Maybe I should try again! I need to find sewing friends IRL. I have no one to do this with, and I find it easier with people to talk too. Sigh.
Morgan Donner just did a tutorial on her new sewing room. I'm about to order the same shelves for my sewing space as well because, yes, hoarding is a way of life for crafters. And since I haven't been able to find an appropriate apothecary-style set of drawers I can afford I just decided that modern Ikea stuff is going to have to work. At least I can paint and stencil them so they don't look like they came from Ikea.
Beautiful. My mother taught me how to embroider basic stitches when I was about 5 years old. It was the first craft that I learned. I'm always in awe of beautiful stitching.
i love this idea of embroidering with roving! I work a lot with angora and have been trying to find a way to blend it with embroidery. twisting the roving as you tack it down, is a technique thats never occured to me. thanks for this!
I love two piece dresses. I have a wool check circle skirt I plan to make two bodices for, a sleeveless bodice and a short jacket I think. I love the versatility it gives. Now I just have to make a new bodice black because my old one doesn't fit anymore due to weight gain....
hook and eyes could help keep the bodice and skirt together without having to based them together. I also have read that pair of bodies sometimes have grommet holes in the bottom in a few places so you could tie them to the skirt. Im glad your dress this time didnt have gaping problems like in the past. I love the fact that it is two piece since you can have a lot of versatility with it. That bodice would look so dope with billowing sleeves.
Absolutely LOVED it! ♥️I admire you so much! Your project inspirations are always the best! It reminded me of when I was doing my wedding gown, because I had to rush a lot in the last few days. Don't you keep thinking and also dreaming about sewing ? We need to sleep but our mind just don't shuts off 😅
Oh that's a lovely hoard you have; thanks for sharing! It's reminded me that mine has a few holes that could use filling.....and that I only have two projects going right now, surely I could start a few more? DMC still sells the memory wire directly on their website if you find yourself wanting more.
Absolutely stunning!! Michele's embroidery work is my biggest inspiration as an embroidery artist and you TOTALLY emulated her style perfectly. (her new book is amazing too)
Beautiful learning tool that you created! Well done! I am hoping that you are able to choose some future supplies from Michael's. They do a huge sale after Christmas.
This is the Christmas Dress of my dreams! In fact, it's just the Christmas of my Dreams in Dress Form, actually. I love the richness of all the combined textures. It makes me think of banisters covered in really lush garlands and Christmas trees with ornaments of glass and velvet. Just a massive variety of colors, sizes, textures. I've been going through a very low point lately and this really lifted my spirits. Thank you!
Ìt looks absolutely beautiful! I love the idea of putting a chain in the skirt hem to weigh it down. I have a taffeta skirt that's a bit too poofy so I'm going to try it on that.
SO beautiful!! I really admire the intention behind all of your pieces. What do you like to listen to when you’re doing all that embroidery? You gotta have some good recommendations come out of that length of time, haha.
You are wrong, my recommendations are horrible 😝 If it’s really good I can’t focus, so I mostly listen to commentary podcasts, audiobooks, and this time the Tangled series.
