This was such a fun process to watch! As someone who's made a ball gown I appreciate and respect the amount of time I know this took you to make. I would love to see a summer version! I would also like to see more close-ups for the next one. The only thing I would add is a waist stay. They help with the weight of the skirt and keep the dress in place when you move so you don't have to hike it up.
Thank you, I appreciate it, especially from someone who knows the struggle! :) Love the idea of the waist stay, will keep that in mind next time (and yes, there will be a next time!)
@@MadebyChannthank you. Is this a professional term so I can google it please. Ps do you know how to make a vampire wife dress? There is a dress that has very full sleeves with rows of shirring elastic in the upper arm. Very full lower sleeve. Very long gathered up into a deep buttoned cuff. The top of sleeve is pleated/gathered And sticks up in a puffed up way. I’m not sure if it’s a bishop sleeve? Like a 1930’s style or an Ossie Clark style sleeve. Any help would be gratefully received ❤
@@Ronnie20239 I'm not sure if it's a professional term but I'm sure you can Google it. I'm pretty sure she has a Vampire's Wife dress video on this channel actually, you could start there.
Very beautiful and definitely a study in perseverance 🤗. Since you asked for what you could have done differently, I think you could have finished the top edge with bias tape so it wouldn't hurt your skin and it maybe would have looked cleaner without the sequins sticking up. I would have loved to get a closer look at the back because I couldn't really wrap my head around what you did with the different panels 😄.
@@ThrillsandStitches hi how about placing a piece of soft fabric or silk just inside the top edge of the dress. A pleated piece of silk just peeping above the top edge would look lovely without detracting from the sequins and line.
Thanks for sharing your failures and challenges as much as the pieces that are stunning successes. I have yet to sew with sequined fabric, though I have bought it three times. Your video helped me learn its limitations in application. I had never considered how my skin would interact with the fabric. Also, the how a voluminous strapless dress design could be altered by the sheer weight of all the layers. What would be pretty is to salvage all that work by separating the bodice from the skirt and wearing the skirt during the fall holiday season. Then, i would deconstruct the corset top, and replace the side panels wear your arms constantly touch & rub against the garment with velvet or wool crepe or silk Duchess satin. Then reassemble the corset. I think the finished garment would preserve and reflect the cleverness of your design. It might also make the front and back sequin panels really pop because they're framed by a simpler fabric. Of course discard this idea if you find the suggestion offensive. Again I think you're a clever, ambitious sewist. I too like to push myself in both skill and application. Watching you retackle this garment to construct a pieces that could be used because they are comfortable and attractive, would be a video from which we could all learn. Thanks so much for sharing! I am a new subscriber. I really enjoy your productions.
The dress is stunning and you look beautiful. We'll done for sticking with it. My wish: more help with inserting the corset panel to the dress at the back. The lacing was a really cool idea.
OMG 😮 The Dress!!! 😍😍😍 It is just Perfect!! Looks so elegant And I loved your makeup and hair. I love these long videos with more details of the process.
Love the dress…tea length seems so classy to me. Love the format (you could probably squeeze three videos out of this just to help with your sanity!) I also loved your styling would also look cool if you could manage a headband out of the sequin fabric.
Thank you, I appreciate that! I thought about making three videos out of this, and will definitely do so next time 🫠 it is a lot of work and that way I could go more into detail on some things. Thanks for watching, I am glad you enjoyed it 💜
I happend to be planning for a tea length formal dress last week when I saw the first part and this second video was so helful for me, especially the crinoline skirt. I’m so excited to be getting on with my own dress! Elisa the dress looks stunning, fabulous silhouette! I’ve got your ophelia dress in my sewing pipeline and just wish I had more time so I could try it sooner. You go girl!
So beautiful and you should be proud of yourself for the results and for sticking with it! When the serger needles broke you know it’s not going to be an easy ride 😂 😂
I was almost tearing up during the reveal! What an incredible dress!!! 😍🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 To see the amount of time, material and support used for this dress really showed that haute couture can be accessible if you’re willing to invest in a whole lot of patience. Thank you for the journey xx
Ohhhh my thank you so much 🖤 I am so glad you enjoyed it, it is always a bit of a gamble making something like this, but then also sharing the massive journey of it here - but I am so glad I did. I'm happy you feel it was worth it. I am really eager to do it again!
Thank you for suffering so we all learn consider fusible interfacing for sequinned fabric! I love this dress, you look like a winter queen! I would enjoy seeing more gown construction, perhaps one more comfortable you could wear all day? Such as to a royal summer tea party by a lake with games of croquet and cupcakes …
You've created a masterpiece. You looked like a princess and all you need now a ball to go to. My admiration for the effort and hard work you've put into it. Hope the dress will be worn sometime.
I love the final dress! The black sequins really suit you. I am working on my first formal dress right now and I agree with you, it is a ton of work! But I'm having fun with it, and seeing your video is giving me the motivation I need to continue 😊
Thank you! Love to hear you feel motivated :) I really enjoyed making this dress and will make another one before too long I'm sure. Good luck with yours! 🍀
I am material girl, in the sense of I love nice materials, 😄so I admire anyone willing to deal with sequence, but I really don't want to, at least not in this amount 😄I would definitely love to see summer(ish) version if you feel inspired to do so, to not feel itchy on your behalf 🙈 😊 but mostly because the process is amazing to watch. Thank you for putting yourself out of your comfort zone, its encouraging me to do eventually the same. 😍
Thank you, that's very kind and I am glad you enjoyed it and feel inspired! There will for sure be a summer version of this, it was too much fun not to repeat! :)
Girl you are beautiful, I love how patience and almost calm you are. But most of all, your personality if gorgeous and you are too ☺️☺️❤️❤️ stay amazing
the dressed turned out beautiful! its amazing and inspiring to see you take on the challenge of making something like this with limited space and tools. i love the end result tho i personally think the back lacing would have looked nicer if it wasn't attached to the inside of the dress but to be on the main back part of the dress. i also would love more closeup shoots of the details in the future so we can see your beautiful work better, less filters and more just close natural shoots because its a bit hard to see everything at the end shots. it would be nice to see a different version of this with a lighter vibe and maybe sleeves.
Omg! 😮 The Dress!! 😍 You look so elegant, I wonder if it's not very noisy when walking hehe. I loved how you look with that makeup and hairstyle. I like it when you make long videos with more details about the process.
Since you went 60s with it, maybe the smallest of velvet fold/trim at the top. It would go with the style and be quite lux but make it more wearable. Awesome project
Thumbs up on tackling this project. As pretty as sequins look under light, though I have never sewn with it, it truly is NOT comfortable to wear easily. Must be relieved that’s done. Ready for the next one? Oh yeah!
Hi! First, I admire your motivation for a project this big, the dress is magnificent! 💃 Second, I think what you could have done to help the scratchiness and maybe avoid breaking needles was to unsew some seequin in the seam like at the top of the corset and at the botom... it would have been a LOT of work but really Haute Couture 😅 Bravo! For this amazing dress 🫶
Ohh the dress turned out so stunning, I love the length on you as well, it looks really beautiful! Kudos to you for fighting with the sequins (I hope your serger is ok). I like the addition of the modestly panel in the back (I think it looked classier than having that much of your back on show in that kind of dress). Curious to why you chose to attach the corset closure after you had already finished the seams of the opening in the back. I would've thought that sandwiching the closure into the seam would've saved some time? In any case, I hope you're proud of this dress, it's absolutely fabulous! 🥰
Thank you so much, I am really proud :) Good questions! I attached the eyelets on the inside thinking they would be hidden away. The tension of the lacing popped the folds that were hiding the eyelets open, so it wasn't the result I had initially planned - I did like the look though, it has something deconstructed about it, and I think it works on the black dress (gives it additional interest). For my next project I will change the lacing though (sandwich it into the seam), as I think this look wouldn't work on just any dress :)
@@ThrillsandStitches Ah yes, I didn't consider you would have the eyelets exposed of you sandwiched them, makes sense to hide them for this dress. Either way, it turned out stunning! (And I would love to see a different version of this dress! Something summery, maybe organza, like you had mentioned! That would look stunning!)
I am glad you did this dress, I also wanted to do one. Not anymore. I would have thrown the machines away 😂 I don’t have your patience. Looks Fabulous on you!
Haha 😂 It was a lot more enjoyable than it might seem here, you just have to go into it knowing that it will be like this. Thank you, glad you like it!
Enjoyed that so much. You have just earned yourself a new subscriber. If you are really going for the sixties Audrey Hepburn vibe, perhaps a pair of very long satin gloves would help protect the arms from irritation? Also, in the past, I have used folded wide stain ribbon or satin bias with piping cord inside sewn to the top of the bodice which has helped keep irritating fabric away from my skin. However you choose to wear it, it was stunning🤩
Thank you so much and welcome, glad you decided to subscribe! Oh yes, I even have a pair, I should have added those to the styling that would have looked amazing! I am thinking of adding velvet or satin ribbon on the inside around the neckline to reduce friction, I hope it'll make it more wearable. Thanks for the tips!
This was a great video and fun to watch! You are so much braver than I am, I hand baste anything that might shift or be an issue of any kind. No way I could trust myself without it and using pins. You did a fantastic job! And so well explained. TFS 💙
Love the dress😍😍😍 even if it was a ball gown it would've been much easier with a simple fabric that sequin was a lot of hard work😅 do more dresses like the Teuta Matoshi dresses that would be fun to watch and learn from you❣️❣️❣️❣️
The dress is amazing,so beautiful. It looks simple elegance but we know the work and complexity that went into it to create it. I would love to see anything you want to create.
Hi Elisa. Perfect viewing to enjoy over my lunch break. Just commenting to say you nailed it. Fusing the two layers, with an iron on your bed was the moment I realised your absolute dedication to get the best result, and I’m so glad that your efforts paid off. The final result was stunning; thank you for sharing your journey with us. 😍
It looks spectacular, but also, as you say, uncomfortable. Those sequins look... ouch. But I am a delicate flower, and I find brocade uncomfortably scratchy, so sequins are definitely a no for me. I hope when you get to wear it out for real it doesn't cause you any pain. The lace-up back was a good idea; I like that you could theoretically wear for this many years to come because of that.
Well done!! I loved watching this process, I learned a lot! I don't fully understand how you attached the modesty panel and the eyelet strips though. Did you hand-sew the modesty panel onto the lining of the dress? Are the eyelet strips attached to the dress or the panel? Thanks!!
I did ask if you are making a wedding dress - I did not know your dress will need so much fabric! On another note, I want to make a combo of shirt and shorts or shirt and skirt for summer, I have not decided which. Is it something you may be featuring in your videos?
