Recreating my favorite 18th Century museum gown as a modern spring dress (Part 2: Sewing the Dress)

Hey there, welcome to my latest sewing experiment. The test here was: once I had a fairly historically-accurate 18th century pattern, how far could I modernize and streamline the sewing process, while still coming up with a result that still felt acceptably historical to me? This video is a part 2 of 2. Making the dress, I wound up with a lot of useful, interesting footage, and I didn’t want to skimp on anything good. So I split the project into two videos. This one focuses on the custom printed fabric, the sewing process, and the final result. The previous video, linked below, detailed the original dress I was basing my pattern on, and the complete patterning process.

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[ivygilliam]

"I'm limited to how much I can care" is such a good line

[alexbee]

It reminds me a bit of the dresses hobbits wear in LOTR, it has that integral coziness but it is also so elegant and spring/summerish I love that

[sarahannekerley]

The other night I went to bed with a skirt pleated on the dress form and the waistband ready to be pinned on. I woke up at 4am and had to force myself back to sleep because I was buzzing to sew on that waistband!!

[ameliegifford]

"I'm limited to how much I can care" Mood

[lisalisa]

Thank you for pointing out when you make mistakes or accidentally sew over a part, as a newbie, I am encouraged

[ashextraordinaire]

I cannot thank you enough for the work you did to recreate that floral print. A little while ago, I ordered some of the white-background print on Spoonflower petal signature cotton, and I'll be making a short gown with it. It's my absolute favorite design, and I didn't even realize you were the creator until I saw part 1 of this project!

[LaineyBug]

I love the cut of the dress, I think if I could do this, I would make so many of these dresses in different prints or solid colors!

[clairebrent]

You always choose the nicest background music for your videos. It is soothing to turn your videos on and panic sew my Easter dress!

[LaineyBug]

It might be cute to order a couple samples to cut out more red flowers, then sort of attach/embroider them around the neckline & down the center front a bit, sort of like appliques...

[madokakaname]

Absolutely lovely dress. Your whole 18th century sewing series has me riveted. I can’t wait until my tax returns come in and I can order some of this print, but I think I’d like to use it on a modernized regency dress

[LinvnT]

I really love how the dress turned out. I love it shorter; both the sleeves and the skirt. I think most people will look at it and see a cute summer dress.

[LauriesPlace]

OMG thank you for the clip with the little trick of burying the serger thread so simple & effective, the answer to all my sewing problems

[SuperNovaSirius]

Also, can we please appreciate how AMAZING that back fits. Incredible!

[Mums_a_knitter]

I haven't had much motivation to sew in the last few weeks... This video changed that - I want those pleats.
I love your methodical approach and the way you explain your reasoning, you make things so easy to understand!

Update: I now have those pleats 😄

[lokal_snik]

The IKEA fabric you're reffering to might be "KALKBRÄKEN", but the print is a lot smaller

[cenedra]

Love it, love to watch you construct garments, and I love that this was part of the collection... here's to more history bound projects, for all of us!

[anastasiamaliuha]

It's amazing to see your 18 century capsule come to life! Can't wait for the fabric design video, I might have zero art skills, but looking at the process is so satisfying.

[agimagi]

So beautiful! Going for this cream color instead of white was such a good idea, it looks so classy and elegant!

[wynnewhitten-holmes]

The music you use in your videos has the lovely effect of either inspiring me to work on my own projects with zeal or, if I don't feel up for sewing, making me feel as though I just finished the project with you!

[AJisreading]

this dress is so beautiful! I wish I had something insightful to add to this comment, but I’m a complete sewing beginner and this was basically witchcraft to me 😂 I love your videos though, and I can’t wait to see more!