I like that you included options for changing the fit in case of later body changes. This has been a year where nothing seems to fit like it used to (at least in my own experience), and thinking ahead for future ease of alteration is really smart.
@@OpusElenae Lately I've seen/heard a few people say "My body has changed" instead of "I've gained/lost weight". As a weight-sensitive person, I find it a much kinder way to think and talk about myself and others.
@@rachelboersma-plug9482 bodies change, gravity shifts things even if there is no weight change involved. Sometimes just a change in under garments can do it. I always try to incorporate extra in the seam allowances if possible.
Love how Production Assistant Bran tried to get your tea and then just decided that he would bless the dress as well as sneak head pats! And that dress is GORGEOUS!!!
@@OpusElenae I used to have a cat who'd wait until I took my eye off my tea. He'd then daintily dip his paw in & lick the tea off his paw. Thankfully he left hair in my tea as a warning. I quickly learned not to leave my tea at cat level unless I was done with it.
@@OpusElenae my cat Star got a taste of coconut almond milk when I wasn’t looking. She tries to snif tea but isn’t successful. She like chips and will steal French fries or Fritos. So I hide those.
PA Bran was just serving as your beverage-checker! The cotehardie came out beyond beautiful. What a brilliant touch with the serger to give you the option for later adjustments - and making it of black linen so all Bran fur is invisible. I have to admit I'm jealous - I have the exact same buttonhole foot and I swear mine hates me. What blessing or curse did you put on yours to make it work???
It doesn’t work all the time. There were 3 or 4 of the 33 that I had to redo or fix. So that’s a 10% failure rate. Mostly I go slowly and scootch it along with my fingers to help it.
Your cotehardie is delightful--it has that glove-like fit that makes you look like you stepped right out of an illustration. And the fourteenth century seems apt these days--a reminder of where we would be without the medical advances of the last 700 years. Even without them, they got through it and so shall we. Soon, I hope.
@@OpusElenae I can imagine the elderly clucking about the fit of a particular woman's cotehardie. And how those elderly people's elders disapproved of their fashion choices. It's just mild shock and disapproval all the way back, in much the same way it is turtles all the way down.
“Next time I’m putting vodka in this….” Your production Assistant and mine have apparently been attending the same Union meetings where tea theft has been discussed. Great work on this project! It looks so elegant!
Beautiful dress! I would be proud to wear that for any day. 33 buttons however, is a daunting task, not to mention 33 button holes! I am afraid that would be a permanent resident in my WIP closet. 😢😢😢
A lovely MLBD. :) Your mockup is the exact colour of my only 14th Century kirtle. :) May you have many opportunities to wear such an elegant addition to your wardrobe. It would also make a fantastic item to wear at Samhain with a few accessories.
I always enjoy watching and learning from your videos. I absolutely love this outfit and look forward to seeing it together with the block print ensemble.
Thank you! Hm, it depends on how finely the thread is spun. When people who spin talk about making yarn for garments (ie: knitting a sweater), they generally do so in terms of weight instead of length.
Beautiful, careful sewing.For the life of me, and despite listening over and over, I still can't work out how you finished off the sleeve insertion to get that lovely clean finish. Did you have the overlocked lining come over to cover the rest? Thanks for posting - I love your work!
Yup! I sewed the sleeve together and serged the sleeve head to finish both layers together. Then I inserted the sleeve into the armscye. Then I trimmed the armscye seam allowance, on the body, to 1/4”. Then I folded the serged sleevehead over and hand sewed it down to the body fabric. Is that a little clearer?
I just saw this video and i have to share an amazing story about medieval fashion. I was prepareing a costume for comicon and the character La Andromeda promethieum has a very unique black gown. by accident when making a mockup of a medieval gown from an authentic recreated pattern for a surviving garment the shape of it was very similar to the characters. i made the gown with the added futurist alterations which was just sleeves being fitted only to being to drop lightly a few inches above the wrist and a shooting heart star shaped false peekaboo slit in the front. other then those two alterations the shape and style of the gown is a medieval garment after lining it up with the full lengh photo of the anime character and her dress it's a match. Although the anime film is from the 80's set in the soon to be 2000's it's amazing that a medieval garment was reintroduced into a futuristic film.
Yay! You're back. I watched the earlier one just to see how much sense it made without sound or captions, and it was actually not bad - your filming and editing are getting really good.
This is so beautifully simple, and it looks so comfortable, too! Can I ask about your chatelaine? I spotted a lucet on it, but couldn't make out the rest of the items or the chatelaine itself. Do you have a video where you talk about it?
@@OpusElenae oh thank you! You've just sent me down a delightful rabbit hole. I love chatelaines but wanted something lighter than metal. I can't believe a cord never occurred to me 😂
At least the delay allows you to make a coordinating outfit for the special day, hope it allows all the details for the celebration to be ironed out better. Depending on current events not attending in person events till November holding firm on that. One can always make garb focus on toning and maintaining good weight till its safer.
@@OpusElenae I totally understand and its quite the SCA milestone. Being able to enjoy the day properly is more challenging recently. Definitely a big deal, wishing you both all the best.
I'm just sitting here thinking what a good idea it is to write the date on your patterns, I've got to steal that idea. Also I love your little buttonhole chisel. It looks so lovely! All that time spent sewing buttons definitely worth it.
I was watching this earlier and suddenly realized that all the sound was gone. I went to comment about it, but the comment wouldn’t post. I realized you must have taken it down to fix an issue and that’s why the audio disappeared even though it let me keep watching the visuals. 😂 (also this is a perfect project for Bran! Lots of camouflage space for him!)
It’s AWESOME!!!!!! If I’m seeing correctly, the only underpinnings are your shift. There is no structure or boning to the garment. Or to any under layer I love that!!! The more I look at historical costuming, the more I love this era.
Yup, just my smock! Two layers of linen is supportive enough for me, though quite frankly, I have a good amount of, uh, natural elasticity, that allows me to need very little external support.
It's wonderful. I'm forever fascinated by the way that simple shapes come together to make such an elegant garment. It looks lovely on you. Take care of yourself, Tornado, and Bran.
It fits quite well there; I bring the armscye in very tight underneath and then mark where the sewing line needs to be to have a good range of movement but not cut in to my shoulder tendons. As far as a pattern, I have no plans for that right now, but Daisy Viktoria has an excellent cotehardie pdf!
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I like that you included options for changing the fit in case of later body changes. This has been a year where nothing seems to fit like it used to (at least in my own experience), and thinking ahead for future ease of alteration is really smart.
“Pray I do not need to alter it further…”
If it's any consolation I have gone from xs -l. Oops,lol.💖
@@lesleyharris525 no shame in that, it’s been a year and a half of changes, it makes sense that bodies would too.
Thank you for being so matter of fact about body changes. We all experience them.
There’s no shame in your body changing!
@@OpusElenae Lately I've seen/heard a few people say "My body has changed" instead of "I've gained/lost weight". As a weight-sensitive person, I find it a much kinder way to think and talk about myself and others.
@@rachelboersma-plug9482 bodies change, gravity shifts things even if there is no weight change involved. Sometimes just a change in under garments can do it. I always try to incorporate extra in the seam allowances if possible.
Love how Production Assistant Bran tried to get your tea and then just decided that he would bless the dress as well as sneak head pats! And that dress is GORGEOUS!!!
Thank you! It wasn’t even the tea with catnip!
@@OpusElenae I used to have a cat who'd wait until I took my eye off my tea. He'd then daintily dip his paw in & lick the tea off his paw. Thankfully he left hair in my tea as a warning. I quickly learned not to leave my tea at cat level unless I was done with it.
I wonder if it was due to little bit of cream, that Bran wanted a taste.
@@TudorositiesbyMaureen I have a relaxation tea that includes catnip and now he tests every cuppa he can just to make sure it’s not that one.
@@OpusElenae my cat Star got a taste of coconut almond milk when I wasn’t looking. She tries to snif tea but isn’t successful. She like chips and will steal French fries or Fritos. So I hide those.
PA Bran was just serving as your beverage-checker! The cotehardie came out beyond beautiful. What a brilliant touch with the serger to give you the option for later adjustments - and making it of black linen so all Bran fur is invisible. I have to admit I'm jealous - I have the exact same buttonhole foot and I swear mine hates me. What blessing or curse did you put on yours to make it work???
It doesn’t work all the time. There were 3 or 4 of the 33 that I had to redo or fix. So that’s a 10% failure rate. Mostly I go slowly and scootch it along with my fingers to help it.
Your cotehardie is delightful--it has that glove-like fit that makes you look like you stepped right out of an illustration. And the fourteenth century seems apt these days--a reminder of where we would be without the medical advances of the last 700 years. Even without them, they got through it and so shall we. Soon, I hope.
Thank you! One of the reasons I love this century is the fit! And the Plague Years certainly weight heavily on my mind these days.
@@OpusElenae I can imagine the elderly clucking about the fit of a particular woman's cotehardie. And how those elderly people's elders disapproved of their fashion choices.
It's just mild shock and disapproval all the way back, in much the same way it is turtles all the way down.
Yay! It's not private content anymore! Thank you!
It’s been a day where technology has been following Murphy’s law. Thanks for sticking with me anyway!
The joyful twirl at the reveal was honestly my favorite part (aside from the cat-interference at the start…) 💜
I almost fell down the embankment lol SO GRACEFUL
thanks for the tips on how to keep your garments easy to alter
Of course! Changing bodies are natural.
“Next time I’m putting vodka in this….” Your production Assistant and mine have apparently been attending the same Union meetings where tea theft has been discussed. Great work on this project! It looks so elegant!
I just don’t even know what they want to do with it!
Beautiful dress! I would be proud to wear that for any day. 33 buttons however, is a daunting task, not to mention 33 button holes! I am afraid that would be a permanent resident in my WIP closet. 😢😢😢
A lovely MLBD. :) Your mockup is the exact colour of my only 14th Century kirtle. :) May you have many opportunities to wear such an elegant addition to your wardrobe. It would also make a fantastic item to wear at Samhain with a few accessories.
I have some ideas to witch it up a little bit!
Thank you Opus Elenae! Really appreciate the effort put into making these dresses and videos.
Aw thank you for watching! 💜🥐
Beautiful garment. Any knight would be proud to have you on their arm. PA Bram was in rare form this time, he's such fun to watch.
That’s so kind! My partner thinks the same, he went out of his way to tell me several times, how pretty I looked. (PA Bran also says thank you)
I always enjoy watching and learning from your videos. I absolutely love this outfit and look forward to seeing it together with the block print ensemble.
I should have had him bring it out this weekend… maybe next time I visit him I’ll do a Photoshoot for us….
@@OpusElenae * clapping with delight * That would be excellent! Thank you.
"A 14th century little black dress, if you will" she says, as if there's any chance I won't! It ended up lovely.
Thank you!
The more I see these, the higher up on my priority list it becomes. It's interesting how something so simple can be so elegant.
I truly think this style looks good on every body. I have yet to see someone who didn’t look elegant and beautiful in a cotehardie.
This is drop dead elegant. I just love it. (How many miles of thread will you have to spin to weave enough cloth for your cote?)
Thank you! Hm, it depends on how finely the thread is spun. When people who spin talk about making yarn for garments (ie: knitting a sweater), they generally do so in terms of weight instead of length.
*whispers* Whiskey grandpaaaa
I was hoping someone would catch the reference!
Whiskey grandpa shirt??? 😅😂
Love the cote
You can thank Rachel Maksy for that one lol
Beautiful, careful sewing.For the life of me, and despite listening over and over, I still can't work out how you finished off the sleeve insertion to get that lovely clean finish. Did you have the overlocked lining come over to cover the rest? Thanks for posting - I love your work!
Yup! I sewed the sleeve together and serged the sleeve head to finish both layers together. Then I inserted the sleeve into the armscye. Then I trimmed the armscye seam allowance, on the body, to 1/4”. Then I folded the serged sleevehead over and hand sewed it down to the body fabric. Is that a little clearer?
Add me to the “assistants who steal beverages” club-my Leonberger has been filching coffee since he was a tiny pup. 😂
Oh noooo
We have the same button box!
I just saw this video and i have to share an amazing story about medieval fashion. I was prepareing a costume for comicon and the character La Andromeda promethieum has a very unique black gown. by accident when making a mockup of a medieval gown from an authentic recreated pattern for a surviving garment the shape of it was very similar to the characters. i made the gown with the added futurist alterations which was just sleeves being fitted only to being to drop lightly a few inches above the wrist and a shooting heart star shaped false peekaboo slit in the front. other then those two alterations the shape and style of the gown is a medieval garment after lining it up with the full lengh photo of the anime character and her dress it's a match. Although the anime film is from the 80's set in the soon to be 2000's it's amazing that a medieval garment was reintroduced into a futuristic film.
Some silhouettes are just timeless! Your costume sounds amazing
Love it!
Outstanding!
Very elegant. It is neat how you can adjust the fit in the future.
It seems most practical at this point
Yay! You're back. I watched the earlier one just to see how much sense it made without sound or captions, and it was actually not bad - your filming and editing are getting really good.
Thank you, that means a lot to hear!
Me too. And I made sure to come back to like this video and catch the voice over on a few spots as well as the post mortem.
a Void!
He screams back 🖤🐈⬛
Immediate like for cat :D
He’s the real powerhouse of the channel.
Beautiful.
And was that Mayor of Casterbridge I heard in the background?
It might have been? I honestly don’t even remember what I was listen to…
Delightful to watch as always
&, as predicted, still water, might be my 8th or 10th
Maybe some gin too
Mmmm, gin....
It’s very pretty!!! You’ll blend in well at that knighting ceremony!!! I hope it happens soon!!!
Thank you!
Hi ! Just wondering about the sleeves did you make button holes for the buttons or are they sewn through both sides ?
There are button holes, just in case I need to roll my sleeves up
Can you Please show how you transition from button to center seam on front. Please
Next time I make a kirtle I will explicitly show it, but I have a couple of videos where I make a laced front and a front seam.
So so excited for your COSY vid and panel! A great line up!
Me too! I’m so thrilled!
It turned out lovely!
Thank you!
This is so beautifully simple, and it looks so comfortable, too! Can I ask about your chatelaine? I spotted a lucet on it, but couldn't make out the rest of the items or the chatelaine itself. Do you have a video where you talk about it?
Not a video, but you can see what’s on it here: instagram.com/p/CVqzBLLgnHq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
@@OpusElenae oh thank you! You've just sent me down a delightful rabbit hole. I love chatelaines but wanted something lighter than metal. I can't believe a cord never occurred to me 😂
Bran is such a sweet lanky boi
He is the sweetest!
Oooh…I need a nice authentic button hole tool…
Mine was a gift!
👗
At least the delay allows you to make a coordinating outfit for the special day, hope it allows all the details for the celebration to be ironed out better. Depending on current events not attending in person events till November holding firm on that. One can always make garb focus on toning and maintaining good weight till its safer.
I just want him to have an elevation that isn’t shadowed by the fear that we’re endangering our friends.
@@OpusElenae I totally understand and its quite the SCA milestone. Being able to enjoy the day properly is more challenging recently. Definitely a big deal, wishing you both all the best.
@@TudorositiesbyMaureen hilariously, this is for another game, Amtgard! He already has 2 peerages in the SCA because he’s an overachiever.
Ooooooh that black linen... Delightful. The dress moves so well! Congratulations
Linen is one of my favorite fabrics
I'm just sitting here thinking what a good idea it is to write the date on your patterns, I've got to steal that idea. Also I love your little buttonhole chisel. It looks so lovely! All that time spent sewing buttons definitely worth it.
Thank you! I learned it from someone in my clothiers guild; it’s been super helpful
loooovvveee your cat, its beautiful.
He says thank you!
@@OpusElenae 😊
I was watching this earlier and suddenly realized that all the sound was gone. I went to comment about it, but the comment wouldn’t post. I realized you must have taken it down to fix an issue and that’s why the audio disappeared even though it let me keep watching the visuals. 😂 (also this is a perfect project for Bran! Lots of camouflage space for him!)
Yup I had to take it down and repost. Thank you for your patience! (And yes he was OBSESSED🖤🐈⬛)
It’s AWESOME!!!!!! If I’m seeing correctly, the only underpinnings are your shift. There is no structure or boning to the garment. Or to any under layer I love that!!! The more I look at historical costuming, the more I love this era.
Yup, just my smock! Two layers of linen is supportive enough for me, though quite frankly, I have a good amount of, uh, natural elasticity, that allows me to need very little external support.
It's wonderful. I'm forever fascinated by the way that simple shapes come together to make such an elegant garment. It looks lovely on you. Take care of yourself, Tornado, and Bran.
Thank you! I’m doing my best to
I love tuning into your videos. :) What brand and model sewing machine do you use? I need a new machine that does automatic button holes. LOL
Thanks! I have a janome dc3050. It’s not a new machine (I think I’ve had it for like, 15 years?) but it’s pretty decent.
Came out beautifully! Love how it's the purrfect color to camouflage PA Bran.
The better to steal pets!
Ughhh I have such a hankering for a dress that style!! Haha it’s always so elegant looking. Now you just need a grandiose surcoat to wear over it!
I have a couple of them! And another in the works!
This was a fun watch and I like your music choices great job it looks beautiful
Thank you! I take music selection seriously so it’s always nice to hear that people appreciate it
A beautiful dress, I really like the shape of it, fitted then lovely and flared.
This silhouette is my faaaaavorite
I use the same type of box for my button storage. I enjoyed seeing that.
It’s so convenient!
I love the contrast of the buttons. It came out lovely!
Thank you!
This turned out great! I love the buttons!
Thank you!
Love this, the buttons just take it over the top!
Thank you!
Beautiful how does it fit under the arms I always have issues with that fit
What u ever consider selling a pattern
It fits quite well there; I bring the armscye in very tight underneath and then mark where the sewing line needs to be to have a good range of movement but not cut in to my shoulder tendons. As far as a pattern, I have no plans for that right now, but Daisy Viktoria has an excellent cotehardie pdf!