Mine looks like frump city but that's OK. why? I did it as a challenge to use some fabric that I ordered and came in the wrong color and in two cut yards so I ended up with 3 yards I couldn't use. I couldn't send it back, so! I was like 'challenge myself' instead of throwing it out
Having classy loungewear is a priority my mother and grandmother brought me up with. It really does elevate leisure time from something you do on accident to something you do on purpose.
This comment just clicked with my brain. Leisure time (video games, movie watching, binging netflix) isn't wasted time if it's on purpose. And it's doubly so purposeful if you have a specific outfit for it.
Some people don’t understand the need for full artist makeup while wearing pajamas, but I got you girl! Some days you want to be comfy AND pretty AND artistic. It’s a thing.
I wish I had the skill to do such makeup. I can't even do a wing with eye liner. Doesn't help that I can't see what I'm doing without glasses on, and my astigmatism has made one of my eyes a slightly different shape so one of my eye lids looks a different shape to the other
@@TheClosetHistorian I'm not complaining, hehe! I'm also consistently inconsistent as the mood takes me. *in relation to projects such as knitting, scrapbooking, that sort of thing.
Ooooo. Do you have a serger? They are so quick and easy and fun! I serge yardage before i machine launder it to keep it from fraying. Then I serge the garment ends before seaming it. I have a simple brother 1634 serger wh takes a minute to thread and, since I like natural fiber fabrics, it only takes another minute (or less) to adjust perfectly. If you are making fancy dresses, you can use fancy serger threads too.🤗
Oooooh, I too thought I was too curvy to wear this style, but not only do you prove that to be nonsense, I was able to take sufficient notes while working (shhh) that I feel like I might be able to make this! If that is successful, I might even make more for the various cousin weddings later this year.
I would love a video on a cowl neck modification. Actually, if you have time and don't get bored with it I'd love to see a series of videos on other modifications on this lovely simple design. It's really nice to be able to draft it myself and have something wearable by the end of the day. The instant gratification is really satisfying.
Seeing as I've a 20's murder mystery party to attend, I watched some other tutorials for this style of dress as well. The best thing about yours was the inclusion of ideas for modifying the dress! I'm at uni so I had to scrounge a drop waist outfit together from scraps in my sewing box, and your description of the modifyability was super helpful. I ended up making just the tube and adding on sleeves and gores with a contrasting fabric, and it turned out great! Thanks!
I'm here for the eyeshadow and the over-explaining. Are those coffee rings I saw on your cutting table? I say this as someone who has coffee rings on their ironing board. I also sew over pins because I like to live life on the edge. Love your work, I'm so glad I found your channel. I think silk pyjamas would be an excellent choice for loungewear.
I concur on the lounge wear! Maybe something 20's resort wear inspired? I saw a pretty set on the Bath (UK) Fashion Museum's site awhile back that I think you'd love.
Yes to lounge wear! Also, thank you for going in depth with this tutorial. A lot of tutorials are short for entertainment's sake (and maybe for people who already have experience) but for a beginner like myself, I have questions. You answered those questions and brought attention to things I never would have thought of or should know, like fabrics that work well with this pattern. This pattern seems versatile. A little play with the waist and length and you could have a maxi dress.
Thank you! I often toy with the idea of doing short snappy versions of sewing videos, but I think these workshop/class length almost diarys are just more useful for beginners, or at least I hope so!
I'm invited to a 1920s theme wedding this summer and all the dresses you can buy online are looking cheap and costumey. Thanks for this tutorial I might be able to pull it off and sew myself a dress I really like and can wear again.
Before I could make my own patterns I made cami-knickers and ruffle trimmed robe with a Vogue pattern and flounced around the house feeling very glam, visitors used to be amazed.
Random house clothes suggestion, I've had the beach pajamas on my list from Decades of Style. Pattern 3015. It's a very vintage step in jumpsuit. I think it's 1930s? Possibly 20s. Something like that could be really glam but super easy to just throw on. I'm sure you can draft one similar if you so choose. I really don't enjoy drafting personally so I'm a pattern hoarder lol
Yes! Ive been wanting to sew some lounge wear that is comfortable but cute... and make me feel put together even though I'm a SAHM. I hate wearing leggings and tshirts all the time! I would love to see what you make! I just need to make time to sew without my kids jumping in my lap.
The side gathers were intended to be finished with some fancy braid or other trim which would have been top stitched into place over the gash (to hold it together). Doing it that way avoids the puckering.
YES!!! Vintage lounge wear!!! I am so on board with that. Not really your era but I really want to swan about in caftans. Also wouldnt be opposed to some fabulous dressing gowns
I wish there were more people doing these kinds of videos on 1920s styles. I’m a lot more interested in every day clothes (day wear) than evening or tea gowns to be honest. I haven’t seen any of those types of clothes being made.
You mentioned house dresses and my husband's grandmother wore a brand called Nancy Frock. They zipped in the front and had short sleeves or were sleeveless for summer. Vintage dresses from the brand are on Etsy.
nancy dunkel I had some that were puffed....probably polyester heated around flowers. Very bright....someone younger than me is hopefully still enjoying them....very 60s. They were total Bubby wear when I was a kid.
Ok, I am now inspired to expand my wardrobe with 1920s style (comfy) dresses. These are both simply beautiful. * Also, YES!! for loung wear videos. I've been wanting to make some 1920s capri pajamas. Like one of the young ladies wear in the episode of the TV series Poirot, "After the Funeral" and a matching kimono robe.
TheClosetHistorian You’ll love the deco settings and costumes! I’d be interested to hear if they’re accurate. In one episode he reminisces to a mystery in his life in pre-WWI Belgium, and the clothes were stunning...so, both eras in one episode, called “The Chocolate Box.” It is excellent. I’m going to need lots of good mysteries to survive these 20’s.
I just bought the fabric for a 20's 1 hour dress, so this is invaluable! We have a New Years' party every year and this year we're welcoming back in the Roaring '20's. Thank you!
Ok! You changed my mind! I never really thought anybody look good in 1920s but I like how it looks on you and in the future will love to try it on myself. Love the velvet fern and still mad at myself for waiting to long to get it.
@@TheClosetHistorian I'm probably a foot taller than you, but I figured if a cute curvy little thing like you looked cute in it, it would work on my distinctly Valkyrian frame. Glad I did!
Something I've done before and it worked pretty well; I'm a size Small/Medium (somewhere between 4-6-8) and I found a very loose 100% light tencel dress from Zara (at a thrift store for $6) in a size 1x. I laid a One-Hour dress pattern over it and there was enough fabric. The only problem was it had a clear waistline, so I had to follow that instead of it being a drop waist. It did not look historical (because of the waist placement), but I wanted to mention this as an alternative that might work in certain cases for sourcing fabric. In the future I would stick with dresses larger then my size but with no waistline; such as muumuus, trapeze and "tent" dresses. Many dresses in this cut are made of drapey fabrics. I would say it's ultimately easier to use uncut fabric, but as it's mentioned in this video sometimes sourcing can be difficult, so keeping your mind open to all options can help. (p.s. I opened the side seams and cut the sides and hem, but I left the top shoulder seam intact, so besides the placement of the waist I also reused the neckline and didn't mess with this... I kind like that though, because it too out a step but just like with the waistline problem you would need to feel absolutely okay with that neckline or else it will haunt you.)
This is so approachable. I finally feel like I can follow a dress pattern! I’d love a few different neckline options and maybe a triangle bottomed version. And the sash idea is brilliant!
This was really good and I’m glad I watched it. It makes me feel closer to my grandmothers though a few years before their time for wearing it because they were born in 1912 and 1920. I loved Downton and it is great to see how patterns were made. My grandmother Cleo made her own patterns after studying shop windows of the French Quarter of Pensacola and she made 50 cents a dress! Your couture touches were just like hers. My Grandmother Betty sewed and modeled in Miami around 1936. So interesting and I subbed. Looking forward to your future projects. Super content.
I am going to a Roaring 20's New Years dance. As I have been researching the 1920's it has been a pleasant surprise to see it's fashion influence in so many party gowns and accessories over the decades. Such a fun fashion era. Wear cloths inspired from that time makes me feel glamorous yet comfortable at the same time perfect for the dance era!
I have recently fallen in love with the fashions from the 20's on a new level (attempting to sew original patterns from that decade---it's hard!) after watching the Australian series "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries." She is such an elegant bad ass. Sassy AF and sharp as a tack. All while donning the most stunning example of that era's duds I've ever seen. Check it out!
If you've not seen it yet I urge you to also watch the British drama series _The House Of Eliott_ - it follows the lives of two fashion designer sisters in the 1920s and the clothes are *sublime!*
Thank you so much for posting this video! I love when you include the pattern drafting process of your sewing projects. I don’t have a lot of skill in that area, but I’m really interested in learning more. I’m also really excited to see a 1920s style that is so simple to make. I bought fabric to make a 1920s dress years ago when I bought a fabulous hat that demanded a matching dress. I haven’t made that dress yet, but now I know exactly how to do it.
Love this 1920s black widow look! And you’re right, we ARE entering the 20s again. What!!?? I was just thinking about that today. Not that we even lived in that era but I’m tempted to say it seems like it was yesterday... Also: I’d loooove to see a loungewear sewing project or even a haul or a collections management video if you have enough of it? :)
L you're either very young or trying to hide your age.....in 1979 I wore the first pair from SAKs when I worked there....it helped I was a whopping 110 lbs. wore them to the trendy side of town over the weekend and on Monday had quit a few women asking if we carried them. Ohhhh me the trendsetter....lol.
mary hershelman I’m 30 years old, not trying to hide anything. Also, English is not my first language so I’d never heard of that term. I looked it up and it didn’t seem too terrible. When I read it first I thought of a pleated skirt and how that could somehow be translated into a pair of jeans? Haha
L "didn't seem too terrible" the beginning of a trend. You will see them in stores soon. And huge shoulder pads. Prefer 90s to 80s but there are some overlap. Prefer 30s and early 50s. I just like what I like.
Yes! Modifications please! Love this video, the most comprehensive 1920s dress tutorials I've watched I would love to see more of your alterations to a pattern like this. Question: Could you do a video on some of the best fabrics to use for 1920s dresses as well?! On this note, yes, you go over this in this video, so a more accurate question would be could a very thin flows cotton be used?
Thank you! I think as long as a cotton has a soft/flowey drape to it and is on the thin side it should work! Check out some real 20's cotton dresses on pinterest perhaps to get the best idea of what was used and how it turns out. www.pinterest.com/pin/402931497901966321/
I did away with the puckers either side of the gathered section by cutting a flat piece to back the slit, sewing the gathers flat to that and andding a decorative element on the outside to cover the raw edges, you can see it here in this (doll-scale) example: flic.kr/p/2aZyPZC
Thank you for this great video! I was looking for a pattern for a 1920's dress and this will fill the bill. I am very tall and am hard to fit. I can make this work. I look forward to seeing your other one hour dress videos.
I was just gifted several long glass beaded and tasseled necklaces that belonged to my husbands grandmother Kathleen who was born in 1893. They are from the flapper era ,one is black jet, one is red , and one is yellow . I also have several dainty Victorian necklaces and two Art Deco necklaces that belonged to her. I haven’t worn them because I’m not sure how to style them . I wear jewelry from the 50’s and later. I love Bakelite ,lucite, and celluloid jewelry .Love your sewing skills and creativity.
The best time to use a fancy fabric (for example, burnout velvet) is when you are using a really simple pattern. I don't think I would attempt to just insert a gathered hip into a slash in the body of the dress. I'd extend with a tuck across the hip line or cut the fabric to allow seam allowance . At least I think I would. That said, your dress looks great, so I am likely being too fussy.
Bianca! Good tutorial. You make me feel like I could learn to sew actually. I'm a talented bean in a lot of areas but sewing and/or math is not one of my strong suits. I needed a nice, chill, mind capturing vid today because I had a ROUGH day at work, so this was well timed! PS LOVE the lantern earrings! They look adorable on and are lighter than I thought they'd be, which my ears enjoy, and they don't hurt my sensitive ear holes. 10/10 would recommend to the viewers. You already know you got good stock haha!
I loved this video! My ADD brain understood all the steps ( thank you for being so thorough.🤗) Tomorrow, I shall venture into temptation' s den (aka Jo-Ann's 💵💵) to find the holy grail. And make my very own 1 hour loungey dress, that I so desperately need in my life - specially after watching this video. 😁
I've always been fascinated with the look and feel of the "Roaring 20s". Styling dreams... The flapper gowns dripping beaded fringe are breathtaking. Love, love, love Art Deco. I got all kinds of styling dreams and inspiration from Downton Abbey. This was great.
I love that you showed to-scale fabric planning. I actually draw my fabric chunks out on grid paper when I'm trying to see what I can make out of a given piece of fabric from my stash. I used to be able to make a shirt out of a metre, but then suddenly, boobs, now I CAN but it's tight... so now I'll get a metre and a half of random "ooh shiny! must have!" fabric (or 2 metres if it's something I might want to make a rectangles-and-gores medieval style dress out of), and my thing is to use as much of the fabric as possible, so if I were making one of these I'd probably make the sleeves as long as the hip allowance. I love how you're still curvy in what's essentially a straight mostly shapeless sack :) I need a lot of help to get curves, being brick-with-boobs body shape, and am currently experimenting with double-lined or faced pockets doubling as hip padding :P
@@pattysherwood7091 I'm 47 and I wore baggy stuff for almost 30 years. I feel a lot better about my body now that I try to wear clothing that actually fits.
Bianca, your videos have so much information in them! I feel like I benefit from your degree so much. Please know how much I adore your detailed eye for pattern modification!
How wonderful to find this video!!! I write a tongue-in-cheek 1915-1920 murder mystery series with a nosey female sleuth protagonist. Plan to sew a couple of these dresses to wear when I speak at book clubs and historical groups. Thank you so very much!
I keep going back to this video because I've made 2 or 3 of these now, and they are my perfect summer dress-- nothing sticks to you, they're loose and comfortable. I want to thank you for the exquisite detail you use to talk about this dress. I am a very sloppy cut and go seamstress, barely even measure (this is fine for the medieval tunic style things I make ALL. THE. TIME.) because while I don't follow your method exactly, it did make me do some better measurements, and work harder for workarounds for me (because my brain cracks and bleeds with most patterns.)
My solution for the gathered hip would be to butt the raw edges together on an interfacing piece, and stich it down, then cover the raw edges with an applique... lace/beaded/embroidered? Possibilities would be endless. Alternatively, you could add abbreviated casings to run a sash through.
Bianca try not to stress over it too much as Erte probably designed it. He was an illustrator not a pattern drafter. The picture you showed of Rose's dress it looked like that part was longer! 🤷♀️
I love watching your channel! I'm learning how to sew again and I just like to watch your channel for ideas! And I like to see what makeup you're wearing.😊
Thank you for posting this video. I have the Mary Brooks Pickens booklet on creating the one-hour dress, but the written instructions are harder for me to follow than when I see techniques demonstrated. I also noticed that those dresses which have the hip gathering often are covered with a decorative sash, fabric flower or belt. Maybe that's how they covered up the wonky seam? Love your work!
Would you do a video on some of the 1950s simple patterns?! Like the rectangle wrap top and some other ones that I know are out there but for some reason I can never find them. They used to be published in the women's magazines, and if I remember correctly some of them were developed to use a man's old button down shirts. You probably know what I'm talking about.
Hurray! A 1920s dress. . . I am costuming The Drowsy Chaperone (it is set in 1928) and have a number of “one-hour dress” patterns. The instructions don’t exactly make sense. I am penning this comment before watching the video .... 🤔
I'm throwing a 1920s themed New Year's party this year and almost gagged when looking online for dresses. This gives me hope that I can just make an authentic one, although I suck at sewing.
I think that you did a fabulous job of explaining everything. I am a sewer and was seriously interested in what you had to say and how you explained everything. I recently purchased the pattern of the one hour dress so this was so timely and very interesting. Thank you so much. You are very good at explaining everything.
One more question ... the actresses will be wearing wigs and will change costumes during the show. Taking a dress off over the head is a problem ... do you have a suggestion? Keyhole at the back neckline? Functional buttons on one shoulder? Invisible zip center back or on the shoulder? Hmmm I’m going to bed, will let my subconscious work on this and plan to make a one-hour dress for myself (wearable muslin?) in the morning.
I think I'd do a keyhole in the back if it were me, slit the back center and enclose it in bias tape (I'd go at least 6 inches or more to make it look like a design feature not a practical one), or make the back have a center back seam all the way and leave the clean "slit" down the back as far as you wish, with a different color slip underneath it could be a pretty glimpse too as the actress moves about.
I love 1930s "Beach pajamas" as leisure wear. Its just pure glam. Especially in like a black and gold or green. Gosh. I need to make some! Love you and the video. Never fails to impress and inspire! Thank you for the great content!
I want to encourage you to be more confident in your teaching abilities. I find your explanations very comprehensible and your visuals (especially the mini and the muslin version) are helpful. I thought you did a very nice job explaining your process and techniques. A lovely result.
Fancy Pajamas! Yes! Something lace or silky or velvet. Something lush and swish. Peignoirs & housecoats & yes yes! I'm hoping to make fancy pajamas someday soon, using either McCall's 6659 or 7875 (or something less fancy & fitted, but just as cozy, like Butterick 6296 with a robe from Butterick 6837) Anyways! Back to the topic of the video! You made absolute sense, at least to my brain. I love to sew with knits (I find that people who sew seem to love one and be hesitant of/intimidated by the other, LOL) and I have some beautiful maroon stretch velvet that would look great as a One-Hour dress. I think, so long as you stick to the "drapey and not too thick/bulky" rule for the fabric, you're good to go. Love the addition of beading during the hemming. Adds a nice flair and also a "two birds, one stone" kind of thing to do it all in one go.
Love your detail to things...& thanks for the extra info with regards to different bust & or waist measurements...both dresses came out beautiful...thanks again for your expertise and "bloop"! Heehee 🥰😉 i look forward to more. 🤗
I have this polyester/ rayon pink with white polka dots I was thinking about making a handkerchief hem 1920’s style dress, do you think that type of fabric would work with this pattern?
I'm afraid it's hard to say. Poly and rayon are both fibers, which have a lot to do with how a fabric behaves, but the weave structure matters too. For example a thick upholstery twill could be made from a poly/rayon blend, and so could a super flowy sheer chiffon. The type of weave/textile matters just as much as the fiber it is made from! So if it is flowey, has a very liquid feeling drape, then I'd say yes it will work, if it is stiffer or on the crisp side then I would say no.
Finally gave this a try, and I've got to admit it did NOT take me an hour 😅 I completely misunderstood the handkerchief hem drafting and had to start over but after checking your blog I figured it out and the pattern worked well once I cut the bodice and skirt separately.
You are doing the world such a huge service by showing 1-hour dresses do not have to look like frump city. Someone give this content creator a medal!
I have made this before and wore it as a super ugly nightgown. Not once did it make it over the door mat. I think I'm going to give it another try!
Mine looks like frump city but that's OK. why? I did it as a challenge to use some fabric that I ordered and came in the wrong color and in two cut yards so I ended up with 3 yards I couldn't use. I couldn't send it back, so! I was like 'challenge myself' instead of throwing it out
Having classy loungewear is a priority my mother and grandmother brought me up with. It really does elevate leisure time from something you do on accident to something you do on purpose.
This comment just clicked with my brain. Leisure time (video games, movie watching, binging netflix) isn't wasted time if it's on purpose. And it's doubly so purposeful if you have a specific outfit for it.
This is a 2024 goal. Maybe that is what I lean to sew.
Some people don’t understand the need for full artist makeup while wearing pajamas, but I got you girl! Some days you want to be comfy AND pretty AND artistic. It’s a thing.
Yes and yasss
I wish I had the skill to do such makeup. I can't even do a wing with eye liner. Doesn't help that I can't see what I'm doing without glasses on, and my astigmatism has made one of my eyes a slightly different shape so one of my eye lids looks a different shape to the other
I have to agree. I found this out during COVID and now prefer house makeup to outside make up. It's just for me!
Bianca: I'm too lazy to finish seams properly
Also Bianca: *Hand beads the hems so they're sparkly and pretty*
;) I pick and choose where to get stuck in the weeds ha!
@@TheClosetHistorian I'm not complaining, hehe! I'm also consistently inconsistent as the mood takes me. *in relation to projects such as knitting, scrapbooking, that sort of thing.
Pretty hems are essential!
Ooooo. Do you have a serger? They are so quick and easy and fun! I serge yardage before i machine launder it to keep it from fraying. Then I serge the garment ends before seaming it. I have a simple brother 1634 serger wh takes a minute to thread and, since I like natural fiber fabrics, it only takes another minute (or less) to adjust perfectly.
If you are making fancy dresses, you can use fancy serger threads too.🤗
Did you knot after each bead?
Would love to see a video on how to make a 20’s style slip for under this dress!
Oooooh, I too thought I was too curvy to wear this style, but not only do you prove that to be nonsense, I was able to take sufficient notes while working (shhh) that I feel like I might be able to make this! If that is successful, I might even make more for the various cousin weddings later this year.
I would love a video on a cowl neck modification. Actually, if you have time and don't get bored with it I'd love to see a series of videos on other modifications on this lovely simple design. It's really nice to be able to draft it myself and have something wearable by the end of the day. The instant gratification is really satisfying.
Loungewearrrr. Loungewearrrrr. I would love to swan around like an elegant aristocrat.
@kshiftkometh haha! That too!
Seeing as I've a 20's murder mystery party to attend, I watched some other tutorials for this style of dress as well. The best thing about yours was the inclusion of ideas for modifying the dress! I'm at uni so I had to scrounge a drop waist outfit together from scraps in my sewing box, and your description of the modifyability was super helpful. I ended up making just the tube and adding on sleeves and gores with a contrasting fabric, and it turned out great! Thanks!
Thank you! I'm glad your dress came out well, gotta love a new dress! :)
I'm here for the eyeshadow and the over-explaining. Are those coffee rings I saw on your cutting table? I say this as someone who has coffee rings on their ironing board. I also sew over pins because I like to live life on the edge. Love your work, I'm so glad I found your channel. I think silk pyjamas would be an excellent choice for loungewear.
Flying Panda I also have coffee rings on my cutting boards and ironing board lol so happy to know someone else does also!
Thank you! They are drink rings of some kind indeed, I use that same table to write at as well when I'm in author mode so it gets all kinds of use!
Flying Panda, You are funny.
I concur on the lounge wear! Maybe something 20's resort wear inspired? I saw a pretty set on the Bath (UK) Fashion Museum's site awhile back that I think you'd love.
Bianca: "Have a friend help you."
Me: "cries in introvert"
Dritz Hem Puffer 😁 Best thing ever! (Officially called: Dritz 699 Deluxe Marking Chalk Hem Maker) $26 ish on Amazon!
Don't worry, my mom is my only hemming friend ;) I'm a total introvert myself too!
Made my second one hour dress today, managed it in a mere 3 hours this time.
More 1920’s please. Maybe some vintage inspired lounge wear?
I second the motion.
Thirding, from the future.
Fourthing said motion 😊
Fifthing, from the further future
Anyone else just adore these long videos?!
Bianca, I love listening to and watching you explain the process of creating all these beautiful garments 🤗
Thank you Angela!
Love these long videos!
Yes I do too! I'm learning a lot too.
yes! I watch it in 15 or 20 min chunks every chance I get. so nice to see the details
Love long videos with thoughtful working insights.
Yes to lounge wear! Also, thank you for going in depth with this tutorial. A lot of tutorials are short for entertainment's sake (and maybe for people who already have experience) but for a beginner like myself, I have questions. You answered those questions and brought attention to things I never would have thought of or should know, like fabrics that work well with this pattern. This pattern seems versatile. A little play with the waist and length and you could have a maxi dress.
Thank you! I often toy with the idea of doing short snappy versions of sewing videos, but I think these workshop/class length almost diarys are just more useful for beginners, or at least I hope so!
I'm invited to a 1920s theme wedding this summer and all the dresses you can buy online are looking cheap and costumey. Thanks for this tutorial I might be able to pull it off and sew myself a dress I really like and can wear again.
Before I could make my own patterns I made cami-knickers and ruffle trimmed robe with a Vogue pattern and flounced around the house feeling very glam, visitors used to be amazed.
Good for you, pampering oneself is better than chicken noodle soup when sick
Random house clothes suggestion, I've had the beach pajamas on my list from Decades of Style. Pattern 3015. It's a very vintage step in jumpsuit. I think it's 1930s? Possibly 20s. Something like that could be really glam but super easy to just throw on. I'm sure you can draft one similar if you so choose. I really don't enjoy drafting personally so I'm a pattern hoarder lol
Yes! Ive been wanting to sew some lounge wear that is comfortable but cute... and make me feel put together even though I'm a SAHM. I hate wearing leggings and tshirts all the time! I would love to see what you make! I just need to make time to sew without my kids jumping in my lap.
The side gathers were intended to be finished with some fancy braid or other trim which would have been top stitched into place over the gash (to hold it together). Doing it that way avoids the puckering.
cloisterene , I was thinking of a two-inch strip to make up the difference but your idea is much better. :-)
YES!!! Vintage lounge wear!!! I am so on board with that. Not really your era but I really want to swan about in caftans. Also wouldnt be opposed to some fabulous dressing gowns
I'm dying to see someone make 1940s lounge wear with those big bishop sleeves and strong shoulders !!!!
So glam for around the house ;)
Thank you a million times for doing this tutorial!!! MORE MORE MORE 1920s tutorials PLEASE!!!
I wish there were more people doing these kinds of videos on 1920s styles. I’m a lot more interested in every day clothes (day wear) than evening or tea gowns to be honest. I haven’t seen any of those types of clothes being made.
You mentioned house dresses and my husband's grandmother wore a brand called Nancy Frock. They zipped in the front and had short sleeves or were sleeveless for summer. Vintage dresses from the brand are on Etsy.
nancy dunkel I had some that were puffed....probably polyester heated around flowers. Very bright....someone younger than me is hopefully still enjoying them....very 60s. They were total Bubby wear when I was a kid.
Grandmother in law?
These are beautiful! Thank you for explaining how to add material for a larger hip. I have a 38-35-52 measurement. Making dresses is interesting.
Ok, I am now inspired to expand my wardrobe with 1920s style (comfy) dresses. These are both simply beautiful.
* Also, YES!! for loung wear videos.
I've been wanting to make some 1920s capri pajamas. Like one of the young ladies wear in the episode of the TV series Poirot, "After the Funeral" and a matching kimono robe.
Thank you! I need to watch more Poirot, I've only seen a few episodes
TheClosetHistorian You’ll love the deco settings and costumes! I’d be interested to hear if they’re accurate. In one episode he reminisces to a mystery in his life in pre-WWI Belgium, and the clothes were stunning...so, both eras in one episode, called “The Chocolate Box.” It is excellent. I’m going to need lots of good mysteries to survive these 20’s.
I just bought the fabric for a 20's 1 hour dress, so this is invaluable! We have a New Years' party every year and this year we're welcoming back in the Roaring '20's. Thank you!
Ok! You changed my mind! I never really thought anybody look good in 1920s but I like how it looks on you and in the future will love to try it on myself. Love the velvet fern and still mad at myself for waiting to long to get it.
Thank you Nadia! I used to think I was too curvy to wear 20's stuff, but I like it too much, so eventually I said 'screw it!" and did it anyway!
@@TheClosetHistorian I'm probably a foot taller than you, but I figured if a cute curvy little thing like you looked cute in it, it would work on my distinctly Valkyrian frame. Glad I did!
The one hour dreeessssss😃 Yeesssss. The 20s-40s is my FAVORITE ❤️💫
@@twinnish Yes. With lace inserts & tiny pleats!
Something I've done before and it worked pretty well; I'm a size Small/Medium (somewhere between 4-6-8) and I found a very loose 100% light tencel dress from Zara (at a thrift store for $6) in a size 1x. I laid a One-Hour dress pattern over it and there was enough fabric. The only problem was it had a clear waistline, so I had to follow that instead of it being a drop waist. It did not look historical (because of the waist placement), but I wanted to mention this as an alternative that might work in certain cases for sourcing fabric. In the future I would stick with dresses larger then my size but with no waistline; such as muumuus, trapeze and "tent" dresses. Many dresses in this cut are made of drapey fabrics. I would say it's ultimately easier to use uncut fabric, but as it's mentioned in this video sometimes sourcing can be difficult, so keeping your mind open to all options can help.
(p.s. I opened the side seams and cut the sides and hem, but I left the top shoulder seam intact, so besides the placement of the waist I also reused the neckline and didn't mess with this... I kind like that though, because it too out a step but just like with the waistline problem you would need to feel absolutely okay with that neckline or else it will haunt you.)
Well I've found my first sewing project. It feels doable and I need something to wear with my new necklaces.
This is so approachable. I finally feel like I can follow a dress pattern! I’d love a few different neckline options and maybe a triangle bottomed version. And the sash idea is brilliant!
Thank you Alicia!
This was really good and I’m glad I watched it. It makes me feel closer to my grandmothers though a few years before their time for wearing it because they were born in 1912 and 1920. I loved Downton and it is great to see how patterns were made. My grandmother Cleo made her own patterns after studying shop windows of the French Quarter of Pensacola and she made 50 cents a dress! Your couture touches were just like hers. My Grandmother Betty sewed and modeled in Miami around 1936. So interesting and I subbed. Looking forward to your future projects. Super content.
I am going to a Roaring 20's New Years dance. As I have been researching the 1920's it has been a pleasant surprise to see it's fashion influence in so many party gowns and accessories over the decades. Such a fun fashion era. Wear cloths inspired from that time makes me feel glamorous yet comfortable at the same time perfect for the dance era!
LOVE this pattern and going to try my hand at it this weekend! Back in the 80’s I loved the 20’s style dresses but now I can make my own. ❤️
I have recently fallen in love with the fashions from the 20's on a new level (attempting to sew original patterns from that decade---it's hard!) after watching the Australian series "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries." She is such an elegant bad ass. Sassy AF and sharp as a tack. All while donning the most stunning example of that era's duds I've ever seen. Check it out!
Yes I love that series! So good :)
The movie is coming out this year! I hope I can find it near me!
If you've not seen it yet I urge you to also watch the British drama series _The House Of Eliott_ - it follows the lives of two fashion designer sisters in the 1920s and the clothes are *sublime!*
I came for the sewing but I'm staying for the makeup and spooky aesthetic.
Thank you so much for posting this video! I love when you include the pattern drafting process of your sewing projects. I don’t have a lot of skill in that area, but I’m really interested in learning more. I’m also really excited to see a 1920s style that is so simple to make. I bought fabric to make a 1920s dress years ago when I bought a fabulous hat that demanded a matching dress. I haven’t made that dress yet, but now I know exactly how to do it.
Thank you Tina! You can do it! And the hat will get more wear too then I expect
Love this 1920s black widow look!
And you’re right, we ARE entering the 20s again. What!!?? I was just thinking about that today. Not that we even lived in that era but I’m tempted to say it seems like it was yesterday...
Also: I’d loooove to see a loungewear sewing project or even a haul or a collections management video if you have enough of it?
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L drop waistlines will be trending soon....they are no longer in thrift stores. Pleated jeans too......NOOooOooooooooo!
mary hershelman What on earth are pleated jeans? Hahah
L you're either very young or trying to hide your age.....in 1979 I wore the first pair from SAKs when I worked there....it helped I was a whopping 110 lbs. wore them to the trendy side of town over the weekend and on Monday had quit a few women asking if we carried them. Ohhhh me the trendsetter....lol.
mary hershelman I’m 30 years old, not trying to hide anything. Also, English is not my first language so I’d never heard of that term. I looked it up and it didn’t seem too terrible. When I read it first I thought of a pleated skirt and how that could somehow be translated into a pair of jeans? Haha
L "didn't seem too terrible" the beginning of a trend. You will see them in stores soon. And huge shoulder pads. Prefer 90s to 80s but there are some overlap. Prefer 30s and early 50s. I just like what I like.
Yes! Modifications please! Love this video, the most comprehensive 1920s dress tutorials I've watched I would love to see more of your alterations to a pattern like this. Question: Could you do a video on some of the best fabrics to use for 1920s dresses as well?! On this note, yes, you go over this in this video, so a more accurate question would be could a very thin flows cotton be used?
Thank you! I think as long as a cotton has a soft/flowey drape to it and is on the thin side it should work! Check out some real 20's cotton dresses on pinterest perhaps to get the best idea of what was used and how it turns out. www.pinterest.com/pin/402931497901966321/
I did away with the puckers either side of the gathered section by cutting a flat piece to back the slit, sewing the gathers flat to that and andding a decorative element on the outside to cover the raw edges, you can see it here in this (doll-scale) example: flic.kr/p/2aZyPZC
Thank you for this great video! I was looking for a pattern for a 1920's dress and this will fill the bill. I am very tall and am hard to fit. I can make this work. I look forward to seeing your other one hour dress videos.
Thank you Diane!
Thank you so much the the explanation on your drafting. So easy for a new sewer/pattern maker to follow along. 20’s dress in my future . Blessings .
Thank you Laura!
I think I've watched this 3-4 times now. I'm weird. I'm preparing to try it but I always get nervous because I'm 49, 44, 60. My hips don't lie, man.
My measurements EXACTLY! How did yours come out?
Love to see you on 20s style. I'm in love with your bangs! The dress is amazing!
Thank you! They need a trim too ;)
Oh, these are so pretty. I really like the effect of the belt!! I’m going to try my hand at this 😊
Thank you Leslie!
I was just gifted several long glass beaded and tasseled necklaces that belonged to my husbands grandmother Kathleen who was born in 1893. They are from the flapper era ,one is black jet, one is red , and one is yellow . I also have several dainty Victorian necklaces and two Art Deco necklaces that belonged to her. I haven’t worn them because I’m not sure how to style them . I wear jewelry from the 50’s and later. I love Bakelite ,lucite, and celluloid jewelry .Love your sewing skills and creativity.
Thank you Sandra! All the jewelry sounds fabulous!
Earrings and maybe a brooch (To drop scoop the neck)...necklace is too much with the motif. Dress looks lovely.
Thank you!
I really want to make 20s dresses this year I’d love to see the cowl and hankerchief
The best time to use a fancy fabric (for example, burnout velvet) is when you are using a really simple pattern.
I don't think I would attempt to just insert a gathered hip into a slash in the body of the dress. I'd extend with a tuck across the hip line or cut the fabric to allow seam allowance . At least I think I would. That said, your dress looks great, so I am likely being too fussy.
Thank you Tina!
So pretty! I'd love to see the alternative finishes you've done as well as making period slips!
Thank you Kelly!
Bianca! Good tutorial. You make me feel like I could learn to sew actually. I'm a talented bean in a lot of areas but sewing and/or math is not one of my strong suits. I needed a nice, chill, mind capturing vid today because I had a ROUGH day at work, so this was well timed! PS LOVE the lantern earrings! They look adorable on and are lighter than I thought they'd be, which my ears enjoy, and they don't hurt my sensitive ear holes. 10/10 would recommend to the viewers. You already know you got good stock haha!
Thank you Darcie! I'm so glad to hear you like the lantern earrings!
I need an overly dramatic Edwardian tea gown to welcome people in my boudoir. It's a mood.
I loved this video! My ADD brain understood all the steps ( thank you for being so thorough.🤗) Tomorrow, I shall venture into temptation' s den (aka Jo-Ann's 💵💵) to find the holy grail. And make my very own 1 hour loungey dress, that I so desperately need in my life - specially after watching this video. 😁
Thank you Essa!
I've always been fascinated with the look and feel of the "Roaring 20s". Styling dreams...
The flapper gowns dripping beaded fringe are breathtaking.
Love, love, love Art Deco.
I got all kinds of styling dreams and inspiration from Downton Abbey.
This was great.
Thank you Darnelle!
Eye makeup -- Fabulous as always.
I love that you showed to-scale fabric planning. I actually draw my fabric chunks out on grid paper when I'm trying to see what I can make out of a given piece of fabric from my stash. I used to be able to make a shirt out of a metre, but then suddenly, boobs, now I CAN but it's tight... so now I'll get a metre and a half of random "ooh shiny! must have!" fabric (or 2 metres if it's something I might want to make a rectangles-and-gores medieval style dress out of), and my thing is to use as much of the fabric as possible, so if I were making one of these I'd probably make the sleeves as long as the hip allowance.
I love how you're still curvy in what's essentially a straight mostly shapeless sack :) I need a lot of help to get curves, being brick-with-boobs body shape, and am currently experimenting with double-lined or faced pockets doubling as hip padding :P
Thank you! My wedding dress style in 1987 which I dyed with mix of navy And black👌🥰
Congratulations on how well these turned out! I especially loved the black dress when you tied the sash low on the hips. 👏👏
Thank you Jenny!
tying the ends at the dart is... genius. damn. it's such a nice finish. thank you for mentioning that it'll make my projects so much nicer.
Although one of those dresses would make me look like a house, I might have to make one for the comfort, especially for summer
I would love to look like a house.
Linda Ursin hehehe. I am 64 now and I don’t know what happened to my waist. I wear baggy jumpers. I think of myself as a Weeble.
@@pattysherwood7091 I'm 47 and I wore baggy stuff for almost 30 years. I feel a lot better about my body now that I try to wear clothing that actually fits.
Linda Ursin A woman is most beautiful in her 40’s, so I have heard.
@@pattysherwood7091 I wish :D But perhaps she sees her own beauty much better at 40 than at 20?
Bianca, your videos have so much information in them! I feel like I benefit from your degree so much. Please know how much I adore your detailed eye for pattern modification!
Thank you Rachel!
How wonderful to find this video!!! I write a tongue-in-cheek 1915-1920 murder mystery series with a nosey female sleuth protagonist. Plan to sew a couple of these dresses to wear when I speak at book clubs and historical groups. Thank you so very much!
I keep going back to this video because I've made 2 or 3 of these now, and they are my perfect summer dress-- nothing sticks to you, they're loose and comfortable.
I want to thank you for the exquisite detail you use to talk about this dress. I am a very sloppy cut and go seamstress, barely even measure (this is fine for the medieval tunic style things I make ALL. THE. TIME.) because while I don't follow your method exactly, it did make me do some better measurements, and work harder for workarounds for me (because my brain cracks and bleeds with most patterns.)
Thank you Kate! I'm glad you have found it so useful!
They came out gorgeous! Love the idea of fancy loungewear.
Thank you Gabbi!
My search for the One Hour Dress is how I found you, so I'm extra happy for this video! Thank you!
Thank you Shannon!
My solution for the gathered hip would be to butt the raw edges together on an interfacing piece, and stich it down, then cover the raw edges with an applique... lace/beaded/embroidered? Possibilities would be endless. Alternatively, you could add abbreviated casings to run a sash through.
Bianca try not to stress over it too much as Erte probably designed it. He was an illustrator not a pattern drafter. The picture you showed of Rose's dress it looked like that part was longer! 🤷♀️
keep over explaining please; I am a very beginning sewer and the odds and ends you throw in elucidate other questions for me.
I loved both of the dresses however, the first one was my favourite and | would wear that everywhere.
Thank you Tracie! I wore the black one to the post office after I finished filming this video ;)
I love watching your channel! I'm learning how to sew again and I just like to watch your channel for ideas! And I like to see what makeup you're wearing.😊
Thank you!
54:00 I can hear crickets chirping away. That and the rainfall during the sewing were A+
Please do a tutorial of adding fringe to a handkerchief hemline dress
Thank you for posting this video. I have the Mary Brooks Pickens booklet on creating the one-hour dress, but the written instructions are harder for me to follow than when I see techniques demonstrated. I also noticed that those dresses which have the hip gathering often are covered with a decorative sash, fabric flower or belt. Maybe that's how they covered up the wonky seam? Love your work!
Would you do a video on some of the 1950s simple patterns?! Like the rectangle wrap top and some other ones that I know are out there but for some reason I can never find them. They used to be published in the women's magazines, and if I remember correctly some of them were developed to use a man's old button down shirts. You probably know what I'm talking about.
Please make a video showing all the ways to tweak and customize the dress! I would love to see that!
LOVE for the one hour dress! Thank you for the detailed video
Thank you!
Love the one hour dress pattern, so flexible for us older folks and easy to see and decorate. Make great day dresses in cotton🥰🥰
My grandmother and her peers used scarves to flaten down the breasts. Alot of lace on hers too.
Slip would be a good idea to show!🙃😍
Hurray! A 1920s dress. . . I am costuming The Drowsy Chaperone (it is set in 1928) and have a number of “one-hour dress” patterns. The instructions don’t exactly make sense. I am penning this comment before watching the video .... 🤔
Hopefully this helped and didn't leave any new mysteries than ha! Good luck with the costuming, sounds fun to me!
I'm throwing a 1920s themed New Year's party this year and almost gagged when looking online for dresses. This gives me hope that I can just make an authentic one, although I suck at sewing.
You can do it! This is a pretty good beginner project I'd say because it is mostly straight lines :)
I think that you did a fabulous job of explaining everything. I am a sewer and was seriously interested in what you had to say and how you explained everything. I recently purchased the pattern of the one hour dress so this was so timely and very interesting. Thank you so much. You are very good at explaining everything.
I love the beaded hem concept. I would spend so much time beading if I could (and if I had things to bead).
Glam eyes and pajamas are a sensational combo. Also very zen, i'd say.
Thank you! ;)
One more question ... the actresses will be wearing wigs and will change costumes during the show. Taking a dress off over the head is a problem ... do you have a suggestion? Keyhole at the back neckline? Functional buttons on one shoulder? Invisible zip center back or on the shoulder? Hmmm
I’m going to bed, will let my subconscious work on this and plan to make a one-hour dress for myself (wearable muslin?) in the morning.
I think I'd do a keyhole in the back if it were me, slit the back center and enclose it in bias tape (I'd go at least 6 inches or more to make it look like a design feature not a practical one), or make the back have a center back seam all the way and leave the clean "slit" down the back as far as you wish, with a different color slip underneath it could be a pretty glimpse too as the actress moves about.
Both dresses came out very chic.
Love the way you styled them.
Thank you Darnelle!
I love 1930s "Beach pajamas" as leisure wear. Its just pure glam. Especially in like a black and gold or green. Gosh. I need to make some! Love you and the video. Never fails to impress and inspire! Thank you for the great content!
I want to encourage you to be more confident in your teaching abilities. I find your explanations very comprehensible and your visuals (especially the mini and the muslin version) are helpful. I thought you did a very nice job explaining your process and techniques. A lovely result.
Thank you!
Fancy Pajamas! Yes! Something lace or silky or velvet. Something lush and swish. Peignoirs & housecoats & yes yes! I'm hoping to make fancy pajamas someday soon, using either McCall's 6659 or 7875 (or something less fancy & fitted, but just as cozy, like Butterick 6296 with a robe from Butterick 6837) Anyways! Back to the topic of the video! You made absolute sense, at least to my brain. I love to sew with knits (I find that people who sew seem to love one and be hesitant of/intimidated by the other, LOL) and I have some beautiful maroon stretch velvet that would look great as a One-Hour dress. I think, so long as you stick to the "drapey and not too thick/bulky" rule for the fabric, you're good to go. Love the addition of beading during the hemming. Adds a nice flair and also a "two birds, one stone" kind of thing to do it all in one go.
Thank you! Drapey fabric is key indeed!
Cowl neck handkerchief please!!!!! That is beautiful!!!
Thank you!
Just loving the eyeshadow
Love your detail to things...& thanks for the extra info with regards to different bust & or waist measurements...both dresses came out beautiful...thanks again for your expertise and "bloop"! Heehee 🥰😉 i look forward to more. 🤗
Thank you!
Lovely dress! I like the beads, and the hem is perfectly fine! Hugs!
Thank you Peggy!
Whew!!!
I have this polyester/ rayon pink with white polka dots I was thinking about making a handkerchief hem 1920’s style dress, do you think that type of fabric would work with this pattern?
I'm afraid it's hard to say. Poly and rayon are both fibers, which have a lot to do with how a fabric behaves, but the weave structure matters too. For example a thick upholstery twill could be made from a poly/rayon blend, and so could a super flowy sheer chiffon. The type of weave/textile matters just as much as the fiber it is made from! So if it is flowey, has a very liquid feeling drape, then I'd say yes it will work, if it is stiffer or on the crisp side then I would say no.
TheClosetHistorian Okay, I should stop being lazy and do a burn test to figure out what it truly it. Thanks for the info!
Worry not, you are making sense!
Could you use this pattern to create a 1920s blouse?
I expect so, just crop it wherever you'd like the blouse hem to be!
Finally gave this a try, and I've got to admit it did NOT take me an hour 😅
I completely misunderstood the handkerchief hem drafting and had to start over but after checking your blog I figured it out and the pattern worked well once I cut the bodice and skirt separately.