I'm making a Cottagecore Halloween Gunne Sax dress! //
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- There's a fun new Costube collaboration going on this year for Halloween -- we're making Gunne Sax style dresses out of Halloween fabrics!
As you know if you've seen my other videos, I love Halloween, and I love bringing Halloween-themed clothing into my day-to-day wardrobe, so making a ruffly cotton Historybounding dress out of Halloween fabric is just a perfect combo.
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I'm getting heavy "Inception" vibes. Let's face it, Gunne Sax *was* history bounding in it's day. And I feel oooold.
Saaame. I wanted a Gunne Sax dress or skirt so badly when I was in high school. Now that I can afford to do it, I really just need to make my own. :D
@@horsenroundstudio I got extremely lucky because I found about 4 GunneSax dresses in thrift stores when I was a teenager! And they were in my size! I wore those dresses to ribbons!
@@agypsycircle Ooo, cool! The town where I grew up didn't really have any thrift stores for public shopping. I didn't have the opportunity to discover the joys of thrift store shopping until well after college.
"don't look inside my pockets, that's weird" gold. Pure gold.
My pockets would be bigger, with a seam tape reinforcement, since I tend to stash random things in them when sewing. My Mom would wear aprons with BIG patch pockets .... With 8 kids (5 boys), sewing supplies were always needed close by.
Instead of CottageCORE, I read CottageGORE and for a second I was imagining The House on the Prairie meets Texas Chainsaw Masacre and I was all for it. I love your version too, much wearable without the blood
Now I need cottageGORE!
Sarah Rosen, Now we ALL need Cottage Gore. Haghenveien, you may have started something.
One of the Ingalls’ neighbors was a family who killed travelers and ate them. CottageGore, indeed.
🤣🤣
I used GunneSax patterns for most of the bridesmaid's dresses I wore in the 70's. (I have 42 first cousins. I was a bride's maid frequently.) I loved them then. I love them now.
I had several Gunne Sax dresses in the late 70's and early 80's. One was a long version of the brown dress you showed in off-white with tiny flowers print. I had to beg my mother to get a new dress each time I had a growth spurt because of the price of the dresses. Because I needed a nice dress for school orchestra, I usually would get a new one about every other year junior high through high school. I also ended up with several black Victorian/Edwardian style dresses/blouses made for me during that time for youth orchestra concerts and my college senior Viola recital. So I was history bounding before it was called history bounding.
These dressed did make a little of a comeback about 15 years ago with the maxi dresses I have one that is the same style as the purple one in the start of the video that I bought about 10 years ago I still wear it in fall. Only down side to these dresses is that they don't make them for short people (I'm only 5 feet tall) and I can't wear kids sizes because my boobs are to big.
I love the ribbon-within-a-ribbon trim. It catches the light in different ways, making it perfect for the variations of golds in the fabric. The flat velvet ribbon is beautiful--it just doesn't have the liveliness of my favorite.
This is bringing back so many memories for my sister and I. We were girls/young women in the mid-70s and early 80s-the Gunne Sax heyday. Her prom/wedding dress was Gunne Sax. The dress did double duty because Gunne Sax dresses were mad expensive. That dress cost around $150, exorbitant for the day.
Thankfully they eventually released Gunne Sax patterns and it was on! We had Gunne Sax dresses for every occasion. School plays, Christmas, Easter, you name it we had a Gunne Sax dress for it. Except, we never thought to make one for Halloween!!! Of course, back then Halloween was strictly a kiddie holiday, but still…
We’re really enjoying your process and that fabric is killer.
Wow, I had no idea they were that expensive! And thank you!
I am loving cottagecore! I was a young adult in the mid 70's and loved the Victorian vibe of the times . Still have a couple Gunny Sax and Laura Ashley in the attic. A couple years ago I inherited a small mountain cottage and raided my attic to decorate and reused all my favorite pieces and lace curtains. So excited to find out I was just a year or two ahead of the curve. My friends who come to stay this summer all commented not that I had decorated with my old treasures ,but I was the first cottagecore place they had seen!
I made a Gunne Sax dress for a bridesmaid outfit… in January. So we made them up in a super heavy/stiff linen blend … in dusty rose. That was A LOT of dress. I realized early on and knew I was only wearing that sucker once, so I didn’t line anything and my dress was only 15 lbs instead of 25 :) 3 rows of ruffles, people.
Stepping on Lion's squeeky toy was just perfect. Especially with the "spooky" fabric.
I think you should wear this dress whenever you want. It's always Halloween somewhere, right? 😁
There's "Halfway to Halloween", "Summerween", etc...
I wore them the first time around . . .thats one decade I’m not ready to repeat yet 🤣🤣
I've seen that fabric at my Joann's! It's so pretty! And now I want a gunne-sax dress!
That was my youthful prime years and about 1/3 of my wardrobe was Gunne Sax, sewn by yours truly! (I'm in my later 60's) I was in design school during that time so I altered the sleeve designs and the necklines, ect...So happy that this style is being recognized and appreciated.!
Love that fabric!!!!!
Black and gold plaid with black lace trim could work well. I remember my mother making me the most outstanding GunneSax in 79. Dusty blue, mauve and white (plaids and florals)
Gunnesax had an outlet store in South San Francisco during the 80s, I bought the fabric and laces from them and made the Folkwear Edwardian Wedding dress with them for about $ 30.00. The dress has 23 yards of lace in the train.
Did you know one of the big four pattern companies had Gunnesax patterns?
I love your plan.
I heard simplicity is planning on re-releasing the patterns! And thanks!
Ohhhh... How I used to drool over those Gunne Sax dresses. But we never spent a lot of money on clothes. But one time I found one on clearance at some really ridiculous low price, and I bought it for myself--- even though it was a tiny Size 7, and I was a not tiny size 14 (oh to be a 14 again, lol). So I couldn't really wear it, but I would put it on in front of my mirror, without the back zipped up. One time I brought it to a friend's house in a bag, and put it on to show her. She looked at me like I was nuts, oh well. I was kind of strange. It was mostly dark green velvet, with a cream muslin deep ruffle around the bottom. The front was split and laced up over a cream muslin center panel. I think the sleeves were long, and were the green velvet at the upper arm, and the cream muslin at the lower arm. I think there were zippers along the lower arm, so they could be fitted very tightly after you got your hand through. Eventually, I think I gave it away. I hope some skinny little girl got some use and enjoyment from it.
OH, MY, STARS! I bought exactly the dress you described back when I was 19 from a second hand store. I love that dress, I have it still! I have not offered it to any of my daughter -- cuz it's MINE! That would be funny if they were one and the same.
@@michellecornum5856 If it's a size 7, it could be. I actually found pictures of it, after I posted. I was wrong about the sleeves, I think they were all cream muslin, but the upper arm was mutton-leg, and tight around the lower arm. They call it "The Nicholette Gown", but I don't know why.
@@argusfleibeit1165 Sure, enough! That's her!! Nicolette, dark green velvet, muslin! Yep!😁Nicolette is now my Argus Fleibeit dress!!!! When I bought her, people actually asked me Why? Are you kidding?! She's MAGNIFICENT!!! I have never seen pictures of her before! And she has a name!! That was a lovely tidbit! I never knew they had individual names! What fun!!
@@michellecornum5856 Do you know where you bought it? I lived in the Philly area when I donated it (of course, it could have gone anywhere from there).
@@argusfleibeit1165 I bought it in Colorado. Probably not the same dress, but still -- I like the idea, especially because we had similar experiences with her.
Wow, what a blast from the past! I had a Gunne Sax Jessica McClintock prom dress. It was an off the shoulder light blue and Pearl white wide stripe pouf of a dress. This looks so much more wearable. Haha!
It’s always appropriate to wear Halloween outfits.
I like the braid trim. And kitty fabric. And kitty in a bag!!
This project is going to turn out absolutly wonderful!!! I love all the GunneSaxoween that is happening :D
Love this project!
The symbols in the fabric, so magic is for everyday! Looks amazing, look forward to the finish!
I love your Gunne Sax dresses! This spooky fabric is so pretty with the little Dora cats on it.
This was hilarious timing, I'm planning on making a gunne sax dress for Christmas!
Spoonflower just opened a 20% off sale and sent a list of Christmas toiles. I was hoping for a ChristmasCore challenge as well.
I wore a very similar dress to the lavender dress at 1:26 in my aunt's wedding in 1982. My mother made my dress (white with little blue floral sprigs; I was a junior bridesmaid at the age of 13) and her dress (blue with white flowers; she was the matron of honor). The other bridesmaids wore the same dress in green, rust, brown, and burgundy. I LOVED that dress so very much. I also wore it for a concert in band. I feel like it influenced from that time on my love of Edwardian and Edwardian-ish clothing. I realized while watching your video that a Gunnel Sax dress in all black with black trim and insertion lace is what I need to fulfill my goth Edwardian dreams!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets home from the store and then remembers the things I forgot! ❤️
Also DORA!!! 🐈😂
I would have killed for a Gunne Saxe dress when I was in high school....they did not come in my size and my sewing skills were not good enough to get a size 12 pattern to my 24....
Hearing you talk and think through fitting and details is gold! It’s so helpful to me to just hear someone working it out. This dress is awesome! And good luck in your play!!
Bets on for when Rebecca returns to Joanne's lol xxxx.
I love that fabric too! I made myself my standard A-line skirt (with pockets, of course!) and a matching mask. I've gotten lots of compliments. 🙂
OMG that first gunnesack dress you showed with the short sleeves, I made that for my sister's bridesmaid. I added more tiers of ruffles with lace inserts in the skirt but it was that pattern in hot pink with white lace!
The classic Gunne Sax trim is often a sorta crocheted lace situation that is not super difficult to find in white or ivory cotton. You could dye some gold!
I like the trim with the double strands pinned. I love this fabric and would love to get some of it. This dress is adorable and might want to make it sometime. Can’t wait to see the rest of it come together.
the people at Joanne's must love you and know you by name!
I don't know that they know my name, but they do know me by face!
I want to have your wardrobe!
I did not need another reason to love #gunnesax more, but I love that you’re making, gives me hope of upsizing my gunne (& vintage Laura Ashley) patterns, I was small enough to wear them back in the day… I also remember bonding with my MiL over gunnersax love & she had several of her original dresses from the 70s & they were lost in a couple of her moves, I should have grabbed them when I could even though they were tiny. It’s going to be beautiful & magical vibe that can be worn past Halloween ~C
YES!!! This video makes me sooo happy.
Out of the loop. English and I’ve never heard of these dresses, but they are looking like the Laura Ashley dresses of my youth. Loved them.
Yep, I'd say they're super similar to the Laura Ashley dresses.
I'm obsessed with your halloween dresses and you keep inspiring me to make halloween dresses for daily wear haha!
My cats really loved paper bags too, nothing wrong with a good box either, but we had nice big paper bags more often, and they were very popular.
I just bought some of this fabric! I'm going to use it to line an Elizabethan partlet with black melton top fabric! So fun!
Dora matches the colour scheme of gold and black perfectly.
Umm.. that fabric is beautiful! I think I’m going to have to make a spooky season/fall gunne sax dress now.
You have such talent! Best of luck or "break a leg" in your Little Women performances!
I really enjoy your jumping into projects full of whimsey or homage. Fun to watch. :-)
You didn't ask for opinions, but I like the solid colored trim (would grosgrain work?) because it shows off the fabric and flattering line of the vertical seams. The braided trim seems to fight for the eye, IMHO. Whatever you choose will be great. :-)
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I went with the velvet. You'll see more next week! 😉 And thank you!
I think a choker as the collar and show some skin, but now I want one for Christmas!!
SQUEEEEEE! I had to forward this to my sister, right away! That fabric is gorgeous!! Have a nice visit with your folks!!
I'm really liking all of the dresses you are wearing in this video! I can't wait to see the end result! I'm still watching.
I'm loving it so far! I can't wait to see it all finished! :D
Nice
Daiso has hand sewing needles (packets) for $1.50. Walmart has sewing machine needles (4 pcs) for about $2. At Joann, I always shop the clearance aisles first.... leather upholstery trimmings were heavily discounted a few times. Hope this helps. 🍄🍄
im loving everything your wearing! you are a great sewist!!
Yes bring waist in. Remember u only added to that front square panel
I say keep the fabric and make something from it. I got inspired by the Fabric to make my own Bell Sleeve Witchy Dress. I honestly like the braid trim on the dress. I got the Creepin it Real bag from Joanns Fabrics.
Your kitty is so cute. I love cats, but my elderly mom hates cats. So unfortunately, no kitties. COL (Crying out loud).
I had a Gunne Sax dress that I LOVED from the 70's. I gave it to my daughter last year. She probably used it to line the catbox, but at least I gave her the chance to love it. I'm always astounded by your abilities.
These gunne sax dresses have been interesting so far!
Also I wanted to give you a head’s up, but I stumbled across the video early on accident- I was able to see it in your gunnesaxoween playlist yesterday, and realized that it was still supposed to be Patreon-only at that point. As soon as I realized it was unlisted I pulled it from the queue I had set up to play, but I thought you should know unlisted videos will be seen in public playlists.
Thank you! And no worries - I put them in the playlist ahead of time, so I guess it's a little bonus if people are following the playlists. 😉
LOVE. IT.
Looks good!
I never would have thought of Simp 3723 for a Gunne Sax look! But of course you can do ANYTHING with that pattern! I am so sad that I can no longer go into Joanne's and pick it up in the extended sizes...
I made my daughter Gunne Sax dresses when she was growing up.
I absolutely love your inspiration dress! The fabric is so cute. I feel like it could be worn all autumn. I'm currently pinning on several yards of lace to my Gunnesaxoween dress while watching this video. :) Looking forward to your next video.
Miss Dora matches the fabric.😺
Its looking very good 👍 I liked the velvet ribbon, the two lines was more interesting then the single braided one, even if the colour of that is more matching. And it's absolutely a dress for the whole year 😉 very season is spooky season!
Omg! I so want to do this! I have the perfect fabric and pattern for this!
I have that same orange black checked fabric. I want to make a skirt out of it.
OMG! I had that dress (brown calico, velvet and silk satin ribbon)... That one was from the early 80s.
I had this dress too! It was my absolute favorite. I think it was from 1982 or 83
Very nice job.
I absolutely love your content and I am soooo pumped whenever you post. ♡ This is so cool, I really enjoy all of your mashups!!
I have to say though, I'd love to see you try a softer style of brows, I think it would compliment your features more. :)
That material is nice. I haven’t seen anything like it in my store. Though I did find some cute material for masks for my grandson. He needs new masks for Halloween!! Anyway everything is looking great.
Dora in a paper bag is very cute. I save paper bags for my grandcats. They have a ball with the bags.
Very Little House on the Prairie Tv show western ,- Oklahoma the movie l musical look Very popular in the 1970's. what a fun idea .
WHAT?!? This just popped up in my recommended and I am beside myself!!!
I was always too “plus sized” to wear Gunne Sax.
I remember a lot of cotton lace
Never heard of Gunne Sax and I grew up in that era and wore that style dress. Thing is, in my country as in many others they are actually Laura Ashley style dresses, based on the old milk maid/shepherdess style dresses of the past. They were in all the shops and can easily be found online in various museums (inc.V&A).
Yeah, I'd say Gunne Sax and Laura Ashley are super similar.
I love this! I want to make one, but I bought 2 of those Gunne Sax-type dresses from Target last year and can't quite justify a third lol
Ah, Gunne Saxe. I wore one to my 79 graduation. I got rid of it when I was at University, because I grew a couple of inches after graduation, but it was a lovely dress. My sister had one as well, also long gone.
So cute. Would it look ok to use the different trim on different parts of dress? (Eg/ gold braid on bodice, then the velvet on the skirt?)
Thank you! Unfortunately the two don't match!
Dora says, stay away it's my bag now meow,and Rocco is actually Raquel
that's a meow for now :)
go up the hill from auburn to Hobby lobby. They have amazing fabrics and a great trim selection. I go there first before Joanns, for sure. No waiting in a long cutting line
No thanks. Hobby Lobby is a terrible corporation who is anti women's rights, anti LGBTQ+, and pro-Trump and other right-wing policies. They don't get my money.
Props to the creative folk who are doing gunnesaxoween, but…
I literally burned my prom photos. I am old enough to have been limited to the gunnesax style for my prom dress. It was really not a good style for me. Everyone’s prom photos are-I believe-apt to be embarrassing years later. Mine were absolutely horrific, suitable for the Halloween season!
I’m hoping the trim ends up a mid purple
Not making a dress for this trend but realized that I bought the wrong size zipper for a project 😞
Okay but where did that adorable fabric come from?!?!
Joann's!
@@LadyRebeccaFashions coupon trip!
Sorry for 3 comments. On my screen the gold velvet ribbon looks best
I agree. The trim from Joann looks kind of pale on my screen, the gold velvet looks deeper and richer, even though you can tell it is slightly more on the orange side of gold than the fashion fabric.
I am using your video as motivate to trace and cut my pattern.
I’m using the same Simplicity pattern (different view) for my Gunne Sax dress! Great minds, and I’m also really struggling with indecision on just about every aspect of the dress lol
i've been a fan of gunne sax (honestly had no idea it was pronounced gunnae sax) dresses for 15 years, but alas, I am too young to have been alive when they were in production. I've been wanting to make one now that I have some sewing skills, so I am MOST interested in the patterns this gunnesaxoween collab will be using as starting points so I can also have an idea because I am not to talented yet to know how to draft a pattern.
I like the braided trim and I think the trim on the skirt could certainly be different than the bodice. I think they would be far enough away to make it work
I don’t remember ANY Gunny Saxxe dresses like this. Good lord I must be old… (or maybe I mixed them with the Betsey Johnson style back in memory cold storage)
Someone else commented that this one was apparently an early 1980s style.
It must be losing something on my monitor because the velvet ribbon looks like a pretty good colour match with the darker gold elements of the fabric, to me.
I’m 65…. My Gunny sax prom dress is hanging in the back of my closet.. next to my wedding dress. (Not gunny sax)….
Lol, I just pulled out my high school graduation dress, gunne sax of course. Thinking, can I copy this in the size I am now? And lo and behold, it's a thing!
I want to make a Gunne Sax style dress so bad. But I'm a beginner and I can't wing it and piece different patterns together 😭
If you take a bodice from one pattern, sleeves from another, and a skirt from a third, it is really quite easy. I'd say give it a go!
I’m thinking that this dress would be awesome year round. And if anybody questions while you’re wearing cats and other “Halloweenish“ designs on your dress just tell them you’re Wiccan. 😉
Take care and stay safe!
My two cents. Get a complimentary quilting cotton, make a hundred yards of straight or bias tape. Trim all the things. The princess seams, the waist, the sleeves, the hem, the corduroy vest, the dickie, the hat, the shoes, the parasol...
Could you make a harness for our fur babies with a bell with velcro?
Dora would not want to wear a harness. Her collar has a bell, but when I've tried to put the harness on that I bought for her to wear with a leash, she forgets how to cat.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions oh okay, I meant for us besides Raquel is banned from catnip she is meanwhile high it's like she is on the double X some stoners thinks it funny uh you try being chill while less than a 3-week old kitten attacks your hand
I think a pattern that would have matched well would have been a black and gold plaid or black background, gold X.
Yeah, I was looking for a small plaid or check like that. The hard part is that this base fabric is actually really dark brown, not black, so I couldn't find anything to match it.
Gunner Sax was all about the late 70s/1980. I wrote a white GS dress for my 8th grade graduation in 1980. After that, it was a dead trend.
Hi Dora!
Rebecca, did you ever show us a reveal of this dress when it was finished?
Yep, it's in a different video in this series.
@@LadyRebeccaFashions ok, thanks :)