Making A Gothic Victorian Evening Bodice
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Today I finally dive into some silk taffeta as I make a mid 1880's evening bodice. I modified the Truly Victorian pattern from my last video to work for a dinner bodice instead, with a more open neckline and shorter sleeves. Then I embellished the life out of it of course! Should I make more beaded cicadas?
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Thank you for watching!
Whenever you're doing a lot of hand sewing, wearing your corset saves your posture, literally.
This is exactly what I was about to recommend
I wear my corset religiously whenever I’m doing a hunched over task
Why have I never heard this!
Someone invite this woman to a ball! She's earned it! 😍
I have a contemporary dress in a dupioni that same colour! I love the green-black colour play and the crisp swooshy noise it makes. Ermagurd, watching this while I whip stitch overcast the seams on a "walking skirt" lol.
Just got to the end of the video, I love it! The fit is great and the embellishments are so pretty. I really like the little bit of lace at the cuffs. The whole vibe is badass and super feminine.
Thank you Natalie! I love dupioni so that sounds lovely to me ❤
Absolutely magical, that's how you look in this bodice! 😍 The brooch is mesmerizing in its glittering glory, and the trim on the sleeves is so inspiring. Thank you 🤗
Thank you! ❤
The green silk is stunning! It's a beautiful top!💗💗
Thank you Joanna!
I used reading glasses to see up close and used tool for back poster. That will help with hand sewing.😊😊😊
Love this top. I have sewn some patterns that end with sharp points and sometimes have had to pick some of them out because I have sewed them wrong.😆
Thank you Melody!
so very beautiful and inspirational!!
Thank you!
It's rare that I watch something being put together and still have my jaw drop when I see it finished. I gasped, quite literally, on the reveal. This is just stunning, and I'm beyond words.
Also please take care of your posture. Nobody wants you to suffer that much for your art. ;-)
Thank you Shannon! ❤
Well done gorgeous perfect
Thank you!
Bianca, I know you said that you were nervous to post this kind of historical sewing content on your channel, but this series has been FANTASTIC!!!!! The project is everything my little goth soul desires and it is producing a stunning garment, but most of all, your passion for this project shows through in every way and it has been a joy to watch! Thanks so much for the absolutely stellar content! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! 🖤🖤🖤 I'm glad you've been enjoying it, I still have the day bodice and ball gown bodice to get to as well!
Funnily enough rayon was discovered in the 1880s so technically, technically, the binding is accurate.
I actually had tears in my eyes when you did the reveal!! Please do more webs between the rows of leaves down the frontman of the bodice. Epic. The brooch just blew my mind and yes I would love to see more of that. You look ravishing in the bodice. Incredible makeup and your skin seems very gothic and pale. Hah! If you are doing things with bugs, you should totally make a bug scientist outfit for it! I hope you aren’t in too much permanent pain, but I think your sacrifice is worth it for your end result! And I forgot to mention the back bodice bat points! Swoon!!! The B Roll, the music, the project scope are so impressive! Incredible. We are not worthy. You are a goddess.
Thank you Thea! ❤❤❤ More webs needed indeed, will do. The muscle pain is indeed fading thankfully! I actually rested yesterday...it felt very strange 😅
@@TheClosetHistorian we don’t want you to burn yourself out! We are too greedy and need your content in the world right now!
Even though I don’t know what she’s talking about half of the time, these videos are so satisfying.
Exactly!!
"that i went ahead and beaded some berries onto" like that didnt add hours to this project, oh gal
I procrastinated other bits by adding more beading 😅
“This day, we pajama” - life in 2020
Also, for time-lapse things I actually just use my phone in airplane mode.
I haven’t watched the whole thing yet but can I just say props to this video. Wow, Bianca. The editing, visuals, and history behind this is just awesome. I don’t know why your channel isn’t bigger. I love this so much. ♥️ hope you are staying safe in these crazy times.
I agree, the work she puts into her videos is outstanding and she deserves way more subs! This series has been so great though, and I think we are going to see her channel grow and grow!
We have to share her work as much as possible so many more people see it. I agree that she should have many more subscribers. Her work is great and listening to how things all come together is funny and real.
Thank you so much Bailey!
Thank you!
Thank you Peggy!
OMG😍 These are stunning and you look beautiful 😍.
I have a tip for sewing while in agony... or to prevent the agony. Bring the work up to you on big over-stuffed pillows. Prop your own arms up with soft bed pillows to support. This can be done on the sofa using a big sofa pillow to raise your work. Lighting is key as is learning to isolate your arm and back muscles to hold them relaxed while using your hands actively to sew. I was taught this by my occupational therapist who hooked me up to electrodes for biofeedback while isolating and relaxing back, neck and arms. We have body memory so as soon as you find and learn YOUR personal technique you can re-invoke it at will.
Hope you feel better soon❤️
Epsom salt baths are a thing😘
Thank you Karin! I think holding myself strangely for the camera to capture what I was doing, or trying to, was most of the problem really. I sadly don't have a bathtub which is a real bummer!
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Really hope you feel better💞🌈💞
Dad:
TheClosetHistorian: Everything the white touches is my hand stitching.
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I will now be calling my work table the table of doom, that’s the perfect name
It looks so good! The fit and the shape of the tails was amazing, and then you added that stunning beadwork and lace on top of it. I can't wait for the rest of the project. And the effort you put into the editing with the music and B-roll are totally worth it.
Thank you Tina! ❤
Dracula ribbon seduces and bites the other ribbons.
It looks GLORIOUS! The points in the back are just *chef's kiss*. And I will always support more spiderwebs.
Thank you Elizabeth!
THIS IS AMAZING (sorry, am I shouting? I woke my cat up)!
Imagine if the skirt was green, and on the fantastic tail points of that bodice, you had black tassels/beading - agh!
This is so gorgeous, well done, and what an experience this mini-series was, I don't even sew, and I have been glued to my screen!
Thank you Anne! Skirt video coming this next week!
The bodice is beautiful and the colour suits you so well. And I love how you styled your hair for the finished look. Just gorgeous.
Thank you Gillian!
Oh my gosh I'm so excited about this. You're makeup is bomb, bodice is bomb, video is bomb, personality is bomb!
Also, yes, more spider webs.
Thank you Jessie!
@@TheClosetHistorian The total ensemble looks amazing!!! I will be grateful if my sewing endeavors turn out even a mere fraction of how yours did!
Absolutely stunning! It’s so exciting to watch this project develop! The cicada pin is amazing, it would be cool to see more bits and bobs like that in the future.
Thank you Avery!
Dad got brownie points from me for that GORGEOUS iron!! Great job and choice Bianca's dad!!!!
Its stunning! I love the cobwebs and the back hemline. I'm so inspired! Perhaps wearing your corset while sewing may help with your posture problems? It's hard to crunch up in a corset
Thank you! True, I'm hoping I'll crunch less if I'm not trying to film the process at the same time too eek!
Stretching out big time before sitting down to hand sew helps a lot with the hurting back. Take breaks to stretch every half hour or so. It really helps a lot. Soaking in epsom salts in the bath along with Dr. Teals's epsom salt and menthal bath soak does wonders. Something that I do when I get off of work, when doing hotel housekeeping.
Stretching and breaks are both new concepts to me ha! Unfortunately I do not have a bathtub, one day I'll have a giant claw foot one maybe, a girl can dream!
Minutes in and I need to just pause for a moment to say, your eye makeup in this video is STUNNING.
Thank you!
@@TheClosetHistorian If there was ever a way to entice you to do a tutorial (with eyeshadow recommendations) for the makeup you are wearing at the beginning of this video, the universe (and particularly me!) would be ever so grateful!!!! Let me know if you accept payments in cookies?
it turned out beautifully! i highly recommend "yoga with adriene" here on youtube. nightly videos have helped me un-hunch, as it were.
Thank you Kat! I have never yoga'd before, but perhaps I could try ha!
Absolutely superb - breathtaking beauty! And yes, I would like to see a detailed beading brooch project in the future, please.
Thank you!
FANTASTIC!!! the brooch is totally lovely, i can't believe how it turned out....I also don't like pattern weights, I rock it old school too by pinning the pattern to fabric. Thanks for sharing your adventure...
Thank you Deborah!
Just beautiful! The color, the embellishments, the cicada....most impressive and wonderfully made. Love the spooky intro as well.
Thank you Ann!
I've been pacing myself and watching the videos of this project in order and the satisfaction of seeing you finally get to work with the silk is palpable.
I died when you whipped out that Closet Historian tag. Magnifique.
I rarely have the patience to add them but I juuuust had to this time 😅
Absolutely stunning Bianca- the green is a beautiful color on you 💚
Thank you Tracey!
Flannel pajamas from Old Navy, prior to picking up my own sewing, was my normal House Fraus wear. Also, I believe that’s it’s mandatory requirement to be a lover of some sort of scifi, fantasy, high profit chain to be a successful RUclipsr. So you’re on the path of success.
I quilt. Hand sewing... I have a brace thing I had to wear after cracking my collar bone. It is basically a padded figure 8 that promotes better posture. I have seen something similar being called "posture Perfect" in ads on youtube. It helps me to not put my body in bad positions when hand sewing.
Before you said the taffeta color was called Elphaba, I was getting Wizard if Oz vibes.
I love watching you cut paper with those special shears, something satisfying about it. :) I want some! I'm at the beginning of the vid, looking forward to seeing the end garment!
Fantastic, had tears in my eyes on the finished garment. I so admire you in so many ways, sophisticated with a beautiful aura around you 💋 xx
Thank you Janet! ❤
I wish I knew how to make silk taffeta behave. I used it as fashion fabric for some stays and it made me cry.
It is very tempremental indeed!
The beaded pieces are amaaaazing ! Always great to witness your talent for a whole hour. I love the shade of green you used. It came out beautifully !
Thank you! ❤
Bianca! gurl! I KNOW you must have done either some theatre work or done some costuming or creative work in TV or movie! YOU GOT THAT FLAVOR! THE VIBE! THE AURA!! GO HEAD GURL! DO THE DOGGONE THING!!
One of the best pieces of advice I’ve gotten was to always give yourself three times as much time as you think you’ll need to complete a project!
I adore the way you have edited these, she says 15 seconds in 😂😂
Thank you!
There are several free versions of Dracula as an audio book on RUclips. I don't know which one you tried. But you could try Steven Red Fox Garnett, if you haven't done that already. He has the book in 3 parts, as well as in separate chapters. (Edit: The book is in 3 videos, not one as I thought).
This has inspired me to dig into my vast amount of embroidery supplies. Feelin crafty. Thank you!
Hand sewing a lot , sometimes the correct position is achieved by sitting cross legged on the floor or a table, and the one thing you are not doing is bring the work up to you not bend down to it. Speaks the long time hand sewer from bitter experience. 😀
This is an amazing project, and my tip for back and shoulder pain is to stand at regular intervals and exercise your shoulders and neck, stretch, circle your shoulders to release the lactate acid in your muscles. ❤️
Thank you! I really need to set timers on my phone for stretching breaks!
Wow, it's worthy of a dinner at Crimson Peak! I love everything about it, and "Dracula ribbon" is delightful.
Thank you Araña! ❤
Wow!! Cant wait for the finished project. Love the beaded cicada. It looks so nice on your black sweater. Good call on making it more usable.
Thank you Marie!
Yes, not enough praise given to the brooch. The cicada is AMAZING!!
It's so good seeing how all this is done for future reference. Lining always does my head in!
Dracula ribbon should be a term.
All the white stitches remind me of Catwoman.
falling asleep, so i skipped ahead to the end and I LOVE IT!! (even if you can't use the pretty buttons). they will find their garment. i also love what you did with the tails! works perfect for that outfit.
you and some of the other seamstresses i have started watching have encouraged me to try to get back into sewing and i worked on trying to make a self drafted chemise type garment. i have some vintage cotton fabric that i would never wear, to use for mock up. i just got it pieced tonight. will try to sew tomorrow.
Thank you! Good lucky with that mock up!!
It's so beautiful! 😭😭😭
The beaded cicada turned out so good. We love a versatile accessory!
Thank you Chae! ❤❤❤ I want to wear it all the time 😅
Gorgeous! The color, the trim & embellishment, everything! You should be very proud of all the work you put into it!
And now for some random additional comments:
The black mockup bodice gave off Western Saloon Madam vibes. That could be a fun lookbook! LIke a Choose-Your-Own-Ending kind of lookbook. Pulling out of a hat. Pick a Location, Pick an Era, see what you can do with it. It could end up horrifically, or fantastically. Who knows!? --- Big No on the taxidermy. I hate things that look real/alive but aren't. Taxidermy, Wax Figures...Dead people at open-casket funerals. NOPE! Always terrified they'll jump at me, start talking, wake up, etc. --- Not shocked by the over-pin sewing, but shocked to see you do it on the new-old Singer! Do you name your machines? If so, does it have a name yet?
Thank you! I have not named the new machine, with machines I usually don't for whatever reason, unlike for owls and dress forms I guess 😅
{squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!} Yes, spider web your leaves. Yes -- bead bugs. OH, LAWZ! That is LOVELY!! Love the color of this -- reminds me of this flamenco dress my mother made (long ago before she retired) It was green and black -- well, we'll be generous and call it fabric. I think it was actually microfiber porcupine and cactus, green and black hate -- er, I mean fabric. It had a LOT of body and worked fabulously for a long tail flamenco dress, but yowch, it was hell to wear. This, I trust, is not painful to wear, just to sew. ABSOLUTELY LOOOOVE the Vampiring on the back of this. {Lidocaine patch.} [hey, look, I didn't threaten to steal this outfit!!! (I thought about it)] Stay well!
Thank you Michelle! Sorry to hear that fabric liked to attack back, some fabrics are hell to wear indeed!
You Miss are my favourite You Tube person of All Time. I can listen to you all day, fab voice, great attitude, honest reactions, funny and beautiful. What more could you wish for. 😊😊
Thank you so much Elizabeth! ❤
Because green is my favorite color, I find the silk taffeta to be absolutely stunning. I saved your video for the evening hours so I could dedicate all 55 minutes to watching. And the black beaded beauty you created just blows my mind. I'm so sorry you are sore from the project. The creative process can be very painful sometimes. I ended up with a very sore wrist after completing an embroidery piece last year. And I recall a sore neck for a while from intense work on hand cartooning. But I look back on it now as part of my creative life. Thanks for sharing this B. Your work is beloved by so many of us.
Thank you Sharon! ❤ Soreness is already fading luckily, back to more sewing...
Who doesn’t wear pajamas or sweats now during the pandemic! Beautiful job! Love it!
Thank you Dawn! And too true 😅
Truly gorgeous! The colour is unbelievable on you and the fabric is as smooth as I've seen anyone manage to get taffeta. The cicada brooch is stunning! I really hope you have enough fabric for the ball bodice, so we get three beautifully embellished bodices! (Well, we get the videos, you get the bodices, everyone wins!)
Thank you! I really hope I can get a ball bodice out of the silk as well 😅
I love the black and white. That's just me. I love that music fabric in your mock up. I recently lost my father and I have been going through my mom's cedar chest and I found a top my mom had in the early 50's with music on it. I loved it but there is no way I can wear my mom's clothing. I am a big girl. Not just over weight but considerably taller. I love this series. It's awesome.
Thank you ❤ I'm sorry for your loss. The music top sounds awesome!
I want to make a dress like this for a friend, but me a guy,, watching this is probably like a girl watching a video of building a car engine,. I'm a little lost lol.
I wouldn't mind learning to build a car engine someday myself 😅
Very beatiful, no words. Colours, beads, laces, hair style, make up. Real beauty.
Thank you Renata!
Wonderful job, Bianca!
Btw, I’m finally taking my first proper sewing lessons next week! I finally found a school that offers some courses I can work around my absurd job schedule. I’m so excited! 🧵
Good luck! This sounds really exciting!
That's awesome...good luck.
Thank you! That's awesome that you found classes that will work for you! I hope you have a wonderful time ❤
Thank you all!!
Fabulous as always. Loving your Halloween setting. 💀☠☠☠😈👺👹👿
Thank you! 🎃🎃🎃
God this is great. You look like your going to be the next villain on Penny Dreadful! This really is so spectacular
Thank you Kyle!
This looks so good! I'm so excited to see the whole finished project!
Thank you Jessi!
You seriously amaze me every time!! You’re so sweet and talk about your work as if it’s not totally jaw droppingly stun you!
Ah thank you Brenda!!
Gorgeous! When you talked about getting a more sustainable posture for hand sewing I was reminded of a documentary on samurai swords that I watched. In the very last step the sword is polished by hand and is a time consuming and labor intensive process. I remember that the sword polisher said it took him ten years to learn how to sit properly. Needless to say, that would not have been a career for me.
Thank you! I very much admire a nice samurai sword, the craftsmanship is indeed stunning!
I love this bodice it looks terrific on you. I hope your poor neck and shoulders are feeling better I know how that feels. You are a bad influence on me I find I am sewing over my pins now too.
Thank you Trudi! Ah I hope it works for you too ha 😅
I hate to say do more work, but I do think your spider web idea on the front is an excellent one and should be done.
I, for one, would love to see you make a beaded pin- something not black- so that it is easier to see what you are doing. I am loving this series you are doing and think everything is turning out so gorgeous!
Thank you!
Stunning. Really lovely. I hunch a lot when I sew, too, whether by hand or machine.
Thank you Lynn!
"Today... we pyjama." My motto for 2020
Dracula ribbon!! This is looking so gorgeous and deliciously goth and spooky!
Thank you!
You look incredible in this bodice! I am living for these videos. I also loved seeing the making of the brooch, and would love to see more! I have been so looking forward to your videos each week. I know you're going to receive a heap of advice for back pain, but for my sewing related back pain I use one of those foam rollers under my upper back, lie down on the floor and just roll it out. You can also use this thing called a "peanut" on a yoga block. (it hurts so good!) It has saved me from having to get regular massages haha!
Thank you Brittany! Perhaps any stretching at all would be my first point of improvement ha 😅
"But that is not this day. This day we pajamas." - Big lockdown mood right there. Absolutely gorgeous bodice, can't wait to see how the rest of this project turns out! (Also big yes to more spiderwebs)
Thank you Sara!
very nicely done! I hope you can eventually find accessories for the 99- I have buttonholer, zig zagger, all the feet. You can get a piping foot which is nice for when you start piping (it becomes addictive) - and maybe get an adjustable table and pillow to bring your handwork up to a height to limit your hunching. It helps. No novel has ever surprise me more from what I assumed than Dracula. The unabridged version is just amazing - for gothic I recommend Dragonwyk. it is a spellbinding gothic romance.
Thank you Christina! I have indeed found a buttonholer attachment for the 99k but it does intimidate me to use it, I need to practice with it more first!
Just play with your scraps. By adjusting tension, cording the buttonholes you can get amazing results. I’ve done a wider and then a narrow on top for a two tone buttonhole. So. Much. Fun.
I have to say, the bodice came out beautiful!!! Love the color and the embellishments!! Oh and the back tail/train!! I'm drooling here!!
You can always use the buttons on the evening bodice. 😉
Thank you!
Fabulous! That green silk is delicious!
Thank you Jenni!
I love your steam punky dress idea, I hope you try it!
I am verrry tempted eek!
So helpful seeing how you boned this bodice. I make my costumes for the Charles Dickens Festival every year. usually 1850s period.
Just watched Costuming Drama's Merida video and she uses same Truly Victorian pattern!
More time laps videos. I always love watching the beading. Hopefully it’ll inspire to make something with all my beading stuff. Haha
Here I am enjoying your video with my early morning coffee. I am about to mock up a pattern for my 3yr old granddaughter. She has taken an interest in The Trolls. I found some sparkle, turquoise fabric, at Walmart. When time allows, I will be putting together a dress that will be reminiscent of Poppy Troll. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!
Things I've learnt that help for sewing. I wear a corset if I know I will be sitting working on a project for a long time. And, make sure your project is adequately lit! Bad lighting leads to bad vision which leads to leaning far too close to it.
My mom is actually a massage therapist and they are still working at least here in Utah, not sure if that’s the case in Colorado. I wish she wasn’t but gotta make a paycheck. That silk is beautiful and it really does fulfill all the gothy dreams. 🧛🏻♀️ also I’m here for your Dracula ribbon lol
Can you sew while sitting in a recliner? I have major back problems, so I hand quilt and crochet while sitting in a recliner for back support. Support your neck also with a small Rollie pillow, if you find you are holding your head up off the chair.
Yes! Tutorials for making the critters for embellishments would be awesome.
I love watching your process, it’s so beautiful on you!! Stunning!
When I am hand sewing I like to support my project up to chest level to avoid the back and shoulder pain. Usually sit cross legged on my couch with pillows in my lap! I failed to do this during an 8 hour day of getting lost in some hand embroidery recently and ended up with a bad pinch and a week of pain. Definitely don't reccomend! D:
The next time you have a lot of hand sewing, try wearing one of your corsets. It will keep your posture upright as well as providing back support.
That Handsewing Goblin posture does wreak havoc on the back.
I have no idea if this is orthopedically correct, but when I have a lot of hand stitching to do, I sit on my couch so that I can lean back, and I have the work draped across my lap. I’ve done many hours and yards of hand stitching that way, and my back and shoulders are usually fine afterwards. If you like having tension on your work, I know of people pinning it to a tailor’s ham or weighted beanbag type of object. It’s not usually my style, but I’ve tried it and it definitely makes a difference.
Regarding neck, shoulder and back pain. Not sure where you are living but here in Canada I got to a physiotherapist to have dry Needling done. It really helps to release the tight muscles. Though it might help.
When doing a lot of forward work with your body and hands I find the best, very best release for the muscles is to reach up over head, slide your hands up a wall and or pulling down on a bar that is over head. It Works!!
I sew with a pillow in my lap - sometimes several pillows! - to raise the work up so I don't have to crunch over. Obviously somethings have to be done flat on the table, but generally I'll baste on the table and then settle in on the couch surrounded by pillows 😄
I've worked with taffeta before, and I believe that if any garment made from it turns out perfectly smooth then some kind of sorcery was involved I'm far more a technician than I am an artist, and it drove me nuts trying to keep everything from looking like it had been slept in.
In the end, I decided that "mostly smooth" had to be good enough. The gown was for my mother and she loved it, so I guess that's all that matters.
The little sleeve on the ballgown bodice was very important: Victorian ladies did not shave under their arms -- nor did they have deodorant. They had to have a little flutter of sleeve to hide furry underarms and the dress shields that protected their clothing from sweat.