Recreating a 1940s Evening Gown! | Following Vogue no. 8712
Hello everyone! I've been working on lots of things this month and am excited to FINALLY start sharing them!
Starting with the least exciting - or perhaps it just feels that way to me - a 1940s evening gown. This is inspired by the line art of Vogue 8712, made using the pattern Vogue 8712. This is the first in a trio of videos about recreating pattern covers - all of which are equally striking Vogue designs!
I decided to start with this one, with hopes I could have the video up on Valentines Day. The red and white color scheme seemed appropriate for it. But my first fabric choice was awful. I'd almost finished the dress, and editing the footage of the process when I decided to start over.
I'm really glad I did, because I think my second attempt is vastly superior. But it delayed the video by over a month, and soured my feelings towards this project in general. I think under different circumstances I would have really enjoyed this project, but at this point I'm sick of it!
However now it is done now! And I can move on to bigger and better things. Like my 1860s butterfly inspired ballet costume. And something Downton Abbey inspired. And a pair of really ridiculous glittery beagle pillows. And some original designs from fabrics in my stash - I'm feeling more creative now that some of the more stubborn, and boring projects have been conquered.
You'll hear (and see) more on those projects in an update that should be up in a couple days.
And the beagle pillows will have their own video that should be done and posted for early access before the end of the month. It's sort of an april fools joke video but also not really, because glittery beagle pillows are a combination of many things I love and were ridiculously fun to work on.
But in the mean time, I hope you enjoy this video!
Recreating a 1940s Evening Gown | Following Vogue no. 8712 (YouTube)
Comments (10)
I think I like the first dress better, but My taste is less bold more muted. Thesecond guimpe is gorgeous.
Can't wait to watch this video, it is a stunning dress!
I would love to find this pattern
Your videos are all so funny, in addition to being instructive. How did I miss the narwhal tape dispenser? I'm going to look at your other videos. BTW, I think your fuzzy fabric weight really goes with the rest of your sewing room <3
This turned out beautifully. I look forward to seeing the rest of this mini-series.
After all your fun colours it's weird seeing you with black hair! Very glad you managed to find a better fabric, it definitely looks redder and more striking.
Yayyy! It looks great, I'm glad you did it this way and gave us this awesome redemption arc story! Your voiceovers are always very funny, love it! Looking forward to the glittery beagle pillow video too and hearing about your projects. Thank you for sharing!
Yes, you definitely made the right choice in redoing this dress, albeit extra work. I love the gimp. I can imagine that with an Edwardian flare 🤔 The possibilities. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. It was lovely to see Posie - your assistant, helper and fabric place-holder 🐶 Take care and stay safe. Sending best wishes from Down Under ❤️🌺🇦🇺😎
My sense of time is completely messed up. When you wrote Valentine's Day I was like, oh right, when is that coming up, only to realise that it was in February and we are already nearing April 😂 looking forward to watching this tomorrow ^^
Yay, you’re back! I hope you’ve been taking care of yourself and Posie! I’m so excited for this project, maybe it’ll inspire me to work on my own that has been sitting in my project pile unfinished.