Drafting 1890's Sleeves // An Edwardian Inspired Bolero
Part one of a three piece late Victorian/early Edwardian inspired jacket/top set ✨
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The jacquard I used: https://www.silkbaron.com/product_p/1780.htm
The fancy B&J moire I mentioned: https://www.bandjfabrics.com/fabric/silk-moire-black-0
Drafting 1890's Sleeves // An Edwardian Inspired Bolero (YouTube)
Comments (46)
Just getting around to watching this video. The bolero is super fun! I'd love to see it styled with a 1930s or early 1940s outfit as you mentioned the similarities a few times. I do love a good leg o' mutton sleeve, either historical or vintage.
So so beautiful! Absolutely stunning. The way you styled it gave a kind of 1930s-film-diva-does-1890s vibe. Gorgeous!
Absolutely stunning! I love this so much!
I love this so much, such an absolute fantasy. I LOVED listening to the rain while you talked, it was beautiful. It also made my 110° day in Orange, CA bearable
Love this! I think you could totally rock it out and about, you would just get looks for looking SO good!
Thank you Samantha!
Ooh, fabulous! The sleeve pattern is really cool. (And the sparkly sequins...!) I just love historically inspired stuff. <3
Thank you Julia!
Hi, What a beautiful little jacket this is. Other than that I do hope that the little hat will be featured at some point. That's just me though. I do love a nice hat. I love the ostrich floof, or is it marabou floof? Anyway, me and hats. All my best, Ann
Thank you Ann! This hat is vintage from the 30s/40s ❤
You are such a skilled artiste. Chef's kiss 💋 brava
Thank you Thomas!
How do you learn to spot a moire jacquard from an actual moire? Is it that an actual moire pattern seems to 'move' as you move the fabric, whereas a woven moire has an 'optically static' pattern to it?
This is one way yes! The true moire is created by a physical process and so is "random" in the way nature is random, not a repeating pattern created by a weave. Also, because of how it is made, all real moire is ribbed, the threads in one direction are thicker than the other, so the texture is the most distinctive part ✨
I have mixed emotions about that olive fabric
Delicious, so very well done. I do love both fabrics, but the green is my favourite. Good luck house hunting
Thank you Marie!
I would wear this walking the dog! Gorgeous!
Thank you!!
I'm going to have to use this sleeve adjustment. It's so huge and lovely! I have some pretty silk damask with a skull pattern that would make a gorgeous October-and all year for me-bolero. Excited to try. This turned out so pretty on you!
Thank you Janet! Big brocade sleeves are always a good idea ✨
What a delightful creation! I love watching your videos, they are wso inspiring!
Thank you Lillian!
I absolutely love this!! I would wear it to a dinner theatre outing or anything evening and artsy. I have to figure out how to send you a photo. Last year I was at an east coast historical home and they had a turn of the century magazine and I took pictures. It had the most beautiful bolero and I’d love to see it come to life. My sewing room is almost put back together after a year of renovations. I was hoping to have lost weight. I guess I struggle with being hourglass and plus sized. In my head I’m smaller than reality.
Thank you Tiana! I would definitely wear this to vivst the theater or an orchestra performance, I wish I got to either far more often ❤
It’s gorgeous, Bianca! Absolutely divine.
Ooh, that's lovely - and you make using blocks for historical inspired things look so easy. I struggled with an Eton jacket after resorting to buying a 'historical' pattern just to see how shapes are dealt with (tbh, I'd REALLY prefer not to do that now...) but they seem to make things like collars/lapels unduly complicated. I know historical patterns are designed to go over corsets, but I'm not proficient enough do all the adjustments necessary to convert them to modern wearability and it all ends up a bit disappointing. I'm going to have a play with a princess seam version - but maybe with slightly less epic sleeves!!
Thank you Di! I can certainly make more historial-but-also-modern pattern drafting videos in the future 🧵
Golly! So pretty! When I was little, I read and watched Anne of Green Gables. The theme song is so luscious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bad-2U4t5pY
Thank you Penny! I have neither read nor watched any adaptation, I'm a bad Edwardian 😅
Lapels have always been intimidating to me, but you made it look very easy. The beading on the back is very reminiscent of a butterfly, very nice!
Thank you Anita!
Beautiful. The sleeves are puffy perfect. Loved the colour of the lining, too.
Thank you Jinny! I am already thinking I could have made them even bigger, it must be an illness 😂
This is amazing, I would love to see more victorian, edwardian, historical inspired clothing using your basic block. <3
Thank you Tereza! I want to do a whole series for sure 🧵
Thank you for a lovely video, you're such an inspiration to me. ❤️ But wait, you've never read Anne of Green Gables? I read it the first time at eleven years old and absolutely loved it. Haven't re-read it as an adult, but I imagine it would still be as good. 😊 Highly recommend! 👌
Thank you Ann-Sofie! I was actually a late-reader as a youngin. I was quite bored by books until someone finally realized I needed high fantasy stuff instead of the usual early reader selections. And funny enough now magic of any kind in storys usually just bothers me 😅 I am a picky creature!
It looks fabulous. A slightly costumey bolero is on my list so who knows, maybe I'll finally follow one of your tutorials. Not in silk though, sadly.
Thank you Ella! Silk is less practical anyways 😅😂
It's absolutely gorgeous. I'm obsessed!
Thank you!!
Absolutely gorgeous! Looking forward to next months video too...Happy (house) hunting...
Thank you Jenny!
"I'm a maker, not a model" ... gods, yes. I feel this one so hard, hahah
My hands tend to look pretty dystroyed between playing with my cats and making various things 😂✨