Making a Vintage Inspired Dressing Gown/Housecoat

A young McGonagal lounging in the Gryffindor common room :oD

This video was really fun! I noted how you removed the pins! Good job! After the gown was all done, it looked great for outdoor use. I'd use it that way too. Nice and cozy too! With such classic styling it will be useful at anytime. I am not sure if you have a video on making a block for yourself, but I would be interested in seeing how that is done. I have a block for a straight skirt and have learned how to make various styles from it. I am always amazed how you can make any top with the same block for the bodice. Also, what was the name of the book you were using? I didn't get the name properly while watching the video. Sorry about that. Thanks so much!

Thank you for such a delightful video! Honestly, you could probably wear this out and no one would realize it’s a dressing gown. I’ve been working from home during the pandemic, but will probably have to go back to work in person soon—could something like this be the secret pajamas solution for transitioning back to workwear?? Luckily my workplace dress code is fairly casual so I could possibly swing it hah! Regarding videos, it seems reasonable that if you’re not going to wear a make, you can just demonstrate the drafting. Something I’d like to see is how to make a dress with the color blocking of that one Queen’s Gambit dress, the one with the hourglass? Or at least the drafting for that.

Oh I love the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack too! It’s so funky

Love it! I’ve been thinking of making a longer housecoat for winter using some pre-quilted fabric. Snuggly and warm for reading by the fire. The matching pants is a really good idea🤔

I'm living in loungewear these days. Any PJs or house clothes with that fierce TCH styling would be most enthusiastically received!

Thank you! I saw this housedress image when stalking your Pinterest boards and fell in love with it. I'm excited to try my own. As for future requests, I'd love see you draft a full slip, 1940-50s style. I'm trying to up my lingerie game!

Really love this. Thank you.... I love the hood and the 30s styling you chose. Your explanation of the princess seams was helpful as well. Thank you, thank you, thank you.!

My eldest used to play cowboy bebop every day when I took them to school :D You remind me of them :D Something I'd like to see someone do, is the different kinds of seams, such as french, denim top stitching, and mostly any tricks of the trade you may have learned? You said you'd like to work more couture and I think, rather than putting a whole outfit together, you could show us a few tricks and how to's . Like break up a project into different slower more detailed sections. It's just a thought. Sometimes detail (quality) over quantity can be good too (and I'm mostly saying this because you say you made too many things last year :D, it seems you could show us so many more things without creating so many completed garments?? That is, get more bang from each garment, I'm not making sense, LOL I also love your embroidery on the netting, the beading etc.... all great stuff :)

Turned out really nice! Thank you for sharing this project with us. I agree with Rebecca Vale, repetition with different examples helps me to grasp an idea. I like Rob Ferguson's idea of origins of sewing/fashion terminologies with your spin on it, that would be fun. Hoping you take time for writing. Sending best wishes from Down Under ❤️🇦🇺🥰

Ohh, this showed up at the perfect time because I recently snagged a vintage 1942 house coat/ coat pattern from ebay. I've been holding off making it because I want to transfer the pattern properly in case it falls apart. I was going to recycle an old thin coverlet which is basically just quilted cotton. Not sure if it'll work but I'm going to give it a try! Nice to sit and watch you put this together, it's given me some ideas for the future and I love the hood!

Very interesting and pretty project, thank you for sharing. For some reason I thought hoods would be more complicated. On your 'are you desperate for every patreon video to demo new techniques?' comment - for me, not really. Especially not constantly. Repetition with different examples helps me grasp an idea.

Maybe a different kind of video could be historical (hysterical) sewing/fashion terminologies and their origins...."Leg-O-Mutton" sleeves, Armscye, Tailor's ham, etc --- ;-) With your wry wit, it would be very entertaining.

This is fantastic! The navy really comes across as black on my screen so I can understand it languishing in your stash if that wasn't what you were wanting. I am almost finished sewing a dressing gown/house dress for myself as a mock up for a commission using a vintage pattern. Mine doesn't have a hood and now I kinda wish I had thought to add one. It looks super comfy.

Very cute! For some reason I thought it would be plaid on the outside, but I like the navy very much :)

Excellent video, as always! As for what w'd like to see - if I get some turn-of-the-century giganto-sleeve goodness in 2021 I'll be a happy ghoul. :D

Me: the perfect video doesn’t exi- Bianca: housecoat Me: oh my gosh, finally, fashion I actually have occasion to wear

I love your pattern drafting I always learn such a lot and you make it seem simple thank you

I am not a housecoat kinda girl. More the old-oversized-husband-hoodie kinda girl. So most of the time I just let the housecoat tutorials and patterns pass. But your version (with a HOOD!!!👏👏👏) has my attention. Especially in the black version like the original pattern. It has a dark gothic edgy feeling to it. I can see Morticia wearing it while she lays in Gomez' arms 😊 And as always thank you so much for all the detailed instructions and information. I have learned so much from your tutorials. I now also sew over all my pins by the way. It just keeps the fabric much better in place and I love it. I think I like living dangerously 😂