Video: The Barbara Bodice
Hello, my lovely!
Come sew along with me as I sew up the Barbara Bodice, paired with a Lamour-series skirt (sneak peek alert!). You'll learn:
How to sew princess seams
How to fully line a scoop-neck bodice
How to create fun shoulder-tie straps
Hope you love this video & find it helpful! Don't forget to download this pattern and instructions in the separate Barbara Bodice post.
A big thanks to Andrea for stepping in on this month's sewing portions of the video!
xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. Use the handy dandy time stamps below (and on the YouTube description) to go to the exact part of the video you would like to see!
Chapter One: Pattern Pieces 01:55
Chapter Two: Fabric & Supplies 04:48
Chapter Three: Staystitching 07:58
Chapter Four: Sewing the Front Princess Seams 08:50
Chapter Five: Sewing the Back Princess Seams 12:48
Chapter Six: Sewing the Side Seams 15:57
Chapter Seven: Creating the Thin Shoulder Tie Straps 17:10
Chapter Eight: Attaching the Thin Shoulder Tie Straps to Bodice 20:52
Chapter Nine: Attaching the Bodice Lining to the Bodice 23:03
Chapter Ten: Grading the Neckline 29:36
Chapter Eleven: Understitching the Bodice 32:17
Chapter Twelve: Attaching Bodice to Skirt 37:19
Chapter Thirteen: Sewing the Underlap Half of the Zipper 41:08
Chapter Fourteen: Sewing the Overlap Half of the Zipper 43:42
Chapter Fifteen: Finishing the Lining and Hemming 47:25
Goodbyeee 49:34
Comments (17)
I am actually flabbergasted....the size 18 cup H fit me like a GLOVE. I am having a hard time comprehending this fit right out of the package, with zero alterations. Thank you 🥹!
Does anyone have tips for gathering the wide straps? I managed to sew along just fine, but literally none of my gathering would stay on the wide strap version. I’d gather, and in the time between pinning and when I went to attach, all of the gathering had fallen out. Multiple times. I feel like I’ve missed something. But I am a being of chaos so I finished the dress sans gathers. It does look super cute without it, but the not knowing is maddening. Thanks in advance from this beginner!
I'm sorry no one replied to this two years ago, but just in case anyone else has this problem - once you're happy with your gathers, put a pin in perpendicular to your stitching and wrap the tails around the pin in a figure 8. This will hold the gathers until you sew.
Hi there, you mentioned linking us to the fusible interfacing on the roll but I don't see a link in the pattern instructions or on youtube. I'm having trouble finding this product, can you please point me to it?
So I noticed last night when working the instructions talk about stay stitching the waist of the lining then clipping along the curve but the video does not talk about this AT ALL. I'm a little lost. Can someone help?
It just makes it easier to press up the lining! You can see Andrea pressing up the lining waistline in the video. Adding the steps of staystitching and clipping first are just extra tips to make that part easier :)
Thank you Andrea for sewing for us.
I have tons of fabric in my stash but I just had to order pink gingham for at least one version of this dress. I will probably make others. I want to make it first with the Millicent skirt but I will probably also make it with a regular circle skirt. I don't like gathered skirts as I don't like all the bulk at the waist.
Will you share where you purchased your pink gingham? I couldn’t find Gertie’s source- I’m not very knowledgeable of places to shop for quality fabric.
Can this be boned, like the Lana dress?
Omg yes!!! And the Millicent skirt coming in just 13 days? YES PLEASE!!!
Queen of Looks!!
Cant wait to make my very own Barbie inspired dress
Love this. Especially the diversity of outfits combos!
Thank you for the time stamps. They are super helpful.
That daisy necklaces!
Yay!!!! I was hoping for this!!!