I made a dress out of light

[@HazarielAtelier]

You can support this channel on my patreon and help me make more silly costumes

[@supersaiyankeyblademaster2427]

Established titles is a scam. Scott Schafer made a video exposing this scam. Link to his video here m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmO6Y4eAj757qdk

[@sarahsnow9088]

I am not sure if you are aware of the recent issues, controversies and other such information about Established Titles that have come to light in the last few weeks. Please look up "Established Titles scam" here on KZbin so you can decide for yourself if you want to continue supporting them using your channel. Your subscribers will appreciate it thank you.

[@MaliceAttention]

I was about to say the same thing!

[@ryderhook]

Hi Hazariel, I have to apologize for what I wrote. I fell for the linked video and only now found out that the maker of the video made the statements unchecked. As it turns out, Established Titles is not a scam. The company supports the charity organization and has proven this. I have marked my comment accordingly. I hope others do too.

[@taikaperhonen6484]

@@ryderhook Same. I guess I panicked and jumped on the bandwagon. Should've really looked into it more to see if his points held up against scrutiny 😐. For some reason, I can't find the comment I made, so I can't edit it right now. Hope to do so in the near future. 😣

[@simplymedieval]

We have a saying in Sweden... That if you bleed on your garment when you are sewing it, you will have a good time when you wear it.

[@fikanera838]

I'm a dressmaker in my fifties, so by now I've made every mistake out there, but the one that sent me into shock was when I was making an enormous altar cover for a cathedral. It needed eight metres of brocade that was about 200€/metre. I made a careful diagram of the most economical way to cut the pieces so that the brocade design could be perfectly matched up, & then made the first cut with the fabric design running in the opposite way. I sat still for about ½ hour wondering if I could salvage the situation, or if I would be 100s of euros out of pocket on that job. In the end, I recentred the brocade design & found a solution. That was over 10 years ago, but my stomach still cramps when I think of it. Your gown is so beautiful!

[@MsMephibosheth]

I don’t know if anyone mentioned this, but hydrogen peroxide can remove fresh blood stains. You may have to give a go a couple of times, and a little elbow grease, but it works!

[@TealCheetah]

Heart stopping mistake! Glad you made it work!

[@excxmoody]

May I ask...dresses I looked at years ago...some were priced around 130 while others around 250 or so which while amazing, tried to stay away from because of the price tag. However, someone else's channel the dresses are 750-1300+ and look amazing. Is that because potentially how they were made or is materials really just that much more? the more expensive ones I like have a lot more detail which is understandable to some degree.

[@fikanera838]

@qlhsrk It can depend on a lot of factors, but fabric cost per metre is certainly a big one. Obviously the quantity of fabric, as well, the number & type of decorations, & whether everything can be done by machine or not. One thing's for sure, the seamstress is not making a fortune out of it!

[@namehere6387]

To anyone who is planning on purchasing from Established Titles, please do research beforehand as it has just been called out as a scam just recently. Some people are also concerned that they also lied about planting trees too. Also, I love how poofy and big the skirt is :0

[@saradesignsstuff]

I heard that as well! 😱

[@SparkleFeyed]

I was coming here to say this!!!

[@ZArtifiziert]

yes. agreed. If you want to preserve scottish woodlands you better donate the money directly. and the 'Title' thing is fake as well, it's not legally possible.

[@anarchyneverdies3567]

The scam thing has been debunked, Paige Christie just did an excellent video describing what they actually do. Also, they do actually have the trees planted. Here’s the Paige Christie video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2OnmoCAqdasras

[@ZArtifiziert]

@@anarchyneverdies3567 I mean the advertising is still misleading because you cannot legally become a lord or lady with this land. Which all the youtubers have been saying. If you talk to them and look in the small print in their website, of course they state its 'just a novelty gift', but they don't advertise it as such. Also the company being chinese and having litteraly no ties to scotland is something that would throw me off, I would rather support a scottish company who is doing the actual work instead if some finnish dude who has a history of scummy companies and is sitting in china on a pile of money.

[@PinkChaDesigns]

One of the most frustrating mistake I’ve made lately is making a tulle and sequins dress with lots of hand gatherings, struggling with the layers of organza doing their own thing. Etc etc. And then, when the dress was finally finished and perfectly done, so proud of my work,I thought it needed a final press to make it even better and I MELTED THE FABRIC ! On the bust part ! I’m still mad with myself ! Something I also hate is catching a bit of fabric you’re not supposed to while you sew … with an overlocker

[@spontaneousun]

I feel this burned fabric mistake in my soul. When I was in college a friend of mine started up a theater group on a shoestring budget. I did all the costumes for a production of little women on a $200 budget. Historical costumes. I was working another full time job that summer so I did costuming work in the evenings and was really crunched for time at the end. I had an hour and a half left before the first dress rehearsal and I melted the fabric on half of the front of a waistcoat. I just really overestimated how much heat that old cheap pillowcase fabric could take. To this day red fabric always stresses me out to iron because as it darkens with heat I get melting flashbacks. 😂

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

😱 Argh!! I feel your pain! This is one of the reasons I only sew in natural fabrics (apart from just having super-sensitive skin)...? It's way less easy to accidentally liquefy part of one's painstakingly finished garment! 😅 Although, like Ariel found, accidental stains right in the wrong place are still 100% possible, alas...? 🙄 I've also definitely done that thing where you're trying to trim off excess hem allowance & end up taking a neat triangular divot out of actual garment as well, just because layers got caught up underneath! 😫

[@shadowjewel]

Ouch! I had been debating getting an overlocker... now I feel like I am absolutely fine without because I would definitely make that mistake and I am too much of a perfectionist, and too poor, to deal with a mistake I can't correct! Thanks for saving my broke ass some money. 😅

[@raybod1775]

Try using a damp thin fabric like an old bedsheet between iron and fabric to iron.

[@sjenkins91812]

The struggle is all too real

[@FayoriaFlower]

Best way to remove blood from fabric is to use hydrogen peroxide. I used this a lot when I first started hand embroidering. That dress looks like so much fun to wear. Thank you for creating such fun things for us to look at.

[@ericaeschenbacher4921]

In the 80s as a teen fashionista, I sewed my own denim fringed jacket. After hours of cutting/ sewing the totally awesome jacket, I acid washed/ distressed the too perfect dark denim. Then threw it in the dryer. It came out as a giant ball of denim thread! The hand pulled denim fringe had tangled up and ripped the jacket to pieces. Devistated at the loss of expensive materials and hard work 😭

[@pollypocket2282]

Sharing mistakes is WONDERFUL! In this age of social media where everyone curates “perfection” it is both helpful for in instruction and for self worth to see! Thank you Ariel!

[@jasonhudson7697]

I can't count the number of times I've come home from work tired and decided "I'll work on this hem/seam hand sewing" and sewn it to my clothes. Then I have to unpack 0.5 yard or more and start over again.

[@aliciafarnham5616]

My mom and I are major crafters and my niece takes after us. When she was 3-5, she would get so upset when something she wanted to make or draw didn't turn out the way she wanted. (I'm talking, pipe cleaners and markers, nothing prodigy-level lol). One day, I realized that at the young age of 5, she was comparing her crafts with my and my mom's crafts, so I told her that the biggest part of being crafty was figuring out how to cover up mistakes. The other day, at the ripe old age of 6, she was showing me in excruciating detail how she'd made a Christmas house out of a paper bag and casually mentioned that the off-centre doorknob was originally a mouse but it didn't turn out so she made it a doorknob. Such a little thing but I couldn't have been more thrilled that she's already learning something that took me nearly 30 years to accept.

[@brittanyjennings4236]

When I used to work on wedding gowns in a shop I learned to use hydrogen peroxide to remove bl00d stains from white fabric. We also used to use alcohol based hand sanitizer to remove ball point pen ink. Works like magic!

[@r4dwolf]

I love it 😍 Now I'm imagining a larp that's cyberpunk-1850s with light-up ballgowns and insane hairstyles 😱❤️

[@HazarielAtelier]

I would buy a ticket😊

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Go 1830’s, the hair is utterly bananas and a fertile starting point. And the dresses are bell shaped.

[@r4dwolf]

Okay, it's embarrassing how long it took me to get this, but: MASQUERAVE 🤣😍

[@susanaperez3643]

Bleeding into your projects is the payment sewers made to the Costume Gods, looks fantastic!

[@gabrielles1851]

Exactly. It's not done until the blood price has been paid in full. Each big thing I sew I get a wound.

[@fredericapanon207]

Hydrogen peroxide (eau oxygénée) is great for beaching blood stains especially if they are fresh.

[@amelialarson3302]

A trick quilters know for removing blood is to use your own saliva. It breaks the blood down very quickly.

[@theokaygatsby228]

Hey Ariel, this skirt is beautiful and I can’t wait to see the costumes you’ll make with it! One thing I wanted to say though is that established titles is a really scammy company. This has only recently come out so you’re probably not aware of it. Basically, they sell souvenir plots of land which means that in scots law you don’t actually get the ownership of those plots. Secondly, you don’t actually get the official title of laird/lord/lady if you just own a small plot of land(scottish court has made a statement about this). Also, the plots they sell are quite far away from major cities so they are unlikely to be developed (destroying woodlands) and there is no real evidence that they are actually planting trees. Basically, it’s a scam. A lot of KZbinrs have fallen for it so don’t feel too bad but you should probably cut ties with the company.

[@HarryLovesRuth]

Also, France and Nobility don't have the greatest track record.

[@Trixalla]

It’s tough, the sponsorships all sound very misleading, and they don’t seem to have given KZbinrs adcopy that includes the fact that the titles are a novelty, the land is not bought but ‘dedicated’ when you make the purchase, and you aren’t told how much of your money is given to Trees For The Future. The website itself does say that the title isn’t real, and that you don’t own the land. But if you’re coming from watching a video, you might not read through properly and just go right to clicking Buy. That’s the scuffed part, the disconnect between the tone of their script for KZbinrs, and the reality published on their website. It’s so unethically misleading and gross. At least the tree charity has been around a lot longer and has a track record, though they need to update their effectiveness reports to get a complete rating on the BBB.

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

Not to mention, they seem to offer some youtubers so much money, that it's uncanny for a "charity project"

[@willowashe]

The company set off a red flag for me a while ago when I noticed the founder doesn’t even refer to herself as “Lady” in the sign-off if the about section. Don’t know why, but that seemed really funny to me.

[@annekecaramin]

I used to do alterations and I always warned interns to think twice before cutting when hemming pants. Right after explaining it to them I grabbed a pair of pants that had to be shortened by 8cm and started cutting 8cm off, leaving no fabric to make a hem. In the end I called the customer, stitched a ribbon on top of the cut part and hemmed it ever so slightly shorter. It wasn't a huge deal in the end but my heart stopped for a second. As for my own projects, I have definitely cut out and sewn an entire dress with the print running upside down.

[@fredericapanon207]

@annekecaramin, well, it does mean that the wearer can see the design right-side up ;-)

[@jennilumikettu7466]

I made a nice edwardian summer blouse out of linen. First time doing sleeve plackets, but I was super happy how they turned out. Until I realized I made two right sleeves. I had not flipped the other sleeve piece to make a left sleeve. I could not be bothered to make another placket, possibly a very ugly one since I'd rip it first off the sleeve. Instead I slashed the sleeve into two, flipped the top part, and hid the seam in a pintuck. Add pintucks to right sleeve and no one might know I originally had two right sleeves. Unless you look at the back and notice that both plackets point to the right, but it's in the back. If it works, you're good.

[@indiabilly]

Even the tips on balancing an elliptical crinoline with weights at the front made me happy and that’s before you even break out the light fabric xxx

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

😮 IKR? Ariel's vids are full of little gems, often just awesome moments of humour but also sometimes these awesome wee tips for making costumes manageable or improving sewing outcomes...

[@piafitoussi]

So for the blood on fabric, saliva works really well. You soak a little ball of thread with it, and then rub it on your bloodstain, the enzymes will digest it. Well, part of it, but still, rather efficient.

[@thummumcrysanth]

Cold water on the blood right away!

[@piafitoussi]

@@thummumcrysanth True. And if the fabric permits it, soap (cold water and soap is the best solution for period blood on underwear). The saliva solution works well for little stains when you're sewing. In both case, it's better to go fast before the stain sets.

[@fredericapanon207]

Soaking a cotton ball or a cotton bud (Q Tip) in hydrogen peroxide (eau oxygénée) and dabbing the spots also works well for white fabrics. The saliva enzyme method might be better for fabrics that are not colourfast.

[@felicityanderson-nathan8192]

My most despair-inducing mistake was while making my fiancée’s wedding dress so the stakes were already HIGH. I’d done loads of fittings, made everything beautifully, in expensive ivory silk. I’d been worried about making my first strapless gown but the boning worked beautifully. Instead, I had also mid-measured the hem so it was hopelessly wonky, several inches off the ground in places. I don’t know how I made the mistake but seeing it I just sat on the floor in despair. I ended up adding a hem border with scraps of the main fabric and I don’t think anyone except me noticed.

[@infamoussphere7228]

oh my god I would DIE. I sewed my own wedding outfit and that was pretty stressful and I did sew like, the waistband too big and had to unpick all the easing and hand sewing and everything and redo it. Very annoying but at least it was fixable.

[@matthodek]

I'm in my early days of sewing, so I am pretty sure my biggest mistakes are still out there lurking... The most frustrating thus far was my first time using a dyed wool and I didn't wash it well enough initially. The color started bleeding the first time I wore it from sweat. Then, when I did give it a long soak to even out the colors, the color matched buttons faded! It is not the nice piece I was hoping for, but still wearable around home. That is if I can suppress being annoyed with the sight of it... 😅 This glowing skirt of yours looks great and I am excited to see what you do with it.

[@HazarielAtelier]

Oh yes the bleeding dye problem! Good one it happenned to me too😭

[@meganstedman4728]

stupidest mistake i ever made: i was hemming some pants years ago. not the first pair i had done, certainly not the last. i folded up the bottom, pinned it up to figure out the length... and then cut following the bottom edge that i had folded up. i sat staring at what i had done for about 10 minutes before i attempted to sew the bottom back on, but it just didn't work. i had to scrap the pants 😭 also this dress is absolutely lovely ❤

[@CJthedragon8]

Hey just a heads up established titles is not what it seems! If you want to know more I can link a video or you can look it up for yourself!

[@mariamaychack6806]

There’s not enough space here to mention all of my mistakes. I have a motto, though, in my sewing room - it’s not a project until the seem ripper comes out. The skirt looks amazing! ❤

[@LoreleiRuby]

Love your channel and your quircky manner. It is always fun to watch or even rewatch your videos. Established Titles is a scam though - there are many creators cutting ties with them, there are videos explaining why. I know it isn't easy being a creator and finding a good sponsor must feel rewarding, though it isn't always as unproblematic as it seems. Everyone be careful, to whom you give your well earned money.

[@juliafinger4734]

For the blood you should try H2O2. Easiest is to get contact lens fluid. It makes organic material bubble and get out of fabric. As a vet with white trousers it's a gamechanger :)

[@jr3wx]

Hot chocolate is an ideal way to regain your strength before figuring out how to fix a problem like that! I love how you show your mistakes on your projects -- seeing your work still come out so pretty in the end helps encourage me to keep going when my stuff goes off the rails. My worst sewing mistake has to be trying to tailor a pair of wide-leg pants to be closer-fitting before I understood how important grain lines are. I cut off a bunch of fabric before I realized I'd twisted up the legs. 😩

[@blueberry_lemon]

I've been sewing for over a year now, and my least facourite mistake has been forgetting to mirror pattern pieces! Like in a matching top and pants set I made in a geometric print, I cut two identical front leg pieces 🙈 Luckily I had JUST ENOUGH fabric to re-cut it mirrored, and I could use the mistake piece for the shirt's inner yoke 🍀🧵 Gorgeous video, Ariel! I showed it to my parrot and she was very interested!

[@fryeday]

All the best magical items seem to require some kind of blood sacrifice, Ariel just likes to throw in a little bit of her own, along with all of the sweat and tears when she goes about making her own.

[@solpluvia]

One of my first sewing projects was a turtle neck, but I messed the neckline up so I had too little for the actual neck part to sew on. After a little moment of despair I decided to make cut outs on both sides of the neck and have the remaining fabric ruffed to the shoulder. Probably no one can image how it looks like cause of my poor description but it turned out very unique looking and I got compliments for it! Just like I really want to compliment you on this extraordinary fantastic project!

[@xfrelinx]

A tailors' tip for fresh blood on fabric!! Gather up some saliva in your mouth and then use a cotton swab or a piece of fabric to rub it into the fresh stain. It works wonders, I swear! And it is only gross if people know what happened hehehe Also! According to my Mäster, it has to be the same person's blood and saliva. I have not tested that theory tho 😁

[@jayneterry8701]

Long time sewer here and I've just watched Abby Cox regret video....I'm sensing a theme 🤤 Sewing is so up and down like the needle in a machine! Your own saliva will remove your own blood. Just take a clean cloth spit on it and dab at the blood spot over and over, repeat. Dish soap works too I'm told but if it's something that can't be washed it might leave a water stain. Ps I'm still trying to decide which is my worse mistake 🙃...that I want to share hahaha 😅 Loved your outfit and could so picture it in a ghost movie as a femme from the past! The scientists that invented that stuff should be so happy to see what you have discovered about their fabric! Much love ❤ 🇨🇦

[@MarialenaSarakatsianou]

it's so pretty and I'm sure it will work for many different costumes! As for sewing mistakes, my second ever sewing project was a full on 1890's corset consisting of 14 pieces (x3 if we count the lining and interfacing) and I was still so unfamiliar with their shapes that I ended up connecting some of the pieces the wrong way, sewing some upside down, then unpicking the seams and sewing them again.... in another wrong way. And when I finally got it right I realized that the fabric I used was definitely not sturdy enough for a corset when it started ripping near the seams after a couple hours of wear 😶

[@Megaeran]

My most stupid mistake so far has proably been the one time I made a cosplay jacket, it turned out great. Then I had to wash it, and turns out I was supposed to wash the fabric before making anything out of it because it shrinks. As you can guess, once I washed it, the jacket didn't fit me anymore. No one told me to wash the fabric first, and since I don't have much experience yet with different fabrics, I wasn't aware of this... So not an actual sewing mistake, but one made before it.

[@SirFrederick]

done that with a robe that is now a short tunic

[@marabuora9547]

I made a reversible poncho and didn't prewash the fabrics... One of them shrank and the other didn't. If they had both shrunk I could still have worn it, but this way it hang all weird and now I'll have to take out all the bias tape, cut the bigger fabric, and sew the bias tape back in, and it still won't fit as it did before because I'd also made cuts to put in a belt and sewn those, and I can't fix those

[@ceciadovana5971]

my most annoying sewing mistake was when I pinned a hood on a cape the wrong way, so the seam was on the outside. This was on the day of the finale of a local drag contest I was in. Funny thing is, I wasn't the one sewing, I asked my mom for help, because there was a lot to do in not a lot of time (situation out of my control). So I just pinned the thing and gave it to mom while I worked on other things, and she sewed it without question. When we realized what happened? At least I can always rely on my trusty glue gon. I glued a ribbon and some crystals over the seam. And it turned out okay, one of my better looks.

[@claraB1016]

The cape makes it seem like a beautiful fairy godmother! Love it.

[@My_grandmas_dress]

I took a pattern draping class with a woman who had been a tailor for Alexander McQueen and had made jackets for Rhianna and Beyonce to wear on the cover of Vogue. She said the best way to remove blood from white fabric was saliva! Though I think you need to do that before it dries too much.

[@aliciafarnham5616]

That's an old quilter's trick too!

[@dianaflores6041]

It seems it actually is a very annoying life's law to run out of thread just before you finish up 😂 thanks for including the times you make mistakes, it's weirdly inspiring to see the struggles we all go through when working in any project, not only the squeaky clean videos you usually see. Keep it real Ariel! Love it! PS the skirt and all the other outfits are AWESOME 😎

[@SirFrederick]

I always sew one sleave right and one sleave backwards/inside out.

[@poplasia]

I think it would be a cool idea to add a bodice of a very opaque fabric that extends down far enough to rest over the illuminated skirt, and the bottom edge to the bodice part could makes a silhouetted shape from the lights. Like a city skyline (with lit widows cut out?) or a cutout geometric shape or maybe a nature scene to go with the mushroom addition. Heck, You could make a few different over-layers for different themes! Lovely project!

[@MOLLYLUNCHCO]

The skirt and the cape together look like they would be so fun to wear 🤩

[@jordanarnall]

a Crumb Catcher bustline would be the IDEAL match to go with this look. you could do exactly the same treatment as the skirt, just flipped upwards and it would really complete the look.

[@robinmoore1969]

We’re all fallible. Some of us just aren’t as trained to avoid those derps. It’s me. I’m derps. Stupid sewing mistakes: - sewing two left side sleeves for a blouse with a taper. …didn’t fix it - accidentally putting the bottom of a hanging sleeve at the top. That along with realizing I couldn’t move my arms once the sleeves were on made me put that piece away and I’ve not touched it in two years (using the smallest stitch setting made me just not want to deal with any seam ripping. …there are more I just don’t want to think about them right now. 😂

[@AkashaKitty]

I am a very chaotic crafter and often start making things without the necessary skills or presence of mind to plan ahead properly. So all of my projects seem to have terrible mistakes and I always seem to have to take a snack break to figure out how to fix it. Right now, I’m determined to finish a quilt as a Christmas gift….I’ve never sewn a quilt before and thought I could cut matching pieces without measuring. I regret my decisions but I am determined to make it work!! It’s actually starting to look useable after some blood sweat and lots of tears 😭 you are so amazingly talented and I watch your videos as I struggle along. Thank you for sharing your mistakes it’s good to know that we all do it 🖤

[@bl4cksp1d3r]

If anyone wants to find out about established titles and why many consider them a scam, search for "established titles scam" here on YT Even as just a novelty thing, they pay so much for the ads (look at the apology video from "The Click") it doesn't feel like a "charity project"

[@primrosechan]

Ma plus grande erreur. découper dans le tissus parfait mais qui était très limitée. En découpant mes morceaux j'ai découpé 2x le même côté... Je n'avais plus assez de tissus pour faire l'autre côté de la robe 🙃

[@coreygilles847]

I will be excited to see what you do with the holographic fabric. This dress is dreamy…

[@saphiesaph]

It came out great despite the errors that can be so frustrating in the process! I especially like the second layer of lights on the top part (from folding the fabric), makes a nice gradient. I always use hydrogen peroxide when I need to remove blood stains. I can disinfect my finger and treat the fabric in one go😂 haven’t had any problems with colored textiles, but of course it’s better to try it on less visible area before application

[@littlelila7396]

Omg this is so beautiful?!?! Love it!! ❣️ fun fact i am watching this in my blanket hoodie i made after your fantastic Video 🥰

[@emilyrln]

Certified rave skirt! I love the fringed hem of the capelet!

[@Keklownn]

Le reveal est juste parfait! C'est hilarant de te voir danser et avoir du plaisir ^^. Félicitation pou ton beau travail! une belle source d'inspiration :)

[@26angelaa]

those little strands you cut off, keep them, turn them into a tiara with little bits of armiture wire, and crystals to go with your gown. oh my gosh, that would be stunning.

[@tiffanybutcher4896]

Beautiful gown! I love it! I made a striped dress a few years ago and THREE TIMES I cut one of the sleeves with the stripes going the wrong direction, even after I had to go buy additional fabric twice. Also, you can always get your blood out of fabric with your own saliva. I have done it myself multiple times.

[@capobvious]

I really love the frayed edge on the cape! I think it would also look really good on the hem of the skirt 😉

[@DorisS75]

I think a top in the holographic fabric would look amazing with this skirt and short cape. And those are very awesome by the way!

[@nikki3879]

It's the dance moves for me 😍 Throwing full on disco shapes in your light up princess dress around your living room is honestly a ✨vibe✨. You're fantastic, Ariel. The skirt is so pretty and I'm in awe of your skill and patience. Well done. 💕

[@ryouprivate3606]

One time I sewed a cute cozy winter witch hat out of red velvet lining and what I thought was white wool, only to discover after I'd finished it, that the white fabric was actually batting... I had to seamrip and re construct it but I used a white blanket fleece and now it's the coziest white winter witch hat ever.... I'm making a dress and Victorian Mantle to match the hat now...

[@FairyBlackMother]

I actually bought some of this fabric to try with my Cosplays because of you. I also thought of using it for a Jellyfish.

[@42lucyinthesky]

I always make mistakes with sleeves. I either sew them inside out or upside down. One memorable occasion I did them wrong the exact same way three times in a row and abandoned the project for weeks out of frustration!

[@f33rcetv34]

That cabinet behind you is glorious !

[@roecocoa]

I was making a jean jacket. I didn't mark the seams. I didn't baste anything; I just went straight to sewing with tiny stitches and expensive thread. I sewed one sleeve into the wrong armscye and the other sleeve into the neck opening.

[@TT-_-]

😂 the mental image of the "finished" jean jacket is fabulous. Great for a one-armed giraffe!

[@maddiesmith1492]

Hey Ariel, I was told at sewing school there is something in your own saliva that breaks down your own blood, as long as it's still relatively wet. Hopefully this is helpful next time maybe. I love your work!

[@crafting_tea_party]

the worst sewing mistake I ever made was using a stretch fabric when making a corset and deciding that interlining it with cotton canvas and a nonstretch lining would probably be fine. It puckered a lot and definitely needed some iron on interfacing

[@agen_dior]

i need to see this full piece going around a dark park or something

[@lisamartone9200]

Love it. I so want a light up cape

[@WheezyCatLady]

You’re fearless with your costume making and I admire that so much. The idea of attempting this is too much for my nerves to handle 😂 amazing job! ❤

[@alankohn6709]

I've done very little costume making but I did once spend hours sewing what started out as a reversible cloak only to realised that I had put the inside layer seam out so it became a one side cloak. I would turn the off cut fibre optic into a feather fan with white feathers with the fibre optic spread through it

[@amberlynnleavitt9034]

I have sewn my hair into a quilt before. I just cut the chunk of hair off rather than unpick the seam while attached to the project. It's still in the quilt, I figure it's just extra batting. Always put your hair in a bun before sewing! Always!

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

That is lovely! Fibre optics are so cool I can see why you had to play with scraps!

[@SueK2001]

Years ago after making alterations and adding an invisible zipper to an expensive pair of very fitted wool slacks, I triumphantly snipped off the thread by the zipper…and promptly snipped a hole in the fabric. I couldn’t fix it unless I could find someone that still did reweaving. Which thankfully my uncle who was a trained tailor was able to do. But wow how embarrassing.

[@cherylhuot4436]

I’m old, so I’ve made many mistakes over the years. I’ve lost count how many!! Like you, I either did a re do or adapted as best I could. I appreciate that you include your mistakes in the videos! I think it encourages people that they are not alone. Plus, that it’s not the end of the world when you do screw up!! The skirt is lovely. Can’t wait for your next adventure

[@treeflamingo]

It looks like magic 😍

[@artofescapism]

very cool- you're incredibly skilled, and the dress is gorgeous! I especially like the cowl part- the edges of the lights give it a very interesting look!

[@williamlai29]

I would like to see more cyberpunk like dresses. Fiber optic is a good idea, but I need more spice! More sexiness!

[@JoannaLovesHistoryBooks]

I really enjoy how much you're getting out of this fabric! 🎉

[@maximemds7966]

oh my god !!! This is amazing ! You are amazing ! Every thing is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤩😍

[@amysrp5531]

I'm still new to sewing, but my most annoying mistake was to make an apron with a one directional pattern upside down. I didn't notice until I was almost done with it. I still haven't had the heart to finish it.

[@fredericapanon207]

@Amy Srp, think of it as You, the wearer, get to see the pattern the right side up!

[@makeda6530]

I also bled on my current project whilst hand sewing. It’s dead center on the bodice, it was very much I thought I had stopped bleeding and there are still some flecks. Anyway your ball gown skirt is gorgeous. I’m not thinking of any sewing mistakes that have made me want to logout though I have been brought to the verge of tears over cutting 3 right sides of a wiiiide waistband that was double sided. Thank God I had enough to recut it as it was the last meter of fabric at that store when I purchased it. My constant problem sewing is cute designs that I somehow never figure out how I want the closures to be until the end. Or changing the design halfway through because the way I pinned it ‘to see’ was how I want it now. 🙃

[@FrizziNova]

I had a lot of fun watching this. You are really talented, but I mostly envy you for your persistence. This material is beautiful but sooo difficult to work with. Congratulations on overcoming all the difficulties. It turned out great... I wish the lights were a little brighter, though. But I guess people a willing to dim the lights when you enter just to see the dress in full effect.

[@charlarp]

Gorgeous skirt! Can’t wait to see what you make next with this fabric

[@newkimewki4310]

You could make some sort of head dress from the extra fibre optic ends!! They would make a very shiny crown 👑

[@Judoka26]

My biggest mistake was to alter a historical sleeve pattern, try the mock-up on but did not attach the sleeve to an armhole, then do the real one and try to get it fit to my bodice... about 7 times. In the end I'm still unhappy. I should have checked my mock-up better. But now I don't have enough fabric to recut so I need to deal with the puckering of the pouf at the top ...

[@isaibanez]

11:50 you can use hydroperoxide to force blood stains out of fabrics!! Readily available in all drugstores!

[@pierrevladimir8085]

Je passe ma première soirée à Aix en Provence et, avant d'aller dîner et c'est un plaisir de regarder cette réalisation. Quel boulot ! Je suis bluffé. Merci.

[@elskersten-vandijk7227]

Recently had to redraft a sleeve cap, making the already-cut sleeves too short - pieced together two cuffs out of scraps so now the dress has ✨decorative cuffs✨. Half the 'design elements' on my clothes are fixed mistakes 🙃 Btw, same dress has - ahem - decorative shoulder reinforcements. It was not an easy project. Also yay your channel is doing so well, good on you 👏👏👏

[@anna_in_aotearoa3166]

Problem-solving (of self-inflicted problems) is a genuine source of serendipity, I swear!! 😅 As well as adding so much to that heady mix of terror & satisfaction that is the home sewing life... 😂

[@katiewaterrose]

You are just absolutely fabulous. I cannot sew and I get frustrated on your behalf just listening but your creativity is mind blowing. Thank you for sharing your crazy genius with us!

[@christinesinclair6938]

You should make a bodice out of that super-holo fabric to go with the skirt and cape. It'd be very pretty. Also, my biggest sewing fail was a wrong size. Luckily it was too big and I could fix my error.

[@aika_thequestionablegamer]

You did such a great job on this dress! Don’t worry about the mistakes, they are perfectly normal, always remember you are very talented! ❤

[@rawpure]

There is electricity conducting thread you can get for these types of projects to sew in LED lights, it even works in a machine :) Did some purses a few years back that when you open them they have a light inside, that you can change to any color or effect.

[@brendaowens2466]

That was simply beautiful dear.

[@rufferstuff9148]

Very pretty dress. Well worth the time and effort. I can see it being very useful as a foundation for future projects. I haven't had any huge mistakes, but I occasionally cut things wrong. I was recently making a fleece robe I wanted to be floor length for warmth, but cut it by the pattern instead, so it was 18 inches short. I decided to add a faux fur band and also do the sleeves out of the same fur. It looks intentionally extra instead of a fixed mistake.

[@taraa_]

Your so talented and the dress is GORGEOUS! 💜💜

[@sarahallegra6239]

Wow, this turned out soooo cool!! I absolutely love it!! So gorgeous and magical!

[@MayLina]

whenever i get a blood stain I always soak it with hydrogen peroxide, if the stain is fresh it removes it perfectly but even with dry blood stains it will minimize it hugely! Don't know how much of a common knowledge it is, but it saved me many times during period😃 maybe it can help some of you too!

[@scottboggs2364]

Fantastique! So beautiful. Your work is amazing. 💘

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Amazing ❤ so beautiful and so clever. At the end all you needed was that Pnau song ❤

[@marijabu]

It's magnificent! I am going to attempt a garment with this fabric, soon, and you have helped me so much with this video. Thank you for sharing.

[@musyakottik]

YOU. ARE. SO. TALENTED!!! OMG THE DRESS IS SO BEAUTIFUL

[@bonnielee78]

Great video as always. I would have loved to see a light up bodice to go with the skirt. Maybe with the remainder of the fabric you can make a separate bodice.

[@christinerainey7003]

About ten years ago I made my sister’s Halloween costume, Rogue from X-men. It was a very stretchy spandex body suit. I had never sewn stretch material before and I added a seam allowance on every seam. When she went to try it on, she was swimming in it. I had to rip every seam and resew all of them. There was a lot of cussing involved but it turned out beautifully and I got a lot of compliments on it.

[@codeearth9820]

With this dress you can be a whole disco party to yourself!