I Made a Bridgerton Dress out of Upcycled Materials!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

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[@AVisionInFur]

I can handle poly for athletic wear and that’s about it, so I’m totally with you on the hearty preference for natural fiber bedding. I love the way the dart on the back neckline of the overdress ended up adding continuity by mimicking the v-shape of the front. In addition to the 1.5 inch overlap instead of 1 inch making it look intentional, it let the motif continue to a centered point that gives it an extra finished, balanced look.

[@adedow1333]

I use a combination of cotton and poly. We have a California King bed, so finding sheets for an affordable proce is definitely a factor. And ehen chiising poly sheets, we usually go with microfiber which is softer and has a nicer hand than the typical poly garbage bag type. And also, one of my favorite colors is lilac, so I'm very pleased you found/had available such pretty fabrics ❤

[@DOSBoxMom]

Since Bridgerton doesn't claim to be completely historically accurate, one can feel free to stretch beyond traditional Regency colors/fabrics/details. I used to find the kids' Halloween costumes at the local thrift store, and never entirely from the "gently used" costumes. (F.ex., Superman boy's costume + short red skirt = Supergirl costume for my daughter!)

[@avasophia1859]

Wow, the tucked skirt with the shorter tunic is beautifully proportioned! I wasn’t sure if I was going to like the split back at first, but I really do! 💜

[@phranerphamily]

I'm really surprised at how much the tucks showed up! Going to all the trouble to do the piping was also beautiful. Really great up cycle ❤

[@BeyondtheHiggs]

I am glad that you did this. I am making a steampunk meets Bridgerton dress. I have a blue sheet and a sheer dark blue fabric with silver moons and stars. It's nice to know I can make a base dress with detachable sleeves and have a variety of overdresses.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

THAT sounds awesome ❤

[@paulacarlson4365]

Rebecca,lavender is definitely your color!! Stunning!!!!

[@aksez2u]

I think the polyester sheets are popular because they are SO inexpensive. A whole queen set for less than $20 vs. cotton for $50 for instance. I've also noticed that they are marketed slyly to downplay the fiber content and play up other properties like their initial softness. People may not realize what they are getting. Anyway, super excited about any and all upcycled material challenges!!

[@twinnish]

I have seen them sold where they tell people they have great thread count, and they don’t mention the fact that they’re polyester except some very small print. The thread count business is disingenuous and misleading. You can get relatively inexpensive cotton sheets at Walmart or target or eBay. Or thrift stores, estate and garage sales.

[@aksez2u]

@@twinnish I almost bought polyester microfiber sheets at Costco the other day without even thinking because I generally trust their products and value. Whoops!

[@theresaanndiaz3179]

Pastels really suit you. This project came out so nice! The under dress is such a great foundation piece.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@amb163]

This is honestly one of the most beautiful dresses I've ever seen you make -- the colours and cut suit you so well! LOVE!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@maryhanson2258]

I love this dress! It has the perfect amount of decoration with the tucks and the piping, and it looks lovely on you! ❤️

[@Hiker_who_Sews]

Irises along the walkway are perfect for framing your gown!

[@tiredoftrolls2629]

I am making my Bridgerton Ball gown out of a sari. Art silk.

[@itamarmedeirosnetto]

The Velvet fabric Will give the elegance It needs for an evening version of this dress. But It already looks amazing!

[@petapendlebury9024]

My thoughts exactly. With the shorter sleeves that gives 2 outfits. Just need a hair piece with several large feathers!

[@TJKozash]

The lavender stripe dress is super cute!

[@signegeist]

Those tucks with almost identical width stripe fabric are magical .

[@DOSBoxMom]

Those purple flowers coordinate very well with the purple gown, too!

[@sleepycalico]

Love this dress. I would be happy to dress this way every day. So romantic and comfy.

[@Inna-sa]

A really cheating way I fix gaping parts (usually in the armhole of sleeveless things for me) is to thread elastic thread through the hem. It's usually just enough to help it lay flat without gathering. Works especially well on knit fabric.

[@alexiscarlton1355]

Such a lovely colour and the dress is beautiful. The best duvet upcycle! Your piping is a signature finish that makes things look polished. Love your work! Thanks for sharing :D.

[@samanthagirly3350]

The dress came out so well! I love the striped lavender purple dress. I think it would be fun to do a wild Bridgeton dress.

[@Lea-bw9wj]

1st the way the light hit you in the lavender field was stunning. someone needs to do a painting of that that. 2nd love what you ended up with. Would be fun to see you make more things with 2nd hand finds. Also even stash busting and using up scraps

[@wildcutecosplay]

Laughing moon patterns do have a printable PDF option, and can confirm it's a lot of pages. I'm still working on my regency dress - aiming to get the full look done for part 2 release. I did drink tea and have a long distance watch party with a friend. We were watching it separately but had a chat window up so we could react as stuff happened.

[@cherylfelton4030]

Amazing what you can do with thrifted sheets and curtains! So beautiful!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@rebeccasabourin6193]

Would love to see the burn out velvet

[@CommanderFox]

This ensemble reminds me of your Rose. Especially the design of the overdress. It's really lovely.

[@pmclaughlin4111]

You have kids: crib has cotton or cotton flannel. When they get to the size that sheets are more likely to be peanut butter covered tents and for dragging the dog across the lawn...its poly cotton all the way...

[@Siennaflower]

This turned out so pretty!! The clips of you in the lavender field were so nice! I would love to see the burnout velvet overdress as well. ❤

[@margarethall1625]

Agreed about polyester and that other fabric mentioned. I love cotton and linen best. The lavender or purple looks amazing on you. The outfit turned out beautifully. I say go for it with the third part of the outfit. I sympathize with you about loud partying neighbours since I have some just like them(who also have a demon dog).

[@RianShafer]

That is REALLY pretty! Light and Summery.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@izzy13belle]

Absolutely love the color of the dress and how the whole look turned out!

[@jeannegreeneyes1319]

Absolutely charming 💜 Like a Kate Greenaway Illustration!

[@shirleypoulain7973]

Beautiful dress, the tucks really give a finished look to it.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@lilykatmoon4508]

What an enchanting ensemble! I think the pin tucks really do add that extra bit of elegance and interest. I love the idea of detaching sleeves too. I’m pretty sure the first video of yours that I saw was the one where you talked about Penelope’s dresses fitting so horribly in Bridgerton. Then I binged to catch up on your channel and have loved it ever since. I just discovered Kiralee Cosplay from you channel and have watched her Bridgerton videos. I think I must have missed that blue Bridgerton dress video you made so I’ll find it and watch that. I loved season three so far. I binged the first three episodes in one day, lol and am waiting until June for the rest. I must admit, Pen is my favorite character and am loving her story arc. Take care. I hope you do make the Lady Danbury inspired over dress. That fabric is spot on!

[@twinnish]

I love the tucks!

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

You look stunning! The colour looks wonderful on you! You should pick lavender more often!!

[@lenabreijer1311]

That is an adorable outfit. It goes so well on you. My sister reacts to cotton or something used to finish cotton, she has a lot of really weird allergies. Her sheets are mostly polyester micro fabrics. Shiny slippery wild colour sheets. Almost everything she wears is some sort of polyester. My sheets are bamboo.

[@teresababinat6004]

I like this very much. As to watching I don’t even have a tv.

[@shirliepriestley8761]

You look lovely, hard to believe your dress was once bed linens, a very flattering style great job

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@kelsyervin9039]

The pin-tucks look amazing! This was a really inspiring video🥰🥰

[@tiredoftrolls2629]

About sheets, cotton or linen or maybe an indestructible vintage cotton-poly that isn't made anymore is about the only thing I want to sleep on

[@lolawall3561]

Such a cute dress! And your talent continues. I really like the walk in the field at the end of the video. As always, happy sewing!

[@cindywutzke7862]

The olive green curtains could be used to make an overdress for court. Just thinking.

[@katwitanruna]

I might pick up one of those beaded pieces and take it apart but I’ve also never been able to do so.

[@marcellarensi131]

Um, I made a lavender sateen sheet into a Bridgerton inspired Regency-ish dress about a year and a half ago... Totally support.

[@katwitanruna]

This reminds me, I have a cotton sheet that would make a nice kirtle. Hehehe

[@kerriemckinstry-jett8625]

So pretty! Awesome job! We're already starting to see 90+°F weather in MA... a bit earlier than usual! But, next week it could easily be 60° again. Detachable sleeves are a must have solution!

[@leannmorlan9025]

You look so beautiful amongst the flowers!

[@JanealJohnson]

That is really cute, very flattering, also inspiring.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you!

[@asiabryant207]

The outfit is so cute. I need to make some regency over dresses. And I totally think you should make the other one as well!

[@brendaholmes72]

this dress is one of the cutest ones I have seen you make. It is so flattering

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@katwitanruna]

Cotton sheets and wish I had linen.

[@roxiepoe9586]

This is so becoming! You look like the illustrations from my favorite children's poetry books. Pretty, pretty, pretty.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@TruFlyFox]

I like Regency with the overdress A LOT!! You did a great job!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@bonnielundholm5535]

I loved how well you matched the flowers. The lupines especially.

[@marjonantoons7538]

Loved the footage in the field of lupins! It really suited the dress. And as to prepare for the new season: I watched season one and two again and looking forward to watch season 3 as of tomorrow.

[@ReadBrucey]

I love love love this. I bought a regency dress from Amazon but this is so much better. My mom was ,y seamstress. I find myself wishing I had her skill.

[@lesleyharris525]

You look fabulous, the outfit is simply beautiful ❤

[@kindalegendary-mh4wk]

so fun! loving these upcycled costumes!!!

[@tenaoconnor7510]

I love how your dress looks 😻😻😻 pastel colors look beautiful on you. I bought a regency dress pattern last year but I haven’t made it yet. I have to make some regency stays so I have the proper silhouette. You make it look so easy.

[@amyrobertson6075]

This is a really lovely outfit! The colours really suit you. Well done. I particularly like that it's from scrounged linens... something I am doing a lot of myself these days.

[@kayta84]

So so cute! I need to make a regency dress one day❤

[@suzanneirving7257]

I have that same duvet cover. I know what my next project will be!

[@alexandrawellington8028]

I binge watched the episodes last night and then you popped up with your gorgeous outfit this morning!!!!!!!!!! There were so many of Penelope's dresses that I thought of you making!😍

[@teamaeblue896]

I hope you make the burn out velvet overcoat you looked beautiful in your dress

[@marykallis3677]

Well done Rebecca! Love everything about this dress. The color, design, fabrics….. everything is just great! You amaze me! 🥰

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@MaryWalsh-ux6oj]

You did a beautiful job on the dress! The color is so flattering to your complexion. And the video was absolutely creative and artistic with such a beautiful background of various lavender flowers. It was a superlative effort! Even the pleats along the bottom were spectacular. Each element of the design and presentation contributed to a fantastic finished product.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@DOSBoxMom]

That lavender would be perfect for a half-mourning gown!

[@JenInOz]

Hope you don't need to use it for that though

[@Haghenveien]

My mother has told me about this concept of mourning clothes they used to have back in the day, in the times of her grand mother or great grand mother. And it was really strict. Half-mourning was still black, only with some detail maybe in white or grey. Brown was a step further. Of course, we are talking early 20th century, or even late 19th century in a small village in Spain. To give you and idea of how things were there, my mother told me about, a great aunt of hers, I believe. After four years of mourning, she allowed herself to get to the door of the house for the first time to watch some sort of parade. Wild. A half-mourning dress in lavander would have been so scandalous that I don't think that it would have even crossed their minds.

[@DOSBoxMom]

@@Haghenveien Lavender for half-mourning was a Regency England custom. Small-town Spain over a century ago may well have been stricter about mourning attire. (Although Queen Victoria stayed in deep mourning for the rest of her life, after Prince Albert's death in the 1860s.)

[@tinaj984]

I absolutely love this dress!! It's a complete look. Hat too. Its wonderful. Thank you!!!😍😍❤

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@llamabean529]

I'm not sure but in the UK sheets marketed as easy iron or something are half poly but as someone who isn't as fussed and doesn't iron sheets they are fine. Sometimes flat sheet poly cotton feels nicer than fabric shop poly cotton, how wild is that.

[@furlizard]

Suprisingly beautiful for something so simple. Suits you to perfection.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@kaytiej8311]

What a sweet outfit! You did an amazing job. And your reveal locations were stunning.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@kida4star]

Wow! It turned out fantastic! Love this whole look.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@KathleenStidham]

You are so pretty in that light purple! I am sure it was harder to put together than you made it look…. but it still looks “possible” for even beginners like me.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks! Honestly, a dress like this is a great place to start once you've done some basic sewing/testing of your machine. It's the easiest era of historical costuming, other than the corsets.

[@kckazcoll1]

hi Rebecca, I love to watch your process and the details in the dress like the piping and tucks really took it to the next level. Love it!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@denisebennett3144]

Looks absolutely lovely. Congratulations on a beautiful job.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@melodymalone4076]

I love how the dress came out!! I was just at that thrift store and I saw the shiny green curtains you used. I also found some shimmery green valences that I was tempted to grab and that cream fabric with floral damask pattern would make a lovely corset which is what im tempted to do.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks! And yep, I was there again yesterday, and those green panels I used for the Hobbit cloak are multiplying. There were like 6 of them now!

[@michellecornum5856]

This really is pretty!

[@katmaresparkles9578]

Beautiful Lady Rebecca

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

In winter I do definitely sleep on non-cotton sheets, polar fleece sheets all the way. I don't heat my upstairs, and polarfleece sheets are not cold to get into like cotton or cotton flannel. I have a few polycotton sheets that are not awesome and a few that aren't bad (they're definitely more comfortable than the cheap cotton set that's rough with pilling), and a few microfibre sheets that feel really soft but if I use them too late in the season I sweat in them.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I didn't even know polar fleece sheets were a thing! I feel like poly cotton isn't the worst, but this was like poly lining feeling.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

@@LadyRebeccaFashions Echhh, sounds like it would feel like a shower curtain!! And yeah in Ontario, polar fleece sheets are definitely a thing. Some are made better than others, I've got two less expensive sets that are double sided fuzzy but are starting to pill and attracting cotton fluff if I wash them with towels and don't brush them occasionally, the Sunbeam brand ones are only brushed on one side but they're so much softer, and they don't seem to pick up other fibres. Really luxurious to slide into when the room temperature is 15c/60f, even fuzzy flannel cotton sheets feel cold, those are spring and fall sheets.

[@arionrhod6383]

BEAUTIFUL! Of course purple is my favorite color, but it looks SO GOOD on you, and with all the delphiniums (I think they were delphiniums?) it's perfect!!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks! And the big flower field is lupines - it's a really neat spot!

[@sandrarose7129]

Very pretty

[@lindagoesel3815]

Rebecca, again awesome, beautiful ! You are amazing with your styling. I'm surprised Bridgerton doesn't hire you. I think it's a little P&P because to me it looks more on point. Your first Bridgerton design gave me goosebumps during your reveal, but this one was perfect as well. Where do you find your settings, their like settings have been designed for you. Love it❤ thanks.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! Most of the finished footage was taken at my go-to flower garden, but I lucked out with the timing of the lupine bloom - it's the only field we have around here like that.

[@alfonsojuarez4413]

Could you please make Penelope’s emerald green dress it is stunning

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Tbh, that one was not one of my favorites! I definitely prefer her in the more minty colors.

[@flagerdevil]

I would guess that polyester sheets are cheaper than cotton ones...

[@beamteammom5431]

I love this project! So beautiful!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@lindseybotelho]

Beautiful

[@maej1260]

Lovely

[@susanmcgee5877]

Lovely 💕

[@CarmenHuertosMartinez]

It's beautiful ❤️

[@lynndragon2536]

polyester sheets are cheap and available thats why people still use them and my sister is fine with them myself i have issues with all polyester fully items

[@THELOVEOFMYLIFE89]

I just love your dress awesome and beautiful wish this was my dress😂!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@ovidmedline]

Fantastic as always

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

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[@WatchedPlot]

I'm literally in the middle of making this pattern because I was kicked into gear by Bridgerton! I was going to work on it some more today but I had a pen explode on me and I'm not going near white fabric until all the (bright pink!) ink is long gone

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Oh no! I hope the ink goes away soon!

[@adrianamancuso4917]

You're so lovely! Great job!!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@Sabatuar]

I really gotta finish my Regency dress. Just needs to be hemmed and the apron-front installed, but I am so bad at finishing projects when they get that close to completion.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

You can do it! 😊

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I LOVE THIS!!!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks!

[@JenInOz]

I'm enjoying this... sadly i have to go to work today though and will have to watch the 2nd half later today!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks! And no worries, I hope you have a good workday!

[@JenInOz]

There we go. All done. It occurs to me that my Endora costume could be used for a Regency occasion...

[@cartoonygothica]

Beautiful. I wonder what function the overdresses were supposed to serve. If an overdress had long sleeves, it would look kinda like a long cardigan, wouldn't it?

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I think it was just a way to change up the style (and for the long sleeve ones, to add more warmth).