Making a Regency Ballgown for 12th Night

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

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[@liav4102]

Trim on the skirt could wait for another year. Then you would get two years of a new feeling dress instead of just one and less time investment this year

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Ooh, that's a good point!

[@madebymaryssa]

Fun fact about mauve: it's one of the early aneline dyes, which fade A Lot, so while we associate it with a desaturated bluish purple, it was originally this really bright shade of purple similar to magenta. I don't know how this would work (maybe with snaps) but I remember on Instagram you were talking about liking the longer sleeves, and while watching this video I started thinking maybe the long part could be detachable under the shoulder puff. Then you could have long or short sleeves as the mood or weather determines. My cat also often decides that anything dangley I'm trying to craft with must be for her to play with! Most recently I've had to stop her biting and clawing my measuring tape.

[@brookelackey6231]

Obsessed with the cat dress/jumper in the intro. Soooo adorable.

[@Puppy52]

Your kitty dress😍

[@allangradus1917]

Bodice of the dress on the left and skirt on the right. Mauve and ivory/pale gold instead of Eggplant and Mauve. The mauve being the main colour part of the dress and ivory/pale gold accents. 😉

[@lazygardens]

You can make rouleaux by machine. Make the tube, turn it, and then pull cording through it to fatten it.

[@Celcey24]

I 100% agree with doing the top half f #1 and the bottom half of #2

[@patriciapost962]

Anxiously awaiting next week to see the finished product. All your dresses are so beautiful 🧵🪡

[@flo-llama]

Brownish purple is a color called puce. It was popular in France in the 18th century.

[@alyssaagnew4147]

As a lover of Jane Austen, this project looks absolutely delightful to me.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you so much for your support! 💜

[@Hiker_who_Sews]

Amazing fabric choices, both for the regency gown, and the black cat jumper!

[@MarhaMuffin]

14:39 I don't know if it's good or bad, but the bodice mock-up try looks a lot like a ribcage ^^ Super cool if that's the vibe.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

When I saw the two dresses you were trying to decide between, my immediate thought was I loved the bodice of the first dress and the bottom of the second. Whatever you decide on will be absolutely lovely, I’m sure. I’m definitely invested in how it all turns out. I’ve always called purplish browns puce. It’s a weird name, but a gorgeous color. ❤

[@bohemiansusan2897]

My first instinct was to do the yellow gold for trimming. However the way you did the pink mock up is far better than when you laid just fabric on top of the purple. I prefer the second dress because I'm a construction nerd and love construction and pushing the limits of my skill. My cat Pepper liked your first dress. My other cat Sabrina is now nagging me to get back to sewing my 70s influenced striped blouse. Sabrina sits on the serger as I sew on the conventional machine and sits on the conceptual machine as I sew. With pinning, she points at the next spot with her paw. Pepper just makes sure I'm not screwing up. Last thing... I consider what you call lining as interlining. What you call flat lining is also interlining. That is how I was taught haute sewing, if the piece acts as one with the fashion fabric. However I'm pushing 60 and perhaps terminology has changed.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I would call it interlining if it's between the outer and another lining layer, but flat lining when it's just two pieces treated as one, with no additional inner lining.

[@SMBDesigns]

Can't wait to see how this comes together!

[@johannageisel5390]

Actually it looks pretty purple to me, even on screen.

[@pippaseaspirit4415]

It’s the rouleau trim that really makes the dress! That’s the main reason I preferred it!

[@ing-mariekoppel1637]

Two fabul-tastic dresses out of this world.😮

[@karentexas]

I like the long sleeved bodice(without the sleeves) and the bottom of the other. ❤

[@BookCat18]

Sounds like you are rouleaux-tant 😂 to take on the hand sewing 🪡 and the fanned piping detail on dress one is amazing!

[@tinaj984]

I like the first dress. It caught my eye right away.Between the pink and yellow, the pink and the purple together is a more subdued feeling. The yellow is perky happy. To me at least. I know whatever you choose, it will ve beautiful and I will love it! Can't wait!!!❤❤❤

[@alexiscarlton1355]

Piping QUEEN! :D I'm so impressed with the piping you do!

[@ing-mariekoppel1637]

I was gonna suggest the combined one just as you presented it at 9:29😊

[@lynnsibley1172]

I prefer the second dress.. but it's not my dress! It's so clear you prefer the bodice on the first, and they're both beautiful.

[@patriciakellyadams134]

Kitty cameo's are always appreciated

[@AmericanBeautyCorset]

I really like the first dress. Prior Attior, recreated it. It's on the cover of her new book, that's coming out Romantic, Regency dresses. I dont know if she made any videos about it. 😊

[@johannageisel5390]

Very pretty. I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out in the end.

[@roxiepoe9586]

Love the process.

[@margarethall1625]

Whatever you choose to do will be lovely.

[@STaylor-rt3fl]

The first dress ❤

[@lornas-w4661]

So odd because I had just seen aclip of an artist who for another reason was using purple and yellow. Their take was that due to where they sit on the colour wheel that yellow is brought alive by the purple. I see more brown with the pink. Wishing you patience with the rouleau. I'd give and use flat ribbons.....this is such a challenge.....looking forward to the results!

[@kirabowie]

The fabric is gorgeous!! 😍 I'm not really liking the pink piping on the bodice, I think it would look so much prettier if you did a plain bodice. Use the pink piping around the neck and waistband to tie in with the fancy cording around the hem. (I'm sorry I have no idea how to spell what it's called. 😅)

[@ConstanceCravingnz]

Rebecca I am LOVING these dresses. Something I'd note is that the colour contrasts on the originals are quite low, and yours is quite high, so it will look really different. But cool! The lattice rouleau on the skirt I think is padded? You can definitely turn rouleau even when it is super tight btw, there's a pretty cheap tool called a rouleau turner that is the best. SO easy. You will need to sew from the inside (really good call lining with organdy) but I am sure it will be super delicious. Padded rouleau and trapunto was very fashion in the 1820s. The bottom of the skirt will really hold its shape

[@johannageisel5390]

Huh, I got the impression that the skirt on the right one was a bit wide than on the left. Which I find better looking, particularly on a fuller figure.

[@samtyers8236]

I agree with top of 1 and bottom of 2

[@Bexinmo]

I know it is probably too late (I'm only 7 minutes in to the video), but I wonder if the tube trim could be machine sewn into the tube using the string turning method. I'm trying to imagine how tight it would have to be for that not to work and it would have to be like the size of a Q-tip center to not be turnable. That trim looks like its pinky finger sized or larger so it should turn fine.

[@MsVikkihoo]

You’re very glittery today 🎉

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

It was my look to go see the Wicked tour!

[@cassmacdonald-perfectlyimp2486]

It’s worth considering that people would remake gowns, so having the style of the bodice of the earlier dress (non rouleau) and the wider skirts and rouleau of the second isn’t that far fetched.

[@littlecr3atur3]

💜💜💜💜

[@carmendavila272]

I am (hopefully) nearly done with my first dress. It’s just a princess seam strappy jumper dress. Just like the last pattern I tried, it is wayyy too big in the back. And then I realized, these patterns are meant for me to have a wayyy bigger bust than I have (a C-cup) compared to my 42” waist and so all that extra fabric is falling to my back if that makes sense. I’m going to put in some faux shirring with elastic. Hopefully that solves it.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

You'll want to curve in your cutting lines to the correct size for your bust - if your measurements don't match up with the size part, it's totally ok to draw new cut lines in that make sense for you.

[@bcase5328]

Could you do the dress so that it is able to convert between a day dress and a ball gown? (Such as having a set of detachable long sleeves with a matching tucker, or a under blouse with long sleeves)

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Honestly, with a design this fancy, I just don't think it would work for a regency day dress, even with a higher neckline /non-sheer long sleeves.

[@lenkamaresova4116]

I think you shoud go with one dress or another (the rollo is work intensive, and the bodice and the sleeves of the first one are too, and if you do the rollo, you should put it at the puff of the sleeves). But I have feeling, since I have seen the first dress - it seems like "you" dress. So the progress from the second one (popular vote) to the upper part of the first one is not unexpected. Now I'm just waiting for you to drop the rollo, which would not match the upper decoration and be a bother, anyway. :)

[@AnniCarlsson]

I was like thats a cool dalamation top and then I saw it was cats😂😂😂

[@emilyrln]

Plum gown for Plum cake! Maybe you'll get the pea and be queen!! (Did they still do that in the Regency Era? I researched Twelfth Night parties for my late Stuart Era novel 😂)

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

To be honest, I'm not sure!

[@emilyrln]

@@LadyRebeccaFashions Well, I'm sure I can find out, seeing as there seems to be much more info on Regency than Stuart XD

[@nisipici]

I must have that cat dress 😻 Would you share where it’s from? Thanks!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

It was from eshakti a few years ago.

[@nisipici]

@ aw, darn. Thank you 🩷

[@kathyjohnson2043]

Do some people ever wear Federalist fashion rather than Regency to these events?

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Wouldn't that be the same? When I talk about regency, I mean the 1790s through 1820s.

[@kathyjohnson2043]

@LadyRebeccaFashions there were apparently differences in that Federalist was more consciously influenced by French fashion rather than English. I was wondering why those of us in the US all say Regency rather than Federalist; is it because Jane Austin made all things Regency more famous or more desirable?

[@kaytiej8311]

Dress No.1 all the way. I don't like the roulleau trim at all. It looks so "added" and clunky for such a soft dreamy style.

[@Tisiloves]

The inevitable attraction of pets to long skirts