Masque of the Red Death Ballgown Making Process

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Books/authors mentioned (this is not part of the audible campaign, but I know ye’re always asking me for bookstuffs so here are some nonfiction favorites!):
Ruth Goodman, for obvious reasons:
-How to Be a Victorian
-How to Behave Badly in Victorian England
-How to be a Tudor
Ian Mortimer, basically writing history books in the style of travel guides and I am here for it:
-The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval Britain
-The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England
-The Time Traveller’s Guide to Restoration Britain
Bill Bryson, particular favorites including:
-Notes from a Small Island
-I’m a Stranger Here Myself
-The Road to Little Dribbling
(Read them in this order for the best effect)
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“Contemporary Confusion” by Cody High, epidemicsound.com
“Chary” by Cody High, epidemicsound.com
“Counting the Days” by Cody High, epidemicsound.com
“The Forgotten Memories” Luella Gren, Epidemicsound.com

[@gudkush420]

I can't sew and all I've learned is organza is a rude fabric

[@annonimooseq1246]

Hannah J. An important lesson

[@youmakemehappy7]

Lol when she said the fabric was rude I lost it. 😂💜

[@JaneEMcLernon]

Then you have learned something very important. Organza and chiffon are the worst!

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Positively foul mouthed m’dear....

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

And here i am, and the most complicated thing i have sewn was pajama pants

[@sarahchen7288]

She gives off proper vibes, but instead of ordering you to the dungeon, she just throws Jane Austen books at you

[@scarletpimpernelagain9124]

Sarah Chen Do you think, wouldn’t George Elliot be a bit weightier? 👍🏻🌹✌🏻✌🏻🇬🇧

[@user-N20]

I wouldn't mind that honestly

[@GuiSmith]

Northern Light If by dense, you’d be right! (I’m only joking of course. I’m unfamiliar with that one.)

[@kenzieaureliussubrata6113]

Emma

[@zarawardle3280]

@@scarletpimpernelagain9124 yes i suppose so. but jane austen works so well with her accent and enunciation.

[@kitkatandcompany]

Bernadette Banner: uses a thousand pins before sewing me, using maybe 5 pins to hold a hem together: I live *ON THE EDGE*

[@madison8710]

me

[@vanessa3550]

This is so me. Often I won't use any pins at all. It always comes out crooked and I probably should just pin more, but I can't be bothered and the result is usually good enough for me. 😂

[@florianlamberti712]

I usually use one pin that I move around as I sew lol

[@Betsyschugar]

You're literally so brave. I have to use approximately 1,385,932 pins before I can even CONSIDER sewing

[@MirnaXavierG]

ehehehehhehehe live on the EDGE.... sewing a HEM heheheheheh

[@Erikl826]

Bernadette: "...so maybe I will go ahead and just pin the pleats." Me, don't have any idea what she's talking about: "Ah, yes. Let's go with that!"

[@ejedwards988]

Me, also completely ignorant: "Yes, this seems to be the most logical choice." *strokes goatee*

[@NoobGamer-hn5rs]

Also me knows nothing about sewing: good idea...

[@Alchemy818.]

Me, who knows a little about sewing: what is going on. So you take the red stuff and stab it over and over again. Ok, got that.

[@skythedragon7897]

I honestly watch this cause it's satisfying

[@taritangeo4948]

I mean whatever youre doing sewing-wise, when confused- attack it with pins.

[@the.yarnbitch]

Muscle: *twitches* Organza: ok, bye *shifts to other side of room*

[@teatime8457]

Daniela Ruiz Made my day xD

[@paraboo8994]

That's so true, it's painful 😂

[@clairemora7715]

😂😂😂

[@mirjanbouma]

Accurate!

[@MattPhonee]

I've had the same problem with synthetic fabrics as well...

[@ABackwaterPrincess]

You sitting down at the electric machine and whispering 'no' is honestly A Mood.

[@vanzetti1927]

Big mood

[@vivianc.c.3379]

I laught when she did that, it was so dramatic

[@Lic021]

I think she just remembered there was boning in the dress and accidentally sewing over boning is a surefire way to break a needle

[@samannoor1377]

11:33 :)

[@xakirax_8864]

Biiig mood also love your pfp!

[@tpotshax8703]

Why does every sewing girl have a friend named Cathy? Is it the same Cathy?

[@-leggylong-5262]

TPotShax ~ I sew and have an aunt named Cathy if that counts, haha.

[@hambone4984]

Seeing friend Cathy is more like a Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny

[@ronishavit7545]

Driver Michael!!!

[@saraallie25]

I think she might have been talking about Cathy Hay, who is a dress and garment historian, and I think she has mentioned that she is a friend.

[@elizabethpenton2306]

My moms name is Cathy

[@kirankristatulinius]

Me: * has no idea what's going on * Me: yes, I love this

[@mrsjessiecakes]

Sames

[@nikkospelledlikethat8140]

Yeah like eight years ago, when I was very small, I had an interest in sewing, I could possibly maybe sew something small, and might remember how to use a sewing machine...

[@ereagan4]

Karen Krista Tulinius: Your eye makeup is gorgeous 😍

[@MinMeMcDee]

Hard same. ♥️

[@bettygandthings6619]

Same

[@IAmNotYourProblem]

If I remember my American literature and historical poetry classes, the “red death” is tuberculosis, which was fitting to the age of Edgar Allen Poe; TB was common and very prevalent in his life, as most of his family had been taken by it. The mask of the red death is the personification of tuberculosis, claiming lives with blood and decay, seen as a faceless killer, one who seemingly preys at random. To encompass tuberculosis into a feminine persona rather than Edgar’s masculine one, I believe a red ball gown which is flowing, light, and thin is very fitting. Quick, like a mist of blood, there and gone again, leaving a wake of red in its path, much like a train to a ball gown. The black embellished collar is also fitting, as decay, hardened blood, and the color of funerals and death in general is black. The white undergarments that show through can be seen as innocence, life, but slated with black bones and covered in blood red fabric it shows the hopelessness and grief of disease. Its very symbolic. So even without knowing who Poe was talking about, you encapsulated it very well!

[@marcellespeake4272]

Very well put, you have an excellent turn of phrase!

[@IAmNotYourProblem]

Marcelle Speake good to know my hours in poetry classes is useful for something! Thank you!

[@misspeach3755]

The Victorians were also fascinated with the symptoms TB brings... pale skin, feverish eyes and cheeks, which is reflected in their make-up. So dressing the Red Death in a beautiful gown which can be admired just as the Victorians did makes all the more sense. On a side note - there were recent cases of TB in Germany :(

[@IAmNotYourProblem]

Miss Peach yes I live in Germany, and it was all over the radio that TB was here recently. People speculating of immigrants and undocumented traveling, but fortunately there isn’t many cases and most of them were fixed quickly. It really caused a lot of political upset, and is making people rethink our immigration situation.

[@SkylaSternenlocke]

@@IAmNotYourProblem I was not expecting to read an upsetting comment like yours on a beautiful sewing video. Please consider working on your empathy.

[@elizabethcornelson5484]

You can tell we've been watching ssoooo much Bernadette when my girls start making petticoats out of their blankets and telling me to take pictures to send it to Ms. Bernadette!

[@grasshopperchick374]

aw thats so cute!

[@rai1879]

How Cute! You should make a family project

[@kristenevans4557]

Elizabeth Cornelson that’s precious!

[@rand0mpers0n79]

A young woman can never watch enough Bernadette Banner, I myself happen to be 12 years old!

[@SLASHEROWL]

Rand0m Pers0n as a fourteen year old young man I couldn’t agree more, got into her stuff when I was around your age and I’m thrilled to see that more people in my age range watch her content! Great taste.

[@livi1477]

i think that this career was everybody's dream at one point

[@franziska9260]

This is my dream

[@daddywiggle4586]

Yeah.... it was

[@Ghost-ot9kk]

livi it was,but then I realized No One in my family can sew well.

[@oofies1016]

If you're talking about the mannequin, I wanted to become one.

[@MrEvelyn04]

Yes it was lol

[@noodlepoodle3582]

Me, who knows nothing about sewing: Ah yes, excelent choice to do a... *checks smudged words on my hand* birthday collar.

[@frickenflapcraps]

LMAOO I cant with these comments 😂

[@ccartdoodlez4572]

Ah, yes. The *Birthday Collar* . A very traditional style of collar.

[@ThawBerry]

Lol

[@isda3314]

Ah yes...

[@LixiaWinter]

Bernadette Banner roasts organza for 24 minutes straight. Jk, she roasts organza on bias

[@katelawnmower]

Would you said she was perhaps... biased against organza?

[@LixiaWinter]

Oof!

[@mirjanbouma]

@@katelawnmower booo- no I can't do that in earnest, I live a good pun, and that was excellent.

[@puffles-cosplays1567]

"I keep forgetting that there probably isn't one person watching all these consecutively" I feel called out because... That's exactly what I've been doing for the last two days while I hand stitch approximately a million teddy bear pieces together

[@maevencrow1632]

same, except I'm drafting patterns for a three piece women's tuxedo with tails

[@Liv-dh6tn]

@@maevencrow1632 ooh!! How's that coming along, now? I bet it's fantastic!

[@SuperLlamalover]

I am also watching her videos in consecutively!

[@maevencrow1632]

Opalescent artist I'll be honest, it isn’t going all that well, but her videos are certainly making it easier

[@Liv-dh6tn]

@@maevencrow1632 let me know how it turns out! If you had social media you would post stuff on I'd love to see that, too!!

[@granny-nyan]

"I don't know if I'm going to handstitch this" Me : of course you're going to do it you fool "I ended up handstitching it."

[@isda3314]

It ain't a Bernadette Banner sewing video if she didn't hand stitch/sew something

[@DiabloAngela]

Sometimes I forget you actually own an electric machine

[@ariannarichardson7713]

I thought she just had the singer machine

[@Crow.c]

nonbinarypal me too!

[@sanafizasana4351]

angela li what is electric machine

[@arxsaur]

Saisha heeru Heeru sewing i think

[@sanafizasana4351]

arxcylide ok

[@delanocarson7544]

It's honestly really refreshing to see you take on a more artistic project with a little less steadfast historical accuracy.Don't get me wrong, I loooove your thoroughly historical videos bit as someone who tends to do historical "inspired" costuming and less recreation its nice to be able to relate.

[@quixxovel]

WAIT this comment was posted 21 hours ago??? The video was only posted within the last hour for me? What is this??

[@xfrelinx]

@@quixxovel she's probably a patron :)

[@quixxovel]

@@xfrelinx ohhhhh that would make so much sense

[@delanocarson7544]

Jennifer Godin the other person is correct lol. Patron ✨

[@twodogzdogue8710]

What is a Patron, pray tell?

[@sarawrr07]

"I only have strips of cabbage left over. Coleslaw, if you will." Bernadette, you're an absolute delight. Please, please never change. Your way with words and delivery are absolutely enchanting. 💕

[@marybethrodgers2464]

8:31 Bernadette: “Maybe you didn’t sit through 9 collective minutes of pad stitching for Lady Sherlock” Me: *literally just came from watching the entire lady Sherlock series*

[@skarinblackraven9212]

Same here lol

[@FernyCeramics]

MaryBeth Rodgers me too!

[@MinTea14]

Me: planning to watch it next Nah

[@montserraks6283]

Ikr

[@cruisingaltitudewaitress3396]

Been sewing for 50 years. You just taught me “pad stitching”. Thank you! Going to teach my young granddaughter to sew soon. She will know “pad stitching”.

[@morganseppy5180]

I ordered her book as well as the Bertha Banner book just to learn fundamentals in serious fashion instead of "as i need them" as i have. They mght be a good companion to your tutelage.

[@debbiewilliams2946]

Fabric leftovers = cabbage. Fabric scraps = coleslaw. You're hilarious :-). Costume looks lovely on you.

[@quixxovel]

I loved this

[@JequirityBlue]

@@quixxovel I have accepted this into my lexicon, and piles of small cabbage will be coleslaw evermore.

[@YippyZippyZingZing]

I had the overwhelming urge to create fabric crimson flowers from the coleslaw scraps with black beaded centers....perhaps to sweet for red death. Stunning. Simply stunning.

[@annicat648]

Does that mean vintage fabric scraps are sauerkraut?

[@MissDFitz]

@@annicat648 Yes

[@rowan2961]

*ding*................... "oh hi cathy" "Cathy knows what she's doing and says to do it this way, but I'm gonna do it my way" You're like a married couple

[@carolynwarfield1057]

It's lovely to see a relationship of any kind where the people respect and genuinely care about each other. I particularly liked that you care about her knowledge and opinion, but also know your own mind. And the piece is just as you intended; evoking Poe without being too literal. In other words, a real costume.

[@AvaLance]

I thought that was her wife (new here 😂)

[@rowan2961]

@@AvaLance No no honey 😂, there just besties (plus Cathy lives in England)

[@AvaLance]

@@rowan2961 Just the way she was like i am doing it my way sounds like a old couple

[@rowan2961]

@@AvaLance good friendship

[@lazyperfectionist3978]

Ah, Organza, Satan's most favored woven torture device alongside broken needles stuck in the bottom of one's feet and accidentally sewing your fingers together. Makes for pretty clothing though

[@kthybrown007]

I like to use it as a feather-weight stabilizer

[@noodle714]

A Broken needle is a type of torture I wouldn’t wish on anyone

[@charlottesmith4850]

I used to think that about about satin, because it's so slippery and slides so much. I've made 2 prom dresses and 2 Cocktail dresses out of pure satin.

[@kyratompsett4409]

I am not allowed to sew around my mom because I drop stuff sometimes, and never step on it. She could step on a needle i dropped 3 months ago. I don't understand it, but it always happens

[@beck_can_draw2512]

Ah yes broken needles. My brother has a deathly fear of them now cuz he stepped on one and needed 3 operations to get it out.

[@elsagreen1476]

Bernadette: I have 10 days to make this dress Also Bernadette: so I went ahead and hand-stitched all the pleats

[@mitzy183]

i love the random meme language in between the fancy proper speach :P "fight me"

[@robertlozyniak3661]

Bernadette is a master of living in two centuries at once.

[@patronusstag]

"fancy" speech?

[@alisonc4363]

I thought she said "bite me"! Lol!!

[@sharonriley4137]

@@alisonc4363 i did too ! shocking O Miss Banner ~~~

[@limmamc7169]

I love the way she talks #goals tbh

[@raym4064]

Bernadette: "okay, that sounds like a logical plan of action." also Bernadette: "YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT A COMPLETE FOOL I AM? :D"

[@kathryncaseyfrench1747]

Omg literally laughed out loud at 11:35 when you went to got ready with the sewing machine and then from the depths of your soul just went “...NO!!!”

[@edwardnygma.]

it really wasn't that crazy.

[@pleasesetmeonfire1166]

I can’t believe how well your skin complements the color red. The medieval dress you created just looked so wonderful on you. The deeper red this dress has looks amazing too!

[@fainterocean]

Agreed. As a fair skinned, ruddy completed woman of Scots-Irish descent, this world of red organza is a dream of mine.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

@@fainterocean I imagine it would be windswept and whimsical on you, fainterocean, standing on a rocky Irish cliff with the waves crashing beneath you and the lush green landscape stretching out behind you... In a flurry of crimson against the neverending blue-stretched sky.

[@pleiadesluciernaga8877]

Phoenix DaVida lovely

[@8_tulip_8]

Hi sorry to bother you but you have a very nice profile pic. That's all, have a lovely day.

[@pleasesetmeonfire1166]

@@8_tulip_8 Thanks dawg it’s my pride and joy

[@DonnyDunne]

"Cathy knows things, but i'm going to do it my way" Bernadette is channelling the younger sister refusing advice from the older sister vibes. :D

[@jerrythemagicalllama]

#LittleWomenvibes 😂

[@tahnihinchley5337]

IDK who would be willing to fight someone with the patience, determination and tools to hand sew 85% of a ball gown but it sure as hell won't be me

[@frickenflapcraps]

LMAOO

[@godlesslippillow]

I love how I can’t predict what she’s going to say. When she says “Okay, do you want to hear what a COMPLETE...” I thought she was going to say “Idiot” but then she finishes with “ FOOL I am!?” So much more elegant.

[@celene_moon]

I've kinda gotten used to her by now so I'm a bit better at guessing what she says

[@edwardnygma.]

@@celene_moon who.. asked ,

[@celene_moon]

@@edwardnygma. I'm so confused? Why are you so mad I wasn't trying to be rude by posting my comment or anything I was actually agreeing with the original comment

[@edwardnygma.]

@@celene_moon it was a joke 🧍‍♂️

[@antoniab.1712]

you know she's low on time when she busts out the electric machine

[@marmeenoir2896]

"I literally hate every single thing on the face of the planet right now" - This is exactly how I feel during any attempt at sewing 😂

[@Hair8Metal8Karen]

It's so reassuring to know that it's a universal thing

[@lunarbutterfly3394]

Timestamp?

[@spacewolfcub]

@@lunarbutterfly3394 16:24

[@lunarbutterfly3394]

@@spacewolfcub thanks

[@mikaylaedelstein1115]

Same, but mostly because the sewing machine I use tends to act up... to be fair, it is older than my own self and in need of maintenance.

[@AsTheStormRises]

"You will pry my historical lining methods from my cold, dead hands." I love you.

[@fructifer4502]

I love to read out-of-context quotes in Bernadette's comments BEFORE watching the video, it's so much fun.

[@MinTea14]

@@fructifer4502 I know, right?

[@haymesj]

She mentioned organza and I could feel my brain screaming at her to put it away 😂

[@dcinrb8538]

My eighth grade graduation dress was crepe overlaid with organza. My Mom taught me how to french seam the organza. Completing that gown earned me an A for Home Economics class. I should have followed your advice...

[@shannongarrety6105]

I thought I knew how to sew and then Bernadette mentioned different stitches and I was like “okay back to square one, was not prepared.”

[@m_elisabeth_w2552]

Omg please please wear the dress with a mock hoop skirt so you can see the “hoops” or “boning” underneath. It would give it volume AND the skeletal effect you want!!!

[@maplemation1564]

*boning* 👀👀

[@aloistrancy.]

@@maplemation1564 yes but also no

[@adamreynolds9816]

Did you just coin a phrase. I have never heard of small thin scraps referred to as coleslaw. I literally laughed out loud. I love your videos on so many levels.

[@monicasmith4869]

I did as well.

[@robertlozyniak3661]

I genuinely wonder if she isn't independently reinventing 19th-century seamstresses' slang.

[@coachingRN]

She calls her scraps "cabbage" so, little bits are automatically coleslaw I should think. She's an extremely talented super-cutie.

[@jinagibson6818]

Adam Reynolds I've heard straw being used for term...as well as tears. One never knows! I ask too many questions to learn😆

[@skeleletonboi4533]

the only other person I've heard mention small scraps as coleslaw was the Stitchess and that was in her expressing her distain for the term

[@etta1024]

I am not a seamstress, and I'm not sure how you ended up in my recommended feed, but I'm in love! I wish I had your talent!

[@mothman-cj2yd]

I’m looking to get in to sewing, and google’s creepy so that’s how I found her. I also am a history NERD..... why is the world of the googles so creepy

[@josephinamungaray6118]

@@mothman-cj2yd Why is Google creepy?

[@Ella-pr5tr]

Josephina Mungaray I think they are saying that google is creepy because you can find anything on there 😂

[@mothman-cj2yd]

@@Ella-pr5tr it just threw this video at me, even though I had never even searched for it. It was a very strange experience! lol

[@strawbtangerine6087]

Skill, not talent

[@amarantheinwhite]

This seems so terribly hard and frustrating but damn I want to make clothes too 🥺

[@TheRblackburn1985]

Start with something simple! Jump in and start learning!

[@TehMomo_]

1920s fashion is a good place to start with sewing because everything is a boxy with some pleats or gores thrown in for PIZZAZZ

[@Kanelle88]

I didn't have much experience in sewing and I made this only after a couple beginning projects. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKq4nKeFdshqmNk I have half a dozen new shorts. It's super easy after the first one. 8)

[@nightowl3808]

Wittmers sewing has some easy patterns

[@chandraprabhasolanki1349]

sameeeeeeeee

[@rabbit6546]

the soft 'no' when you took the boned bodice to the machine made me laugh out loud

[@elinh5504]

I'm deathly afraid of poly organza 💀. Makes perhaps sense that it is the fabric for the red death. It has been a fun process to see! I especially like the draping bit!

[@tinyseams]

Silk organza all the way for me but expensive!

[@jenniferfloyd2314]

Its terribly slippy and a pain to sew quickly. Pinning, pad stitching, and take.your.time. I made a pair of fairy wings with shot organza (blue/green, truly lovely colors) and I must admit and gave it a very light spritz of sizing just to tame it a mite.

[@AlexaFaie]

@@jenniferfloyd2314 For my first fully completed corset I made myself I used a black organza with little flocked dots on it which I put on top of some skin-tone coutil so that when worn it would sort of look like just the organza doing the shaping if worn next to my skin. Seemed like a great idea at the time. It was so tricky to work with though and in hindsight I don't know what I was thinking attempting that as a first solo project! Turned out ok in the end though. Just a lot of work. I didn't even know what pad stitching was so I just went super slow with it....

[@madmadame1508]

Not once in my days have I felt a compulsion to make my own garments...until this video. Absolutely stunning.

[@lauraklinglesmith4894]

Had anyone told me historical costuming could be a career back in 1990-ish I would have chosen a whole different career path! You are amazing!

[@elementgypsy]

I did a semester at a theater costume department. I should have pursued that as i like to sew now. I was too young. I never knew when I was young, what I wanted as far as career goes.

[@ellawanless641]

Element Gypsy I’m a current high schooler looking to pursue theatrical costuming, but I haven’t come across many universities with a program in it. If you’re from the US and you don’t mind me asking, where did you take that semester?

[@elementgypsy]

@@ellawanless641 hi there. I went to a small alternative high school in New York City. The Equity Library Theatre was a small place on the upper west side. They arranged for students to help. I was basically an apprentice and i fulfilled high school art credit. There are some special high schools in some cities. NYC had many. HS of visual arts, HS of fashion Design, Performing Arts HS all need to take test, audition, have a portfolio. I didn't even know about those schools until it was too late to apply because we didn't move to NYC until 9th grade. So I went to the alternative school where 50% of my classes were apprentice, work study jobs. Do all you can to find out what schools you have. Ask all your teachers. If you know you like something, find out how to start it before college. Good luck. I struggled with a career because I didn't have a good school guidance counselor, and my parents didn't know. It was bot until after 2 years of college that I started to figure things out, then I couldn't afford to continue to go. Do it. I know that people do costuming for a living. Movies, opera, balet, theater. Go for it. ,

[@ellawanless641]

Element Gypsy thank you so much!! I really appreciate your help and advice.

[@maymayrays]

Ella W. I studied costume design at USC. It wasn’t great - I do not recommend, especially for the price. What I *do* recommend, however, is finding a regional theatre or opera in your area and doing an internship to get a feel for the industry and to see if it is a good fit for you. Personally, I found the personalities rife in the industry to be... challenging 😬 and I decided it wasn’t the career for me. If KZbin had been a thing back then (1997 😳 cheezus, I’m old...), I would have 💯 created a channel, gotten sponsors, and made a living that way, costuming my merry heart out doing projects I loved, on my terms, without any annoying, insufferable actors, directors, or lighting designers getting in my way. 😬😜😂 Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions if you’d like. I was in the industry in some capacity for about 12 years.

[@gail7384]

“Cathy actually knows things.” *proceeds to ignore her advice anyway* 😂😂😂

[@emogal225]

I love your voiceovers. They are hilarious while also somehow being the most relaxing things I've ever listened too.

[@HomeWithMyBookshelf]

Yes yes yes. This.

[@hibak8196]

++++

[@SunflowerSpotlight]

Yeah, her inflection and general tone is so soothing to listening to. It’s more formal than you usually hear. But it’s not at all... awkward or put on feeling. She’d just lovely in general!

[@m.maclellan7147]

Turn on the captions. They are often funny as well !!! ;)

[@EmonEconomist]

Please don't apologise for hand-sewing. I could honestly sit here for hours and watch you make teeny-tiny neat little felling stitches and enjoy every moment of it. This is the relaxing content I came here for.

[@sparo_splat]

When she said "no" halfway through the video, I felt that.

[@pennybean6851]

"I literally hate every single thing on the face of the planet right now!" Yes, I've heard that is a common side effect of organza-nitis. :D That comment absolutely tickled me.

[@JNewman1567]

The people that disliked this are just mad that they don’t get to slow motion run down a castle corridor while this skirt is flowing out behind them in all this red and black glory!!! 🖤🖤🖤

[@nopenope273]

Persephone Rose my goth heart has *stopped* just imagining that

[@zangetsu284]

You know I didn't dislike this video... and yet this still feels like I am being called out

[@friedoreos7354]

Miguel Labrador honestly, XD stop exposing me

[@luminariel3765]

Yes! Like the slow mo run in Legend as Princess Lily runs through Darkness's castle in her ragged dress ♥.♥

[@mothman-cj2yd]

Ahaha same Minus the goth heart part. I have a steampunk heart :3

[@PatrickPoet]

I like to watch her hands when she pins or sews. They show how strong and capable she is. There's certainty in their movement.

[@jewelspivey8507]

Me knowing absolutely nothing about sewing and dress making terminology but being extremely invested because it’s so relaxing: 👁👄👁

[@jaimeargyle]

I've definitely watched all of the minutes of pad stitching and no I am not tired of it. Carry on thank you.

[@srobertson422]

☝️☝️ this. All the pad stitching please!

[@angeh9995]

Me too.

[@SarahBent]

This. Also, I've been doing my own pad stitching while watching. So it's more like company.

[@AyriannahOllivandra]

Same

[@henningmogensen9144]

I don't do sewing. I'm not interested in womens clothing. And then I enjoy your videos to the fullest, in tranquillity. It is so soothing.Thankyou.

[@datblucatgirl2829]

It's nice to see my favorite author's story, _The Masque of the Red Death_ , was stunningly translated from words to a breathtaking garment. I wish that I could just be in the presence of this beauty. I could feel it echo the symbolism of the mysterious figure in the king's party, causing everyone to stop and look. The mysterious murder in the bone-chilling red room while near the gothic grandfather clock. I can feel how it shows the red death, as scarlet patches represent the blood that would eject from one infected fellow's pores. I see it, i sense it. edit: "Oh. Hi Cathy."

[@francescathomas3502]

There is NO red room. The room colours are blue, green, white, orange, purple, black and violet.

[@shaunapurcell9436]

I am a middle schooler that has taken one 2 week sewing class and I understand 1/3 of this... 😎

[@debra-qq1np]

You are ahead of me, I understand less. Enjoyed and saved. (Also learned NOT to try working with organza...ever.) I thought I understood about cutting on the grain of the textile. Now I am not sure if I understood completely or at all... back to learning related definitions, terminology, and (importantly) WHY things are done a certain way. Learning sewing looks easy at times, and then it looks hard. I am still inspired to make a corset or several of my own later, though.

[@natashalilliman7986]

Bernadette: "...and proceeded to tack each pleat in place with a running stitch." Me: "...oy."

[@KnittingGirl28]

The lengths people are willing to go to make their vision a reality. This was my first of her videos, does she always torture herself like this?

[@ncblessing]

@@KnittingGirl28 Frequently!

[@KnittingGirl28]

@@ncblessingOOOOOUUUUUUUUCCCCHHHHHHH

[@natashalilliman7986]

@@KnittingGirl28 mhm, and it's almost always totally worth it!

[@sammosqueda177]

I loved it when you *almost* started machine basting the bodice, and then said “no” and hand stitched instead. Been there before!

[@susanmarki2027]

I made my wedding gown of silk and organza with ivory applique. I feel your experience through my memory. You make me proud to know I winged it right

[@AllTheCloudsArePink]

I love your wry intermingling of antiquated personality traits and modern memeish Internet slang. ❤❤❤

[@elisabetfinlayson8539]

Oh Bernadette, you have somehow done it again! I bow to your ability to work with the ever hellish organza. I hope you have fantastic fun a time costume college.

[@slightlyimaginary5831]

" fight me" ha ha, perhaps my favorite Bernadette quote of all time!

[@LizzieDeanMakes]

jan parkin I thought she said “bite me” 🧛‍♀️👂🏻

[@slightlyimaginary5831]

@@LizzieDeanMakes I went back and listened to it again and played it with cc and she says 'fight me', which I think is even funnier than 'bite me', it's more charming....in true Bernadette fashion :)

[@emmetthowell9265]

My mom once was making curtains out of organza for my sisters kindergarten class. At the time I didn’t understand why my mom was sitting on the floor of her sewing room at 1am about to cry over this. And then I tried to help her and then truly felt her pain working with this stuff. That was only straightforward curtains! I would go insane trying to make a dress out of the devil’s fabric.

[@dumbwiseblonde]

I’ve been binge watching many of Bernadette’s videos this week and I have gained a new respect for a former fashion drawing teacher who would often critique a sketch by asking ‘but how does she put it on?’ .. learning the lesson of matching your closures and thinking about them *before* you start cutting your pieces was a valuable one I learned..

[@umgubularslashkilter9272]

Excuse me, Watching you pad stitch is a very worthwhile endeavour. Yes, I watched all of the lady sherlock. multiple times

[@mariemcgowan-irving6156]

I love it! I would probably have made the skirt a little more full, and a cage crinoline of the correct shape underneath this would add to the 'bones' look, but given your time pressure I think you've done a wonderful job. I want to put that black beading on everything. :D

[@m_elisabeth_w2552]

Marie McGowan-Irving I’m hoping that she stills wears the cage crinoline! That would look fantastic

[@evemoeller6837]

The cage Crinoline is actually an absolute fantastic idea! Would fit in very nicely with the showing dark boning of the bodice.

[@Me-wk3ix]

LOL, love how proper and elegant she is, and then she'll all of the sudden come out with something like "it's trash" or "bite me". :-)

[@kwill81]

Watching this in may 2020 and hoping she wears that in isolation now.

[@milllestrange3984]

I love how this turned out! Many many respects for pleating all that organza on the shoulder straps 😱

[@danielamoreno712]

As an Edgar Allan Poe fan, you have no idea how much I love this project, and you look really beautiful

[@fledfromdema1955]

Bernadette: A very nice, well articulated person Also Bernadette: fIgHt mE

[@Laurabeck329]

She is a meme lord with the vocabulary and manirisms of a Victorian poet.

"Humans equal moisture" Bernadette Banner

[@EverythingOnIce22]

Anyone else echo 'hi Cathy!' ? 😆

[@maryblaylock6545]

Stitches can rip through organza when tugged. With built in structure it has a much better chance for surviving the rudeness and trials of this mundane world. Miss B, the world you are creating shall never be mundane! !That really deserved an exclamation point. Or two! So I went back and added another.

[@narelleworks8448]

EverythingOnIce22 I hope Cathy heard us!

[@adamreynolds9816]

One more thing. You’re wrong... that is couture! You look beautiful. Stunning!

[@Andrea.S.Alvey12]

I've always understood that couture means sewn by hand? But while I can follow a pattern and sew, it's not something I do very often. I'm truly enjoying (and learning from) Bernadette's videos.

[@cindyhumphreys900]

Oh, my heavens! I thought I was the queen of patience being a mother and grandmother and I’ve done a little sewing in my time. But, you have taken what was tedious and seemingly impossible, used your artistry and created a thing of beauty. Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed your video.

[@Glassessss]

I'd love to see her remake a Scarlet O'Hara dress. That would be amazing. 😁

[@hannahherrmann4921]

Yuh

[@LillibitOfHere]

Thanks to you, I hand stitched down all the seams on the very modern Star Wars print dress I made for my 6 year old daughter. Which was the first dress I’ve ever made, and you say this isn’t a tutorial channel. 😂

[@julied.8277]

Connie Crawford, well known teacher and pattern designer for Butterick, told a class I was in that especially for sheer fabrics fashion houses put paper between the fabric layers to keep them from shifting. Newsprint worked well for me when I tried it. I can't wait to see your costume at Costume College. It looks great!

[@teclinsoro4523]

i can’t sew, nor can i accurately measure patterns or bodies. i know absolutely nothing about textiles, and yet i can’t help but dream of doing things like this. envisioning a dress, and actually making it? witchcraft. bernadette is so talented

[@gray2806]

When it comes to cutting organza you can pin it on a wall and then your able to cut it easily and make better measurements and straighter lines! I found that this tactic works well for me and I hope it can help you!

[@mothman-cj2yd]

EW FRARA NO. EW FOOKIN NOPE

[@myhlosic]

@@mothman-cj2yd ???

[@yasterday5377]

@@myhlosic UnderTale reference I think

[@Saskatchetooner]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🇨🇦

[@chapman1569]

I guess that pinning it to the wall takes advantage of gravity to set the grain of the fabric right?! I never heard of this technique before. I think it could even be better to fold the fabric and suspend it on a straight broomstick to really straighten it. Humm...but it could damage the wall trying to fix the broomstick to the wall....humm...Aha! take advantage of a curtain rod; fold the organza over it, place a alongside the floor beneath the window a cutting board and layer the organza over it. Now you have a surface to pin and cut. Yes it is a lot of trouble but it might give you precise cuts.

[@charlotteroberts]

Oh my it's spectacular! I hope you feel so proud because it's sensational -- especially since it took approx. 11 days. Hope you're having the best time at CC.

[@kelceyalexandra4736]

I love modern fashion, but there is something so satisfying about watching you make these more historic pieces.

[@juliacornejo7802]

Bernadette: I can just hear like actual fashion corset makers out there screaming about what I´m doing Bernadette´s phone: *Message alert* Me: Well ok that was quick, calm down fashion corset makers

[@KrissyMeow]

Just from my small experience in just beginning to sew garments, you make me realize that I can't skip over all the little things that I often do (and then wonder why it doesn't turn out as neatly as I would like). Thanks for making these videos. While I'll likely never make anything like this, the little tips and tricks will help me for, well forever.

[@globoboboglob3270]

That's a very awesome vision you had there for such a character. Those skirt pleats are eye candy! Can't wait to see everyone's CC vlogs, and especially yours. :)

[@armedvsokord]

I would say that since this is "death" you never have to steam it again, as one can not be freshly pressed from the grave, and not having to steam it might make it less of a burden in the future.

[@Luubelaar]

As someone who HAS turned out boned bodices, I agree that it's a form of torture and I have done everything in my power to never do that shit again.

[@jordinstephens9355]

"Thats just not my jam." "So, I'm really kind of about this life." 😂

[@silvergypsylady]

Bravo bravo, what a spectacular dress. You have brought Mr Poe's character to life.

[@maryblaylock6545]

Edgar Allen Poe was also a poet so that is serendipitous! Well done ye!

[@picassomanu185]

Miss Banner, you actually OWN an electric sewing machine? … I think I'm in shock.

[@maryblaylock6545]

There are times when one must need to hurry. Been there more often than I would like to say!

[@Tina06019]

We all have our dirty little secrets, ssshhh! Lol.

[@Tina06019]

Like, occasionally using a bit of fusible hem tape...

[@maryblaylock6545]

@@Tina06019 Sometimes our creations look like gosimer and moonlight. And sometimes more like the book 'Half Magic where things are topsy turvy. In which(or witch)case we are allowed electric sewing machines, rotary cutters, Fray Chek, and fuseable hemming tape.

[@Tina06019]

Mary Blaylock Haha!

[@okamiarts4961]

I love how you do sarcasm with very formal speech 😂

[@bettyknight4079]

The black beading is like a cross between Victorian jet mourning jewellery and woven hair jewellery. Very beautiful and mysterious costume Bernadette!

[@littlecritter13]

"Because cathy actually knows things" 😂😂😂 that was so funny

[@aaliyahdailey31]

So I don't do historic recreations or sew, but I came across your channel and I ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOU!!! You are so goofy and great and I watch you while I crochet. Keep being you beautiful!!!

[@emilyedwards4914]

Watching this after making an extra fluffy tulle petticoat. I know that organza pain.

[@themorela32]

I've never sewn in my life but I've seen so many people complain about sheer and slippery fabrics I'm convinced they are the devil

[@ten-chan1015]

Okay, I gotta say... I ADORE the dress. I love how it looks on you, you really just... carry it so beautifully. I'm not sure how to even put it. *non-native speaker issues* And I never realized how long your hair is, since you always keep it in a bun of sorts, but damn! That's gorgeous. I personally would have preferred a longer under-skirt, but that's just a me-thing, because I don't like seeing the hem of another dress under the skirt if that makes sense... But I totally get your choice on that, so still a win. Aaaah! Gosh. I need to shut up, but not before pointing out once more, that your work is amazing!

[@raym4064]

"Cathy has been sewing for longer than I have and Knows Things so I have heard her advice and decided to not follow it because Experiments. Sorry, Cathy." (

[@alargemoose1167]

I should be studying for my exams but it’s just too much fun to watch someone go full ham on some fibers

[@hege4318]

That turned into a really beautiful dress 😍❤ I wish this was the modern fashion, I'd love to be dressed in such beautiful clothing 😊

[@annevoigt6653]

Hege4318 to heck with what other people say is fashion! Wear what makes you feel beautiful.

[@bethanyday3471]

@@annevoigt6653 exactly what i was going to say. where what you want and what you love. i know i always have. to hell with the looks.