Housebook Dress, Durer Gown, or Stehfaltenkleid - whatever you call it, I made one.

[@rebekahbishop8870]

It's like someone had a really nice pregnancy gown and was like "Put it away until I need it again? Hell no! I'll throw a belt on it, and now it's fashion!"

[@dees3179]

You just described pre contraception history…..

[@_asphobelle6887]

@@dees3179 yes exactly ! Women were pretty much constantly pregnant except when they just gave birth, and clothes were crazy expensive, so all dresses were pregnancy-ready.

[@SandraL489]

As a childless woman with an interest in historical fashion and size adjustable clothing this was felt obvious once she mentioned returning to the more fitted side seams. Next pregnancy you would just take out the fold as needed and still have a fitted look. Folds on the back, though... To complete the look, make it intentional by adding to the symmetry? Or would it serve a function I'm not aware of?

[@poisonedflowers]

​@SandraL489 I'm guessing probably several reasons mashed together. Symmetry is likely, weight balance on the fabric so it doesn't hang on the body oddly, some people have a very large deviation in waist-to-hip measurement so it would make fitting multiple people easier w/o having to draft as many patterns

[@superawesomejunkmonk]

omg yessss!

[@aleciab83]

I love the way you typically dress. That being said…..that red dress is wow on you! The little cardigan with it is great too!

[@MorganDonner]

It was really fun to play with a new silhouette! Almost vintage vibes :D

[@fr4nkensk4nk]

this. Morgan IS mother

[@johannageisel5390]

@@MorganDonner I can only agree - both the ensemble and the dress alone look absolutely fantastic.

[@chaoswithasecondc9744]

I am 3 seconds in but THE RIBBON BRAIDED PIGTAILS ARE BACK!!!! As someone who started using ribbon as an alternative to hairties cuz of you, that made me very happy 😁

[@MorganDonner]

I had so much fun with all the different short length as my hair grew out but I am also VERY excited to be able to play with ribbons again :D

[@chaoswithasecondc9744]

‘Tis the season for Winter Coat Morgan™ 😂

[@Imjetta7]

Yes, this!

[@lavonakirtley9280]

Her videos showing how she did her braided (ribbon) crown changed the way I do my hair for work. I’m a massage therapist with(very) long hair, so it has to be UP and SECURE. the braided crown makes it so easy!

[@IonIsFalling7217]

The amount of compliments I get when I wear my hair like this is ridiculous! ❤

[@bdgies2721]

The spinner/weaver in me is screaming, “Take clues from the yardage!!!” So much labour (ergo cost) goes into making the fabric, cutting pieces for a gown would have been done to use straight lines as much as possible and keep the number of seams to a minimum. That’s why gussets were so popular and important. I’m not an historical dress expert, but having created yardage from the fleece to the cutting table, I’m a big fan of patterns like medieval shifts. That basic garment has been reinvented so many times and is so infinitely adaptable.

[@bdgies2721]

And gores. Let’s not forget gores. 😂

[@poisonedflowers]

I'm currently working on a midieval inspired tunic, still in the drafting stage, and just realized today that the cut-off from my sleeves should work perfectly for my side-body gores! I'm so happy about it!

[@laurenragle5228]

@@poisonedflowers That's wonderful!!! ❤

[@AmandaBrooks-j8i]

See, I'm the one that has shown up at my work Christmas parties in a Tudor style kirtle made out of Christmas print flannel. (And won the "most Christmas-y outfit contest. 😂) I've done both the less structured and more structured houseboat gown style, and I love them both. So comfy! I found for the less structured gown, making tapered panels into a pseudo- circle segment for each panel of the gown and then cutting away armscyes (mine was sleeveless with some hanging bits in back) was the best way to get the shape like the manuscripts.

[@fr4nkensk4nk]

you are an icon haha. there's no way anyone forgot your name after that!

[@CM-xn6xc]

Nice dress, but I love your hair growing back! I must say though, your video where you try different hair do's through the decades, as you cut off your beautiful long hair is the best video on KZbin. If YT ever asks for contestants for the best, I will nominate that one!

[@judisutherland6750]

I was genuinely completely shocked by that video.

[@kerriemckinstry-jett8625]

This is a very nice guide on "how to use original images to recreate medieval styles". 🙂 Also, the kitty cameos are appreciated & understood. Our little guy is quite often in my face during grading, sewing, painting, laundry, anything really. 😹

[@apcolleen]

I loved when the cat was trying to go under the dress and just gave up and walked away

[@fr4nkensk4nk]

our cat LOVES to jump into the basket just as i'm about to load it with clean laundry LOL. at least he doesn't try to get into the dryer anymore

[@kerriemckinstry-jett8625]

@@fr4nkensk4nk Ours prefers baskets full of clean, warm, ready-to-be-folded laundry to any other kind of basket. 😹 Then he tries to remain in the basket, curled up on the laundry, while you grab laundry out from under him to fold it. It's a game in our house. My husband makes up scenarios and talks like that's what's going on, e.g. (in his best villain talking to a protege voice), "I want you to know and understand loss, little one", etc. 🤣

[@fr4nkensk4nk]

@@kerriemckinstry-jett8625 haha that's so precious!

[@kerriemckinstry-jett8625]

@@fr4nkensk4nk My boys are funny together. Good luck digging your kitty out from under the clean laundry you just put into the basket! 😹

[@frodobaggins4794]

it's almost like an angela clayton video, where you can mark the amount of time spent on a project by the nail polish changes lol. great job as always!!!

[@super_siri]

I love thred up. This is a super cute dress. And the gray mockup you made would actually make a super cute tunic or short dress just as it was.

[@MorganDonner]

That was my secret hope in using that fabric - I plan to open the front so it's like a jacket

[@super_siri]

@MorganDonner oh I love that!!! Will you do a follow up video? I don't have Instagram or I'd never get anything done.

[@SRavenSabbath]

@@MorganDonnerIt could be a new favorite piece!

[@lydiakies9053]

Your videos make me excited about learning to sew. I was given my aunt's vintage, metal, sturdy as hell sewing machine. She's scary, but..... You give me hope.

[@elizabethsaltmarsh8306]

14:25 has real "Master has given Dobby a sock!" vibes 😂. Love seeing a cameo from your kitty cat.

[@mil_enrama]

Thanks for introducing us to this new style and showing us how you puzzled it out! Your research and problem solving and creativity are appreciated

[@Sewcial-Anxietea]

The Moy bog dress, with that shoulder blade style, also has the triangle gusset. It might just work best in the more fitted ones.

[@jenniferhof9448]

While I know it's not the focus of the video, that red dress for the party is stunning on you! It fits you're whole vibe and the darling sweater over the tip is just chef's kiss!

[@claire2088]

I always think that when things piece together effectively it's a good sign, no way were people wasting fabric back then- if a pattern is wildly wasteful then I doubt anyone would be making dresses with it

[@mahtra.2372]

In principle yes. But IIRC tailors could keep the cabbage of the fabric their customers had purchade. So they might have been more "wasteful" on purpose.

[@poisonedflowers]

Also, they would patchwork piece as needed to get like the long wide skirts. Lots of triangular insets and the like

[@colinwhitham6406]

Just finished my last final exam and Morgan posts a video? Must be a reward! - it also feels criminal to be super early for once lol

[@lauramayer4896]

I love your Cat Craft Assistant!😻

[@fr4nkensk4nk]

fingers crossed for a good grade for you!! 🤞🤞

[@rijgddurfncg]

Holy moly those are amazing secondhand finds for the holiday party!

[@mathildevonthun]

Gotta say, I LOVE this hair length on you!! I've loved the buzz cut regrowth process for you - you've rocked every phase. Also, always love the insight you share xx

[@theexchipmunk]

Besides seeing the trends come and go, I also love to see that nothing ever is truly "new", and how stuff naturally develops and evolves. I love how you can trace the rivets on the "front pockets" of jeans back to reinforcing stitching on the flaps of the side pockets of 18th century breeches. And so many other examples.

[@sobugg9038]

The follow-up in the snow looks stunning with your dark hair contrasting the snow and dress!

[@josephinedykstra3383]

Housebook dress!!!!!! I made a structured pleat one with the grande assiette sleeve- or at least, I made a flannel wearable mockup that will one day be made in wool :D (and the veil is so much fun to wear) It's such a lovely gown! My sleeves do have gussets, one in front and one in back- that comes from starting with a plain rectangular sleeve, slashed and spread with gussets inserted to form the sleeve head

[@SammyCrysD]

This is really cool. I do want to say that it's due to coming across your videos a year ago that I actually started both making clothes and learning to hand sew (only machine sewed before). I'm now crocheting my first ever sweater and working on trying to get something that looks like a straight line when I hand sew.

[@michellebyrom6551]

Chalk lines are useful, temporary guides.

[@SammyCrysD]

@@michellebyrom6551 Thank you. Yeah, I know I have a chalk pen around here somewhere. I use it when I put on my quilting design when I'm quilting on my sewing machine. Easier to do that than do freestyle because I end up confused.

[@joanderson6880]

Oooh, the final shots of you and this dress in snow are so cozy, I love the vibes of this channel so much

[@BethAge95]

Very cool dress style! I'm also just dipping my toes in to later mediaeval styles, but more 1360s-1400s, so a little earlier but still a jump from my usual beloved 11th century. Will also have to make a mock up for the new bodice style I'm planning to make. First wanted to go with a laced up dress, but since I'm short on time, I decided to go with a fitted, but not super tight style that doesn't require lacing

[@jjez61]

You look absolutely gorgeous in that red dress! I'm am amazed (and jealous) that people have the wherewithal and patience to do what you do. I'm such an instant gratification sort of person that of it takes too long I get bored and give up. Nicely done and thanks for sharing your process!

[@brittanyjennings4236]

I'm kinda obsessed with those center pleats, and this dress looks cozy... I really don't need another project right now! But I did just finish my natural form tea gown... hmmmmm.

[@lady_sir_knight3713]

👀😈

[@user-el2nh5uo1w]

I just checked the calendar today and it says you absolutely need to make this dress. And you don’t want to upset the calendar, do you?

[@Gwynevation]

Morgan! That red party dress was MADE for you!

[@APPEARANCEdesignstudio]

Het is zeer goed gepresenteerd.

[@christineg8151]

Love the dress, especially the hardware. That said, I think I prefer the look of the grey mock-up! Maybe it's just my personal tendency to avoid light/white colored fabric due to my tendency to spill my dinner down my front. But I love the way those pleats draped in that grey. It just looked so sharp, but still comfortable. It looked like a dress I could live in! I hope you eventually finished it!

[@AbbyCox]

ANOTHER MORGAN VIDEO IN LESS THAN A MONTH? We have been ✨blessed✨ Even going through your "do i cut it on the straight or on the bias" dilemma in real time, it's always so fun to watch your full process in video. 💙💚🤍

[@MorganDonner]

I must share my brain gremlins with someone and you keep responding to my messages so I'll keep pestering you.

[@arnoackermann6584]

Cool seeing some central European medieval fashion

[@melissashiels7838]

Most sponsorship sections I speed through, but I genuinely wanted to see what you got for the office Christmas party!

[@susanprice3377]

And it was lovely!❤😊

[@mahtra.2372]

When you talked about the pleats my mind went immediately back to an episode of "A Stitch In Time" about the green gown from Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding. IIRC correctly they stitched the pleats down onto another piece of fabric on the inside of the dress. And in some of the pictures you showed, it looks very much sewn into place. Of course, not sewing down the pleats gives you a better range of motions and makes the dress suitable even if your weight fluctuates, but they do look nice and even if you they are sewn down😊

[@gwynreiber2462]

if the pleats were just basted onto another piece of fabric to keep the shape they could easily be changed with weight fluctuations... very practical.

[@medea752]

As someone in germany who likes going to medieval/renaissance fairs, it's so interesting to see you recreate garments of the area! Also now i'm curious about your braid-related theories...

[@dianacanzi313]

Female gaze is Morgan Donner laughing with snow covered loose hair. I say this with the utmost respect, queen

[@Johanna_of_Ritterwald]

This is 100% unrelated to this video, but you got me into the SCA with your SCA vlogs, and I'm getting my first student belt at Ymir in February! Thank you for (indirectly) bringing me into such a wonderful and life changing hobby!!

[@TheMightyBunty]

I'm always excited to see you Morgan! Love the video, you always inspire me to work on my craft and to get better at it. I think I've been watching you since I was about 19 and now I am 26 and still enjoying your content and you never cease to inspire me.

[@Joe-ew5rt]

You have a remarkable eye. I have never heard of a historical seamstess/detective. How very interesting. I also loved your red cocktail dress. That's a great color on you.

[@mildlycornfield]

I love Clara's little shirt! I think she could use a little medieval tunic or something 😅

[@MorganDonner]

I think so too!

[@shmataboro8634]

She dresses very plain. Perhaps she's a wee cloistered nun.

[@michellebyrom6551]

Also a hood with earholes.

[@noaccount2494]

super nice. I also like that the dress has an adjustablity to it so it works for different comfort levels or if somebody was a mom maybe.

[@indiabilly]

I have no need of a kirtle but every time you make one i start thinking of making one because you look so darn good in them xx

[@juilahenry1807]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ThreadUp dress. Beautiful you in said dress.

[@angelanice]

14:15 wait, but I actually really like this mockup as a history bounding dress!

[@petrapino6948]

I love this dress! Thinking that it's actually super practical...all that pleating could make it easy to shift the dress, so to speak, as a woman's body changes over time. And the deep v in front would make it easy to breast feed a baby. All that said, it's also very whimsical! Looks like a good one to try to make. PS - I love all the helpful, seamstressy details you give. Super helpful and thoughtful. Thank you for being, Morgan!

[@BlairStrand]

I'm sooo happy you gave that little tutorial on how to sew the pointy part of the gusset/godet. I've wasted hours of my life on that and still didn't know haha

[@haydeenunn4372]

I love your signature red on the party dress.

[@grrt722]

I love your videos so much. Talking about your process is something I really enjoy. I wish some creators would share like you because I don't get much from the fast forwarded footage set to free music. This is a billion times more interesting.

[@CelticBearWoman]

Unrelated...I love your backward braids! And I love your spirit of "Try it!!" on all your clothing adventures. I have learned from you in that!

[@ellawhomersley4340]

that godet sewing was absolutely stunning

[@leighcast]

That dress looks so comfortable and gorgeous on the body!

[@BrandiR713]

I needed a video to inspire me, and lo and behold, Morgan Donner posts a new video 💝

[@rochelle2758]

I know it's not the same style/era but the pleats make me think of the Arnolfini Marriage portrait gown!

[@jennifergeorgia5445]

I learned SO MUCH from this video -- how to sew in a gusset, new method for hemming wool, no waste cutting.... wonderful! I hope you're wearing that herringbone mockup as a jacket, because it's really sharp, especially with those cool back armholes!

[@Ater_Draco]

Yay! I was just looking for something amazing to watch, and you post ❤❤

[@tearez13]

the white looks stunning in the snow!

[@cypriennezed5640]

Hurray for mockups that are really just other clothes!! 🎉

[@rachelarnold2296]

That red dress is just *WOW* on you! I still love the way you normally dress, though, you always look beautiful. :)

[@steevemartial4084]

Really cool result! Thanks for showing us how to sew the triangle gusset

[@elizabethchristyheathcote4120]

I absolutely ADORE that third mock up. Thank you for showing it!

[@2enigma8]

That’s so funny I literally woke up at like 1am this morning to see how much fabric I had and I figured I was going to have to bunch it up at the back to be able to get some flow since I don’t have enough to add the flair part. Love that my own imagination basically solved the “same” problem they probably faced 😅and that it’s historically accurate at the same time bonus points 🙏🏼

[@mylena3086]

With the snow and the colour this dress is giving Frau Holle

[@savvygood]

You may be interested in the Lemberg castle finds, if you don’t already know about it. There was the lining of a dress like this found. The pleats were all very much intentional and sewn in, it was also lined with linen.

[@susanpilling8849]

For the pleating you should check out the BBC's A Stitch in Time: The Arnolfini Portrait. A really great documentary about The Tudor Tailor studio doing a recreation of the dress in the portrait for fashion historian Amber Butchart. I'm not really into medieval but the whole series of recreating garments from contemporary portraits was fascinating. I do love your version and I admire your experimentation, especially the modern versions. 🩵

[@rodentary]

That grey dress looks likes an everyday history bounding outfit.

[@jeanharrison8924]

That sleve cut is like a racerback tank top had sleves added! I love it so much! That sounds so comfortable and mobile.

[@predictably.chaotic]

I love this, and I deeply need to have one of my D&D characters wear a dress like this

[@christianfrandsen1082]

Morgan, that party dress is phenomenal on you!!

[@gtbabe06]

I have been wanting to make a gown like this and never knew what it was.! I love it.!

[@Cassandra-..-]

Love the way the pleats make the back drape so nicely.

[@erinzeb]

I love drawing the curtain to serve as a background for illustrations!

[@miladee8793]

I adore your content, Morgan! You make me believe that I could also actually sew something! (I can't) Those minutes when I feel that I really understand what you are explaining! (I don't). 😍

[@maggierobertson2962]

Maybe roll the dice with something like a bag that you don't have to think about fitting? My experience was (and still is) that these videos sometimes don't make sense until you are holding the problem in your own hands.

[@anamae03]

I love the red cocktail dress and your red and green outfit! So cute and Christmasy!

[@nyeliskizobranish4787]

That yellow blouse is absolutely gorgeous I have been looking for something like that but have never found one

[@MorganDonner]

I adore it, the asymmetric neckline is so fun. It was also a thredup find, the brand is 'Free People'.

[@nyeliskizobranish4787]

@MorganDonner I love a bit of asymmetry in shirts! I love the edwardian look it has to it. Im gonna see if i can find something similar! Thank you so much!

[@nodoubtmisa]

That red dress looks so freaking good on you, such a good choice from thread up!❤

[@ZaneLikesCheese]

Your cat is SOOO CUTE! 🥺🥰

[@jamielandis4606]

It’s beautiful! It’s a pleasure to watch precision stitching. Some KZbinrs who sew are so sloppy.

[@AnnTilleyHandmade]

Morgan- I’m always so impressed with your filmmaking skills AND your crafty creativity. I enjoy your content!

[@ALXCHTZ]

U look like a Disney princess ❤❤❤❤

[@sethgreyson3506]

awwe I actually missed watching you morgan. Your vids make me want to also create my own clothes. Your dresses are so satisfying to watch, with us its process and final look, when you wear it by the end. 💜✨

[@CarlaMcCarthyPomegranate96]

@MorganDonner, you’re my hero with all of these historical dressmakings! These are awesome! 🤩 ❤🎉

[@margarethall1625]

I love it. I love your style.

[@stephanieruggles7360]

What a beautiful dress! And I am so happy to see you with long hair again - although the short version was nice. But I never got used to that look. I have had long hair for over 40 years. Then it turned gray and my skalp is not compatible with any dye any longer. So I got a shortcut and never regretted it.

[@hatorigirl1202]

I hope you kept the gray mock up. It looks so nice.

[@Jinxpix]

This length and styling of your hair has to be my favorite by far!

[@Windthroughcedars]

Your holiday outfit looks so beautiful.

[@BMoll87]

The way you pronounced Stehfaltenkleid made my German heart sing!

[@user-qo3jh9mn1t]

I have several "hippy" dresses that need altering to accommodate today's living. You've given me some very precise ways to do that. Thank you Love your narrative.

[@kjctubestuff]

I always gain insight seeing how others deal in fiddling around with construction. I'm glad to learn of the added bit of thread in the hem 💁🏼‍♀️it seems to make a more substantial & efficient hem. I'ma use that! I noticed your eyelets are staggered, which might pull the fabric to uneven wear. Looking at some historic examples, eyelets appear directly across from each other & laced like a corset. I think your staggard ones look great & give the dress a "working dress" look - your basic house to market garment. Ooh, maybe, sexy grog maiden! 😊 A lot depends on the look you're going for - upper class, working class, utilitarian dress, festival dress, etc.,. Great video tutorial! 💜

[@nicolakunz231]

Finally watched this. Love the dress!

[@eiszapfenkobold]

There are photos on the interwebz of fake medieval braids. So if you search that term, maybe combine it with "germany" and "swiss" (hausbuch illustrations you loved most are more in the swiss regions) you ll find your headgear.

[@wangofree]

Morgan...you are brilliant. Just this single video will elevate my medieval sewing game immensely. ThAnk you!

[@rosalieirenen]

Thank you for this vid! I think you saved my day/weekend, and my hobby (sort of). I didn't touch needle and thread, and any other creative hobbies i had, since my mom died in August. So many projects went on-hold when her illness came back and when I lost her I lost the will to do anything. I'm watching my fav channels from sewing community regularly, every week on Saturday morning, so it was probably very random, but watching you in this beautiful woolen dress in the snowy scenery... Something clicked in my head. I'm getting my ekhem, bottom up, and getting to work on that woolen winter coat I started ...was it already a year ago? :)

[@kloesala2963]

I'm always so happy to see a new video of yours! Thank you for that lovely explanation of your process! And wow, your endurance to the cold in the reveal part... I wouldn't dare go out in the snow with my neck uncovered like that XD

[@woolncathairs]

Wish I could draft a pattern like you! This is a FABULOUS dress.

[@leisongivangomo4478]

Love to see your hair growing! Though the video where you went through historical hair styles was exceptionally bold and awesome! Love the mockup process on the dress 🤩

[@phibi8694]

I´d really like to sew myself a wam winter dress, but I am quite intimidated by the process as the only few objects I made so far have come out crooked and ... well, not quite wearable. Still, I try to soak up the knowledge you give out in these videos and try to learn.^^

[@tammyt3434]

I usually ignore the sponsor, but ThreadUp has some good stuff. I found a coat and cape that were very near what I'd consider my 'final project' of learning to sew and make my own wardrobe. Wearing them keeps me warm and inspires me to plan better designs. Pockets must be added, however.

[@ambero8726]

Aww yeah, love to spend some time in the sewing room with you. A joy as always

[@lauralake7430]

Racer back goodness. Who knew?. I think i have a good tank top i can fit this off off, oddly❤

[@kybug99]

i love the way you document your experimentation process! very ms frizzle: "if at first you don't succeed - find out why!"