Making a Celestial Gown Fit for a Queen || Sewing an Edwardian Ball Gown Part 1: The Skirt

It was such a blast to make this gown with my friend Astraea! Be sure to check her out at / queen_astraea and on YT ‪@Queen_Astraea‬ , as well as her instagram: / queen_astraea
Contest Rules: Must be over 14 years old, live in a country that allows mail. To enter, answer the question I ask in the video, and wait one week. On 4/6/2024, I'll pick three comments at random and respond with instructions on how to get your prize.
In this video, I talk about the plan of making this 1901-1903 dress, the ideas that Astraea and I had. I then go into the history of Charles Worth and his House of Worth. I do go into the history of dresses and how it really is the history of women's work that was then usurped by Worth, and how fashion has never recovered from this. After that, I look in detail inot the dresses that Astraea picked, and then I make the dress, using machine embroidery, digitization, metallic threads, and a lot of hand sewing! Finally, Astraea will put on the dress and show us how it looks on!
I am in fact a Baby Lock Ambassador and these are the machines I use: @Baby Lock Sewing Machines
Embroidery Machine: Venture: babylock.com/machines/multi-n...
Sewing Machine: Soprano: babylock.com/machines/sewing/...
Serger: Victory: babylock.com/machines/serger/...
Digitizing Software: Palette 11:​ babylock.com/accessories/soft...
What I'm wearing today:
Dress from I Do Declare - www.idodeclareshop.com/
Sources:
Original Butterfly Gown by Worth at the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Original Celestial Gown by Worth at the Met:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Original Wheat Gown by Worth at the Met
www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
Materials I used:
Blue fabric:
nydesignerfabrics.com/collect...
White fabric: nydesignerfabrics.com/collect...
Hot Fix Rhinestones:
shop.rhinestoneguy.com/precio...
Lace: www.etsy.com/listing/78789668...
Straps: www.etsy.com/listing/73812387...
Thread:
www.madeirausa.com/metallic/?...
Hot Fix Tool: amzn.to/3TTCQh8
Other tools (Affiliate links where available)
My favorite chalk pen: amzn.to/3zURGrP
American Duchess book: amzn.to/3CQhS7f
Cut of Women's Clothes: amzn.to/3EQTswp
Simflex Sewing Gauge: amzn.to/3geL8ul​
Clover Button Hole Cutter amzn.to/36K0TpZ​
Clover Tapered Awl amzn.to/3tP7989
Extremely large (40"x60") cutting mat - amzn.to/37GZYG4​
The incredible pin dish that I use thanks to @Costuming Drama - amzn.to/3mMgcUT​
Hot Fix Tool: amzn.to/3TTCQh8
Ruler - amzn.to/32YNIiV​
Favorite Needles for hand sewing: Tulip Sewing Needles - size 8-10
Favorite Thread for sewing:
www.superiorthreads.com/threa​...
Source for Shoes: Americanduchess.com who has their own channel: @American Duchess
Favorite Thimbles from: www.etsy.com/shop/NSMCreative...
Wall mural from Limitless walls
Me in different realms:
Blog: www.Sewstine.com
Shop: sewstine.etsy.com/​
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Other site: www.sewstineart.com/
Music from ArtList

[@Sewstine]

Hi everyone! Thank you for watching! Contest rules: must be over 14, I will respond on April 6th letting you know you’re a winner in the comments and how to get me your info! The winner will receive a huswiff mailed to you with the same embroidery and out of the same materials as Astraea’s gown! If you want to just buy one or one of a different design, you can always drop by my Etsy shop! I will be carrying this design til I run out of excess materials. www.etsy.com/listing/1674088010/travel-sewing-kit-or-huswiff-embroidered

[@marikotrue3488]

I have subscribed to Astraea because anyone who can appreciate beauty and still enjoy twerking is someone that I wish to follow on You Tube.

[@rouren4091]

Ma'am I have never clicked on a video so fast - I am HERE for this collab

[@Sewstine]

Thank you!!! :D

[@rouren4091]

@@Sewstine Just coming back in cause I've finished watching the video... and I HAVE to say that that dress looks so gorgeous! And the embroidery looks so fantastic - it has me in awe. I adore Edwardian gowns (I'm blaming Titanic and Crimson Peak for this partially) so seeing any being recreated or replicated is exciting to me, so thank you for sharing!

[@motherhemcreation]

My health has been horrid and I haven't been watching KZbin videos much lately but saw this and screamed and immediately clicked!!

[@theminimadpyrate7210]

I think my dream dress would be from 2002 Barbie as Rapunzel, the dress she paints into reality for the masquerade! The way they animated the glittery sheer overlay on the skirt and the poofy fairytale sleeves, how could my inner child ever resist!

[@petradegroot3578]

That one is beautiful 🥰

[@TI3RU]

I love how when you said "I bet you didn't know that Queen Astrea-" it cut off in a way that makes it sound like a (joking) threat 😂 like "she WILL be on KZbin now, whether she knows it or not"

[@southbug27]

I hope she is on KZbin soon.

[@MrsBrit1]

My dream dress is Princess Buttercup's blue wedding gown. 😍

[@MissedMyLanding]

As a beekeeper, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the bee dress

[@ourabouras]

Eiko Ishioka was a visionary, excellent choices.

[@teagancarnes4193]

These stars are so amazing. My heart stopped! My dream gown is probably Galadriel's gown from the Peter Jackman's Lord of the Rings. Or, a simple medieval kirtle.

[@TI3RU]

As for my dream outfit, I would say Bilbo's patchwork robe from the first Hobbit movie! I love hobbit fashion in general and would love to dress more like it some day, but the robe is very daunting for my disabled self especially because I love hand sewing everything 😅

[@petradegroot3578]

That sounds so cozy 🥰

[@ariadne0w1]

If you ever get serious about it Vincent Briggs has a video about making his kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn2ve5dtZb6nlaM&ab_channel=VincentBriggs . He did use a sewing machine, but was very slow and methodical about it so I don't think it would be thaaaat much of a time difference. So much ironing.

[@BerylThanh]

If sewing all the tiny pieces of fabric together is too tedious, maybe try finding a couple big vintage quilt blankets secondhand and use them as fabric for your robe? At least you'd have the fabric part covered.

[@Chibihugs]

My dream gown would be Sailor Moon's original princess gown. I fell in love with it when I was 13. I adore the regency cut of it and the way it flows. The best part was the embroidered bodice with silver threads and pearls. So elegant and so ethereal. Your gown is definitely elegant and those clouds are perfection

[@misscarolinasousa]

It's actually really hard to pick the dream dress to be made by you because there are so many options. One of my dream dresses is Claire's wedding dress from Outlander. Your work, as always, turned out breathtakingly gorgeous

[@brittanypearce655]

I would die for a more historical Sophie Hatter dress. A lot of people have reimagined it as more Victorian or Edwardian. Would love to Embroider it with the shooting stars on the bodice or top of the skirt and the flower garden beneath

[@DarkKnightOfMars]

I don't know if this counts, but the dress Audrey Hepburn wore to the race track in My Fair Lady is a gown I've always loved! It's so detailed, and the hat was just icing on the cake!

[@elementgypsy]

I love all of Julias dresses in the Murdock Mysteries . Most things she wears are the walking skirts, blouse, vest, jacket. She wore a green gown, a wedding gown and the RED one with the fringe lace shoulders...oooh la la !

[@evangelinejames9995]

My dream gown actually showed up in this video. Worths Ironwork gown. I'd be married and buried in that gown if I could. Australia doesn't have much Art Nouveau architecture, and what little does exist is protected under heritage law and is predominantly iron work. So I've always loved wrought iron design and that dress couldn't be more perfect in my eyes. Beautiful video, I'm so excited to see the full gown

[@catrinabush1530]

My dream dress would be the one from Ever After with the wings and everything! I've adored that dress from the first time I saw it!

[@holzlastname1976]

I love this one as well ❤️ so gorgeous ❤

[@wendykerychuk6560]

Sewstine, this gown is AMAZING! Your content has grown exponentially in a relatively short time. You've really nailed the visualization to the creation process and are able to communicate well with your audience with excellent narration, audio, and visual details. If I could have you create only one gown for me, it would have to be the white gown with rows of pearls worn by Belgian Princess Carlota, whose husband was the Austrian Archduke (and brother of Emperor Franz Josef) Maximilian. Carlota and her husband were pawns in an attempt for Napoleon to grab power in Mexico in 1864 when the couple was installed as Emperor and Empress. Carlota ruled as Regent in absence of her husband in Mexico City and is considered the first woman ruler in the Americas. Carlota operated in circles with Empress Eugenie, who was known for her collection of Worth gowns. It is unknown if the white gown Carlota wears in her formal portrait is in fact from CF Worth, but it is highly probable. I first saw this gown in the April 1964 edition of the American Heritage collection. That would be my dream gown!❤

[@sohyunahn2055]

My dream gown is either Cinderella's gown from the 2015 live action movie or the blue gown Marie Antoinette is wearing when she first arrives at Versailles from the 2006 movie. Marie Antoinette's dresses are all to die for, but I've always been partial to blue. The 2015 Cinderella gown was the highlight of the movie for me, especially since I found so many of Disney's recent live action films to be lacking in both plot and visuals. It's still a dream of mine to be able to afford a princess gown and have some where to wear it to.

[@angeledog]

My dream gown is Padmé Amidala’s wedding gown and veil. It’s so intricate with lace and embroidery and the sleeves are so overlooked.

[@lilayogaom]

This is such a good one! ❤

[@kyladavis3304]

WOW this skirt is literally breathtaking I can’t even imagine what the bodice is going to look like I CANT WAIT!!! One of my favourite dresses actually from my house of worth book is the wedding dress worn by Clara Mathews (illegitimate daughter of Isaac Merritt Singer, the sewing machine pioneer) for her marriage to Colonel Hugh STAFFORD IN 1880. It is such a beautiful dress full of ruffles, embroidery and loads of beaded fringe. It really is a beautiful dress which I will one day get time to make for myself.

[@crystal8160]

My dream dress would be Danielle’s just breath dress. The way the lace and fabric come together is perfection and then there are the beautiful wings and of course the shoes. My favorite part of the trim on the dress is actually the metalwork embroidery and it is a hobby I would love to learn.

[@glittergoblin]

My dream gown would be Diva Plavalaguna‘s dress from the fifth element. I could imagine doing the black parts with the sigils of each element in a, like, rubberized thread! Sci fi costumes are so under appreciated!

[@thetasteofsunshine]

If I could have any dress, I don't even think it'd be the gown that'd be the most decorated! I'm kind of obsessed with early 1500s dress, but specifically, those extremely embroidered chemises that are so incredibly over the top, with cutouts for lace and blackwork all across the sleeves and bodice. Barely anyone would even see most of it! That is like, the epitomy of the Dream Dress and it technically isn't even a dress, but that's my idea of luxury: frilly underwear from 500 years ago

[@moss_lee]

I don't necessarily have a dream gown but that bee gown makes my heart flutter. Can't wait to see your version!

[@swolerabbit]

omg sewstine, this video was exactly what i needed today! the skirt came out beautifully, and i have absolutely no doubt that the bodice is equally stunning, im so excited to see it! i think a mutual friend of ours recently told you that you were my biggest inspiration to learn how to sew, and yes, wow, yes, this is absolute role model status work lmao that being said! for the giveaway! not to be a debbie downer, but one of the reasons i wanted to learn how to sew on my own was that mass produced women’s clothing simply isn’t made for my body - so much so that it took me about 27 years to learn that, yes, that’s how that sentence should go. they aren’t made for MY body, but my body is not the problem! i have never gotten to feel like a princess, ive never gotten to live the cottagecore dream of laying in my flower garden with a pretty dress and a book, because… i don’t own a dress. as a tall plus sized girl, they simply don’t fit. waistlines never sit at my waist, hems are always too short, bust lines don’t line up correctly, it’s absolutely the worst and murder on my confidence. so if i could have you make one outfit for me, it’d simply be a pretty dress that fits. for that top quality sewstine embroidery work, moons and stars to represent my dog and my cats, my little babies! sorry for the extremely long post, but i wanted my entry to double as a thank you! thank you for showing people of all body types that the dream of perfectly fitting clothing is in reach if we dedicate ourselves to a skill, if that skill brings us joy. i’m moving next month, but intend to start my journey of really buckling down in june to learn the basics, and i’ll be starting with your ghiblicore dresses for my first major project once i learn, and i’m looking forward to learning, and improving, and designing things i love! the clothing industry may not be built for me, but i can build what i want myself, and thank you for showing me that! 🥺

[@lenabreijer1311]

The garment that has taken up space in my head since the mid 1980s is a kimono that is completely shibori dyed with a river curving and flowing over one shoulder to the floor through a green field with tiny wild flowers. I took course in that technique but never got close to making anything remotely close. And then i got allergic to the dye chemicals. The skirt is stunning and i absolutely love the clouds and agree about his popcorn clouds.

[@KaeyaAlberich30]

The only dress I could think of would be something similar to the Breathe dress from Ever After. But I would modify it into shades of blue and silver, and give it a more celestial feel. Stars are one of my favourite things to add to anything. Art, fashion, a little doodle while on the phone... so plenty of stars would have to be on there

[@armedvsokord]

My dream dress is the red Christmas party dress worn Judy Garland in Meet Me in St Louis. I've loved it since i first saw it and think the shape is just timeless. It's so simple but just beautiful.

[@glittergrandma]

Your clouds are beautiful. The stars a wonderful. The fabric is gorgeous. Love seeing your process! Salt is earned, Worth’s embroidery is lacking, in my opinion. The lace you found is gorgeous. Love the stars and rhinestones….wow! Love the gown. I would love the strawberry gown, because it makes me happy. It is a summer dream, colorful and beautiful movement. It makes me want to dance, to picnic, to laugh and enjoy the day. Beautiful! Thanks for the beautiful videos. Always inspired by your videos. 🎉❤🎉❤

[@cheyannelencioni9394]

This dress is gorgeous! My dream dress would be Elizabeth Swann's red pirate dress from Curse of the Black Pearl. I think it's be fun to have swords or Turner birds embroidered into the skirt panels, tying together her desire to be a pirate and the last name she uses (and eventually acquires). There are several gorgeous dresses from that movie series, but the red one always stood out among the gold ones she wears in Port Royal.

[@peglamphier4745]

I love that choice. Though her as the Pirate King makes me want to sword some shit.

[@ViviCaligo]

I'm not well versed in histoical gowns but I am a gamer and Garnet's royal dress from Final Fantasy 9 with its subtle green and gold embroidery has had a chokehold on my brain since I was a child. If I can make and cosplay that dress one day I will feel fulfilled.

[@sharoncole8249]

❤❤❤Fellow subscribers how many of you was smileing has you wrote down your dream dress 😊 Everyone have a lovely weekend❤❤❤

[@leababy77]

My fantasy outfit would be the blue velvet suit with silver embroidery Tom Cruise wears in Interview with the Vampire. I've always wanted to do a male Cinderella in that outfit and make myself a pair of "glass" dancing slippers for it.

[@lindseybotelho]

The way I would give my first born for this gown 😍

[@alessamiridis5476]

I would looove a take on disneys' rapunzel but in dark blue!! A ballgown version of her purple day dress with hidden Pascal embroidered motifs would be so much fun!! Love your videos and hope you and your family are well! ❤️

[@sarahmoon6958]

My favorite outfit is from Howl's Moving Castle, more precisely the first jacket we see Howl wearing. I've seen cosplays of this jacket with a lot of intricate details, and I have simply fallen in love with it. Some add beads and embroidery to the panels, which gives it an even more luxurious aspect !

[@devinross5787]

I would definitely love a gown from the film Forever Amber!!! I would love poppies to be embroidered on the gown for sure!

[@TheLaughingPanda]

Aaaaah so pretty!!! Picking a dream dress is too hard! But I've always wanted to make Arwen's light blue dress from LOTR, I just love the long flowing sleeves!

[@kaleleaf.]

My dream dress would be Anastasia's yellow dress from the Once Upon a December scene! That dress is so magical and I imagine in real life it would twinkle and sparkle ✨

[@julianebonenkamp6317]

My dream would be a Eigenkleid in the style of Anna Muthesius. She wanted to make women to be their own desingers. She was part of the dressreform movement in Germany in the early 1900s. My greatgandmother was one of the first women in Munich to wear Reformdress. She never could aford a model from Muthesius, being a workingclass singel mum. But she must have had dreams.

[@joecoloff4247]

I’ve always wanted Wizard robes like Gilderoy Lockhart from the HP movies, I know that we JKR is super problematic, but I do love the movie costumes.

[@kieraoona]

I have two in mind, one of which that I always wanted to make, but I think if Marie Antoinette could have subtle embroidery on her Chemise A La Reine around the collar, cuffs and hem, she'd love it. The second is the black and white Art Nouveau evening dress by Worth, because I love the contrast of the dress which at a distance is stunning!

[@EmiliaKozowska-cq6qs]

Mine would be the red dress from North and South. It's simply stunning.

[@SkyLeaf1]

Firstly, that skirt is beautiful! The stars, clouds, and raindrop-like lace all go so well together, and even though I would also have loved to see the skirt made in a midnight blue colour (I can't imagine how beautiful it would be with a skirt that looked like a night filled with stars) I really like that the white clouds aren't a sudden contrast against a very dark background, but rather a subtle break from the light blue and a fitting transition into the lace. Secondly, for the dress I would prefer, it was a pretty close call between Maria's pink rose gown from The Secret of Moonacre and Zelda's royal dress from Breath of the Wild, but I will have to go with Zelda's dress. Though it isn't possible to tell what materials and techniques would have been used to make the dress in real life from the game itself, I like to think that the details on the dress would include goldwork embroidery and beading.

[@isabelasantos470]

You said mid April, I'm starting a countdown! I just LOVE everything about this dress, it's exquisite, the work, the talent, the craftsmanship. I truly want to learn how to sew, and design, and you're an inspiration!

[@catherinerw1]

I'm in awe of the planning and engineering that went into this dress (that level of fabric manipulation is definitely engineering). Fab.

[@djDo0mShrOoM]

As for dream dress - omg that's such a hard question! But, I've always wanted to make an Edwardian evening gown with the sheer black layers and lace details... I can imagine it with an Alexander Mcqueen-inspired intricacy to the lace and beading.

[@sephestra.]

I was captivated from the fist moment. =) Also, my husband and I could not stop laughing at your salt. We had to go back and play section over a few times because we didn't catch everything. Tears. There were tears. Ok, hear me out on this one...dresses from Game of Thrones. I tried to watch it (barely made it through season one and two episodes of season two) but could not get passed the extreme gratuitous violence against women. One thing I DID enjoy from the show were the amazing outfits. The embroidery on some of them is next level. The artist, Michele Carragher, made each one a work of art that tied to the character. There is no way for me to choose just one. The reason I enjoy the dresses, outside of their aesthetic beauty, is that needlework is something I have loved for almost my whole life. My mother began teaching me embroidery when I was 5 (I still have the first piece I ever made!) and she continued teaching me into my early teens when I was able to really do pieces on my own. While I eventually migrated to counted cross stitch as my main, I have never moved away from needlework in many forms as a hobby (they're alts, if you will). I am fortunate that my mother is still with us (I'm 54) and when we get together with my sister, the three of us work on things while we yap; I cross stitch, my sister crochets, and my mom knits when her hands allow and quilts when they don't. The bonds that needlework helped build between the three of us are priceless.

[@RaquelGrove]

My dream embroidered garment is one that doesn't exist yet, but should. In Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel The Scarlet Pimpernel, a "humble English wayside flower" is the symbol of a masked hero who saves people from the guillotine. At one point, Lady Marguerite thinks, "Had not everybody about town recently made a point of affecting the device of that mysterious and heroic Scarlet Pimpernel? Did she not herself wear it embroidered on her gowns?" And yet, I have never seen a film/tv/stage adaptation where the costume designer incorporated embroidered pimpernel motifs! I always imagined Marguerite's dress as a white and red zone front gown, lavishly embroidered with stylized pimpernel flowers and twining green vines around the hem. I've been picturing this for a dozen years, and wish I could make it--but though I sew, my embroidery skills are sadly lacking, so I'll leave it to Sewstine!

[@HexxWhat]

Yet another F A N T A S T I C garment. It looks like an absolute dream. As far as my dream dress goes...its honestly a toss up between an existing historical garment and a movie dress. For the historical garment it is the beautiful Orange and Cream Worth ballgown with that beautiful big skirt. But as far as movie dresses go the movie accurate Just Breathe dress from Ever After still lives rent free in my head.

[@kirstenpaff8946]

Picking just one favorite gown is hard. As far as historical gowns go, I would love a 1780s redingote. They perfectly combine the drama of 18th century gowns with a more tailored menswear look. For fantasy costumes, I love the costumes of from Lord of the Rings (those movies got me into costuming), but if I had to focus on costumes with amazing embroidery, I would have to pick something from Game of Thrones, maybe one of Daenerys's blue outfits from season 3 with all of the dragon scale smocking.

[@sharoncole8249]

❤❤❤My Dream dress would a 16th century dress with the built in cape .l get married next year .l would love it to be gray and silver with lace and sparkles .haha am smileing has l write down my dream dress .l would wear it with a diamond encrusted crown with a very light colour gray vail with a sparkle here and there .with the lace sleeves with light gray lace. And bows and ribbons. Enbroded with silver .sewstine you have my mind in over drive 😂😂The last 7 years have been so hard l lost my daughter at the age of 26 to cystic fibrosis then l found out l had stage 4 bowl cancer. I am now cancer free and have been with my shaun 12 years but that much has happened we are only just getting married next year .This has made me so happy writeing down my Dream dress Thank you for getting my mind on my dreams .The dress you have just made is one of my favourite creations that you have made all the lace and sparkles are just magical. I am so happy you are makeing yourself one and am looking forward to seeing the top part .have a lovely weekend ❤❤❤

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Wedding dress?

[@RobertJohnson-fp9jx]

That fabric is gorgeous. I love the way it moves. hmmm a dream outfit. I have to say the Georgian mens coats with all the embroidery have always been a dream project of mine. in my mind I see iris and peonies with butterflies. will I ever take the time to hand embroider all that? nope. just not going to happen. but your question didmake me think of it again. I always imagine "the Suit - 1780, British - The Metropolitan Museum of Art 17th Century, Silk Clothes" for the cut in a deep blue with the embroidery a bit wider, because if it's worth doing it's so worth over doing. maybe I'll think about a embroidery machine. I am curious as to what everyone elses dream design would be.

[@katieburroughs3774]

I love all the gowns from The Lord of the Rings. I think the one I would love most to wear would be Arwen's deep blue velvet with the sheer sleeves.

[@andreaskokandich6454]

I can’t just pick one. I love the Regency Era gowns & I love the Edwardian gowns. The Regency gowns give me the flowing dreamy feeling I like, and I love the lace blouses of the Edwardian era.

[@roxyrock5]

That’s amazing.

[@kristenk5754]

Dream outfit!! Sarah's school uniform from A Little Princess. The olive green collar with the embroidery is just soooo good.

[@alexandrafoot8783]

For me it would be Belle's dress from the original animated beauty and the beast. I know its been done many times before for theatre and live action film but I don't feel like any have focused on that beautiful shimmery-silky-soft texture that the animated version had 🥰

[@FlagCutie]

I have adored Rose's boarding day dress from the moment I first saw it! I'm a sucker for structured and crisp lines, and that whole look is perfection in my eyes!

[@cherylrosbak4092]

It's gorgeous!

[@marieridulfo827]

WOWZER!

[@mim73]

Its soooo beautiful 💙

[@21rabbie]

Oh my, that skirt is absolutely stunning! I cannot wait to see the ensemble together, and your matching bee dress. My dream dress would be Princess Margaret's post war striped cotton gown which I was able to see on a visit to Kensington Palace a few years back. I love the way the stripes are incorporated to create a delicate pattern, and it looks like the most wonderful dress to swish about in circles in!

[@sarahlongshore2605]

Stunning❤❤❤❤

[@Celcey24]

My dream dress, which I hope to someday make myself, is an 1899 blue going away dress (a dress worn to leave your wedding) in the Glasgow Mueseum's collection. It is the most perfect steampunky masterpiece and someday it will be mine.

[@thetimelesscostumemaker1266]

I have always loved the black and white evening gown that Audrey Hepburn wears in Sabrina. It is beautiful and so striking!

[@kathleenburns7065]

If I could have you make any gown for me, it would for sure be the coronation gown from the end of the ‘97 Anastasia film but I would want it to be more like the actual Russian Imperial court dress before the Royal family was deposed. Those dresses are stunning and have so much embroidery done on them, so I imagine it would be right up your alley too! I hope one day to be able to go to the museum in Russia and see what has survived like the coronation gown of Tsarina Alexandra and dresses worn by the daughters. I’ve seen photos and I just wish I could go in person and see them up close to get a better idea of how they might have been made. But I can’t wait to see how this dress is going to come out that soft blue is just perfect for The Queen and I am so curious and excited to see how your dress with all the bees will come out too! Never realized I hadn’t subscribed but boy am I now because I need to see these gowns and hear more Shade being thrown on Worth lol.

[@izzy13belle]

it's stunning! can't wait for part 2

[@ushere5791]

omg, gorgeous!!!!!

[@rudetuesday]

This is EPIC.

[@LadyWiggin]

OMG! That is a gorgeous gown! I love the stars and clouds, but the bees and clouds is exciting, I love bees, and that will be amazing. My favorite is the 1888 Russian court dress with all the embroidery on green velvet. I need pink with it, but oh it's gorgeous!

[@marykallis3677]

I am truely, truely amazed! This skirt is so beautiful I am speechless! I have never seen such complex and beautifully executed sewing and detail work. 🥰🥰🥰

[@SewlockHolmes]

Basically every shirtwaise/skirt/waistcoat combo True wears in The Nevers. She always has impeccable taste and I am so inspired to try and make some of her outfits for my day-to-day wear. So cool to see the skirt come into being!!! I'm excited to see what it looks like with the bodice!!

[@MichelleseaChelle]

It’s so beautiful. 😍

[@LaDivinaLover]

If I could have any outfit with any embroidery from history I think it would be a copy of Queen Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp’s 1774 wedding gown. I believe it to be the most beautiful example of the Robe de Cour, or “Grand Habit” ever made. It has the most divine silver embroidery and lace as well as a massive pannier and ofcourse a huge delicious train. If only I had the 17 inch waist to go along with it. 😂

[@spearageddon3279]

Spectacular! 💖👍👍

[@vickinoeske1154]

I am speechless. Magical. ✨️✨️✨️

[@leaf2576]

This is completely incredible. My dream gown would definitely be some kind of fairycore version of a Victorian evening gown, forest green and sparkly with embroidered moon motifs, maybe luna moths. And wings!

[@meghanstockham7258]

My dream dress would honestly be any of Edith's from Crimson Peak, but specifically her yellow skirt/velvet green bodice combo! The adorable yellow pompoms around the collar!! Ugh I swoon every time

[@beckycollier-burgess1568]

Mine would be the ball outfit from the Slipper and the Rose - I adore all of the costumes in that movie! It has such a special place in my heart.

[@mariafrieling4857]

This may be a bit cliché, but I never moved on from the witchy gothic aesthetic that first got me interested in historical dress. My dream gown would we black and grey, and the skirt would have an overlay of either embroidery or lace in the shape of spiderwebs. I want to be the creepy ghost in the attic!

[@hollyneal738]

Dream gown is the “Just Breathe” dress from Ever After. Rachel Maksey recreated it recently and made it seem so attainable. Maybe one day! 💪🏽🤷‍♀️

[@hello-oq8xz]

the dress the warden wears in Chicago while sing "when your good to mama". the way the dress shimmers with every movement, the flowing of the fabric. it looks like a dragons hoard of gold given life and ive always liked things that were shiny

[@Heothbremel]

Beyond beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@glittermytimbers]

I’d love that black and white gown from Sabrina with the stunning overskirt! 😍

[@Leighlaful]

I think my dream gown would just be a very, very cozy Victorian wrapper with plants embroidered on the hem and lapels!

[@annbrookens945]

I feel like my favorite embroidered gown is...this one! I love the oriental clouds and I love the stars! The blue satin is beautiful, the lace is GORGEOUS and the shape is divine! The skirt came out so beautifully, I can hardly wait to see the complete gown. I agree with you so thoroughly about the sadness of being unable to attribute gowns to the women who created them! As well as the gall of a man stealing that women's industry and dictating the fashions women should wear.

[@sewcute_sewvintage]

Now this is a Cinderella gown!!

[@briannaengler7513]

LOVE this dress!! If I were to make my own dress from any movie or show it would 100% be Claire’s wedding dress from Outlander. The corset, the beading, the skirt, everything is perfect.

[@annapepple477]

YES MAAM

[@jenford7078]

You are an amazing designer! All the attention to detail with the embroidery and rhinestones is over the top gorgeous! I SO agree about unsigned and unattributed .gowns being a slap in the face of the women that spent their lives sending other women to balls to steal the evening and never a nod in their direction.

[@lilayogaom]

My dream gown is definitely the Givenchy Sabrina gown Audrey Hepburn wears in the movie. It’s so elegant, and with the black ruffle she just looks like she is floating on air in the tennis courts! I absolutely love your embroidery projects- they are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

[@Manda698]

My dream outfit is grown up Zelda's dress in Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. I love the color, fit, and drape of the design and the elegance of her gloves.

[@cecileschuller1673]

My dream outfit would be something Anne Shirley inspired. I love both the blue and white striped dress in the beginning scene of the movie, Anne of Avonlea and the green skirt, blouse, and jacket set from the show Anne with an E. I love the story, and her chaotic teaching adventures feel especially relatable.

[@katherineanderson9952]

I would kill for Buttercup's blue wedding dress at the end of the Princess Bride! It's such a great climax with all the epic showdowns btw Westley/Prince Humperdinck and Inigo/Count Rugen. And add some hidden embroidery like a mask, a sword, and other icons to rep f/each main characters!

[@emilyrln]

Seeing your scissors just glide along like swans on a lake is soooooooooo satisfying!!

[@Bearleena]

What a magical dress! Any person who wears that will feel like a queen. As for my dream dress, I‘m utterly obsessed with Celtic and Viking knotwork that culminates in mythical creatures. It would look stunning with your embroidery in bright colours, like the Book of Kells in Ireland. So I would have a cream (like parchment) medieval dress, slightly off the shoulders with luxurious long sleeves, embroidered knotwork all along the base and cuffs, then a Celtic snake or dragon motif winding around the dress itself with its head across the bodice. A dress for a Celtic queen!

[@holzlastname1976]

Oh my I am so obsessed with the clouds in Asian embroidery there sky’s and trees not just in embroidery but in painting as well are unparalleled ❤ !!! So gorgeous ❤

[@kimberleylow7221]

In reference to unsigned work, the National Gallery of Canada at some point in the recent past has relabelled things from "Artist Unknown" to "Artist Once Known". It's a small change, but it feels different. Especially when you see it on art traditionally created by women or other marginalized people.

[@Puppy52]

Such a beautiful dress😍 labour of love❤

[@Candygirl19991013]

the stars turned out so great! For dream gowns, I've always loved CLAMP's outfit designs, and Cardcaptor Sakura's Crystal Feather dress is something that I love to this day!