Dress Video Tutorial

[jwugg]

A beautifully shot 'story of one dress' video tutorial by Diana Nagorna.

youtu.be/t-3pA1LgIIQ

I was really interested to see that once dry, she cut the neck & armholes, then folded & ironed in a facing of some sort? Then hand hemmed. Guess that makes them stronger & less likely to stretch? Any thoughts anyone?

& she used, what to me, looked like a huge load of locks & hankies, but they were just for texture & were on the inside! & is it worth using 3 colours of roving to make 'sausages' that again are inside?  Don't get me wrong, I think her work is stunning & the dress beautiful, I'm just wondering whether some of these details were necessary!

[halay]

Jill, thanks for sharing this video. I agree, her work is stunning. If you noticed she used a 3 colour roving of merino but for the cords she used another type of wool, probably to achieve different effect. I think she just wanted to repeat the colours of the base. When she spread silk fabric on the top I thoght what an ugly colour it was but in the end the result was surprising. I really admire her work, everything is so neat.

[Teri Berry]

Beautiful video Jill, I really liked her herringbone layout of the roving and plan to give that a go on my next garment. I do something similar to Diana with necklines on my dresses by that is because I want a neater, top-stitched edge rather than concern that the felt will stretch (I haven't found that problem around the armholes but can see that creating a hem Diana did would make it stronger).

I was curious as to what the lumpy lengths of wool were, I'm not even sure they were wool? I also though it odd that she put the silk hankies under the silk chiffon too, I had a good look to see if you could see them on the finished dress but couldn't but maybe they created a subtle effect?

As for using different coloured ropes, you can often see the difference through the chiffon after felting. Here is a cape I made with red ropes on top of black merino base and black chiffon over the top. The colour change is subtle but definitely visible.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Thanks, Jill, for the link on dressmaking. Not only was the finished product beautiful, but I enjoyed watching Diana make it. I did wince when I saw her set the sander on top of that beautiful fabric, but oh well, I guess she knows what she’s doing!

[Pandagirl]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this video and artist Jill.

[maisie]

A beautiful dress and a helpful lesson in dressmaking. The only thing I disliked about it was the
model- sooooo slim showing that lovely dress off to perfection. Makes me quite green.

[Shepherdess]

I wish my computer was back. I cant watch videos on this one they just freeze everything up.

[koffipot]

Such a beautiful dress. Would that I had the figure for such a garment!!!

Gotgeous cape Teri!

[jwugg]

I feel the same about the sander, Cathy - & without any net or plastic on the fibres, yikes!

Teri, lovely cape, brave colour choices, very dramatic.
I couldn't help but think 'what a waste' with all those locks & hankies & lovely special fibres which don't really show except as a bump. I'd love to have seen the other side of the dress, too, for me it's one of the magical things that garments can be reversible.

[Shepherdess]

I forgot to say that your cape is really great Terri

[Shepherdess]

Finally got to watch the video. The texture was lovely. Very interesting how she laid out the top in circles. I didn't like the way the zipper looked in the back. it stood out from the dress to much. I need to make a skirt for myself. I am tempted to make yardage and cut it so I get a good fit. I am not shaped like that model. LOL