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I Made an 1890s Ball Gown Using Victorian Sewing Methods

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Bernadette Banner

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Prints and sundry paperbased merch items of this gown sketch are now available! https://www.redbubble.com/people/bert...

Previous videos in this series:
Fabric shopping for materials:    • Video  
Bust bodice:    • Achieving That Classic Edwardian Shap...  
Bustle pad:    • Does This Make My Bum Look Big (Enough)?  
Petticoat:    • The (Mildly Chaotic) Making of a Vict...  

BOOKS REFERENCED
Books mentioned, including ‘Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques’ and Bertha Banner’s ‘Household Sewing With Home Dressmaking’ can be found on my bookshop.org list of suggested dress history book recommendations: https://bookshop.org/shop/bernadetteb....
Please note that these are affiliate linked, so bookshop.org give me a commission for orders placed through here.
‘Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking’ by Bertha Banner can also be accessed digitally for free at: https://play.google.com/books/reader?....

Patterns of Fashion Volume 2, Janet Arnold. NOTE that the Patterns of Fashion books are currently out of print as the rights transfer between publishers and new books are reprinted. Books 14 are presently very difficult to find, and VERY expensive if you do; if you can wait until c. end of this/early next year, new copies will be available at regular (~ £35) price. Volume 5 can presently be purchased at http://www.shop.theschoolofhistorical....

MATERIALS USED
Velvet New York Elegant Fabrics, NYC
Silk taffeta New York Elegant Fabrics, NYC
White chiffon New York Elegant Fabrics, NYC
Synthetic baleen 4mm x 1mm: Burnley & Trowbridge (https://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/...)
Cotton bias tape Bias Bespoke (https://www.biasbespoke.com/cart.php?...)
Tarlatan Regular weight, Takach Press (https://shop.takachpress.com/Tarlatan...)
Hooks and eyes Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC
Silk thread for stitching Steinlauf & Stoller, NYC
Buttonhole silk thread John Lewis, London

Machine is a handturned Singer machine manufactured in 1891.

Useful Tools for Those So Inclined:
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Clear 18inch ruler: https://amzn.to/2DIdRrh
Steelheaded straight pins: https://amzn.to/2ByJUaQ
Every size & weight needle you will probably ever need: https://amzn.to/2Sd76R7
My most favorite (& stupidly fiddly) #10 sharps, the tiniest needles: https://amzn.to/2SaZEGf
Ye Trusty Olde 8” shears (tartan ribbon not included): https://amzn.to/2DXkUft
Those wee bird snips that literally everyone seems to have: https://amzn.to/2zu9vzY
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French Curve: https://amzn.to/2RWzWVJ

Filming equipment:
The first half of this video is shot mostly on the Canon G7x Mark II (https://amzn.to/2Zv6IUA), with the slowmotion shots on the Canon EOS M50 (https://amzn.to/2WqqQFs). The latter half of this video is shot with the Sony ZV1 (https://amzn.to/2CD1tJK).
Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro.
All music licensed from epidemicsound.com.

Portrait of Lord Cesario and the Mona Liza by Dani Banner. Video of Cesario’s portrait being painted here:    • Royal Portrait Painting to Mozart | f...  

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Music:
‘Secrets of the Earth’ by Lama House
‘Progressive Progress’ by Howard HarperBarnes
‘Who We Are’ by Gavin Luke
‘Winter Solstice’ by Gavin Luke
‘The Pendulum Clock’ by Francis Wells
‘Impressions of You’ by Gavin Luke
‘Silent Approval’ by Howard HarperBarnes
‘Secret Agent’ by Spectacles Wallet and Watch
‘I’ll Be Watching’ by Charles Holme
‘Counting the Days’ by Cody High
‘Meet Me in Montmartre’ by The Fly Guy Five

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