Hi All! Sorry for the delay in getting the captions back on this--it's a long one, so they're still in progress, but should be in by end of today if you require captioning. ALSO apparently it is now a thing that KZread INSISTS on automatically stuffing 12 midroll ads into every video which MAKES ME RAGEY. I've unticked the midroll ads box that keeps somehow re-ticking itself despite opting out of this new system entirely, so if you see any midroll ads in this (or any of my other videos) please let me know--I work way too hard on editing a nice calming story into my videos to have that constantly interrupted by ads. 😑 EDIT TO ADD: as much as I hate midroll ads, I canNOT condone the use of ad blockers on KZread (especially). If ads are not getting through to you, *creators are not getting paid* . I used to be an ad block user myself but whitelisted KZread when I found this out, before turning it off altogether, as I realise now how important advertising is in bringing us good online content to be accessed for free. That being said, it's up to creators and online distributors to be reasonable about advertising-- to let it exist in a way that pays the bills but does not interfere with enjoyment of the content (as I personally believe mid-roll ads do to my videos). But I leave pre- and post-roll ads on for a reason--because I *do* need to make a living if I'm to continue devoting my full time to creating complex videos regularly. This video alone took over 35 hours to edit--and that's not including the month and a half I spent sewing (and shooting) the dressmaking process. I'm paid only per thousand *monetised* views, and according to my analytics I'm receiving compensation for a bit under 2/3 of the views the video actually gets. Some of these are intentional--KZread doesn't serve ads to viewers who have been watching a lot of content (because that would be annoying)--but the majority of this is due to users viewing with ad blockers. Thankfully I'm doing just fine with ad revenue, despite adblock users and without midrolls--but *not every creator is so lucky* . I know ads suck, but...so does paying for 9028359074 subscription services to view all the paywalled content on the internet. Thank you for coming to my TED talk :)

@dontreadmyicon2840

3 жыл бұрын

I completely understand 😊 Also I wanted to know if the Phantom of the Opera costumes (more in the musical but the movie works as well) were historically accurate. Thanks

@eleanorhargrove8539

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! There are, unfortunately, a fair amount of midroll ads at the time I am watching!

@a.h.jhughes114

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for thinking of us and trying to make this calming. Even with the ads, it's still wonderful

@bernadettebanner

3 жыл бұрын

Also--if you clicked this video within the first c. 2 minutes of upload, perhaps give the page a refresh, *hopefully* they should be gone.

@eleanorhargrove8539

3 жыл бұрын

Bernadette Banner they are! Thank you for the suggestion

The internet has taught me two things about the Victorian era: Men were doing medicine completely wrong, and women were doing sewing completely right (pockets as a must-have in every outfit?? genius)

@brendaleelydon

3 жыл бұрын

Well, when skirts were floofier, pockets fit/hide nicely within. My mom once told me that most skirts & pants designed for women don't have them now because it would ruin the 'lines of the silhouette' and/or 'add bulk'. No answer for why so many then add FAKE POCKETS, though. I despise garments with fake pockets even more than ones that just don''t include pockets fullstop. *hrgrphm*

@rymasedour5001

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendaleelydon It's like giving us a taste of what could have been, the bliss of having pockets in which to put things or stuff your hands, but then cruelly yanking it back out of sight, out of spite.

@MsKathleenb

3 жыл бұрын

I once complimented my niece's dress, and she replied: 'Thanks, it has pockets!' She was so excited.

@Udontkno7

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, everyone was doing medicine a good deal wrong

@j_fenrir

3 жыл бұрын

All I can think about is when a bunch of doctors laughed at this doctor who wore gloves to treat a contagious patient

“It doesn’t have to be super painstakingly done” she says, as she hand stitches with more accuracy than I can ever dream of.

@victoriabarclay3556

3 жыл бұрын

Hee hee! my mind said the same thing.

@veronicav6008

3 жыл бұрын

I was proud of my comment getting 15 likes but then I saw how many this one got 🥴

@ErynnSchwellinger

3 жыл бұрын

I know, right?

@liveloveandhope

3 жыл бұрын

i see that too. 😂

@TheInkblot101

3 жыл бұрын

That is exactly what went through my head.

Me: "Nice Victorian gown!" Bernadette: "Thanks, it has pockets!"

@joclark3702

3 жыл бұрын

Love pockets!!!

@your_dad_on_vacation

2 жыл бұрын

Then the obligitory showcasing of how deep said pockets are

@jonathansmith6050

2 жыл бұрын

Though I was mildly disappointed that the wearing of the dress segment didn't include slipping something of significant size into the cunning pocket, so we could see how it worked in the finished dress

@marthabenner6528

2 жыл бұрын

The question is, do I put pockets in my five-year-old nieces 13th century reproduction princess dress?... Particularly when I'm already going make her and her brothers those medieval tie on pockets. I kind of really want to do both. every kid needs pockets.

@marthabenner6528

2 жыл бұрын

By the ways, do not make your five-year-old nice a 13th century princess dress, it is not worth the trouble, it took me two months to figure out how to fix the fact that when I made a mock up she would grew an inch +. stick with what they had children wear in the 13th century. I know it's the wrong century, but I recommend Eugene de Bass paintings for inspiration. I'm talking lacing in the sides and/or the front and/or back, and lots of pin tucks, and buying one of those foots' for your sewing machine that takes the elastic thread and just smoked the whole bodice.

I burst out laughing when His Lordship just came nyooming across the paper in the timelapse

@benedictdwyer2608

2 жыл бұрын

Vroom vroom

"It is a sin to not put a pockets in your skirt." Say it again for the people in the back!

@kathrynabbott5032

3 жыл бұрын

Not forgetting a watch pocket

@ThinWhiteAxe

3 жыл бұрын

"The Victorians understood that, which for some reason we don't understand today" we're evolving, only backwards

@audreyholmes9751

3 жыл бұрын

The fake pocket pandemic is the real monster here

@chocotoasties2671

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThinWhiteAxe nah, it's just another form of capitalism

@ThinWhiteAxe

3 жыл бұрын

@@chocotoasties2671 well, I capitalistically boycott women's jeans and wear men's pants instead because pockets 😜

I love that His Lordship gets to run around and just put his little feets wherever he wants

@pamprzybylski-ladue9699

3 жыл бұрын

Ours would pee on everything

@alexisligus6175

3 жыл бұрын

So would mine 😓

@biancatrujillo4053

3 жыл бұрын

This is my first time watching one of her videos. I read your comment and assumed there’d be a cat Not disappointed

@pikarino

3 жыл бұрын

@@biancatrujillo4053 it’s much better

@phyllisstein1837

3 жыл бұрын

OMGoodness, the adorableness of that little floofball is almost too much.

"If, indeed, the world is a thing again by next May." Me, first watching this: LOL, yeah. Me, rewatching this now: *nervous and slightly hysterical LOL*

@leonvillagomez8202

2 жыл бұрын

it's already September, not sure if the world will be a thing again next May either :( at least not in the states

@bellablue5285

2 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed for May 2023 at this point?

@ldipkin

2 жыл бұрын

Rewatching it in January 2022: crying screaming etc

@xx_chaoticgremlin_xx2664

2 жыл бұрын

Reading this in late January of 2022, this is ironic

@lavonakirtley9280

2 жыл бұрын

@@xx_chaoticgremlin_xx2664 it’s not getting better by March….

There is an ironing solution for velvet. My mother purchased an ironing pad designed for that specific purpose, the "Dritz Needle Board". The pad is a rectangle about 6x12 inches. The entire surface is covered with very short and thin upright metal pins spaced very close together. You lay the velvet face down on the pins and press lightly with a steam iron. Mom used to make theater costumes and sometimes from a deep pile velvet. She was a stickler for pressing as she sewed and I never saw a press mark on her velvets.

@Alice-gr1kb

Жыл бұрын

She has a needleboard, but she just didn’t want to use it for this project because they didn’t exist in the 1890s

@kristinedoty7876

9 ай бұрын

​@@Alice-gr1kbThey didn't have electric steam irons either.

@wendyhoadley9236

6 ай бұрын

Fortunately (or unfortunately) some form of solid fuel cooker would be required to heat period appropriate irons. So that’s not really an option....

Cesario is a very observant supervisor. No funny business on his watch. XD

@lalaliet

3 жыл бұрын

His Lordship is an attentive fellow

@victoriancuddler

3 жыл бұрын

but also the cutest in the most Royal way possible

@kimberley9089

3 жыл бұрын

The royal piggy is the best behaved. He shall always reign supreme!

@impishDullahan

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing escapes the attention of his Lordship's little footsies.

@reikun86

3 жыл бұрын

He’s so diligent 🥰

“Excuse me, there have been some tiny feet’s walking upon mine silk”

@petmomful2260

3 жыл бұрын

I have tiny feet that walk on everything I try to do. Ferret feet, cats, dog, guinea pigs. I just do not state it as eloquently as she does. I say, "Hey, get off of my fabric!"

@sydneylarrier9263

3 жыл бұрын

That line reminded me of Beatrix Potter.

@elfy_642

3 жыл бұрын

@@sydneylarrier9263 I could hear the tailor in The Tailor of Glaucester saying that to Simpkin

@placidqualm

3 жыл бұрын

5:06

@SunflowerSpotlight

3 жыл бұрын

petmom ful My cat keeps stepping on my new keyboard or going after my yarn in knitting. I have to suffice with a "nyaaaahhh!" sometimes, when under a deadline. Especially when it is the eighth such interruption that hour. 😅

Bernadette procrastinating : "I'll do my pocket so that I don't have to focus on the whole gown immediatly" Me procrastinating : "I'll wash my dishes next week end. And I'll work on my personnal projects when I'll really want to"

I watch these videos to make tiny historically accurate clothes for my dolls out of my old clothes since I don't have the wardrobe space, time, or money to make them for myself. Needless to say, I think i did pretty good with this one. (made from my old leggings)

@SciFiFreak185

3 жыл бұрын

This is what I did when I was a kid, I made lots of doll clothes. As an adult and hobby sewer I still don't think it's a bad way to start learning to sew clothing, the basic shapes and construction methods are the same for both doll and normal clothing. The major difference is the closures, dolls do not move and bend like humans. If someone is still learning, with doll clothes if it gets screwed up you haven't wasted tons of material and you don't feel bad about not wearing it if it didn't quite look good enough to be worn for everyday wear.

@marthabenner6528

2 жыл бұрын

I do this now, I literally make doll clothes when I can't figure out how I'm putting something together. I did it for my stay just last fall (and then immediately went deep into a researching binge, I think I got it figured out I'll start in two or three weeks when I have time). And I figured out most of what was wrong except for the fact that my old Barbie doll has standard measurements and I don't. I'm going to make two small to scale dolls with my measurements and give one to my Niece so every time I finish something I just give it to her as doll clothes. I took my brother's GI Joe clothes and altered them to fit my Barbies so they were running around in camouflage. I had just seen "Predators" with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the first time, Hahaha ah the good old times. the ultimate tomboy sitting around having a tea party with your Barbie dolls and reenacting the predator. And the Battle of Bunker Hill. I think I was 13.

@pennycandyys

Жыл бұрын

And do you sew in weights in the hems to give it good drape? :)

@breckbusha5291

Жыл бұрын

I love this! I have been doing something similar for my daughters Calico Critters animals. ❤️

@justanidiot3547

11 ай бұрын

omg do you post on Instagram? i would love to see your creations ❤️

“It’s *really sneaky* this little pocket” Bernadette’s delight and excitement over the pocket situation sparks so much joy

@marthabenner6528

2 жыл бұрын

I'm totally doing a small of back pocket in the winter time. For the phone, imagine no one ever seeing the outline of where you stick the big clunky thing. I also want to start wearing crinolet in the winter time, with big wool skirts. No more freezing my legs off, insert evil laugh.

"We are living in times of plague in ye merry 2020, and access to such novelties of other humans is not exactly an option." That hit hard

42:48 “If indeed the world is a thing again by next May”..... still remains to be seen...

@cleffie173

2 жыл бұрын

May 2021, it's ok not great but i hope you made it friend

@windarchermadeanartchannel984

2 жыл бұрын

still May 2021

@cleffie173

2 жыл бұрын

@@windarchermadeanartchannel984 this video is from last year

@benedictdwyer2608

2 жыл бұрын

June 29, 2021, not quite out of the woods but quite close

can we take a moment to appreciate that not only is Bernadette amazingly talentend, but she also looks absolutely stunning in that gown!

I love how Cesario squirrels around the room like a calico Roomba!

@spacewolfcub

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂 Calico roomba 😂😂

@zombiedoggie2732

3 жыл бұрын

@Cara Marais Same! he looks to be a happy piggy!

@theanonmoon2905

3 жыл бұрын

Except instead of picking up dust and pet hair he distributes it :))

@roxannetoufexis4487

3 жыл бұрын

Photos of "Cesario" in costume make me softly chuckle. So cute! Beautiful gown Bernadette. You are lovely and so creative and a wonderful seamstress. Thank you for sharing.

@zombiedoggie2732

3 жыл бұрын

@@theanonmoon2905 and the poops. Guinea pigs are well known for the poops.

"um, excuse me, there have been some tiny feets walking upon mine silk" is my favorite part of this video

@patriciajrs46

2 жыл бұрын

Me; liking the guilty as charged. Ha!

@blankpage4456

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s so adorable.

@itz_moonwolf1480

2 жыл бұрын

5:06 (for the timestamp)

@katharper655

2 жыл бұрын

To my possibly eternal disgrace, I have just the past 4 days discovered Bernadette. When I realised how my Plague dumbed-down...make that Lockdown-numbed cortex could have been stimulated by the delicious combinations of History, seamstressing (I doubt that is an actual WORD) and Bernadette's stimulating narration/explanations, and musings, I indulged in a Primal Scream of epic proportions. I refuse to apologize to my neighbors, since I have numerous times been the unwilling witness to their obviously alcohol-fueled gaiety And now..for further adventures...

@ShalomDove

Жыл бұрын

What is that precious little creature? 👀💜

I’m currently listening to a multitude of these videos as I am sewing a corset by candle light as to minimize the lighting in my family’s house. I’m also sipping tea and starting to question my mental age. Regardless, considering how stressful this pandemic has been for me, I find this highly therapeutic and am thankful for such quality content to be available online.

@tanvikhare9710

2 жыл бұрын

What an aesthetic though

@SarahConLeche

2 жыл бұрын

Cinderella?

@nikkigriffin6441

2 жыл бұрын

Can you say you sew if you have never questioned you age?

@crumblemuffin1257

Жыл бұрын

@@nikkigriffin6441 fair enough

@dragonsaway9710

Жыл бұрын

Make sure to take care of your eyes! It sucks when they're gone or degraded

I like how his lordship is just free to roam about. Made the timelapse really cute.

My husband has supplied me with a Dad Joke that necessitates a share: How do you cut down a tree with a needle? . . . . . . . By using a felling stitch.

@ragnkja

3 жыл бұрын

😂🤦🏼‍♀️

@neenmach

3 жыл бұрын

FebbieVanceGarcia thanks for the chuckles!!

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980

3 жыл бұрын

☆ *GROAN* ☆🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️ That Dad joke is *SO* bad it's actually good.

@FebbieG

3 жыл бұрын

He just followed it up with: You know, the quickest way to sew something is with a running stitch.

@crocus8080

3 жыл бұрын

He's a keeper for sure!

Bernadette's here to really confuse fashion historians 200 years from now

@paulbundy9061

3 жыл бұрын

‘It appears to be a gown by the House of Worth from 1892, but it is labelled Banner? And there are these odd scalloped bodice inseams which have been pinked, and the bow on the shoulder carbon dates at least 150 years earlier than the rest of the gown, placing it at 1730, even though polyester threads have been used on the dust ruffle, which is a much looser weave, and the pockets are filled with ticket stubs for Broadway shows, and this Suffragette cockade dates from 2019, even though the ribbon itself is over two hundred years old, and-‘ . . Edit: Welp, looks like it’s from the 1980’s!

@brynnagrace-

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulbundy9061 this is great

@frankiemillcarek6976

3 жыл бұрын

Thankfully we now have video as primary evidence!

@AthenaeusGreenwood

3 жыл бұрын

Why am I now digging out my copy of "Motel of the Mysteries" (circa 1980ish) ? ...

@dancingkatz

3 жыл бұрын

@@AthenaeusGreenwood i received that book as a birthday present when I started getting interested in historical re-creation sewing. Its a hoot.

I love that she says she procrastinates yet finishes this beautiful gown. Me: Thirty years later wondering when I am going to finish my junior high home ec project.

wow, as a printmaker I never knew that tarlatan had such different use! we usually use it to clean the plate after inking but before printing, it helps to keep the ink in the grooves and remove the excess from the raised parts of the plate. It also allows the colours to mix on the plate when making gradients.

@nicolakunz231

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I always wondered what purpose tarlatan had in printing.

me: has no idea what Bernadette is talking about half the time since I know nothing about sewing and historical dress Also me: continues to watch her videos religiously

@sweetbaylaurelemporium4698

3 жыл бұрын

me as well,but. i now know what a felling stitch is .

@charmedprince

3 жыл бұрын

And as a self-taught designer, i delight in how similar our thought process is and how she hates velvet, lol. I do too!!

@erinwallace2594

3 жыл бұрын

lol same

@jadeuwu9860

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@katiewells9498

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. But l also find them very soothing and love seeing snippets of Bernadette's witty personality come shining through. Thank you 🙏💖

Hilarious that she uses words like “anon” and “whilst” in the same parlance as “smoosh”.

@ThinWhiteAxe

3 жыл бұрын

"So I noped out of the situation" - BB 2020

@skeletonsinscarves3965

3 жыл бұрын

Though my speech is as off as it is, my writing has become slightly more proper because of her which I am very thankful for because, yes

@cloeshmoroz4512

3 жыл бұрын

Can someone please explain to me the origin and meaning of "anon" ? I've watched a few of Miss Banner's videos and I've heard it a lot bit still don't know 😅

@cindyrosser2471

3 жыл бұрын

Anon is more typical of Shakespeare's time than Edwardian.

@Udontkno7

3 жыл бұрын

Cloesh Moroz Though it can also mean anonymous. Depending on context.

Your dress is so elegant and reminds me of John Singer Sargents painting 'Portrait of Madame X'. Bravo!!

@anitaleroy9442

3 жыл бұрын

The painting was a scandal. Anyways with a ballgown, ladies wore long over the elbows gloves. No bare arms.

@michellemathews2891

3 жыл бұрын

@@anitaleroy9442 Ahhhh, I understand!! In 1967 at my Senior Prom I wore long white gloves with my long, white fitted ball gown....very reminiscent of the gowns of this era.....no wonder I like them so much....thanks for the memories!!!

@angelamoore1898

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's exactly what I thought too. This project might have been extremely frustrating, but the end result is amazing.

@deehuckleberry3999

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't the bare arms. It originally had one strap hanging off the shoulder, making her look like she was "come hither"ing. Outcry was so violent that he had to go back and paint the strap properly sitting on her shoulder and repaint the upper arm.

@cattycorner8

2 жыл бұрын

@Michelle Matthews That is exactly what I thought as well.

I love how there is just a guinea pig running around while you cut out the pattern lol it’s so cute!

Bernadett mentioning how velvet doesn't like to behave: *war flashbacks to January, when I made a McGonagall cosplay from strechy velvet*

@sararum900

3 жыл бұрын

Are you okay friend?

@amastyn_1106

3 жыл бұрын

Oof

@roryearl1784

3 жыл бұрын

@@amastyn_1106 I love your ace ghost profile

@fazekaskaren2707

3 жыл бұрын

@@sararum900 the cosplay is finished, so yeah, I'm better now XD

@rosequill7925

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you do that to yourself?

The fact that you let Cesario just roam makes me weirdly happy! The whole idea of a guinea pig running around and making cute meeps as you work just adds a new, adorable layer to your videos

"We have the same stupid transatlantic accent" I'm from the south and I really thought she was talking like that on purpose. LOL Bernadette, I love your voice, and realizing it isn't put on makes it even better.

A way to keep velvet from shifting while sewing is to add small stitches every 1-2 inches before sewing the full seam. Velvet is definitely a trickier fabric to work with but there are many tricks people have learned over time to make it easier. To avoid getting so many loose fibers when cutting it you can cut it with a razor blade or scalpel from the backside while holding the fabric up. The easiest way to do this solo is to elevate the cut between two pieces of wood on a table so the fabric is not resting on the table where it is being cut.

Bernadette and the girls are gonna show up to the ball like the fairies from sleeping beauty

@kaitlynstaley8483

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the ones from Midsummer Night's Dream. Way more extra and underrated

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, and of course Princess Aurora Borealis

@dylantheartist3603

3 жыл бұрын

Evelyn Ingraham, it’s with Constance Mackenzie and Cathy Hay like she said in the video

@frost.bytten2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar you made me laugh way too hard.

@maxhasproblems4885

3 жыл бұрын

Kaitlyn Staley i can’t think of the fairies dressing like anything other than fake 60s flower children costumes but that’s just because the midsummer production i was in had all of our costumes and sets meant to resemble the 1960s so i have not a clue how extra they truly are

I love how His Lordship is running around freely on the floor without care in the world xx

@RoSario-vb8ge

3 жыл бұрын

Sooo sweet...

@Dashi90

3 жыл бұрын

As you do

@wildmntflower

3 жыл бұрын

And he's such a gentleman, no nibbling the fabric. I know some bunnies who haven't such restraint.

@alyssahlatshaw7795

3 жыл бұрын

wildmntflower ahhh yes, I have one such bunny 😂

@wildmntflower

3 жыл бұрын

@@alyssahlatshaw7795 I see you have a lop! They look adorable! I love all of the lop-eared bunnies!

Me a biology student that has no sense of fashion or history : oH yES dress goes fluff

@angelwhispers2060

2 жыл бұрын

Her voice is really therapeutic don't feel bad about it

I’m new here. I love “it was a sin to not put a pocket in the skirt” why can’t we understand that these days? I can’t get proper pockets in my jeans! Let alone my dress (I don’t like skirts but I do like dresses)

@angelwhispers2060

2 жыл бұрын

She literally has an entire rant video about it I think you should go watch it. If you have not already

How do you get a seamstress's attention? a hem! :P

@emoryrubyg9631

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@uoxanna945

3 жыл бұрын

made me smile :)

@procrastinator99

3 жыл бұрын

I, for one, am a fan of puns. :)

@erinwallace2594

3 жыл бұрын

**Slow claps erupting from houses all around the world** **Face palms from everywhere else**

@kaleighbell6797

3 жыл бұрын

I needed this today, thank you 😂🙏🏻

Re: saving long strands of thread. My sweet grandmother was born in the 1880s in Minnesota. Her mother told her that during sewing classes at school, she should deliberately cut off long pieces of thread and drop them on the floor, so the poor girls, who didn’t have thread, could use them. This was apparently 19th century liberalism. And it breaks my heart.

@lornas-w4661

3 жыл бұрын

feeling quite guilty on how much thread I've scrapped when this is such Good Greenery ! Definitely going to try adopting this.

This is beyond beauty. Her voice, techniques, delicate hands, mind, time , everything... has me mesmerized.

@Blackoreanfemale

3 жыл бұрын

This is sooo breath taking on her

Yes, I am watching this video one year after posting in the midst of the delta variant surge of “said plague”. Sewing is well beyond the outer boundaries of my crude crafting abilities. However, between the chuckles and giggles I get with Bernadette’s narrative and the educational experience of Victorian fashion, these videos are a source of pure joy. Thank you so much Bernadette.

@angelwhispers2060

2 жыл бұрын

Her voice is literal ASMR and it's serotonin therapy in these times of uncertainty. 💛

Petition for us to buy Bernadette a custom dress form! I would honestly contribute in a heartbeat to make her draping life easier.

@elizabethoconnor1493

3 жыл бұрын

@BernadetteBanner If she would set up a GoFundMe, I'd contribute! She's needed one for a long time

@polsarax

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, she sews almost entirely for herself, but on a silly symmetrical form for silly symmetrical people. Would help get custom dress form 💯%

@lisadianeetheredge5215

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I’m in for contributions to a custom dress form! I may have resorted to putting things I can’t figure out on myself onto my husband and teddy bear in the absence of an accurate dress form 🤣

@MiljaHahto

3 жыл бұрын

A home-made dress form isn't expensive, it just needs 1 or preferably 2 persons for help. I made one some 15 years ago on a course, and the result is basicly a replica of my body at the time. Edit. On the course we made papertape dress forms, mostly with materials already existing 100 years ago (except for the very stretchy knit for outer layer, which certainly had some elasthane in it).

@marthabenner6528

2 жыл бұрын

With talent like hers, she could do what I'm doing and using her keystone guide to draft herself a bodysuit, sew it in muslin with twill tape around the chest waist and hips (so it doesn't expand when stuffed). Stiffen it with buckram and cording. Keep the front and back from moving too far apart with big upholstery stitches. And then stuff the whole thing. And then make a lovely case for it with pretty patterned velvet or flannel or herringbone fabric (those three things heal rather well from pins being stuck in them. As lacemakers recommend.)

The gown is heartstopping. I'm really astounded by the dedication it took to finish the entire project. (Am I the only one who holds her breath while watching silk and velvet get cut?)

@susanapplegate9758

3 жыл бұрын

Not the only one...I'm not sure I'm breathing yet... ;)

@gabriellerussell8484

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t usually hold my breath watching (unless I know the person cutting it is nervous), but I might hold my breath if having to cut said materials myself.

@mirjanbouma

3 жыл бұрын

I tend to get winded when cutting my fabrics... Because of holding my breath 😅 But yeah, totally.

@lilibetp

3 жыл бұрын

No, I'm forcing myself to breathe.

@Azrielle21

3 жыл бұрын

This! Such anxiety by proxy.

I just.. i just.. how can Victorian, people who thought lead was safe and emotions ment that you were ill, CAN HAVE POCKETS AND VALUES POCKETS IN THEIR OUTFITS BUT WE IN 2021 CANT HAVE REAL POCKETS. Madness.

@benedictdwyer2608

2 жыл бұрын

Blasphemy!

@margarettaft7362

2 жыл бұрын

No pockets means the manufacturers save 10 inches of cloth and maybe 15 minutes of labor in cutting pressing and sewing the pocket into the seam of the skirt or pants or front of the shirt

@TessaOswin

2 жыл бұрын

Pockets have a obvious use and lead poisoning comparatively is difficult to see with the many other variable affecting health in the day.

@vivianhobbs4908

Жыл бұрын

Iam watching this new series on Netflix called the bridgetons that team of seamstress that designed those Victorian Period Pieces gave those clothes a modern twist the female and some of the male actors outfits are absolutely stunningly amazing .

@ezrarichardson279

Жыл бұрын

@@margarettaft7362 But they do it for the men’s stuff though. Even for products that are virtually the same. I’m not sure your reason is the only one

"Ah, yes, yes of course... Oooh definitely a good choice there...ugh VELVET girl I feel you on that one... Solid technique with that backstitch..." -thinks me, who, knows literally JON SNOW levels of nothing about sewing. 🤣

Not sure how historically accurate this would be, but what does everyone think about the idea of Bernadette doing a project with pants?

@bernadettebanner

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, I *have* always wanted to attempt a Regency dandy look... 😏

@plebianne

3 жыл бұрын

@@bernadettebanner Do itttt!~ My excitement is overflowing

@ragnkja

3 жыл бұрын

Bernadette Banner If you want it, then go for it!

@oldtimesong

3 жыл бұрын

@@bernadettebanner Give us the fantasy!!!

@marthahawkinson-michau9611

3 жыл бұрын

An Amelia Bloomer outfit could be an interesting proto-feminist look?

KZread recommendations: Wanna watch someone make an old style of dress? Me, in the middle of watching Markiplier play Minecraft: ...absolutely

@NWolfsson

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, I've been joking with my TTRPG pals about how my Victorian-styled, spring-steel boned corseted waistcoat is basically a real-life +2 at AC. ... That's not completely false, to be fair x)

@briefisbest

3 жыл бұрын

This was my exact order of watching videos today. And now I'll either go to wholesome cooking or creepy internet mysteries. What strange lands we inhabit here.

@LadyJaggerX3

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, there's the intersection.

@iwuvsmybeanie

3 жыл бұрын

Variety is the spice of life :)

@adelinekropf7229

3 жыл бұрын

I was watching Minecraft too

After watching Morgan Donner's video of her making a custom dress form of herself and then watching how much you struggled with draping in this video I would love to see a collaboration video of Morgan helping you to make a custom dress form of yourself. You know, if the plague ever ends.

Cesario’s Frodo-esque appearances are just the icing on the cake for this video

I love Bernadette's amalgamation of ye olde English and internet slang.

@marielleaballe9228

3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful marriage lol

@colemitchell2766

3 жыл бұрын

I also love this, so hilariously whimsical 😍

“It’s a sin not to have pockets in victorian time” like what happened in modern times?! I feel like I found such a treasure if my pants have FUNCTIONAL pockets!

@SUZE.

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to know others go through the same pain of finding FUNCTIONING pockets 😅

@NWolfsson

3 жыл бұрын

I find that nowadays, no-pockets clothes are weird. (I'm a man) But fake pockets is a sin. And fake pockets on a hoodie (Yes. That exists.) is a capital sin worth eternity in a circle of hell where every storage is just too small for whatever you are holding.

@ParadoxicalIntention

3 жыл бұрын

Simple. In modern times, capitalists decided the best way to sell more accessories and get people to spend more money on fashion was to remove the pockets from ladies clothing. Because if they take away your pockets, you'll need something to hold your stuff in, so they sell you a purse. And if they sell you a purse, you'll need a matching belt and shoes. And then matching jewelry, and then before you know it, you've spent more money on pretty much a whole other outfit or at least a set of accessories when all you wanted was a decent pair of pants. It's some real "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" logic going on.

@LottamaBunMom

3 жыл бұрын

@@ParadoxicalIntention It also means sewing the seam by a lower income earner is faster and easier. I comes down to $$$.

@bonniebelair8470

3 жыл бұрын

I blame the 1920s

I have a couple of questions. 1) Are you going to wear long gloves with this at the 1890's ball? 2) Are you going to do a video about the 1890's ball? Since watching your videos on this project, I am really excited for you.

'if indeed the world is a thing again by next may' May 4th in Europe says: no, the world is very much not a thing yet

I recall my Nan used tissue paper between the velvet while stitching. It was my job to tear out the velvet from the seams. She said it stopped the velvet from 'walking' while she sewed it

@lenore_nvrmore3317

3 жыл бұрын

That isssssss clever! Seems i have heard this from older sewing folk as well. This brings the info back into the forebrain, though. Thanks for this.

@Hair8Metal8Karen

3 жыл бұрын

I did that when I was working with chiffon (the only fabric I hate more than velvet)

@kohakuaiko

3 жыл бұрын

I've been known to use über-cheap notebook paper for wiggly fabrics.

@officert5147

3 жыл бұрын

:0 good tips!

@MsLeTell

3 жыл бұрын

nice way to use all this TP... finally

I say we all start making ballgowns, and just wearing them at home and to the grocery store. We have to keep our morale up somehow. 😊

@rhet_draws1914

3 жыл бұрын

Me reading this in my pyjamas: 👁👄👁

@tennysoneffie6943

3 жыл бұрын

I have taken to dressing up, put on my make up, hair groomed all to do the grocery shopping....

@gregmunro1137

3 жыл бұрын

My dog would look lovely wearing a worth gown

@mackereltabbie

3 жыл бұрын

wear hoop skirts to the grocery store, for social distancing

@enolp

3 жыл бұрын

My mom judges me for wearing men’s pans so maybe I should just wear ball gowns all the time lol

I think this is the first Bernadette-video I ever watched months ago. A while after I started learning how to sew. Now I'm watching this again and I understand SO much more. I love it.

@akashanumberfive199

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Have you considered creating a custom dress form that matches you? My daughter suggested you get photos of yourself so you could have it 3D printed.

I'm living for Cesario avidly pacing around the room while Bernadette is drawing out her pattern XD

@xRavenQueenx

3 жыл бұрын

Same. It looked like he was instructing her on what to do lol

@cxarli

3 жыл бұрын

And did you notice those adorable little portaits? Was that Cesario’s family?

Bernadette: It is a sin not to put a pocket in your skirt Me: *looks down at the ball gown skirt I’m currently sewing and didn’t put pockets in* Oops

@dorothyyoung8231

3 жыл бұрын

B. Shive Mmmm, well, some women don’t need or want pockets in their skirts. That’s the best thing about making your own clothes - you get to make just as YOU like! 👍

@ErynnSchwellinger

3 жыл бұрын

Is there still time?

@rachelboersma-plug9482

3 жыл бұрын

@@dorothyyoung8231 Agree. I don't like pockets - it usually spoils the line of the garment if you actually put anything in them, and the contents bump against your leg.

@mariem.c.9193

3 жыл бұрын

@@rachelboersma-plug9482 Pockets!?!? Of course I must have pockets!!!!! I MUST have pockets! MUST, MUST MUST!

@paperheartzz

3 жыл бұрын

tbh, my immediate thought was “At least I’ll look amazing in hell” 👻

I love the way Cessario piggy feets across the floor, you just want to cuddle him.

As someone who got a D in my ninth grade sewing class, I definitely admire your seamstress/tailor/dressmaker skills. If there's such a thing as a Golden Needle Award, you definitely deserve one.

In middle school "Home Economics" class, we built custom dress forms by first wrapping ourselves in old newspaper, then duct taping it to ourselves to make the shape. You then cut yourself out and tape up the edges so it's whole again. Then you just stuff it with more old newspaper, seal the top and bottom with more duct tape and voilà! Custom dress form. I didn't realize at the time what an awesome idea that was.

@digifreak90

3 жыл бұрын

Alternatively, instead of newspaper, you can use an over-sized shirt that's either old/hand-me-down/secondhand or just a cheap shirt bought from a craft store.

@madelinegreene8031

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I've done this! Only downside is how sticky the duct tape makes your pins...

@erinb4237

3 жыл бұрын

@@madelinegreene8031 I bet you could cover it with a layer of cotton to pin to instead of the duct tape......

@digifreak90

3 жыл бұрын

@THE PEAR LORD Basic sewing is also covered in Home Economics as it's a good skill to have if you're a stay at home parent.

@thechattycavy1551

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly my Junior High doesn’t have a home economics class, so I’m taking this into my own hands, I now have a sewing machine and am learning to sew!! But needless to say thank you for this recommendation, because I am a really strange size, that manages to be in between youth XL, women’s XS, and women’s S all at the same time!

I love that Cesario has his own theme music and his own segment on most videos. ALL HAIL LORD PIGGY FEET!

@barbara4410

3 жыл бұрын

Cesario for president!

@somethingsomething5067

3 жыл бұрын

Cesario is already our lord, he cannot be president as well, that is absurd! But I like your way of thinking.

@barbara4410

3 жыл бұрын

@@somethingsomething5067 You are right! Hail to his lordship!But his IQ is surely higher than that of certain world leaders.

Watching the little Guinea pig skitter back and forth has literally made my week, just the cherry on the cake of the excellent dress is getting to see a cute little squeaker trotting around

I now know what zen is. Watching hand stitching in progress, also cutting of the fabric. My beautiful Mother made a red velvet ermine collared cape to go over a red ball gown. This gorgeous creation was worn to an Officers Ball in Paris, France in the early 50's. To say the least, she looked haute! Keep doing the things that you do, don't ever stop. BTW...when Mother cut and sewed the red velvet of course there was red dust. I would run my finger over the table and gather the dust and go outside and watch it fly in the air. Loved it. Oh, my gosh! The thunder and rain accompanied by the music!! The way you wear this masterpiece is stunningly beautiful. You will be the ONE. This is the second comment I have posted about this video as I have watched it for a second time. There were things I missed from the first viewing. I really am going to shut up now. That Texas Gal !!!

One of my employers used to say that black velvet catches everything but a man.

@charleneclose3606

3 жыл бұрын

and money ;)

"stupid transatlantic accent" it's not stupid, it's reminiscent of old Hollywood in a way!

@ThinWhiteAxe

3 жыл бұрын

Her accent is beautiful and unique. Half the reason I subbed tbh. 😘

@chuckcartwright1328

3 жыл бұрын

What? Stupid? I grew up on both sides of the Atlantic, and heard this accent all my life (I’m 69, now). I still encounter it now, in Arizona. There were a few people who were obviously phony, but , feh! It is an entirely natural consequence of constant communication between the hemispheres. I’ll bet that there are some transpacific accents developing, too.

@katlawliss9496

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly never noticed her accent... until I realized that I speak the same way.

@ivanimates1353

3 жыл бұрын

The transatlantic accent was created by a guy named Edith Warman Skinner to create the "perfect" English accent and wanted everyone to speak the "correct" English. And so, many actors were taught to speak the "correct" English which is why most actors of old-timey Hollywood movies talk with that accent. The more you know...

@FabulousFrostine

3 жыл бұрын

@@ivanimates1353 That is fascinating

I don't even know how many times I've seen your videos to stay sane in the midst of the plague's craziness....so, thank you Bernadette, you don't know the positive impact you've had on so many of us....

You deserve a medal for all this work. Also, your "supervisor" made me laugh.

Bernadette: "We've been spending a lot of time in the 1890s. I think it's time we explore some other territory" Me : *grabbing my medieval stuff* pretty pretty please ?

@ap0calypse5

3 жыл бұрын

That was also my immediate thought!

@gaylecunningham3614

3 жыл бұрын

How about....hmmmm.....northern renaissance? Or...oh, all right, High Medieval period in Florence? The mind boggles! :)

@lackbruna

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a burgundian gown!

@gin.3015

3 жыл бұрын

@@lackbruna she actually talked (one year or so ago) of recreating what Hogwarts uniform would have looked like when the school was created :) of course I'd love to see a Burgundian gown as I'm planning on making one as well but I don't think that's what's coming next haha

@lackbruna

3 жыл бұрын

@@gin.3015 wow, i totally missed the mention of Hogwarts' uniform project and it sounds super cool. If that's her next plan I am very much looking foward to that then! But also lets hope for the Burgundian gown any time and keep mentioning it haha xx

Victorian women's clothing: How could we put pockets in shoes? Modern women's clothing: Buy a sweater and pray it's a males' one if you want a darn pocket.

@colemitchell2766

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@MiljaHahto

3 жыл бұрын

I think they did not have pockets in shirts in Victorian times either, it was a skirt thing.

@sgdemeo

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@NWolfsson

3 жыл бұрын

@Patti Morris Meanwhile, ancient China nobility had the store room equivalent to a cupboard in their sleeves... Truly, a modern day problem

@tdsims1963

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! So frustrating!

This may be weird, but this video has become a comfort source for me. The audio isn't too loud and the piano background is just *chef's kiss* calming. I play this almost every time I'm going to sleep, it just lulls me into a calm oblivion and I always wake up more rested.

My mom used to make all mine and my sister's halloween costumes. I remember her loving most of it but once she was doing something with velvet and I remember seeing her just cry in frustration because the fabric is imposible to work with. I really hope you had a better experience with it.

I’m not even into making clothes or fashion or anything Victorian, yet I enjoy it here

@marybull3715

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, but one can learn so much about sewing in general from Bernadette's videos.

@victorianidetch

3 жыл бұрын

@@marybull3715 I have no idea what she is talking about but I find her calming and am learning.

@jessipeculiar

3 жыл бұрын

I cant even sew back a button yet here I am

@jessipeculiar

3 жыл бұрын

I cant even sew back a button yet here I am

@micheleaurelio2120

3 жыл бұрын

Isumi Noru I started here with the same thing, not into making clothes or anything...I now own a sewing machine and have some new skills. 🤔

Every time she mentioned Bertha Banner I thought she was talking about herself in the third person, like her alter ego.

@mgolivier27

3 жыл бұрын

Like Bruce Banner! 😂

@colemitchell2766

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

New Yorkers: *complains about humidity*😐😑 South Floridians: "That's cute!" 😘

@SarahJoErbil

3 жыл бұрын

Nevadans: “What’s humidity?”

@benedictdwyer2608

2 жыл бұрын

Missourians: first time, eh?

@marthabenner6528

2 жыл бұрын

Virginia is literally in the rainforest zone 90° and 90 humidity is not uncommon. Yesterday wasn't so bad it was only 86° and 83 humidity.

This is so wonderfully relatable, from the "how do I figure this out on the fly" to the procrastination over the hard bits. While I don't have your skill level (especially with the hand-sewing - mine looks like it was done by an angry simian), the overall project trajectory had me flashing back to projects of my own.

For any future velvet-pressing endeavors: Dressmaking, Up To Date (Butterick, 1905) gives the following method: "If no assistant is at hand, lay the iron on its side and use both hands to draw the seam across the edge of the iron."

@isabelperry4097

3 жыл бұрын

Clearly I need to get my hands (or at least eyes) on a copy, because that is the most helpful velvet tip I've heard in literally ever. Thank you for sharing it!

@heatherannekennedy9368

3 жыл бұрын

Yes - before purchasing a needleboard for pressing velvet, that was my go-to for properly pressed seams and facings.

@lisahogholt9713

3 жыл бұрын

I have never sewn a garment in my life, nor have I ever used velvet in any of my little sewing projects, but thanks to my copious consumption of Bernadette's content, I read your comment and thought 'Ah yes, this is such a sensible tip, velvet is a pain, I'll definitely keep this in mind' So thank you, I don't know when I'll use this suggestion, but it's much appreciated

@aimeelea5441

3 жыл бұрын

BLOODY BRILLIANT

@dulsineeas

3 жыл бұрын

Or use a pin board

"...but, you know, _plague_." Yep, I'm Upstate, Bernadette. I do know. Wish the rest of the country had been watching NY more closely. Knew this gown was going to be gorgeous, and wasn't disappointed. ADORE how you put your roses on. And pockets!

@mgansworth78

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm in Western NY and I remember when everything 1st hit and our state was the worst. It was so terrifying. We sanitzed everything when we went out and wore masks every single outing -and we all still do ! WHY didn't the rest of the country follow our lead ?! Oh I wish they had we might be in completely different circumstances now. Ugh frustrating! The science is literally all over the internet. 😫

@Shadoweyes07

3 жыл бұрын

Melissa Faye I don’t live in New York but New Jersey and I still remember how scary things were (still are). I wish the same thing too sadly 🙁

@cocokai9661

3 жыл бұрын

35,000 dead? Not exactly a success story. Sending sick elderly back to nursing homes where the most vulnerable were? Not exactly something I'd want my state to do.

@smartin8247

3 жыл бұрын

@@cocokai9661 Well somebody had to make the mistakes and learn from them and gather knowledge about corona virus and develop the correct treatments (no ventilators if at all possible) so that your state will (maybe) have a better time of it. And New Yorkers did not and are still not doing the stupid things that are being done in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other such places - like Covid parties, not wearing masks and protesting about not having haircuts armed with semi-automatic weapons! Do you live in one of those states?

@christineherrmann205

3 жыл бұрын

@@smartin8247 I didn't want to start this fight in the comment section. Just to note that I know what it's like to lose parties to plague. And that I wish the rest of the country would have paused two weeks so that we could all be back to our 1890s balls - or, er, whatever - as soon as possible.

I got through this entire playlist before I resigned myself to it being a "Watch Bernadette sew" kinda evening, thanks Bernadette for being a wonderful companion

I don't understand any of this, but whil I watch her videos I'm like Grammar and vocabulary updating....

the dress is giving me 'im off to murder my husband and frame my maid' realness and im loving it

@anadacosta4043

3 жыл бұрын

More like frame it as a suicide so I can live happily ever after with my maid ;)

@rebeccawhittington8979

3 жыл бұрын

@hunnybun, @Ana da Costa: I love both of these ideas would totally read book base of these ideas :)

@viscera8442

3 жыл бұрын

@@anadacosta4043 i like your thinking ;)

@viscera8442

3 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccawhittington8979 haha ty

"you know, plagues" why do I find this so funny.

@bankrobber6993

3 жыл бұрын

yes omg I was looking for this comment XD

@tdsims1963

3 жыл бұрын

You're not the only one. It's funny because Bernadette has a whimsically wonderful sense of humour.

@bankrobber6993

3 жыл бұрын

@@tdsims1963 yes indeed :D

@bernadettebockis4120

3 жыл бұрын

Still laughing..... Still laughing.

@verawillis9263

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work!

I saw the final product. I have to say, this dress fits you to a t. It is beautiful and beautifully made. It looks lovely on you. I hope you get to have the 1890's ball to show it off. 😁👍

I have no idea what's going on, but i enjoy hearing her talk about things she enjoys.

I was a bit taken aback at you speaking of your transatlantic accent in a negative light. Don't do that, its charming and utterly beautiful, it gives your voice a sophisticated polish sorely lacking in modern presenters. Im a huge fan of classic cinema and transatlantic accents were everything! Also, hearing you throw shade with that accent is a delight and a half! So posh, yet so savage!

@emmyfischer307

3 жыл бұрын

As a historian and huge cinemaphile her accent does not sound like a Transatlantic accent but more of an American equivalent of Received Pronunciation in the U.K. Meaning a generic, well-annunciated American Accent. Katharine Hepburn had probably the most famous example of a Transatlantic Accent being one of only a handful who grew up with the accent rather than being trained to speak it as it wasn’t a natural accent. But perhaps I am wrong-if so please enlighten me:) Either way it is a lovely accent!

@hithere4027

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! It's a lovely accent. I hate my southern drawl, but her accent makes her sound so calm and calculated.

@Alice-gr1kb

3 жыл бұрын

Emmy Fischer yeah hers sounds allot more like general American to me, but slightly different. Is really interesting

@celestiastra13

3 жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@HB-no4mu

3 жыл бұрын

For real. I would pay for her to just read random things to help me fall asleep. I never feel more relaxed than when I'm listening to her and Crafsman.

This is proof against people who say the Victorian times are “old”. I mean if I didn’t know better, I’d think this is a modern dress.

@MaysBreakdown

3 жыл бұрын

You can tell it isn't modern because of how they include pockets.

@gothgirlgraveyard3539

3 жыл бұрын

Megan Wilder well yes but by looking at it, you’d think she bought from a high end store

@alaah4183

3 жыл бұрын

Old doesn’t mean ugly!

@Alice-mb3xf

3 жыл бұрын

It’s more elegant then modern garments. Now all we care about is not modesty and elegance, but sexyness and how good it looks in photos

@gothgirlgraveyard3539

3 жыл бұрын

Lea Anderson yes but it seems like an evening dress we still would wear

Wow. This was SUCH a pleasure to watch. I've sewn for 40 years and have worked in film and fashion almost as long... and I learned at LEAST three things here. That's actually crazy. When I have my Chateau I will invite you for summers to stitch frocks for garden parties 🌷🦋

as a child i must have read about or been instructed in victorian dressmaking methods. time and time again, what you do is familiar and i am unaware it is a method from so far back. an example is the pocket, right down to the way you reinforced it with that strip to bare the weight of pocket contents.

When you buy some velvet, and now you're dreading using it. But seriously Bernadette, the dress is so beautiful!

@bernadettebanner

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it!! It can be done, it just requires a lot more babysitting than other fabrics. 😅

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980

3 жыл бұрын

@@bernadettebanner Just curious but have you ever considered steaming your velvet rather than ironing it? It would help you remove the wrinkles & prevent the fabric flattening out. A good hand held garment steamer will set you back a bit. But for fabrics like silk & velvet (which I note you work with quite alot) it may just be the answer. My late Grandmother made liturgical vestments for the local clergy & wedding dresses. & she said she found steaming velvet & silk worked much better. & it was easier (especially for a 95 year old lady) than fiddling with a heavy cumbersome iron. & she didn't have to worry about crushing the fabrics.

@LaDivinaLover

3 жыл бұрын

Alatheia Pine from my experience velveteen is just as hard to work with as it still has a, albeit shorter, pile.

@mgansworth78

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't it gorgeous ?! 🌹🖤

“Access to such novelties such as other humans are not exactly an option.” That line broke me lmaoooo

This video is not only informative and interesting, it's also lucky for me, because somehow, when I tried to thread my needle to sew back some buttons on my sweater (while watching this); it happened pretty much instantly, which is a sharp contrast to my week long struggles to do the same. Thank you, Miss Banner! Hope you have a lovely day!

You have rare qualities in spades. Something people need _SOOOOOOOO_ much more of on the world these days. Persistence and risk-taking. I adore the work you do.

"stupid transatlantic accent" Hey, that's 2/5 of why I'm here. (Another 2/5 are for potentially hearing "anon" and "heccin" in the same sentence and the last 1/5 is the sewing.)

@spacewolfcub

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, but this does not account for the floof!

@user-mo4nz8gk4z

3 жыл бұрын

spacewolfcub I fell asleep way to many times trying to watch this

@impishDullahan

3 жыл бұрын

@@spacewolfcub You're so totally right! How could I forget? Granted, the floof was unbeknownst to me when I first subscribed but throw in an extra 3 parts for his Lordship.

@jamesk370

3 жыл бұрын

There is a quality to her voice that I find enchanting.

@wolfie1703

3 жыл бұрын

im looking for seeing 👁👄👁

i love how His Lordship has accumulated a cult. we all adore him.

@Chronicaly.Online

3 жыл бұрын

That's quite the nice pfp u have 👀

@lynn_hathaway15

3 жыл бұрын

He's so stinkin cute. And so smool

I haven’t sewn anything since 1970 but had to watch entire video

This gown is incredible. The work you put into it may not be visible to the naked eye, but the love and dedication to your craft shines!!

“So the audio is garbage and I don’t apologize.” Bernadette GO OFF

@thevirtualtraveler

3 жыл бұрын

I giggled when she said that.

@Charlotte-cf3ro

3 жыл бұрын

I believe you mean GO FORTH

The beauty of your completed gown is like a siren call sneakily trying to convince me to attempt making something pretty with velvet. I love how you show us how you decide and puzzle out how to make your gown work for you. The back lighting of the windows and the plush black velvet cascading around you was mesmerizing. Woohoo for ingenuity, Victorian books, trial and error, guinea pig cuteness and pillows of which to drape upon.

I just watched the flowers being made before this and I'm like, 😍 this dress is gorgeous! You are so beautiful in it! 👍👌