Way back in 1979, when this pattern was fresh and new, I fell in love with and purchased it. I made the dress out of a matt yellow rose-printed satin, and it was stunning. The heavier-bodied fabric makes all the difference in how the dress turns out, especially in the skirt volume. Now that you have the pattern sized for you, it may be worth giving it another go.

Dimity is too lightweight for the volume of skirt panels. But don't give up on the pattern. You did a fantastic job and it is very flattering on you. Make it again with a slightly heavier fabric and then you can swish to your hearts content. Hope you had a lovely birthday

@lucie4185

2 жыл бұрын

I would just line ths digits adding weight and avoiding those clinging to legs issues.

@tejaswoman

10 ай бұрын

The part I don't get is why we are dyeing fabric when there's already black fabric out there, with or without the flowers. One of my favorite dresses in this period, quite possibly from the Gunne Sax line or something similar, used the sweetest black fabric with a dainty floral print and I literally wore that thing out.

Laughing so hard at the “stream of consciousness” script because this, in fact, is how Stephanie usually speaks when she’s talking her ideas out loud…

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

the above statement tell no lies....

@lynn858

2 жыл бұрын

Stephanie, you’re not alone. The narration, the mistakes, I’m just glad I’m not also trying to take video while dealing with everything else.

@RebeccaTreeseed

7 ай бұрын

Stephanie makes me laugh and now I'm not the only one with a freaking seam ripper!

@brendaferguson6064

5 ай бұрын

😂 I love her💕💕

I actually made this dress in 1981 (actually made 3) for bridesmaid dresses for my brother’s wedding. They turned out pretty well. I had a very small bust and waist back in those days, before 4 children. I still have the pattern!

The grey with flowers gives a Persephone vibe that is somehow so much cooler than I thought it would be.

Lmao that you also used music that Rachel often uses. It was worth your trouble to trim the collar. It needed it aesthetically. And Candy and the skirt lights was magic. Totally get why you wanted to use the fabric you did. It’s lovely!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, the upbeat music is from Epidemic Sound (home of the royalty free music) and I love the driving beat to it. And yeah, the trim looks really cool once it is on, but it is THICC!

The cut of the bodice looks very flattering on you in my opinion. In a heavier fabric it would be perfect !

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I do enjoy it and yes, I think heavier fabric would be great!

This pattern was used to make my performance dress for my senior year of HS. My granddaughter wishes I still had that dress.

I remember making that dress in 1980 while in high school. It's a great pattern. I made the full length version using pale blue and white gingham check with white details. I remember fitting it to a padded strapless bra, hahaha, because at 15 I was flat as a pancake. I wore a gored taffeta half slip with it, like a flared petticoat without the ruffles.

@user-xd2ml8dn9h

Ай бұрын

Sounds gorgeous

When you said disaster struck I was reminded that my sewing machine DIED on the final and fancy stitched hem of my last project. I’m glad that wasn’t your problem too! That was not fun

The Rachel Maksy music at the 3:00 mark was a nice touch. That fabric was hideous. You saved it, IMHO. The final dress was awesome.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you! Epidemic Sound for the WIN! I am so glad you enjoyed my take on the dimity.

OMG, this was the exact pattern my Mom used for my prom dress in 1979!! This made my day!

When i was a girl i wore lots of gunnesack dresses. I loved feeling like i could be a vintage princess

Beautiful. The fabric turned out spooky-pretty with the gray color and kind of "ghost flowers" showing through.

My mom made this dress for me in 1982 for my prom. It was green voile (lined) and I loved it!!!

Just wonderful. The Closet Historian and Diane Deziel show how to alter patterns but we would lose the entertainment... Loved this one. Birdy

Oh Kay. I'm almost at minute four. And I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Best use of the dance of madness... possibly ever. Like, you know, fer real. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

@stevezytveld6585

2 жыл бұрын

The dress is lovely. Throw in a lining and wear it to the grocery store. And bust adjustments bring up All the feels. I don't know why. I think it's just one of those things.

@Seamstressed

2 жыл бұрын

Boo!

@stevezytveld6585

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seamstressed EEK!

You did a great job sizing this up! The dress looks great on you!! LOVING the lights!!! Amazing! Everybody needs time off sometimes!! Take a week and rejuvenate yourself!! 🥰 we will still be here when ya get back!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Yeah, I am gonna take a day and decide what to do.

oh my god you totally maksy'd that video down to the music , YOU ROCK

I think the trim is very effective. Yes, please make more tutorials on sizing up and FBA. You are a joy to watch. Even though I'm watching this a long time after it was made I would like to ask for a sway back adjustment. Like you don't have anything else to do! Thank you.

You have literally become one of my favorite KZreadrs for plus size vintage sewing, you are hilarious and I love your videos!!!

I really like the dress on you. I hope you try it again with more appropriate fabric and adjusted for the undergarments you want to wear. I enjoyed watching you swish the skirt, and the jewelry you chose is gorgeous with it.

I have had a Gunne Sax pattern for about 10 years waiting for me to size it up. I have gone up a few more sizes since I got it. It's the same pattern that "aperfecttouch" is using. I was in high school when the Gunne Sax line came out I loved them. I bought a ready made one. but I didn't wear it anywhere until the 80's for my wedding.

@goldengryphon

10 күн бұрын

I had two Gunne Sax dresses and loved the line. The purple taffeta Gunne Sax "Western showgirl " knee-length dress was worn to every high school dance I thought I could get away with! Loved that one. The other was a full-length ivory lace-covered confection that I wore to my prom. I have no idea what happened to them, but I hope they are well-loved wherever they are. Great dresses!

The kady i babysat for made this dress for my "JR attendant" formal at graduation in 1980. It was baby blue satan w/ white trim. Its the prettiest garmet I've ever owned.

I know this is rather old at this point but and I have no idea how I came across it but as soon as I saw the pattern I knew I had to reach out. This is the same dress pattern that my mom used to make my Junior Prom dress in 1980! We even made it in pink like the pattern envelope show. I bet she even still has the pattern around her house somewhere. Hilarious to find it in use now

I love how the dress came out - especially as a sewer with similar issues in sizing/sewing errors, etc - it really spoke to my personal experiences. I think this dress would be so nice if used with a sheer black under-dress - perhaps in a voile, with long poofy sleeves and skirt, worn beneath the lights - which are genius, by the way. It would be even more "witchy" and romantic.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that is a great idea! Maybe I could do that if I take the dress to somewhere that isn't 80 degree and humid basically year round. 😂

Fantastic job 👏👏 yes please more sizing up videos and if you can make them more detailed ( step by step sizing up the patterns) would be highly appropriate it especially that we have the same measurements so my sewing adventures would be way easier!! 😉😉😂🙏💙

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I am happy to be more detailed in the future, but this was the first time I had ever done that FBA shenanigans. However, I like the fit so much better I may be doing many more and will be more detailed for all!

@RebeccaTreeseed

7 ай бұрын

I would love more sizing up, bust 46 here, but my hip is 44. I size up boobs or size down hips.

I’m so used to seeing more recent vids, that seeing u with blown out straight hair was a definite double take! I like it….

Just at the part where Stephanie is dipping the fabric into the black dye, youtube gifted me with a dawn commercial where they are washing oil off of baby birds. I bout died 🤣.

@annapierce2604

Жыл бұрын

I really like the bodice part of this dress! The contrast trim really makes the neckline detail pop.

Always excited to see a new video. Dyeing fabric can be a pain, I once tried to dye a skirt black and it turned 3 shades of purple. Your dress turned out adorable.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Liz! Yes, dyeing was NOT my favorite activity FOR SURE (stares at bathroom that is still a touch black due to dye).

I love the cynical transitions, the good enough version of the trendy techniques 😂😂 it felt so real

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That is how I roll, like I sew, but I am also the embodiment of sarcasm. I am glad you enjoyed it!

I’m excited to say that I wore many of many Gunne Sax dresses n formals! It was my absolute favorite line!!! Maybe I should try sewing one for fun!!! 💜

Oh, i LOVE the dress. It looks both goth-y and summer-y and the skirts are excellent. Thanks for sharing this with us! Edit: I hope if you make this pattern again in the future, that you like the dress better the next time!

I think this is super flattering on you -- taking the time to do a proper FBA makes all the difference ( As a small- waisted busty person I have to do this on everything I wear if I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a sack.🤪). Love the trim on the collar, too!

I need to learn how to make a full belly adjustment :P it's always fun to try ot scale patterns to yourself when you're a brick with boobs. You made me laugh more today than I have all week, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sometimes shoves stuff in the Bad Clothing Corner to contemplate what it's done while I go do something else so I have something to show for a day's work, fitting is so dang difficult! It took me a lot of photos and a Zoom meeting with a friend who knows about fitting but I now have a princess seamed bodice block, I am unstoppable! (well, until I try to do one of those curved seams on a machine, then there's a whole lot of language we don't use in front of Grandma..l I'm just gonna stick to my endless hours of handsewing, thanks)

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I know that feeling! My measurement pre-pandemic and current are quite different. I am still learning how to deal with it. 😂

@goldengryphon

10 күн бұрын

I'm in a spot where I'm trying to relearn everything I had managed to figure out over sewing for 20 years. I'm trying to psyche myself up by repeating "Now I can learn how to do it *right*." Except that's not how things seem to be going. I love the Bad Clothing Corner, so Bad Projects can go and think about what they've done while I do something more satisfying to recover. I'll get back to them, but first I need to regain a Good Self Image and have some tea.

“La Fortuna” is a nice touch.

Absolutely all of your commentary makes me want to be your friend. From the FBA to "whatever-ing" the back to your existential crisis and morning coffee, I relate. Exquisite work. 10/10.

Thank you for taking so much time to show us the finished product! Its my favorite part of these videos, and so often you get just a quick shot or two of the finished garment. So thank you!

Totally understand that this isn't your style, but it's SO PRETTY ON YOU! That trim might have been frustrating but I am LOVING IT! The trim sets the whole dress off and I love the color! Just so in love with this dress on you. 🥰 And the FBA looks great!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Aleta! That means so much to me.

I bet it looks even more amazing with a long black petticoat underneath.

I think this dress is darling on you, it needs a flouncy half slip for day wear but the nighttime lights are a smash. I made a flannel full slip for my new winter dress, it's the proper length and decadently warm. The dress is cute, I want another color. I'm thrilled with sewing clothes again! Losing the bag lady look.

The final dress was so cute (even with the fit issues) and I love the spooky themed videos 🎃. I’m a beginner at sewing and love watching other people sew, it’s so inspiring

Particularly enjoying the saucy ankle content. Nice Bernadette shout out! The dress looks lovely on you. Try layering it over a black dress with a nice floofy petticoat. :)

Thank you so much. It was fun to watch. And special thank´s for the "disaster in 3-2-1". Because I managed to do the exact same thing while sewing a vest for my husband. And undoing the seam I was telling me nonstop : Don´t punch a hole, don`t punch a hole, because there was no fabric left to do any part again... I feel myself so understood and not alone in my chaotic sewing with you. Thank you!

Rachel would be proud! This is amazingly done and really had me giggling.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much! I think she saw it when I launched it, but I was still so floored she allowed me use of her footage.

Love the classical music that played during the dyeing process.

Gasp!! So many kudos to you for taking a saucy ankle shot!! You rebel, you...

The FBA definitely came out very nice! I resisted doing FBAs for the longest time and just graded out to the "right" size for my bust measurement. And now that I've learned the magic of FBAs, I'm kicking myself for waiting so long. I think the dress came out very nice and once you add the underskirt, it will be perfect!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

RIGHT! I am shocked with how well it fit after I did the FBA! Dang doing things right the FIRST time... 😂

Stephanie, your videos make me laugh out loud, even on days I don’t really feel like laughing at all. Thank you. :D

You are so wonderful Stephanie, I feel I know you. yesterday I had a go at dying a dress navy blue and it's now tie dyed. mmm I have been following along whilst sewing today. It's been a good day however the seam ripper is vey much part of the day. Thank you for your entertaining videos. They make me laugh and reassure me I'm not the only one sewing in chaos and loving (mostly) every minute of it. Greetings from a very cold (by our standards) Sydney Australia Robertaxxx

I made myself this dress pattern when I was a junior in high school. I would love to make it again!

Wow! My mom made this dress for me for Jr prom. Dusty pink with tiny pinstripe of white. White satin for top cuffy collar thing, straps, and waist strap. Very much like the photo on the pattern.

Hey, Stephanie! I love the dress and especially like the lights. Also, the girls are on parade, enjoy it while you can.

Perfect Halloween dress for the south.

OMG your hair looks gorgeous straightened!

Nice work sizing this I up and dying it! That’s a lot of work. I loved how it turned out and how it looked in the dark with your dog!

@Geoplanetjane

Жыл бұрын

How abt dyeing in the Washing machine? That’s what i do

As someone who always bought the wrong size patterns for myself as a baby sewer, I know the struggles of having to upsize the bust. Your bodice fits wonderfully and looks great.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@dawnelder9046

Жыл бұрын

If you can always buy the bust size and change everything else.

@damdamfino

Жыл бұрын

@@dawnelder9046 it’s actually the other way round. Better for me to make it for my shoulders and hips (which are usually a 12/14) then just FBA it for my bust (which is usually a 20.) I’d rather FBA than have to draft literally everything else on the pattern. At that point I’m just making the pattern completely from scratch if I bought the size for my bust

Omg omg omg omg omg The lights Omg omg omg omg

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was my favorite part too!

I have almost the same measurements as you! and yeah I've been looking everywhere for this pattern for like 2 years :')

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Huzzah! And keep looking they do pop up!

Ok now I see why it looked like there was a bunch of red lazer dots on the skirt... you added lights! Very cool.

I actually made that dress in middle school as my sewing class project. I had found it in my granny's pattern stash. Really wish I had that dress & Granny's pattern stash now.

I love so much how you mimic Rachel's video style with a lot of your own sence of humour! Thx for the fun I had watching this video.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Rachel influenced my overall style of video from the get-go. I respect her so deeply.

I love the fabric after the dye is soo spooky and adams family looking!

Absolutely love how that dress turned out you look great in it. The only flaw that I see as a OCD perfectionist in fit is that the back is too long for your waist. 99.9 per cent of people even sewers won't notice.

How stunning! I love the light-up skirt! And the piping around the straps & bodice is gorgeous! I usually make Harajuku style or use Issey Miyake Vogue patterns, but I enjoy watching everyone else's style. Hope you had a good birthday! 🍩🍩🍩

THE LIGHTS ARE SO COOOOOL. Well done friend!!

I still have this pattern. I made the shorter version in high school. I feel so vintage.

I love how the dyed fabric came out!

That was my prom dress from 1980. Pink, lots of pink.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I am sure this looked amazing!

Fabulous. I had that pattern and made the dress in the late 80’s. I had kept the dress and my daughter discovered it in my favourite items chest and claimed it mid 2000’s. I had to take it in for her. I think it is/was a classic item.

Love the coffee cup

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My husband and and loved your video and the lights especially.

You did a beautiful job with the dress. The front of the bodice in particular fits you so well, and the skirt style is beautiful! I hope you try making it again with a different weight of fabric as it’s so pretty. The lights were super cute too. A lovely birthday dress! Enjoy your week off!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I think the pieces themselves are keepers, just not together (Rachel has the right idea).

I love it! Looks very pretty and comfortable.

Loved the outcome and as much as sewing in the trim sucked, it definitely needed it. Other Gunnesax videos I know of are Juul Thijssen and Shannon makes (which was a hilarious take on the Mask as well!)

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

It’s really cute. You did a great job sizing it up❤️

❤❤❤ I love the dress and how you look in it. The bodice fit perfectly. Yes, it could use an underskirt or a little heavier fabric.

Thank goodness for youtube suggestions, I'm so glad I found this, you're hilarious and amazing and I must now watch all of your back catalogue.

Omg the lights are sew cool

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful! It might have given you some trouble but I love the color and the fit is lovely. (And the lights are so dang cool!)

Hi, and I am loving your page! But I first have to say I have this pattern (still even now) and have made it for my 8th grade dance (it weighted a ton, mine was just like the picture) Thanks for sharing this

Fabulous result Stephanie! Even the dying 🎃

You made me laugh so many times throughout this video. FWIW I think the dress is lovely on you. The trim looks great!

Happy Birthday Stephanie! Love this dress on you, even the colour looks great. Have a good rest put your feet up and be pampered!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! My birthday was GREAT! And there was much enjoyment had all around.

Splendidly spooky! That is sooooo much skirt! Loving it :-D

Haven't even finished the video, but i love the editing and music and drama!

It's very pretty, & I love it! Happy birthday too! This looks great on you, & I do hope wear it again without lights, & an underskirt. Take your week off, & rest with the puppy. We'll see you when your back. ❤️👍

I loved it. Good of you to put in that much work.

I loved the dramatics when you were dyeing the fabric hahaha I think it turned out lovely!!

wow! the lights! amazing! I love it!!

Happy Birthday!!!

I love, love, love the swishing of the skirt snd how amazing you look in it!

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Neona!

I am watching some of your old videos again. This one was fun. I really liked where you added Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, that was too funny.

Nice! Really nice! Love it!

I know I say this every time you post a new video but I think this is my absolute favorite!!

I was going to say I really liked this dress until I saw the lights, now I love it.

Good exercise, well done. Oh, I hope you had a good birthday 🥳 happy birthday 🎉

I wish I had your patience. You’re so entertaining. Loving your videos.

You are so fun. Never a dull moment. You also rocked that dress. Looking fwd to your next video.

@StephanieCanada

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Sharon! I am excited for what is coming up as well!

I love your witchy coffee cup ❤