Hello my name is Tobi and I'm your Guild President. Now today I will be showing you
a simple DIY tutorial on how to make a graduation gown but before I start I'd like to say a very big
congratulations to the class of 2020. I know that this is not the graduation that any of us expected and
I know that you look forward to having a normal celebration on campus with family and friends
and trust me I look forward to the same as well, but I just want to say that you know
even if it's not the type of celebration that we anticipated I just hope that you take this period
and this time to reflect on all the things that you've done all the things that you've achieved
despite the challenges that you've faced and all the amazing people that you've met along the line.
Kudos to you guys you're absolute superstars and congratulations once again. Now without further ado
I am going to show you how to make a graduation gown without having any extraordinary skills
whatsoever but disclaimer, my gown might come out terrible because I am not a pro, but you know what
we move so let's go. I'm going to walk you through what you're going to need for your gown. I realise
that the angle of this camera is not perfect but please bear with me. So first thing that you need -
mind you all of the things that you're going to be needing are things that you can find in your house
you don't really have to spend a lot of money or any money at all. So first thing you need are
plastic bags two or three but I'm not going to be using those because we only have limited
plastic bags at home and I don't want my housemates to get mad at me for using everything!
Alternatively you can use some black material if you've got any so that's what I'm using today.
You can also get a tape because you're going to be needing a tape for measurement but it's
okay if you can just use your discretion, and you can get scissors these should be easy to to find
in the house and you need some tap. If you have black tape or see-through tape that's a lot better
but I don't have any of those so I'm making do with this, and then A4 paper. I'm going to show you
how to use it. Optionally thread and needle you might not need it I don't think you will but I am
a bit of a perfectionist so I might use it and I might not I don't know. And an extra pair of hands
if possible! So let's get started okay I have tried to create some space in my living room now the
first thing that we're going to do is take our piece of material or the plastic bag that I showed
you earlier. If you're going to use that instead lay flat on the floor take your measuring tape or
use your discretion to measure from your shoulder to your heel. So I might not be able to show you
the measurement on camera but let me try, so I've got this here and then continue all the way down
I'm sure this is not going to be accurate but let's just say we've got 50 as my length. So you're
going to cut that into a square so 50, 50, 50, 50 - 50 by 4 cut a square all right. So I've got my square
as you can see so what we're going to do now is fold this in half
so this is the closed edge and this is the open edge as you can see, so what we're going to do
is get an A4 paper and take that to the open edge be careful don't tape it to the closed
edge. So you tape that to the open edge and that's where our sleeve is going to be okay
So I'm going to put this on the table and show you how to do that.
So this piece of A4 paper is supposed to mark where our sleeve is going to
be so we're just going to tape that down just so that it's easy for us to cut out.
Okay now on to the next step. The next thing we're going to do is
just cut along the lines beneath the A4 paper if you need help because this can
move a lot you can have somebody help you hold it on the other
edge or you tape down the edges so that it's not moving around too much now i'm just going to cut
right below the A4 paper line.
I'm going to stop there okay so can you see right there okay just stop there then we're
going to take this and flip it in half like that so what we're going to do now
is cut a diagonal line right there. All right let's do it. I realise that my table is
black so you might not actually see what I'm doing and now we're just going to cut
a diagonal line just right from where the cotton stop like that alright?
So this is the piece that I'm taking out. I'll bring the camera closer so that you can see
I do not know if you can see anything but that's what we've got
okay the next thing we're going to do is remove the piece of paper
and unfold your material completely so you should have a T shape.
As you can see we have a T shape material right there so now we are going to make some sleeves.
I'm going to show you how to do so. For the sleeves you're going to measure the length
of your arm and then cut out the length from your material. I had some leftover material
and that's what I'm using or if you're using the plastic bags just get another plastic bag
Okay this is when you need an extra pair of arms
20 so i'm going to cut out a square in 20 times four I have cut out a square and instead of making just
one i made two for the right and the left arm. So I've got my two squares I know you can't
see me but this is my square and what we're going to be doing is folding that. If you have a black
tape just go ahead fold that in half and tape the edges but because my tape is white and I don't
want that to show up I'm going to just create a bit of room on the edge and just do that see that
and then I'm going to tape that. Make sure you leave room for your arms you
don't want it too tight you don't want to do that because it's not going to fit
That is all taped and tucked in so it's all nice and secure you don't have to tape it in the same
way that i've done you can just do like a straight line but like I mentioned before I'm a bit
of a perfectionist and I want that to just you know be very steady. So there we have it
so I'm going to do the same for my second sleeve. So now that we have the main part of the gown
and we have two sleeves we're now going to need two strips. They have to be
approximately 20 centimeters wide and from the length of your shoulder all the way to your shin
and this is going to serve as the front panel for our graduation gown let's go
now our two strips are done see literally just that now it's time for us to assemble the gown
First thing you're going to do is get the sleeves that we made earlier you're going to put them on
to your shoulder and just tape them there you're going to need a friend to help you with this so
I'm going to try and see if I can get it done all by myself. So I have managed to tape it securely
onto my shoulders with no help but if you can get a friend to tape it for you that would be nice.
Honestly I don't know about you guys but I'm kind of like feeling a vibe going on right here.
Oh let's look at that! Okay the next step is you're going to take the
T shape material that we cut out before so take it at the T and we're going to just
wrap it round and then tape it at the point where it meets where it joins up.
My goodness okay let's just do it. This is what it looks like guys I kid you not!
I feel like I am a cast member in the Lord of the Rings, but you know what it's not perfect
we're going to make use of it we're gonna make do with it. If life hands you lemons what do you do
make lemonade. So the next step we're going to take the
strips the two strips that we made earlier and we're going to place that right underneath
like on this around the shoulder so that it can make like the front panels.
This is not what I thought this was going to come out like but it's really giving me a fashion show
vibe. But I kind of think it's coming together you know what I mean.
There you have it guys this is the finished product it is not perfect but I know that in some way it
might inspire you to create something even more fantastic. Thank you for watching and I will
probably never make another graduation gown video because i don't seem to have a career in fashion.
okay bye. Hello, yeah is that Tobi? Yeah Harry Potter called he wants his robe back. Yeah.