Hey, you're [watching] with wendy and today. I'm going to show you how I made this dress it is
Backless and it laces up, and it's very easy
This dress was requested for me to make from one of my friends
Natalie you may recognize her from when I went on a trip to Europe with her last year
It's perfect for prom
Wedding if you want to make it more casual don't make it full-length like I did but since we were going for a wedding
Environment for Natalie we went all the way to the ground what's really great about this dress
Is that it's [very] easy also you can do it in any color you want and the back is completely customizable
There's lots of different ways you can lace it up because you are [one-of-a-kind] and I know prom and weddings are those environments?
Where you don't want to be wearing the same thing as someone else?
I mean to start off if you make this you made your own dress so chances are it's not gonna be the same as anyone
else But secondly if you make this dress you can actually wear it different ways multiple times and that keeps things kind of exciting the most
Complex parts of it will be the top
I cut out a pattern piece that works well for Natalie and I'll include a [link] to it [below] even that part is not terribly
Difficult and then the rest of the skirt is [just] gathering up [some] chiffon as usual
I have the full
Details measurements in a link below just so that I can move quickly through the steps of the tutorial and not have to stop all
The time and talk super technical if you like how it looks in the end, let me know and if you haven't subscribed yet
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There's some extra photos on my instagram
[and] also in that link below that I mentioned that's all I have to say to introduce this dress
There are a couple of steps, but you can do let's get on with the tutorial
[okay] to begin I folded a piece of fabric in half and cut out two symmetrical pieces these are going to form the top of
The dress [I'll] put a link down below to the pattern that I use is a shape that I had cut out to match
What my friend was looking for in the top to get this to line nicely on the chest you'll probably need to add
darts on both sides my pattern includes the spot to add the darts and you can adjust these darts based on the height and the
Amount of curve you need for your chest with the fabric still folded flip it over to the other side place down the pattern again
And trace out the darts in a symmetrical position to sew these
Two straight lines together along the dart what I do is I use pins
And I insert them along the lines going all the way down the length of the dart that way I know if I sew along
the pins it will cover both lines fold your fabric along the edge that has been pinned and sew with a straight stitch from the
Outside all the way to the inner corner repeat this on all four of the darts then we're going to place these two pieces
Right sides together [I] add pins all around the outer edge so that we can sew them together
This is going to make sure that on the outside
It looks nice and clean and there's a hidden dart and then on the inside
There's a lining so you don't have all this fabric ruffling up against your chest now for some straps
I cut two pieces [of] cord that were 13 inches in length in total
Fold them in half and tie them together with a knot
Tuck the entire cord inside of the dress and leave the end with them not aligned with the [peaks] of the front pin the strap
In place and make sure that the knot is on the outer side of that pin once those two cords are in place
You can go [ahead] and use a straight stitch
Across the entire M
Shape of the outside before you flip it inside out cut a few slits in the front center and also cut off any excess fabric
That's near the straps once you flip the entire thing inside out here's how it's going to look we're going to go ahead and seal
the bottom using a zig zag stitch now for the waistband [I] have a piece of fabric that is about four inches wide and
Completely long enough to go all the way around the waist
plus an inch of Seam allowance fold the waistband in half so that the right side is on the outside and then also fold the
Top in half it doesn't really matter which side because it's right on both sides then go ahead and place the top on the waistband
And pin it down in a straight line
We're going to sew the top to the [waist] [bend] right down the middle of the waistband with a straight stitch once that's done fold
The waistband in half and seal the Outer Edge with a zig-zag stitch now
We can move on to the skirt the skirt
I made has three layers in total the innermost layer was crepe fabric and then the outer two or the same chiffon the first step
is to take every single layer and
Sew two straight lines that are parallel all along the top edge use the longest stitch lengths possible because we're just using these stitches to
Help Gather the fabric once you have the two parallel lines on one side you're going to tie together
the ends the strings that are on the top edge of the fabric and if we make our way to the other side
We're going to tie together the two strings that are coming out on the bottom edge of the fabric
After that's done when you pull on the freeze
[brands] that do not have a knot tied on them the fabric will begin to gather itself keep gathering until the same length as the
waistband again
I put all of my full measurements in the description for you once you're done
Tie a knot at the end to keep it secure and cut off any excess thread there might be a lot you can repeat this
For the two layers of chiffon and that will give you three layers for the skirt in total the reason why I did one inner
Layer of Crepe was to make sure [that] it would be totally opaque and then the two layers of chiffon on top help it look
flowy in light using safety pins
[I] put all three layers together with the right sides all on top and sew those together with a straight stitch
Take your time because it's a lot [of] fabric to work through once that's done
You can sew the waistband to the skirt with the right sides together [the] next step is to add the invisible zipper to seal off
The back I open up the invisible zipper and take one end pin it to one side of the opening the way you pinned invisible
zippers is you always pin them to the right side of the fabric and have the teeth of the zipper on the opposite side of
The raw Edge the Zipper should reach all the way up to the waistband
But you want to try to only sew it to the crepe layer that is the innermost layer that way when you zip it up
You can still have the chiffon flow freely make sure both ends [of] the zipper match in height
So that they're symmetrical and if you've never sewn an invisible zipper before [I've] included a link below for you that will get you started
Now with the rest of the crepe [that] is below the zipper
We're going to sew it right sides together
using a straight [stitch] all the way down to the bottom but for the chiffon layers start sewing them together from the bottom of the
Skirt and go all the way up until you're roughly at the bottom of the zipper this makes it so [that] when the skirt is
Zipped up, there's no bunching in the chiffon
But if you actually reach through the chiffon you can get to the zipper that is on the crepe layer
This is the technique [that] I use whenever I'm dealing with tulle or chiffon because I find
Incorporating them into the zipper makes it very [bunchy] and weird [ok] we are now moving into the part of the dress [that] is
Customizable, so I cut two pieces of cord that were the same length as long as they're over a yard in length
You should be okay?
[I] tied a knot on one of the ends of each cord and we're going to tug [that] into the back of the dress fold
Over the piece of fabric that is attached to the invisible zipper
Tuck that cord inside of that fold and sew it shut with a straight stitch
Here's a close-up of how they look you're going to have the two strands peeking out of the back top
The waistband to wear the skirt loop one of the back strings
Through the straps that we've put into the front by just going in one side [and] out the other side of the loop
It's basically like creating a pulley system for your own dress and this is what makes it totally customizable
So that you can tie it up however you like
But it also makes it so that it's always going to fit you just right because you can adjust the strap length
we're on the last little section of steps take a piece of fabric that is from when we made the top and cut that into
a long
Rectangular strip I fold that strip inwards into thirds and then sew the entire thing in place with a zig zag stitch down the middle
Once it's been sewn into a little cord fold it in half and then [cut] that whole thing into six little pieces
With each of these little pieces fold them in half and then sew the loose ends together to make a little [loop] with a straight
Stitch. I attached one little loop
Just under the dart on the side
one little loop that was on the inner corner of the front and then also
One little loop that was on the bottom
[I] repeated this on both sides of the dress to make it symmetrical [these] are the loops that you'll be using to create all the
Customizable designs of the dress it can be pretty hard to put the cord through the loop by itself
So I have a tip for that too on the day of the fitting we got in and out of all the different designs really
quickly by [using] a Bobby pin
Shoving that through the loop then shoving the cord through the open end of Bobby pin
And then pulling it through the loop
Kind of like how a needle threader works with that you can create so many different designs
[I] have four here just as an example
I've drawn a couple of arrows to show you which way to go with the threads and really it's up to your imagination
To go as simple or as complicated as you like when you're done stringing through everything take the loose ends of the cord tie it
Around the last loop and then tuck the cord into the dress so that it's hidden away there you have it a backless
[lace-up] dress just for you after nat tried it on last week
There are a couple of modifications that [we'll] be making to it to make it fit her perfectly
One is I'll probably reduce the amount of fabric
That's up in the tummy area because sometimes under some angles it look like she was growing a little bit of the baby bump which
She's not and the other thing was we wanted to put in a leg slit
Oh and also at the upper back of the zipper [you] might want to add a hook and [eye] to really close that off
It'll make the whole thing look a bit cleaner
I didn't get it done in time for our shoot, but that's what I'm going to be adding
I do actually have some extra news. I have a giveaway going on right now if you haven't heard about it
I'm giving away these sewing kits. I assembled. This is the sewing kit. It's got all sorts of sewing essentials inside of it
It seems to be heat the object that the people are most interested in is this Golden Crane scissor
There's a link below to the video where you can enter this giveaway
It's also on my instagram just find the photo of this and you can enter to win
And that's that hope you like it. Hope you subscribe. I'll see you guys next time. Bye