i don't know if it's obvious but good time management has never been my strongest suit
and uh this video is no exception welcome to the journey of me sewing two brand new dresses
for a maternity photo shoot in 24 hours it ends with me completely drenched and starts here
with something that needed to get completely dry thanks also to birch living for sponsoring this
video hope you enjoy this was a pregnancy gift from my cousin and i wasn't sure if i would get
around to using it but i think today is the day do you read the instructions or are you the type
that just believes i'm an instructions person oh my god like a petroleum jelly type of thing
five plaster rolls i'm also going to need scissors and a dish oh this is a sanding screen
i feel like i will also need a helper
are you pleased
i feel so weird it's not that cold though i thought the coldness would be the unpleasant part
anyways words fail me i don't even i just look at this and i just feel so odd okay um i gotta
figure out a way to attach this to my body form i literally only have today to prepare two
maternity looks it's been a long time since i put myself in a time crunch like this and we need to
get moving let's talk fabric the first look i want to make is kind of a merger of a few ideas there's
this like cult gaia top also comes in a dress form with this micro pleated fabric that i think
has such a cool fan effect and then there's also these photos from gigi hadid's maternity shoot
and there's something about this top that looks like a like a tulip hanging upside down like it's
got such a nice floaty petaly type of feeling so i went to the fabric store specifically looked for
micro pleated fabric and this is what i found you can see the micro pleats that are already embedded
into it which gives it a nice stretch maybe would have been nice if it was even firmer because she
is quite a softy but i'm hoping with a few cuts and stitches this can become like a beautiful
flower okay i've got two layers of fabric folded here so that one layer will become
the front one layer will become the back and the fold is to get a line of symmetry this is
the center point i was told online to tape micro pleated fabric to make it easier to work with so i
have done so this is the distance to the end of the neck hole then to the shoulder and then here
all the way becoming sleeve i needed some more sleeve so this is the rest of it that's gonna get
sewn here this here's the skirt i feel like it's not gonna be full enough so i might have to save
some of this fabric to fill it up i hate cutting fabric it's just so no turning back on the front
back layer i have joined the little extra sleeve attachment other sleeve with attachment it's just
right sides together with a straight stitch i was going to blanket stitch these two layers
wrong sides together and then you just got to make sure when you're coming up here
you stop here so there's the gap for your head to come out and then start again with everything
joined together i cut little notches into this to help me remember where i had measured and marked
the neck and the shoulder points also sewing this is honestly like sewing a soft ruffle chip
it's so pleasing to feel the folds i'm using this blanket stitch right here number eight
because it's more suitable for stretch fabrics and here's a close-up of how it's turning out okay
all right i feel like i'm about to take flight this is good i'm gonna finish off the neck hole
opening with the blanket stitch as well front and back and then the plan with the underside of the
sleeves was to sew it right sides together instead of wrong sides together like i did here at the top
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this video now back to me sewing as fast as safely possible the colt guide top that i'm kind of using
is a bit of inspo has actually a drawstring system in the underarm which i find very fascinating but
for faster construction i've cut these elastics which are the length from my armpit to my wrist
and i'm going to use these to gather only the underside okay i don't know what to make of this
but i'm just gonna plow through and see how it works out in the end i feel like
the bottom is a little bit too long i'm gonna cut down about this much the side naturally
flares out so i'm to use the excess fabric to fill it in and create a fuller skirt
to increase volume on the bottom so it has a bit more of like a frilly
flyaway look i'm gonna steal a page from skirt gaudez which is something i actually
have not done much in the side seam where it's not closed up yet i'm going to insert these triangles
one on the left hip one on the right hip i might have to do more go days but then i'm also a bit
nervous that they'll negatively impact the vibe i think i'm ready to wrap this up two things
i've made these little elastic rings that are comfortable fit around my wrist and i'm gonna
use these to hem the ends of the cuffs so that they have a definitive resting place
on my wrist regarding the bottom edge i'm just gonna do a super super tight hem but ideally i
want to sew in a fishing line or something like that to give it more structure okay to explain the
way sometimes this type of ruffle is achieved at the end is by having a filament inside of
the hem i don't have fishing line but what i do have is the super firm interfacing that i've used
before to make bags and other structured objects i realized if i pull these little filaments out
of the side they're very firm this is just for demonstration but this first stitch has
no filament and has a little bit of ruffle to it and here it is after a second stitch and i think
the ruffle shape really worked out like a little tulip now however i am realizing
that there's a potential downside where the little tips of the filaments are gonna poke out here's a
little example see the little black tips so in the end if you can get firm fishing line and make it
one continuous loop i would highly advise that it is 5 p.m and i got one more look that i want to
crank out this one hopefully will be a bit easier the inspo for this is these two photos we have
this brandon maxwell piece that is just like a head to toe you're like a cross between a
present and a greek goddess and then the other inspo is this depezza creation this is a wet look
that's been modeled on so many celebs i obviously don't have time to be doing my own research and
experimentation to perfect how to make dry fabric look wet but i've got this beautiful white fabric
it's got a slightly crushed waffle texture a little bit of stretch that i think will make
it nice and comfortable and it's time to make it work the dress form is going to come in real handy
oh and my tactic for how to make this look like a wet look in the end will be to literally wet
it just keeping it simple i took a rectangle fabric that was the circumference of my neck
and 12 centimeters tall since i wanted a six centimeter tall collar so i've got these two
ends sewn in with the right sides touching give that whole thing a flip and a press
and here i have it pinned up onto the body form on the back i'm planning on just doing a hook and eye
closure so these can just be touching each other and now to drape all the rest of this white fabric
so there's a front width that i want to gather so that it's not totally flat that there's
still a few little ruffles in the front i put in these red pins first to designate
all of the pleats and then these pink pins are hopefully holding the pleats together so that if i
removed the red pins i can pull back this pleated layer and get at the one underneath
first i'm going to gather up this center front and then i guess i'll sew these pleats in
and see where it lands from there if i like it then i will repeat on the other half
is pinned up got some overlap of the pleated part in the front i got this big piece
that was extra in the back swinging around to form a little capelet and i think somewhere in
here i'm just going to cut a discreet little slit to serve as an armhole draping is kind of
fun and a bit chaotic because the fabric was actually exactly my height and i didn't need
to trim it all i did to hem the bottom was folded in once and do a straight stitch very
fast and lazy way of getting it done the center back was just closed up with a straight stitch
with an opening starting at about the mid back so that you can still fit your head through the
neck hole the collar ended up being the saddest part after all that work it just ended up not
looking quite right because it was so bulky from all the thick fabric but i ended up just folding
the excess collar out of the way and closing it down with a straight stitch therefore the back
could be closed with just a little tie closure oh yeah and the armholes it was just a straight slit
folded the edges out of the way and put them in place with a straight stitch so that they
wouldn't fray as long as it is under the cape it is good getting the special opportunity to
shoot at somerset studios today it is a studio available for rent here in toronto and you can
rent it for a really wide variety of things from events to shoots to even elopements
i'll put a link in the description for all the team members we're gonna be shooting the two
looks that i made i really hope it all comes together for my sake and your sake hope you
that i enjoy
i don't know it's hard and not to say and before are you any closer to love than you were
it won't
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goodbye to this super crazy space warrior hair the last look is a little bit more natural
i'm trying this on again now at 39 weeks pregnant this might be the last video on my channel for a
little bit as i take a break for baby if you want to see more photos on from the shoot they will be
on my instagram with wendy which is also a really great place to follow if you want updates from me
while i'm taking a break from youtube since instagram is just a little bit easier to post on
i'm so thankful for the whole team that came together to make this shoot possible i've missed
working with people so much hopefully everything continues to improve and by the time i come back
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i guess that's it for now i'll miss you guys see you on instagram and take care bye