I Tested a Fun 18th Century History Bounding Dress Pattern!

Hello, I'm Rebecca from Pocket Full of Pussies. Today's video is a pattern test and I'm happy to share it with you. It is a funny, historical dress in the Polynesian style from the 18th century. So, without further ado, let's get started. Here we go. This pattern comes from the enchanting and talented Lena Piepre. I was very happy to test this pattern in the largest sizes. I started with a model of the largest size M, size L. My top is in size L and my waist is in size M. This model told me that I should use size L and level the waist to size M, so that I get the best support for the chest. Lena made suggestions for leveling and additional color options for more support. For my support layer, Hercules chose this very festive canvas with a tropical pattern from my inherited stock. I decided that this dress will be called Polynesia from now on my secret party. My top is a linen in burnt orange, a remnant of my medieval fantasy dress. I marked my color channels on the canvas layer. Then I put the back and side parts of the top together. I repeated the process on the outer fabric parts. I put them on the machine to sew the back and side parts together. You can see that I started with a seam allowance of a quarter of an inch on the waist and shortened the seam allowance to a fifth of an inch. I did this for all top seams. I cut the seams before ironing. The two back layers are sewn together on the waist. The seam allowance is ironed and the support and outer layers are turned outwards together with the left sides, so that they are flush. Open edges are ironed before the slit is sewn in and the bone is inserted. I had to cut some of my stitches to insert the slit, but that's not a problem. The front support and outer layers are put together with the right sides. They are sewn along the waist and the front center edges. The rounded edges are cut and the front parts are turned to the right side. As with the back, the open edges are ironed before the slits are sewn in. Next, the collar is cut for the front side and inserted into the collar channels. For this pattern, metal eyelets are used for the closure in the front center. I first used my eyelet press before I used the eyelet press. Next, I sewed the front and back sides together on the side seams. I tried it on for a short time, then I adjusted the collar, neckline and sleeves. Okay, my top part is finished. And now I have to adjust the neckline and the arm size. I also have to shorten the collar a little. I left it a little longer, so that it fits. Then I will make sure that everything is in the right place, so that I can sew it. I will probably touch the color by hand. However, I don't have a bias tape that I like in this color. But I have this green belt. I think I will use it to touch. That will work. It won't be quite as wide as the bias tape, but I think it will look good around the neckline. And bias tape is good. It is quite flexible. So I think the green will look good with it. So, let's go. After I had sewn the bias tape on the neckline and on the arm size, I turned it inside out and sewed it with an overlock stitch on the skirt. I decided to make my skirt longer than the pattern. That was just my personal preference. I made it 36 inches long. To get a straight edge, I cut a thread along this line in my linen. I marked the places for the poly-nice loops with a friction pen. I used the full width of my linen and it was not wide enough for the pattern. That only meant that I had to adjust the bias tape. I marked the bias tape according to the pattern. I needed adjustments to test it. The side seams of the skirt were sewn. The back on the bias tape, not in two pieces, to save fabric. Okay. So I sewed the front and back together. I didn't make a center seam on the back, because I simply cut it on the bias tape. I didn't use the back seam of the pattern. So I sewed the upper part of the top in zigzag. I marked my creases. I'm going to put them all in creases now. But before I make the creases, I'm going to turn the hem over and hem it. I'm only going to make it about half an inch wide. I just do that with the machine. I'm going to iron it before I hem it. But I just want to pin it. Then I iron it. Then I hem it with the machine. First, however, I applied thread markings to the markings for the polynice loops. Originally I had marked them with a friction pen, and I didn't want to lose these markings when ironing. After hemming, I started placing the skirt on the top, although I actually had to adjust the fold. I sewed the skirt to the top with a backstitch by hand. You could have done that with the machine too. You just have to be careful with the color. I removed the thread markings and made thread loops. I'm sorry that the camera angle wasn't good. Finally, I attached the polynice loops to the markings and pulled them through the thread loops to hem the skirt. I think this dress is really, really cute. I really like the fit and the pattern. I prefer the hemmed look, but the pattern has buttons in the front, so that it can also be worn as a dress. What do you think? Do you like looks in the Historybounding style? Let me know in the comments. This dress is quite versatile. I think I can imagine wearing it to a race or a hobby trip. It is also a cute everyday dress with a blouse underneath. If you want a slightly less structured, more informal look, you can also use Les Bon's Historical Look, so that it doesn't take up too much space in a modern environment. Overall, I am very happy that I was allowed to test the pattern and I think it's great. Be sure to take a look at all the links from Lena below. Many thanks to my monthly supporters. You are the best. Thank you for watching. I really appreciate that you took the time for me. 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