Making a skirt covered in bee embroidery! 🐝🐝🐝 (Based on one from the Edwardian Era - 1900s Sewing)
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Published 2024-06-15
Gown was sewn on a Babylock Soprano with all the embroidery done on a Babylock Venture!
In this video, I do a deep dive into a 1901-1905 dress by Jacques Doucet's Bee Gown, as well as other gowns in that era. I also talk about how I used 60 yards of silk gauze, silk taffeta, silk satin to make this gown. All the sewing, digitizing, machine embroidery was done by me! Apologies - I do not get the entire gown done since I lost my sewing supplies in the middle of a move but I do show how the gown would have mostly looked!
I am in fact a Baby Lock Ambassador and these are the machines I use: @Baby Lock Sewing Machines
Embroidery Machine: Venture: babylock.com/machines/multi-needle-embroidery/vent…
Sewing Machine: Soprano: babylock.com/machines/sewing/soprano
Serger: Victory: babylock.com/machines/serger/victory
Digitizing Software: Palette 11: babylock.com/accessories/software/palette-11-embro…
What I'm wearing today:
Dress from Linen Naive - Use Code Sewstine for 10% off!
www.linennaive.com/collections/dress/products/fair…
Sources:
Original Bee Gown by Doucet:
artsandculture.google.com/asset/back/mAGsn6VQhMIan…
Materials I used:
Taffeta by
www.silkbaron.com/
Silk gauze from Dharma:
www.dharmatrading.com/fabric/silk/silk-gauze-3mm.h…
Metallic Thread:
www.madeirausa.com/metallic/?AttrFilter=3&cp=1&ppp…
Pattern by Wearing History
wearinghistorypatterns.com/products/e-pattern-1900…
Sand washed silk satin:
fabricfactory.in/products/100-sand-wash-silk-satin…
Lace:
www.etsy.com/listing/801713501/super-wide-lace-tri…
Other tools (Affiliate links where available)
My favorite chalk pen: amzn.to/3zURGrP
American Duchess book: amzn.to/3CQhS7f
Cut of Women's Clothes: amzn.to/3EQTswp
Simflex Sewing Gauge: amzn.to/3geL8ul
Clover Button Hole Cutter amzn.to/36K0TpZ
Clover Tapered Awl amzn.to/3tP7989
Extremely large (40"x60") cutting mat - amzn.to/37GZYG4
The incredible pin dish that I use thanks to @Costuming Drama - amzn.to/3mMgcUT
Hot Fix Tool: amzn.to/3TTCQh8
Ruler - amzn.to/32YNIiV
Favorite Needles for hand sewing: Tulip Sewing Needles - size 8-10
Favorite Thread for sewing:
www.superiorthreads.com/threa...
Source for Shoes: Americanduchess.com who has their own channel: @American Duchess
Favorite Thimbles from: www.etsy.com/shop/NSMCreativeCorner
Wall mural from Limitless walls
Me in different realms:
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Other site: www.sewstineart.com/
Video sponsored by Craftsy
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All Comments (21)
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It's insane that the embroidery took 120 hours with a machine doing the actual stitching. Imagine how much time it must have taken to do it all by hand!!
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The fact that we’re not into the bee aesthetic (apart from Penelope Featherington’s yellow dresses) these days is sad. We need more of that
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The way you were roasting the clouds took me out. 😂😂
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The auspicious clouds make me so happy! I never knew this dress existed but we need to bring bee themes back lol
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Oh man, it's been ages since I thought about Angela Clayton. She was one the OG costubers who got me into this nerdy little corner of the internet.
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Fun fact, there are actually blue bees! I think they love in Australia, because of course they would, so you could have kept blue bees and been anatomically correct.
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Omg that gold embroidery is supposed to be clouds? I thought it was the winding path of the bee's flight!
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When you have the whole outfit done, you should have your son put on his "bee" suit and do a photo shoot! I know he might've outgrown it since it's been a few years but maybe you could alter the jacket into a vest at least?
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I really like the "improvements" you made to the original design. Your clouds and bees are lovely.
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This is amazing and I am super excited and patiently awaiting for all the updates! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 Also, please do not feel the need to apologize for not completing things or spreading things out! You moved, sold houses, bought a house, your things went MIA in storage, you're a doctor and mom! How you got so much done with all that is amazing to my brain. We can be patient for you to get your life sorted. 😊 Thank you for giving us this video amoungst your life chaos!❤ And take care of yourself!
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In the couple minutes before you talked about your move I was saying to myself "wow, that looks like Chicago" about the street outside your window. I used to live there and it's so funny how much we internalise an environment to the point of being able to recognise it without context. I hope your unpacking is swift and easy and that you enjoy the city.
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How on earth you didn't end up in stupor on the floor - moving and sewing this gorgeous gown all squashed in at once, I will never understand - I know I would have gone to absolute pieces. I love the gown - I love the colour - I love your clouds - the silk gauze - all beautiful - but I absolutely adore your cute little bees - they are utterly charming 😊
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I really like those plump bees. They look nice and fuzzy. It's good to see you!
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Wow, sounds like life has been very hectic for you! Thank you for taking the time not only to make GORGEOUS things, but for also putting in the hours to turn your adventures into videos so we can travel along with you! ❤
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I am staggered by the amount of time it (rightly) took, and what that would translate to in sewist-hours when embroidered (etc) by hand even by hugely experienced and skilled in exactly this technique. Priceless!
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This might be my favourite Sewstine project ever ❤ Love the bumblebees and I think going with just yellow ones was a good call. However, there are actual blue bees in nature! I was floored when I found out about them, but they are gorgeous.
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And you certainly DO make the prettiest gowns on the Planet!!!
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Sewstine do not apologize!! I am just so grateful that you make these gorgeous gowns and also film them to allow us to see too!! If it takes a month or 6, I am still so appreciative!! Just because you upload videos to YouTube does not make real life stop 😂 The bee dress is absolutely stunning so far. I can’t wait to see the rest of the pieces ❤❤❤ 🐝
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Your folding to get a clean edge was a great idea.
