Making a Green Medieval Dress - Part 1

Wondering why I’m holding flowers? ’Cause they’re pretty, and I randomly found them when I went to the shops to buy a new hard drive so they weren’t going to last very long. I thought why not use them in a video! Anyway, I guess I’m doing a sort of medieval sewing series on my channel now. I know it’s not historically accurate stuff, but I never intended it to be - well at least not for now. The time and skills I currently have do not allow for historical accuracy unfortunately. Is it becoming apparent that I am making a set of costumes all inspired by medieval historical time as BBC Merlin cosplays? Well, I am. The plan was to wear these costumes as a group cosplay in April this year to my second cosplay convention (since I enjoyed my first one as Gold Wonder Woman so much!). However, it seems as though these original plans may not be able to go through due to some flight/travel/uni issues. But that’s ok - I wanted this dress also to wear to a historical / medieval convention festival thing that happens in (Australia’s) winter time, so in June or July this year (I can’t remember which month). It’s a day where history comes to life and everyone dresses up in medieval attire and does medieval activities?? (I wouldn’t know.. I’ve never been before!). This dress that I’m making for the event is just a plain simple medieval inspired dress. I’m sure keeping it plain will come handy in future when I want to wear it for different occasions, perhaps dress it up or down depending on the location/weather/etc. I want it to have eyelets and lace up the front so I can easily put it on by myself. Apart from that, I have no idea what other embellishments, if any, I should add. Any ideas? Lol, I don’t know why I bother asking - it’s not like anyone reads these descriptions -- or do they..... Comment “Lavender green“ if you did actually read this ;) Correction: 10:18 - The fabric is cotton broadcloth, not cotton drill! Also, gores/goddets (whatever they’re called) are part of the pattern but I didn’t have enough fabric to follow the pattern exactly. That’s why our panel pieces and gores/goddets are a lot slimmer than the pattern. We tried to be as fabric conservative as possible - considering I had 5 metres of this fabric, I think we did pretty well! Other Notes: I’m wearing my medieval / princess dress over a (not-so-historical) linen chemise which I made. The video for the chemise will be going up soon so make sure to look out for that. The chemise is supposed to be historical for the late 18th century / early 19th century since I wanted to primarily wear it with my regency dress, but due a mistake I made, and lack of material, I had to make the chemise using unconventional methods (even by modern standards, lol!). You’ll see what I mean when I post the linen chemise video! Instagram: Materials: Princess / Medieval Dress Pattern: Butterick 4377 Green broadcloth cotton material purchased from Spotlight Australia ---- About Me: A dreamer, thinker, and lover of all things sewing, fantasy and costume related. I am a sewing hobbyist and lover of fantasy and historical costumes, but I also dabble in modern garment alterations sometimes. When first starting this YouTube channel, I had so many designs, ideas and concepts for fantasy movie costumes, which I illustrated through the use of photoshop. Now my interests lie with actually physically making and creating. Of course, I don’t have the time and resources to make garments as spectacular as my photoshop designs, but I am still able to enjoy the process of constructing simpler items from start to finish. On this channel, you will find a wealth of sewing diary vlogs in which I share my sewing journey and thoughts. I am an avid watcher of fellow seamstresses here on YouTube (among my favourites include Angela Clayton, Bernadette Banner and Morgan Donner) and so I thought that I would join in on the fun and upload some content of my own. Hopefully it’s helpful to someone out there! #morgana #bbcmerlin