Cats Costumery | Making an 1840s dress Part III: the skirt @CatsCostumery | Uploaded July 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Hello everyone!

This is the last video (finally) in this small series documenting how I made my 1840s dress. I made a playlist with the other videos, you can find it here: youtube.com/watch?v=yZBZZR_0HJ8&list=PLXxaja7Ldgi1WTQc2fa6hDSck61PHuvR_

I don't actually have anywhere to wear this dress to (like all of my historical stuff), but I had fun making it nonetheless! Hopefully my adventure into this decade can help or inspire someone else to try it too.

My 1840s Pinterest Board: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/katisinth...
Making a Corded Petticoat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZBZZ...
Making a Tucked Petticoat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOFNt...
More details about the foundations, including the corset, on my blog post: https://happilyevertaffeta.wordpress....

Some facts:
5 m of blue duchess satin at £8 p/m
4 m of white chiffon at £6 p/m
1m of cotton drill from my stash
Scraps of ivory satin
Each petticoat took me a week to make.
The bodice is based on a Truly Victorian pattern.
I used nearly 8 m of cotton organdy for the petticoats.

If you are interested in seeing some more of my work, here are some links:

Instagram: @catscostumery
instagram.com/catscostumery
Blog: happilyevertaffeta.wordpress.com
Facebook: facebook.com/catscostumery
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/V7V7HRLN

Music is "Waltz (Tschikovsky Op. 40)" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)