Lady Rebecca FashionsIt's time for a new historical project! This 1890s ensemble has been on my to-make list for ages, and I am so excited to finally get started on it. This week, I am making the skirt, patterning and sewing a structured silk 1890s skirt that can be used as both a walking skirt and a skirt for an evening gown.
Dream 1890s Dress! // Making an 1890s silk skirtLady Rebecca Fashions2024-04-09 | It's time for a new historical project! This 1890s ensemble has been on my to-make list for ages, and I am so excited to finally get started on it. This week, I am making the skirt, patterning and sewing a structured silk 1890s skirt that can be used as both a walking skirt and a skirt for an evening gown.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Can I make a chemise dress out of almost no fabric? 🤞Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-10-15 | My spooky historical project this year is an upcycled chemise dress, and I have very little fabric to make it out of. Can I make it work?
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Make a Spooky Chemise a la Reine with Me!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-10-08 | It's time for fall sewing! And I'm back to making a historical costume - an 18th century chemise dress, more commonly known as a chemise a la reine. But mine is going to be purple! And better yet, this purple fabric is thrifted.
This will be a fitted-back chemise dress, because I find that style more flattering.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Life UpdateLady Rebecca Fashions2024-10-01 | You may want tissues for this video.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Lets Talk About Historical Costuming Shoes! (and where to find them)Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-09-24 | We're taking a break from sewing this week so that we can talk about options for historical costuming shoes -- where to find cheaper alternatives to brands such as American Duchess, and what shoe shapes and styles to look for that can pass for historical footwear.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Lets match plaids! // I made a 1950s plaid summer dressLady Rebecca Fashions2024-09-17 | This week, I'm using a 1950's Vogue pattern to make a plaid summer dress, with fabric I bought at the LA fabric district.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*What happens when you get too into a project?Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-09-10 | Do you ever start a project thinking it's going to be a nice quick thing, and then just dive a little too deep? Well, that's how I wound up making an exact replica Rapunzel cosplay for an American Girl doll...
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*My Sewing Room is a Disaster!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-09-03 | Do you ever just keep sewing and sewing project after project, and never clean up your space? How about pulling a ton of different costumes out of your closet and just strewing them around your room? Just me?
It's finally gotten to a point where I can no longer step into the sewing room without feeling stressed out, and there is definitely no space to actually sew. So let's clean up my sewing room!
These are the dress length garment bags I use: amzn.to/4e4T1zi And these are the gown length garment bags: amzn.to/3TgH69I
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*The Great LA Fabric District Silk Haul! // Aug 2024 Sewing Plans UpdateLady Rebecca Fashions2024-08-27 | I bought over 30 yards of silk in the LA fabric district last month, as well as a bunch of other fabrics and trims, and I'm so excited to share my haul with you, and update you on all my sewing plans for the next year!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Perfect Easy Project! 1916 Summer Dress (but make it tiny)Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-08-20 | I needed a no-stress, super easy project to recover from Costume College, and the new 1916 American Girl doll dress pattern from @astitchintimesline turned out to be the perfect idea.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Were going to Disneyland!!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-08-17 | When in LA for Costume College, it's always a treat to get to go to Disneyland with your costuming friends! I went with Emily @thesuckyseamstress , Melinda @rivenchan on IG, and Andrea @andreamaund
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Made the Weirdest Fashion Moment in HistoryLady Rebecca Fashions2024-08-13 | Yep, that's right -- I finished my English Regency court gown! This video is mostly about speed-making the petticoat for this gown, plus a few last minute embellishments, and of course, the final reveal!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Had a Cosplay Party at American Girl Los Angeles!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-08-10 | It's not every day you get to dress up like Kirsten Larson and have a big cosplay party at the American Girl store! Luckily, I finally got to have that experience, and naturally, I brought you all with me. We had a private "birthday" party at American Girl Los Angeles, and it was a wonderful experience!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Come with me to Costume College 2024!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-08-06 | It's once again time for my annual trip to Costume College! Costume College is a wonderful conference/convention in Los Angeles with tons of workshops, lectures, and dress-up events all to do with costuming, with a special focus on historical costuming, and this is my 12th year attending.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Finished My Dream Cosplay! // Roses Boarding Suit from TitanicLady Rebecca Fashions2024-07-30 | I am so excited to have finished one of my long-time dream cosplays, Rose's boarding suit from Titanic. And I got to wear it on the Queen Mary!
In this video, I am finishing up all the last little things, including making the dickey, adding some last-minute tweaks to my giant hat, and doing a whole lot of hand-sewing on of buttons and closures.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Panic Sewing Time! The biggest hat Ive ever made // Making the Titanic SkirtLady Rebecca Fashions2024-07-23 | I'm just about out of time to make my Titanic Boarding Suit! This week, I will be nearly finishing my boarding suit project, reshaping the hat, making the giant hat bow, and making the skirt.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Made the Boarding Suit Jacket from Titanic!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-07-16 | Last week, I successfully mocked up the Titanic boarding suit jacket. This week, I'm constructing the whole jacket, and moving on to mock up the skirt. But will I finish in time for Costume College?
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Back to Titanic: Roses Boarding SuitLady Rebecca Fashions2024-07-09 | Yep, I'm heading back to the world of Titanic cosplays, finally tackling Rose's boarding suit. This week, I'm patterning and mocking up the suit jacket, and shaping the giant hat.
Thank you so much to @HattoHem for passing along this fabric to me! (Fabric is originally from Spoonflower)
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Are Rebecca and Claudies outfits accurate? // American Girl Deep DiveLady Rebecca Fashions2024-07-02 | I've finally returned with another installment in my American Girl Historical Accuracy series! This time, we're looking a Rebecca Rubin, from 1914, and Claudie Wells from 1922. And there's some real highs and lows with these collections. Do you have a favorite Rebecca or Claudie outfit?
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Im a Rainbow Butterfly Princess! 🌈🦋👑Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-06-25 | I've been wanting a new princess dress and I also wanted a new dress for the Seattle Pride festival, so I figured why not combine my two goals and make myself a rainbow princess dress!
Check out last year's princess dress project here: youtu.be/Nfl3IvFrGa4 Watch my Strawberry dress video, starting at 18:34, to find out how to put pockets in a skirt with a side zip and multiple layers of sheer fabrics: youtube.com/watch?v=dzapPUPudwk
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*What they should have worn in BridgertonLady Rebecca Fashions2024-06-18 | It really is a shame that no movie or tv show has tried to tackle the English Regency Court Gown. Because they are so wonderfully ridiculous. This week, I'm finishing the bodice and sleeves, styling my 1790s wig, and creating the various parts of the 1790s court gown headdress, in anticipation of finishing my court gown.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Making the Bodice 1795 English Regency Court GownLady Rebecca Fashions2024-06-11 | This week, I'm continuing along with my English Regency court gown project, altering a standard Regency bodice to create a transitional 1795 court gown bodice pattern, and beginning to add trim to the gown.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Im making the most ridiculous historical fashion ever an English Regency Court GownLady Rebecca Fashions2024-06-04 | Let's be honest, it was bound to happen eventually. I have been fascinated with English Regency court gowns for a while, and when Costume College announced that this year's gala theme was Bridgerton, I knew I had to show up in the one truly ridiculous fashion moment that Bridgerton woefully ignored -- English Regency court gowns.
Want to learn more about English Regency Court gowns? Watch this video: youtu.be/_DPfjQf4rec
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*How is this bodice actually made? // 1900s Fashion is Complicated!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-05-28 | This week, I'm returning to my 1890s purple silk gown, but it's now being transformed into a 1900s day dress! I'll be adding the ruffled embellishments to the skirt, and walking through what all goes into a complicated bodice like this one.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Made a Bridgerton Dress out of Upcycled Materials!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-05-21 | To celebrate the latest season of Bridgerton, I decided to make a Bridgerton dress in one week out of only upcycled materials -- and I did it! In this video, I'm making a basic Regency dress as well as an overdress tunic. The total I spent on the materials was about $15.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*One Day Upcycled Cosplay Challenge with Kirilee Cosplay!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-05-17 | What happens when your Australian cosplay friend comes for a visit? Naturally, you challenge each other to make upcycled woodland fantasy cosplays in less than a day. So join @KirileeCosplay and I as we attempt to make our fantasy costumes as quickly as humanly possible!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*How to Prepare for a Multi-Day Costume EventLady Rebecca Fashions2024-05-14 | Have you ever been to a multi-day costume event? Maybe a historical weekend getaway, or a weekend at a Ren Faire, or even a a few days at a comicon? This video is all about preparing for a costume trip, from starching your petticoats, to mending old costumes, to making the perfect packing list -- hopefully it will help you in preparing for your next costume event!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Dressed as a Victorian for a Weekend! // VicFest 2024Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-05-07 | I'm so happy that I got to go back to the Port Townsend Victorian Festival again this year, and I pulled out all the stops and wore 6 outfits in less than 48 hours.
Have you been to the Victorian Festival before? Or is there a Victorian festival near you? Let me know in the comments!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*1890s Sleeves of Doom! // Finishing my 1890s BallgownLady Rebecca Fashions2024-04-30 | 1890s sleeves have about as many layers as an onion (or an ogre). This video is all about how I made my perfectly poufy 1890s sleeves, and trimmed out my ballgown bodice.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Getting the Pleats Just Right // The 1890s Silk Ballgown Crossover BodiceLady Rebecca Fashions2024-04-23 | Why is so much handsewing required in historical costuming? This week, I'm continuing my 1890s silk ballgown bodice project, figuring out how to get the crossover asymmetrical front just right, making the inset crossover portion, and then doing all the binding and closures on the bodice.
I hope the DIY bias tape tutorial is helpful! Click here for the bias tape maker I use: https://collabs.shop/fzx6lm
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Lets Make an 1890s Ballgown Bodice!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-04-16 | This week, I'm turning my attention away from the 1890s skirt, and to the ballgown bodice - patterning and fitting the understructure, and draping the pleated silk exterior.
If you want to help support Lion and Dora's vet bills, you can check out the GoFundMe here: gofund.me/354fe8a9
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*1830s Transformation Changing a Day Dress to a BallgownLady Rebecca Fashions2024-04-02 | People ask me all the time about what I do with all my old costumes. Well sometimes, I upcycle them into new costumes! This week, I'm transforming an old 1830s day dress into a new 1830s ballgown, so I can wear it to the Victorian Festival that's coming up this month.
Have you ever transformed an old costume into a new one?
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*What costumes am I making this year? // 2024 Sewing PlansLady Rebecca Fashions2024-03-26 | I have so many costumes that I want to make this year! Between the Victorian Festival, Costume College, and other sewing projects, I'm very excited to dive back in to historical sewing. Do you have any upcoming projects that you're excited about? Let me know in the comments!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Answering all your burning questions // 2024 Birthday Q&ALady Rebecca Fashions2024-03-23 | It's my birthday, and as my present to you, it's time for my annual "Ask Me Anything" Q&A!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Lets Go to Emerald City Comicon 2024!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-03-19 | Another year, another Emerald City Comicon! Come along with me as I attend Friday through Sunday, including competing in the Crown Championship of Cosplay and the Cosplay Showcase, and attending panels with celebrities including the cast of Lord of the Rings.
Thank you to @StephanieCanada for helping with filming! She will have a video out on her ECCC experience soon.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Its Finished! My Titanic coat is completeLady Rebecca Fashions2024-03-12 | At long last, I have finally finished my Titanic coat, and I wore it to Emerald City Comicon in the Crown Championships of Cosplay competition. In this video, I'll go over how I did the hem and made the cuffs, paying special attention to minimizing bulk, due to the thickness of the wool.
There's one more weekend left of Into the Woods at Auburn Community Players! I play the Baker's Wife. Click here for tickets: app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=193525
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Roses Titanic Coat is almost done!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-03-05 | And I even solved my embroidery problem! This week, I'm finishing up the digitizing and stitch-out for the collar embroidery, digitizing and stitching the cuff embroidery, creating a custom decorative machine stitch, and sewing together the collar, coat, and lining. It's so close!
And the embroidery pattern is now available for sale! ladyrebeccafashions.etsy.com/listing/1675607190/titanic-coat-embroidery-pes-files This embroidery pattern requires an 8x10" hoop, and includes 4 files -- 3 for the collar and one for the cuffs. The instant download etsy listing is for .PES files - please send me a message on instagram or etsy if you would like other formats for other brands of machines -- I am happy to create those for you. I am also working on a pdf of the overall pattern template that you can utilize if you want to hand-embroider the entire thing. Please dm me if you are interested in that as well.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*The Art of Digitization // Perfecting Embroidery with Brother PE DesignLady Rebecca Fashions2024-02-27 | Digitizing embroidery is hard! This week, I am working on my embroidery digitization skills by working out the four embroidery patterns required for my Titanic coat, and testing them (and testing them and testing them) to make sure I get everything as close as possible to the original coat.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Getting the Details Right Roses Pink Titanic CoatLady Rebecca Fashions2024-02-20 | I'm continuing with Rose's pink coat from Titanic this week, working out some of the tailoring details that go into this coat, such as the decorate exterior strips, as well as the linings and facings.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*The Titanic Coat is a Challenge! // Digitizing Embroidery & Defeating SleevilsLady Rebecca Fashions2024-02-13 | I'm continuing with my Titanic pink coat project this week, including patterning and making the collar and sleeves, and digitizing the collar embroidery. This video goes into particular detail on how to digitize machine embroidery using Brother PE-Design Next, though I am admittedly a beginner at digitizing.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Im Making Roses Pink Coat from Titanic!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-02-06 | It's time for a new cosplay project! I'm returning to Titanic, and adding to my swim dress cosplay by making Rose's iconic pink embroidered coat.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Awesome Costumer Haul! Fabric, Antiques, Gifts, and more!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-02-03 | I have such a fun haul video for you today!
Save 20% off your first @fabfitfun box with code FASHIONS or my link: fff.me/LadyRebeccaFashions #fabfitfunpartner
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I Made Kirstens Meet Dress! My Finished American Girl CosplayLady Rebecca Fashions2024-01-30 | I finished my Meet Kirsten Larson cosplay! I'm so happy with how this one turned out. This video is all about finishing the dress, including how to do a collar and cuffs, as well as finishing the apron. And of course, the final reveal.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Bonnets, pockets, and more! // Making Kirstens accessories and bodiceLady Rebecca Fashions2024-01-23 | This week, I'm continuing my Kirsten Larson American Girl cosplay by making all her accessories! This includes her embroidered spoon bag pocket, her bonnet, her embroidered handkerchief, and also, mocking up and making her bodice.
Amber heart from Mercari: mercari.com/us/item/m23357104361 (Use this link to save $10 on your first Mercari purchase: https://merc.li/hCkbnuKbb) Wooden spoons from Amazon:
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*New Cosplay! Kirstens Iconic Meet DressLady Rebecca Fashions2024-01-16 | I'm back with a new American Girl cosplay! This is a cosplay I'm making for an American Girl group on Friday of Emerald City Comicon -- if you're interested in joining in, send me a dm!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*I finished my Gilded Age Bustle Gown!Lady Rebecca Fashions2024-01-09 | And I finished it just in time for the end of 2023. In this week's video, I will be going over how I did all the trimming on this gown, as well as the making of the entire dickey-type neck piece. And of course, showing you the final reveal!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Making the Perfect Puffed Sleeve and Bustling a Bustle // 1883 Gilded Age DressLady Rebecca Fashions2024-01-02 | This week, I am nearly finishing my 1883 Gilded Age bustle dress, and I'm working on some particularly fiddly bits, like achieving the perfect level of puffed sleeve, and getting the puffs in the bustle drape just so.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Everything I Sewed in 2023!Lady Rebecca Fashions2023-12-30 | It's that time of year again -- time to look back at all the sewing I did this year! Did you make or do anything you're especially proud of? Let me know in the comments!
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*All About Bustles! A Deep Dive into 1870s FashionsLady Rebecca Fashions2023-12-26 | I have finally returned with the next installment of my Deep Dive Fashion series! Previously on this channel, we have covered the evolution of fashion from the 1830s through the 1860s, and now it's time to move on to that most glorious of Victorian fashions -- the bustle!
Let's take a look at how fashion changed from year to year throughout the 1870s, covering the early or first bustle period and the beginnings of the natural form era.
*Amazon links are affiliate links. It really helps me out if you use them!*Making an 1883 Gilded Age BodiceLady Rebecca Fashions2023-12-19 | This week, I'm making the bodice for my 1883 Gilded Age Christmas dress -- doing the mockup and then assembling the silk bodice itself. I'm also figuring out how the sash that goes over the bodice will work.