Sewing a {very last minute} wedding guest dress | Satin Slip Dress from a Vintage Sewing Pattern

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Күн бұрын

This week I'm finally making a satin slip dress to wear to a wedding (and I'm limited on time!), making a few simple hacks to a vintage pattern to make it just right!
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00:00 - Start
01:14 - Fabric, Needles, and Thread
02:11 - Pattern Hacking Plan
04:12 - Altering the Back Neckline
04:53 - Laying Out Fabric
08:27 - Cutting Fabric (Finally!)
11:05 - Sewing the Dress
14:01 - Basted Try-On
15:22 - Finishing
20:05 - Hemming a Bias Cut Dress
21:59 - Reveal TIme!

Пікірлер: 79

@miriamgladen9615 10 ай бұрын

You look very slim and elegant. You will probably be the best clothed wedding guest 👍 enjoy the day.

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Aw, thanks! :)

@helenwood3199 10 ай бұрын

At 14:53...raise the dress at the shoulders. The underbust and back of the V will be better where you want them.

@susanstewart1402 10 ай бұрын

I think there is a reason the V-neck is not so low and the front seams go across the bust a bit. Maybe it's the best way.

@jillbarker9895 10 ай бұрын

Pretty dress! I was wondering why you put a center seam in the bias of the front and back of this dress. I drafted a pattern years back from a dress that I bought that was almost exactly like this one but the bias fronts and backs were one piece. I think that you will like it better without the front and back seams. I loved mine and labeled the pattern My Favorite summer dress. Your dress is just beautiful.

@lynnries7729 10 ай бұрын

I agree, the front could have been cut without a seam but she definitely needs the back seam to get the proper shaping.

@Kaarver 3 ай бұрын

Probably because the fabric wouldn’t stretch in the same way on both sides of the body if the it was cut in one piece (since it has a sidewise but not lengthwise stretch)?

@lindak8664 10 ай бұрын

Love your slip dress. It looks beautiful on you. ☺️ That blue jacquard was a fabulous choice of fabric. 🩵💙🩵 My family all chipped in bought me a hi-low desk for my birthday. It’s the best addition to my sewing room! I don’t know why it never occurred to me to butt it up to my cutting table, what a fabulous idea!

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I love that desk! It is so nice to have the different height options!

@dlg1603 10 ай бұрын

Me too! I bought the Flexispot desk and I love it. No more back pain from tracing my patterns and cutting fabric!

@shanaproctor100 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful dress!

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@loribarton7480 10 ай бұрын

That dress is beautiful on you!! Great work!!🩷

@aribella6913 20 күн бұрын

That is really a lovely dress

@cathleenvance4441 10 ай бұрын

I really liked this video and the way you explained your process down to the needles you used. I really have not been sewing that long and am not really as confident as I'd like to be... but ever since I started teaching myself and also taking a few online classes, I've learned just about everything from KZfaqrs. I would have been a nervous wreck putting that shirring in the back, but it worked out beautifully. I know I'm always tooting your horn but you have really made some amazing pieces Casey. Love it.

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Cathleen! I'll take all the horn-tooting you want to give! :)

@vanessamckay1517 10 ай бұрын

Lovely color on you, great dress, hope the wedding was fun!

@cherriesnhoney 10 ай бұрын

very nice! perfect for a wedding, looks great on you. i def need to review back with that finish...i love clean finishes...ygs:)

@NK-xk9kj 10 ай бұрын

It came out very pretty and looks like it will be comfortable.

@berthageorge2627 10 ай бұрын

The slip dress never gets old.A few turks here and their or add something and your still ready to go.I miss my sewing machine days, you help are such an insperation. Thanks for sharing.👍

@jhedlund94 10 ай бұрын

Love the dress! Looking forward to being able to improvise on projects that much myself. One day! Still got a lot to learn 😅

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! You could do it! :)

@daxxydog5777 10 ай бұрын

Very slinky 1930s-ish! Love it! Working on my first Brigit tee. It would be a lot easier if my machines would cooperate 😂. Two machines don’t like the fabric and my serger got a snarl. Oh, well, I’m sure I’ll get it figured out!

@VeretenoVids 10 ай бұрын

I cracked up when you were measuring the hem from the floor because I wouldn't be able to do that in my 1910 house--there isn't a level floor in it!

@karolmolpus9536 10 ай бұрын

Zip zip, fast sewing! Turned out well ❤

@sarahp.8518 10 ай бұрын

That colour looks amazing on you! The dress turned out great, you look very elegant as usual!

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@cindyreseck4429 10 ай бұрын

Beauty..you could be a bridesmaid!

@allycook3926 3 ай бұрын

With satins you need to press your pieces and seams as you go to stop the puckering. Nice dress.

@veronicamarquez2320 10 ай бұрын

This was a great video with helpful information. The dress looks great!

@yvettefeyjoo-booth2670 10 ай бұрын

That dress looks fabulous on you and the color is beautiful. Great job Casey! Glad you stuck with that pattern! Bravo and have fun at the wedding! 👏🏼

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@michelewegman2173 10 ай бұрын

That's so pretty!!!

@sewingseamswithdeb 10 ай бұрын

I just love this dress, it really suits your body shape and is perfect for cutting the rug on the dance floor at a wedding. Have a wonderful time !, ❤

@lesleywatkins1172 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful colour, it really suits you! 😊

@cbenji2 5 ай бұрын

I love the dress. I have my step son’s wedding in the fall, you have inspired me to try and make this

@norakathleenbertoglio4414 10 ай бұрын

Gorgeous fabric and dress!

@Escape10mom 10 ай бұрын

You look amazing! Love the dress!

@faithmathingsdal79 10 ай бұрын

Totally fabulous, as usual, Casey! Really love the colour on you. I'm not sure if you've had your colours done, but I always think you're a winter. Maybe. Anyway... Hope you have/had a wonderful time at the wedding and get lots of compliments on your dress! I am yet to make a bias-cut anything. I'm a bit nervous about all the figure hugging-ness lol. I keep looking at the Soften Studio Lea Bias Dress as it's loosely hugging, if that makes sense. We shall see. Anyway, thanks for sharing! x

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, Faith! The wedding was so much fun...lots of dancing :) This was maybe my second bias cut garment, but had more going on than the first one I made so I learned a few things that I might do differently next time! And I want to try it in a linen, i think that would be so nice.

@susanstewart1402 10 ай бұрын

Bias-cut designs are very unique in their construction and choice of fabric. I have seen vintage slip dresses, and read vintage Vogue designer patterns that shed a lot of light on the process. The fabric is best if it is slinky but fairly substantial .. silk charmeuse medium-heavy. Too stretchy or unbalanced stretch in different directions is a problem. The Vogue patterns add 1-1/5 inches to the seam allowances! You can't predict what will happen with hanging. A friend is necessary for the final try-on and hem levelling. I am not sure how best to store to avoid further distortion. Suitable fabric will behave better. Having said all that, the dress is terrific on you and the colour is particularly great at night.

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

I took a risk with the stretch satin and I definitely agree with all the points you made! It wasn't as forgiving in those seams and I learned a lot through this process. I may have to revisit the project with a better, non-stretch satin (I saw some viscose satin on the Mood Fabrics website that looks beautiful!). I actually could have just cut this dress on-grain, in hindsight, and taken advantage of the stretch already in the fabric (and avoided that pesky center front seam!). Thank you for the tips and kind words!

@Macasmum 10 ай бұрын

Nice work 👩‍🌾👩‍🌾👩‍🌾

@sandybroderick2932 6 ай бұрын

Really really pretty!!!!❤

@terriiii8785 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful job!!!!!!!!!!!!

@joonmade 10 ай бұрын

Wow - what an amazing colour on you! So pretty. And looks really comfy to dance in!

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Paula Jean! :)

@carmensalome 10 ай бұрын

Really pretty. I have and love that pattern.

@MeadowoodRanch 10 ай бұрын

Lovely!

@juanitar.miller5210 6 ай бұрын

Love it!

@cinnamongirrl1705 9 ай бұрын

Gorgeous color on you!

@sandrarekker585 10 ай бұрын

beautiful!

@elsafischer3247 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@donettaf 10 ай бұрын

OMG your DOG! Kind of a fluffy pug...is this a puggle? I am smitten.

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

He's a shih tzu and he's the BEST! 🥰

@des_des_00 10 ай бұрын

@PatternScout A shih tzu? I always thought he was something really exotic, lol. He's so cute - I love it when you put him on camera. 😊

@CCRiley 10 ай бұрын

Gorgeous

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@cheryljames8595 10 ай бұрын

Very nice. 😊

@lavendelblau9835 10 ай бұрын

Very nice. Maybe it could be better if you cut the front piece as one so you do not have the problem with the seam. Hope you understand what i mean.

@doudou53d44 10 ай бұрын

Beauifullll dress !! I am about making the brown linen dress you made a few weeks ago. 😎🐕‍🦺🐈‍⬛

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Awesome!! :)

@StevenP830 10 ай бұрын

How fun. By the way, I like your table.

@whatnow8362 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful dress! I just picked up a black jacquard and seeing your dress I want to make one with this fabric. But my width isn’t enough to cut on the bias I don’t think. I’ll have to finagle it somehow.

@ellellim 9 ай бұрын

The whole time i was thinking, a gigantic bastidor would be great to keep that fabric from shifting 😅

@des_des_00 10 ай бұрын

I was really distracted by those cute beige linen(?) pants you were wearing! Chic and comfy - did you make them? 😊

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

I did! Those are the McCall's 8221 shorts pattern lengthened into pants. Such a great, simple pattern!

@des_des_00 10 ай бұрын

@@PatternScout yay! I have that pattern - I'm going to copy yours exactly, if that's alright.😅 😉

@aninehartog3950 10 ай бұрын

I hope you do not mind but what type of dog do you have = he/she is so cute.

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

Not at all! He is a shih tzu (we think) and he is the absolutely best little buddy ever :)

@cornerhousewendy 10 ай бұрын

What’s the exact pen you are using?

@PatternScout 10 ай бұрын

I've linked it in the description, but it is the Dritz Heat Erase fabric pen 🙌 the best!

@daxxydog5777 10 ай бұрын

The Amazon ones don’t work, btw. I’ll have to look for the Dritz version!

@roseannboi6632 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful dress and you look so sophisticated color wonderful. Learned something new about letting the dress hang awhile before hemming. Thanks for the tip.

@heidil.kafferlin6317 3 ай бұрын

Hi Casey! I’m really enjoying your videos. They’re really helping me to learn what I need to in order to start making some of my own clothes. Quick question….Do you have a video about needle sizes?

@annseabolt6645 10 ай бұрын

Although it’s a cute dress, I wouldn’t call it a slip dress. What I consider a slip dress has skinny straps like a slip. I would call your dress more of a sheath.