0:00:00.099,0:00:03.860 Hello! It’s Annika. Today, I’m going to[br]show you how to turn one dress into two. 0:00:03.860,0:00:05.800 [music plays] 0:00:15.300,0:00:18.780 Today I'm going to film myself whilst I try and replicate a dress. 0:00:18.780,0:00:20.390 This dress, in fact. 0:00:20.410,0:00:25.250 I really, really like the style of this dress,[br]and after I posted pictures of me wearing 0:00:25.250,0:00:29.890 it on the interwebs, a bunch of you asked[br]me to make a tutorial for a similar style of dress. 0:00:30.190,0:00:35.339 But I really had no idea how I would make[br]this kind of dress from scratch, so I thought 0:00:35.339,0:00:38.569 then I set about first trying to “reverse[br]engineer” the thing. 0:00:38.569,0:00:42.550 And so this video morphed into a video where[br]I show you some methods and tips and tricks 0:00:42.550,0:00:47.589 for copying how you would go about replicating[br]or "reverse engineering" your own dress. Or 0:00:47.589,0:00:50.469 - I guess this could also work for a shirts,[br]if you don't wear dresses? 0:00:50.469,0:00:51.690 Anyway, let’s get started! 0:00:51.690,0:00:55.989 So, let’s talk about fabrics. The first[br]thing that you want to do is to find a fabric 0:00:55.989,0:00:59.370 type that’s really similar to the one used[br]in the item you’re duplicating. 0:00:59.370,0:01:02.579 The fabric in this pink dress is a light knit[br]with a small amount of stretch to it. 0:01:02.579,0:01:05.059 I’m going to need to use fabric which is[br]similar. 0:01:05.059,0:01:08.600 This fruit-printed fabric is pretty much the[br]same, plus it’s really cute, 0:01:08.600,0:01:10.360 so I’m going to use this. 0:01:10.360,0:01:14.270 Then, I scrutinized the insides of the dress,[br]and I figured out how many individual different 0:01:14.270,0:01:16.180 pieces of fabric the dress was made out of. 0:01:16.180,0:01:20.869 So, I got my dress and some paper to make[br]a pattern on – I’m using wrapping paper. 0:01:20.869,0:01:26.159 And… whoops. These two things have the same[br]exact pattern, so that’s going to be nice 0:01:26.159,0:01:27.520 and confusing for the camera. 0:01:27.520,0:01:31.409 I folded the dress in half, with the collar[br]flipped out of the way to expose this full 0:01:31.409,0:01:34.320 bodice piece. I'm copying the front part of[br]the dress first. 0:01:34.320,0:01:37.740 Then, I trace around the bodice. When I get[br]to these parts that are connected to other 0:01:37.740,0:01:42.570 bits of fabric, I use these pins to stab through[br]the fabric on the seamline, and into the pattern 0:01:42.570,0:01:47.439 paper below. This will make small, faint marks[br]onto the paper, and let me trace the proper 0:01:47.439,0:01:50.420 shape of this seam. 0:01:50.420,0:01:55.990 So, to recap, I’ve just traced half of this[br]front of the dress onto paper. This middle 0:01:55.990,0:01:59.530 triangle section uses a separate piece of[br]fabric to the main bodice, so I’ll be copying that later. 0:02:00.049,0:02:04.770 Then, I add half an inch of seam allowance[br]to every side of the pattern, except for here, 0:02:04.770,0:02:07.479 because this is where the pattern will lie[br]on the fold. 0:02:07.479,0:02:13.850 Then I cut this pattern piece out, and I do[br]the exact same thing for the back. 0:02:13.850,0:02:17.350 Then I add a half-inch seam allowance, on[br]all the edges except for the one that’ll 0:02:17.350,0:02:21.810 sit on the fabric fold. So notice here, that[br]where the dress was folded, that’s where 0:02:21.810,0:02:25.570 I’m then going to put “cut on fold”,[br]and where I will be placing the pattern on 0:02:25.570,0:02:29.370 the fold of the fabric. And I also make a[br]little note that the stretch of the fabric 0:02:29.370,0:02:33.330 needs to run this way – across the bodice,[br]just like in the original dress. 0:02:33.330,0:02:37.640 Now the skirt is just a gathered rectangle,[br]so instead of wasting paper making a pattern, 0:02:37.640,0:02:41.590 I’m just going to take the length of the[br]skirt, adding 1 inch for seam allowance at 0:02:41.590,0:02:45.510 both the top and bottom. And then I take the[br]width, multiplying by 2 to get the entire 0:02:45.510,0:02:49.590 front and back of the skirt, and then adding[br]a good 20 inches to allow for it to be all 0:02:49.590,0:02:50.770 ruffled and gathered. 0:02:50.770,0:02:55.290 Then I turn the dress inside out and I copy[br]this triangle – with an added seam allowance 0:02:55.290,0:02:59.040 of half an inch all the way around.[br]And lastly, I copy the collar, which I lay 0:02:59.040,0:03:03.070 on top of my pattern paper like this. I traced[br]around the collar, and added a seam allowance 0:03:03.070,0:03:07.040 to the outside edge. I added an extra inch[br]of seam allowance because these collar edges 0:03:07.040,0:03:12.100 are going to be sewn to something else twice[br]– so it requires two lots of a ½ inch seam 0:03:12.100,0:03:15.690 allowance. And I’m going to need 4 of these[br]pieces. 0:03:15.690,0:03:18.950 So, these are all the pattern pieces for the[br]top of the dress (and for the skirt, I’ll 0:03:18.950,0:03:22.590 just need to cut out a rectangle) – so,[br]let’s go and cut out some fabric! 0:03:22.590,0:03:32.320 So I use the pattern pieces to cut out the[br]front piece, 0:03:32.320,0:03:40.050 the back piece,[br]two of these triangle bits, 0:03:40.050,0:03:49.460 a rectangle that’s 11 by 60 inches,[br]and four collar pieces, and for this I use 0:03:49.460,0:03:51.460 a different, white cotton fabric. 0:03:51.460,0:03:56.400 Then the first sewing step is to place the[br]back and front bodice together, right sides 0:03:56.400,0:03:59.000 together, and I sew them together here. 0:03:59.000,0:04:04.290 Then I place the triangle pieces right sides[br]together, and sew them together across here. 0:04:04.290,0:04:08.010 Note that I’m using a zigzag stitch for[br]all of this, because the material I'm using 0:04:08.010,0:04:10.620 is stretchy. You need to use the right stitch[br]for your material. 0:04:10.620,0:04:15.900 I’m then going to flip the triangle around[br]and sew it together with the wrong-sides touching. 0:04:15.900,0:04:18.400 Then I gathered the long edge of the rectangle[br]skirt piece. 0:04:18.400,0:04:22.790 I did this by sewing long basting stitches[br]along the top edge, then grabbing the top 0:04:22.790,0:04:25.750 stitch, gently pulling on it, and pushing[br]the gathers along. 0:04:25.750,0:04:28.940 I adjusted the ruffles so that the length[br]of the piece would match the circumference 0:04:28.940,0:04:30.030 of the bottom of the top. 0:04:30.030,0:04:35.100 So basically, if I can fold it in two and[br]it matches the top, plus about 1 inch hanging 0:04:35.100,0:04:36.460 over, we’re good to go. 0:04:36.460,0:04:42.810 So then I flip this skirt bit over, and I’m[br]going to sew it to the top right-sides together, 0:04:42.810,0:04:46.840 with the skirt upside-down on the top, like[br]this. 0:04:46.840,0:04:50.130 I’m just going to pin the two together… 0:04:50.130,0:04:55.760 And it needs to get sewn on, all the way around.[br]Where the two ends meet up, they’ll also 0:04:55.760,0:04:58.830 need to be sewn together like this. 0:05:02.080,0:05:02.900 Yay, pretty! 0:05:04.200,0:05:08.340 Now, back to the collar, I’m placing each[br]pair right-sides together, and sewing them 0:05:08.340,0:05:10.180 together like this. 0:05:11.040,0:05:15.160 I clipped off the corners and the edges here[br]to make the corners look neater, and then 0:05:15.160,0:05:20.180 I turn both these collar-tube-pieces the right[br]way around. I use scissors to help me to get 0:05:20.210,0:05:22.220 those corners nice and crisp. 0:05:22.220,0:05:27.320 Then, I have a look at the original dress[br]to see exactly how the collar is attached, 0:05:27.320,0:05:31.340 which is like this – it's actually sewn[br]onto the inside of the dress. The triangle 0:05:31.340,0:05:35.480 also seems to get stitched into this at the[br]same time. So I insert the triangle where 0:05:35.480,0:05:39.370 I want it to sit. Then, after I check out[br]the placement of the collar pieces on the 0:05:39.370,0:05:45.770 front, I flip them over to the back of the[br]fabric, and I sew the three pieces together 0:05:45.770,0:05:47.810 all of the way around the collar. 0:05:51.620,0:05:56.840 I end up with this, and to finish this off[br]I sew these two ends together. 0:05:56.840,0:06:03.650 To add cuffs, I cut out a rectangle of stretchy[br]fabric that’s just a bit smaller than the 0:06:03.650,0:06:05.570 circumference of the sleeve opening. 0:06:05.570,0:06:09.450 I sew this into a loop, then I fold it in[br]half lengthways, and I place it around the 0:06:09.450,0:06:14.000 top of the sleeve, so that the raw edges are[br]all matching, and then I sew them together like this. 0:06:14.500,0:06:20.830 And the last thing I do is to hem the bottom[br]of the dress, simply by folding the bottom 0:06:20.830,0:06:24.120 edge up into the dress 1 inch and sewing across. 0:06:24.120,0:06:26.980 And that’s how I copied this dress. 0:06:26.980,0:06:28.300 So - let’s compare the two! 0:06:28.300,0:06:32.030 [music plays] 0:06:46.000,0:06:50.870 So that's it! That’s how I reverse-engineered[br]a pattern and made a copy of a dress! 0:06:50.870,0:06:55.230 So they're basically the same - there's some[br]minor differences in that I sewed the triangle 0:06:55.230,0:07:00.150 section a bit too far down, but because this[br]was the trickiest part of this project, I 0:07:00.150,0:07:03.550 really didn't want to redo it, and I think[br]it looks fine so I'm going to leave it as-is. 0:07:03.550,0:07:06.760 The back of the collar could also look a bit[br]neater, but that's something I can improve 0:07:06.760,0:07:07.480 on next time. 0:07:07.480,0:07:10.570 [Now go forth and duplicate your own favourite[br]dresses, in all different fabrics!] 0:07:10.570,0:07:15.120 I hope this video was helpful -- if you try[br]it out then don't forget to tag me on instagram 0:07:15.120,0:07:19.120 so I can see your results - just tag it with[br]#diyannika. Give this video a thumbs up if 0:07:19.120,0:07:21.660 you enjoyed it and I'll see you all next time.[br]Bye!