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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.10,0:00:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello! It’s Annika. Today, I’m going to\Nshow you how to turn one dress into two.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.86,0:00:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.30,0:00:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I'm going to film myself whilst I try and replicate a dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.78,0:00:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This dress, in fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.41,0:00:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really, really like the style of this dress,\Nand after I posted pictures of me wearing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.25,0:00:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it on the interwebs, a bunch of you asked\Nme to make a tutorial for a similar style of dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.19,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I really had no idea how I would make\Nthis kind of dress from scratch, so I thought
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.34,0:00:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I set about first trying to “reverse\Nengineer” the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.57,0:00:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this video morphed into a video where\NI show you some methods and tips and tricks
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.55,0:00:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for copying how you would go about replicating\Nor "reverse engineering" your own dress. Or
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.59,0:00:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I guess this could also work for a shirts,\Nif you don't wear dresses?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.47,0:00:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, let’s get started!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.69,0:00:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let’s talk about fabrics. The first\Nthing that you want to do is to find a fabric
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.99,0:00:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,type that’s really similar to the one used\Nin the item you’re duplicating.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.37,0:01:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fabric in this pink dress is a light knit\Nwith a small amount of stretch to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.58,0:01:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m going to need to use fabric which is\Nsimilar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.06,0:01:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This fruit-printed fabric is pretty much the\Nsame, plus it’s really cute,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.60,0:01:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I’m going to use this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.36,0:01:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I scrutinized the insides of the dress,\Nand I figured out how many individual different
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.27,0:01:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pieces of fabric the dress was made out of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.18,0:01:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I got my dress and some paper to make\Na pattern on – I’m using wrapping paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.87,0:01:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And… whoops. These two things have the same\Nexact pattern, so that’s going to be nice
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.16,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and confusing for the camera.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I folded the dress in half, with the collar\Nflipped out of the way to expose this full
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.41,0:01:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bodice piece. I'm copying the front part of\Nthe dress first.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.32,0:01:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I trace around the bodice. When I get\Nto these parts that are connected to other
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.74,0:01:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bits of fabric, I use these pins to stab through\Nthe fabric on the seamline, and into the pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.57,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paper below. This will make small, faint marks\Nonto the paper, and let me trace the proper
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.44,0:01:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shape of this seam.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.42,0:01:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, to recap, I’ve just traced half of this\Nfront of the dress onto paper. This middle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.99,0:01:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,triangle section uses a separate piece of\Nfabric to the main bodice, so I’ll be copying that later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.05,0:02:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I add half an inch of seam allowance\Nto every side of the pattern, except for here,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.77,0:02:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is where the pattern will lie\Non the fold.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.48,0:02:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I cut this pattern piece out, and I do\Nthe exact same thing for the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.85,0:02:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I add a half-inch seam allowance, on\Nall the edges except for the one that’ll
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.35,0:02:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit on the fabric fold. So notice here, that\Nwhere the dress was folded, that’s where
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.81,0:02:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m then going to put “cut on fold”,\Nand where I will be placing the pattern on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.57,0:02:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fold of the fabric. And I also make a\Nlittle note that the stretch of the fabric
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.37,0:02:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to run this way – across the bodice,\Njust like in the original dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.33,0:02:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the skirt is just a gathered rectangle,\Nso instead of wasting paper making a pattern,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.64,0:02:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m just going to take the length of the\Nskirt, adding 1 inch for seam allowance at
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.59,0:02:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both the top and bottom. And then I take the\Nwidth, multiplying by 2 to get the entire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.51,0:02:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,front and back of the skirt, and then adding\Na good 20 inches to allow for it to be all
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.59,0:02:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ruffled and gathered.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.77,0:02:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I turn the dress inside out and I copy\Nthis triangle – with an added seam allowance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.29,0:02:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of half an inch all the way around.\NAnd lastly, I copy the collar, which I lay
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.04,0:03:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of my pattern paper like this. I traced\Naround the collar, and added a seam allowance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.07,0:03:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the outside edge. I added an extra inch\Nof seam allowance because these collar edges
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.04,0:03:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be sewn to something else twice\N– so it requires two lots of a ½ inch seam
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.10,0:03:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowance. And I’m going to need 4 of these\Npieces.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.69,0:03:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these are all the pattern pieces for the\Ntop of the dress (and for the skirt, I’ll
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.95,0:03:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just need to cut out a rectangle) – so,\Nlet’s go and cut out some fabric!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.59,0:03:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I use the pattern pieces to cut out the\Nfront piece,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.32,0:03:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the back piece,\Ntwo of these triangle bits,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.05,0:03:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rectangle that’s 11 by 60 inches,\Nand four collar pieces, and for this I use
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.46,0:03:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a different, white cotton fabric.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.46,0:03:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the first sewing step is to place the\Nback and front bodice together, right sides
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.40,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together, and I sew them together here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I place the triangle pieces right sides\Ntogether, and sew them together across here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.29,0:04:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Note that I’m using a zigzag stitch for\Nall of this, because the material I'm using
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.01,0:04:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stretchy. You need to use the right stitch\Nfor your material.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.62,0:04:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m then going to flip the triangle around\Nand sew it together with the wrong-sides touching.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.90,0:04:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I gathered the long edge of the rectangle\Nskirt piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.40,0:04:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did this by sewing long basting stitches\Nalong the top edge, then grabbing the top
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.79,0:04:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stitch, gently pulling on it, and pushing\Nthe gathers along.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.75,0:04:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I adjusted the ruffles so that the length\Nof the piece would match the circumference
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.94,0:04:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the bottom of the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.03,0:04:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically, if I can fold it in two and\Nit matches the top, plus about 1 inch hanging
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.10,0:04:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over, we’re good to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.46,0:04:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then I flip this skirt bit over, and I’m\Ngoing to sew it to the top right-sides together,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.81,0:04:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the skirt upside-down on the top, like\Nthis.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.84,0:04:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m just going to pin the two together…
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.13,0:04:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it needs to get sewn on, all the way around.\NWhere the two ends meet up, they’ll also
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.76,0:04:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to be sewn together like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.08,0:05:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yay, pretty!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.20,0:05:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, back to the collar, I’m placing each\Npair right-sides together, and sewing them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.34,0:05:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.04,0:05:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I clipped off the corners and the edges here\Nto make the corners look neater, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.16,0:05:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I turn both these collar-tube-pieces the right\Nway around. I use scissors to help me to get
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.21,0:05:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those corners nice and crisp.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.22,0:05:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, I have a look at the original dress\Nto see exactly how the collar is attached,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.32,0:05:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is like this – it's actually sewn\Nonto the inside of the dress. The triangle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.34,0:05:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also seems to get stitched into this at the\Nsame time. So I insert the triangle where
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.48,0:05:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want it to sit. Then, after I check out\Nthe placement of the collar pieces on the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.37,0:05:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,front, I flip them over to the back of the\Nfabric, and I sew the three pieces together
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.77,0:05:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the way around the collar.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.62,0:05:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I end up with this, and to finish this off\NI sew these two ends together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.84,0:06:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To add cuffs, I cut out a rectangle of stretchy\Nfabric that’s just a bit smaller than the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.65,0:06:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,circumference of the sleeve opening.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.57,0:06:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sew this into a loop, then I fold it in\Nhalf lengthways, and I place it around the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.45,0:06:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,top of the sleeve, so that the raw edges are\Nall matching, and then I sew them together like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.50,0:06:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last thing I do is to hem the bottom\Nof the dress, simply by folding the bottom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.83,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,edge up into the dress 1 inch and sewing across.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.12,0:06:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s how I copied this dress.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.98,0:06:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So - let’s compare the two!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.30,0:06:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[music plays]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.00,0:06:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's it! That’s how I reverse-engineered\Na pattern and made a copy of a dress!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.87,0:06:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're basically the same - there's some\Nminor differences in that I sewed the triangle
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.23,0:07:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,section a bit too far down, but because this\Nwas the trickiest part of this project, I
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.15,0:07:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really didn't want to redo it, and I think\Nit looks fine so I'm going to leave it as-is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.55,0:07:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The back of the collar could also look a bit\Nneater, but that's something I can improve
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.76,0:07:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on next time.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.48,0:07:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Now go forth and duplicate your own favourite\Ndresses, in all different fabrics!]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.57,0:07:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope this video was helpful -- if you try\Nit out then don't forget to tag me on instagram
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.12,0:07:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can see your results - just tag it with\N#diyannika. Give this video a thumbs up if
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.12,0:07:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you enjoyed it and I'll see you all next time.\NBye!