making my own Victorian ball gown ✨👸🏻 ...well the mock up (part 1)

It's time to actually start making the ball gown! Well not quite we have to make a pattern and do all the mock ups first.......

The dress I'm using for inspiration:
https://www.thejohnbrightcollection.c...

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🧶Knits I'm wearing:
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Textured Shawl: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Susan Shaw Cardigan: - AD https://tidd.ly/3Lt2NPW

📖Creating Historical Clothes by Elizabeth Friendship: - AD https://tidd.ly/3yUHga3

🪡My sewing machine: https://www.bernina.com/en-GB/Machine...
👗The fabric: Old bedsheets!
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Chapters:
00:00 The Plan
1:34 Drafting The Pattern
6:44 The First Fitting
14:31 Pattern Alterations
19:54 The Second Fitting
22:28 A Sleeve Miracle
23:45 To Be Continued...

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