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The Moulin Rouge Dress but make it actually 1890s

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⤠ TIMESTAMPS ⤟
0:00 - Consumption-riddled intro
1:07 - Moodboard Planning/Milanote
6:38 - Beadwork Galore
11:02 - Draping the Bodice
12:17 - Cutting the Fabric
14:07 - Stitching Begins
15:07 - It's Hammer Time 😎
16:50 - Revenge of the Vintage Singer (handsewing time)
17:42 - Seam Finishing the Victorian Way
18:16 - A Smidge of Corsetry
19:47 - Adding the Montee Edges (ft. movie night)
21:34 - Turning Up the Edges
22:16 - Quick Modesty Panel
23: 17 - Attaching the Lining
23:52 - Eyelets for the Closure
24:10 - Welcome... to the Moulin Rouge!
25:05 - Final Reflections/Outro
25:37 - Credits
25:59 - "we have 'Wicked' at home"

20 Comments

@bernadettebanner Creator 1 year ago Pinned

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@brandish-makes 1 year ago

Not Bernadette committing to the historical accuracy of coughing up blood by crushing beads without a mask on.

@lornor_baby 1 year ago (edited)

aaaah please wear a respirator when crushing glass! It's dangerous! I've been a professional glassblower for over a decade and that part freaked me out. 1890's beaded dress SO MUCH YES 1890's glassblower injuries PLEASE NOOOO

@Mastattak 1 year ago

I realised I have absolutely no idea what kind of life Bernadette lives when she said “my assistant” 😂

@m4rkist 1 year ago

my male "i could land a plane" is "i could reconstruct an 1890s Moulin Rouge evening gowning by hand to wear to a ball".

@topfabricofsoho7471 1 year ago

We are absolutely thrilled to see what a beautiful creation you made from our stunning beaded fabric, it's a masterpiece! Fun fact; we also made the fabric they used in the movie! ;)

@bknesheim 1 year ago (edited)

ref: 16:20
When smashing the bead, add a see-through layer on top. Then you will keep all the splinters in place.

@rebeccajung9957 1 year ago

17:35 Why did my mind immediately go to: „This is the Carpet of a Killer, Bernadette.“

@nostop8894 1 year ago

Respectfully, Bernadette, you are insane

@johannawhitehouse3703 1 year ago

My grandmother used to do all of this beading work for Harrods in the 1930s. She made her own wedding dress and it was truly beautiful. It had lots of beading on it as you would expect. Her wedding even made the newspapers because her colleagues at Harrods gave her a very fancy Pyrex dish set!

@Achlys1677 1 year ago

From much experience with working with glass beaded fabrics, you really want to wear an N95 (at LEAST, a respirator preferably), and placing a thin plastic sheet (even some cellophane works) on top of the beads before smashing helps control the mess.

@FlagCutie 1 year ago

"And I said, BET."
I love how our time travelling Madame adjusts to our modern jargon so easily 😂

@mariaclaramajin9906 1 year ago

The last time i was this early the bubonic plague was in full swing and people still thought it was miasma

@kitkakitteh 1 year ago (edited)

Beading is the metric I gauge everything by; It is physically exhausting, digitally destructive, eyesight destroying, and a black hole for time. You spend all day in misery, look up: and you’ve accomplished 2 square inches. It is the windmill that cured my DIY perfectionism, and destroyed my neck forever.

@liv97497 1 year ago

10:36 the easiest way to get those crystal beads straight is to run a little metal wire through them! Get a piece thats longer than your fabric length and just run it through them, without attaching it to anything. Sew your first and last bead in place then attach the others in between. Then you pull the wire out and ta-da! Perfect every time. If you want it to be extra secure you can come back and do some extra sewing in the direction of the beads, where you previously had your wire. But in my experience, as long as your thread is strong, they don't really come off with normal wear.

@dragonqueenarts 1 year ago

“This is the carpet of a killer, Bella.”

@jennycrosby4937 1 year ago

I would love to see more of the finished garment in proper lighting rather than the mood lighting of the party. Having put in all that work it would be fantastic to appreciate it for a greater proportion of the video. Love your work. Absolute legend! 🎉❤

@MABlacksmith 1 year ago (edited)

It is a small thing, but thank you to you and your team for doing proper CC's. I see far too many videos (admittedly, videos that are produced much faster) that ATTEMPT to do their captions, and it is very clear that they are using AI to try and "transcribe" the words for them. Of course, yours are far superior. Thank you for taking the time to truly use this feature.

@finawatsonart 1 year ago

The dress looks amazing, and I'd like to say this video is also a masterclass on how to handle sponsorship, your section on Milanote was informative and showed off their product in a way that was also an integral part of the video, rather than a clumsy advert break.