How to sew an easy medieval kirtle

This looks like it's the medieval costume starter item. You can simply wear it as is, or you can add different over-dresses, mantles, coats, capes, head pieces, jewelry, belts, etc. And it will always look different and fabulous. I love it, thank you for uploading 💛

Fabric was valuable. A lot of preindustrial clothing was pieced (and then patched over the years). By piecing your sleeve you made it more authentic.

The piecing on the sleeve is incredibly historically accurate for a piece of clothing for those of lower social status - traditionally garments would be handed down to servants, or sold second hand and adjusted to the wearer, so a farmer in the 1840s might have a captain's coat from the 1750, much patched and pieced and adjusted. I have a family example from the 40s of just such work. My grandmother was given a very nice debutante-style dress of the 1920s by her employer when she got engaged, and it was pieced and adjusted by her to a more 40s style to become her wedding gown. The inserts to get the silhouette are of vastly different fabric, but placed so as to look intentional.

I mean...the dress is nice and all, but look at the pretty chickens!!

"once is a mistake, twice is jazz." -Miles Davis with the short sleeve, if you copied the 'mistake' to the other sleeve, it suddenly becomes a feature, a styling choice ;-) or, as a wood-work teacher i had used to say, "it's not a mistake, it's an opportunity for redesign".

It's great to see you fit it on yourself. A lot of videos use dress forms or models but I'm usually trying to pin things on myself without help.

your video production quality is amazing!! and you have such a cute personality and accent!

I am a seamstress with 50 years experience and I love your video. You described pattern/ dressmaking in a beautifully simple way. Lovely dress....lovely girl.

I was like “what’s wrong with piecing the sleeve? Piecing is period.” And then I remembered that you are sewing by hand, and I had flashbacks to the Victorian walking skirt that I was sewing by hand for months and I pitied you.

1. You speak beautiful English (Swenglish) 2. I can’t get enough of your videos; they’re not too long-winded 3. You don’t have to be an “expert”. People relate better to someone approachable and real and struggling and triumphant like themselves

The piecing on the sleeve is actually quite cute and gives it character in my opinion

Love your upside down cat. And the S-sleeve instructions, which are really helpful. You also did a sensational job on dyeing your own fabric.

It’s comforting to know that everybody, EVERYBODY, hates sleeves 😂 I wonder how this design would change for larger busts - any rectangle that fits over my chest will be an absolute tent everywhere else. Must experiment... Oh, and like so many others - here from Bernadette’s timely recommendation 😊

So impressive! Real quality here. Thoughtfully edited as well. Please stop apologizing for not being an expert. We value your process as is.

I love how in the end showing of the garment you're running and jumping off things and rolling in the grass. It feels like a real peice of clothing instead of a costume. You brought it to life! A historical thing that people did in ye olden days! You made it alive and real. Thank you!

I think its just wonderfull that the younger ones sew. Its very pretty, I think you are a lovely young lady full of surprizes, be blessed.

I, too, feel like the pieced sleeve would've been totally normal for a lower class girl of the time. I think your ingenuity helped to make a better garment in the end. Also your "Swenglish" is adorable.

Oh my goodness, so much work went into this. Not just the dress (all hand sewn holy cow), but the video itself too. All of the camera angles and beautiful shots must have taken so much to achieve! And then to edit them all together- just wow! Respect.

this video wasnt too long and you did not talk too much! you rock! and u swinging ur head w the veil at the end was giving me life <3

It looks so nice. I've always loved the simpler styles of dress. Don't get me wrong, I also love big sleeves and stuff like Bliauts, but this is something I could wear around my farm doing the chores.