DIY - Red Regency Dress Inspired by Wuthering Heights

In this video I will be sharing my process for making a red dress inspired by Wuthering Heights. There has been a lot of excitement for Wuthering Heights lately, and I have decided to revisit the book. As I have been re-reading there has been lots of related imagery stuck in my mind, and this has motivated me to make my own romantic red dress for roaming the moors. I knew I wanted to make a red dress with a Regency silhouette and I wanted to add lots of volume and texture with lots of gathering. For this dress I made a slight modification to the center front of my bodice pattern to create that gathered look. I used my Mix and Match Regency dress pattern and then used the ‘slash and spread’ method to stretch out the center front of my bodice to make room for the gathers. I continued this full gathered look by using 3 widths of fabric for the skirt of my dress and adding elastic to the bottom edges of my puff sleeves. If you’re interested in making a dress like this for yourself, you can check out the pattern I used, which is in my Etsy shop as a downloadable PDF. The pattern is called “Mix and Match Regency Dress Pattern”. I also have a Plus Size version of the pattern available. Pattern: https://kittyjberry.etsy.com/listing/1721763058/digital-pdf-pattern-for-regency-dress Plus Size Pattern: https://kittyjberry.etsy.com/listing/1803113533/digital-pdf-pattern-for-plus-size Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KittyJBerry My inspiration for this dress includes: Kate Bush’s