How to make a Merida Dress (Time Lapse)

A lot of people have been asking me where I got my dress or how I made it. When I started this dress, I really had a hard time finding some good (and free) information on how to make it. All the patterns I could find had seams in the bodice of the dress, which I did not want. So I did a long search on the internet and eventually managed to make a dress I am very happy with! I filmed almost the whole process of making the dress in this time lapse, and now I finally uploaded it! I put subtitles in it in which I try to describe what I am doing every step.
The quality is not the best, it might go a little fast and some steps are missing, but I hope it can still help some of you in making your own cosplay (or just entertain you 😉 ). I am an amateur seamstress, so I will not say this is the way you should do it. I only want to share how I did it and my experience with it. If you know a better way to do it, go for it! My dress is in general based on the one that Angela Clayton made. You can find her blog about it below, with some extra tutorials I used. I hope you like this video, and if you have any questions you can always ask them!

The tutorials I used:
Pattern and sleeves: angelacostumery.com/2013/04/23/the-making-of-a-…
Zipper without back seam: youtube.com/watch?v=M8sU3i1omJI
Godets: youtube.com/watch?v=fsQPJZu29Iw

Pictures at the end of the video are made by Team Anubite

Music used:
League of Legends – Braum, the heart of the Freljord youtube.com/watch?v=F8cPDpXnQa0
Peter Crowley – Spirit of Freedom youtube.com/watch?v=lkpG-_v0yPc


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