When Ivy Thompson learned that a masquerade ball was about to take place in Seattle, Washington, she knew that she wanted to design a one of a kind dress. When she posted her creation to Youtube, she quickly went viral, as people all over the world could not get enough of her gown.

In the video below, Ivy explained that she “designed and made this dress without any previous sewing experience” and that “the gown uses a snap and cord to keep the sleeves on and easily transform into a sleeveless butterfly dress.”

Ivy learned to sew as a child from her mother and grandmother. Inspired by the movie Cinderella, Ivy decided to create a dress that could transform into a butterfly. While this would be no easy task, Ivy knew that she could do it!

Using a snap panel, Ivy made it so that she could pull a cord that would unravel her dress to reveal her butterfly design.

“The most difficult part about getting this gown from concept to reality was figuring out how to do the transformation in one smooth motion,” Ivy said, adding that, “by connecting the lacing to the snap panel, I can pull the cord in the front and both the lacing and the snap panel come undone at the same time.”

Social media users were very impressed by the dress.

“Wow, this was fascinating! especially as someone who sews, this was really cool to see,” one user wrote. “The question I have is how did she get the top of the dress to have the shape and look of a ball gown, then have the shape and look of butterfly wings when it’s lying flat? This lady is such an inspiration and now I want to try making something like that.”

Check out her amazing dress in the video below!