I am not sure that capes aren't pragmatic garments. It depends what you are doing. If you are doing physical work, then perhaps not, but I certainly would think capes would be very pragmatic in any other situations.
I think a proper Halloween costume for her would be jeans and a t-shirt 😅 like when Lady Gaga wore a duvet to look Iike ghost in contrast with her usual looks😊
I know it’s way removed from the styles you’ve dedicated your adult life to, but with just a few accessories, that cape would make a great foundation as a Imperial Officer outfit from Star Wars! Happy Halloween!
The soutache is positively scrumptious. And the leather work. I love the way cape moves with you. That is a witchy cloak to start an epic adventure in.
what we didn't see, once the camera turned off, Bernadette disappeared into the shadow of an old oak tree. there her adventures of all things witchy started. perhaps she might share some stories with us later on!
@hannahb.1432 I have a full-length reversible cloak that I made about 20 years ago. One side is black, the other blue black. When my granddaughters were little, they took great delight in hiding in my cloak I was wearing and telling their parents to come find them. I'd stand there in my giggling cloak while the parental units looked. And yes the neighborhood children think I'm a Witch. 🧙♀️🍄🍁📚🐈⬛🫖🎃
😂 Your love of puffed sleeves is soooo Anne of green gables. I love it. Also, am I the only one who finds the sound of those big old scissors cutting fabric so satisfying? My nana starting working as a seamstress back when child labor laws weren't a thing and i wish she was still around so i could have showed her your videos. ❤
Did I have time to drop everything and indulge in this witchy creativity today? No. Did I do it anyway, hell yes! I have missed these long and beautiful sewing adventures of yours and this one is a real gem. Thanks for the ride on your magical broom.
I'm postponing washing the stairs for this. 😅 Beautiful sewing adventures require time that TH-cam algorhythm allegedly does not like. I'd still much rather have fewer of them if they remain good. 💛 (Even for reasons of garment sustainability/ consumerism concerns, to be honest. I'd much rather see fewer well-made garments being made than loads of them being cranked out for instant gratification...)
Speaking as an unbiased viewer who owns multiple pairs of black jeans, black boots (3 heights), black jackets and innumerable black tops, I consider this project an excellent idea. Well worth the creation time involved.
My bff's husband made a conscious decision to abandon color from his wardrobe. He wears exclusively black, with the exception of one chunky sweater in shades of ecru or whatever his pioneer-woman mother brings him when she visits. And it works really well for him.
Would the boot height affect the choice of cape length? My youngest has various boot styles and your comment made me wonder if her favorite boot height would be compatible to a mid-length wool cape? It's been 40-ish years since I wore boots.... looking for a younger perspective...🍄🍄
Every garment you make makes me feel like "I am going to try and make this" No, I won't. But boy, I love watching you do it! Thank you for all the inspiration!
This one had me almost going "yeah maybe" and then i remembered trying to make a suit jacket in high school textiles class and even with help i couldn't manage it - that was nearly twenty years ago! Projects like this are incredible but definitely for people with more skills and time than I have to my name 😂
Victorian sewing machine are built DIFFERENT. That thing could see FUR it's fantastic. I own a zinger and it is so beautiful, it belonged to my great-great-great-grandmother back in the day.
For really Thicck (tm) seams, I've used a sail palm! They're usually used for canvas work (hence "sail") and therefore canvas/leather needles, but they've saved my fingers on SO many occasions. Also an awl for when I really mess up and just need ONE thread to get through ONE place that's through several layers of thick fabric. I would not be surprised if they were used every once and a while historically either. If you have a tool for it, why not use it?
19:16 Now I kind of know how a late victorian era female Crowley would look like. I always knew I needed it, but could have never possibly imagine I would get it. Thank you so much for that, whether it was intentional or not.
Ngl, I would LOVE an asmr video of a sewing project: listening to the pencil across paper, the handling and cutting of fabric, the sometimes barely audible sound of thread being pulled through the stitches, it’s so relaxing!!
I have been going down a Good Omens rabbit hole after season two (if you know, you know) and Bernadette at 19:15 is giving such strong Crowley vibes that I legit gasped
I am reminded of the travails my mother went through making a black wool knee length coat in the 1960's. It had that flared shape and wide stand-up collar of the early 60's and weighed an absolute ton. And sewing a rather matte black wool in your spare evening hours would strain anyone's eyes.
Just a thought for dealing with that bulk: what if you hammered your seams? You do that in modern sewing, particularly with blue jeans, as the fabric is so dense and so many seams get felled. Most modern home sewing machines really struggle with seeing through upwards of a dozen layers of denim. Idk if there’s any historical record of that kind of practice. With denim, you can chalk it up to part of the distressing, a bit of crushed fabric just adds to the appeal. With wool, the fibres would felt together and it probably wouldn’t have a measurable effect on the durability
Such a cool project. My 4 year old daughter was sitting with me watching this video. As you were cutting the fabric I explained what you were doing and that you were making a cape...her eyes lit up amd said, "oh a cape, is it for me, I want a little cape. Can we travel to visit her and she can make me a cape!" She proceeds to get her shoes on. Bless her heart, she is now very sad to not be traveling your way. Lol. I guess the girl needs a cape. Love it.
Fortunately, a cape for a little one can be made quite easily with very little fabric! I even made one for my daughter (when she was little) out of offcuts from a tunic I’d made years earlier from polar fleece. I overlapped the seams - rather than putting them back to back as usual - and sewed them flat with a fancy stitch to avoid bulk. It had the advantage of making the whole cape reversible, too! My ex - her dad - also used to make cloaks out of blankets that required no sewing whatsoever. A fleece lap blanket from the local Dollar Tree or 5 Below might make an excellent, inexpensive choice for a quick kid-cape. I hope your kid gets her cape, even if you won’t be flying over to have Bernadette make it anytime soon!
Way back when I made my first cotton velveteen doublet (8 panels around!), there were some sections where I was pushing 8 layers through my poor Singer. Yay for solid machines with metal contruction! --- I love the finished cape - it is ALL of the whimsy.
I feel your pain with those chunky seems. When my children (some of whom are near 50), I bought old wool suits from the thrift store to remake into church suits and coats. I was using my mother's Kenmore sewing machine from 1950 something. I prayed mightily over many a seam, more frequently than not.
The chalk over the pin pricked pattern is something I wish I'd known about sooner, because HOLY CRAP that is something I can actually figure out how to work with. I LOVE IT!!
Love the way you designed and made the decorative soutache. I didn't even know that the silk braid and velvet could play so strikingly together. This is witch power!
I love watching Bernadette’s videos while I do my own projects or little tasks around the house. It makes me feel like I’m in a crafting circle, or like I’m back in the days when people sat around in a room doing their own projects sharing company. Thank you!
LOVE seeing you so happy!!! Also love your honesty about your design choices not going as expected. Your humanness is one of the great things about you and your channel. Not hiding behind the option of movie magic, just making a fixed cape and pretending it was just right all along. Stay awesome Bernadette~
Oh Madame Banner! It's like you have looked inside my brain and plucked my vision of perfect Autumn wear! The only idfference is that you actually have the skills to translate it into something real.
All the times you were excited in this are just priceless. I am glad that you chose to pull on this thread. The soutache detail is fantastic. Yup, now I am going to have to put an inverness cape on my to-do list...
I’m so happy your Beara Beara collab came through because I always wondered when it would happen cuz she mentioned it in her 5 outfit inspo video from a while ago (am I a crazy fan for remembering lol? Probably). I want to make this cape so badly!!❤❤
I really love the technical thought process into how you brainstorm how the fabric will lay and fit accurately. It really is a testament to what fashion is all about and provides a new respect to understanding what goes into making a well/structured, intentionally shaped garment.
What a beautiful garment!! Well done! I’m imagining you wearing it in deep winter and being thrilled with the heavy wool choice. Then again I live in the Great North of Minnesota where it’s winter for 6+ months of the year. The detailed design on the back was worth every hour it took to stitch!! Just perfect. Thank you for another lovely video and Sharing your time and skills with all of us.
I just want to say, you are my headcanon/inspiration for a young McGonagall, and projects like this merely reinforce it. You pull the witchy vibe off so very well!
I got some wool for the easiest to tailor over-gown. The Scottish Arisaid. step one: Rectangle. Step two: YOU'RE DONE Construction completed, you fold in some pleats and wrap it around yourself. I like wearing a blanket. makes me feel warm.
Ah! Sitting here this misty Sunday morning sipping hot coffee and enjoying a apple cinnamon pastry, no better environment to enjoy a decidely wonderfully witchy project. Screams Professor McGonagall! I love it!
The amount of quality, beautifully filmed content you pack into your videos is just staggering. The belt you designed and created could have made an excellent video on its own. More details the better. Your collab with Beara Bear would have made a fantastic solo clip, as well -- I know would have loved to have seen more of your process in its design, what features were important to you in creating a non-period bag that would compliment period designs. This is such a rich video!
Your attention to detail is as always impeccable, even when you make mistakes! Heathcliff is such a joy to see and I’m glad you’re featuring them more on your channel 😊
That is just beautiful. I'm going to have to get my daughter to start watching you - she spins and hand knits the most amazing garments. I know she'd love seeing your historical recreations.
Very nice. Many capes are heavy. My mother had one, made in the 1980s and super beautiful quality yet heavy. I am short and thin and i was drowning in it. Wish I had it, somehow it got lost, but I'll never forget it.
This cape is just amazing. I really like the back yoke detail as it makes it more flashy than a plain cape would be - it just elevates it to something super special.
Handbags absolutely existed. They were just much smaller and different than what we're used to today. Emma(2020) has a lot of those spread through the movie. They dont look at all like the ones we have today but they existed!
I am really impressed! I absolutely LOVE the back yoke of the cape and the techniques necessary to complete it. Don't worry about the weight--you are guaranteed to stay toasty during the extreme temperatures of winter.
you used the exact same materials and colors I've been planning to make a cloak out of!! I'm like the baby historian version of you...I'm still new to my journey towards a historically inspired wardrobe, but you've been my greatest inspiration! I recently switched to a different university, and my new friends say I dress like professor mcgonagall, which is my goal aesthetic :D
Bernadette - I've followed your videos for what feels like ages, and recently took up sewing to augment my passion for historical dress. I've just purchased your book and subscribed to your Skillshare -- thank you so much for sharing your beautiful craft, and taking me/us all on the journey!
Found my next hobby!! I use to sew as a kid, learned a run on stitch and a pillow stitch and got pretty far in making stuff those but quit for some reason, I recently got a hold of a sewing machine and fixed it up. I've been testing it on small things I have a few scraps of cloth laying about I feel ready to take on a bit more difficult project. So I'ma make a simple vest first then add lining and a collar I'll see where things go and take it as a learning opportunity with practice I'ma get full blown into tailering my own clothes
You know what, now I don't feel that bad for making the same mistake of buying some heavy wool when I made my cloak last year 😂. Last autumn I decided to make a glorious and very dramatic ankle length 3/4 circle cape (for maximum swooshiness) toped with a capelet and a big hood. I ended up making it out of around 9 meters of a heavy black wool fabric and even though fulling lining it wasn't a bad idea 😅 Needless to say I ended up with a very heavy cloak (4.5 kg to be exact). I ended up having to insert some shoulder pads just so the weight would be better distributed on my shoulder. Anyway it's still one of my favorite piece in my wardrobe and the weight of it definitely hasn't stopped me from wearing it hahaha. I'm planing on making another shorter cape this season and I just love your design 😍 so thank you so much for making this pattern available for us! Hopefully this time I will be a little wiser in my fabric choices 🤞🏻
As someone who got 10 yards of coat-weight wool for $50...same. Not quite the same meterage, but I have a floor-length half-circle cape, and matching full circle hooded cloak that is finger-length, both lined (...with a cheap polyester sheet). Worn together, particularly over my coat-weight wool kirtle, and I am significantly heavier than before.
@@ariadne0w1 yeah it's definitely a workout to wear these cloaks 😂 But hey on the bright side all that wool makes them very warm and the floor-length double cape topped with a hood look is just so magical and fun to walk around in✨
I can’t believe I have been following you since you had like 3 or 4 videos published. I almost never make comments because I’m more of a silent watcher, but you are one of my absolutely favorite channels and i love you for it. As soon as i learn how to sew, i’m making this cape, it looks so warm ❤
This is literal masterpice! And now I want a cape, but I've just finnished (not really, but almost) a glorious winter coat and I have absolutely no energy for another four-five yards of wool. Also it would be nice to see some petticoat/undergarments/etc. videos
I can't decide whether I would rather make a cape or a proper winter coat and have been stuck in decision paralysis so props to you for actually making one.
Suggestion: Build "pillow sleeve pads" to your upper sleeve at the shoulder armscye and partially to front and back ...sort of a crescent shape. Stitch in place around armscye (between the wool and your lining) to accommodate the 'poof' desired. Pretty stitch on your lining to secure the "pillows". Had to do this to an 1865 ball gown and it worked great! Beautiful cape!!! Love the Yoke and box pleats.
The satchel is do beautiful 19:51 Will certainly check it out. Love all Victorian fashion style. I'm still a baby with sewing but I made my goal to make a full Victorian witch outfit next year after learning all the basics
I love how intricate all her projects are... meanwhile I have a fleece square with a slit from the center down to a side and a computer embroidered tree of life on the back I've been using for 8 years... I'd love to find a way to trim it down in to a more manageable piece but for now I just use a kilt pin at the neck and deal 😅
17:24 Gosh do I know the feeling. I miss my buddy so much. We had him off to the side of the kitchen and at first he thought any vegetable bag rustling obviously meant it was he, the king, who was getting fed. Eventually he came to just assume that *literally any time we opened the fridge*, it was time for noms. His royal highness, lord of all our carrots and lettuce, ate often.
Reminds me of when I bought a princess cut wool coat (complete with giant hood of course). It's so heavy but also so comforting to wear because of the weight. The cape is lovely, especially the design on the back. ❤
A couple of years ago I made a wool winter coat inspired by your work, back then I didn't have a reliable sewing machine so I turned to my great grandma's peddle machine (a Kaiser not a Singer sadly) and the only problem it had with sewing through four layers of fabric was that it didn't have enough space between the foot and table. Those old machines are really powerful. Now I have an electric Singer from the 60's (I think, could be older) and that too can go through 4 wool layers no problem, Thank you for being an inspiration I love watching your videos.
That is stunning! It's a beautiful pattern. The back yoke is so lovely the velvet stands out beautifully! I'm so adding this pattern to my Christmas wish list!
Oh my goodness, the bag! I've been in love with Beara Beara ever since I saw them in one of your earlier videos, and it's super awesome that you're doing a colab with them! The cape is also amazing, of course!
This is great. It's amazing how Bernadette's videos always make me fantasize about complicated garments I could create, although my actual skills are barely enough to make a skirt!
i would absolutely love a witchy cape but we are heading into summer here in Australia and it usually lasts about 6 months, so i imagine ill be back around april or so when i can wear capes without becoming a soup
I got the pattern and watched the video. I suggest suitweight wool. I found some ends on eBay and have it in my stash. It would be so much easier to wear and cut down on the weight. If the wool had some cashmere in it, it would have been just as warm without the weight. Yeah, I'll try that. It might drape better, too. Other than that, it would act more like the muslin you made. As for the decoration on the yoke, I'm going a different way, I have an embroidery pattern for a man's coat edges, done in black, which would have the same effect but not disrupt the hand so much. The planning stage is so much fun with these patterns.
The end result is everything and so nice to see you horsing around at the very end! Nice to see the shop behind the purse and what a purse. Terrific stuff.
Perfect for snuggling up in on a cold day. The soutache on the yoke does add that extra touch of beauty. Now I'm thinking about what other garments to add soutache to!
Now you CAN take your weighted blanket outside and feel ✨fancy✨.
I was thinking the same thing
Yes!
That sounds like the perfect travel garment for me, at least in the colder seasons.
And finally in a different color than mental illness gray!
@@ragnkja That's what cloaks were originally: blankets you could wear
Seeing Bernadette go from late Victorian/Edwardian to STEAMPUNK MAD SCIENTIST at 14:55 is everything I needed out of this.
Thanks for making the link for those two aesthetics I couldn't place it 😅
Bernadette casually making a leather belt with no commentary just to flex on us😭
Way to bury the lede, Bernadette. That cape was the real highlight.
+ Bernadette casually not using gloves while dying the leather and still getting no stains on her fingers in the process. - Witchcraft!
I positively GAWKED at that!!!!! 😂
My proverbial hat (we should really bring hats back) goes off to Heathcliff for putting up with your unhinged historical fluffery. Truly a brave soul.
Let’s be honest we’re all here for the unhinged historical fluff!
We need more Victorian capes in the world. Fashion is getting to be too pragmatic
I am not sure that capes aren't pragmatic garments. It depends what you are doing. If you are doing physical work, then perhaps not, but I certainly would think capes would be very pragmatic in any other situations.
From my experience wearing a large black cape in European winters, capes are the ultimate pragmatic garment.
capes are so pragmatic, you can wear things under that are hidden.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 Came here to say this! Plus, with kiddos, being able to wrap up the little ones with you in the cape is wonderfully useful
Total mente deacuerdo!!!
Bernadette switches effortlessly between Missy vibes and Crowley vibes. Just another reason I love watching her 🖤
i don’t know how she does it but it’s amazing to watch
So very true!
Bernadette doesn’t even need a costume for Halloween, she’s a fully dedicated witch! 🖤🖤🖤
We need more empowered female witches in the world! Here's to witchy capes!
I think a proper Halloween costume for her would be jeans and a t-shirt 😅 like when Lady Gaga wore a duvet to look Iike ghost in contrast with her usual looks😊
@@NatuNuarat good idea 😂
A witch... or a Time Lord?
Halloween is a time for people like us to take off our costumes.
“NO CAPES! Ok… some capes”
~Edna Mode (probably)
Sibling (in my family it's hatchling) Love!
I mean I suppose it depends what the cape is for? On superheroes they make no sense. On witchy Edwardian ladies? I don't see why not.
I know it’s way removed from the styles you’ve dedicated your adult life to, but with just a few accessories, that cape would make a great foundation as a Imperial Officer outfit from Star Wars! Happy Halloween!
Omg you're right. Gender neutral vader here I come!
I definitely see this!
Yes! As soon as she put on the mock up my brain went "jedi!"
The yoke is reminiscent of Leia's Bespin costume...
I feel like her sibling would very much do this
The soutache is positively scrumptious. And the leather work. I love the way cape moves with you. That is a witchy cloak to start an epic adventure in.
Thank you for spelling that for me. I was googling suitash
what we didn't see, once the camera turned off, Bernadette disappeared into the shadow of an old oak tree. there her adventures of all things witchy started. perhaps she might share some stories with us later on!
Absolutely love capes and cloaks I wear my wool one every winter get some looks but do I care? No I do not❤
@hannahb.1432 I have a full-length reversible cloak that I made about 20 years ago. One side is black, the other blue black. When my granddaughters were little, they took great delight in hiding in my cloak I was wearing and telling their parents to come find them. I'd stand there in my giggling cloak while the parental units looked. And yes the neighborhood children think I'm a Witch. 🧙♀️🍄🍁📚🐈⬛🫖🎃
😂 Your love of puffed sleeves is soooo Anne of green gables. I love it. Also, am I the only one who finds the sound of those big old scissors cutting fabric so satisfying? My nana starting working as a seamstress back when child labor laws weren't a thing and i wish she was still around so i could have showed her your videos. ❤
I too LOVED the sound of the scissors! My mom was a seamstress; & at the yardage shops it was heaven!
“The good scissors!” As my mother would say.
So true!!! I replayed that bit just to savour the sound once more 😂
Did I have time to drop everything and indulge in this witchy creativity today? No. Did I do it anyway, hell yes! I have missed these long and beautiful sewing adventures of yours and this one is a real gem. Thanks for the ride on your magical broom.
I'm postponing washing the stairs for this. 😅
Beautiful sewing adventures require time that TH-cam algorhythm allegedly does not like. I'd still much rather have fewer of them if they remain good. 💛
(Even for reasons of garment sustainability/ consumerism concerns, to be honest. I'd much rather see fewer well-made garments being made than loads of them being cranked out for instant gratification...)
Speaking as an unbiased viewer who owns multiple pairs of black jeans, black boots (3 heights), black jackets and innumerable black tops, I consider this project an excellent idea. Well worth the creation time involved.
My bff's husband made a conscious decision to abandon color from his wardrobe. He wears exclusively black, with the exception of one chunky sweater in shades of ecru or whatever his pioneer-woman mother brings him when she visits.
And it works really well for him.
Would the boot height affect the choice of cape length?
My youngest has various boot styles and your comment made me wonder if her favorite boot height would be compatible to a mid-length wool cape?
It's been 40-ish years since I wore boots.... looking for a younger perspective...🍄🍄
Every garment you make makes me feel like "I am going to try and make this" No, I won't. But boy, I love watching you do it! Thank you for all the inspiration!
Hard same, haha! I can't even sew a straight line, all my projects have been nightmares 😆
This one had me almost going "yeah maybe" and then i remembered trying to make a suit jacket in high school textiles class and even with help i couldn't manage it - that was nearly twenty years ago! Projects like this are incredible but definitely for people with more skills and time than I have to my name 😂
We love seeing Bernadette coming into her witch era!
15:10 frankly my sewing machine could never 😭 it snaps needles under 3 or 4 layers of denim, but 5 wool?! no needles breaking on yours is a miracle
Victorian sewing machine are built DIFFERENT. That thing could see FUR it's fantastic. I own a zinger and it is so beautiful, it belonged to my great-great-great-grandmother back in the day.
For really Thicck (tm) seams, I've used a sail palm! They're usually used for canvas work (hence "sail") and therefore canvas/leather needles, but they've saved my fingers on SO many occasions. Also an awl for when I really mess up and just need ONE thread to get through ONE place that's through several layers of thick fabric. I would not be surprised if they were used every once and a while historically either. If you have a tool for it, why not use it?
be it back in the days or today, people will use what works and what they have on hand!
Having worked the industrial leather industry I can attest to having used awls.
19:16
Now I kind of know how a late victorian era female Crowley would look like.
I always knew I needed it, but could have never possibly imagine I would get it. Thank you so much for that, whether it was intentional or not.
Ngl, I would LOVE an asmr video of a sewing project: listening to the pencil across paper, the handling and cutting of fabric, the sometimes barely audible sound of thread being pulled through the stitches, it’s so relaxing!!
Can I say, Heathcliff is such a treat! You both vibe so well
Congratulations on selling out your handbag collaboration project. It looks truly well-made and gives spectacularly historic vibes.
I have been going down a Good Omens rabbit hole after season two (if you know, you know) and Bernadette at 19:15 is giving such strong Crowley vibes that I legit gasped
OH YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!
The glasses definitely help the vibe! Looks like nanny Ashtoreth on errands
Bernadette switches effortlessly between Missy vibes and Crowley vibes. Just another reason I love watching her 🖤
@@bridgetgroce4634 so real so true 💕💕💕
@@bridgetgroce4634 yesss, Missy too!
The white mock up was giving major jedi robes vibes!
after that witchy house coat and the lining of the cape....that emerald green really is YOUR color. it suits you so well...
I am reminded of the travails my mother went through making a black wool knee length coat in the 1960's. It had that flared shape and wide stand-up collar of the early 60's and weighed an absolute ton. And sewing a rather matte black wool in your spare evening hours would strain anyone's eyes.
Just a thought for dealing with that bulk: what if you hammered your seams? You do that in modern sewing, particularly with blue jeans, as the fabric is so dense and so many seams get felled. Most modern home sewing machines really struggle with seeing through upwards of a dozen layers of denim.
Idk if there’s any historical record of that kind of practice. With denim, you can chalk it up to part of the distressing, a bit of crushed fabric just adds to the appeal. With wool, the fibres would felt together and it probably wouldn’t have a measurable effect on the durability
Such a cool project. My 4 year old daughter was sitting with me watching this video. As you were cutting the fabric I explained what you were doing and that you were making a cape...her eyes lit up amd said, "oh a cape, is it for me, I want a little cape. Can we travel to visit her and she can make me a cape!" She proceeds to get her shoes on. Bless her heart, she is now very sad to not be traveling your way. Lol. I guess the girl needs a cape. Love it.
Fortunately, a cape for a little one can be made quite easily with very little fabric! I even made one for my daughter (when she was little) out of offcuts from a tunic I’d made years earlier from polar fleece. I overlapped the seams - rather than putting them back to back as usual - and sewed them flat with a fancy stitch to avoid bulk. It had the advantage of making the whole cape reversible, too! My ex - her dad - also used to make cloaks out of blankets that required no sewing whatsoever. A fleece lap blanket from the local Dollar Tree or 5 Below might make an excellent, inexpensive choice for a quick kid-cape. I hope your kid gets her cape, even if you won’t be flying over to have Bernadette make it anytime soon!
Way back when I made my first cotton velveteen doublet (8 panels around!), there were some sections where I was pushing 8 layers through my poor Singer. Yay for solid machines with metal contruction!
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I love the finished cape - it is ALL of the whimsy.
Imagine going for a quiet walk in the park and you turn a corner to find Bernadette just... Lying there on the ground 😂😂😂
I feel your pain with those chunky seems. When my children (some of whom are near 50), I bought old wool suits from the thrift store to remake into church suits and coats. I was using my mother's Kenmore sewing machine from 1950 something. I prayed mightily over many a seam, more frequently than not.
The chalk over the pin pricked pattern is something I wish I'd known about sooner, because HOLY CRAP that is something I can actually figure out how to work with. I LOVE IT!!
Love the way you designed and made the decorative soutache. I didn't even know that the silk braid and velvet could play so strikingly together. This is witch power!
I'm enjoying the little glimpses we're getting of Heathcliff, who seems lovely.
I love watching Bernadette’s videos while I do my own projects or little tasks around the house. It makes me feel like I’m in a crafting circle, or like I’m back in the days when people sat around in a room doing their own projects sharing company. Thank you!
LOVE seeing you so happy!!! Also love your honesty about your design choices not going as expected. Your humanness is one of the great things about you and your channel. Not hiding behind the option of movie magic, just making a fixed cape and pretending it was just right all along. Stay awesome Bernadette~
Oh Madame Banner! It's like you have looked inside my brain and plucked my vision of perfect Autumn wear! The only idfference is that you actually have the skills to translate it into something real.
Those antique safety goggles 🖤- it's all in the details that make Bernadette's videos so fab
I would be terrified of chipping black nail varnish while working with embossing tools. Props to you!
My black nail polish is so chipped right now! I feel called out😂
Maybe she uses gel? It chips way less and lasts for weeks. Or maybe she paints her nails and does the closeups before they can chip, lol.
@@misstweetypie1There's a chip on one of her middle fingers at one point in this video :)
All the times you were excited in this are just priceless. I am glad that you chose to pull on this thread. The soutache detail is fantastic.
Yup, now I am going to have to put an inverness cape on my to-do list...
I’m so happy your Beara Beara collab came through because I always wondered when it would happen cuz she mentioned it in her 5 outfit inspo video from a while ago (am I a crazy fan for remembering lol? Probably). I want to make this cape so badly!!❤❤
I've never been one to notice manicure but these nails are everything
I really love the technical thought process into how you brainstorm how the fabric will lay and fit accurately. It really is a testament to what fashion is all about and provides a new respect to understanding what goes into making a well/structured, intentionally shaped garment.
What a beautiful garment!! Well done! I’m imagining you wearing it in deep winter and being thrilled with the heavy wool choice. Then again I live in the Great North of Minnesota where it’s winter for 6+ months of the year. The detailed design on the back was worth every hour it took to stitch!! Just perfect. Thank you for another lovely video and Sharing your time and skills with all of us.
I just want to say, you are my headcanon/inspiration for a young McGonagall, and projects like this merely reinforce it. You pull the witchy vibe off so very well!
She's brilliant! I can just imagine Bernadette in cat form!
I got some wool for the easiest to tailor over-gown. The Scottish Arisaid.
step one: Rectangle.
Step two: YOU'RE DONE
Construction completed, you fold in some pleats and wrap it around yourself.
I like wearing a blanket. makes me feel warm.
There is never a bad time for a cape, and that one looks gorgeous. So much detail (and layers).
I suppose during a summer heat wave might be a tad bit hot~
(but then, I suppose, Bernadette would simply cool herself down with her witchy magic)
Ah! Sitting here this misty Sunday morning sipping hot coffee and enjoying a apple cinnamon pastry, no better environment to enjoy a decidely wonderfully witchy project. Screams Professor McGonagall! I love it!
The amount of quality, beautifully filmed content you pack into your videos is just staggering. The belt you designed and created could have made an excellent video on its own. More details the better. Your collab with Beara Bear would have made a fantastic solo clip, as well -- I know would have loved to have seen more of your process in its design, what features were important to you in creating a non-period bag that would compliment period designs. This is such a rich video!
Your attention to detail is as always impeccable, even when you make mistakes! Heathcliff is such a joy to see and I’m glad you’re featuring them more on your channel 😊
That is just beautiful. I'm going to have to get my daughter to start watching you - she spins and hand knits the most amazing garments. I know she'd love seeing your historical recreations.
Aaagh so lovely! The cape is gorgeous and the satchel is perfect. Great video and very relaxing while laying sick in bed.
Geez Louise, I hope you feel better soon! Chicken noodle soup. I also like Thai chicken soup. That and hot Earl Grey tea for being sick.
I hope you will get well soon!
Love the cape! Congratulations on your collaboration with Beara Beara; the bag is lovely too.
Very nice. Many capes are heavy. My mother had one, made in the 1980s and super beautiful quality yet heavy. I am short and thin and i was drowning in it. Wish I had it, somehow it got lost, but I'll never forget it.
Yes, oh yes Bernadette, I'm sure many of us caught that pair of Pinterest earrings and their rather shall we say... unique design? Loved it!
So cool, capes are awesome. It's interesting that even someone as skilled and learned as you can still learn something new from each new project
This cape is just amazing. I really like the back yoke detail as it makes it more flashy than a plain cape would be - it just elevates it to something super special.
Handbags absolutely existed. They were just much smaller and different than what we're used to today. Emma(2020) has a lot of those spread through the movie. They dont look at all like the ones we have today but they existed!
I am really impressed! I absolutely LOVE the back yoke of the cape and the techniques necessary to complete it. Don't worry about the weight--you are guaranteed to stay toasty during the extreme temperatures of winter.
I would love for the next pattern to come out to be of your 18th century inspired summer dress or the tea gown! Those were two of my favorites! ❤
you used the exact same materials and colors I've been planning to make a cloak out of!! I'm like the baby historian version of you...I'm still new to my journey towards a historically inspired wardrobe, but you've been my greatest inspiration! I recently switched to a different university, and my new friends say I dress like professor mcgonagall, which is my goal aesthetic :D
I want to make the green robe that McGonagall wears in the first year. Beautiful!
I love the moment with the mockup when you realized the sleeve/cape issue was a good thing :D The cape looks so good and cosy!
Sewing soutache trim on a doll dress while watching Bernadette sew her soutache panel. How fortuitous!
Bernadette - I've followed your videos for what feels like ages, and recently took up sewing to augment my passion for historical dress. I've just purchased your book and subscribed to your Skillshare -- thank you so much for sharing your beautiful craft, and taking me/us all on the journey!
It's so nice to see some content that looks and feels a little like the older content, I really miss that feeling.
Maybe you can do a spring edition of the cape, and showcase all the things you did differently. I would enjoy watching that. 😊
Found my next hobby!! I use to sew as a kid, learned a run on stitch and a pillow stitch and got pretty far in making stuff those but quit for some reason, I recently got a hold of a sewing machine and fixed it up. I've been testing it on small things I have a few scraps of cloth laying about I feel ready to take on a bit more difficult project. So I'ma make a simple vest first then add lining and a collar I'll see where things go and take it as a learning opportunity with practice I'ma get full blown into tailering my own clothes
You know what, now I don't feel that bad for making the same mistake of buying some heavy wool when I made my cloak last year 😂. Last autumn I decided to make a glorious and very dramatic ankle length 3/4 circle cape (for maximum swooshiness) toped with a capelet and a big hood. I ended up making it out of around 9 meters of a heavy black wool fabric and even though fulling lining it wasn't a bad idea 😅 Needless to say I ended up with a very heavy cloak (4.5 kg to be exact). I ended up having to insert some shoulder pads just so the weight would be better distributed on my shoulder. Anyway it's still one of my favorite piece in my wardrobe and the weight of it definitely hasn't stopped me from wearing it hahaha. I'm planing on making another shorter cape this season and I just love your design 😍 so thank you so much for making this pattern available for us! Hopefully this time I will be a little wiser in my fabric choices 🤞🏻
As someone who got 10 yards of coat-weight wool for $50...same. Not quite the same meterage, but I have a floor-length half-circle cape, and matching full circle hooded cloak that is finger-length, both lined (...with a cheap polyester sheet). Worn together, particularly over my coat-weight wool kirtle, and I am significantly heavier than before.
@@ariadne0w1 yeah it's definitely a workout to wear these cloaks 😂 But hey on the bright side all that wool makes them very warm and the floor-length double cape topped with a hood look is just so magical and fun to walk around in✨
I can’t believe I have been following you since you had like 3 or 4 videos published.
I almost never make comments because I’m more of a silent watcher, but you are one of my absolutely favorite channels and i love you for it. As soon as i learn how to sew, i’m making this cape, it looks so warm ❤
This is literal masterpice! And now I want a cape, but I've just finnished (not really, but almost) a glorious winter coat and I have absolutely no energy for another four-five yards of wool.
Also it would be nice to see some petticoat/undergarments/etc. videos
I can't decide whether I would rather make a cape or a proper winter coat and have been stuck in decision paralysis so props to you for actually making one.
Suggestion: Build "pillow sleeve pads" to your upper sleeve at the shoulder armscye and partially to front and back ...sort of a crescent shape. Stitch in place around armscye (between the wool and your lining) to accommodate the 'poof' desired. Pretty stitch on your lining to secure the "pillows". Had to do this to an 1865 ball gown and it worked great! Beautiful cape!!! Love the Yoke and box pleats.
The satchel is do beautiful 19:51
Will certainly check it out. Love all Victorian fashion style. I'm still a baby with sewing but I made my goal to make a full Victorian witch outfit next year after learning all the basics
As a leatherworker, it was so amazing to watch Bernadette making a belt. She is so careful and neat with the steps!
I love how intricate all her projects are... meanwhile I have a fleece square with a slit from the center down to a side and a computer embroidered tree of life on the back I've been using for 8 years... I'd love to find a way to trim it down in to a more manageable piece but for now I just use a kilt pin at the neck and deal 😅
17:24 Gosh do I know the feeling. I miss my buddy so much. We had him off to the side of the kitchen and at first he thought any vegetable bag rustling obviously meant it was he, the king, who was getting fed. Eventually he came to just assume that *literally any time we opened the fridge*, it was time for noms. His royal highness, lord of all our carrots and lettuce, ate often.
Reminds me of when I bought a princess cut wool coat (complete with giant hood of course). It's so heavy but also so comforting to wear because of the weight. The cape is lovely, especially the design on the back. ❤
Seeing that soutache just made my entire day! What a lovely creation!
The yoke's details are so nice even from a distance.
Your frolicking to show the finished cape is giving me serious Missy vibes and I am here for ittt 🥰
It's so lovely that your pattern weights reference your previous projects in the scrap fabric you chose for them!
A couple of years ago I made a wool winter coat inspired by your work, back then I didn't have a reliable sewing machine so I turned to my great grandma's peddle machine (a Kaiser not a Singer sadly) and the only problem it had with sewing through four layers of fabric was that it didn't have enough space between the foot and table. Those old machines are really powerful. Now I have an electric Singer from the 60's (I think, could be older) and that too can go through 4 wool layers no problem,
Thank you for being an inspiration I love watching your videos.
That is stunning! It's a beautiful pattern. The back yoke is so lovely the velvet stands out beautifully! I'm so adding this pattern to my Christmas wish list!
An absolutely gorgeous cape, love the back yoke details and using the velver pieces enhances it so much better
I have no clue about garments, but my goodness this woman is enthralling....
Oh my goodness, the bag! I've been in love with Beara Beara ever since I saw them in one of your earlier videos, and it's super awesome that you're doing a colab with them! The cape is also amazing, of course!
I love the sound of cutting fabric ❤
This is great. It's amazing how Bernadette's videos always make me fantasize about complicated garments I could create, although my actual skills are barely enough to make a skirt!
i would absolutely love a witchy cape but we are heading into summer here in Australia and it usually lasts about 6 months, so i imagine ill be back around april or so when i can wear capes without becoming a soup
I’m always astonished by how much beauty you create with your hands it’s like magic! 🌸💫🐇
I made a black cloak with my Mom for my Ren Faire cast costume in 1999, and I held on to it for years afterwards: it was just too damn PRACTICAL!
I got the pattern and watched the video. I suggest suitweight wool. I found some ends on eBay and have it in my stash. It would be so much easier to wear and cut down on the weight. If the wool had some cashmere in it, it would have been just as warm without the weight. Yeah, I'll try that. It might drape better, too. Other than that, it would act more like the muslin you made. As for the decoration on the yoke, I'm going a different way, I have an embroidery pattern for a man's coat edges, done in black, which would have the same effect but not disrupt the hand so much. The planning stage is so much fun with these patterns.
Not me struggling to figure out a cape pattern for weeks only for you to post EXACTLY what I was looking for! I can't wait to make it!
Yay! A pattern! This is so exciting, well done!
Omg the cabbage pattern weights!! I recognize those fabrics!
I love you trying to decode your own logic on mock-ups and patterns, it’s like me with my knitting notes
The end result is everything and so nice to see you horsing around at the very end! Nice to see the shop behind the purse and what a purse. Terrific stuff.
I’m gonna help normalize wearing these type of capes by wearing them more! They’re just soo useful and gorgeous!
What a beautiful job. Your work is nothing short of magnificent. I love the socks as well. Thank you so much for the video.
Perfect for snuggling up in on a cold day. The soutache on the yoke does add that extra touch of beauty. Now I'm thinking about what other garments to add soutache to!
This is a stunning cape! When I finish my current coat project, I'll be making this for sure!
oh wow, oh wow, oh wow, that is so wonderful. Love the braid, the velvet underlining idea ... I love. What a wonderful Journey.