Very cute! Love the green, and the beige cardigan goes nicely with it. I love the little edits you made, I do that too - edit the commercial patterns. I look at them as a base from which I can customize my projects to make what suits me. I love seeing that you do this too!! The white facing on the hem looks great!! The style of dress may not be suited to winter but it's very pretty. Sending love to you and Babybat. My son saw Babybat and went and grabbed our void kitty (Baby), and stood here half the video telling me to go back to to cat bits so he could show Baby her twin! He held her up to the screen and told her to look, lmao! It was adorable. We very much enjoyed watching Babybat walk past in the mirror behind you!
When you were talking at the end about wanting it to look more professional and less “homemade” makes complete sense! It didn’t come off as condescending at all. I think it was Evelyn Wood I was watching at some point and she said something along the lines of “you want it to look handmade, not homemade.” and that stuck with me.
I have been binge watching your videos and I am really enjoying them! I'm on bed rest with back issues at the moment and your videos are very soothing, informative, and I ADORE Baby Bat! ♥️🐈
Thank you for once again providing some quality baby bat content. It's much appreciated lol. That's such a cute dress! I really like how it turned out. Despite not being suited for a freak snow snap, the way you styled it for colder weather was really fun! Looking forward to the next series!
yess i was glad she was so cooperative this video haha. i'm glad the styling looked ok! i really pulled it out of nowhere bc i was so not expecting the snow rip
I think if I ever feel like studying a whole new "industry" I'd love to just look into making adjustable clothing and even selling them. Like studying old historical dresses and things that were made adjustable and figure out how to make "modern" clothing that way to make it better for a constantly changing female (/human) body
I think that would be a great thing to get into! I'm hoping that eventually the fashion industry moves away from the mentality that clothing is disposable and more towards creating sustainable clothing that is sturdy and adjustable enough to wear for ages!
I appreciate you sharing about the fit issues because of period bloating. It is totally something to consider and I myself would have probably not thought of that, so it's a good tip :)
Loved seeing how you made the changes to the pattern. I tend to want to alter commercial patterns, but I end up overthinking it and then I just get frustrated with the whole process because it doesn't turn out how I envisioned it. What you did made it simple and it looks like something I could do. I'd love to see more of that type of thing (altering patterns for customization) in the future. Thanks so much for all the awesome content you publish! I learn something new and every video.
Thank you! Yeah I’ve definitely gotten overly ambitious with changes but it always works out better if I only do one or two 😅 I’ll definitely do more in the future !
Hello, I am here 2 days post Roe V Wade, and I just wanted you to know that I am binging your content to cope. I thank you very sincerely for all of your amazing videos, and the comfort you cultivate 😊 ❤️
Ah I bought this pattern a couple months ago and haven 't touched it because I was a little nervous about the neckline. This is such a cute alteration!!! I'm digging it out of my stash right now, I'm in love!
yesss I'm glad I could inspire you to take out an unfinished project haha now if only I could inspire myself to do the same... if you post it somewhere please tag me!
Sizing the dress while I m at my fullest, is probably the best time to do the planning because our bodies need room to breath, and eat, and to be gassy and bloated and still look put together. I want to feel comfortable and confident. Perhaps the inherent problem with our fashion expectation is that we want to have a silhouette that is tightly fitting always. It’s like painting the floor and realizing that you’ve painted oneself into a corner. I’m coming to embrace elastic and lace closure with modesty panel as my pivot from the rigid structure. I want my bras to fasten in front, and for the cup size to be more accurate, so I’m learning what I like best in some bras and making my own.
Coming late to this video, but I can't agree more with your ending comments about techniques and finishings!! I've found that indie pattern companies are sometimes better at instructions that lean toward durable, "professional" construction than big 4 patterns. I made a blouse by Papercut recently and the attention to detail in the instructions was really impressive. And I feel so much more eager to wear it knowing that it doesn't scream "I made this last weekend and I want to tell you all about it". (I love telling people about my selfmade clothes so I like that vibe sometimes! Just not all the time.) This dress turned out so charming and sweet. Hope the resizing wound up working well!
The dress is so cute! I love all the little edits you did to the pattern, it really took the design to the next level. Excited to see your analysis on the selkie dresses. My best friend paid half the cost of one for me as she wanted me to wear one at her wedding. It's honestly the prettiest dress I own. Thank you for sharing your process with us.
Love the cat content. The dress turned out very cute. I love the look of linen and it's so nice in the summer. The dress analysis sound very exciting I love learning from your videos
I found your channel yesterday and have been binge watching you on my TV while doing chores. Thanks for being my new remote crafting buddy! You have such friendly vibes, and I love watching your projects progress!
The random snow after a practically a cool summer day the other week. It still looks amazing and hopefully spring will be here to stay after the next temperature rise, so you can enjoy this dress with some flowers. Hopefully. (* ᴗ ᴗ)
Super cute dress. I like how you took a commercial pattern and made a couple changes to make a whole different dress. This would be cool to see done on other patterns :) have a great day!
thank you! I definitely have more patterns and more fabric to use so I'll definitely be making some more cottagecore casual dresses for the spring and summer!
My fashion school sewing instructor used to say Becky Home-Ecky as well--and she also wouldn't let us use hand sewing for anything that could be machined (it was only approved for embroidery and hems). But I ended up not going into fashion as a career and she definitely did give me a bit of a hang-up about having to do things the "right" way, even though most of my sewing is modern daily wear I incorporate a lot of costume and historical techniques in my practice as well.
haha that's so funny, it must have been a more common phrase when home ec actually existed! that's so interesting about the no hand sewing though, I think probably that's a big difference between fashion and costume school - I had a classmate who came from the fashion industry and everything seems to be much more about speed and efficiency (while still doing things 'correctly') while our professors really liked it when we incorporated hand sewing, since it's more historical/couture! we of course still used the machine on anything that needed the strength of machine stitches, but one of my classmates did make a pair of stays entirely by hand bc our professor thought it would be a good exercise in learning historical techniques
It looks super cute! I especially love the shade of green. The selkie analysis video sounds cool, especially coming from someone who had only ever admired them from afar.
thank you! I looove this shade of green, anything kind of desaturated. I've somehow become obsessed with these dresses, they're so cute! I definitely keep an eye out for sales all the time 😅
haha I always thought it was a super funny way to critique our work in draping classes, not super 'you did this wrong' but more 'you could have done this better'
so pretty! thanks for putting us on this pattern, this inspired me to make my own garment! i think i will make a top out of the pattern though, and with a shirred panel in the back because im scared of zippers and for me the pros (easier to get in and out of, more comfortable, stretches and shrinks to your body as your neasurements fluctuate and it still fits nice and snug all because of the added stretch) of doing a shirring panel instead do by far outweigh the cons (idk i just think it looks a bit fast fashion, and it takes a bit longer than installing a zipper because of all the prep work with winding the bobbin at just the right tension and marking out your lines for nice and even lines of shirring) of it. i think i'll start with one in this cream fabric i have with a tiny light purple and baby blue floral print on it, and if i like it as much as i think i will ill probably have one in every colour by summer haha. thanks again!
This linen looks so beautiful...Ill have to go to black and sons sometimes because its so hard to find linen that beautiful....and I work down the street so really no excuse.
The changes you made to the pattern are all ones I would have and I agree with your instincts on the front pattern piece. As for shadow and bone, Ben barnes didn't have to go that hard or get hotter
Bernadette Banner has a pocket trick where she attaches a tape from the large part of the pocket and attaches it to the waist of her skirts and dresses, this could solve your issue with a phone weighing the dress down.
i thought of doing that but because this dress isn't really anchored at the waist it would just pull on the elastic at the shoulders and maybe result in a wardrobe malfunction 😅 that trick totally works with things that have a really fitted waistband though!
Very cute dress! I enjoyed seeing you add new elements to add more interest to a commercial pattern, and I would enjoy seeing more like this now and then. And yes, book-to-movie issues - I have them! Every time I see a new movie/series "based on a book", I cringe. I have to struggle, sometimes, to watch them at all. :)
thank you so much! aaah i know!! this is dragging up all of my harry potter book to movie feelings again which i had thoroughly forgotten until I started thinking about all the things I dislike about screen adaptations
@@moth.faerie Half of Goblet of Fire just... never happened. For me, the only adaptation that was a total miss but still an excellent thing in its own right was How to Train Your Dragon. Books were great, movies were great, imo. Win/Win.
I don't know how textured your fabric was, but I once made a dress out of seersucker where the mock-up fit perfectly and the seersucker version was overly large when I finished it. I *think* it's because of the texture; it flattens out as you wear the dress, or right after you press it and that makes the garment "grow". If you throw your dress in the dryer after washing, it might shrink up again. Now, I press the daylights out of my textured fabrics before cutting.
i hadn't even thought of that omg, it's very crinkly textured linen. well i just washed that dress so I'll have to see how it fits now that maybe it shrunk back 😅
@@moth.faerie oh no worries!! It was more a comment on my grandma hours than anything 😂 I don’t stay up late enough to catch later postings from the US - the video was definitely worth the wait!
Hey there! Just discovered your channel today and it's fantastic! Your editing is great, the music is fun as well and I love the historical and fantasy inspirations you have. Can't wait to see more.
Thank you for such a relaxing video. This is my break from my own altered project for a friend. It's the most complex pattern I've done so far, and he needed 3 alteration sessions (totalling 7 altered pieces in the jacket. I'm trying to have it done today, but it's just not going to happen. I have to have it done by Thursday as he's wearing it to an event. Also, I love Shadow and Bone, but I haven't read the books. My stepdaughter said the same thing about the show being so different from the books. Can't wait for season 2.
oh my god i'm so not envious of that many alterations 😭 good luck, I hope you were able to get most of it done by now! aaah you should definitely read the books if you like reading!! they're so good!
thank you, she's a big sweetie! ah sewing skills are definitely something you can build up! my first few costumes were Not Good lol, and the first (and only) quilt I ever made is very pretty but very poorly sewn, but practice definitely helps!
aah thats good to know! I don't actually work with linen all too often (hoping to change that) so I'll definitely keep that in mind for the future. maybe I should find some cheap linen to do mockups
Me been working on a wrapdress I want and need to decide type of style on skirt still. 3 mockups later I atleast seem to have most part of top sitting good. Maybe need to do change to armhole a little. Biggest thing is more how to finish seems. Never frenchseemed a dress before. Do bindings? Or line it but summer dress so don't feel like line it. So many decisions. This dress is so nice. Now I think I need something like this to. Allsaw dislike the homemade look. Me not trained at all so it's a challenge to where do I need to make it easier for me to get it done a d where do I make it look really nice.
french seams are pretty easy, just a bit tedious! and are really nice on summery dresses 😊 i feel like it keeps the seams a little lighter than bound seams. ah i feel that, there's definitely always some compromise between time and level of finishing
Thank you so much for this and all your other fantastic videos! I've already learned so much and have both recommended your channel to others and had others recommend it to me! :D I'm wondering if you have a list somewhere of the materials/sources you like to use. Things like what punch machine you use, where you like to source hardware, the sewing machine you like, types of boning, misc hand tools, etc. Especially if there are affiliate links where shopping from your recs could benefit you I'd love to know! Thank you again for all of your awesome content and happy sewing! :D
i don't have a single list unfortunately, but that's a good idea to make one! as for punch machine its the cs osborne grommet press available on wawak.com and the sewing machine i use is a juki ddl8700
@@moth.faerie Thank you so much for the punch info! I'll definitely check it out. 😄 I know Amazon has an affiliate link/build a shop filled with your recs program but since they're less than ideal I did some googling and found that other places like Target and Etsy, to name a few, have something similar. So if you do decide to put together a list and want to stay away from Amazon but benefit from your referrals it seems like there are a good number of options out there. (And I'd be thrilled to see your suggestions and would probably end up doing a bit more shopping than I originally intended -but isn't that often the story with sewing goodies? 😄 ) Also, if you ever feel like doing a library tour/book rec video, a "how you assess books/tools/sewing machines/patterns to decide if they're worth it" kind of thing, or shorter videos that are more technique based like using the fasturn tool, your favorite ways to finish seams, favorite resources or approach for learning new techniques, your top 5 techniques for pattern hacking/alteration, etc I would definitely watch all of those! I really appreciate the way you communicate information and share the reasoning behind and nuances of various techniques tools. Thank you again! (And also I'm sorry this comment became a bit of a novel. 😅)
I got them at rue21 probably around a decade ago 😅 they're strictly costume boots now since I wore them into a pool for a cosplay shoot and the insides are all weird now
If you add your shirring would that fix it without messing with the zipper? I hate installing them so maybe that is just me projecting not wanting to redo it.
ah i absolutely feel you it's probably the reason i won't actually move the zipper 😅 shirring could work with the zipper if I get it balanced correctly! it does make it harder to zip up generally but eh thats ok lol. adding side waist ties would probably also do it
Can you talk a little about how the dress on the envelope looks 'home-made'? I'm a 100% self-taught sewist with no formal education in dressmaking. I'm all about seam finishes (LOVE me some French seams) but other than that it's hard to know sometimes what sets 'hand made' apart from 'home made'.
sure! so mostly it's the fabric choice that looks odd - it's very flimsy looking but also weirdly stiff so it looks like it was made of either a super cheap quilting cotton (nothing's wrong with quilting cotton in general, but the $2/yard stuff is weird and papery) or dress shirt material, which just looks odd on a dress meant to be flowy. the fabric choice is also making the whole dress, especially in the cups, stand away from her body rather than hugging it. the hem being bound in bias tape is also a little odd for this material, with something like a wool skirt, a bound hem is totally fine because the fabric already has weight to it, but when you're making a skirt out of something super light weight, you want them hem to be more substantial to keep it more grounded.
So the hem - I have been planning a sew for a son-de-flor inspired dress! The hand sewn stitch you used for the hem isn't familiar to me - does the stitch have a name?
I appreciate you doing the little finishing changes. Whenever I've made a dress fun a mainstream pattern I'm always disappointed because it doesn't look finished, even when it's finished and just looks kinda lazy. I guess there trying to make it easier for people but still irritating.
I hope you didn't freeze in that reveal. So much snow.🥶 The color is so pretty and it's a pity you couldn't show off those beautiful sleeves. The weather must learn some respect, seriously.😅
lolll only froze a little bit, but I"m very thawed now. I wore this dress to film my video for next week so hopefullytheres a better view of the sleeves for you!
I really wish I could keep watching this but the sounds of paper rustling etc is just so loud. I might just watch on mute because it looks like a lovely dress but I really enjoy your voice and explanations. I hate to be a downer and don’t want to discourage you from making more wonderful content.
ah sorry about that! my microphone was doing something weird this time and I tried to save the vocal part while turning down the paper sounds but this was as good as I could get it 😅 it should only be like that in the first pattern explanation part and the rest should be ok though!
Very cute! Love the green, and the beige cardigan goes nicely with it. I love the little edits you made, I do that too - edit the commercial patterns. I look at them as a base from which I can customize my projects to make what suits me. I love seeing that you do this too!! The white facing on the hem looks great!! The style of dress may not be suited to winter but it's very pretty. Sending love to you and Babybat. My son saw Babybat and went and grabbed our void kitty (Baby), and stood here half the video telling me to go back to to cat bits so he could show Baby her twin! He held her up to the screen and told her to look, lmao! It was adorable. We very much enjoyed watching Babybat walk past in the mirror behind you!
that's SO CUTE I love it! what a sweet kid, I'm so happy he likes baby bat and that baby bat has a twin! ❤
When you were talking at the end about wanting it to look more professional and less “homemade” makes complete sense! It didn’t come off as condescending at all. I think it was Evelyn Wood I was watching at some point and she said something along the lines of “you want it to look handmade, not homemade.” and that stuck with me.
ooh that's a much better way to put it! definitely will be saying that from now on. I'm glad it didn't come off condescending 😅
It stuck with me too lol
The same quote was going through my mind as well!
A video talking more about the "professional vs homemade" look would be good.
I'll add that to my list for future videos!
I have been binge watching your videos and I am really enjoying them! I'm on bed rest with back issues at the moment and your videos are very soothing, informative, and I ADORE Baby Bat! ♥️🐈
Thank you for once again providing some quality baby bat content. It's much appreciated lol. That's such a cute dress! I really like how it turned out. Despite not being suited for a freak snow snap, the way you styled it for colder weather was really fun! Looking forward to the next series!
yess i was glad she was so cooperative this video haha. i'm glad the styling looked ok! i really pulled it out of nowhere bc i was so not expecting the snow rip
I think if I ever feel like studying a whole new "industry" I'd love to just look into making adjustable clothing and even selling them. Like studying old historical dresses and things that were made adjustable and figure out how to make "modern" clothing that way to make it better for a constantly changing female (/human) body
I think that would be a great thing to get into! I'm hoping that eventually the fashion industry moves away from the mentality that clothing is disposable and more towards creating sustainable clothing that is sturdy and adjustable enough to wear for ages!
I appreciate you sharing about the fit issues because of period bloating. It is totally something to consider and I myself would have probably not thought of that, so it's a good tip :)
Ways to jazz up commercial patterns is a great idea.
Loved seeing how you made the changes to the pattern. I tend to want to alter commercial patterns, but I end up overthinking it and then I just get frustrated with the whole process because it doesn't turn out how I envisioned it. What you did made it simple and it looks like something I could do. I'd love to see more of that type of thing (altering patterns for customization) in the future. Thanks so much for all the awesome content you publish! I learn something new and every video.
Thank you! Yeah I’ve definitely gotten overly ambitious with changes but it always works out better if I only do one or two 😅 I’ll definitely do more in the future !
Hello, I am here 2 days post Roe V Wade, and I just wanted you to know that I am binging your content to cope. I thank you very sincerely for all of your amazing videos, and the comfort you cultivate 😊 ❤️
i'm glad it can help you feel better a little bit! please take care of yourself so we can fight it long term 💕
Ah I bought this pattern a couple months ago and haven 't touched it because I was a little nervous about the neckline. This is such a cute alteration!!! I'm digging it out of my stash right now, I'm in love!
yesss I'm glad I could inspire you to take out an unfinished project haha now if only I could inspire myself to do the same... if you post it somewhere please tag me!
Sizing the dress while I m at my fullest, is probably the best time to do the planning because our bodies need room to breath, and eat, and to be gassy and bloated and still look put together. I want to feel comfortable and confident. Perhaps the inherent problem with our fashion expectation is that we want to have a silhouette that is tightly fitting always. It’s like painting the floor and realizing that you’ve painted oneself into a corner.
I’m coming to embrace elastic and lace closure with modesty panel as my pivot from the rigid structure. I want my bras to fasten in front, and for the cup size to be more accurate, so I’m learning what I like best in some bras and making my own.
Coming late to this video, but I can't agree more with your ending comments about techniques and finishings!! I've found that indie pattern companies are sometimes better at instructions that lean toward durable, "professional" construction than big 4 patterns. I made a blouse by Papercut recently and the attention to detail in the instructions was really impressive. And I feel so much more eager to wear it knowing that it doesn't scream "I made this last weekend and I want to tell you all about it". (I love telling people about my selfmade clothes so I like that vibe sometimes! Just not all the time.) This dress turned out so charming and sweet. Hope the resizing wound up working well!
The cat apperances are everything!!!!! I mean, the sewing is also really cool but thE CAT
the meow!!!! the little jump!!!
hahaha i don't mind, baby bat deserves all the attention!! this is secretly a baby bat channel disguised as a sewing channel
I just bought this pattern recently and now I can't wait to use it. Your dress looks amazing!
thank you so much! if you share your work on instagram please tag me, I'd love to see it!
The dress is so cute! I love all the little edits you did to the pattern, it really took the design to the next level.
Excited to see your analysis on the selkie dresses. My best friend paid half the cost of one for me as she wanted me to wear one at her wedding. It's honestly the prettiest dress I own.
Thank you for sharing your process with us.
thank you! aaah thats so exciting! which one did you get?? congratulations to your friend!
Lovely job on the French seams, and I love the idea of the light colored hem facing. Nice work!
thank you!
Love the cat content. The dress turned out very cute. I love the look of linen and it's so nice in the summer. The dress analysis sound very exciting I love learning from your videos
she was very cooperative this video haha. I also love linen! I like that it has so much texture even with solid colors 😊
I found your channel yesterday and have been binge watching you on my TV while doing chores. Thanks for being my new remote crafting buddy! You have such friendly vibes, and I love watching your projects progress!
ah thanks for watching! happy to be crafting friends!
The random snow after a practically a cool summer day the other week. It still looks amazing and hopefully spring will be here to stay after the next temperature rise, so you can enjoy this dress with some flowers. Hopefully. (* ᴗ ᴗ)
yess i hope so! we have some daffodils in our front yard that haven't bloomed yet and I'm hoping they survived the snow enough to flower!
Super cute dress. I like how you took a commercial pattern and made a couple changes to make a whole different dress. This would be cool to see done on other patterns :) have a great day!
I'll definitely do more in the future!
I adore how this dress turned out! I would keep it the same size and save it for my bloated days if it were me :)
yeeeah i'm thinking i'll probably just leave it because who really wants to restitch a zipper lol
I finish my stuff with my serger. Love it.
It looks so cute!! I love it. It's going to be lovely to wear in spring and summer
Also Babybat is amazing and her little chirpy chirps are so sweet
thank you! yess baby bat is the cutest I love her so much!
Just found your channel through the algorithm and I love all of your videos!
Those lil meows at the start were too cute! What an excellent helper
The dress came out so cute~!! I love the shade of green you chose :D would love to see you create more of these!
thank you! I definitely have more patterns and more fabric to use so I'll definitely be making some more cottagecore casual dresses for the spring and summer!
Wonderful! I love that shade of green too. It looks like it'll be so comfy for summer lol.
yesss i'm so excited to wear it when it's warm!
Come for the sewing, stay for the gratuitous kitty footage. I do love this dress.
You could do a shirred part in the back, I think it would look nice.
I love the alterations you made to this pattern, so cute!
ah thanks! i'm very happy with how it turned out!
My fashion school sewing instructor used to say Becky Home-Ecky as well--and she also wouldn't let us use hand sewing for anything that could be machined (it was only approved for embroidery and hems). But I ended up not going into fashion as a career and she definitely did give me a bit of a hang-up about having to do things the "right" way, even though most of my sewing is modern daily wear I incorporate a lot of costume and historical techniques in my practice as well.
haha that's so funny, it must have been a more common phrase when home ec actually existed! that's so interesting about the no hand sewing though, I think probably that's a big difference between fashion and costume school - I had a classmate who came from the fashion industry and everything seems to be much more about speed and efficiency (while still doing things 'correctly') while our professors really liked it when we incorporated hand sewing, since it's more historical/couture! we of course still used the machine on anything that needed the strength of machine stitches, but one of my classmates did make a pair of stays entirely by hand bc our professor thought it would be a good exercise in learning historical techniques
I love the fabric you used!
thank you!
It looks super cute! I especially love the shade of green. The selkie analysis video sounds cool, especially coming from someone who had only ever admired them from afar.
thank you! I looove this shade of green, anything kind of desaturated. I've somehow become obsessed with these dresses, they're so cute! I definitely keep an eye out for sales all the time 😅
Girl Becky Home Ec-y sent me. This looks so nice!
haha I always thought it was a super funny way to critique our work in draping classes, not super 'you did this wrong' but more 'you could have done this better'
Could you provide a detailed description of the skirt and sleeves, including its appearance and characteristics because it looks good
so pretty! thanks for putting us on this pattern, this inspired me to make my own garment! i think i will make a top out of the pattern though, and with a shirred panel in the back because im scared of zippers and for me the pros (easier to get in and out of, more comfortable, stretches and shrinks to your body as your neasurements fluctuate and it still fits nice and snug all because of the added stretch) of doing a shirring panel instead do by far outweigh the cons (idk i just think it looks a bit fast fashion, and it takes a bit longer than installing a zipper because of all the prep work with winding the bobbin at just the right tension and marking out your lines for nice and even lines of shirring) of it. i think i'll start with one in this cream fabric i have with a tiny light purple and baby blue floral print on it, and if i like it as much as i think i will ill probably have one in every colour by summer haha. thanks again!
I love the dress, it's so pretty and colour is wonderfully spring like (hopefully spring weather isn't too far away!)
thank you! yess i'm hoping for spring soon! though rip my allergies lol
Just gorgeous! It looked lovely in the snow too!
thank you!
it's adorable, btw--lovely soft color!! love love love all your changes to the pattern. :)
thank you!
I love how this turned out! It looks so cute!
thank you!
I don't sew but that dress looks very dreamy
thank you!
This linen looks so beautiful...Ill have to go to black and sons sometimes because its so hard to find linen that beautiful....and I work down the street so really no excuse.
all of their fabric is gorgeous!!! i really had to restrain myself in there haha. I'm so jealous you work nearby!
Stunning dress! You must have been so cold in the reveal though
thank you! haha it was definitely not comfortable
I love the alterations wish I had of made them
you still can in a future project!
Not my style of dress but it suits you to the T. As always your video are a treasure of information. Can't wait for the dress analysis.
aw thank you!
The changes you made to the pattern are all ones I would have and I agree with your instincts on the front pattern piece.
As for shadow and bone, Ben barnes didn't have to go that hard or get hotter
thank you! omg haha I'm not super into Ben Barnes but I'm glad you like him, I was just wishing he was still prince caspian 😅
@@moth.faerie lol more for me! I like him scruffy better and just everything he does
Bernadette Banner has a pocket trick where she attaches a tape from the large part of the pocket and attaches it to the waist of her skirts and dresses, this could solve your issue with a phone weighing the dress down.
i thought of doing that but because this dress isn't really anchored at the waist it would just pull on the elastic at the shoulders and maybe result in a wardrobe malfunction 😅 that trick totally works with things that have a really fitted waistband though!
I am just sewing on really simila dress. Absolutely love yours.
thank you so much! i'd love to see yours!!
Very cute dress! I enjoyed seeing you add new elements to add more interest to a commercial pattern, and I would enjoy seeing more like this now and then. And yes, book-to-movie issues - I have them! Every time I see a new movie/series "based on a book", I cringe. I have to struggle, sometimes, to watch them at all. :)
thank you so much! aaah i know!! this is dragging up all of my harry potter book to movie feelings again which i had thoroughly forgotten until I started thinking about all the things I dislike about screen adaptations
@@moth.faerie Half of Goblet of Fire just... never happened. For me, the only adaptation that was a total miss but still an excellent thing in its own right was How to Train Your Dragon. Books were great, movies were great, imo. Win/Win.
This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen :')
aw thank you so much!
I don't know how textured your fabric was, but I once made a dress out of seersucker where the mock-up fit perfectly and the seersucker version was overly large when I finished it. I *think* it's because of the texture; it flattens out as you wear the dress, or right after you press it and that makes the garment "grow". If you throw your dress in the dryer after washing, it might shrink up again. Now, I press the daylights out of my textured fabrics before cutting.
i hadn't even thought of that omg, it's very crinkly textured linen. well i just washed that dress so I'll have to see how it fits now that maybe it shrunk back 😅
I absolutely love your ㅅㅜpreme sweater! It's so clever!
thank you! it's from the anti brand, i love their stuff!
This was such a fun process and I love the final dress!! I’m so annoyed that my time difference made me have to wait until Monday morning to see it 😂
ah oh nooo I should be able to keep to my saturday schedule pretty consistently from now on!
@@moth.faerie oh no worries!! It was more a comment on my grandma hours than anything 😂 I don’t stay up late enough to catch later postings from the US - the video was definitely worth the wait!
Hey there! Just discovered your channel today and it's fantastic! Your editing is great, the music is fun as well and I love the historical and fantasy inspirations you have. Can't wait to see more.
aw thank you so much! i'm glad you're enjoying my videos thank you for watching!! 😊
You had some crazy weather, but that dress still looked cute in the snow. :}
thank you! i'm hoping thats the last of the snow for this year 😅
Gorgeous! Turned out amazing !
thank you!
You look so good 😻
thank you!!
Thank you for such a relaxing video. This is my break from my own altered project for a friend. It's the most complex pattern I've done so far, and he needed 3 alteration sessions (totalling 7 altered pieces in the jacket. I'm trying to have it done today, but it's just not going to happen. I have to have it done by Thursday as he's wearing it to an event.
Also, I love Shadow and Bone, but I haven't read the books. My stepdaughter said the same thing about the show being so different from the books. Can't wait for season 2.
oh my god i'm so not envious of that many alterations 😭 good luck, I hope you were able to get most of it done by now! aaah you should definitely read the books if you like reading!! they're so good!
your cat is absolutely adorable!! i wish i had your sewing skills ahh
thank you, she's a big sweetie! ah sewing skills are definitely something you can build up! my first few costumes were Not Good lol, and the first (and only) quilt I ever made is very pretty but very poorly sewn, but practice definitely helps!
Just need to say I love your videos, I love your makes, I love you, and I REALLY love your cat!! 😻😻
ah you're so sweet thank you so much 😭💕 haha i'm glad everyone gives baby bat the appreciation she deserves
Super cute dress! I find that linen usually turns out bigger than expected. Did you wash and dry it before sewing?
I've had the same problem. I had to take 3 inches out of the last skirt waist I made from linen.
aah thats good to know! I don't actually work with linen all too often (hoping to change that) so I'll definitely keep that in mind for the future. maybe I should find some cheap linen to do mockups
Me been working on a wrapdress I want and need to decide type of style on skirt still. 3 mockups later I atleast seem to have most part of top sitting good. Maybe need to do change to armhole a little. Biggest thing is more how to finish seems. Never frenchseemed a dress before. Do bindings? Or line it but summer dress so don't feel like line it. So many decisions.
This dress is so nice. Now I think I need something like this to.
Allsaw dislike the homemade look. Me not trained at all so it's a challenge to where do I need to make it easier for me to get it done a d where do I make it look really nice.
french seams are pretty easy, just a bit tedious! and are really nice on summery dresses 😊 i feel like it keeps the seams a little lighter than bound seams. ah i feel that, there's definitely always some compromise between time and level of finishing
I love this color on you!
aah thank you!
Thank you so much for this and all your other fantastic videos! I've already learned so much and have both recommended your channel to others and had others recommend it to me! :D I'm wondering if you have a list somewhere of the materials/sources you like to use. Things like what punch machine you use, where you like to source hardware, the sewing machine you like, types of boning, misc hand tools, etc. Especially if there are affiliate links where shopping from your recs could benefit you I'd love to know! Thank you again for all of your awesome content and happy sewing! :D
i don't have a single list unfortunately, but that's a good idea to make one! as for punch machine its the cs osborne grommet press available on wawak.com and the sewing machine i use is a juki ddl8700
@@moth.faerie Thank you so much for the punch info! I'll definitely check it out. 😄 I know Amazon has an affiliate link/build a shop filled with your recs program but since they're less than ideal I did some googling and found that other places like Target and Etsy, to name a few, have something similar. So if you do decide to put together a list and want to stay away from Amazon but benefit from your referrals it seems like there are a good number of options out there. (And I'd be thrilled to see your suggestions and would probably end up doing a bit more shopping than I originally intended -but isn't that often the story with sewing goodies? 😄 )
Also, if you ever feel like doing a library tour/book rec video, a "how you assess books/tools/sewing machines/patterns to decide if they're worth it" kind of thing, or shorter videos that are more technique based like using the fasturn tool, your favorite ways to finish seams, favorite resources or approach for learning new techniques, your top 5 techniques for pattern hacking/alteration, etc I would definitely watch all of those! I really appreciate the way you communicate information and share the reasoning behind and nuances of various techniques tools. Thank you again! (And also I'm sorry this comment became a bit of a novel. 😅)
the dress looks really cute!
thank you!
would adding a back half-sash help? that way, you wouldn't have to take in the dress at all, and you'd know it would fit you all month.
ah yes now that you mention it this is probably what i'll end up doing, thank you!
This looks so Amazing!!!
thank you!
I love the dress. Where did you find those super cute boots?0]
I got them at rue21 probably around a decade ago 😅 they're strictly costume boots now since I wore them into a pool for a cosplay shoot and the insides are all weird now
Is that sandpaper you are using for pattern paper?
If you add your shirring would that fix it without messing with the zipper? I hate installing them so maybe that is just me projecting not wanting to redo it.
ah i absolutely feel you it's probably the reason i won't actually move the zipper 😅 shirring could work with the zipper if I get it balanced correctly! it does make it harder to zip up generally but eh thats ok lol. adding side waist ties would probably also do it
Can you talk a little about how the dress on the envelope looks 'home-made'? I'm a 100% self-taught sewist with no formal education in dressmaking. I'm all about seam finishes (LOVE me some French seams) but other than that it's hard to know sometimes what sets 'hand made' apart from 'home made'.
sure! so mostly it's the fabric choice that looks odd - it's very flimsy looking but also weirdly stiff so it looks like it was made of either a super cheap quilting cotton (nothing's wrong with quilting cotton in general, but the $2/yard stuff is weird and papery) or dress shirt material, which just looks odd on a dress meant to be flowy. the fabric choice is also making the whole dress, especially in the cups, stand away from her body rather than hugging it. the hem being bound in bias tape is also a little odd for this material, with something like a wool skirt, a bound hem is totally fine because the fabric already has weight to it, but when you're making a skirt out of something super light weight, you want them hem to be more substantial to keep it more grounded.
So the hem - I have been planning a sew for a son-de-flor inspired dress! The hand sewn stitch you used for the hem isn't familiar to me - does the stitch have a name?
It’s a catch stitch!
@@water13girl Thank you!
I appreciate you doing the little finishing changes. Whenever I've made a dress fun a mainstream pattern I'm always disappointed because it doesn't look finished, even when it's finished and just looks kinda lazy. I guess there trying to make it easier for people but still irritating.
I hope you didn't freeze in that reveal. So much snow.🥶 The color is so pretty and it's a pity you couldn't show off those beautiful sleeves. The weather must learn some respect, seriously.😅
lolll only froze a little bit, but I"m very thawed now. I wore this dress to film my video for next week so hopefullytheres a better view of the sleeves for you!
"this is a lot of effort for something thats not actually going to be visible" me, worried about carbon paper marks on my stays
loll i feel like it should be my life motto
I really wish I could keep watching this but the sounds of paper rustling etc is just so loud. I might just watch on mute because it looks like a lovely dress but I really enjoy your voice and explanations. I hate to be a downer and don’t want to discourage you from making more wonderful content.
ah sorry about that! my microphone was doing something weird this time and I tried to save the vocal part while turning down the paper sounds but this was as good as I could get it 😅 it should only be like that in the first pattern explanation part and the rest should be ok though!
@@moth.faerie thank you for responding, it’s good to know it’s not the whole video, I’ll give it another go.
Could you provide a detailed description of the skirt and sleeves, including its appearance and characteristics because it looks good