I made a Patchwork Corset-Vest!
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My Grammy had some of those books that were different leathers- we made so many pairs of shoes for my American Girl Samantha doll.
That is such a great use for that, I love it!!
My Samantha had quite an enviable wardrobe thanks to Grammy's remnants bin- she was a professional seamstress in the 80s and has a lot of leftover fabric. Absolutely the reason I'm into historical fashion and sewing!
Morgan,
Such a darling, original vest/corset/ waistcoat.... I love it! You are always so clever. Not only in your original designs, also in where you source fabrics and materials from, and I admire that.
I have been able to source things ( I ) find valuable, from many different places. I never thought of trying to see if I could get a fabric sample book! I did get a carpet one, and my cat condo was awesome because of it 😊 . I am going to use my best -I am not trying to ruin your day - attitude and be genuinely grateful if I am able to source some nice fabric samples!! I can think of so many cool ideas; depending on fabrics available.
Thanks for the ideas and for sharing your talents!
Sending happy thoughts and gratitude,
Audri
My dad had those… he’s retired now but he did upholstery…
👀 I have scrap leather and finally got my Samantha
My dad was in construction, and did a similar thing with his kitchen floor. He used tile samples he’d collected over the years and made a beautiful “patchwork” tile floor. It was truly a piece of art and wholly unique.
Decades ago, I worked at a small sewing distributor (fabric & notions). One morning I saw the boss putting a bunch of fabric sample books in the trash pile. I asked and he said take whatever you can before the truck comes. I made a lot of "patchwork" things and "mended" a frayed lightweight denim shirt--was asked wear I bought it, was soooo proud. I never stopped after that. My sewing space has 3 x more scraps and remnants than actual yardage of any fabric.
My mum and I were going through and reorganizing my stash this morning and I realized just how many scrappy bits I've got...way too many 😅 I have so much more in scrap/cabbage than I do in whole cuts. I'm not normally big on patchwork or quilting for me but I may just need to make myself a skirt or something!
I love when you take a garment and put a whimsical or nostalgic spin on it like your secret pants. This is such a cute way to continue your mom's craft and blend it with your own. The fan lacing is the coolest touch. So beautiful
Awww 😭💖 thank you so much! It's very freeing to play with things like this, so much less stress compared to trying to get everything exactly 'right'.
@@MorganDonner yo wait can you wear this with the shenanigan pants, probably gonna clash but im just curious
All those scrap hoarders are going to love this project. Now if the will ever get around to making it.
I often joke that crafting and collecting supplies for crafting are two different hobbies. I am VERY good at the collecting and hoarding part, if I do say so myself!
As my great grandma used to say, No one will notice on a galloping horse.😂 The whole outfit, including the back tail, looks great.🥰
That is a FANTASTIC phrase that I plan to adopt immediately!
@@marissabulso6439 I am so glad. It's one of my favorite family sayings.
My mom used to say a blind man on a galloping horse
I don't understand the saying.. is it that no one will see flaws on a galloping horse?
@heyits_cat8966 it more so roughly means no one will notice the little errors in daily life, or the little errors don't mean anything to others when they see you wear it, only you.
Not me instantly falling in love with this wrap vest and I want five??? Holy smokes?? Taking notes, taking notes!!!! I can imagine how cool this would look in rainbow or different shades of purples and greens and I'm in love with the concept. I adore the fan lacing it's such a gorgeous detail.
I know! I've got a rainbow obsessed kid and now I want to find rainbow scraps to make her like, patchwork overalls.
I need to make this in green. Too late for St. Patrick's day...☘️ this year, but that's okay because with my skill level rather than Ms. Donner's skill set it might be ready in time for next year. And then I can make a saturated pastel purple one for my niece! I'm just too happy about this idea.
I wonder if it would be possible to combine green fabrics and leather pieces? That could make a cute fantasy type look or just forest-y. :3
now I want to see everybody`s creations! Morgan should make a hashtag. and maybe do a sewalong or challange or something
@@lynnsibley1172 oh no now _I_ want rainbow patchwork overalls...
I made 30 quilts out of sample books for my daughter’s wedding. Gave them to guests as they left
As someone who's had to throw away hundreds of these books, I'm so happy to see this one get the love it deserves. Especially a Robert Allen book.
I love your style of wearing the finished piece while explaining your process of making it. I always feel myself antsy during project videos to jump to the end to see the final product but here I can see it the entire time and think Wow how was it made? and enjoy the process of learning every step that went into it.
Interior designers usually have these books that they get rid of every year. My dad is a painting contractor, so I got a lot of these as a teen from the designers he would work with. They had a lot of leather samples too. I used them for a lot of crafting and small sewing projects. If anyone is interested in doing a project like this, contact local interior designers and ask them to think of you when they want to get rid of their fabric swatches.
I now know what to do with my "year pants". I was too poor to get a year book so my last day senior year in high school I wore an old pair of pants my mom gave me (that were too short or tight or worn for a middle aged person, but fit my very small teen age body well enough at the time) and brought in a multi color pack of sharpies and asked my friends to sign my year pants. My friends loved it, those pants have every type of weird doodles, graffiti or heart felt messages you could imagine. They are way too small now, but the strip fan type shape of those panels on your vest thing is perfect. The year pants will live again!
In the UK we do this on the last day with our school shirts. 🙂
i love that patchwork is becoming more and more popular. I've even started seeing it in high-end fashion
The secret ti velvet no matter the kind of velvet is pins. Pin it like you would normally, pin it between those pins to keep it still, and pin it one more time because it's velvet.
Velvet has adhd! I just love your machine cozy claire.
I have promised myself a waistcoat since I sewed waistcoats for my husband and for my son and his wedding party 6 years ago. I have sewn for others, but it is time to sew for me again and your form fitting supportive wrap version has inspired me. Thank you.
For the sleeves, you could also make some of those slit ones that let the shift show through, and have every "slit" be the separation between the panels of different fabrics!
Dawn dishwashing liquid or gain dishwashing liquid will actually help to get that off of the back
Sometimes warming the paper with a blow dryer or warm iron will lower the viscosity of the glue so much that it comes off much more easily. It works best on stickers on hard surfaces, though.
Yes sometimes eating it that does work @@ClaudiaArnold
@@EphanyasisOwleyes Do you in fact mean eating or heating? I do apologize if I have offended you somehow 😳.
@@ClaudiaArnoldngl, bless you for this bc my brain was stuck on "eating the glue? that checks out. people (children) do that!" and couldn't think up of what they probably actually meant.
(I know brain was having a "dumb" moment, but I still appreciate this xD)
Dishwashing liquid in the washing machine ?
( Sometimes I do that to wash wool)
There is a quilt, which might be in the NC Museum of History, made from men's suiting wool samples. The maker's husband owned a general goods store and Sears would send books of samples, so customers could choose what fabric they wanted for their suit, which they would then buy from Sears.
I used to use those books for all sorts of things. We covered a friend's couch in patchwork we made from it. I made a whole coat once. It is a lot of fun and this project was so unique. I love the way it looks.
My aunt used to work at a furniture store and I have SO many samples sitting around that she gave us.....thanks for the idea! Not that I needed more stuff to sew. 😂😂😂
Regarding the vent on the back, I think that there is so much going on with colours, textures and patterns that (adding the ribbon on top) the only person who will ever notice that it isn't 'straight' will be you. And since you can't see your own bum, generally speaking, it's all good. I love how you take an idea and then just run with it and bring something wonderful into the world.
Morgan I have been so inspired by you and other sewists and crafters on TH-cam - I got a sewing machine for Christmas and just made a pair of truly terrible pajama pants as my first project. They are awful but they exist and I learned some things for next time!
Patchwork must be in the air, I am contemplating incorporating it in my sewing. That waistcoat suits you so much, from the color to the styling. I liked the way you made the pattern using plastic wrap and tape, that's a great technique.
This is SO creative, I love exactly this kind of very personal spin Morgan puts on her more creative projects - that fresh and inspiring mix of historical and punk and feminine and practical
So I'm not the only one that goes to these stores and ask for their discontinued sample packs. 😊
I loved using these for various mini projects. I really must get back to using my left over samples.
Love that you didn’t just ~use~ a fabric samples, you elevated them. You embraced the inherent pieced-together look and created something so stunning. I cannot get over the fan shape of the laces spreading out and across the garment. Glorious. 😂
this is such a fun idea! I remember making clothes for dolls and stuffed animals with those kinds of books! Its super cool that you are making them into adult clothes! :)
This is so stinkin' cute!
Thank you!! 🥰
My final project for fashion school used this method!! I made a robe a la francaise with a reproduction pattern and then I bought as many red items as I could find at the thrift store and I cut them into random scraps and then quilted them back together
That sounds so lovely! I bet it was gorgeous and so fun to make
My mom made similar quilts from shirt fabric books that my grandmother got from her job (sewing garments together). Still have those quilts, and I'm actually putting a new filler layer in the two I have (my sister has the other two). The best thing about those quilts is they were *working* quilts. Picnic? Throw them on the ground. Beach day? Throw them on the sand. Dirty? They go in the wash, no worries. We didn't baby them, but they are dear because they were used. They'll never be pretty, but they are homey.
So much innovation in this lovely project! If a name for this style of garment doesn't already exist, I propose calling it a "wrap vest".
I'm flabbergasted at how you take everyday clothing pieces and make something so fun!!! Love this vest corset thingy. ❤❤❤❤ You keep sewing fun!!!!! You have quite the imagination!!! Thank you!!! Your videos are always so light and airy and fun. Such a joy!!!
I have so many of these that I bought second-hand, and I mainly use them for dolls, but to make a patchwork corest? Genius. I know what my next personal project is.
TIP FOR WASHING WOVEN FABRICS!! Clip about 1/4"-1/2" off the corners of the raw edges at a diagonal. When you put it through the washer, it won't fray hardly at all. Read this on a forum somewhere, and I do it every time now- it works like a charm! Happy sewing
As a recently retired person who worked at a upholstery shop for almost 25 years I saw bins of these books thrown out over the years. If you can get the hanging samples which have very little cardboard and generally larger. I used them to make a futon cover. Just like a fitted sheet from them. Sturdy and really practical to get off when you needed the futon to be a bed. Also if you get three related pieces you can make a bag. One for the front. One for the back. The third one cut into five strips. Three for the gusset around the bag and the remaining two for the handles. Check you upholstery shops and designers. Let them know that you want them and if they could call you when they have them. Some will give them to you for free. This way they are not paying dumpster fees. Love the vest. Clothing design should show a persons personality and this does.
We usually just used either a hair dryer or heat gun to melt the glue. My grandma used to use the samples for quilts.
You're so clever!
I love that you share your projects with everyone, and encourage the viewers to make their/ our own fun stuff.
That solvent you're curious about is called Citra Solv. My brother is a mechanic and it's the only laundry solvent we've had luck with that removes engine oil and grease from clothes. It also removes heavy adhesive of the type used in emerald ash borer traps, and removes pine pitch and tar. It has a strong citrus scent that isn't unpleasant (and I'm allergic to most fragrances and this stuff doesn't trigger the need for an EpiPen!).
Morgan strikes again with very original content ❤
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Morgan, I can’t sew by any stretch of the imagination but I love watching your projects and I absolutely love this vest
The colors and textures are absolutely gorgeous! As for what I got out of this video, I've been completely burnt out after finishing my semester, but seeing you enjoy the process so much has inspired me. I'll be getting back into sewing, one step at a time.
Your enduring love of red is very dear. ❤
Turned out really cute & I actually would prefer the split in back. It won 't ride up when you sit.
Claire the cat as an ornament on the maschine made my day!
You know I never thought about that and that is a great way to make Patchwork anything
I used to do this with carpet sample books. 16-20 larger squares, some carpet tape, and boom. A funky area rug.
The fabric samples would also be amazing for miniaturists or doll-clothing makers.
This was brilliant. And I really appreciated the contribution of Claire the Cat!
I love this! I'm going to attempt to make something like this myself. I really appreciate you going through it step by step. I have a whole box of scraps that are too small to do much with but would work perfectly for a project like this. As an aside, my grandpa and uncle used to own a furniture store so I have a ton of upholstery and leather sample books that I use to make doll clothes and shoes. It's so lovely that your mom used to get those books to make blankets.
I recently got 4 of these sample books and I learned that for most of them if you iron the backing with a pressing cloth and steam you can generally get the backing to remove cleanly in one or two pieces.
@dldzioba, that is a great tip! @MorganDonner, I hope that you see this.
I was taught by a classically trained seamstress, she always told me that up to stitch lines, I should shave velvet, velours & any fabric with that sort of piled texture.
I'll be clear, about 75% of items I made were either full velvet or part velvet, I never shaved it once.
As a wise woman once said, "Ain't nobody got time for that"
but, if I were to make something that I wanted to last longer, was more tailored or was extra special, I would buy a pack of razor blades for it.
This is so cute!!! I might do a take on it myself, because I LOVE that it's vesty but also still adjustable. Gaining weight and having sensory difficulties with tight garments, I haven't really had comfy vests in ages, and lately I'm really feeling that lack. This is such a cute solution to my problem! The fact that it looks good with skirts or trousers AND has some bust support makes it really versatile.
I've also always love a patchwork garment, and the fact that you used a method of cheap fabric acquisition you learned from your mom AND got to fill out the gaps with scraps from your own stash makes it feel so personal. I really love both the process and the product on this one!
Your creativity is just so incredibly awesome! Amazing way to honour your Mom and her creativity - it came out so stinking cute!
Super cute garment!!! I love the fan lacing, am amazed by your patterning skills to create something so unique. I also love that stash of upholstery fabrics - Morgan Donner's Perfect Red must be the name of that line! About free-motion quilting: all you really need is a free motion or darning foot for your regular machine, then have fun moving the fabric around! I know you would have a good time with it (and plenty of scrap fabric to practice with!).
"Whatever this is..."
It is awesome, Madam. That is what it is.
The shape of this garment is soooo beautiful and the fan lacing is something ive never seen before. I really want to make one for myself now!
My grandad was a carpet fitter before he retired, and he always had books like this in the back of his van. Granted they were of carpet and linoleum samples, but still this took me back!
@HughMiller98, now I just had a vision of a patchwork rug from such samples!
One way to fairly cleanly get the paper and glue off the fabric samples is to iron/steam them off. It releases the glue enough to pull the paper off easily with only minor glue residue left.
Jumps in french were generally called "blanc corset" , corset basically meant bodice and blanc (lit. white) was used in the sense of blank, with no boning. It was seen as a really romantic and casual and mostly really french article of clothing. The quilting used was a symbol or regional pride in the south of France where the fabric sellers started making quilts when cotton became outlawed, also the french people's silhouette was much more softer than the british one that prefered the rigid silhouette of stays. It would have been accepted for french workers and farmers to wear jumps when at home and to have it covered by a jacket when outside (wearing jumps on their own was a thing but it was highly frowned upon, seen as unkempt) higher society would wear those jumps when indoors, i think they would habe been visible but never worn in company, any social situation required the wearing of stays and high court dress even required visible stays (court fashion was in silhouette sometimes fifty years behind and visible stays were more common in the 17th century)
I got a lot of scrap fabrics that had been sitting in my grandpas woodshop. Some of the fabric was my grandmas, but my grandpa thinks some of the fabric was from HIS grandmother. I have only recently started on sewing and quilting, and I decided that I would make a crazy quilt bag like what @Shannon_Makes made with an upcycled bag. I am on the last few embroidery sections before I can sew the bag back together but it is turning out well. I still have a lot of scrap fabric and fabric that was cut out for a quilt that never got made. There is always an answer to using up scrap fabric whether you quilt or don't.
That vest thing was CUTE by the way. You are very calm in how you explain things and concise. I enjoy watching everything you make. Thank you.
7:26 there’s a garter for that! they’re called shirt stays and they just go either around the thighs or along the leg down to your socks. they hold your shirt down so it doesn’t get untucked, kind of a forgotten tool but i’m fascinated by them
I never thought about using those fabric sample books for patchwork but that's absolutely genius.
Ok but I want a whole dress based off the mock-up! Especially when you folded it up like a “modern” vest?! Like a riding habit or something!
Maybe out of old jeans?? Omg I’m in love with it
My mom would get retired wallpaper sample books. We used them for all sorts of projects.
Never thought of using those fabric books like that.
That's a great way to get enough scraps to make something too. I've wondered how long it would take me to get enough different fabrics to make anything patchwork myself. This fast tracks that idea.
I've been considering drafting my first fitted top recently but all the conventional wisdom I'd seen was to just start pinning rectangles of muslin together on yourself or the form until you liked it which is frustratingly messy to me. I'd thought about tape lines to help but adding cling wrap + tape + sharpie is genius. Much more motivated to tackle my idea now!
furniture stores used to give away old upholstery books if you asked. I must have made dozens of vests in the 90s -- when vests were cool- out of those books. They tended to be 18 inch squares that you'd lose about 3/4 inch from one side when you cut off the strip that had the grommets.
I sorta dig the damaged/distressed look of the velvet bits when you pull off the adhesive backing. Wonder if that could be a cool project 🤔
I wonder if you could put glue on in a pattern and then pull it off to create a patterned velvet
@helenm1085 , ah, another version of dévoré velvet. Normally, a paste resist to create the pattern and an acid (?) to eat away at the velvet is the usual method.
Your idea sounds worthy of trying it out just to see if it works. Your could either paint the glue on or use a stencil. I wonder what kind of glue or wax might work for that. It would have to hold together enough that you can pull on it to pull the velvet threads through the backing. It might require a combination of glue and paper? Like the wax-based hair removal methods?
This is such a fun and interesting project! I VERY much appreciate that you were wearing the finished garment for most of the video. It was wonderful to be able to keep checking it against your descriptions of the process. The garment is very cute and very Morgan. Love it!
Absolutely love love. Appreciate a great way to use the many sample books I've been gifted. Many thanks!!
You feel Bonita? Had the vibe of ..
I am delighted of this project ❤ gives me hope that my projects can become fabulous too.
Now, all the outfits that come out of this need to be a reel with the Dolly Parton song of her coat of many colors.
I absolutely love the fan lacing and belt to tie it together
This vest is gorgeous. I need/want a summer-weight vest so I have been keeping my eyes open for something I like. I appreciate you showing your method.
I’ve been wanting to make a big patchwork quilt that will double as a giant chess/chequers board and this is SUCH a great method for it. Just need to find somewhere locally that will sell off these old sample books.
Oh wow! This combines my love for 'vest' type clothing... a growing interest in crazy quilting... and strong desire to use up scraps!! I will have to try making something similar for myself in the future! Thank you!
Love the green leaf version too! 😭😍
The light front side has a few patterns that definitely remind me of the peasant Belle from the Emma Watson version!
This is one of the prettiest vests I have ever seen. We may require you to make a pattern for us, because we all one one... or more.
Morgan you are a veritable treasure trove of information, generosity, ideas, & know how. Thank you for more than you realise ❤
The use of piecing and scraps was a wonderful idea and beautifully executed.
I definitely had fabric samples like that which I played with as a kid. Really like how your project turned out.
Nail varnish remover is great for removing adhesive. If you dab it on lightly it tends to just clump up the adhesive and you can peel it off cleanly.
I love the leafiness of v the mockup! I want to use it for a Zelda TOTK korok cosplay!
The hole for the other strap to make it truly wrap around versus that awkward tuck you'd otherwise have to do, or that awkward side that had its flap being overlapped then another strap for the main one that is awkward longer/shorter, all solved with just a strategic magic hole I didn't even properly see before you pointed it out is a superb solution to my life's problems. Thank you for this gift of an amazing idea!
That garment is exquisite. Love it, especially in shades of red.
I remember those books as a young kid. Putting some through the wash and dryer maybe in a mesh bag... would maybe save you the clean up time.
Those books are great for dollhouses!!
A friend and myself did this about 20 years ago. I received discontinued books a nd samples from interior designers. They had larger pieces of fabric. We ended up making a quilt with it. Even though I still have some sample fabric I work with.
Belle means beautiful in French. This project is !
My mom is an interior designer and used to work at a custom furniture store, so I have so many fabric samples!
Now I want to do this… but with BAGS. All the bags!! It’s so artsy and fun, the piece has such character to it. I love it!
I really like the saranwrap over the mannequin to create the ''armor pattern''!Also, the tip about soaking the sample fabric from the catalogue. Well done!!
Here I was thinking the cheap way to get fabric for a patchwork item was to buy a stack of fat quarters... your mum had a good idea! I'm not brave enough to make a patchwork item that's not basically a rectangle, but that is a VERY nice swoosh! And nice surprise appearance of Clara and her paw :D
As part of my degree I worked for 6 months at a fabric supplier and I still have so many of these swatch books because I felt the /need/ to save them from the trash, guess this is added to my maker list!
Such a cute and useful way to use up scraps of cloth! Love how it looks, totally agree with the Belle and Hobbit vibes. Can make a whole wardrobe out of patchworking, and a cool way to take your mom's craft/patchwork blanket and expand on it. Also, your cat is adorable!
Honestly, i had recently designed a waist cincher with a similar angled front coming down to a single tie (basically what your fan lacing did except cut from fabric). Thanks for the proof of concept haha. Super cute. And love the patchwork.
19:07 wow this is a fantastic method of construction!
My mom had wallpaper sample books. From the library i believe.
I was never allowed to use them, but good vibes flipping through them
I do remember those type of fabric things. I friend gave me a ton of fabric one time and there were some fabric samples among them. I ended up using them to make Teddy Bear bodies for a group I belong to. The Bears eventually make their way to our local Children's Justice center and are part of the children's healing process. I love your vest/corset/whatever thingamajig. It turned out so awwdorable. I'm not surprised you chose red seeing how it seems to be your favourite colour.
Omg I want to make a blanket from one of these books!!! 😭 What a beautiful project! To stabilize the velvet (or any loosely-woven fabric), I'd suggest cutting a roughly half-inch wide piece of light interfacing and ironing it over the stitching line (clipping the facing if needed), or baste the two pieces together before stitching them by machine (but I hate basting lol). Alternately, an even-feed foot could help (I've only used it for quilting in lines, but this seems like exactly the sort of situation it's meant for).