What a good story teller you are! Your sewing instructions were so much more detailed than others and helped me understand how to figure out pattern instructions!
Oh wow, that's one of the most heart-warming and constructive comments I've gotton recently, so thank you!!! It was not necessarily meant to be a tutorial (although it could certainly serve as a visual aid to the process), but if it helps you figure out some steps of the process, I'm glad!!
Thank you for including a time stamp to skip the holiday traditions section. Your consideration is noted and appreciated. I'm one of those people for whom the holidays are "iffy". But cultivating traditions that evoke fond memories and evolve to meet the needs and wants of those involved - is certainly the way to go. CW: The rest is about food, and dirt. Except not really the dirt part. My family tradition is shortbread. Including yearly jokes (and some that weren't actually joking) about it tasting the way it did because my Dad's hands are filthy. He's a (now retired) diesel truck mechanic. And other than the year he was off work for 6 weeks recovering from surgery, the cracks in his hands, held the stains. They're stains. They're not coming out in the cookies. But hey, if some people can't handle that, more cookies for the rest of us. One year, after I moved out, I made the cookies at my place. I was working in renovations and the week I did the baking, I'd been doing caulking and painting. My nails were crusted with oil paint, as it's not worth getting out the chemicals to remove the oil paint, only to add more the next day. But I had of course, cleaned my hands fully the weekend I baked. The cookies tasted different that year. And of course the jokes flew that my Dad hadn't imbued them with diesel. I ran with it and informed them that no, this year they were imbued with oil paint. Thing is, they actually did taste different. And I only realized it the next year. My partner talked me into buying unsalted butter. Because it MUST be unsalted butter for baking. And I took their word for it. My family uses salted butter. Always has. That's why there's no salt in the recipe. Also family dinner is lasagna. Because when we re-made our traditions, there was no sense in cooking a bird, and sides none of us enjoy all that much. And we all very much enjoy lasagna - we all make it differently, but we can each make an enjoyable one. So it can be made by whoever has the time and energy that year.
LOVE IT!! And we fully run by the "can't handle the thought of germs? Well all the more dessert for us" motto too, in my household too. If it doesn't wash off in the sink, then it's not gonna come off in the cookies (also, a little dirt and grime never killed anyone). 10/10 for making holiday dinners and traditions your own, rather than sticking with "the norm" just because it's "the norm" ...I personally love bird, but we used to get wild goose that my grandfather shot with his friends. Except then we all had to watch out for left over bits of metal from the bullets... 😳 These days, we just do a nice chicken marsala recipe because my grandfather's no longer with us, and it's just as tasty and everyone loves it!
I laughed out loud when you did that spin, it was so funny, and you looked like you were really enjoying it. I'm a professional pet sitter, so my holiday tradition is to work on Christmas day. Here's hoping you and yours have a safe and fun holiday season. 🎅 🎄 🎁
Oh, that sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays (although it depends on the pet, I imagine)! Glad you liked the spin, I thought it a fun alternative to the classic option, given my unipedal status 🤣
Happy Holidays! What a beautiful dress and Blouse, suits you great! Because you ask about traditions: I dont like baking cookies but I make crunchy chocolate crisps every year to gift them to my loved ones. I started about 20 years ago, didnt do it one year because I thought they all were bored by getting the same every year, but everyone was so sad that I now make sure I make them xD. If I have the spoons I craft boxes or bags to wrap them too.
Why thank you 😊 That's such a fun story about the crisps, and so fulfilling to see that, in fact, everybody loves them and has added receiving them to *their* list of holiday traditions!! (and yes, I also usually have lofty goals to make my presents pretty, but don't always manage to follow through
Looks great, but I would’ve installed the zipper myself because it gives the dress a bit more form and shape. That’s just my personal preference. Ether way, it looks lovely. Congratulations 🎊🎈🎉
Making little iced gingerbread goats and pigs is my family baking tradition. Though the cookies have to be allowed to cure at least a week for best flavor, which was torture on us as kids.
There were several hacks in here that I think will be useful, the cardboard pressing trick for curved seams in particular. You look very festive! Thank you for sharing. I don’t celebrate Christmas, but my sister and I are slowly building up new traditions now we’ve the freedom to do so. Last season we burned a log with little notes of the things we were grateful for with oranges, pine cones, and cinnamon. While we shared hot cider, and toasty blankets of course.
Oh, that sounds absolutely lovely, and like it smells delicious too!! (and somehow simultaneously reminds me of burning my notebooks with my friends at the end of the school year 🤣🤣🔥). I don't celebrate Christmas religiously --much to my grandparents' chagrin 🙄-- but we enjoy the non-religious aspects of the holiday. Or we take similar traditions and celebrate but without the Christian aspect? I don't know how to say it, because I know that some people see it as literally impossible to separate Christmas from Christianity, but all I know is that I enjoy time with my parents, baking, listening to fun, wintery music, filling the house with the smell of pine trees, and opening presents on the 25th, and Jesus has nothing to do with any of it!
@@ShannonMakes the only thing that matters is your interpretation. Jesus actually had nothing to do with it in the first place. It was an appropriation of many other religions end of year celebrations. So enjoy it as Winter Festivity and let the others with their own. That’s how I see it at least. Thank you for your kind comments and also the shared pyromania 😂 I prefer burning tress to decorating
Hahaha, so very true (I should clarify: the "hahah" was still me laughing from the pyromania comment🤣🔥) Winter Festivity indeed!! Actually the city my parents live in (Saint Paul) has the oldest winter festival in the United States... the story goes that several Eastern newspaper correspondents kindled the start of the carnival by visiting in the fall of 1885, and returning home to report that the whole state was "another Siberia and unfit for human habitation" So in retaliation, a group of business owners created a wintertime festival which would showcase all the beauty of Minnesota winters, and they actually worked with the City of Montreal to figure it out, because we already had a winter carnival running at that time!! So winter festivities is very much in line with many aspects of my life!
Shannon! I am rewatching this, following your work in progress (and the results) is always such a joy! My grandmother (german: Omi) and my aunt taught me how to sew and their clothes were almost all handsewn, so were my childhood clothings. They mean so much to me and i still keep a lot of them and I sometimes gift special items to my friends kids- they love them. Also I love your awareness of the impact of fast fashion an giving a really inspiring advice of using scraps and buying everything second hand or altering older pieces. So good! Thank you very much for sharing❤ have a very happy most beautiful time of the year! Live from Germany, Veronika
Oh, I am usually a huge fan of Tetris - I LOVE to eek out every little spare scrap of fabric, and I'm usually quite good at it, but standing one legged is quite tiresome on my good leg/hip, and it was a smidge too large of a pattern to be crawling around on the floor either, so in this case, I made an exception ;-)
Ugh, that's frustrating for sure. I am also supposed to be keeping it elevated as much as possible -- and am generally doing so off-camera -- but fortunately at this point, I'm a month out from the moment of injury, so I have a bit of leeway in what all I can do with it. (still not sure that my surgeon would love to see me spinning around in the air tho 🙃🙃)
...but now I need the recipe for the tasty quick-drying frosting! Have already bought the dress pattern and am looking forward to making it soon. Thanks as always for the excellent "how does it actually work" breakdown for those of us new to period patterns.
Well I will go digging for that recipe...it's basically corn syrup, sugar and water boiled and added to fluffed egg whites, and the trick is to add it to cookies that aren't particularly sweet by themselves, otherwise it gets (IMO) a bit overwhelming. And you are very welcome! I hope you very much enjoy the dress :-D
I am watching this video five days to Easter, so Happy Easter. I enjoy watching you because you are real. You don't hide errors. Rather, you learn from them.
Thank you, and happy Easter to you too! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and the "reality" (I mean, obviously everything is edited to some extent, but like... I like to try and keep it real as much as possible)!! Thanks for watching
I absolutely do know a certain Tim Minchin song (well, many of them honestly, although most of them elicit tears of laughter). Thank you for watching and commenting!!
Canelle looks so cozy and then so vicious! I'm sorry your foot is broken, I hope it gets better soon! In the Before Times, my dad and I would eat at Waffle House for Christmas Eve. That's not possible right now, but we still watch Christmas Vacation and the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Christmas Eve, and then we watch the Disney parade on Christmas Day while we unwrap presents!
Ooh, those sound like lovely traditions! I do hope that Waffle House becomes a safe option again VERY soon, but in the meantime, I might have to check out this parade!
LOL I'm glad you liked it... it's my preferred way of dealing with hems that are on the deeper/thicker side! It may be a bit more work up front, but then the actual ironing is so much easier, plus I just store the paper with the rest of my pattern when I'm done so I can reuse it!
This is amazing!!!! I think the side front seams were supposed to be done normally, which creates the pleat line, then topstitch the pleat. It's crazy, and they didn't explain it well lol
Your outfit is gorgeous and true to era. It has me thinking about what to make Christmas this year - some kind of sundress for the 30+ c temps we'll be sweltering through while eating cold smoked ham, chicken and prawns and salads, and maybe a swim later.
Nice! Hello and welcome 👋 Glad you like this video, hopefully you like the others… I’ve got a playlist of my personal favorites (“Best Of”) on my channel homepage if you’re looking for somewhere to start!
Very Christmas-y outfit. Love it. Our Christmas tradition, or at least one of them, is to open one gift on Christmas Eve together. We used to do this when we got back from midnight mass but I've not attended the last few years so now we just exchange a gift whenever we're all in the kitchen having a nightcap before bed. Hope you have a great holiday and mind the foot. 😁🎄
Ooooh, we added that tradition to our Christmas too, when I was maybe 8 or 9, and had argued that the children in A Christmas Carol get to open their presents on Christmas Eve, and so shouldn't we also get to open *at least one* then too?! The argument worked, since we still do it to this day (1 small-ish gift each), which means that you and I both will be opening something fun tonight!! 🎄🎄Hope it's a good one (maybe wool, and not just in the form of socks?!)
Thank you! I had to go back and rewatch it, as it’s been a year lol 🎄🎄Yea, this pattern turned out really cute and the blouse is one of my most used patterns too!
😍😍😍😍😍 Love the red polka dot and green fabric together! You really do elevate your foot just like they said! I hope the hospital staff gave you premium care! Late merry christmas and just in time to wish you a happy new year 🤗
Well, you know, don't want my surgeon seeing this and yelling at me 😂😂 Apart from the aforementioned "cake" joke, the experience was fairly pleasant, although it was also my first of any kind in any country, so I have nothing to compare it to! Thank you for the compliments, I also am pleased with the color combo, and also I might have another Danish question for you, which can wait for me to bop on over to IG!
It is going to be particularly hot for me in Western Australia this year. We are expecting more than 42*C for the next six days! While this could be normal in the north, or in desert country, I live on the South West Coast! My Christmas will consist of cold salads and meats, eaten inside with the air conditioner on! Also, I too have been known to deliberately stab myself and press a finger to an inside seam, to make sure I bleed on my clothes and costumes.
Oh yikes.... FORTY TWO!? That's too hot for me, even in summer! I thrive right around 24-27, and then in the winter, I love some good snow and a bit of chill. The past week, it's been hovering right around -6, with some occasional sprinklings of snow, and both Cannelle and I are super at home☃️❄️ But yessss, must please the sewing gods, who demand blood sacrifice! ...hey, so far, it's worked out pretty well ;-) Merry Christmas to you and yours
What a gorgeous outfit! and wishing you and Canelle Happy Holidays! Thank you for your content this year its been super helpful for me during some rather tough times.
Thank you, you are most welcome! Warmest of holidays to you too (both metaphorically and perhaps literally) from both Cannelle and myself... fingers crossed that 2022 will bring better things and that the load can lighten a bit
What a sweet outfit! I love the pleats and the polka dots, and also love the clever way you showed how it twirls. 🙂 You are so good at explaining the process and the details. And your corgi is adorable! 🥰🐶
as a thought depending on how comfortable you are using a sewing machine holding the fabric with only one hand, you could use your right hand as if you would for a crank machine, if you go slowly, then feed the fabric in with your left hand. This might help you if your ankle doesn't want to do any sewing on a day you really want to.
That's a good thought. I also DO have a hand-crank machine that I have been meaning to start tinkering with, and perhaps this is the moment! All things considered, though, I'm pleasantly surprised how well my left foot handled the pedal 😃
The corgi excited dance while waiting for you to throw, tho! So cute! This looks lovely and your instructions are clear and funny (and I'm glad you kept that broken foot elevated xD). This style isn't the most friendly for plus size people like me, but I'm already brainstorming how to change it, or maybe combining the upper part of this dress (cause it's so cute) with a different skirt 🤔 Oh, and your subtitles are hilarious, Thank you for those! As for holiday traditions, I celebrate Christmas in the southern hemisphere, so we do a late dinner on Christmas eve (usually some sort of BBQ) and exchange gifts then. Christmas day is a little less established. My great grandmother used to do a TON of many types of cookies for Christmas, she spent basically the whole month baking. She passed some years ago, and no one has even tried to bake as much, but we still do at least some cookies each year. Hope this year's Christmas is better without a broken foot! 🎄
Yes, the tippy-tappy toes are absolutely the best!!! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and perhaps found some inspiration for modifying this pattern into a garment that you will feel comfortable and beautiful in!! I do think that the top could be hacked off around the waist and a different skirt put on fairly easily, and it'd avoid some of the funky pleating. I don't know if this style would be what you're looking for, but if you do switch out the skirt, you could also consider (because that would get eliminate of the bottom V portion that mirrors the V-neck) making a self-fabric belt that has a slight V shape (I'm inspired a bit by the Edwardian dip waist belts here), and that way you can have a different skirt but also maybe have the mirrored V's?? I dunno, maybe that's not the style you're going for, so feel free to disregard, just a random thought! I'm glad you enjoy the subtitles, I do try to take the time to at least correct/tweak the auto-generated ones, because they're so crap, and when I can find time to add in my own little touches I do... although admittedly sometimes videos fall through the cracks and I forget 😢😢 Thanks for watching!!
I wish I saw this video before I started making this dress! I fried a few brain cells trying to figure everything out 😂😂 yours looks so much better than mine though. I added a patch pocket to the skirt and then a side seam pocket as well. Though as a new sewer I did make the mistake of opting for French seams
Oh no, sorry for your brain cells!! I did consider adding a pocket as well, but this fabric would just sag too much under the weight of pocket contents unless I added a belt or waistband (which I *also* thought about adding, but alas... time constraints). I feel like French seams could be great for a few seams (the main side and back ones, for example) and less than ideal for others (anything that intercepts the neckline or pleats), but massive props to you for attempting them as a novice sewer 💪💪
You cut your knotches in? You might run into a problem down the road if you want to let out a seam( make bigger) there would be a hole . I loved the garments and they looked great on you! Enjoyed hearing your cookies tradition too 💝
Yea, I'm just entirely too lazy to cut the notches in. Honestly, I've been wearing the same size for the past 20 years, so generally speaking my taste in clothing changes faster than my body size (or the fabric just plain wears out), but if I needed to make larger, it'd just require some creative piecing! Thanks for watching
Thank you, Susan! After this shirt, I may slowly be converting to the idea of polka dots (although still not the *biggest* fan of red) 🎅🏽🎄Best of holidays to you too!!
Late best of the season to you. That is a lovely set - well done. Love your spin test. My only trick for the spins is to do one rotation in the other direction to stop the fluid in my ear to stop swishing about. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Yes, the classic spin/un-spin often does the job! I generally spin for a living, so it's not usually a problem, but since I hadn't been spinning (or honestly even walking much) for the month prior to filming, my tolerance for it had significantly decreased!! Funny how fast the tolerance fades XD
@@ShannonMakes Yeah, it's amazing. Your body can forget things with a glance. My personal example is just coming home wearing heels for the first time in a few years... owch-ie.
What a good story teller you are! Your sewing instructions were so much more detailed than others and helped me understand how to figure out pattern instructions!
Oh wow, that's one of the most heart-warming and constructive comments I've gotton recently, so thank you!!! It was not necessarily meant to be a tutorial (although it could certainly serve as a visual aid to the process), but if it helps you figure out some steps of the process, I'm glad!!
Oh my goodness, Shannon, you had me literally laughing out loud as you melted off the chair after the “spin test.” 😂
Thank you for including a time stamp to skip the holiday traditions section. Your consideration is noted and appreciated. I'm one of those people for whom the holidays are "iffy". But cultivating traditions that evoke fond memories and evolve to meet the needs and wants of those involved - is certainly the way to go.
CW: The rest is about food, and dirt. Except not really the dirt part.
My family tradition is shortbread. Including yearly jokes (and some that weren't actually joking) about it tasting the way it did because my Dad's hands are filthy. He's a (now retired) diesel truck mechanic. And other than the year he was off work for 6 weeks recovering from surgery, the cracks in his hands, held the stains. They're stains. They're not coming out in the cookies. But hey, if some people can't handle that, more cookies for the rest of us.
One year, after I moved out, I made the cookies at my place. I was working in renovations and the week I did the baking, I'd been doing caulking and painting. My nails were crusted with oil paint, as it's not worth getting out the chemicals to remove the oil paint, only to add more the next day. But I had of course, cleaned my hands fully the weekend I baked.
The cookies tasted different that year. And of course the jokes flew that my Dad hadn't imbued them with diesel. I ran with it and informed them that no, this year they were imbued with oil paint.
Thing is, they actually did taste different. And I only realized it the next year.
My partner talked me into buying unsalted butter. Because it MUST be unsalted butter for baking. And I took their word for it.
My family uses salted butter. Always has. That's why there's no salt in the recipe.
Also family dinner is lasagna. Because when we re-made our traditions, there was no sense in cooking a bird, and sides none of us enjoy all that much. And we all very much enjoy lasagna - we all make it differently, but we can each make an enjoyable one. So it can be made by whoever has the time and energy that year.
LOVE IT!! And we fully run by the "can't handle the thought of germs? Well all the more dessert for us" motto too, in my household too. If it doesn't wash off in the sink, then it's not gonna come off in the cookies (also, a little dirt and grime never killed anyone).
10/10 for making holiday dinners and traditions your own, rather than sticking with "the norm" just because it's "the norm" ...I personally love bird, but we used to get wild goose that my grandfather shot with his friends. Except then we all had to watch out for left over bits of metal from the bullets... 😳 These days, we just do a nice chicken marsala recipe because my grandfather's no longer with us, and it's just as tasty and everyone loves it!
I laughed out loud when you did that spin, it was so funny, and you looked like you were really enjoying it. I'm a professional pet sitter, so my holiday tradition is to work on Christmas day. Here's hoping you and yours have a safe and fun holiday season. 🎅 🎄 🎁
Oh, that sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays (although it depends on the pet, I imagine)!
Glad you liked the spin, I thought it a fun alternative to the classic option, given my unipedal status 🤣
Your puppy is so well behaved (at least on camera)!
And off-camera as well - I spent a lot of time working with her as a puppy, plus she gets lots of daily exercise! 🥰
Love the lines and neckline of the dress.
Happy Holidays! What a beautiful dress and Blouse, suits you great!
Because you ask about traditions: I dont like baking cookies but I make crunchy chocolate crisps every year to gift them to my loved ones. I started about 20 years ago, didnt do it one year because I thought they all were bored by getting the same every year, but everyone was so sad that I now make sure I make them xD.
If I have the spoons I craft boxes or bags to wrap them too.
Why thank you 😊 That's such a fun story about the crisps, and so fulfilling to see that, in fact, everybody loves them and has added receiving them to *their* list of holiday traditions!! (and yes, I also usually have lofty goals to make my presents pretty, but don't always manage to follow through
I just found your channel a few days ago and I cannot believe how awesome it is! I could watch your projects for ages. Thank you!
Thank you so much! I glad you’re enjoying the videos, and please do feel free to watch my projects for ages! 😍💙💙
Such a sense of humor! You are a gem!
Thank you!!
Looks great, but I would’ve installed the zipper myself because it gives the dress a bit more form and shape. That’s just my personal preference. Ether way, it looks lovely. Congratulations 🎊🎈🎉
Making little iced gingerbread goats and pigs is my family baking tradition. Though the cookies have to be allowed to cure at least a week for best flavor, which was torture on us as kids.
Oh yea, I could *absolutely* see that! What an interesting recipe though, I’ve never heard of curing gingerbread for a week! 🎄🍪🎅
There were several hacks in here that I think will be useful, the cardboard pressing trick for curved seams in particular. You look very festive! Thank you for sharing.
I don’t celebrate Christmas, but my sister and I are slowly building up new traditions now we’ve the freedom to do so. Last season we burned a log with little notes of the things we were grateful for with oranges, pine cones, and cinnamon. While we shared hot cider, and toasty blankets of course.
Oh, that sounds absolutely lovely, and like it smells delicious too!! (and somehow simultaneously reminds me of burning my notebooks with my friends at the end of the school year 🤣🤣🔥).
I don't celebrate Christmas religiously --much to my grandparents' chagrin 🙄-- but we enjoy the non-religious aspects of the holiday. Or we take similar traditions and celebrate but without the Christian aspect? I don't know how to say it, because I know that some people see it as literally impossible to separate Christmas from Christianity, but all I know is that I enjoy time with my parents, baking, listening to fun, wintery music, filling the house with the smell of pine trees, and opening presents on the 25th, and Jesus has nothing to do with any of it!
@@ShannonMakes the only thing that matters is your interpretation. Jesus actually had nothing to do with it in the first place. It was an appropriation of many other religions end of year celebrations. So enjoy it as Winter Festivity and let the others with their own. That’s how I see it at least. Thank you for your kind comments and also the shared pyromania 😂 I prefer burning tress to decorating
Hahaha, so very true (I should clarify: the "hahah" was still me laughing from the pyromania comment🤣🔥) Winter Festivity indeed!!
Actually the city my parents live in (Saint Paul) has the oldest winter festival in the United States... the story goes that several Eastern newspaper correspondents kindled the start of the carnival by visiting in the fall of 1885, and returning home to report that the whole state was "another Siberia and unfit for human habitation"
So in retaliation, a group of business owners created a wintertime festival which would showcase all the beauty of Minnesota winters, and they actually worked with the City of Montreal to figure it out, because we already had a winter carnival running at that time!! So winter festivities is very much in line with many aspects of my life!
@@ShannonMakes That’s really cool! And a fun fact to share
Shannon! I am rewatching this, following your work in progress (and the results) is always such a joy! My grandmother (german: Omi) and my aunt taught me how to sew and their clothes were almost all handsewn, so were my childhood clothings. They mean so much to me and i still keep a lot of them and I sometimes gift special items to my friends kids- they love them. Also I love your awareness of the impact of fast fashion an giving a really inspiring advice of using scraps and buying everything second hand or altering older pieces. So good! Thank you very much for sharing❤ have a very happy most beautiful time of the year! Live from Germany, Veronika
Love, not Live😅
Thank you!! 💚♥️🎄♥️💚
Loved the solution to the spinning problem)) being athletic definitely pays off by having more options)
Lol thank youuuu! Some problems require creative solutions, and the denizens of TH-cam require spin tests, so…. 🌪🌪🌪
Beautiful! If I’d tried to follow those instructions my brain would have melted so well done x
Thanks so much 😊 I can't wait to get it out again this Christmas! Please don't melt your brain, I've heard it can be useful on occasion!!
You look stunning in your holiday outfit!! The spin test was brilliant!!
Glad to hear that you are healing and have fun ways to amuse yourself!!
Why thank you! 🌪️🌪️Now I just have to find the time to get some actual photos of it 😅🎄
@@ShannonMakes lol! That’s the problem with being creative too many ideas, too many projects on the go and not enough time to do everything!!!
plus I'm literally the worst with photos - I hardly use Instagram, and I dislike selfies (basically I'm a boomer), so that doesn't help XD
@@ShannonMakes your not the only one!! I forgot to take pictures of Christmas morning!!
have a happy and blessed Christmas day ❤
Thank you!
I love myself a good game of tetris! And often it pays off.
Oh, I am usually a huge fan of Tetris - I LOVE to eek out every little spare scrap of fabric, and I'm usually quite good at it, but standing one legged is quite tiresome on my good leg/hip, and it was a smidge too large of a pattern to be crawling around on the floor either, so in this case, I made an exception ;-)
@@ShannonMakes i understand. Been there too. So frustrating... i even had to keep the foot elevated so all icould do, was crocheting shawls...
Ugh, that's frustrating for sure. I am also supposed to be keeping it elevated as much as possible -- and am generally doing so off-camera -- but fortunately at this point, I'm a month out from the moment of injury, so I have a bit of leeway in what all I can do with it. (still not sure that my surgeon would love to see me spinning around in the air tho 🙃🙃)
Thank you. Lovely sewing and editing. 🧵🏆
You’re very welcome 😊🪡
Your outfit is very beautiful. I want to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.😊❤
Love the joke about the skip the triangle bed that was kind of funny
...but now I need the recipe for the tasty quick-drying frosting! Have already bought the dress pattern and am looking forward to making it soon. Thanks as always for the excellent "how does it actually work" breakdown for those of us new to period patterns.
Well I will go digging for that recipe...it's basically corn syrup, sugar and water boiled and added to fluffed egg whites, and the trick is to add it to cookies that aren't particularly sweet by themselves, otherwise it gets (IMO) a bit overwhelming. And you are very welcome! I hope you very much enjoy the dress :-D
Johanna, I have a photo of the recipe... do you have an IG account, perhaps, that I could send it to?
Love the dress! And your dog is the cutest 😍
Thank you!! 😊 She IS the cutest, I agree!! 🐾🐶
So pretty. Good job. Very neat sewing looks professional
Thank you! 😊
I am watching this video five days to Easter, so Happy Easter. I enjoy watching you because you are real. You don't hide errors. Rather, you learn from them.
Thank you, and happy Easter to you too! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and the "reality" (I mean, obviously everything is edited to some extent, but like... I like to try and keep it real as much as possible)!! Thanks for watching
the jumper turned out so cute! I also think you might know a certain Tim Minchin song that makes me tear up every time...
I absolutely do know a certain Tim Minchin song (well, many of them honestly, although most of them elicit tears of laughter). Thank you for watching and commenting!!
Loved the paper hem template trick!
So glad! Love that trick 🥰
My new favourite channel, thankyou
You're very welcome, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos, and thanks for watching!
Canelle looks so cozy and then so vicious! I'm sorry your foot is broken, I hope it gets better soon!
In the Before Times, my dad and I would eat at Waffle House for Christmas Eve. That's not possible right now, but we still watch Christmas Vacation and the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas on Christmas Eve, and then we watch the Disney parade on Christmas Day while we unwrap presents!
Ooh, those sound like lovely traditions! I do hope that Waffle House becomes a safe option again VERY soon, but in the meantime, I might have to check out this parade!
THE THICK PAPER FOR IRONING CURVED SEAMSSSSSSS
you are a genius
LOL I'm glad you liked it... it's my preferred way of dealing with hems that are on the deeper/thicker side! It may be a bit more work up front, but then the actual ironing is so much easier, plus I just store the paper with the rest of my pattern when I'm done so I can reuse it!
Beautiful. I love the look. Thanks for another great video. :)
You're very welcome!!
This is amazing!!!!
I think the side front seams were supposed to be done normally, which creates the pleat line, then topstitch the pleat. It's crazy, and they didn't explain it well lol
That’s quite interesting, if I do the pattern again, I’ll keep that in mind :-)
Merry Christmas to you and Phil. The outfit is very nice. Love the combination of colors you picked.
Thank you! I do love the cheerful colors, and the fact that it's the same as the pattern art was the cherry on top!
Merry Christmas from new zealand
Thank you! 🎄♥️💚♥️🎄
Your outfit is gorgeous and true to era. It has me thinking about what to make Christmas this year - some kind of sundress for the 30+ c temps we'll be sweltering through while eating cold smoked ham, chicken and prawns and salads, and maybe a swim later.
Wow! I'm guessing you're celebrating Christmas in a different part of the world than I am! A swim sounds lovely for a 30+ Christmas though 🎄🎄
Just found your channel! I have some binge watching to do! :) this project turned out super amazing! :) can’t wait to watch your other videos!
Nice! Hello and welcome 👋 Glad you like this video, hopefully you like the others… I’ve got a playlist of my personal favorites (“Best Of”) on my channel homepage if you’re looking for somewhere to start!
Your explanations are very clear and understandable. Dark fabrics are usually difficult to video, but you've done a great job!
Thank you so much!
Very Christmas-y outfit. Love it.
Our Christmas tradition, or at least one of them, is to open one gift on Christmas Eve together. We used to do this when we got back from midnight mass but I've not attended the last few years so now we just exchange a gift whenever we're all in the kitchen having a nightcap before bed.
Hope you have a great holiday and mind the foot. 😁🎄
Ooooh, we added that tradition to our Christmas too, when I was maybe 8 or 9, and had argued that the children in A Christmas Carol get to open their presents on Christmas Eve, and so shouldn't we also get to open *at least one* then too?! The argument worked, since we still do it to this day (1 small-ish gift each), which means that you and I both will be opening something fun tonight!! 🎄🎄Hope it's a good one (maybe wool, and not just in the form of socks?!)
@@ShannonMakes I love that ye could argue your case so well your parents agreed! 😆
Awwww I miss my Corgi, he was a rescue dog, meaning he rescued me!
Ok that intro alone deserved a like. 🎄 ❤ very cute make!
Thank you! I had to go back and rewatch it, as it’s been a year lol 🎄🎄Yea, this pattern turned out really cute and the blouse is one of my most used patterns too!
Christmas corgi!
Yessss! Much festive, very couch, so corgi
My to-make list is already overwhelming, but I absolutely must have this. Oh well. One more won't hurt.
It's a super fun and cute pattern, and I find the V-neck an especially nice touch!
😍😍😍😍😍 Love the red polka dot and green fabric together!
You really do elevate your foot just like they said! I hope the hospital staff gave you premium care!
Late merry christmas and just in time to wish you a happy new year 🤗
Well, you know, don't want my surgeon seeing this and yelling at me 😂😂 Apart from the aforementioned "cake" joke, the experience was fairly pleasant, although it was also my first of any kind in any country, so I have nothing to compare it to!
Thank you for the compliments, I also am pleased with the color combo, and also I might have another Danish question for you, which can wait for me to bop on over to IG!
Happy Holidays ❤️
A perfect outfit for the season!!
Why thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and happy holidays right back to you and yours!!
It is going to be particularly hot for me in Western Australia this year. We are expecting more than 42*C for the next six days! While this could be normal in the north, or in desert country, I live on the South West Coast! My Christmas will consist of cold salads and meats, eaten inside with the air conditioner on!
Also, I too have been known to deliberately stab myself and press a finger to an inside seam, to make sure I bleed on my clothes and costumes.
Oh yikes.... FORTY TWO!? That's too hot for me, even in summer! I thrive right around 24-27, and then in the winter, I love some good snow and a bit of chill. The past week, it's been hovering right around -6, with some occasional sprinklings of snow, and both Cannelle and I are super at home☃️❄️
But yessss, must please the sewing gods, who demand blood sacrifice! ...hey, so far, it's worked out pretty well ;-) Merry Christmas to you and yours
Lovely, and definitely perfect for Christmas!🎄💖
Thank you 😊 ❤️🎄
What a gorgeous outfit! and wishing you and Canelle Happy Holidays! Thank you for your content this year its been super helpful for me during some rather tough times.
Thank you, you are most welcome! Warmest of holidays to you too (both metaphorically and perhaps literally) from both Cannelle and myself... fingers crossed that 2022 will bring better things and that the load can lighten a bit
Beautiful pattern
Thanks a lot!! Glad you like it ♥️💚♥️
What a sweet outfit! I love the pleats and the polka dots, and also love the clever way you showed how it twirls. 🙂 You are so good at explaining the process and the details. And your corgi is adorable! 🥰🐶
Thanks so much! 😊 Very glad you enjoyed the video, and hope you stick around to watch some of the others 🥰
Lovely Christmas outfit. Hopefully your foot will heal well and quickly and also that your Christmas is fun and festive. 🎄🎁
Why thank you, and may you have a lovely festive season as well!
So nicely filmed 🤩
Thank you!! 😊 I need the confidence boost on this one, lol, I don't fully consider it up to my usual snuff (but hey, what can ya do?!)
@@ShannonMakes don’t beat yourself up over that. I didn’t see the difference!
Cool 😀
as a thought depending on how comfortable you are using a sewing machine holding the fabric with only one hand, you could use your right hand as if you would for a crank machine, if you go slowly, then feed the fabric in with your left hand. This might help you if your ankle doesn't want to do any sewing on a day you really want to.
That's a good thought. I also DO have a hand-crank machine that I have been meaning to start tinkering with, and perhaps this is the moment! All things considered, though, I'm pleasantly surprised how well my left foot handled the pedal 😃
Oh I'm so sorry. Get well soon.
Very cute and that pattern looks really thorough. I actually didn't know they made jersey nit like that.
Thank you, will do! It's super comfortable and has a very lovely weight and drape for the skirt!
The corgi excited dance while waiting for you to throw, tho! So cute! This looks lovely and your instructions are clear and funny (and I'm glad you kept that broken foot elevated xD). This style isn't the most friendly for plus size people like me, but I'm already brainstorming how to change it, or maybe combining the upper part of this dress (cause it's so cute) with a different skirt 🤔
Oh, and your subtitles are hilarious, Thank you for those!
As for holiday traditions, I celebrate Christmas in the southern hemisphere, so we do a late dinner on Christmas eve (usually some sort of BBQ) and exchange gifts then. Christmas day is a little less established. My great grandmother used to do a TON of many types of cookies for Christmas, she spent basically the whole month baking. She passed some years ago, and no one has even tried to bake as much, but we still do at least some cookies each year.
Hope this year's Christmas is better without a broken foot! 🎄
Yes, the tippy-tappy toes are absolutely the best!!! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and perhaps found some inspiration for modifying this pattern into a garment that you will feel comfortable and beautiful in!! I do think that the top could be hacked off around the waist and a different skirt put on fairly easily, and it'd avoid some of the funky pleating.
I don't know if this style would be what you're looking for, but if you do switch out the skirt, you could also consider (because that would get eliminate of the bottom V portion that mirrors the V-neck) making a self-fabric belt that has a slight V shape (I'm inspired a bit by the Edwardian dip waist belts here), and that way you can have a different skirt but also maybe have the mirrored V's?? I dunno, maybe that's not the style you're going for, so feel free to disregard, just a random thought!
I'm glad you enjoy the subtitles, I do try to take the time to at least correct/tweak the auto-generated ones, because they're so crap, and when I can find time to add in my own little touches I do... although admittedly sometimes videos fall through the cracks and I forget 😢😢 Thanks for watching!!
Love your good spirit! The outfit went great.
Thank you! 😊🥰🎄
I wish I saw this video before I started making this dress! I fried a few brain cells trying to figure everything out 😂😂 yours looks so much better than mine though. I added a patch pocket to the skirt and then a side seam pocket as well. Though as a new sewer I did make the mistake of opting for French seams
Oh no, sorry for your brain cells!! I did consider adding a pocket as well, but this fabric would just sag too much under the weight of pocket contents unless I added a belt or waistband (which I *also* thought about adding, but alas... time constraints).
I feel like French seams could be great for a few seams (the main side and back ones, for example) and less than ideal for others (anything that intercepts the neckline or pleats), but massive props to you for attempting them as a novice sewer 💪💪
You cut your knotches in? You might run into a problem down the road if you want to let out a seam( make bigger) there would be a hole . I loved the garments and they looked great on you! Enjoyed hearing your cookies tradition too 💝
Yea, I'm just entirely too lazy to cut the notches in. Honestly, I've been wearing the same size for the past 20 years, so generally speaking my taste in clothing changes faster than my body size (or the fabric just plain wears out), but if I needed to make larger, it'd just require some creative piecing! Thanks for watching
I love me some polka dots. Great dress! Merry Christmas, Shannon!
Thank you, Susan! After this shirt, I may slowly be converting to the idea of polka dots (although still not the *biggest* fan of red) 🎅🏽🎄Best of holidays to you too!!
Such a cute dress! 💙
Thank you! 😊
Late best of the season to you. That is a lovely set - well done.
Love your spin test. My only trick for the spins is to do one rotation in the other direction to stop the fluid in my ear to stop swishing about.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Yes, the classic spin/un-spin often does the job! I generally spin for a living, so it's not usually a problem, but since I hadn't been spinning (or honestly even walking much) for the month prior to filming, my tolerance for it had significantly decreased!! Funny how fast the tolerance fades XD
@@ShannonMakes Yeah, it's amazing. Your body can forget things with a glance. My personal example is just coming home wearing heels for the first time in a few years... owch-ie.
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having your broken foot on the table while sewing is definitely acrobat approved
Acrobat tested, Physio approved 😂
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right back atcha! 🎄☃️🎄☃️🎄
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thank you!
I’m wondering why you chose a stretch fabric since that’s not historically accurate and harder to sew. Just comfort?
Cuz it was pretty and cuz I couldn’t care less about historical accuracy.
Hey, they would have used a serger 75 years ago if they'd had one!
I mean, technically they had sergers in the late 1800s, sooo... plausible!
WHERE did you get your sewing weights? The closest thing I've found is glass fermenting weights! 😂
Just borrowed them from the wardrobe department 🤣
Thank you. Lovely sewing and editing. 🧵🏆
Glad you enjoyed it!