I made a blinged out velour tracksuit straight out of the Italian Renaissance.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- I brought a lot of chaotic energy to this one, folks, and I'm not sorry at all. I constructed a Juicy Couture style velour track suit with details from the Dorothea bodies, and inspiration from... maybe every decade of the Italian Renaissance. I got over my hotfix sass, blinged it out like it was a 2003 Sidekick, and loved every second of it.
Fantastic outfit! Love the big skirt look. If you have a domestic sewing machine built after 1968, its stretch stitch is what you wanted for those boning channels. Actually you can do this project with stretch stitch.
How is every project you come up with simultaneously the wildest most out of hand thing you could possibly think of and also so impeccably executed I can’t imagine ever questioning it
Hahaha- well thank you. I had my doubts about this one in particular ha.
the volturi from twilight going on a last night snack trip 😂❤ I love it
lol omg I love it. Blood snackies.
Honestly, this is one of my favorite videos of yours! I am working on incorporating more casual wear items that have stretch and true loungability into my sewing. The things I like to sew and are drawn to are often in extreme oppostion to those days where you want to couch surf, have extreme size flexibility, and just general supreme comfort. This is exactly the sort of concept that marries all those features into one project, so thank you for the inspiration!
And you did it again - put two time periods together and made it work. I love it. I'm tempted to make my own velvety hoodie :D.
Well you know if you would've put AWKWARD in the channel description I would've known immediately that this is my place!
😂😂😂❤❤❤ this was very fun!
This project is wild. I never would have thought to put these two together. You are a genius!
I *love* this and I can't wait to try making my own!
That’s super cool!
This is so funny because the outfit looks genuinely great on your silhouette! A lot of people would look ridiculous in it but the edginess and sharpness that you added harmonises really well with your features and it ends up looking chic instead of costumey lol.
I feel like I could see this on a runway
This outfit is stunning and suits you so well. 🤩
What a joy you are. 😁
Thank you for all you share. 🙏You are so inspiring and I have learned so much from you, most importantly, that there are no rules and whatever your chosen creative expression is, have fun with it. Thank you so much. 🫶
That is a great outfit! It brings such class to a jogging outfit and your logo looks awesome on the top. I give you credit for your attention to such minute details and determination to accomplish them.
That is absolutely stunning!
It was a lot of fun to watch you do this project. Any project that expresses individuality is perfect in my opinion. It makes creating all the more fun.
I usually use a double needle when two rows of stitching are needed. It will stretch with the knit fabric and then bounce back. I could cover stitch with my serger but don't to do it that way, so the double needle.
I love sewing with a double needle- it’s how I usually sew anything stretchy, but I can’t seem to find the needle anywhere. I’ve ordered a replacement, so the serger is going back in the closet, ha. They’re really such a finicky machine.
@@anotherdreamgonewest after moving, I can't find my tin full of machine needles, which drives me crazy. It will reappear eventually. Once in a while I have to set my serger to zero and then adjust from there. I've had her for 33 years.
Fab project. The back graphic came out great - glad you persevered.
Thank you! Although I now live in fear that pearls are going to randomly pop off 😂
You mad scientist you! This was an exciting watch and the amount of creativity you pulled off?! Just amazing!
Haha- mad scientist, I like that 👍. Thank you so much, this was a really fun make!
I have the pattern and fabric for a velour track suit that I’ve been meaning to make, and you have totally inspired me for sprucing it up and making it more personal. Thank you!
Do itttttt! I was actually pleasantly surprised that most of it was pretty simple (couple little snafus, but aren’t there always?)
as always, your creativity in drawing historical bridges remains unmatched! loved the video
Aw thank you!! It was so much fun!
Low key iconic 😂
Fantastic
It must be so comfortable!
It is!!
Very pretty 😀
It's Wonderful!
Thank you!!!!
This is probably totally obscure and weird, but one of my first questions when exploring 18th century stays to Regency corsetry is if anyone had tried using cord for 18th century stays instead of boning. While these are not stays, seeing you use the cord to add structure to a bodice in such similar shape resparked my experimental thoughts. I think I may give it a try in 2024
I can't remember if it was for Regency stays but Nicole from Costuming Drama has a vlog of her making corded stays (like you're describing). Sounds like a great project!
That’s a great question. What I’ve learned is that there is no absolute yes or no in historical practice- just like there’s no absolute yes or no in modern practice. I’m sure someone somewhere sometime in the 18th century probably experimented- you should totally try it! I know it’s not exactly the same thing, but jumps were often padded and potentially corded instead of being boned, so there may be some techniques lurking in those garments to help the process along.
I know Sewstine also made a dress inspired by Disney’s Belle and it was 18th century inspired with cording instead of boning. There were already waaaaay too many references in my video, but I looked at corded corsets from the mid 19th century when I was making mine.
Cute!
That is super cute❤ looks comfy too.
I really should get off my duff and make some giant culottes. I really love them for knocking around the house.
Thank you! It is super cuddly. These culottes took oversized to the extreme haha.
oh, fun! i love the whole thing. but i do wish you'd gone with jessie couture! ;)
Why do people thread the needle to bring the thread to the back when you can just pull the bobbin thread and pull the top thread to the back that way?
That’s another method, but I usually like to actually do the final stitch by hand anyway to make sure it’s exactly where it needs to be (that’s a holdover habit from having an extremely aggressive industrial machine where it was difficult to stop in a precise place.) Now that my machine is a bit more tame I could probably re teach myself to just pull the bobbin thread.
@@anotherdreamgonewest I just so rarely see someone do it that way on camera everyone seems to default to the thread the needle option (I guess a needle threader would be an interesting hybrid option) especially on boning channels and something so laborious on top of something so laborious must have a logic
Your serging does look awful; the tensions were not properly balanced.
I agree. It’s an auto tension machine so even if I manually tension everything it automatically adjusts back to being super loose. It seemed to be even worse with the velour, I think perhaps because it is so spongy. Not my favorite construction method.
@@anotherdreamgonewest
And here I am, using my 35 year old serger, not even knowing that automatic tension on sergers was a thing. 😬
I didn't know that was a thing. But yeah... if it's giving you results like that, I absolutely understand not liking using it!
I tend not to use mine, but at least when I do, it gives me proper results. That's far more satisfying. Although I still do tend to change the one thread colour if I'm using it for construction seams. Ain't no one got time for getting the tension that perfect - if it's even possible.