I (tried) to teach my friend to sew a dress using a vintage sewing pattern
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My strong suits include: being chaotic, getting things done and being (passably) funny along they way. No where in there is a "teaching" bone. However, when your friend asks you to help he make her first vintage dress using your favorite dress pattern, you don't say no. So for today's plus size sewing vlog, come with me as we journey into PROPERLY sewing a plus size vintage dress.
Pattern: Simplicity 3932 (Bust 44")
Fabric: Joann's
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I totally want this video to have a sequel. "Tina (tried) to teach Stephanie to sew a quilt using a vintage pattern." It would be delightful chaos.
Yes, yes, yes! I didn't know I needed this!
but it must be a complicated pattern - with lots of curves! NO pinwheels for Stephanie!
Mouahaha
I helped teach a friend to sew once. The left side had upside down palm trees while the right had palm trees upside right. We didn't notice until we were finished and wearing our dresses.
OMG this happened to me too. Upside down dragons in the back because I was so caught up on the teaching I forgot you can’t fold directional fabric lengthwise 😅 I feel you.
😂 I made an entire 1780s dress upside down. Luckily, it all went the same way and it's @ floral pattern so it's only noticeable to me...
Not fabric, but my mother did this with wallpaper once. She was so mad when I came home from school and pointed out that every other strip was upside-down. It stayed like that for years.
@@SciFiFemale😂
In medical school (I haven't been, just heard about it), there's a saying, "See one, do one, teach one," and this process seems to work really nicely for sewing, as well. This was terrific to watch. I think teaching our friends how to do something is one of the best ways to spend time with friends.
Oh my GOLLY! Tina’s dress is such a cute print! One thing that I like to do… when I cut the pocket pieces I extend them long enough at the top so that they can be sewn into the waist seam… that way they don’t sag when I put my hands or phone or pocket snacks in them.
I wouldn't mind watching you make the same dress however often you'd like. I watched charlie make hers a bunch, I can watch you make yours
Tina- great job on the dress, it looks so cute on you.
Stephanie- I would watch you make that dress a few dozen times as long as you use different fabric and change up the chaos a little.
Quilting 101 assembly line sewing!! Saves time... LOTS and LOTS of time!! Saves thread...OMG 😱 the amount of thread it saves is glorious!! Finally, the money saved... WOW!!! Thread 🧵 gets more expensive every year and trimming it between each piece wastes untold yards and, therefore, spools & spools of spun gold 😢 which is not a good feeling...at least for me anyway 🤷♀️. The dress is so cute and Tina, you did a fantastic job!! As a quilter myself switching from squares and shapes, isn't always as easy as some may think. Great job!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
All true! Although if you are like me, Aurafil thread is my thread of choice. Quilters can be very picky! 😬
@@TeenaBean1210 oh absolutely, we are LOL 😂!! Picky sometimes to the point of neuroses 😳😳😂😂 I have a friend who is a prolific quilter and craft sewer as well, but she struggles when it comes to sewing garments. I've done everything I know to help and show the differences and similarities between the two, but I must not be a very effective teacher because she still struggles. She says it's the seam allowances and pattern instructions, especially, she gets frustrated with. She HATES reading the instructions, not because she has difficulty in reading or comprehension, but because, she says, "I just wanna sew! It takes up too much time to read it, follow it, and do it!" 🤷♀️🤦♀️ Whatta ya do?? Anyway, the dress came out beautiful and if your garments are that beautiful, I know your quilts are amazing!! 😍😍 Congratulations on conquering another skill to add to your tool kit!! And Congratulations Stephanie Canada on successfully teaching a very important skill!! Amazing to you both!!! 🌟❤️🌟❤️💖🌹🎉🎇🎆🌟
You’ve taught me to embrace chaos sewing, which is such a relief for my perfectionist tendencies. Tina did great 🎉
Thank you so much!
It was the opposite with me, i made clothing first and then started just making patchwork blankets that i tied with yarn. This was pre internet (yes, im THAT old) . So , those first blankets
i sewed with a 5/8 on seam allowance.
Many years later, when i began quilting in earnest, i was very surprised to learn that in quilting, a 1/4 inch seam allowance is the norm.
When Tina told me that was normal my eyes did a cartoon bug out!! 👀
I’m living for the goat screams! 😂
I love it how you call it "lazy sewing"
My mum actually teach me that, it doesn't dull needle so much and your machine don't have more work to do.
And my mum actually learned that in school! In industrial sewing you are doing this all the time.
Tina is such a cutiepie! A real ray of sunshine ❤😊 Ans such a lovely dress!!!
I also love when you whisper into the camera "absolutely f**king nothing" and laugh with that. 😄 Very relatable and sympathetic. ❤
Gorgeous dress. Gorgeous ink, Tina. Beautiful memories, ladies!
Please tell Tina she did an amazing job! And the colors suits her so well!
Thank you!
Great job! Love your teaching style and that you are sharing your favorite pattern! Tina was fantastic! I always smile at your shenanigans.
I was genuinely thinking that you seemed like a great teacher several times through this. It's not just what you teach but the attitude in which you teach it, after all. From personal experience, that 'show them then let them do' is the way in which people seem to learn best because their body remembers even when they don't.
The dress is adorable and Tina looks adorable and wonderful in it, too!
Thank you! I had a blast learning from Stephanie!
molify? To put at ease? 😂
Also, Very lovely dress and it was fun to see a process start to finishlike that. The things you discover or learn when you teach to someone else cannot be compared.
Well done Tina and Stephanie for a great finished product. Tina's fabric choice was adorbs and I hope she enoys her birthday dress for many years to come.
You two did awesome! You teach great and Tina is a great learner and her dress is a cute a button! Yours is too!
Pockets should always be as big as fabric allows! Huge pockets for the win. 😊
Its so lovely to see and hear Tina, she's so charming!
Awe, thank you so much!
Starting spider and chain stitching for the win! My spider is a jeans scrap that I sometimes used as a hump-jump too. I love skill crossovers.
I'm looking forward to seeing Tina (in her pretty new dress) teacher you to quilt. A set of placemats or table runner would be a good starter project.
😂 it’s so funny because I am primarily a garment sewer and sometimes quilter and totally do a bunch of these ‘cheater’ tips.
Excellent work Tina 👏👏👏👏 🎉 🎉🎉♥️♥️♥️
Yay Tina! Great job!
Love the colours of the dress!
Yay Tina, and wtg Stephanie, any time you want to teach an autistic person with a tbi who hasn't touched a sewing machine in literal decades,how to use a modern sewing machine, come to Oregon! Of course someday I dream of a bucket list trip to Florida... Maybe I could swap some vintage patterns and fabriques for some help, because I start to THINK about using a modern sewing machine that my hub wants to buy me ( one that can even do embroidery) and I'm both excited and terrified 😂. You really are so patient.
“Is it weird yet?”
Always, Stephanie. Always.
Thank you
so is there going to be a part 2 where Tina teaches you to quilt?
Oooh, I would love to see that!
ooooh that would be a fun series I would watch it
The twirl is magical ❤ well done, Tina!! The dress is gorgeous and so are you! Stephanie is such a fun teacher 🎉
Ooooh, Disney Springs! I had no idea you are localish! That dress is really cute. I would wear it in the parks, I love wearing twirly ones, with POCKETS!
Gathering, two alternative ways: A. For short gathering runs at bust, sleeves, and back, tighten the top thread tension and run gathering stitches 1/8" away from seam line towards cut edge. Run a second row 1/8" away from first stitching towards cut edge in seam allowance. Don't forget to loosen tension when going back to normal sewing. 2. For long gathering run, use a zig zag stitch over a heavier thread like jeans top stitch thread or small crochet string in the seam allowance. Use the heavier thread to pull gathers up. Knot ends to keep in place.
Honorable mention: loosen top tension slightly and use bottom (bobbin thread) to pull gathers. Don't forget to tighten top tension when going back to regular sewing.
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Congratulations Tina! You did a great job!! Stephanie, you were a good and patient teacher! 👏 👏👏👏
1. You guys gathered the skirt upside down!!! Ahhh😮😢!!!
2. Can we please talk about how cute Tina's hair is on day 5/ skirt gathering day? I love it.
First off, Happy Birthday Tina! Great job on the dress as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Brava, Tina! I just finished the fourth vintage (from 1948 to 1954) dress in a month for my young granddaughter, on a 1955 sewing machine. Vintage patterns have so much more panache.
I hate doing bias bindings, so I almost always just draft proper facings.
This was such a fun video! I loved how Tina's dress turned out, it is so cute. Like you teaching Tina I am about to start teaching 25 high school students how to design and sew clothing in January. I am the new FAID (Fashion, Apparel, & Interior Design) teacher at our local high school. It is going to be quite an adventure, and even though I have sewn for 30 years I am really nervous about this new part of my life.
I knew you could do it! Teaching, I mean. I know I learn a lot from your videos.
This was such a great video! I'd love to see Tina do one of your vintage apron patterns with one of her favorite quilting cottons next!
Your teaching and Tinas experience works well together. Congratulations 🎊
LOVE the fabric!!!! And.. TINA! You have fantastic penmanship!
Awesome dress. Well done to both pupil and teacher!
Great job! Yay Tina!
Also I guess I’m a freak, I love darts. They are so elegant and I don’t really struggle with them. Maybe it’s because I do more tailoring than making.
good job, Tina! Love the dress you made! And yours, too Stephanie. That pattern is adorable!
Its so pretty! I really gotta try and make it! You two are a dynamic sewing duo! Please make a sequel!
Seems like you did an excellent job teaching! And Tina, your dress is adorable, you did a great job!
Stephanie, you’re a great teacher. Teena, you’re a great sewer. You both are adorable in your dresses.
Standing ovation for both of you!! Stephanie, you are good at explaining and demonstrating, therefore you are a good teacher.
I learned how the bodice of that dress fits together. I have a much newer pattern with a similar bodice structure and I am going to follow this video again to make it up.
Tina did such a great job and it looks amazing!!! Also, she sewed with such precision....it was a masterpiece in action. I am jealous of her perfect seams.
Oh my goodness, that is so sweet of you to say. My mum is an art quilter and I have inherited or at lease have tried to be a quarter as good as her.
I love this vintage pattern! I keep forgetting you all live in Florida, where it's warm!! We are freezing in Georgia Stephanie!!🥶
Dart sewing hack so you don't need to tie a knot: Thread your bobbin thread upwards (hack for that is threading your needle back to front with your bobbin thread, tying it to the top thread and winding the top thread back on its spool until you have wound the knot a few times round the spool, depending on the size of your dart) for as much thread as you need for the dart. Once you have done that, you can put the tip of the dart against the bobbin thread running from the bobbin to the needle. Lower the presser foot and start sewing, backstitching at the wide part of the dart. Once you are done, don't forget to re-thread you top thread as you will be confronted with a knot that will not go through the eye of your machine needle if you do, hindering your sewing severely.
This way, the tip of your dart has a little give, making it slightly less pointy. Also, sewing the dart a bit like a parabola, starting like a millimetre from the fold for like the first centimetre or so, and then increasing ever more until your hit the line of the straight dart can help decrease pointiness as well.
What an adorable dress!! Tina and you look fantastic. Congrats!!
Luvved it 😍 Enjoyed the fun and your great friendship. Well done Tina 🥳🏆🧵🪡🏆🥳 Loved the red shoes in the reveal 😍👠👠 Hope to see the pair of you in another collab in the near future 👏👏
Have a great day, a wonderful and safe Christmas to you all and Happy Birthday to Tina 🎶🎂 from Australia 🇭🇲🦘🙏🦘🇭🇲
Stephanie --- I need this pattern LOL. Ya'll did a great job on that dress. It is adorable Tina.
Thank you for the fitting tips. I had two gifted grandmothers who were excellent seamstresses. I learned to quilt and crochet, but somehow never how to fit garments and altar clothing. I took this for granted when I was a kid, but now feel sorely deficient when I can’t do this for my daughter‘s clothing. Please keep videos like this coming. I truly enjoy everything.
Great job! Tina’s dress is super cute! Great teaching Stephanie. I’m a quilter too and I love that Tina chain stitched the pieces and used a ‘leader’ 😉. The fabric as adorable too. I hope you do more clothes together. Loved it!
There's a measurement very few take that is mandatory on me. I'm also tall.. five foot fourteen... with very little space between my bra line and my waist. Not quite 3",
I know.. wackadoodle shape... especially on an old broad.
It's the illusive - shoulder to bust point - especially when darts are involved.
There's nothing like darts pointing more toward my collar bone than my bust point.
Oh, that turned out super cute! Good job, both of you!
Learning to chain piece is great.
I love the fit! Well done ladies!
That is totally adorable! And now, I want one...
Yay to both! I taught Apparel for 15 years in a public school…. It’s no easy task! Congrats to both of you!
I learned to quilt when I was young and only quilted for years now I make a lot of dresses skirts and everything in between.
I've been mending and hemming clothes for a couple years, but finally bought my first pattern recently! I'll probably come watch this again before I get started on that shirt.
Tina's shirt is amazing 🎄
This video was freaking ADORABLE!!!!
Oh, yes it is!
There was nothing like the feeling of making my first dress. The dress wasn't for me; but, it was the first dress I ever cut and sewed. It was for my mother (and she wore it). My sister was so mad at me. I made many, many more. Some of them were for my sister.
Congrats new sewist,super cute dress❤❤❤
Darts are such a joy! My first time sewing darts was working on a musical theatre show in college. The designer chose to use a faux fur for the bodices of the *12* 60's-style dresses for the female ensemble. Talk about jumping in feet first! 😵💫
First time I have popped in for a while Steph. Glad to see you are going well but surprised you are not at 100K subs yet. Clearly the internet is having an off season
Thank you for this video!!! You both helped me realize why I think quilting is a 'breeze' compared to garment sewing! I love an 'one size fits most' mentality!!!
Ok-- I am the only one who appreciates how the 'pin cushion' matches the dress fabric?!!!
Listen, aqua/teal/turquoise is my fave color so I have a lot in that color.
You can do it!!! I was so nervous but I did it and I found that a lot of my sewing knowledge translated well to making a dress.
The dresses are beautiful. ❤😊
Great job! Totally enjoy seeing those we teach sew & create!
My kids are sewing gifts for Christmas
Cute dress and happy birthday 🎉
Yes to learning from everywhere!
Congratulations, Tina, on sewing your first vintage dress pattern! It looks fantastic and I hope you feel proud of the accomplishment. Fair warning, once you start making clothes that fit your taste, style, and body, it becomes addictive. Congratulations, Stephanie, on teaching someone how to sew a vintage dress pattern! Ages ago when I was a research scientist, you knew you truly mastered a technique if you could do it well yourself AND you successfully taught it to someone else. I hope you feel proud of being skilled enough at sewing dresses that you can teach another person how to do so--well done!
Thank you! Now I’m looking at my stash for two things…do I have enough yardage for a dress or a quilt?!? Lol
Joke's on you I will likely watch the same pattern with little change to the recipe just because it becomes a bingo game of "what oopsies might happen this time around?" 😂
Tina is adorable and I love that teal sweater of hers!
Understitching? What is this witchcraft. 😂
She picked such a cute fabric and the length is spot on. Only thing I could see being a future addition would be some kind of sash / wide belt made from the pink material :) Very nice teamwork! :D
WooHooTina! Great job!
It's totally gorgeous!!!😊
This is fabulous! Yay Tina!
Thats too cute. I have been sewing for years but am learning to quilt....so different. Y'all are so entertaining, thank you and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Awesome girls love it ❤❤❤❤❤
Great job Tina! It’s so cute!!!!
This is amazing and I loved every second of it.
I love Tina's "Thick and Sprucey" shirt! 😆
I've sown for a long time. I justed making quitting. ❤😊
Love this. It’s provided some resources to learn more about fashion.
I wish I could go to Stephanie's house and make a dress with her 😭❤
Have fun with the dress Tina. You look adorable.
I love this video. You both did such a great job. So entertaining. Xxx X
19:37 this was the scariest line because I legit thought she had sewn the gathering stitches at the hem again. I almost started to cry for her.
I also like them real thick and sprucey.
Beautiful and comfortable 😍
Hi Tina 👋. I love your hair and nails ❤
Thank you!
Now, it is time for the clothing maker to make a quilt with Tina's help. With a rotary cutter.
cute dress, cute tina! happy birthday! love your new dress, too, stephanie! happy holidays to all y'all!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Thank you so much!
@@TeenaBean1210 hi!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Looks great! Love It! Great job you guys!
Great video! I’m learning so much.
🎉 Yeah Tina! Your dress came out super sweet 🩷! How did you find working with 5/8" sa? For gathering speed I backstitch one side then just gather from the other.😊. Stephanie you did well at passing on the craft with love and care. We'll done ladies 😁🎄🇨🇦
5/8 was so WEIRD!!! I had to think about it each time before I started. Lol
Chaining pieces… I thought everyone did that. I guess it’s just a quilter’s thing? I use it while sewing like Tina does. You’d be surprised what you can pick up from multiple areas of mediums.
An easier way to gather is to sit say stitch over crochet cotton and pull the cotton to gather 😃
Zig zag stitch! Silly autocorrect
Absolutely great.