I Made a Massive Patchwork Dress Out of Fabric Quarters
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Other youtubers: drafts patterns meticulously based on many years of experience in dressmaking.
The Stitchery: ties a measuring tape to her head and communes with the sewing goddesses before drafting a pattern chaotically.
As a viewer of youtube, the latter is just a treat to witness. You're such a kid at heart and I am all here for it!
She's basically draping on herself and I love it.
Also all pattern making is controlled chaos, not matter how nicely and calmly they edit it.
I came across this today and I love the dress ❤
You should check out Micarah Tewers! She has similar chaotic sewing energy. She usually explains all her measurements by animals and they’re hilariously nonsensical, like “cut a piece of the lining which is the length of 3 small cats and the width of one very big cat”
This made me giggle. It is kinda the way I roll too. And seeing it gives me the confidence to not give a hoot and just try!
Holy crap, can you imagine an ivory or cream version of this as a wedding dress? Putting this away in the ideas bank in case i ever get married...
OHHHHHH, especially if you kept the patchwork look. That would be really cool!
Wedding dress? This one?
No way
Brilliant idea. I just uncovered a stash of old white linen napkins. They're really beautiful with interesting weaves. They would be fabulous patch worked into a wedding dress.
I was thinking what a beautiful wedding dress that would make, in the bride's favorite colors.
I'm a great believer in making a wedding dress that becomes a lovely evening gown/dinner dress afterwards.
I was thinking the same thing. Would be gorgeous!
Thanks for showing us why quilters love our rotary cutters, rulers and mats.
I've never made a quilt in my life, but I love my rotary cutter, rulers, and mats!! ❤❤ I don't recall if I got mine before or because of this particular project, but I had to make 2 dresses for my oldest daughter for a trip, and I had 4 days to do it in. Mind you, I had 5 children at home at the time, we home schooled, and I cooked our meals. So I didn't have a lot of time. I chose one pattern, and two fabrics that were ok with one thread color for the two of them. I did everything twice: each instruction on the pattern was done for dress 1, then dress 2. But cutting them both out at the same time with my rotary cutter saved SO MUCH TIME! It ran through 4 layers of fabric and the pattern like it was nothing, and I was sold from then on. I wasn't always able to sew with the same color thread, but I often saved time making two of things by cutting both out at once.
I cried a little when she said it took 4 hours to cut the squares!! 😭
This is so painful to watch :s
When she said, "There has to be an easier way...". I was saying, "Yes, it's called a rotary cutter and a self healing mat!" And I don't even quilt.
I watched her do that with my jaw open and asked why are you not using a rotary?!
The way the skirt moves reminds me of Mexican Folklorica skirts.😊
When she did the first twirl in the reveal, that was my first thought, too! Beautiful!
It absolutely looks like a folklorica dress!! ❤
The “okay…okay okay i know what the plan is…okay” and the gesturing shapes in the air is SO REAL. Also the final result is BEAUTIFUL
the sweep of the first tier of the skirt being as narrow as it is compared to the bottom tier is what makes the skirt so gosh darn flattering (in my humble opinion). what a great dress--epic! i'd wear it every day and find moar fields to frolic in!!
You are the first person I have encountered who follows the exact same sewing process (staring into the distance, drafting patterns and then realizing they don't work at all, and just general chaos) that I do!! You're not alone!
Not only is the dress more beautiful than i thought it would be. The dress looks absolutely stunning on you.
Why is a twirling skirt such a joy? Or running barefoot and bare legged in a dress/skirt? And having pockets? I don't know either, but I know they are! Thanks for making me not the only one who loves to twirl in a swooshy skirt. 😊😊 And you picked perfect twirling music!
This comment screams Rachel Maksy. :)
Came for the dress, stayed for the humor
slap on a work apron, a witchy hat, and a bunch satchels filled with bits and bobs and you have a renfaire ready patch work witch! I love this! such a fun use of fat quarters. I've always been curious about what clothes made out of quilts might look like and this is a fantastic example of it done sooooo right!!
As someone with diagnosed ADHD and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), I love every ASD/ADHD moment (ie. zoning out, "Why is this such a mess?", the figgiting, "there's always a box somewhere around here", at around the 15:00 throwing the fabric in the air then saying "here we go", last and my favorite example I will give begins at 15:55). This is all stuff I do in any craft project. I love all of this, also I love that you take your time making it and giving yourself a set scheduled time slot for things to do!
Right? No idea about ASD, but a lot here feels like ADHD 😆
There were so many moments where I was like "I know exactly what she's thinking"
A way to make sewing the squares together faster is to sew strips together, then subcut it into rectangles. There are a lot of cutting tricks quilters have to maximize sewing time versus cutting time.
Ooh, this is cool! Thanks for sharing
Excellent suggestion.
Yes, if you're doing a regular pattern, sewing strips is a must! Most of my quilts have no repetition in them, so I rarely get a chance to use this trick, but I did a baby quilt that used several different repeated stripe blocks cut on the bias and it was SOOOO FAST in comparison 😂 I also wasn't spending a bunch of time laying out individual rows piece by piece to get _just_ the right color gradation… 😅
This.
I don’t understand
Yep. Add a rotary mat, cutter, and ruler to your “need” list. Then you can cut multiple layers at the same time.
Great selection of fabrics you chose.
Annnnddd this is why quilts cost so much… the time!
Ironing is only pleasurable when it relates to sewing or crafting. The final garment looked gorgeous!
The dress is stunning and reminiscent of the 1970's! It turned out wonderfully.
When you are gathering super long things you can zigzag over a crochet cotton. It's stronger so it holds up better. If you get a bit of the cotton in the zigzag stitching you can just start another pull of the thread. It gathers faster as there's no real tension to fight.
Thanks for the birds update. I have found that doves are very weird and not blessed with intelligence. In the last week I've had to break so as not hit them standing in the road watching my car come towards them!! To say nothing of their lack of nest building skills. Couple of years ago they decided that my roof gutter was a great spot. It didn't go well. It truly is a wonder that they survive.
that's exactly how I gather--zigzag over a cord
Oh my gosh, that mosaic/stained glass floral fabric is AMAZING and I now need some.
same!
Me too! I tried to reverse image search it on Google, but nothing came up. Booo.
4 fat quarters equal 1 yard. Great job on the dress!
Those were not fat quarters
@@Saskatchetooner Yes they were. What are you talking about?
She did say fabric quarters I think, but I’ve never heard that term and they look like fat quarters to me. 🤷♀️
I decided to follow you after watching 10 minutes of your chaos gremlin energy. I thought, "yes, I understand." And now I'm going to finish watching the video.
I make tiered patchwork dresses for my daughters, they love them and love spinning in them! I ended up making myself a christmas themed one and its so lovely! I have piles of squares now because I wanted make a bunch of different themed ones (I work with kids and have visions of a Miss Frizzle style work wardrobe) and then lost my mojo for the project, so there it sits waiting for inspiration to strike! This dress is so beautiful I think I am nearly ready to tackle it again!
Oo I love that so much!! Themed patchwork Miss Frizzle all the way!
What a great idea!! I want to have some Ms. Frizzle clothes too. You gave me a great idea!! Miss Frizzle dresses are coming up for this school year!
I want to see your christmas themed dress so badly now!
Amasing! I like the way the first tier was not as full as you feel it should be, because it adds a style and a shape to the skirt. Having all the extra fullness lower down the skirt is lovely. Love how it moves. Gorgeous.
Good morning.
I spent 26 years pattern cutting and you are pretty much doing what we all do. A combination of flat and stand (your body) cutting. Your experience shows. I love the part of the process when you close your eyes and visualise the 2D/3D shapes come together.
That was one hell of a undertaking. I'm a tailor of over 30 yrs and even I am very impressed with the work that went into that. 😉👍It turned out really lovely. The color scheme is great and the designs were not ott or gauche. Well done.💕
Hello! As a fellow sewist and quilter - a few things to suggest for future you:
Rotary cutters and self-mending mats are amazing.
Connecting Threads is an amazing place for thread - less than a penny a yard for 100% cotton thread! Not a paid sponsorship here, just really excited that I was able to share good thread deals. Because Joann Fabrics and Michael's are both overpriced for it.
Is my math correct that that is a 50 FOOT HEM
MADNESS
That's so awesome!
I have a vintage one in the same style. Its called a 'swing skirt' or a 'salsa skirt' its for dancing and twirling without showing your underbritches. My hem is only 40 but yeah. Its a going out dress from the 40s. But yours is PRETTY!!!
Haha, I used to pay my sister per inch to hem for me!
I have never seen a more real sewing video 😄 And that dress makes me so freaking happy just looking at it!
I watch your content not because I want to learn from you (though I'm learning from you anyway), but because you're a junior seamstress such as myself and you have a quirky humor, good amount of self irony and the great will to learn to sew) and that is both very interesting to watch and inspiring) so thank you)
And i think you should relax about not showing your patternmaking because of amount of mistakes you make) at this level of mastery it is absolutely common and even expected of you :)
I'd suggest you not to behave as a professional seamstress with lots of experience who makes a good patterns and video tutorials if you're not feeling you are one. and instead just do your thing) take it easy) do, what makes you want to sew more, don't read to the comments that make you feel bad and be yourself)
Cheers)
Great content, love your chanell❤
The algorithm is working in your favour right now. I'd never heard of your channel before but now TH-cam can't stop, won't stop recommending this video to me 😂. I'll comment again after I actually watch the video.
Ok algorithm, you win this round. Subscribed. Delightful creator, delightful project, and a puppy.
Watching you twirl the skirt was extremely satisfying, it looked joyful.
That first one is LITERALLY the one that ties them all together! Gorgeous choice of colour. 3:36
You need to invest in a self healing mat with measurements and a rotary cutter, you can cut several pieces of fabric at once. 14:07
What an amazing dress! 😍
Also for more tapering at the waist on the bodice I guess some tucks would do the trick?
Unknown bucket list item to sew unlocked... Darnit... 🤣
As someone with adhd who loves to craft but gets overwhelmed by the meticulous, thank you for showing it’s possible to successfully wing it…. But be talented in your winging 😊😊😊😊
This dress is absolutely stunning! I can't believe how cohesive all the fat quarts look -- great job on you for picking great fabrics! How heavy is the dress? It looks like it weighs a ton!
Thank you! It weighs exactly 5 lbs!
I live about 1 hour away from the supermarket, so that sure helps you to overcome cravings and being pre-organised. But when you're not it's a total bummer. The colours you chose are gorgeous 🥰
If you ever do more quilting, get yourself a rotary cutter and a big mat and ruler! So much faster than scissors. (and also fun, sharp circley thingy go WHEEEEE!)
Cottagecore on steroids! Amazing, and I love the colors ❤️
How gorgeous is this! I'm so trying not to be inspired, I don't have the bandwidth to take on such a large project right now. My mom is a quilter - she would have stacked the fabrics and rotary cut the squares. If you ever wash this dress steaming might be easier than ironing, not envying that part! 🌻🍄 Edit - this was not meant to be a bossy comment 😊 I'm so in awe of what you created 💜
I'm feeling a little faint just thinking about ironing that dress 🫣
@@raraavis7782same here I have 4 cats and I can just see them climbing into the skirt while it’s under the ironing board, nope would send it to the dry cleaners instead 😹😹😹😹
Haha all good, that's a great suggestion! I got a steamer a few months back, and yeah, I would definitely use that over an iron on any giant dress.
What an absolute epic dream, bohemian, flowery, colourful, fairytale princess dress! And you look fabulous!!
Finally a skirt that’s big enough!
Note to self, buy a ruffled, rotary cutter and mat. Add a couple of rulers and maybe a serger. Beautiful dress!
It turned out soooo pretty!!! I've always wanted to make a patchwork dress, but my family has told me it'd look bad.
Once i finish the 50s shirt I'm working on I'll go for it! There's a quilting shop in the city owned by an old lady. She only hires other older women and the vibes are great. She has a whole section of quarter stacks in black and every time i go there I stare at them so much.
I think patchwork - either skirt, dress, or shirt - would look striking in black with different white designs, broken up by just enough of your other favorite color(s) to make your heart happy. Black / purple / chartreuse would give excellent Maleficent vibes! Or dashes of red for a Night Circus effect! Or galaxy because galaxies are gorgeous and it's an excuse for glitter thread accents... the possibilities... dang it. Now I need something like this for spoopy season. 🤦🏻♀️😆
I don't know how they would play on the bias (I'm a newbie to sewing) but I could totally see that with the squares in more of a diamond orientation
@@annikahstebben4425 I see two options for this.
Cutting the squares with the grain would make the seams easier but then having the squares on the diagonal would have the bias running vertically and horizontally. I think the skirt would stretch too much over time.
Cutting the squares on the diagonal would mean needing to be careful with the bias seams. However, then when the squares are turned on point, the grain will run vertically and horizontally. I think that would be much easier to gather and the skirt would hang and wear well without stretching.
Love the patchwork! If you do more of it, a rotary cutter is your best friend!
I make quilts and I’m so loving you making dresses from patches. This is another masterpiece. Enjoy wearing it
My grandma would use exclusively quarted fabrics for her projects. She liked making pillows and quilts and pictures in the quilts with the fabrics. I have her entire stash now.
I am so thankful I found your channel! You have a marvelous personality and you sew!! I have been binge watching your videos. Thank you for your spectacular videos and talent!
This dress is stunning!! I love a good patchwork. These colors are so beautiful together.
Your dress turned out really cute. It must weigh 10 pounds. I learn to sew when I was probably 10 years old from my mother and grandmother. Sewing is my therapy. During Covid I learn to make quilts. Even when I made clothes for myselves. I never altered the patterns, even though I needed to sometimes. Maybe now in my old age, I might have the patience to do that. But I know absolutely nothing about making a pattern. In the past I have read books. But with my dyslexia, it’s very difficult for me.
Have you seen Morgan Donner? She does a lot of history bound clothes making her own patterns. She has experimented with different backgrounds shapes too - rectangles, circles, tailored. Watching her doing rather than reading might help you get your head around it. It's the process, not the style that's relevant.
"Is there a faster way to do this?"
Yes!! Rotary cutter, mat, and ruler. You can do 3-8 layers of fabric at a time depending on thickness and wrist/hand strength (and confidence lol).
Also, when sewing quilt tops, I follow this procedure: 1) take a pic of the fabric layout, 2) turn each row into pairs of squares with right sides together, 3) sew each pair with minimal gap between pairs and a longer gap between rows, 4) cut the pairs apart keeping in order, 5) press seams to one side, 6) make new pairs of doubled squares in each row, 7) repeat this process until the rows are complete, 8) sew the rows together in pairs and press seams either to one side or open. NOTE: when pressing the seams in individual rows, alternate between left and right so that the rows fit together nicely and seam bulk is spread to either side.
The flatter first skirt makes this look so professional. Designer.
What a GLORIOUS dress! I would never take it off 🤗
Beautiful! The "skirt" looks just like the ones we used to sew for our belly dance costumes back in the day. Well done!
I'm currently making a flatlined midbust corset out of many fabric squares (and three different colors/prints), and it has made me fall in love with using fabric squares. And cotton, cotton is a miracle when you're used to working with stretchy fabrics.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz is my favorite Oz character.
Lying in the messy remnants of a current project while lamenting the lack of baked goods is the most relatable thing I've ever seen lol. Your energy is immaculate, and the dress is gorgeous!
The dress is so pretty, and you look beautiful in it. For not knowing what you're doing, you're doing a great job. Happy sewing!
When you asked "is there a faster way of doing this" while cutting the square I thought "YES"
I'm currently making my first patchwork quilt project (I usually do needlework and garment sewing) and bought my first rotary cutter and square ruler and it CHANGED my outlook on cutting pieces.
This dress is a visual masterpiece
WOW ! The dress is so beautiful and you look stunning wearing it, the pride is shining through the twirling skirt! Brava!
Fantastic video! Gorgeous dress!!! Thank you for doing this! Really great work.
Ohhhh, my quilting heart is pounding seeing you not do chain piecing!!! I mean, it is totally fine for you to do however your want! Just chain piecing goes so much faster! And it saves soooooo much thread!
It’s a magical dress 👗 you did a fabulous job and the colors are such a happy vibrant work of art now 😊😊😊😊
I think the fabric you said was your favourite has Disney vibes, like the rose at the top of your Beauty and the Beast embroidery.
Yes very B&B also macintosh rose
I was thinking the stained glass window in the animated version. :)
@@thebookwyrmslair6757 Are they not the same? I thought Charlie had got the design from a screenshot of the movie.
On second thoughts, maybe I was misunderstanding your comment and you were agreeing that it had made you think of the same image (albeit my mind went to the embroidered version because I don't think I've seen the movie).
I had the same thought! It reminds me of the stained glass windows that tell the story at the beginning
Have you considered rotary cutters and self healing mat?
Oh my goodness, that is The Most Beautiful Dress! It looks like it could be in a magazine! Very couture! You look ravishing in it, and you looked like the skirt was such fun! 100%!
Re: compromising the number of tiers , you have the solid purple. On the last version you were only short a few squares. You could incorporate the purple fabric for that handful of squares. It wouldn’t look like a compromise. It wouldn’t even register as something off. If you wanted, you could Stitch lines into them with brightly colored thread, making it look like another striped fabric.
I'm not usually a fan of patchwork, but this looks fabulous! 🤩
The way it ruffly flows when you twirl! ❤❤❤
Ok thisdress is a work of ART. When you were on the grass and turning around with material in hands it was amazing to watch. Id sell that for $2000 are more. Art isnt cheap❤
What a work of art! You look radiantly ready for a garden tea party.
That dress is AWESOME! I would have ran out of patience... Mainly because I sew most stuff by hand 😂🤣
Love the dress. Oh, and I just subbed as much for your video style and humor as I did for the sewing, hee hee :).
i cant believe this only took 3 weeks! theres so much work in this dress what an incredible achievement, it looks STUNNING
Your dress is fantastic, and should you do it again then the first two tiers are perfect, and less squares can be used on the lower tiers. Thank you for sharing such a colourful sewing adventure.
Gorgeous idea. After it's washed it's going to be a bear to iron.
This is the best dress ever. I really love the tiered skirt. It spins beautifully without flashing the camera. Go you! You massive amount of work paid off MASSIVELY!
I look at that dress and I see Cinderella. Absolute magic!
I'm so glad to have found this video! Someone, somewhere on Facebook shared your picture of the final product and I loved it!! So happy to know who the maker is. Keep up the good work!
Fabulous! And those fabrics are amazing; there are only two I wouldn't want for myself.
Wow, the final product is unreal! Well done on percervering through all that work
Beatifully executed. Whatever the stressors were, I hope they are forgotten and you enjoy wearing this dress!!!
What a triumph! Absolutely beautiful. Thankyou for giving me faith in my own abilities.
I love seeing you so happy in your dress. ❤
I love it! It's beautiful and ridiculous and just totally wonderful!
I also stare off into the distance and plan out and then write down my construction steps before I move on. It's so helpful.
The amount of work!!! But the result!! Makes me so happy to see you twirl 🎉
you quite literally just made my dream dress!!!! This was so gorgeous and fun to watch 💕
Beautiful, love the back. So fun and full of movement. Great job!
I'd love a pattern just for the skirt, I think every woman deserves a skirt like this once in their life. As a child I remember having a really oversized circle skirt that cinched in the waist. I was addicted to twirling in it.
Its absolutly adorable in every length. when you showed the first length, i thought, don't go any further its stinking cute, then you added the next and it was the same. The finnished job is so gorgeous
Just discovered your channel.
The moment when you wrapped the ruler band around your head and thinking hard about what to do I felt so hard.
Thank you for this video. It inspired me to a patchwork skirt (no idea when to sew that but it's there now!). And the end product looks so good! Patchwork looks so amazing!
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That dress is gorgeous!
Quite possibly the most relatable video on the internet
We need a sewing circle. We would have so much fun!
The dress is lovely! I don't think I'd do the back like that coz I don't like it when my lower back isn't covered but it looks really fun!
Absolutely love this dress!!!! Wonderful work 👍✌️🫶😃
I can’t believe you cut all those squares individually! I’m a quilter and a rotary blade and ruler are my best friend
The dress is beautiful! The nonsense we had to endure was a bit exhausting 😢
I love that in a few shots the yarn behind you makes you look like you have Mickie ears, hihihi
This is absolutely stunning! The amount of work put into a project like this is just incredible and the result is gorgeous! It's very hobbity, gives me strong Rosie Cotton Vibes. Love it so much! So glad I have found your content, very inspiring and fun to watch
Are you going to put your patchwork sun dress in some of the quilt shows? Most of the Quilt Shows do have Wearable Art (which is usually jackets, hats, aprons, skirts, bags, and coats) in their shows. Yes, your dress is Wearable Art. It is a beautiful dress on you. It does remind me of the dresses that old ladies use to make for dolls (that were sat in the middle of a double bed with the full circle skirt spread out around it). I'm worried about washing, drying, and ironing it (to use again). That looked like quilting cotton you used. Did you wash your fabric before pressing and cutting?
I hadn't thought of submitting it to a quilting show, but I'll have to look into it!
I did not pre-wash my fabric, which I realize is a major *gasp* to most. XD I honestly didn't even think about it on this project, but I'm not super concerned about the shrinkage since the dress is so adjustable.
@@gettheetothestitcheryI don't prewash either, especially not fat quarters, due to excessive thread unraveling on the cut edges. If you used steam or spray bottle when you ironed, that may have already partially shrunk the fabric.
The amount of preparation, effort and work you put into this is staggering. Must have been mind-numbing to sow all those squares together. Result is worth it though, the dress is absolutely lovely. So bright and colorful.
Thank you so much! I find I don't mind slow processes like sewing it all together as long as I have some good TV shows or videos to watch!
I thought it would turn out cute but oh my god the reveal had my jaw on the floor it’s absolutely stunning!