Please remember: The Inverted Loaf with Ottoman Assist is an Advanced Loafing technique, and should not be attempted without previous practice with a trained spotter... 😉
@@robintheparttimesewer6798 I wonder how it would look in an Olympic competition. The Champions of this world would demand the recognition, but, you know... they're busy training in various loafing techniques. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
I’m a big fan of lazy Historybounding. Given that I’m disabled and mostly bedbound, I wear nighties all day every day. So I just switched to wearing shifts and chemises. Fully historical, fully comfy. I also made a wrapper using an 18thC banyan pattern that I (using extra fabric I added there) pleated over the shoulders from waist to waist, which gives a very 1860s silhouette. It’s made out of thin cotton bedsheets that used to belong to my great grandmother, and it’s perfect for chucking on over my shift or chemise for those times when I need to be a bit more presentable, but I don’t want to get dressed (like for when support workers or delivery people come in). I’m also planning on making some warm petticoats for next winter (it’s currently almost summer here, and I’m not happy about it), because what’s better than wearing a blanky? Well, I usually can get away with wearing an actual blanket on my lap- perks of being a wheelchair user. But still - blanky attached at the waist seems like a nice idea. For those days when I can’t be in bed, but I’m not actually out of the house.
Glad that you’ve found a comfy style for your bed bound time! And hello to the Southern Hemisphere! My sister is in Queensland now and is very pregnant - she is also not looking forward to Summer…
@@LizCapism eek. It’s probably the worst place to be pregnant, imo. Humid Queensland summers are not fun! Best of luck to her. Though today is quite nice (I’m in Brisbane).
@@mikilaylar97 eh, I find the middle of winter to be pretty nice. It’s never cold, but at least it’s not hot. And this morning, before it got sunny and ruined it, was also not hot. Drizzly and grey, which I’m a particular fan of. I really am not made for this weather. I belong back in Scotland where my family came from. Unfortunately, I’m just far enough removed to not automatically get a visa, and no way is any country willingly taking on someone who can’t work and needs to be supported in very expensive ways. So I’m stuck here. I’d move to outside of Toowoomba again, but while the weather is better, the people are most definitely not (no offence, but there’s a reason I moved back to Brisbane, and it wasn’t because I missed humidity). I do miss the fog though. Very impressive fog at Highfields. If I knew anyone and could afford it, I’d move to Tasmania. But that’s unlikely. Looks like I’ll just have to deal with the atrocious weather and bloody awful heat. It’s like trying to live in soup- hot and wet. Ugh.
I often find myself walking around in nightgowns, dresses and skirts, so this is an excellent idea and I will definitely make myself some simple loafing skirts. My way to determine if a skirt is lounge worthy is if I can sit with my legs crossed without fighting the fabric, and if it can cover my feet when I curl up for warmth.
I love these lounge petticoats and aspire to such advanced loafing as the backwards ottoman pose. I prefer my loungewear not have a waistband, so my favourite historybouding loungewear is (are?) extremely floofy chemises, such as Italian Renaissance or Tudor-style, made of bed linen from a charity shop. Flannel sheets are superb for cosy warmth. Dinosaur sheets are excellent for amusing yourself and any delivery people you may encounter that day. I recently found dinosaur princess flannel sheets and I will probably live in these until April
I loved this. As someone JUST starting to try sewing clothing items starting with something like this seems... doable for me. It doesn't seem to require a huge amount of set up or advanced knowledge...
Exactly! It’s easy and more importantly because they’re for wearing around the house they are super low risk! I wish you all the success in your journey! 🧡🧡🧡
I just made a medieval cyclas out of a flannel bed sheet to wear around the house this winter. I'm working on a renaissance chemise to wear under it lol. Very easy to lounge when you are wearing something that makes you look like a sexy potato.
the last skirt (the quilted one) looks great for colder months, it's like you're wearing a full quilt and ready for a nap! I now have a Need for my own lazy history bounding skirts
The petticoats are delightful. I've long realized that my garb (sca 950's norse) is far more comfortable than modern clothing. For my lazy history bounding, I've been making tunics for daywear, and undertunics as sleepwear. I have plans for banyans in the spring, unless of course i decide to make one out of the thickest flannel I can find.
That sounds great! One of my favourite "cozy" items is my Herjolfsnes dress, but that wasn't "easy" so I didn't talk about it in this video. Perhaps another time? Stay cozy, my dear!
Love this! I literally was just going through my stash yesterday to see what I can use to make loafing skirts/secret pants. Now just to figure out loafing tops, without just making "pirate" shirts.
I love that Loafing Skirts are now added to the lexicon along with Secret Pants. I tried to explain to my mom why I wanted to make Victorian split skirts and all I said was "It's Secret Pants!" As for shirts, Folkwear has some tops that look lounge-worthy like the Cheesemaker Smock, Ghanaian Smock or Romanian Blouse.
This is my favorite video and I'm glad I'm not the only one making historybounding sweatpants! I've also found this to be a great practice run for when I want to try out different techniques or elements for a new piece of historical clothing , since it's super low-pressure, and I have a hard time convincing myself to make mockups that won't be used.
I'm practically allergic to non-wearable mock-ups 😅 the main problem with this is finding the ”I like it enough to wear it but don't love it enough to be scared if it goes wrong” fabric!
@@leilasmila I find thrifted sheets to be great in that respect: lots of pretty patterns, nearly always prewashed, but at a couple bucks for a queen-sized sheet it's a huge amount of fabric for not a lot of money.
I absolutely adored this video! I don't even wear skirts, but those non-math measurement techniques you've got set up are legendary. Would love to see any other methods of historical approximation you've got up your sleeve, especially for things like shirts or pants!
The quilted fabric skirt caught my eye. It is a skirt, it is a quilt, it is two lazy historybounding items in one. My request for future lazy historybounding, secret pants.
This was perfect! Last winter I made a modified 18th century bedgown out of cozy flannel with giant patch pockets after doing a "proper" one from the B&T sew along. It definitely improved my loafing. I feel like one of these will exponentially up my game. (And so easy to make!) Thanks for the inspiration!
@@ragnkja I feel like a banyan would indeed be good for loafing with the bonus benefit of being excellent for Swanning About(TM). A truly superior garment.
@@melissat7307 A banyan over a chemise/shift (or even a more modern full slip) is the pinnacle of elegant laziness. Plus you can wear the underthings as, well, underthings.
Yes! I made a wrapper from a banyan pattern, but I added extra fabric worth at the shoulders. Then I pleated over the shoulders, back waist to front waist, and it gave me an 1860s silhouette. In very thin cotton bedsheets that used to belong to my great grandmother, so it’s light enough that I can wear it even in a Brisbane (subtropical Australian) summer. Highly recommend. It’s so swishy too, and it’s the perfect thing to chuck on for when I don’t want people to see me in just my nightie (a chemise or shift), but I don’t want to get dressed. I’m disabled, so I don’t get fully dressed unless I’m leaving the house, and I only do that once a week. The wrapper is amazing and I recommend everyone have one.
I find my medieval garb is super comfy. I often run around in a t-tunic and some modern leggings. Or my simple linen underdress. And there's nothing like a cloak for, "hey, let's wear a blanket".
Dear Liz, did you accidentally look inside my brain lately? Been thinking about history bounding leasure wear for some time now. These skirt are so loafable! And Rosie seems to like them to (btw Miko sends his love and after watching your video asked about when we will get an ottoman...woof to Rosie). So my wintersewing could end up in transforming some old bedsheets to loafer-skirts, sounds like a plan, thanks for the motivation!
This was great! Generally I’m intimidated by history bounding because the projects are complex and require multiple garments. This is something I am confident I could do.
Historybounding is easier to get into than making historical outfits because you can make just one garment and use modern clothes for the rest of the outfit.
Thank you! I was looking for some easy ways to make a skirt with flexible waist that isn't elastic, mainly because it's getting unreasonably cold and I hate layering pants. This video showed me, that I don't have to worry about openings in the bach or on the sides showing what's under the skirt. Thank you again!
If you make the panels of a skirt with side openings slightly wider than half your waist each, they overlap so that you don’t have to worry about anything being visible through the side slits, and you can also access tie-on pockets through them, which means you don’t need to make pockets in each skirt.
I personally really love elastic back skirts because I always wear a cardigan so the back doesn't matter but sometimes I want to tuck in my blouse and still wear a stretchy band
@@LizCapism I have an update for you! I've actually made (with my mum's help) a woolen skirt that should have its debut as my oral exam attire in a historical part of our county archive! I've used a stripe of a cotton fabric as my waist and it ties to a big bow right at the top of my (rather pronounced) butt. It looks awesome! Thank you again for this video and the inspiration it strikes with every watching.
Exactly the place I am in right now. I don't want to buy sweat pants, and I need more loaf-wear, and I love history-bounding, so quilted cozy petticoat, here I come!
Perfect examples of loafing. I too cannot sit on a chair like I'm supposed to, why is having legs above the head so damn comfortable?! Added to my aspirational sewing video list. Thanks 😁
I personally prefer to pull my feet up into my seat in some way. I definitely don’t sit with my feet on the floor “like a normal person” at home, because why would I when it’s the least comfortable way to sit?
I have two theories: 1) it takes pressure off your lower back, which is enjoyable even if you don’t have back pain. 2) It’s stimulating to my ADHD but also allows me to be relatively still. Or maybe none or all of the above!
I love this video as I have been contemplating creating such skirts to wear around my drafty 100 year old Prairie Foursquare house. Especially the quilted one for the coldest months of our Minnesota winters. I also like adding the additional layers for warm (reminds me of Katerina's video last year). Thank you both for the inspiration and nudge to create my own.
Love it. The fabrics are so fun too. I'd love to see somebody do a series where they adapt some of the historical styles to look passable with modern under garments. Because corsets are definately not for loafing.
This makes me so happy. My go-to outfit most days is leggings, a long swishy skirt with an elasticized waist, and a band t-shirt. Plus a cardigan if it's cold.
Good to see you staying cosy with warm long petticoat styles in a cool climate. I wear long skirts most days except in summer when gardening but i'm much lazyer than you . I bought a couple of needle cord Per Una skirts from a charity shop 15 years ago for £2 and £3 and as they are thorn proof wear them for heavy work through the winter with long linen and silk skirts also second hand and under £3 each worn as petticoats under for warmth. Indoors I wear second hand velvet skirts from Monsoon to sit about reading or knitting. I only bother to make skirts from local Welsh wool for shopping and other 'public apearance' Too lazy to sew unless it's special but I have always dressed with an ancient outline ever since I bought from Laura Ashley's first shop.
I loved this! I prefer long skirts to pants, so knowing that I can make a bunch of skirts in a short amount of time if I put my mind to it (and have the table cleared off enough) is great! Even more so that I can also wear them as underskirts is even better! Thank you, Liz! --Lyssa WA, USA
Just revisiting your video after working on my 18th century plaid wool petticoat to reminisce about how easy this 100% handsewn project was going to be for me. I lament asking my husband about the waistband which he thought would look better in self fabric. Matching plaid stripes from a pleated skirt to a waistband is tedious. Trying to keep the waistband from being floopy or bulky is mind boggling. So, here I am several days past when my lazy project would have been wearable had I just used a ribbon tie waistband instead. The moral is, don't ask for opinions and keep it simple when you want an easy lazy skirt. Alas, I expect the finished petticoat to be gratifying. Thanks Liz for all of your fun content!
I really do appreciate your posts. All of this skirt wearing by the costumers to whose channels I subscribe has finally drilled into my head that I don't like skirts. I am a child of the 50's. I was not allowed out of the house without wearing a skirt/dress - to the extreme event that when I was living with my G-ma in Iowa in the early 60's when elementary aged girls were allowed to wear pants on PE days, and low temp days, my mother, who had come to visit over the holidays that year, upon finding out that I had worn pants to school brought a dress to school and told my teachers that I was not to be allowed to get on the bus home without changing into a dress. I graduated from high school in 1971, left home for college, moved into blue jeans, and have not looked back.
I’m glad you get to wear what you want now! I’m all for that. I wear pants as little as possible, but that’s because of my personal preference. I’m glad you enjoy my videos regardless of your own skirtlessness! 😁
I'd recomment slouchy historical mens pants patterns if you want to stick your lower body in loafable historical goodness. Woolen pants with ties are really comfortable.
I can't believe I happened to stumble on this video tonight. I was literally just thinking of buying some nice cozy flannel and doing exactly this. Loafing skirts!
I finally got to the store for some twill tape. Now I have some new loaf wear made from a lightweight fleece blanket. I guess this is my first petticoat 😏 thanks for the inspiration
Thank you for the idea! Due to health issues I fluctuate in weight off and on quite dramaticly. This skirt construction is always perfectly comfortable and can be so fast to make!! I am off to the sewing machine
Well...I guess this answers my question "should I make semi historical petticotes out of that stack of fabric and pillowcases?" I've been considering for a bit. 😆 Thanks for the inspiration!
Just add some patch pockets and I'm so happy! Also wanted to say thanks for adding the hem sweep calculations for each, I've been trying to figure out how to calculate for the different pleating styles and that is super helpful!
Love this and the skirts. I subscribed half way through the intro because you nailed my life perfectly. I look forward to seeing more lazy historybounding videos.
Flannelette skirts are where it's at... plus they double as warm petticoats under going into the world skirts. Sooo comfy; they are essentially pajamas bottoms but classy. I wear them out into the world and am often complimented on them.
Great idea and inspo! I liked them all and am green with envy. I better get sew, huh? Please do treat us to more if this for other clothing pieces. Looks like a winner of a stash busting activity. 😁😊🙄
This is also perfect as is or shorter hem for HB-ing options for yardwork or even light landscaping. I'm bummed when I have to choose between wearing my warehouse job clothes on my day off or ruining my nicer clothes.
You’re not wrong - this helps with that « dressed enough to take the dog out for a walk but it’s the dead of winter » vibe. I definitely do shift-around-the-house in the summertime!
I plan on doing the same with some leftover fleece fabric and making a sort of mini-cape out of it. I can't wear some modern sweaters (especially the ones with tightly woven fabric as the top layer) because they feel too restricting.
I swear you were talking to me. I, too, want skirts that are sweatpants. As someone else commented, this is very doable for a beginer *points to self* and as you said, low risk because it's just for the house. Let's all make cozy lazy blankets for our legs. Thank you for the inspiration!
With my build if I make or buy a skirt that is equal length all around on the rack it hangs low in front and high in back when I put it on, so I put the waist hole towards the front of the circle not in the middle.
My go to loafing clothes in winter is woollen Herjolfness type dresses. They have plenty of swish and they are loose and so comfortable and warm. I have 4 and have been living in them ( its winter in Australia). Two are pure wool two are wool rich blends with just a touch something synthetic in them but they all wash like a dream in the washing machine with wool wash, using a wool cycle set with cold water. They are fine every time. I spin all the water out of them, give them a shake and hang them on a supportive hanger. They dry so fast too!! I do love the 18th C type 'expanding' skirts too and I have a couple made of pure wool that also go through the washing machine with no problems at all. I do prewash all the wool I use to ensure there is no shrinkage post construction but my test swatches reveal that there isn't much shrinkage anyway. :) If you had a remnant of your skirt Liz then put a 10cm square in with your next woollen wash load and you will probably find it survives just fine. It means you can wear your wooden skirt stress free as if there is any spills then you just head for the washing machine :)
This was a wonderful video- thank you! I especially loved the loafing portion. I find skirts the ultimate in relaxing apparel. Watching you make yours and express your opinion was great. Have a wonderful holiday season and new year!
Liz, I am somehow inspired by your petticoats to look at some other clothes from history and see how they could be reimagined for a good loafing day as well. Thank you, very interesting video!😊
@@ragnkja Thank you, I am currently researching tea gowns, the undergarments etc. as I hoping to make a more updated version based on both my grandmother’s gowns to the photos I have of them in them. I think they are the most exquisite of dresses. Only thing is, I will want to make the dress (painfully well) and it won’t therefore be for loafing. So now you have given me a challenge to make two, one for special occasions and one tor loafing. I can’t wait for the New Year. Blessings ❤️
Great! That is just what I think and I need such a skirt,or better: some of those🥰. Thank you sooooooo much for awakening my thoughts of comfy/ lazy clothing ❤️
Wow this was exactly the video I needed at exactly the right time! I think I will sneak some elastic in the waistband, because without it I can choose between a skirt falling off while I'm standing or slicing me in half when I collapse on the coach...
I hated skirts for a while because I associated them with my school uniform. I started wearing them recently for a change. Honestly, the swish just makes me feel elegant while I loaf around in bed.
The 18'th C skirts are super easy to make, super adjustable, and excellent for loafing. I made a linen one this fall and I wear it All. The. Time. May have to try out that Victorian-style one, though... and if I can adapt it to wear over my pockets... Thank you for the video!
@@LizCapism Ever since I made the pockets, I think I will try to make all my future skirts usable with them. All the skirts of every style, made to be worn with 12"x9" (at least!) 18th C pockets. Down with purses! *revolutionary fists and all that jazz*
Easy simple shirts with poofy sleeves…to lounge in…next please! I wanted to try history-bounding. I want to sew my own clothes with some leaning to more historical styles. But then I realized that I very rarely leave the house (or the bed most days because of a bad back, depression and anxiety)…so why make more clothes that will take up space and not be used. But now I think I just need to make something like these skirts. Maybe some simple shifts or other comfy flowy house dress with historical style. Give me more of these videos please!
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Please remember: The Inverted Loaf with Ottoman Assist is an Advanced Loafing technique, and should not be attempted without previous practice with a trained spotter... 😉
"Don't work those abs... and release."
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
Well, NOW you tell me!
😂 I will have to work up to advanced loafing!
@@robintheparttimesewer6798 I wonder how it would look in an Olympic competition. The Champions of this world would demand the recognition, but, you know... they're busy training in various loafing techniques.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
@@stevezytveld6585 We're all far to busy loafing to even organise something like this...
I’d say forgetting about the camera while testing the loafing quality of a garment is a mark of success.
Right? I had to laugh…
I’m a big fan of lazy Historybounding. Given that I’m disabled and mostly bedbound, I wear nighties all day every day. So I just switched to wearing shifts and chemises. Fully historical, fully comfy. I also made a wrapper using an 18thC banyan pattern that I (using extra fabric I added there) pleated over the shoulders from waist to waist, which gives a very 1860s silhouette. It’s made out of thin cotton bedsheets that used to belong to my great grandmother, and it’s perfect for chucking on over my shift or chemise for those times when I need to be a bit more presentable, but I don’t want to get dressed (like for when support workers or delivery people come in).
I’m also planning on making some warm petticoats for next winter (it’s currently almost summer here, and I’m not happy about it), because what’s better than wearing a blanky? Well, I usually can get away with wearing an actual blanket on my lap- perks of being a wheelchair user. But still - blanky attached at the waist seems like a nice idea. For those days when I can’t be in bed, but I’m not actually out of the house.
Glad that you’ve found a comfy style for your bed bound time! And hello to the Southern Hemisphere! My sister is in Queensland now and is very pregnant - she is also not looking forward to Summer…
@@LizCapism eek. It’s probably the worst place to be pregnant, imo. Humid Queensland summers are not fun! Best of luck to her. Though today is quite nice (I’m in Brisbane).
@@katherinemorelle7115 it's Never nice in Brisbane (I'm from the new England)
Blanky attached to the waist is genius I must go right now
@@mikilaylar97 eh, I find the middle of winter to be pretty nice. It’s never cold, but at least it’s not hot. And this morning, before it got sunny and ruined it, was also not hot. Drizzly and grey, which I’m a particular fan of.
I really am not made for this weather. I belong back in Scotland where my family came from. Unfortunately, I’m just far enough removed to not automatically get a visa, and no way is any country willingly taking on someone who can’t work and needs to be supported in very expensive ways. So I’m stuck here. I’d move to outside of Toowoomba again, but while the weather is better, the people are most definitely not (no offence, but there’s a reason I moved back to Brisbane, and it wasn’t because I missed humidity). I do miss the fog though. Very impressive fog at Highfields.
If I knew anyone and could afford it, I’d move to Tasmania. But that’s unlikely. Looks like I’ll just have to deal with the atrocious weather and bloody awful heat. It’s like trying to live in soup- hot and wet. Ugh.
@@mikilaylar97 I made a petticoat out of a light blanket and it's perfect for New England winter 👌 😁
I often find myself walking around in nightgowns, dresses and skirts, so this is an excellent idea and I will definitely make myself some simple loafing skirts. My way to determine if a skirt is lounge worthy is if I can sit with my legs crossed without fighting the fabric, and if it can cover my feet when I curl up for warmth.
Yes! The video games were my “cross-legged” test. Hurrah for sitting cross-legged freely!
I love these lounge petticoats and aspire to such advanced loafing as the backwards ottoman pose. I prefer my loungewear not have a waistband, so my favourite historybouding loungewear is (are?) extremely floofy chemises, such as Italian Renaissance or Tudor-style, made of bed linen from a charity shop. Flannel sheets are superb for cosy warmth. Dinosaur sheets are excellent for amusing yourself and any delivery people you may encounter that day. I recently found dinosaur princess flannel sheets and I will probably live in these until April
I never thought I'd see the phrase "Dinosaur princess", especially in a costube context, but I'm so glad I have!! 😂
I know I'm 2 years late to this party, but... ALL excellent suggestions!!
I loved this. As someone JUST starting to try sewing clothing items starting with something like this seems... doable for me. It doesn't seem to require a huge amount of set up or advanced knowledge...
Exactly! It’s easy and more importantly because they’re for wearing around the house they are super low risk! I wish you all the success in your journey! 🧡🧡🧡
I just made a medieval cyclas out of a flannel bed sheet to wear around the house this winter. I'm working on a renaissance chemise to wear under it lol. Very easy to lounge when you are wearing something that makes you look like a sexy potato.
I detect another Morgan Donner fan! 😆
I would love more like this!! (ngl, having history-boundy loaf-wear is 100% why I wanna make a teagown)
the last skirt (the quilted one) looks great for colder months, it's like you're wearing a full quilt and ready for a nap! I now have a Need for my own lazy history bounding skirts
The petticoats are delightful. I've long realized that my garb (sca 950's norse) is far more comfortable than modern clothing. For my lazy history bounding, I've been making tunics for daywear, and undertunics as sleepwear. I have plans for banyans in the spring, unless of course i decide to make one out of the thickest flannel I can find.
That sounds great! One of my favourite "cozy" items is my Herjolfsnes dress, but that wasn't "easy" so I didn't talk about it in this video. Perhaps another time? Stay cozy, my dear!
Love this! I literally was just going through my stash yesterday to see what I can use to make loafing skirts/secret pants. Now just to figure out loafing tops, without just making "pirate" shirts.
I mean... I'm all for pirate shirts, but if you feel that you have enough I won't argue with you!
I love that Loafing Skirts are now added to the lexicon along with Secret Pants. I tried to explain to my mom why I wanted to make Victorian split skirts and all I said was "It's Secret Pants!" As for shirts, Folkwear has some tops that look lounge-worthy like the Cheesemaker Smock, Ghanaian Smock or Romanian Blouse.
And now I'm double motivated to make sweatpants walking skirts 🤔🤔
Hurrah!
This is my favorite video and I'm glad I'm not the only one making historybounding sweatpants! I've also found this to be a great practice run for when I want to try out different techniques or elements for a new piece of historical clothing , since it's super low-pressure, and I have a hard time convincing myself to make mockups that won't be used.
That’s a great way of looking at it!
I'm practically allergic to non-wearable mock-ups 😅 the main problem with this is finding the ”I like it enough to wear it but don't love it enough to be scared if it goes wrong” fabric!
@@leilasmila I find thrifted sheets to be great in that respect: lots of pretty patterns, nearly always prewashed, but at a couple bucks for a queen-sized sheet it's a huge amount of fabric for not a lot of money.
Shalwar are my favorite kind of loafing pant with the added bonus of geometric cutting. Chef’s kiss
I just found my people. Lazy historical fashion for everyday wear? I think I am in love!
I absolutely adored this video! I don't even wear skirts, but those non-math measurement techniques you've got set up are legendary. Would love to see any other methods of historical approximation you've got up your sleeve, especially for things like shirts or pants!
I think the consensus is that this is something we will be doing more of! 👍
The quilted fabric skirt caught my eye. It is a skirt, it is a quilt, it is two lazy historybounding items in one.
My request for future lazy historybounding, secret pants.
This was perfect! Last winter I made a modified 18th century bedgown out of cozy flannel with giant patch pockets after doing a "proper" one from the B&T sew along. It definitely improved my loafing. I feel like one of these will exponentially up my game. (And so easy to make!) Thanks for the inspiration!
Love that idea!
Bedgowns and banyans are _meant_ for loafing, so make them out of comfortable materials!
@@ragnkja I feel like a banyan would indeed be good for loafing with the bonus benefit of being excellent for Swanning About(TM). A truly superior garment.
@@melissat7307 A banyan over a chemise/shift (or even a more modern full slip) is the pinnacle of elegant laziness. Plus you can wear the underthings as, well, underthings.
Yes! I made a wrapper from a banyan pattern, but I added extra fabric worth at the shoulders. Then I pleated over the shoulders, back waist to front waist, and it gave me an 1860s silhouette. In very thin cotton bedsheets that used to belong to my great grandmother, so it’s light enough that I can wear it even in a Brisbane (subtropical Australian) summer. Highly recommend.
It’s so swishy too, and it’s the perfect thing to chuck on for when I don’t want people to see me in just my nightie (a chemise or shift), but I don’t want to get dressed. I’m disabled, so I don’t get fully dressed unless I’m leaving the house, and I only do that once a week. The wrapper is amazing and I recommend everyone have one.
I find my medieval garb is super comfy. I often run around in a t-tunic and some modern leggings. Or my simple linen underdress.
And there's nothing like a cloak for, "hey, let's wear a blanket".
My Herjolfsnes dress is great for this! I couldn’t agree more.
Dear Liz, did you accidentally look inside my brain lately? Been thinking about history bounding leasure wear for some time now. These skirt are so loafable! And Rosie seems to like them to (btw Miko sends his love and after watching your video asked about when we will get an ottoman...woof to Rosie). So my wintersewing could end up in transforming some old bedsheets to loafer-skirts, sounds like a plan, thanks for the motivation!
Sounds amazing! Miko is full of good ideas.
This was great! Generally I’m intimidated by history bounding because the projects are complex and require multiple garments. This is something I am confident I could do.
Hurrah! This is such good news. Historybounding for everyone!
Historybounding is easier to get into than making historical outfits because you can make just one garment and use modern clothes for the rest of the outfit.
Thank you! I was looking for some easy ways to make a skirt with flexible waist that isn't elastic, mainly because it's getting unreasonably cold and I hate layering pants. This video showed me, that I don't have to worry about openings in the bach or on the sides showing what's under the skirt. Thank you again!
I’m so glad! With long sweaters, coats, shirts, or extra layers, the opening doesn’t matter. I hope you have a great time with the ones you create.
If you make the panels of a skirt with side openings slightly wider than half your waist each, they overlap so that you don’t have to worry about anything being visible through the side slits, and you can also access tie-on pockets through them, which means you don’t need to make pockets in each skirt.
Oh, good my red long-johns and waffle thermal pants will be great, then! 😁😊☺
I personally really love elastic back skirts because I always wear a cardigan so the back doesn't matter but sometimes I want to tuck in my blouse and still wear a stretchy band
@@LizCapism I have an update for you! I've actually made (with my mum's help) a woolen skirt that should have its debut as my oral exam attire in a historical part of our county archive! I've used a stripe of a cotton fabric as my waist and it ties to a big bow right at the top of my (rather pronounced) butt. It looks awesome! Thank you again for this video and the inspiration it strikes with every watching.
Exactly the place I am in right now. I don't want to buy sweat pants, and I need more loaf-wear, and I love history-bounding, so quilted cozy petticoat, here I come!
Hurrah!
Perfect examples of loafing. I too cannot sit on a chair like I'm supposed to, why is having legs above the head so damn comfortable?! Added to my aspirational sewing video list. Thanks 😁
I personally prefer to pull my feet up into my seat in some way. I definitely don’t sit with my feet on the floor “like a normal person” at home, because why would I when it’s the least comfortable way to sit?
I have two theories: 1) it takes pressure off your lower back, which is enjoyable even if you don’t have back pain. 2) It’s stimulating to my ADHD but also allows me to be relatively still.
Or maybe none or all of the above!
I love this video as I have been contemplating creating such skirts to wear around my drafty 100 year old Prairie Foursquare house. Especially the quilted one for the coldest months of our Minnesota winters. I also like adding the additional layers for warm (reminds me of Katerina's video last year).
Thank you both for the inspiration and nudge to create my own.
Love it. The fabrics are so fun too.
I'd love to see somebody do a series where they adapt some of the historical styles to look passable with modern under garments. Because corsets are definately not for loafing.
Loved the loafing exhibits, a very familiar sight in my household too!
Yay! Glad I’m not alone in my weird loafing habits. 😁
This makes me so happy. My go-to outfit most days is leggings, a long swishy skirt with an elasticized waist, and a band t-shirt. Plus a cardigan if it's cold.
That sounds wonderful.
Good to see you staying cosy with warm long petticoat styles in a cool climate.
I wear long skirts most days except in summer when gardening but i'm much lazyer than you . I bought a couple of needle cord Per Una skirts from a charity shop 15 years ago for £2 and £3 and as they are thorn proof wear them for heavy work through the winter with long linen and silk skirts also second hand and under £3 each worn as petticoats under for warmth. Indoors I wear second hand velvet skirts from Monsoon to sit about reading or knitting. I only bother to make skirts from local Welsh wool for shopping and other 'public apearance' Too lazy to sew unless it's special but I have always dressed with an ancient outline ever since I bought from Laura Ashley's first shop.
Xtreme loafing! Comfy edition! Love it…yet another thing to add to my long list of projects I need to make myself
I loved this! I prefer long skirts to pants, so knowing that I can make a bunch of skirts in a short amount of time if I put my mind to it (and have the table cleared off enough) is great! Even more so that I can also wear them as underskirts is even better! Thank you, Liz! --Lyssa WA, USA
I’m so glad you found it helpful!
this is timely , I loath pants lately and I need some history bound loafing stuffs. please do more !
I need a more pantsy style, because I tend to knock over stuff in my small apartment with a wide skirt.
I would be happy about a lazy pants video.
Just revisiting your video after working on my 18th century plaid wool petticoat to reminisce about how easy this 100% handsewn project was going to be for me. I lament asking my husband about the waistband which he thought would look better in self fabric. Matching plaid stripes from a pleated skirt to a waistband is tedious. Trying to keep the waistband from being floopy or bulky is mind boggling. So, here I am several days past when my lazy project would have been wearable had I just used a ribbon tie waistband instead. The moral is, don't ask for opinions and keep it simple when you want an easy lazy skirt. Alas, I expect the finished petticoat to be gratifying. Thanks Liz for all of your fun content!
I really do appreciate your posts. All of this skirt wearing by the costumers to whose channels I subscribe has finally drilled into my head that I don't like skirts. I am a child of the 50's. I was not allowed out of the house without wearing a skirt/dress - to the extreme event that when I was living with my G-ma in Iowa in the early 60's when elementary aged girls were allowed to wear pants on PE days, and low temp days, my mother, who had come to visit over the holidays that year, upon finding out that I had worn pants to school brought a dress to school and told my teachers that I was not to be allowed to get on the bus home without changing into a dress. I graduated from high school in 1971, left home for college, moved into blue jeans, and have not looked back.
I’m glad you get to wear what you want now! I’m all for that. I wear pants as little as possible, but that’s because of my personal preference. I’m glad you enjoy my videos regardless of your own skirtlessness! 😁
I'd recomment slouchy historical mens pants patterns if you want to stick your lower body in loafable historical goodness. Woolen pants with ties are really comfortable.
History bounding for the slovelnly!!!!
I am dead. DED.
I hope out of solidarity! 🤞
I can't believe I happened to stumble on this video tonight. I was literally just thinking of buying some nice cozy flannel and doing exactly this. Loafing skirts!
Hurrah! Kismet is a beautiful thing.
I finally got to the store for some twill tape. Now I have some new loaf wear made from a lightweight fleece blanket. I guess this is my first petticoat 😏 thanks for the inspiration
I’m so glad! That sounds amazingly cozy and warm. Congrats!
@@LizCapism it is cozy, if not figure flattering 🤣
Thank you for the idea! Due to health issues I fluctuate in weight off and on quite dramaticly. This skirt construction is always perfectly comfortable and can be so fast to make!! I am off to the sewing machine
Currently wearing a quilted blanket turned 18th century petticoat and it is amazing
Hurrah!
I love the idea of petticoats as loafing attire 😁👏
I'll have to figure out if I can make one that would work for my own needs!
Well...I guess this answers my question "should I make semi historical petticotes out of that stack of fabric and pillowcases?" I've been considering for a bit. 😆
Thanks for the inspiration!
I love it! This sounds marvellous.
I love the skirts/petticoats. If I could I would wear them constantly. I feel I was born in the wrong era with my love of period clothing.
Just add some patch pockets and I'm so happy! Also wanted to say thanks for adding the hem sweep calculations for each, I've been trying to figure out how to calculate for the different pleating styles and that is super helpful!
Your "historically loafing" montage just got you a new subscriber! love it!
I like the box pleats one the best I think. Your dog is also adorable, reminds me of mine.
Now I want to make a circle skirt out of a soft cotton knit. Yay for lazy Historybounding.
Idk why the algorithm just now showed me your channel but I'm glad it did
I’m glad too! Thanks for watching. ☺️
I want a padded/quilted skirt now! It looks warm and comfy and right now I’m freezing to death in my jeans.
It is wonderfully cozy. I highly recommend.
I feel so seen! Thanks for making this specifically for me, aspiring throw blanket!
This is a great moniker.
Perfect loafing attire!
This is absolutely my kind of historybounding ahaha! I love it!
Love this video! I’m always looking for more lazy comfy historybounding clothes for chilling in the home and working in the garden.
Love this and the skirts. I subscribed half way through the intro because you nailed my life perfectly. I look forward to seeing more lazy historybounding videos.
I’m so glad you could relate!
Flannelette skirts are where it's at... plus they double as warm petticoats under going into the world skirts. Sooo comfy; they are essentially pajamas bottoms but classy. I wear them out into the world and am often complimented on them.
Clothes for lounging or whatever you call what I mostly do, is a great idea. More please
Look, I really liked the concept of lazy petticoats, but mention of Jeff the Chaos Demon made me laugh hard enough I had to sub.
Please do a lazy tops! I cannot dor the life of me figure out how get away from t shirts!
I love them all. They look so cozy, but still classy.
They are indeed!
Ooooh I get to mix my love of loafing with my love of history bounding
Hey, someone else who enjoys loafing in what other people say are weird positions. I found my people!
Love your skirts.
Historybounding sweat pants. YEEEEESSSSS, This is exactly what I'm looking for 🥰
Great idea and inspo! I liked them all and am green with envy. I better get sew, huh?
Please do treat us to more if this for other clothing pieces. Looks like a winner of a stash busting activity. 😁😊🙄
This is also perfect as is or shorter hem for HB-ing options for yardwork or even light landscaping. I'm bummed when I have to choose between wearing my warehouse job clothes on my day off or ruining my nicer clothes.
yessss!!! i love your seat posture styles! especially involving your head on the foot stool! These all look so comfy! :D
Here I thought that was what the shift was good for... Literally running around in your underwear, yet all the important bits covered.
You’re not wrong - this helps with that « dressed enough to take the dog out for a walk but it’s the dead of winter » vibe. I definitely do shift-around-the-house in the summertime!
I plan on doing the same with some leftover fleece fabric and making a sort of mini-cape out of it. I can't wear some modern sweaters (especially the ones with tightly woven fabric as the top layer) because they feel too restricting.
That sounds great!
More lazy historybounding please!
Finally! Lazy history bounding! my realistic aesthetic
Great idea! Yes please to other "lazy" garments
I swear you were talking to me. I, too, want skirts that are sweatpants. As someone else commented, this is very doable for a beginer *points to self* and as you said, low risk because it's just for the house. Let's all make cozy lazy blankets for our legs. Thank you for the inspiration!
I’m so happy this is resonating with so many people! It felt like such a goofy little project… hurrah for finding beginnings!
This was a fabulous idea! I would love a series with other clothing!
Eee this has me so inspired to make my own historicalish comfy clothes. Would love a series!
I love it! I’m so happy everyone is enjoying this idea so much. I really worried that it would just be me. hurray!
I like circle skirts easy to wear and make and with the recent fashion innovation of high low hems you don't have to get the hem perfect.
I love that perspective on high-low hems! I hadn't thought of that.
With my build if I make or buy a skirt that is equal length all around on the rack it hangs low in front and high in back when I put it on, so I put the waist hole towards the front of the circle not in the middle.
My go to loafing clothes in winter is woollen Herjolfness type dresses. They have plenty of swish and they are loose and so comfortable and warm. I have 4 and have been living in them ( its winter in Australia). Two are pure wool two are wool rich blends with just a touch something synthetic in them but they all wash like a dream in the washing machine with wool wash, using a wool cycle set with cold water. They are fine every time. I spin all the water out of them, give them a shake and hang them on a supportive hanger. They dry so fast too!! I do love the 18th C type 'expanding' skirts too and I have a couple made of pure wool that also go through the washing machine with no problems at all. I do prewash all the wool I use to ensure there is no shrinkage post construction but my test swatches reveal that there isn't much shrinkage anyway. :) If you had a remnant of your skirt Liz then put a 10cm square in with your next woollen wash load and you will probably find it survives just fine. It means you can wear your wooden skirt stress free as if there is any spills then you just head for the washing machine :)
I've got some linen that I bought and the color is wrong for my needs. I'm totally going to make a "loafing skirt." You're an inspiration!
Gosh! What a compliment! I hope your skirt does you great service. 🧡
This is actually really awesome bc I was just thinking about getting into historical fashion 🤣
This was a wonderful video- thank you! I especially loved the loafing portion. I find skirts the ultimate in relaxing apparel. Watching you make yours and express your opinion was great. Have a wonderful holiday season and new year!
Glad you enjoyed it!
OMG Yess to everything!! and I see there is also a shirt version of this video so there I go hahha
Really loved this! Would love another one with upper wear, say blouses or something
@6:30 this is my favorite out of all of these skirts and I will be making one for myself.
Best video I've ever seen on historical petticoats! ❤
Omg Liz this! All of this yes!!
Nice petticoats... reminds me that I need to finish a few petticoats that are almost done (they need waistbands).
Liz, I am somehow inspired by your petticoats to look at some other clothes from history and see how they could be reimagined for a good loafing day as well. Thank you, very interesting video!😊
Amazing! Glad I could inspire. ☺️
If you want historical loafing clothes, you need look no further than banyans and tea gowns.
@@ragnkja Thank you, I am currently researching tea gowns, the undergarments etc. as I hoping to make a more updated version based on both my grandmother’s gowns to the photos I have of them in them. I think they are the most exquisite of dresses. Only thing is, I will want to make the dress (painfully well) and it won’t therefore be for loafing. So now you have given me a challenge to make two, one for special occasions and one tor loafing. I can’t wait for the New Year. Blessings ❤️
@@miriamgillham6701
Make a wearable mock-up from cheaper, but still comfortable, fabric!
@@ragnkja Thank you, I will do that. 😊
I love this! I definitely need the history bounding equivalent to sweatpants. I love the idea of ties too since my weight keeps fluctuating.
Ah!!! I love this! They are all so beautiful AND comfy 🥰🥰🥰
Great! That is just what I think and I need such a skirt,or better: some of those🥰. Thank you sooooooo much for awakening my thoughts of comfy/ lazy clothing ❤️
Wow this was exactly the video I needed at exactly the right time!
I think I will sneak some elastic in the waistband, because without it I can choose between a skirt falling off while I'm standing or slicing me in half when I collapse on the coach...
Yay for making them work for you!!
I like your ideas for easy sewing projects.
I loved this. I want to get into sewing and this is very inspiring for my minimal-effort self. ❤
I hated skirts for a while because I associated them with my school uniform. I started wearing them recently for a change. Honestly, the swish just makes me feel elegant while I loaf around in bed.
Yes! You don’t need to be going anywhere fancy to be fancy!
The 18'th C skirts are super easy to make, super adjustable, and excellent for loafing. I made a linen one this fall and I wear it All. The. Time.
May have to try out that Victorian-style one, though... and if I can adapt it to wear over my pockets...
Thank you for the video!
I would think that this would be infinitely do-able?
@@LizCapism Ever since I made the pockets, I think I will try to make all my future skirts usable with them.
All the skirts of every style, made to be worn with 12"x9" (at least!) 18th C pockets. Down with purses! *revolutionary fists and all that jazz*
I just dug out flannel to make myself a skirt very similar. I wasn't going to pleat,but maybe I will now
Very nice comfy-looking!
I'm all about making the least possible effort to look fancy. ;D
More clothes, more clothes, more clothes!!
This is fantastic and I MUST make some of my own! Thank you!
Easy simple shirts with poofy sleeves…to lounge in…next please!
I wanted to try history-bounding. I want to sew my own clothes with some leaning to more historical styles. But then I realized that I very rarely leave the house (or the bed most days because of a bad back, depression and anxiety)…so why make more clothes that will take up space and not be used. But now I think I just need to make something like these skirts. Maybe some simple shifts or other comfy flowy house dress with historical style.
Give me more of these videos please!
Lol 1:40 seconds in and you hooked me 😂