Upgrade From a Boring Hoodie to a Hoodie Dress!
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- I wanna wear comfy knit dresses all year round, so here goes my first attempt at making some warmer ones for the chilly months!
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if the velvety fabric is on a knit base, it's velour, on a woven base, it's velvet. Then each of those get their own adjective, like crushed, stretch, embossed (Minky bubble dots), devoure, panne, etc.
Agreed!
Huh.. cool
Oh thank you! I had always wondered this
I feel like my brain got wrinklier frome this information
Very helpful! Thank you.
When you said you were going to tackle the sleeve "the proper way" the video immediately cut to an ad that started with people screaming very loudly... that was quite entertaining 😂
Gotta say, I absolutely love how you do the subtitles (not deaf, just have sensory processing issues). You manage to get your personality through very clearly through text and your written sound effects are hilarious. Also, just in case this was a serious question and not just checking if anyone uses subtitles, absolutely keep the theme. It's so fun and fits your channel style very well.
Yes. I came to say keep the theme too!
I have heard that her subtitles are great.. so I glanced at it.
I may have to start watching with them on!
I've been known to pause and replay, just to catch them!
@@susanmckay5085 Me too.
Was about to comment this after I saw the caption of sewing noises! I am the same, I can hear and am not d/Deaf or HoH but the caption help me process what I am actually hearing.
Ok, here I go giving up my age. I worked at Sears in the housewares department when the mushroom canisters were new. It was my first job and I was engaged to be married.
Suggestions for the next version (and to finalize this one)
1.When you cut the front pocket, make the bottom less flat. That will give it a little more room for your hands and not pull up the bottom of the dress. 1-1. Also, sew top and sides of the pocket, and leave bottom open for turning. Then lay it downwards on the front and sew with raw edges inside the pocket. Only need to topstitch to hold the top edge on that way.
2. Make a second hood and sew all the exposed edges together begore attaching. Sew the outer on onto the body of dress and hand stitch the lining one onto the underside of the seam allowance. (Can do this with current dress. Make a second hood and hand sew it on.)
3. Cuffs. Play with your fabric and whatever direction has the most stretch should be the line that goes around your arm.
Seriously, who wants somebody doing "things properly" if you have you? Plenty of tutorials on the internet but none are as charming and spontaneous as you are. And magically everything is kinda working 😂😂😂😂
I love your channel, your dresses and your randomness.
This. Charlie is the ONLY sewing channel I watch.
I don't even own a sewing machine.
And the only hand-stitching I do is mending.
But Charlie makes me want to take up sewing. I, too, like to live in comfy dresses but have SPECIFIC WANTS in terms of what constitues "a properly comfy dress" (plus OMG I WANT HOODIE SWEATSHIRT DRESSES NOW) and Charlie gives me the desire to get a used sewing machine and throw myself into my first project.
(I do have some experience in the way back past of sewing via patterns... which I always hated, hence why I don't have a sewing machine. But I have some familiarity with the basic skills, I guess).
Don't think of the camera angle as crooked -- think of it as Dutch! 😁 For the cuffs, a rib knit is probably what you're looking for, like you normally find on sweatshirts and hoodies. The dress turned out beautiful!
This - to get a cuff that fits your wrist nicely and yet stretches enough to pull oversized sleeves up & keep them up, you almost certainly need a ribbed knit material.
I don't wanna say "there are no other fabrics that will accomplish the same thing" because there are approximately 3 trillion fabrics out there so who am I to make such a black-and-white statement, but... in terms of walking into a fabric store and accurately identifying a fabric that will fill THAT role? Ribbed knit.
Which probably means a sad trombone reaction for a crushed velvet sleeve (again though, who am I to say that a good match doesn't exist in the world of 3 trillion fabrics).
Alternately, ditch the bishops' sleeves for crushed velvet hoodie dresses and make a fitted-ish sleeve that has just enough diameter/hem size to allow the sleeve to be pulled up and stay up.
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or you could just run elastic in the sleeve hem and not have the basque/cuff...? 🤔
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@@grandy2875 That's what I would do. You can buy wide elastic so it looks more like a regular cuff.
@@Wingedshadowwolf That's what I was thinking, only using elastic didn't occur to me because my mind was still thinking ribbing. 2 inch or 3 inch wide elastic would be great, if it's available in those sizes. Useful for me because I also love long sleeves but always push them up because I can't bear them around my wrists!
If you're not set on having smooth cuffs in the velour, you could gather stitch/top stitch them with elastic thread. It gives a crinkly look, but that fabric looks awesome with gathering in the way the light hits it. I think you should absolutely line the hood, and do the gathering again on the sides. It would give it a very luxurious look without a lot of weight! Great time to do a little hand-sewing so you don't have to rip out the hood.
I just want to say thank you for all your videos. I had a major surgery this year to remove a 7 lb tumor. As I recovered you entertain me and filled my love and need to craft when I could not. Now I feel confident to go get my sewing machine out and make some stuff.
from my experience knitting a hoodie, i think you need to gather the hood slightly in the back. because your head curves back more than your neckline, you need to make room for it in the hood. basically, i think cutting the hood “too big” and gathering it is actually the proper way to make a hood.
Recommendations on the cuff. You’ll either want to make them bigger and maybe add a thumb-hole because those are fun or make the cuffs have some kind of latches or buttons that could open it to shove it to the elbows. You could get out the grommets, but you would definitely want to use an interfacing on the material to make setting easier. The downside of the interfacing is loosing the material’s stretchy properties. That material isn’t impossible to grommet without interfacing, it just makes it easier. Moving the pouch down would be cuter, but it’s fine. The pouch would also be super cute with some lace or trim.
Also you are fecking adorable and your projects live rent free in my head. The dress is super cute and utilitarian.
This looks so cosy and is only intensifying my desire to work with crush velvet! Regarding the cuffs and stretch, use a zig-zag stitch or your serger to attach them - if using a zig-zag it needs to be wide and short for maximum stretchiness! Depending what other options your machine gives you, a "lightning bolt" stitch or a 3-step zizg-zag also work. I've used both these options on a double-layered cuff successfully 😊
AAHG I accidentally clicked dislike and even though I immediately clicked like, the app showed a "your feedback has been shared with the creator" message. Damn you, TH-cam! Why is that message not also shown for likes? What does it mean?! ❤ This is the coziest garment ever and I desperately need it.
I make cuffs with elastic in them, or add a panel of shirring (she says as if she's made more than 3 shirts) the elasticized thread works great on my knit sweaters !
Agreed! You can never have too many pockets. I love this design.
Hilarious Fact: That kind of velvet is called Nervous Velour here in Norway. I have no idea why and it cracks me up endlessly. It has never ceased to e funny in the 16 years I've been here.
Is it weird that I think she would just make such a cool mom. Like it seems like her and her husband are pretty focused on their careers but I just think she'd make the coolest mom. I love my mom, and I wouldn't trade her for anything, but she's not nearly as crafty as I am, and her solution to something being broken or not quite perfect is to throw it out and get something new. I'm for the the artsy fixer-upper kinda person. I just feel like it would be so cool to just spend a day baking with her, or designing a dress, or having her teach me about how to pick what seam style to use where in garment construction. I'm glad she's bringing her crafty mom vibes here to youtube though
This is so similar to what I want. Except instead of the velvet fabric, I would want it to look like a more proper hoodie just very, very long. Possibly with an inner layer of Sherpa fabric for extra coziness. Even the raglan sleeves were kind of what I was thinking of, I would do them in a contrasting color (probably match the center pocket as well). I also like the sleeves, though I think I personally would use one of those stretchy cuffs that you normally get on a hoodie...
God damn it, I barely know how to sew. This should not be my first project but I am so tempted....I should at least make a skirt first. In any case, I will be saving this video for future reference, thank you kindly.
I’d suggest a normal hoodie, even child-size, as a warm-up project (pun not really intended but leaving it) first. Donate the practice project if you don’t make it usable size for you - it will be much appreciated by someone.
I suggest this so you are somewhat familiar with how your machine works with this fabric, how it feels in your hands, and how the fabric and stitches work together.
I’m normally very relaxes about trying new things but fabric is not cheap even on sale so going in with a little experience will save you grief.
Cute cannisters! My friend Debbie had these in the 70s! So adorable!
I have to say I just love your cable-in-front-of-the-fireplace situation.
It makes me feel right at home with you ❤ 😂
Nooooo - they disappeared…
(but that might have been a good thing fire-safety-wise :P )
OMG my aunt and grandma had those canisters, I loved them then and I still love them today!!! Fantastic find!!🎉
My grandmother had those mushroom canisters in her kitchen! I remember them vividly from my childhood 🍄
My grandmother had those exact canisters, we all loved them.
This is fab! It's like the most elegant version of a hoodie ever.
An idea for stretchy cuffs is to use shirring elastic in your bobbin and sew many lines on the right side of your fabric and have shirred cuffs.
An easy way to get the hood to your liking might be to pick up a lovely blue fabric as lining (stretch charmeuse, perhaps?) and add it in. Very nice work and such a lovely dress!
My mom had "Huzzah!" t-shirts custom made for us because we love your videos so much😁❤️
That's so cute!
This is divine!! You have to make this with a zipper in the from for a jacket/robe. It would be so pretty in Sherpa fleece.
Shannon makes made a historically accurate cider corset hoodie. I think the hood she makes is exactly what you want.
I love that trunk you bought. I think it would be awesome as an organizer or a way to transport projects in progress.
I'm jelly, I've been on the hunt for a set of those Sears Roebuck canisters that won't break the bank😆
Laughing at the mushroom cannisters! VERY 1970's -- I remember my mother (and grandmother) making some similar to those at the ceramic shop in town. They were so proud of those things (I won't say what I thought. Suffice it to say that there was very little in 1970's decor or clothing fashion that I liked.).
Madame Stichery - please make a Playlist of the Pattern. I bought one. I bought fabric. I need a compilation of your videos.
Omg... I have a PURPLE version of that velvet! Also a lot of it... I think you've started something with me 😂
LOOOOOVE this colour, love your funny subtitles (I use them as an aid when I do noisy things beside watching, like exercising or brushing my teeth...) - and, love your theme song. Keep it. 👍🏻
Idk if this would work but maybe try cutting the cuff on the bias. Tends be a little more stretch that way. I would just worry about it getting stretched out.
I like the theme song, its iconic. Please don't change it unless its really bothering you!
The dress is amazing. And you still can double the hood.
I've been thinking about doing something like this for when I'm at work (We're at 19ºC max inside the building and for some reason my bones absolutely despise it.) and I've been wrecking my brain about how, which kind of fabric, and if HR would kill me if I appear with a blanket sewn around my waist.
Um, if HR are getting involved in your clothing choices I'd be having serious questions about continuing to supply them with my services... seriously!!
Here in New Zealand unless there is a stated uniform in your employment contract (high vis and steelcap boots, provided shirt with black bottoms etc), you can wear whatever you deem appropriate. I've heard it's relatively common, for example, in the US for employers to require women to wear heels - that's not permitted here, they legally can't ask it let alone demand it.
@@cheekyb71 We don't explicitly have one, buuuut...
The owner is pretty old-fashioned for someone between 45 and 50, and some other girls already had problems for the way they were dressed, like leggings and such.
I don't think they would, like, write me up or decide to fire me, but I'm already being "teased" over needing heating pads for my bad shoulder/knee, or a personal space heater, and I'm sure any article of clothing that looks like handmade from blanket (like fleece?) will only make it worse.
Yes, it's a terrible work environment, but I can't quit right now...
@@shia2734 that's appalling! I'm so very sorry 😞
Not only would someone here just naturally be more laid back (not much bothers us Kiwis) but there's a whole government department here that you'd be able to call and get it sorted on your behalf.
@@shia2734I've worked in places where I was so cold, specifically in a shipyard at the offices on the different docks, it's several degrees colder on the water than further inland. You'd feel the cold all the way down in your bones going in the ships. I had a rubber heating mat that radiated heat under my feet bc I wore steel toes which made my toes ache, a small blanket over my legs up to my waist . Sometimes a heater under my desk. It's miserable to work when you're that cold, as I'm sure you know. Whoever's teasing you about your heating pad & heater is an absolute d*ckhead. You do whatever you need to stay warm. Offices tend to be set at a temp that men in wool suits are comfortable while everyone else freezes.
If possible, make skirts and dresses out of wool and flannel fabrics (you could also line your regular clothes with flannel fabric) for warmth. ❤
Usually knit hoodies will have a strip of a very thick ribbed knit as a cuff, which allows it to stretch and be pulled upwards. You can put tension on the cuff as you attach it to the sleeve, so the sleeve hem gathers when you release the cuff with your velour, if possible, and that will allow the sleeve to stretch. Or you could make elasticated cuffs with the velour you already have, and simply do the pull and sew technique I just mentioned.
I love your videos! And your practical approach to cutting out your fabric. I'm looking at the dress after you put it together and it looks like the fabric has a nap to it... the center panel is different a bit in color... I think you need to cut all your pieces so the nap goes the same for each piece... but it could also be I can't see well enough viewing on my phone! Lol I seriously love your wit and your projects. Please keep up the good work! Kentuckyweaver
From what I’ve gleaned about dart manipulation from The Closet Historian, what might be a good way to do the sleeves is by closing the dart at the heard or the sleeve which would add fullness to the bottom. Though it may not be as much fullness as you were after
Thanks for the video. I think your doggie is missing you working on the floor, lol Dress is beautiful, and looks comfy too. Have an awesome week.
If your question, about making the cuffs stretchy enough to pull them up your arm, is still on, then there are a few ways.
1. the easiest: stretchy material. You can either get fabric especially for cuffs that is super stretchy, or try to use the fabric you have and cut them on bias. If that works, you just mark the cuffs and sleves on half, quarter and if you want eigth point and pin them together, letting the fabric of the sleeve between the pin loose. While sewing, you stretch the cuff between your pins to the point where it's the same as the sleeve, while not stretching the sleeve part. When you take care of the seams (serging, zig zag stitching or french seaming) you just have to remember to stretch it too.
2. the other way: If you can't get stretchy cuff fabric or your fabric is not stretchy enough no matter what, you might want to opt for an inserted elastic. Then the cuff should be as wide as your elastic ofc, but there are pretty wide ones out there nowadays.
For that, you make the cuff itself wide enough to fit over the widest part of your underarm, so it will be loose on the wrist. The elastic though needs to fit your wrist, but make sure it's stretchy enough. The sleeve can be gathered slightly to fit the cuff without the elastic, cause you can't stretch the cuff to align with the sleeve. And then you do the same as before, marking the points and stretching the elastic while sewint it to the cuff/sleeve. Your cuffs will bunch at your wrist though.
3. The pretty one that takes forever: Shirring. For that you don't even need a cuff, though it might make it somewhat easier. Just make the cuff of whatever material, at least as wide as your widest part of the underarm or as wide as the sleeves, or just make the sleeves longer and hem them. Wind some elastic thread on your bobbin (or several bobbins) and start the shirring. After you made several rounds, you will have a shirred cuff. Not complicated once you know what to do, but takes a while.
There are other ways, that can include buttons, ribbons, hooks etc, but i think for that kind of cozy and easy home dress that would kill the purpose.
I love the vibes of your reveals. So cute and fun
I love this dress so much! My most comfy clothes I have is a dress I made out of stretchy velour. It looks super dressed up because it has super big bishop sleeves, is floor length, have a ruffle on the bottom and waaay too many fabric covered buttons. I get very kind comments when I wear it outside but they have No Idea it's actually my Uuugggh-I-can't-be-bothered-to-wear-anything-today-I-just-want-to-be-cozy-and-stay-in-bed-all-day dress! You did a great job on yours!!! 😍😍😍
About the cuffs, I made mine big enough to easily go over my elbow and then I cheated with an elastic inside. 😅😁
Your dress is lovely. I love the lines on the bodice with the front pocket. It looks very classic.
I live in Saudi and it does get cold here. When it gets cold here it’s extra cold because we’re used to it being super hot. So right now it’s 11c. That is flipping cold.! I am wearing a blue velour house dress that’s down to my feet snuggled into bed with the heater on trying to get warm. My sympathies to you southern California girls. I grew up in Washington state, and when we went to California at Christmas time for a first trip to Disneyland, we all wore shorts and tank tops and we went down there and saw all the locals wearing sweatshirts and coats and long pants and thought they were crazy. Who’s crazy now?
Kinsale cape hood. 😊
I think your intro music is charming! Don't change it for the sake of changing it.
I also Despise socks, feet prisons! I also live in northen sweden, frostbite it is a thing. Have you tried the homeknit style of winter socks? When not using itchy wool just soft and warm, and fit loosely around the foot.
I only know two ways to make the cuffs stretch that way, option 1 is to make a cuff like a elastic waistband. Option 2 is to use a special ribbknit cuff fabric that is very very stretchy. My local fabric store sells this fabric in a variety of colours and you match the closest you can. Option 2 is what they usually use on hoodies and sweatshirts. A third option, which I have not tried, may be to use stretchy 'lacing' cords to hold a separated cuffs edges togheter. Cords through actual eyelets or sewn into the cuff.
Most beautiful dress! Love the material and silhouette
I want to buy that pattern.. sooo maybe when it isn't the holiday season and I stop blowing money on others, I'll buy it! Lol
The dress is super cute. I hope you make like 2 more with different fabrics and slightly different styles and see how those turn out in winter versions.
Great estate finds! The little carousel was neat!
Happy Holidays to you too!
I have the smallest mushroom canister. I use its for my sewing needles.
Love it! In fact, you reminded me that I have a pattern very much like that, so I should go make it.
I adore this dress... I am obsessed with this fabric... I have always heard it called stretch crushed velvet... I have a burgundy exactly this fabric in a Ellie & Mac Cuddle Tunic with a big cowl collar... I put the bottom band on but next time planning a shirt tail hem... it has unique pockets too n bishop sleeve to die for... as for the cuffs I know of no way to make those cuff stretchier to go over the fore arms other than splitting them using the seam n rolling not my preferred look... otherwise it's lenghtenthe sleeve n put a casing in n elastic... I have a dress n light n dark teal from the 80s that is too big I need to alter n scrapes of black, brown n royal blue like yours... I need more... just saying... lol... you dress is gorgeous 😍
That fabric is beautiful, and so "liquid" you could almost just pour it over yourself and it would still look amazing. The finished dress is gorgeous, despite the things you would change next time. (I also love long sleeves but never wear them down, they're always halfway up my arms - and it ruins sweaters!)
I used to never wear socks when I was younger but now I can’t be without
I want that fabric tooooooooo... I just went to a fabric store today to get some fabric but there was nothing like that! 😢 had to make do with stripey blue flanel...
The dress looks so comfy, swooshy and shiny! And blue! 🥰 Maybe you could cut the cuffs on the bias? No idea if that works on knits and the cuff seam might still be a problem? 🤔
You did a good job! I like the idea! I need to make one of these but without the center pocket.
I'm in South Jersey and trust me I have thought about making that same thing also I have thought about making and you might want to think about this making a onesie with a hoodie
Onesies make it an event to go to the bathroom. I hate having to take off all my clothes just to pee . . .
The fabric had me wondering if it would loook good, but I love it sooo much! I am definitely making myself one of these soon!
Oooh this is cute and it looks so comfy
Try cutting the cuffs on the biases, that should give it just a bit more stretch.
Love the dress ❤ and keep the theme song, please 😊
Not sure if anyone else has suggested this, but in the process of drafting a hoodie dress for my youngest Imp (age 8) I determined that the easiest way to make cuffs that matched without needing the "traditional" tight rib knit fabric for it was to cut the cuff pieces both too small and on the bias. They're a little more fiddly to sew without torquing or stretching the pieces out of shape because of the extra stretch (I ended up hand-stitching them on with a back stitch and whip stitching them finished on the inside) but it worked! I'll put a picture up on Instagram once I've got the hood on if I can get Impling to agree to model for me. 😂😂😂
Oh a bias cut is such a smart idea for that extra stretch!
That is a dress that looks comfortable.
If you are committed to using the same fabric for the cuffs as the rest of the dress you would need buttons. Otherwise use a ribbed fabric. you could also use a sock knitting machine to make a ribbed cuff
Bias cut the cuffs & use a zigzag stitch. Or cut them larger & shirr the fabric.
Love the sleeves!
I got a serger from a neighbors estate sale for less than $100.
Your cuffs could be cut from rib knit made for cuffs and bindings.
Could you do a beginner TH-cam video starter for those that are interested in starting a channel. Give tips and advice on what equipment to get and best filming/mic equipment to get for a beginner.
I think I have that pattern, if I get around to making it up I think I'll bishop sleeve it! Before putting the cuffs on it was giving wizard vibes. Also I second all the suggestions for ribbed cuffing for sleeves you can roll up
9:16 fyi, i have found that the Christmas wrapping paper from Sam’s club to be the sturdiest wrapping paper i have ever found… its even marked off in dotted grids on the back in case you have to add length to your pattern and i always stock up you get 150yds for like $10 and yalllll its so sturdy and im heavy-handed and hard on like EVERYTHING and it doesn’t tear easy when I work with it
Princess casual wear...
Total missed opportunity, you could have made the cuffs lace up...with grommets. I always think of that style hood as the French Lieutenant's Woman.
24:50 after seeing the end product i really wanna make this but with the hem at the fullest part of my hips barely past my bottom lol to
Wear with jeans, jeggings and leggings lol
Wow, amazing 👏🏻 🤩
Could you make the fabric of the cuff a little shorter and then replace that space with a dark elastic, say on the underside where you won't see it? An elastic bridge. So that you can pull it up your arm but it'll still fit your wrist
Not even half way through but seeing the side pockets make me question, only because I have a nightgown out of t-shirt with pockets and anything of anny weight in it deforms the whole thing, I’m hopeful tho!
Love it!❤
yeah, my only critique would've been you should've lined the hood as well. Otherwise it looks good! As for the cuffs, did you cut them on the grain, or on the bias? Cutting on the bias would always give more stretch.
About the cuffs, wouldn't it work if you measure your upper arm at the place where you want them to go up to and then stretch the fabric as wide as possible and draw lines in the measurements. Then when you stop stretching you have the measurements you need unstretched. It only means they become wider then you invisioned.
Cozy wizard from 2012 energy😅
Ehm, I'm sort of suspecting she cut out the center front skirt panel with the nap facing the opposite way to the other panels 🤔 It looks darker in color, which with velvet/velour usually means the nap is the "wrong" way. But maybe it's just the way the shadows fall 🤷♀️
It is purple velor..... That is exactly what you see all of the Halloween costumes for guys dressed up as pimps are made of. Stretchy valor is also very comfortable for a dress by the way...
You are a joy and a delight!!❤
Another great video❤
Yeah, I like the theme song :)
Could you do a video of different hood types?
It *does* look like stretch polyester velvet.
It's kinda hard to confirm without feeling it but I am reasonably sure you are right.
I like the theme song
Hi I'm a new watcher. Can anyone tell me what the rainbow books are on the shelf in the kitchen? They're lovely.
Could you make the dart at the top of the shoulder disappear by cutting up into it and then just tape it shut and that will also at volume?
Would cutting the cuff on the bias give it a little more stretch?
Worth a shot, check with a scrap
Do you know about the Infinite gore skirt? I'm sure there's a lesson on it on Pinterest.
So you should put "Juicy" I'm rhinestones on the booth a la the velour track suits of yore lol
Could you not make a slit in the cuff and put elastic under the slit and a witch button ot hook?
Maxi dress would have looked awesome
I would call that crushed velvet.
Sees title...
Nearly breaks finger clicking...