Since I know it's a common question- Dickey/Dickie is a 19th c term that was used in reference to men's stiffened shirt fronts (think Bugs Bunny cartoons). It was mostly used that way up until the mid 20th century. I did find a few references that likened the two, but terms like Vestee, Chemisette, Jabot, Collar, etc seemed to be FAR more common for women's garments. Dickey/Dickie was almost exclusively for mens (they also called those Bosoms by the way).
Have you ever thought of making/selling turn around stock photo collections to sell on a platform like gumroad? I ask mostly because I know as an artist that draws a lot of characters (many of which are historically inspired by edwardian/victorian fashion) it would be super helpful to see these historical silhouettes and shapes from all angles. Like... when you wore the first vestee and turned my brain suddenly sat up and was like, "Oh! That's how that would look from that angle!" Because looking at fashion plates and watching videos on construction (and hoping that whoever ends up wearing it will turn around and that they do it slow enough that it doesn't smear and that you can pause it at just the right time) is all well and good, but being able to examine still photos in a complete turn around would be so helpful as art reference.
In Canada, a dickie is a knit turtleneck with flaps on the front and back that is used under a coat to protect the neck in the winter in lieu of a scarf or other more bulky option.
@@anaiyafalcon I think I accidentally made myself something like that to stop the Scottish wind getting in - I just made it up so didn't know what to call it apart from a cowl, but it's much more fitted, basically a snug tube/turtleneck going up to my ears and just far enough down the front and the back to tuck under a coat or jumper. I've never seen anything like it here so wasn't sure how much use I'd get out of it, but I ended up wearing it almost every day in December and January!
She needed a break, so she drafted and made three vesties in a day. I needed a break so I watched her work and ate ice cream. Funny how different a break can be.
A bit of information you might find interesting. I am 80 and this information came from my great aunt when I was about 10. You do the math. My great aunt was a mill girl in Manchester UK, so no spare money. She told me they’d go out on Saturday morning and buy a yard of fabric, then make a , what she called a ‘blouset’ to wear out on a Saturday night. New one every Saturday. Also, this was the age of the black straw boater for ladies. Apparently that was spruced up with boot polish!
''You're pleats are even if they look even'', wow that is such a healthy way to look at it 😭 I have bad a tendency to measure and stress down to the millimetre, so I should plaster that phrase on my wall
A cardigan with one of these vestees and possibly a wrist ruffle bracelet thing could mean you could be INCREDIBLY over the top, while still being in an outfit that could just be thrown on. The dream!
Had to laugh during the reveal as I was "oohing" & "ahing" over each one & trying to decide my favorite, and that was all cast aside when I was thinking, 'She is so damned elegant!!!'. The very next frame was you doing the dinosaur thing! Snort ! Elegant but willing to be silly for a laugh ! 😅
And in the 80s - 90s (the 1980s - 1990s, let’s be clear, I’m not quite that old!), we thought popping our collars was something new. Um, apparently not, lol! I love how Nicole finds these little gems and brings them back to light!
I love how you made the three vestees so different - from soft and feminine to striking and bold. And I remembered the German name for these garments: Betrügerchen - which translates as "little cheaters" or "little fraudsters". They purport to be a blouse but they aren't.
I will certainly have to investigate vestees more, as it looks to me to be a quick and easy way to alter the ensemble cast costumes between scenes. Something that I would appreciate, as I'm the entire costume department for the local am-dram and working on a non-existing budget
This was also my first thought! I have no experience in making theatre costumes at all but I think I might remember wearing something of the sort a while back for a show and it seems like an ingenious way to quickly add some variation to costumes.
Not to mention how modernizing these just a bit with, say, a zipper would make these perfect for quick-changes. And some thrifted cardigans could make for some cheap but appealing and immersive enough tops depending on the timing and scene of the program.
Also great for updating those dresses I wore years ago in a warmer climate. Cover up the ( now older) girls & be a bit warmer. So thrilled to find another way to make loved dresses work.
That tall pleated collar vestee with the sheer black blouse is *everything*. Chic and timeless and sexy and bold and fierce and and and!!! All of it!!!! Beautiful work, both in the craftsmanship and the video making. Thank you for sharing, Nicole.
I really like the idea of using scraps for this. Once the panini is over, all of us will be an army of fashionable hissing dinosaurs. People will be very jealous.
I love your approach to knife pleats. Anything else would end in tears. I inherited a pleating machine from my late Mum. I've yet to use it, but my first thought was it would make an amazing upright collar. My confirmation bias thanks you. These chemisettes are wonderful. Thank you for sharing your research. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
These sound very similar to the "dickeys" we used to wear under our jackets and sweaters in the 80's. Funny story, I have a friend who wore one under her jacket for work and during a staff meeting got hot and forgot she didn't have a full shirt on. She took off her jacket not realizing she was left in her collar thing and bra. Your vestees turned out beautiful.
Oh my gosh!! 🤣 That's a lot more excitement than one usually expects in a staff meeting... Your poor friend though. I'd be completely mortified - hope she has a stronger constitution!
I love it! The moment I saw your vestees, my brain which has been looking at Elizabethan clothing, went "OOh! It's a modern partlet!". What a great addition to a wardrobe. There are so many times that I've found a dress or a sweater that is just that smidge too low, and this will work wonderfully. Time to raid my fabric stash.
I fell in love with chemisettes when I watched a video on the Emma costumes. Such a great idea that should never have gone out of style. Perfect way to add a bit of extra oomph to an outfit, fill in a too deep v necks, or use a bit of lux super expensive fabric. And a great way to perfect sewing skills and get some almost instant gratification.
O I am here for all the 1910s goodness! Modern tall collar are so disappointing. These give me LIFE. I would absolutely toss you some coin for a pattern!
These and Chemisettes should have never gone away! They're perfect for those of us with bigger busts and/or those of us who don't like lower necklines. I have a few collar type things that I'd say are closer to a chemisette bc they cover up to the armscye seam and a bit down the back but don't tie or have elastic round.
Woah those are surprisingly sexy. I love the pleated one look with black blouse. Stunning! Also spitting dinosaur for the win :D. You give me to many ideas Nicole. I'm still on ribbon corset and now a vestee & chemisette are in the 'must do' category.
I thought the ruffed collar was going to be my favorite, initially, but the waistcoat style vestee is just exquisite!! That dramatic collar is so cool. What a great way to zhuzh up any outfit, and a super quick project, to boot! There’s something about “instant” gratification projects...they always make me feel fantastic and seem to supercharge my motivation to finish my bigger projects. Really love these, and can’t wait to see those bigger projects on the horizon. Love, light, and blessings to you and yours.
Wow! Bound buttonhole and one day project certainly don’t get to live in one sentence in my sewing universe. Your vestees are great! Especially the last one seems absolutely timeless.
I made some of these not knowing what they were when I needed ruffled collars for my ministers when I was costuming the cast for our theatre's version of THE CRUCIBLE
🤣🤣🤣spitting dinosaur! I love this concept, as a beginner, this is excellent. The projects are small enough that even expensive fabric is within reach. The fear of wasting expensive materials with amateur results is what holds me back. Thanks for sharing
Couple of thoughts: 1. There is NOTHING wrong with you, that is a perfectly natural response to a stiff pleated collar. I'd be worried if you didn't go there. 2. I would love to see the pointy-collared number (I have named her Cruella - you're welcome) with a distressed denim jacket or a leather biker jacket. 3. This just might be my favourite one of your videos so far. Such a fabulous accessory, so many possibilities!
I think I would enjoy being a 'spitting dinosaur' all day. Don't think I'd get much else done as I would walk up to strangers (after the plague) hissing. Life goals!
Imagine making cute little wrist cuff bracelets to either coordinate or match with the collars, just to be extra extra, lol! Oooh, & then wearing both with just a little slip dress & maybe a ribbon corset just for the sake of being risqué... you've given me all sorts of ideas!
Oh please do digitize these! Some of us just haven't the patience to do the basic pattern.. then we can create and after being coped up with the Pademic we can go out now.. and look our BEST! And take WOMANHOOD to a whole higher LEVEL !
These three vesties are amazing. So interesting to watch you pattern make them and sew them. My grandmother had a collection of these along with other fabulous items of clothing in her spare room. I wasn’t allowed to touch them but she did show me the amazing collection of accessories that made up her considerable wardrobe that covered from around 1900 right through to the 40s. (She didn’t keep too much after the war years, instead preferring to remake over much of her clothing from then onwards again and again. She was remarkable at up cycling.) I am excited to see someone else who actually appreciates these exquisite pieces enough to sew three of them. They extend a wardrobe of clothes in a very practical way and with a totally stunning aesthetic to match. So loved your ruffled number, my favourite, however they are all just stunning.
“Your pleats are even if they look even” yesss I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks like this! I have to try and let go of my perfectionist tendencies when it comes to pleats and that’s what I keep repeating to myself
Wow! Sounds like a Dickey, often called a modesty blouse in some circles. I have some 1950’s patterns and they are awesome for when a blouse doesn’t cover enough.
The term Dickey actually referred to men's shirt fronts (the stiffened kind) for decades before they were used to refer to womens garments. That seems to move over around mid 20th c. though there is some overlap.
@@NicoleRudolph thanks! I see them marketed with that term and could never find more info than that. Just that it was an old term. Can’t wait to see some more varieties as these are quite useful with daily clothes as well!
I've made an 1894 mourning shirt front using a pattern from ageless patterns. The instructions were vague at best but it's rather simple to make and is almost identical to ur vestie my collar is rather short but still standing and it secured around the waist by elastic tapes. I highly recommend their patterns
I enjoy your channel so much!! The gentle noise of your machine, your excitement at a new project, all of it! This may be the solution I didn't know existed for some of my favorite garments. They need a new look, but there is either not enough room for a full blouse, or I don't want the extra warmth of another layer.
Yes, that one is always intriguing to me! 😏 The noise of Nicole's sewing machine is almost ASMR-ish it its gentility & gentleness, whereas even the quietest machine I could find to buy (as someone who's super-sensitive to sound and vibration) is not exactly something you'd want to listen to for fun! 🤭 I'd love to see her introduce her machine sometime and discover the answer to this mystery...
Whenever I'd seen these in period dramas or in vintage photos I'd always assumed they were a full blouse underneath! What a clever way to give a garment a completely different look.
It's always makes me smile to watch you cut out your fabric pieces. It's your pattern weights! It's my 20th anniversary for working with the store and aisle as those washers! So as a treat to myself, I am going to go get some of your "fancy weights"!
This is brilliant. Also if you ever feel like doing a video on your everyday style I'm here for it. I'm always in love with your intro looks. You're knowledge of fit and fabrics really shows in your contemporary style.
sometimes I look at costubers and think, why do none of my pieces come out that good? and then I remember I've only had 10 years of off-and-on experience and occasionally think "my drunk sewing machine" would be a great idea
Your excitement and creativity are infectious!!!! I've watched this video twice now, and I will probably watch it at least one more time. My sewing plans are being adjusted and I'm trying to figure where I can fit in making myself a few vestees. You're right, so many great possibilities. Thank you for this awesome video!
Ok. My bad. I never realized what a bad-ass, GORGEOUS creature you are! I’ll be watching this video a few hundred times to see what kind of mess I come up with. 🥰🤣
I love your excitement here! Although, I am going to have to ask you to slow down... I keep wanting to make things you show me and I already have too many projects to work through!
I would love, love to see more of the things you have made...maybe one of your lovely history or fabric talks, but some of your own period items used as examples...that would be such a fun way for your clothing to get more air-time!
Absolutely the best spitting dinosaur ever! Now, I want to be one too. Your videos are not only interesting historically but so very instructive. Thank you for all the extra time and details you put into your channel.
I saw the thumbnail and just yes. I've been meaning to make something like this when I discovered partlets months ago but this looks wild too, to the 'to make' list it goes.
I was in love with the pleated collar and wondered what it would look like at a lower height. Andrew Gn used it on his cuffs and collars and I immediately thought “I know who taught me to make the pleats”!
Fabulous idea, I remember my Nan having a few of these , as a kid I didn’t have a clue , but ohhh some of both grandmothers clothes I sooo wish I’d kept hold of !
Thanks for featuring the drafting so prominently. Something like this is more clutter-friendly than, say, a cape. There's a lot of surface competition in my creative space because it's shared with my spouse's ever-expanding Lego creative space. (Beginning to feel like the outer planets in a red giant's solar system.) The shapes are simple enough to not intimidate.
Crafter vs gamer: it's a race to see who can claim any spare space the fastest!! 😂 Very cool that you both have fun creative stuff that you love to do.
I love the super soft ruffle-y first one. I can see myself wearing that one the most. Knife pleats terrify me lol but I like how that one "hides" you more (hello introvert here 😄).
so schön, ich kann mich nicht entscheiden, welcher mir besser gefällt. Ich denke, ich werde mit den Rüschen beginnen. Vielen Dank für die Inspiration, habe schon viel gelernt von ihnen!
Thank You! Im a complete amateur and a hand sewer but this would be something I wish to do. Standing collars are not sold in any affordable places. (=none affordable being etsy with stand up collars costing from 200-400. Somewhere there, would make anyone consider to do it by oneself.) I do wish it was easier to do. I just like big collars for looks. When going to some cheap-ship cruises etc. Fancier places. Ur cute and funny. U remind me and my wife, oh her cousin Chantal. Thanks for this tutorial. Ur cutest ”dinosaur face, I’ve seen! 😂” U made my wife giggle!
I love and admire your lovely work, its absolutely professional. Your shoes and your great taste of one of the best Bernina😁greetings from switzerland. Your videos with this music lets me feel the time of 1900 period🥰😍🤩
oh the potential these have! Thank you for sharing! An amazing way to use up those few buttons from the thrift shop that are awesome but you never have enough of to make a shirt or something larger, but with these they become a feature so it doesn't matter!
Since I know it's a common question- Dickey/Dickie is a 19th c term that was used in reference to men's stiffened shirt fronts (think Bugs Bunny cartoons). It was mostly used that way up until the mid 20th century. I did find a few references that likened the two, but terms like Vestee, Chemisette, Jabot, Collar, etc seemed to be FAR more common for women's garments. Dickey/Dickie was almost exclusively for mens (they also called those Bosoms by the way).
I was about be like Woah it's an Edwardian Dickey
I think dickey is an American English term, not used in the UK?
Have you ever thought of making/selling turn around stock photo collections to sell on a platform like gumroad? I ask mostly because I know as an artist that draws a lot of characters (many of which are historically inspired by edwardian/victorian fashion) it would be super helpful to see these historical silhouettes and shapes from all angles. Like... when you wore the first vestee and turned my brain suddenly sat up and was like, "Oh! That's how that would look from that angle!" Because looking at fashion plates and watching videos on construction (and hoping that whoever ends up wearing it will turn around and that they do it slow enough that it doesn't smear and that you can pause it at just the right time) is all well and good, but being able to examine still photos in a complete turn around would be so helpful as art reference.
In Canada, a dickie is a knit turtleneck with flaps on the front and back that is used under a coat to protect the neck in the winter in lieu of a scarf or other more bulky option.
@@anaiyafalcon I think I accidentally made myself something like that to stop the Scottish wind getting in - I just made it up so didn't know what to call it apart from a cowl, but it's much more fitted, basically a snug tube/turtleneck going up to my ears and just far enough down the front and the back to tuck under a coat or jumper. I've never seen anything like it here so wasn't sure how much use I'd get out of it, but I ended up wearing it almost every day in December and January!
She needed a break, so she drafted and made three vesties in a day. I needed a break so I watched her work and ate ice cream. Funny how different a break can be.
I'm here for the same reason! 😂
Can’t sew much anymore, (arthritis) so I watch other people sew, very relaxing!
this title is the opposite of clickbait lol "making an Edwardian vestee in one day" *actually made three in a weekend*
.... So what you're saying is that, I can have Evil Queen collars with literally all of my clothes? Yeeeesssss. This pleases me
This. Absolutely this.
A bit of information you might find interesting. I am 80 and this information came from my great aunt when I was about 10. You do the math. My great aunt was a mill girl in Manchester UK, so no spare money. She told me they’d go out on Saturday morning and buy a yard of fabric, then make a , what she called a ‘blouset’ to wear out on a Saturday night. New one every Saturday. Also, this was the age of the black straw boater for ladies. Apparently that was spruced up with boot polish!
Thank you, if you hadn’t posted this memory … it could have been lost.
I shall endeavor to create some “ blousets” .
Three things I love about your videos:
1. History & context
2. The close ups of the little fiddlely bits.
3. Modeling are end of construction.
''You're pleats are even if they look even'', wow that is such a healthy way to look at it 😭 I have bad a tendency to measure and stress down to the millimetre, so I should plaster that phrase on my wall
A cardigan with one of these vestees and possibly a wrist ruffle bracelet thing could mean you could be INCREDIBLY over the top, while still being in an outfit that could just be thrown on. The dream!
Or just put a white scrunchie on each wrist
Ruffs and cuffs!!!! Interchangeable?! Like sleeves as separates from bodices in the 15th n 16th centuries!!!!
Had to laugh during the reveal as I was "oohing" & "ahing" over each one & trying to decide my favorite, and that was all cast aside when I was thinking, 'She is so damned elegant!!!'. The very next frame was you doing the dinosaur thing! Snort ! Elegant but willing to be silly for a laugh ! 😅
And in the 80s - 90s (the 1980s - 1990s, let’s be clear, I’m not quite that old!), we thought popping our collars was something new. Um, apparently not, lol! I love how Nicole finds these little gems and brings them back to light!
I audibly gasped at that ruffled collar (which I need) with the sheer black top. I never would have thought of that in my wardrobe.
That 3rd one is peak gentleman vampire aesthetic and I'm here for it
I love how you made the three vestees so different - from soft and feminine to striking and bold. And I remembered the German name for these garments: Betrügerchen - which translates as "little cheaters" or "little fraudsters". They purport to be a blouse but they aren't.
I will certainly have to investigate vestees more, as it looks to me to be a quick and easy way to alter the ensemble cast costumes between scenes. Something that I would appreciate, as I'm the entire costume department for the local am-dram and working on a non-existing budget
This was also my first thought! I have no experience in making theatre costumes at all but I think I might remember wearing something of the sort a while back for a show and it seems like an ingenious way to quickly add some variation to costumes.
Not to mention how modernizing these just a bit with, say, a zipper would make these perfect for quick-changes. And some thrifted cardigans could make for some cheap but appealing and immersive enough tops depending on the timing and scene of the program.
Also great for updating those dresses I wore years ago in a warmer climate. Cover up the ( now older) girls & be a bit warmer. So thrilled to find another way to make loved dresses work.
That tall pleated collar vestee with the sheer black blouse is *everything*. Chic and timeless and sexy and bold and fierce and and and!!! All of it!!!! Beautiful work, both in the craftsmanship and the video making. Thank you for sharing, Nicole.
I really like the idea of using scraps for this. Once the panini is over, all of us will be an army of fashionable hissing dinosaurs. People will be very jealous.
Strutting our stuff.
We're the BEST.
We walk like we are models on the runway acting like designers and heads up as we are Haute Coururiers & MILLERY
An army of fashionable hissing dinosaurs….
That MUST go on a cushion.
Thanks very much for the dinosaur impression! It made the Lady Tremaine style of snobbery of that knife-pleated collar so much better!
I love your approach to knife pleats. Anything else would end in tears.
I inherited a pleating machine from my late Mum. I've yet to use it, but my first thought was it would make an amazing upright collar. My confirmation bias thanks you.
These chemisettes are wonderful. Thank you for sharing your research.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown
These sound very similar to the "dickeys" we used to wear under our jackets and sweaters in the 80's. Funny story, I have a friend who wore one under her jacket for work and during a staff meeting got hot and forgot she didn't have a full shirt on. She took off her jacket not realizing she was left in her collar thing and bra. Your vestees turned out beautiful.
Oh my gosh!! 🤣 That's a lot more excitement than one usually expects in a staff meeting... Your poor friend though. I'd be completely mortified - hope she has a stronger constitution!
I love it! The moment I saw your vestees, my brain which has been looking at Elizabethan clothing, went "OOh! It's a modern partlet!". What a great addition to a wardrobe. There are so many times that I've found a dress or a sweater that is just that smidge too low, and this will work wonderfully. Time to raid my fabric stash.
Beautiful fabrics, buttonholes, and buttons. Love the pleated collar and the black beads.
Huzzah to the AGRESSIVE collar!
I fell in love with chemisettes when I watched a video on the Emma costumes. Such a great idea that should never have gone out of style. Perfect way to add a bit of extra oomph to an outfit, fill in a too deep v necks, or use a bit of lux super expensive fabric. And a great way to perfect sewing skills and get some almost instant gratification.
O I am here for all the 1910s goodness! Modern tall collar are so disappointing. These give me LIFE. I would absolutely toss you some coin for a pattern!
These and Chemisettes should have never gone away! They're perfect for those of us with bigger busts and/or those of us who don't like lower necklines.
I have a few collar type things that I'd say are closer to a chemisette bc they cover up to the armscye seam and a bit down the back but don't tie or have elastic round.
Woah those are surprisingly sexy. I love the pleated one look with black blouse. Stunning! Also spitting dinosaur for the win :D. You give me to many ideas Nicole. I'm still on ribbon corset and now a vestee & chemisette are in the 'must do' category.
Totally ravishing!!!! Really makes any old sweater come to life!!!! Nicole is a genius!
I was so in awe over the pleated collar and those black buttons but when you did the dinosaur thing I totally cracked up!!!
I thought the ruffed collar was going to be my favorite, initially, but the waistcoat style vestee is just exquisite!! That dramatic collar is so cool. What a great way to zhuzh up any outfit, and a super quick project, to boot! There’s something about “instant” gratification projects...they always make me feel fantastic and seem to supercharge my motivation to finish my bigger projects. Really love these, and can’t wait to see those bigger projects on the horizon. Love, light, and blessings to you and yours.
Nicole: wonderful video, well researched
Me, seeing the thumbnail: vampire collar! vampire collar!
holy crap this is a great first piece for me to try to start an edwardian outfit!!! thanks youtube person
If you are just getting started with Victorian clothing and it's making? You came to the right channel! She's fabulous!
Just loved the vibes the collars send. And your ending statement of "I'm now a spitting dinosaur", had me giggling😂😂
Wow! Bound buttonhole and one day project certainly don’t get to live in one sentence in my sewing universe. Your vestees are great! Especially the last one seems absolutely timeless.
I'm in the hospital at the moment and your videos have really kept my spirits going. The pleated collar was superb!
Good for sun protection in the summer too, without adding extra layers of clothing.
I made some of these not knowing what they were when I needed ruffled collars for my ministers when I was costuming the cast for our theatre's version of THE CRUCIBLE
🤣🤣🤣spitting dinosaur! I love this concept, as a beginner, this is excellent. The projects are small enough that even expensive fabric is within reach. The fear of wasting expensive materials with amateur results is what holds me back. Thanks for sharing
every little detail - tiny black buttons, perfect button holes, that amazing pleated collar, just wow
Couple of thoughts:
1. There is NOTHING wrong with you, that is a perfectly natural response to a stiff pleated collar. I'd be worried if you didn't go there.
2. I would love to see the pointy-collared number (I have named her Cruella - you're welcome) with a distressed denim jacket or a leather biker jacket.
3. This just might be my favourite one of your videos so far. Such a fabulous accessory, so many possibilities!
I think I would enjoy being a 'spitting dinosaur' all day. Don't think I'd get much else done as I would walk up to strangers (after the plague) hissing. Life goals!
A historical relative of the dickie! Ooo love it!
You beat me to it! 😁
Love the pleated collar. Also love the dino impression at the end! 🤣🤣
Imagine making cute little wrist cuff bracelets to either coordinate or match with the collars, just to be extra extra, lol! Oooh, & then wearing both with just a little slip dress & maybe a ribbon corset just for the sake of being risqué... you've given me all sorts of ideas!
the vampire/pirate vibes of that ruffled collar one is just chef's kiss!!
I read this as making an Edwardian BESTEE and was veeeeeeeeeeery curious.
these remind of of 16th century partlets.
Also, I have a decent-sized scrap of baby pink (viscose) crepe laying around...
yeah partlets were the very early version, but no where near this versatile and amazing!
You'll be ready if they ever do a production of 1776 or Hamilton, or anything Shakespeare lol.
am I the only person who is unable to draft their own patterns and really needs those digitized? they are so gorgeous!
Oh please do digitize these! Some of us just haven't the patience to do the basic pattern.. then we can create and after being coped up with the Pademic we can go out now.. and look our BEST!
And take WOMANHOOD to a whole higher LEVEL !
I can't draw (possibly dysgraphia), so even a single-size pattern would be extremely helpful to get started.
The sheer lewk is my FAVOURITE!
I appreciate how good value your content is Nicole! Not only have you shown something totally new (to me) but you make 3!!! 😁👍
These three vesties are amazing. So interesting to watch you pattern make them and sew them. My grandmother had a collection of these along with other fabulous items of clothing in her spare room. I wasn’t allowed to touch them but she did show me the amazing collection of accessories that made up her considerable wardrobe that covered from around 1900 right through to the 40s. (She didn’t keep too much after the war years, instead preferring to remake over much of her clothing from then onwards again and again. She was remarkable at up cycling.) I am excited to see someone else who actually appreciates these exquisite pieces enough to sew three of them. They extend a wardrobe of clothes in a very practical way and with a totally stunning aesthetic to match. So loved your ruffled number, my favourite, however they are all just stunning.
“Your pleats are even if they look even” yesss I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks like this! I have to try and let go of my perfectionist tendencies when it comes to pleats and that’s what I keep repeating to myself
Nice solution to shirts that bulk up back and sleeves of sweater.
Wow! Sounds like a Dickey, often called a modesty blouse in some circles. I have some 1950’s patterns and they are awesome for when a blouse doesn’t cover enough.
The term Dickey actually referred to men's shirt fronts (the stiffened kind) for decades before they were used to refer to womens garments. That seems to move over around mid 20th c. though there is some overlap.
@@NicoleRudolph thanks! I see them marketed with that term and could never find more info than that. Just that it was an old term. Can’t wait to see some more varieties as these are quite useful with daily clothes as well!
Yes we called them "dickies" in the 60s. It gave a nice layered look without roasting in the office.
"I am now a spitting dinosaur" ❤️ amazing!
Wow! I've actually tried to buy some modern ones and never could find any I liked. This is awesome! Vestee here I come!
I've made an 1894 mourning shirt front using a pattern from ageless patterns. The instructions were vague at best but it's rather simple to make and is almost identical to ur vestie my collar is rather short but still standing and it secured around the waist by elastic tapes. I highly recommend their patterns
Those are wonderful; especially the one with the pleated collar and pairs of buttons. The spitting dinosaur impressed was great too.
The vestee really do add a fair bit of pop, I wouldn’t have guessed they were what they are without being told. Thank you for sharing
These are all stunning but holy wow that ruffed collar/sheer black blouse combo was everything!
This is EXTRA AF and I am so here for it! Absolutely love Nicole!
That antique lace vestee is GORgeous.
I enjoy your channel so much!! The gentle noise of your machine, your excitement at a new project, all of it!
This may be the solution I didn't know existed for some of my favorite garments. They need a new look, but there is either not enough room for a full blouse, or I don't want the extra warmth of another layer.
Yes, that one is always intriguing to me! 😏 The noise of Nicole's sewing machine is almost ASMR-ish it its gentility & gentleness, whereas even the quietest machine I could find to buy (as someone who's super-sensitive to sound and vibration) is not exactly something you'd want to listen to for fun! 🤭 I'd love to see her introduce her machine sometime and discover the answer to this mystery...
Whenever I'd seen these in period dramas or in vintage photos I'd always assumed they were a full blouse underneath! What a clever way to give a garment a completely different look.
It's always makes me smile to watch you cut out your fabric pieces. It's your pattern weights! It's my 20th anniversary for working with the store and aisle as those washers! So as a treat to myself, I am going to go get some of your "fancy weights"!
Love these. Such wonderful ideas and those collars! So dramatic!!!
This is brilliant. Also if you ever feel like doing a video on your everyday style I'm here for it. I'm always in love with your intro looks. You're knowledge of fit and fabrics really shows in your contemporary style.
sometimes I look at costubers and think, why do none of my pieces come out that good? and then I remember I've only had 10 years of off-and-on experience and occasionally think "my drunk sewing machine" would be a great idea
Spitting dinosaur! hahaha. Those vestees are fabulous!
Ahh yes perfect I needed to figure out how to make a collar stand up at these angles!
Your excitement and creativity are infectious!!!! I've watched this video twice now, and I will probably watch it at least one more time. My sewing plans are being adjusted and I'm trying to figure where I can fit in making myself a few vestees. You're right, so many great possibilities. Thank you for this awesome video!
Ok. My bad. I never realized what a bad-ass, GORGEOUS creature you are! I’ll be watching this video a few hundred times to see what kind of mess I come up with. 🥰🤣
I love your excitement here! Although, I am going to have to ask you to slow down... I keep wanting to make things you show me and I already have too many projects to work through!
You are rockin' all of those!!
Thank you! You have opened Pandoras Box Of Victorian Dickie's!
THE video I didn't even know I needed!
I would love, love to see more of the things you have made...maybe one of your lovely history or fabric talks, but some of your own period items used as examples...that would be such a fun way for your clothing to get more air-time!
Absolutely the best spitting dinosaur ever! Now, I want to be one too. Your videos are not only interesting historically but so very instructive. Thank you for all the extra time and details you put into your channel.
I saw the thumbnail and just yes. I've been meaning to make something like this when I discovered partlets months ago but this looks wild too, to the 'to make' list it goes.
I was in love with the pleated collar and wondered what it would look like at a lower height. Andrew Gn used it on his cuffs and collars and I immediately thought “I know who taught me to make the pleats”!
I love the third version! That collar is fantastic!
Fabulous idea, I remember my Nan having a few of these , as a kid I didn’t have a clue , but ohhh some of both grandmothers clothes I sooo wish I’d kept hold of !
The ruffley collar is just delicious I would love to have a blouse in style!
omg they're all really gorgeous but the third one is like immensely elegant. You did a really amazing job.
Stunning pieces!!! I also love your blouse in the intro so so much! 💜
Thanks for featuring the drafting so prominently. Something like this is more clutter-friendly than, say, a cape. There's a lot of surface competition in my creative space because it's shared with my spouse's ever-expanding Lego creative space. (Beginning to feel like the outer planets in a red giant's solar system.) The shapes are simple enough to not intimidate.
Crafter vs gamer: it's a race to see who can claim any spare space the fastest!! 😂 Very cool that you both have fun creative stuff that you love to do.
WOW! Those bound buttonholes! 🥰 All of these are beautiful and practical IRL as well as for costuming! Bravo!!
What a way to encourage me to wear V neck shirt/sweaters again! I actually have some nice linen that would be great!
Amazing and now I have another project to write on the list...🦖🦖🦖
"I am a spitting dinosaur-- HIIISSSSSSS" 😂 I love your videos in their totality, but the ends are particularly fantastic
So many cool projects have come out of this channel. This is probably my favorite video so far due to amazing energy and lighting!
I must make the pleated one and realise my best Cate Blanchett/Wicked Stepmother life.
I love the super soft ruffle-y first one. I can see myself wearing that one the most. Knife pleats terrify me lol but I like how that one "hides" you more (hello introvert here 😄).
Oh no... I think I need to put that pleated collar on some shirts now. What a great way to make more outfits without making more outfits!
so schön, ich kann mich nicht entscheiden, welcher mir besser gefällt. Ich denke, ich werde mit den Rüschen beginnen. Vielen Dank für die Inspiration, habe schon viel gelernt von ihnen!
Thank You! Im a complete amateur and a hand sewer but this would be something I wish to do. Standing collars are not sold in any affordable places. (=none affordable being etsy with stand up collars costing from 200-400. Somewhere there, would make anyone consider to do it by oneself.) I do wish it was easier to do. I just like big collars for looks. When going to some cheap-ship cruises etc. Fancier places. Ur cute and funny. U remind me and my wife, oh her cousin Chantal. Thanks for this tutorial. Ur cutest ”dinosaur face, I’ve seen! 😂” U made my wife giggle!
I love watching your process. It helps to watch someone else drafting, cutting, sewing - and the marvelous outcome. Your details are exquisite.
Very Nice - thank you for sharing -- the dino @the end was tres amusante.
I love and admire your lovely work, its absolutely professional. Your shoes and your great taste of one of the best Bernina😁greetings from switzerland. Your videos with this music lets me feel the time of 1900 period🥰😍🤩
Very pretty! Perfect for wearing under today's low-cut garments. Did they ever sew on buttons to keep the
Vestee from shifting?
xoxo's Sandie
Oooh, I had already been getting excited recently about all the possibilities with chemisettes, but these are even better!
oh the potential these have! Thank you for sharing! An amazing way to use up those few buttons from the thrift shop that are awesome but you never have enough of to make a shirt or something larger, but with these they become a feature so it doesn't matter!