In some blue china plates there is the traditional two little flying blue birds. I would probably do a couple by hand. Craft tassels? Would they not perhaps run in the wash?
Your perfectionism really paid off! That top was so shapeless to start with. Your first version was nice, but the second version - wow! So flattering, so authentic, so right, so you! I love these videos - they really help with my own mending and refashioning. Thank you!
The first time I ran into those hanger ribbons they were in a strapless dress. I had no clue what they were so in the dressing room I forced my arms into those things and came out wearing this strapless dress with "spaghetti straps". It was a fitting for a friends wedding and the seamstress nearly burst at the seams trying not to laugh at my mistake. She said later that I wasn't the first one to make that mistake but I was the first one to successfully wear the dress that way. (I had very skinny arms)
Loving the little ruffle you added to the sleeve. It brings back the innocence of the era. Great call on removing the peplum. It was too long for your body.. I learned how to adjust a waistband from this video. Thank you for sharing your talent and time.
Hey Evelyn, I love what you do, I love that you do all the hard work for us! I love that you show all of it to us! I enjoy your teachings, your techniques, your great finds at your thrift finds, yard sales, etc. I just wanted to share with you that you are a wonderful woman, a wonderful teacher, a wonderful person, great hearted, and needed in my life! I really do just totally smile and laugh with you in your videos. Thank you for making my heart smile every day! Thank you for sharing YOUR heart with all of your VIEWERS EVERY DAY!!!!
@@Evelyn__Wood Hello Ms Wood! Firstly I do love your sewing videos! As I was starting to sew I got your videos on my Phone. Very happy about random picking from Google(?) Very well constructed and represented!!!! About the tassels, my experience is that embroidery thread discolours/ bleeds when washed,! If you have not found the tassels yet ;have you considered an upholstery shop? They have different types of tassels in size and colour! Best Regards M
You added the little peplum at the bottom of the sleeves. I love this top. I wore a lot of them in the 70's when they were back in style. Great job! Blessings all!!!! 💜💜
I really enjoyed this. Like previous videos, it’s really helpful. This week, I thought of you as I refashioned a loose top with asymmetric, diagonal seams across the front. I needed to bring in more shaping under the bust, and bring up and narrow the v neckline. I took the sleeves out, narrowed the back, unpicked the side and front seams and rejigged it all. I took one step at a time, pinning it, trying it back on, sewing that bit, pinning the next.....having the confidence to leave that bit until I’d done this bit, having a general plan but getting the shoulders right first, then the neckline, front diagonal seams, sides, then the hem. It’s your videos that have given me the confidence to have a go, knowing the general idea but not the exact details, and getting there in the end. So now I have a top I always loved and spent my hard earned cash on, now fitting my newly slimmer figure in a much more flattering way than before. In the past, I’ve tried refashioning but given up when I didn’t know exactly how I was going to get where I needed to go, so, once again, THANK YOU! ❤️
thank you so much for bringing back the fond memories of my mum. Im now in my 60's and can here her tutting as i cut corners...... you have reminded me of all those do's and dont's. ^ Think before you do^ sticks in my mind. Never a negative, just the beginning of a new journey. for each garment. She was as high as you could go in the 50's as seamstress. Target.... make a shirt from scratch. No pattern. Just a visual of 5 mins look at man. (dressed of course) no measuring. WOW. Im now going through my wardrobe as a new disability means those things i love, just wont work now. Im hooked onto your channel now. just begun my first shirring stitches on beloved top. Amaizing and pleasantly pleased with myself. Many thanks again.
Wow what a beautiful blouse you created! I’m 71 and just getting started sewing. I sort of learned the very basics at 13 years old…Anyway, I decided to watch tutorials before deciding on which sewing machine to buy. However, after watching your videos i realized what I want a machine for and what I want to sew. I want to RE-FASHION! I’m always looking at pieces in my closet and imagining how I would make it “work” for me… Or, I’m at a thrift shop and see a lovely piece of material in an unflattering design and I’ve wished I had the skill to re-fashion pieces. Thanks so much for your tutorials! Now I know what I need my machine for so my next step is to learn about the many different machines and find the best I can afford. I look forward to many more of your great tutorials! Sue
I really like the final version. It is so cute. You are si funny. Loved the pinning part and out take of you removing the pinned top. Thanks for the giggles. Lol. Meg
You are so right. Small details make all the difference! I agree that the sleeve ruffle with a touch of white topped with navy took the whole blouse from cute to FANTASTIC!
Amazing work! Thank you so much for your honesty in the process of making. Your philosophy about taking the time needed, harvesting and enjoying the process itself as art is precious! Thank you!
I cut these hanger straps off too but I can't throw them away because they're usually made from such lovely ribbon. So I have a big shoe-box full of them! I know some day I'll find a use for them! LOL!
I am 18 months late watching this video Evelyn, and I am so glad I did. You have (hard) worked a small miracle with transforming your peasant blouse and I absolutely love it on you.🐾
From one Evelyn to another it was a nice transformation. I have a blouse similar to yours but mine has long sleeves. I agree with your Anology of sewing. I,ve been sewing since 9 yrs old. Sewing has become so non existence now. I love redoing items.
Its lovely! And I was that girl with the pins. I love the little inspirations that come to me while I’m ad-libbing my sewing projects. I bought an a line skirt that I planned to take in, but I ended up turning it into a baby doll blouse instead.
I love love love this remake. I like the tassels white. They don't detract from the blue details. But...you could remove the white tassels, dye them navy and put them back on? Use what you have. I think it so sweet and dainty as is. Bravo! You so inspire and empower me. Thank you!
When you first mentioned doing the rolled hem along the bottom, I thought "I'd do the sleeve hems too!" Great minds think alike! I was thinking about the tassels - maybe you could dye them? You could incorporate all four of the blues I could see into a dip-dye effect with the lightest blue first for the whole length of the tassels, then the next darker for 3/4 of the tassel length, then the next darker for half the length, then the darkest for the bottom quarter of the tassel. It would be a lot of mucking around, though. Several years ago, I used a product I got at Lincraft to dye some cotton lace (I couldn't find any cotton lace in Navy); it was paper impregnated with dye and you use an iron to press the dye into the fabric. I've done a quick search - it's called "Design Dye (TM) Paper that dyes Fabric, Wood and More". My lace project worked really well, though I pressed the dye into it three times because I wanted the colour really dense (and it did go through to the wrong side, about half the colour denseness of the right side) - I then made the lace into a lace and bead bracelet to match a dress and necklace I got for my eldest step daughter's wedding. The colour match was perfect, even in photos! Something to consider, though: I haven't washed it, even though the packaging stated it was color-fast; I mean, who washes bracelets? Just an idea, though. On another level altogether, would a peasant have had coloured tassels? Even homemade ones? Or if they did, perhaps they were made out of embroidery threads (seeing as they did do embroidery?). I'm sure there would be videos on how to make them, I have no idea myself. I'll stop rambling now!
That final adjustment on the sleeves - genius! So small yet so crucial. I've recently become temporarily obsessed with capsule wardrobes, so have done a brutal edit on my clothes. Most of the few that are left need mending, so (mostly thanks to your prompting) I've been working through the mends. Then onto making basic pieces to pull my wardrobe together; then finishing the dozen refashioning projects I started! (Having a 32G chest tends to quickly exhaust the refashioning interest...).
The little ruffle on the sleeve!.......I love that you really want it to be the best it can be, to it's fullest potential! Satisfaction, you have earned it!!!! I have the same standard, but my ability isn't what it used to be. Age puts a wrench in things. I love it, great work!
My dear, I am so glad I found your channel. Your style is just amazing and inspiring. This top turned out so beautiful! I noticed the sleeves were different straight away but I must admit I couldn't put my finger on exactly what was different lol. So many of the dresses I have seen from my love affair with Joan Crawfords films would be so perfect on you. There's one immediately that comes to mind, which is a beautiful 40s dress with lovely embroidered grapes and vines. There are also some dazzling numbers in "the women" from 1939. The fashion show during the film just makes my heart sing. I think if you designed and made something like the beautiful cherry patterned dresses from the late 40s/early 50s, it would be beautiful on you. Especially with a lovely scarf tied in your hair that matched the colour of the cherries and so accessories to match. Stunning!
I know this is late and off topic, but this lady is so remarkably beautiful. I almost cannot even believe the color of her skin tone is real. It looks airbrushed, so evenly tinted and smooth everywhere! And her face with her culry hair looks like a sculpture of a cheribum.
I love this. It was a sorry looking garment to begin but you worked your magic and came up with something beautiful. I watched the bit at the end where you asked us if we noticed anything. Well, I could see there was something different on the sleeves and I was looking closer when it ended. I had just twigged what it was just before you told us! That just completed the beauty of this little top.
I really love that you teach us to be perfect at sewing it’s great for me as I am one to go down the quick road but you have helped me to be more patient and better at sewing Thank you
Oh, the excitement when you find that one thread! And that moment when Mom would say 'okay, let's take it off' was nearly as scary as feeling her slide the pins in right against my skin.
I remember so many times trying to get out of a pinned ballet costume and feeling like the pin cushion. There was one particularly memorable experience in which my mum had to sew me into a costume side stage. I think she got me with the needle more than the costume.
I thought for a minute you were going to make the rolled edge or zig zag navy on the tie part but I noticed the sleeves right away, love how it turned out!
It’s very cute! Agree on the tighter waist and shorter length. Making tassels is very easy, btw. Why not make some from embroidery yarn? You could choose the perfect color that way 🙂 Otherwise, a couple blue beads at the end of the white string might also look nice.
I really enjoyed this video thank you 😁. I was so happy that I’d did notice the sleeve trim before you said. It shows I am starting to really see a garment.
As someone who started out as an artist and is now learning how to sew, i really admire how you approach your sewing projects. I used to feel like a slow worker with the way i did my art, by revisiting my paintings little by little until i get the results i want. But watching your process and results makes me feel differently about it now.
Love your thrift to vintage and mending mondays videos. I learned so much!! And I love all the refashions. Thanks for sharing all your tips and knowledge
I saw the navy thread in your overlocker which made me look at the edges, so knew what you had done. Tassels are so easy to make. You could also make oval crochet tassels, I know in the 70s I had a few gypsie blouses and drindle skirts, and I remember having crochet ends on at least one of them. xxxAnnxxx
So happy to have found your videos! You are doing exactly what I dream to do everytime I go to the thrift store and come home with a pile of way-too-large clothes made of beautiful fabric! Very impressive that you did not just say "good enough" (at least in my humple perfectionist oppinion) ANd perservered until it was exactly what you had envisioned!
Very cute shirt! I love those kinds of shirts! The second version you did is waaaay better looking btw. 5:29 I always cut mine off too. Those things are annoying, but sometimes I'll keep them on for the shoulder less dresses because those things help hang the dress on the hanger.
As always a very clever and beautiful refasion. You look lovely. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us in such an energetic way. I can't wait to watch (and rewatch) your videos.
I noticed the new hem on the sleeves right off! Definitely adds that extra touch which brings the whole piece together! I certainly agree that it is worth going back again to finish perfecting a garment. Recently, I made a pinafore. (My first ever self-drafted garment! And it was 6 or 7 years since I had made a wearable item!) It's got some problems with the fastening, so I intend to go back and re-do it. Thanks for all your expert advice on sewing, vintage, and fashion!
I did a quick fix today too. I bought a lovely to with a floral pattern that had a mock turtleneck and I always feel like those strangle me to death! But I liked it otherwise and had to take it with me and adjusted the neckline to a nice scoop neck 😊
Also it's so worth it that you went at this blouse a second time! It looks so lovely now 😊 The little ruffle on the sleeves ties everything in so nicely!
Have you gone back to old makes? What do you think, worth doing it twice??
Absolutely worth doing, I much prefer the final result.
Definitely, have watched most of your videos. Enjoy them very much.
Definitely liked the second remake best. It fit the style you wanted and was more flattering on you.
In some blue china plates there is the traditional two little flying blue birds. I would probably do a couple by hand. Craft tassels? Would they not perhaps run in the wash?
Yes, often I do that. I keep changing things until they are just right. I do wonder if you have found your navy tassels by now? :-)
Your perfectionism really paid off! That top was so shapeless to start with. Your first version was nice, but the second version - wow! So flattering, so authentic, so right, so you! I love these videos - they really help with my own mending and refashioning. Thank you!
I'm glad to hear that it helps you in your own refashions!!
The first time I ran into those hanger ribbons they were in a strapless dress. I had no clue what they were so in the dressing room I forced my arms into those things and came out wearing this strapless dress with "spaghetti straps".
It was a fitting for a friends wedding and the seamstress nearly burst at the seams trying not to laugh at my mistake. She said later that I wasn't the first one to make that mistake but I was the first one to successfully wear the dress that way. (I had very skinny arms)
😂😂😂 I used to work in bridal, I saw the same thing happen a few times too!!
I did the same thing!
That small elastic inserted in the sleeve hem was BRILLIANT! love this
Loving the little ruffle you added to the sleeve. It brings back the innocence of the era. Great call on removing the peplum. It was too long for your body.. I learned how to adjust a waistband from this video. Thank you for sharing your talent and time.
Yes, the navy rolled hem on the sleeves!
You saw it! 😀😀
I saw it too! 😍
Sleeve edges. Very nice.
Hey Evelyn, I love what you do, I love that you do all the hard work for us! I love that you show all of it to us! I enjoy your teachings, your
techniques, your great finds at your thrift finds, yard sales, etc. I just
wanted to share with you that you are a wonderful woman, a wonderful teacher, a
wonderful person, great hearted, and needed in my life! I really do just
totally smile and laugh with you in your videos. Thank you for making my heart smile
every day! Thank you for sharing YOUR heart with all of your VIEWERS EVERY
DAY!!!!
Try using some skeins of navy embroidery thread to create matching ties and tassels Xx
I think I might have to!!
That's what I was going to say. I want to make them for you, but realistically I am terrible at following through with mailing things.
@@Evelyn__Wood Hello Ms Wood! Firstly I do love your sewing videos! As I was starting to sew I got your videos on my Phone. Very happy about random picking from Google(?) Very well constructed and represented!!!! About the tassels, my experience is that embroidery thread discolours/ bleeds when washed,! If you have not found the tassels yet ;have you considered an upholstery shop? They have different types of tassels in size and colour!
Best Regards M
You added the little peplum at the bottom of the sleeves. I love this top. I wore a lot of them in the 70's when they were back in style. Great job! Blessings all!!!! 💜💜
I really enjoyed this. Like previous videos, it’s really helpful. This week, I thought of you as I refashioned a loose top with asymmetric, diagonal seams across the front. I needed to bring in more shaping under the bust, and bring up and narrow the v neckline. I took the sleeves out, narrowed the back, unpicked the side and front seams and rejigged it all. I took one step at a time, pinning it, trying it back on, sewing that bit, pinning the next.....having the confidence to leave that bit until I’d done this bit, having a general plan but getting the shoulders right first, then the neckline, front diagonal seams, sides, then the hem. It’s your videos that have given me the confidence to have a go, knowing the general idea but not the exact details, and getting there in the end. So now I have a top I always loved and spent my hard earned cash on, now fitting my newly slimmer figure in a much more flattering way than before. In the past, I’ve tried refashioning but given up when I didn’t know exactly how I was going to get where I needed to go, so, once again, THANK YOU! ❤️
This makes my day! 😍 Thankyou! I'm so glad you've decided to just try and see how it goes! With great results it seems!! ❤
That was so nice to read for a beginner as myself Attila. Thank you! Taking it slow and getting it right - love it.
Sleeves with blue rolled hem! It is really ‘30’s now!! Very good job. Such imagination. Extremely good color on you.
thank you so much for bringing back the fond memories of my mum. Im now in my 60's and can here her tutting as i cut corners...... you have reminded me of all those do's and dont's. ^ Think before you do^ sticks in my mind. Never a negative, just the beginning of a new journey. for each garment. She was as high as you could go in the 50's as seamstress. Target.... make a shirt from scratch. No pattern. Just a visual of 5 mins look at man. (dressed of course) no measuring. WOW. Im now going through my wardrobe as a new disability means those things i love, just wont work now. Im hooked onto your channel now. just begun my first shirring stitches on beloved top. Amaizing and pleasantly pleased with myself. Many thanks again.
This speaks to my vintage-loving half-Hungarian heart! Thanks so much!
Wow what a beautiful blouse you created!
I’m 71 and just getting started sewing. I sort of learned the very basics at 13 years old…Anyway, I decided to watch tutorials before deciding on which sewing machine to buy. However, after watching your videos i realized what I want a machine for and what I want to sew. I want to RE-FASHION! I’m always looking at pieces in my closet and imagining how I would make it “work” for me…
Or, I’m at a thrift shop and see a lovely piece of material in an unflattering design and I’ve wished I had the skill to re-fashion pieces.
Thanks so much for your tutorials! Now I know what I need my machine for so my next step is to learn about the many different machines and find the best I can afford.
I look forward to many more of your great tutorials! Sue
I really like the final version. It is so cute. You are si funny. Loved the pinning part and out take of you removing the pinned top. Thanks for the giggles. Lol. Meg
😂😂 I'm glad you giggle at it!!
Clever you, Evelyn ! 🤗
You turned a tunic with some promise, into a blouse fit for a princess !
Brilliant detail on the sleeves !
Navy tassels or no, it looks fabulous on you, and you did a beautiful job !
The shorter peplum really made the blouse way cuter. Nice detail on the sleeves. Great vid! 🤗
You are so right. Small details make all the difference! I agree that the sleeve ruffle with a touch of white topped with navy took the whole blouse from cute to FANTASTIC!
Oh that feeling as an artist when you let yourself go all crazy perfectionist on a project and it feels so good!
It is very very pretty ! Add blue tassels to the end of white ropes. yes, worth doing it again. Love your little dance too !
"This is what your face should look like as you're coming to the end" is the best advice on refashioning and sewing in general :)
Maybe you could string navy glass beads onto the white threads on the tassels! Love love love the blouse!!
You're SOOOO effortlessly 30's chic, I can see you being a Swiss Baroness of some sort in your previous lifetime! LOVE IT
Have definitely refashioned a refashion. The blouse turned out beautiful!
I'm really glad you redid your redo. Now I want a 30's peasant blouse.
I love that blouse! It’s perfect for Summer,, so light and airy.
Loved this one. Thanks so much. I toss those little hanger ribbons into my 'gift wrapping' box and use them for tying up presents. 😃
Amazing work! Thank you so much for your honesty in the process of making. Your philosophy about taking the time needed, harvesting and enjoying the process itself as art is precious! Thank you!
You added the thread to the arms such a good call. Loved the finished result.
You can make your own navy cord & tassels from embroidery floss or pearl cotton, and have a perfect match!
Absolutely ADORABLE. Thank you for inviting us on your refashion journey today.
😀 Thanks for watching!
Yes! The white edge added to the sleeve with the same hem as the bottom edge! It's SO cute!
I cut these hanger straps off too but I can't throw them away because they're usually made from such lovely ribbon. So I have a big shoe-box full of them! I know some day I'll find a use for them! LOL!
There's a use for sure!!
It looks like you put a tiny ruffel on each sleeve that is finished the same as the bottom of the blouse. Beautiful! I love it.
I am 18 months late watching this video Evelyn, and I am so glad I did. You have (hard) worked a small miracle with transforming your peasant blouse and I absolutely love it on you.🐾
From one Evelyn to another it was a nice transformation. I have a blouse similar to yours but mine has long sleeves. I agree with your Anology of sewing. I,ve been sewing since 9 yrs old. Sewing has become so non existence now. I love redoing items.
😀😀😀 Aww thanks! Im glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
I love the way you matched the rolled hem on the sleeve and sooo flattering 🥰
Thank you for sharing your process. Perfection doesn’t happen on the first try and that is a great reminder :)
Its lovely! And I was that girl with the pins. I love the little inspirations that come to me while I’m ad-libbing my sewing projects. I bought an a line skirt that I planned to take in, but I ended up turning it into a baby doll blouse instead.
So cute. The sleeves turned out great as did the ruffle on waist.
You are absolutely ADORABLE!! Loved all the extras you put on that blouse.
I noticed the edging on the sleeves. Fab job on this refashion! I would say sewing and refashioning takes talent and skill!
I love love love this remake. I like the tassels white. They don't detract from the blue details. But...you could remove the white tassels, dye them navy and put them back on? Use what you have. I think it so sweet and dainty as is. Bravo! You so inspire and empower me. Thank you!
When you first mentioned doing the rolled hem along the bottom, I thought "I'd do the sleeve hems too!" Great minds think alike!
I was thinking about the tassels - maybe you could dye them? You could incorporate all four of the blues I could see into a dip-dye effect with the lightest blue first for the whole length of the tassels, then the next darker for 3/4 of the tassel length, then the next darker for half the length, then the darkest for the bottom quarter of the tassel. It would be a lot of mucking around, though.
Several years ago, I used a product I got at Lincraft to dye some cotton lace (I couldn't find any cotton lace in Navy); it was paper impregnated with dye and you use an iron to press the dye into the fabric. I've done a quick search - it's called "Design Dye (TM) Paper that dyes Fabric, Wood and More". My lace project worked really well, though I pressed the dye into it three times because I wanted the colour really dense (and it did go through to the wrong side, about half the colour denseness of the right side) - I then made the lace into a lace and bead bracelet to match a dress and necklace I got for my eldest step daughter's wedding. The colour match was perfect, even in photos! Something to consider, though: I haven't washed it, even though the packaging stated it was color-fast; I mean, who washes bracelets? Just an idea, though.
On another level altogether, would a peasant have had coloured tassels? Even homemade ones? Or if they did, perhaps they were made out of embroidery threads (seeing as they did do embroidery?). I'm sure there would be videos on how to make them, I have no idea myself. I'll stop rambling now!
That final adjustment on the sleeves - genius! So small yet so crucial.
I've recently become temporarily obsessed with capsule wardrobes, so have done a brutal edit on my clothes. Most of the few that are left need mending, so (mostly thanks to your prompting) I've been working through the mends. Then onto making basic pieces to pull my wardrobe together; then finishing the dozen refashioning projects I started! (Having a 32G chest tends to quickly exhaust the refashioning interest...).
The little ruffle on the sleeve!.......I love that you really want it to be the best it can be, to it's fullest potential! Satisfaction, you have earned it!!!! I have the same standard, but my ability isn't what it used to be. Age puts a wrench in things. I love it, great work!
The final product is just lovely. I really enjoyed watching this process.
My dear, I am so glad I found your channel. Your style is just amazing and inspiring. This top turned out so beautiful! I noticed the sleeves were different straight away but I must admit I couldn't put my finger on exactly what was different lol. So many of the dresses I have seen from my love affair with Joan Crawfords films would be so perfect on you. There's one immediately that comes to mind, which is a beautiful 40s dress with lovely embroidered grapes and vines. There are also some dazzling numbers in "the women" from 1939. The fashion show during the film just makes my heart sing. I think if you designed and made something like the beautiful cherry patterned dresses from the late 40s/early 50s, it would be beautiful on you. Especially with a lovely scarf tied in your hair that matched the colour of the cherries and so accessories to match. Stunning!
super beautiful it really become so nice after refashioning thanks for sharing it with as
Maybe dye the tassels you have a dark navy?? At least until you find what you are looking for. Lovely work. So glad that I found your channel!
Thanks for watching! I actually ended up getting sent some baby tassels from a viewer that are perfect!
That top is so sweet! And you are so patient and precise.
I know this is late and off topic, but this lady is so remarkably beautiful. I almost cannot even believe the color of her skin tone is real. It looks airbrushed, so evenly tinted and smooth everywhere! And her face with her culry hair looks like a sculpture of a cheribum.
Very clever to add the extra bit on the sleeves to match the rolled hem on the peplum.
I love this. It was a sorry looking garment to begin but you worked your magic and came up with something beautiful. I watched the bit at the end where you asked us if we noticed anything. Well, I could see there was something different on the sleeves and I was looking closer when it ended. I had just twigged what it was just before you told us! That just completed the beauty of this little top.
It looks so much better! I see those sorts of tops (the original) all the time in op shops - now I know how I could refashion it!
🤣 Yes!!! I hope you try one! Tag me if you do I'd love to see!!
Evelyn you are incredible and I wish I had even a smidgen of your talent. Sending love from the UK xxx
I really love that you teach us to be perfect at sewing it’s great for me as I am one to go down the quick road but you have helped me to be more patient and better at sewing
Thank you
So glad this video popped up in my recommends! Lovely and full of good information.
Thanks for watching!!
Loved this type top back in the 70's I did what you did roll hem in colour I made matching cord from cotton I used to do roll hem. Took me.
Oh, the excitement when you find that one thread! And that moment when Mom would say 'okay, let's take it off' was nearly as scary as feeling her slide the pins in right against my skin.
😂😂😂
I found your channel yesterday watched almost all of you videos already. As a beginner, you're my new favourite person.
I LOVE the final, final project! Good job! I'm addicted to your channel. I'm inspired to find dressmaker school!!
Fabulous refashion! I love your commitment to achieve perfection. I need to embrace a little bit more of that!
I remember so many times trying to get out of a pinned ballet costume and feeling like the pin cushion. There was one particularly memorable experience in which my mum had to sew me into a costume side stage. I think she got me with the needle more than the costume.
Yep, noticed the sleeve at the beginning of the video...looks awesome!
Sleeves are pure genius!
Very pretty and done as it should ! Christine
The sleeves look good done the same way as the hem.
It was the perfect finishing touch I think!!
I thought for a minute you were going to make the rolled edge or zig zag navy on the tie part but I noticed the sleeves right away, love how it turned out!
That was my suspicion too with the ties but then I noticed the cute ruffly part 😊
It’s very cute! Agree on the tighter waist and shorter length.
Making tassels is very easy, btw. Why not make some from embroidery yarn? You could choose the perfect color that way 🙂
Otherwise, a couple blue beads at the end of the white string might also look nice.
I just might have to get into the tassel making bussiness!!!
I really enjoyed this video thank you 😁. I was so happy that I’d did notice the sleeve trim before you said. It shows I am starting to really see a garment.
Yes, I have and it is worth it. But you went above and beyond, great refashioning.
Version 2 is so authentic - very impressive!
What an amazing transformation. I enjoyed that journey.
This was SOOOOOO satisfying to watch. I love seeing your entire re-design process and ADORE the end result.
As someone who started out as an artist and is now learning how to sew, i really admire how you approach your sewing projects. I used to feel like a slow worker with the way i did my art, by revisiting my paintings little by little until i get the results i want. But watching your process and results makes me feel differently about it now.
Just love it! Great work. Thanks for sharing!
Love your thrift to vintage and mending mondays videos. I learned so much!! And I love all the refashions. Thanks for sharing all your tips and knowledge
How neat to see your process of refining your design as you go!
I saw the navy thread in your overlocker which made me look at the edges, so knew what you had done. Tassels are so easy to make. You could also make oval crochet tassels, I know in the 70s I had a few gypsie blouses and drindle skirts, and I remember having crochet ends on at least one of them. xxxAnnxxx
So happy to have found your videos! You are doing exactly what I dream to do everytime I go to the thrift store and come home with a pile of way-too-large clothes made of beautiful fabric! Very impressive that you did not just say "good enough" (at least in my humple perfectionist oppinion) ANd perservered until it was exactly what you had envisioned!
I really like the way you transformed this blouse!
I love the navy hem/ruffle to the sleeves! It looks so much better with them! Hopefully, you can find a nice navy tassel too, it'll look gorgeous
I'm still looking for those tassels!!!
I love what you did with the sleeves! Such a small detail makes a big difference!
Absolutely noticed the blue on the sleeves. You are so talented! 💖
Evelyn, you’re a vision in that blouse!💗
Sleeves. Rolled hem. Perfect.
Very cute shirt! I love those kinds of shirts! The second version you did is waaaay better looking btw.
5:29 I always cut mine off too. Those things are annoying, but sometimes I'll keep them on for the shoulder less dresses because those things help hang the dress on the hanger.
The final touches look wonderful. You are so talented!
As always a very clever and beautiful refasion. You look lovely.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us in such an energetic way. I can't wait to watch (and rewatch) your videos.
I noticed the new hem on the sleeves right off! Definitely adds that extra touch which brings the whole piece together! I certainly agree that it is worth going back again to finish perfecting a garment. Recently, I made a pinafore. (My first ever self-drafted garment! And it was 6 or 7 years since I had made a wearable item!) It's got some problems with the fastening, so I intend to go back and re-do it. Thanks for all your expert advice on sewing, vintage, and fashion!
Congratulations on the pinafore!!! 😁
Love this one! Lots of times I will fix something , then a year later ill fix it again! Each time it gets more extreme and artsy
Better and better each time right! I'm glad you revisit projects too!
You’re just so cute! I love watching your videos and you have taught me so much about sewing. I really appreciate you!
Really qute with the extra ruffle on the sleves!
What a beautiful outcome Evelyn......love your attention to detail. 💙Deb
I did a quick fix today too. I bought a lovely to with a floral pattern that had a mock turtleneck and I always feel like those strangle me to death! But I liked it otherwise and had to take it with me and adjusted the neckline to a nice scoop neck 😊
Also it's so worth it that you went at this blouse a second time! It looks so lovely now 😊 The little ruffle on the sleeves ties everything in so nicely!
You did the rolled hem in the sleeve! Clever girl! ;-)
Hi you’ve got your tassels !!! Lovely. Great work. Love all your help in different sewing techniques even at my age haha won’t tell you. Secret.
I loooove your refashions! I learn so much. And I hope you are doing well. I hope your health is improving.❤