Floofy White Blouses for Historical Aesthetics
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I'm in my 40s and I grew up in a high control religious group with very rigid expectations on women. For a lot of my life I just thought I was super weird. I got out of the cult, and I got diagnosed with ADHD. Then I found TH-cam. It turns out I'm not as weird as I thought I was. My husband calls me a quirky girl, and he calls the young ladies I follow on TH-cam (Charlie, Rachel Maksy, Morgan Donner, etc), MY quirky girls. Videos like this make me feel so much less alone in my eccentricities. It's a joy to see the inner workings of Charlie's neurodivergent brain. Much love to anyone else who was made to feel like they were simultaneously too much and not enough, and to anyone else who felt they had to make themselves smaller to be accepted. ❤ We are enough. I'm so grateful for my husband who has always found my "too much" to be perfectly enough.
Congratulations! I follow a lot of channels that talk about leaving high demand religions (cults to consciousness is amazing!)
I'm so glad you're finding yourself! ❤
I could have written this comment. Are we the same person? Twins?
Do you follow Opus Elenae and Shannon Makes as well?? They both sew. Opus is always amazing, and Shannon is renovating a Victorian house at the moment.
Don't let people fool you. "Normal" is boring. Embrace the wackyness. Have fun being who you are. I am happy for you having found a partner who loves you for who you are.
Bless you! There is nothing wrong with being different! Much like your quirky girls, I am the same, I am not necessarily what people would call conventional, I also have adhd and my brain works at a thousand different ways in a second. I used to hide my quirkiness until recently when I finally thought life is short, as am I. I won't be in my 40's forever, so let's embrace myself and what I am and those weird thoughts that make me, me!!
Pirate, Peasant, Poet: She’s got you covered.
The Stitchery - The Sewist For All Your Adventuring Needs
YAAAAAAS
Should add "Prince(ss)" next.
The Carousel Couturier.
My aesthetic is salvagepunk, so all of these are perfect basics ideas for me to work with to add punky and post-apocalyptic elements XD
1. I am obsessed with the pirate top.
2. Hydrogen peroxide is great for getting blood out of fabric.
3. The bit about needing an explanation for everything you dislike is the biggest mood.
Also for removing blood, your own spit contains enzymes that will break down the proteins. Possibly (and understandably) off-putting to some, but super effective in a pinch!!
@@odessawellington3388Sorry to nitpick, but to the best of my memory, this is incorrect; saliva contains amylase to start breaking down carbohydrates, but iirc proteases and lipases don't show up until farther along in the digestive tract.
If I go google right now I'll forget what I was doing and never remember to return, so here's hoping I'm correct lol!
Saliva is a great diluent though, in a pinch. And indeed, peroxide rules for getting any biological substance broken down and washed out of stuff, amazing stain remover and deodorizer because of it
I literally just spent an hour trying to find a no pattern instruction for peasant tops. This could not have been better timed.
Me too! the greatest timing 😁!
I found the toutorial by "a different sort of duck" very helpful! I can't link it cause youtube will remove my comment but it's the one with the renaissance chemise.
Agreed!
I always hit up TheClosestHisorian for fitted no pattern designs, as I have made a block using her method. But flowy ideas can be difficult to figure out.
LizCapism also does a video called, "4 Shirt Styles for Lazy Historybounding" that is also a great resource. 😁👍🏻
Percival. The whale is giving Percival vibes. Percy for short but he only lets his mother call him that.
I agree. Definitely.
I shall now recall the great sewing injury of the summer of 2022.
I was at my machine, working an item that I no longer recall. My left index finger got a little too close guiding the fabric, and the needle went through my nail bed, and poked out the other side of my finger.
"Ouch!" I politely acknowledged with my children around me. Upon further examination of my finger, there was black thread hanging out of my nail bed. I tried to tug it, but nope, it was in there good and firm.
"Right kids, let's get your shoes on, a drink and snack. We're off to a&e" (I live in the UK, dear reader).
With my finger sporting a fancy hair extension, I drove to hospital 5 miles away, children in tow.
After 4 hours of waiting patiently (excuse the pun), I got examined by the nurse, who was baffled by how i did this. An x Ray showed the tip of the needle, 1cm worth, had snapped off in the finger. The needle had hit the bone, and ricocheted off it, getting bent like an boomerang in the process.
A surgeon came to remove said boomerang needle tip, with 35ml of anaesthetic, and gas and air.
"Jesus christ that hurts" I said, and instantly apologised for blasphemy in the hospital (I'm british).
Nearly two years on, I can still see a faint black dot under my nail bed, and feel the dent where the surgeon cut into my finger to retrieve the offending needle.
I didn't touch my sewing machine again for two months.
And that concludes my sewing injury story. 😂
Oof, what a crap situation, handled beautifully, though. ❤
@@daalelli thank you. Amazing how powerful sewing machines are
You win the injury contest: attached thread and surgery! 😮 Plus your narration was just perfect, dry British humour included. I sat on my knitting needle once and it was sticking out of my thigh at an odd angle, luckily it didn't hit anything vital and pulled out fine. 🤦🏻♀️
@felicitygee381 owwww!!! I clenched my thighs together reading that. Goodness gracious
@@bravehearticus 😄
My son who hasn't lived with me since I found you asked me who I'm watching - I said, "this is the woman who got me into hand embroidery. It is her fault."
He is impressed.
A fellow neurodivergent here who was screaming at the screen a loud "THANK YOU, YES, EVERYTHING NEEDS A REASON" (or two, or three) otherwise my mind will go in overdrive trying to explore my memories and opinions to find what a likely reason is.
Your videos generally are such a mood and so incredibly relatable, especially in... every quirk and the amount of projects and the way you plan and (my rambling inspired by how happy it makes me to feel so comfortable watching all your tangents and thoughts behind your projects)... and I forgot where I wanted to go with this.
In any case, thank you for being inspiring and relatable and sharing your thoughts and feelings
Somebody just took my thoughts and put them on my screen. Nice! Thanks for that!
I feel you on both the "it's so much nicer to have hair up" and "more coverage can easily mean more comfortable".
When I was four or five years old, I was made to take part in kindergarten plays. Once I was this Russian folklore character - the Snow Maiden, a young grandchild of Grandfather Frost. They put me in this horrible polyester outfit, which was very staticky. When it wasn't my lines I just sat there in my little chair, fiddling with the skirt to make it go zap and shoot tiny lightning. My parents had the whole thing on camera - some of my relatives laughed and called me stupid, the others were disgusted, scolded me and called what I was doing obscene. Swooshing the godawful skirt for it to go zap made them call me names!
So...yes, knowing you're neurodivergent helps as an adult a lot. At least now I realize that I wasn't some idiotic little monster I'm often portrayed to have been.
That and why I HATE polyester with a passion))
I hate Polyester for 2 reasons: plastic and i sweat easily in it.
I would also make it zap.l, honestly. Sound like a blast! 😂
@@Meg_of_all_threads I remember having moderate fun and relieving my stage anxiety XD
As an aside, in our 30s-40s, my friend and I stood in a dark closet at work chomping on wintergreen lifesavers, trying to visibly spark. Any lil bit of human generated light is cool.
@@joandonahue28 I kind of regret that my current dryer has a light in it, taking overdried laundry out in the dark was always fun!
Snjegurotchka!
Oh my goodness - I’m so glad you mentioned that you have been exploring your neurodivergence! I was literally screaming at the screen through your buttons explanation “ that’s because you’re neurodivergent!” 😂😂 Please don’t take that the wrong way - I am neurodivergent and my hubby is, and we have raised 3 neurodivergent kids. I see you! 😘
Omg love the "Poet" Blouse!!
Name idea for the whale: Hamphrey (or Humphrey if you'd prefer) - it's a portmanteau of Hamper + Free (as in Free Willy)
I like it! I hope she chooses this :)
Also, Humphrey is the name they gave to the humpback whale who detoured into the San Francisco Bay twice on his migrations.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_the_Whale
Charlie!!!! Your Voice!!!!!! Why have you been hiding your singing voice from us. !!!!!!!!
My thought exactly!
Right?!
The lonely goatherd is not an easy song to sing well, I’m in awe!
I heard her singing on other videos of her's, I love it too
From one Soprano to another, you have a beautiful voice.
@DawnShipley1977 I'm stuck in low alto land so always extremely jealous of anyone who can soprano with ease
Ok, the poet top is incredible, but I am so obsessed with the pirate sleeves!!!
I also completely get the origin stories. I've got entire monologues about why I don't like tomatoes, cauliflower, sushi, wearing low-rise anything, and Bob Dylan. And it wasn't till I was discovered I had ADHD a few years ago that I realized most of my life was a series of workarounds so that I never had to interact with my dislikes 😅
The number of workarounds that I go through to not have to do the things I hate doing.
To be fair, blood on a pirate shirt seems pretty fitting actually.
My mother was a hobby-sewist when I was a kid and to be totally honest; not a very good one. Thankfully, she never sew many items for me specifically but I can still remember them vividly and how much I avoided wearing them. When I was little, my best friend's (at the time) mom was also a hobby sewist, but must more advanced than my mother was. I remember that they decided to make us girls each a dress at one point. My friend got this gorgeous princess gown with ruffles and whatnot and I was so jealous. The dress my mother made me was much more plain, but she decided to "spruce it up" by adding random pieces of lace to the front and to the trim.. I wore the dress exactly once and insisted on wearing my mother's cardigan over it the entire time because "I'm cold" (read: "I'm so embarassed and don't want anyone to see what I'm wearing").
Your story about the shorts and top-set really gave me flashbacks to that dress..
Your story reminds me of a chapter in one of my favorite childhood books, Ellen Tibbets by Beverly Cleary.
Ready for a ren faire!
Pirate type shirts usually have a yolk in the back that is standard back width. And that helps them stay in place.
i’ve been wondering why one of my shirts fits weird! it’s a collared shirt, but it doesn’t have a yoke. thanks for the reminder!
god damn woman get outta my brain... i just typed floofy sleaves and your right there uploaded 1 minute ago ... thanks was actually everything i needed
Same, haha! I've been planning one and just looked up videos again and saw it less than an hour after being posted. We love a queen who knows her audience.
i completely understand the need to have a reason (or five) for everything. i’m constantly justifying or explaining everything to myself, my partner, my coworkers, etc, and it’s exhausting. i can’t believe most people can just… stop overthinking.
All those weird neurotypical people....
Zero Conflict Children UNITE!!!! Good gods do I relate!!!
WHOA NELLIE!!!! I thought I was the only one who hated buttons like this! You mean to tell me that I (age 60+) have been living this long thinking that it's just me being a freak of nature? It's really a thing? You have no idea how freeing it is to hear someone else state this fact. I. HATE. BUTTONS! And I, also have absolutely no idea where this hatred came from. Baby clothes, maybe? Your blouses are absolutely beautiful, as is everything you make.....but honestly, I come here to see/hear you. You are just a fresh breath of air, sunshine on a rainy day, making my heart happy person. I am so eternally grateful, not only for the interwebs, but that you decided to do what you do on said interwebs. Have an amazing week! Much love & respect from East Texas 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
YO! Same. I've never met anyone with this issue. No idea where it came from though i have several early childhood memories of having complete meltdowns over being forced to wear them. Been cutting them things off my clothes since time immemorial. So weird to hear about other people experiencing this
I'm the same too! I cannot stand them, always have (my mother remembers that I used to avoid her when she way wearing a garment with buttons when I was a toddler), the thought of touching them makes me feel nauseous and I am hyperaware of people wearing them, I must avoid touching some at all costs. And my mom's new husband is the same too, so we are not alone!
The pirate blouse is phenominal! It looks amazing on you - but if you never wear it again I will totally understand. Wearing clothes I have to adjust to keep them in place on my body, that's my buttons!
The whicker whale looks lika a Nora to me. She probably sings to herself in a really creaky voice and loves rainbows.
(I have no explanation as to why I'm like this😅)
I also hate buttons on my clothing. At 32 my mum still often points out cute clothes for me and then corrects herself goes, oh no wait buttons.
I will wear them if they are necessary for a uniform or cosplay. But like on everyday clothing I am just not a fan.
I also don't hate buttons as an item. Give me a jar of buttons and I'd play and colour organise them for ages, just don't want them on my clothes. The only item of clothes with buttons that I wear is a shirt that has this cute fold of fabric that covers the buttons 😂
Hi from New Zealand!
My nephew is the same way, to the point that he wouldn't read an illustrated book where the animals were made of cloth with the button eyes.
It's the whole GILMORE GIRLS "Do I like pop tarts because my mother hated them?"
I'm with you on those tissue patterns. They give me so much anxiety, whenever possible I buy digital patterns so I can mess it up, knowing I can just print a new one
@@theristia1111 if it's a pattern I think I'm going to want to make more than once, I iron it to lightweight fusible interfacing. They're way more durable that way, interfacing is cheap, and it takes like 2 minutes.
William the Wicker Whale. Not terribly imaginative, but alliteration almost always annoys. 😂😂😂
Potentially Winston or Wadsworth as alternative alternatives?
How about Winnie the Wicca Whale?
Or Wallace, or Waldo...
Wilhelmina?
Too true 😆 we don’t know the gender of said whale 🐳
I love your channel, for it reminds be to be creative instead of scared. I haven't sewn much lately, because "I'm not good enough" LOL. But watching your videos every week, regardless of what they're about, reminds me why I picked up sewing and other creative hobbies in the first place.
You remind me so much of myself! I hate the feeling of having my hair down, but I'm scared to cut it short in case it goes through a phase where it's too short to put up and long enough that it touches my face! I have no problem with buttons - in fact I hate clothes that don't have an opening at the front, I feel trapped in sweatshirts & hoodies.
I even look a bit like you - or at least I used to, I'm busy aging now :P
My journey to understanding neurodivergence was an interesting one, and it's great that you're talking about yours! I know a lot of us have seen ADHD in you over the years but you never really know about someone else, we only see the surface.
You inspire me to sew but also to be more myself. The relaxed me is more like you. And I like you, so I should like me more!
Matt was so helpful. Luckily he was around to play with your hair while you were working. 😂😂😂😂
As someone with a freakishly long torso (I habitually add 4 inches to the waist portion of everything I sew) ready-to-wear clothes necessitate a constant string of Picard maneuvers and it's just exhausting to have to think about my clothes all the time.
My first ever self-drafted article of clothing was basically a peasant blouse (chemise for RenFaire) when I was a teenager.
Finding out at 49 that I was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum as a kid explained so much about my entire life.
To answer your title screen question in the captions, no I don’t think so, cause spiders are usually cute when you zoom in, the multiple legs just look creepy, so I think teeny tiny dogs would just look double-y cute.
Thank you for putting effort into your captions, it’s really helpful for us who need them to know what’s being said is accurate and not just auto generated by TH-cam.
All of the blouses turned out pretty darned pretty!
sleeve tips I learned when drafting my own bodice blocks:
The reason for the off the shoulder look is pretty much because your armholes was not long enough verticaly, like a crotch seam we want the length before bothering with the curve. How deep or shallow the curve is in the bodice affects range of motion and the 'look' of the shirt.
All sleeve heads starts off as triangles. Top of triangle is where the shoulder line will be, the start of the arm seam is where where each diagonal leg meets the base.
The base is minimum the width of your bicep, maximum whatever the hell you want. The 'perfectly fitted' heigth of the triangle is the measurmens from the top of your shoulder over the shoulder curve and down the arm to widest part of the bicep. The important part is that we have enough fabric to fold over the shoulder curve. One side of this triangle we mark 'front' and the other 'back'.
For a non-puffed sleeve we want the each of the legs to match the measurment of the corresponding armhole. For a puffed sleeve the legs of the triangle can be whatever. Minimum bicep width and the 'perfectly fitted' length gives what I would call a straigthjacket fit in a woven fabric. We have to compromise between 'having range of motion' and 'spandex tigth fit'. A wide so called 'bicep' line and a shallow heigth is my prefered way of getting a comfy non-puffed sleeve cap.
Then it is curve guesstimation time. Every set of drafting instructions seem to do this bit differently. Though we aways want the curve on each side to measure at least a little longer than the measurment of the armhole half we will fit it into. Draw a convex curve going down from the top of the triangle over the leg, because there we could use the extra fabric to cover the shoulder. Concave curve under the leg at the ends of the triangle; because now we are under the arm and we do not need extra fabric to bunch in our armpits.
If the concave cuves matches up to curve of the bottom of the armhole we may give ourselves a gold star!
I would have to draft an armhole while reading this to understand, I think. I do understand that the shallow sleeve gives maximum range of motion. A beautifully fitted sleeve pins one’s arms to one’s side. I hope I can find this comment again. Thank you.
@@leahnichol6665I learned drafting from online tutorials. There are some really kind people out there.
These tips are mostly the things I would have wanted to know first thing. The actual tutorials are much more detailed.
And my comment was mostly intended for those of the 'winging it!' mentality 😂
@@leahnichol6665perhaps try sketching out the triangle of a sleeve pattern you already have? If you trace the sleeve cap on some paper you should be able to draw out the triangle of it.
Edit: a plain sleeve that is. To my knowledge raglan and dolman versions are drafted using both the sleeve and the bodice block.
@@MsHedgehog Thank you so much 😊. I could do that - draft a sleeve I already have. I know from knitting that both dolman and Ragland sleeves include the shoulder. Also. Now I can find your explanation!
Totally agree with you about not having to constantly adjust clothes being much easier and more comfortable. My mind is fizzing on ideas to make these shirts in a way that I would be comfortable
Jumping in two minutes into the video with the following whale name suggestions because I will forget if I don’t: Tomathan, Elizabert, Herman, Zoot, Mr. Blubberington the Renowned Haberdasher
These are the best name suggestions I have ever heard ever.
I’m gonna have to bat for Mr Blubberington the Renowned Haberdasher, that name is so good it kinda hurts.
These are the BEST. If I ever have children, I'm coming to you for advice.
@@stefflcus I would be honoured 🥺
Your reasoning for reasons speaks to me. Everything has a reason!!!! You just have to think about it (non-stop sometimes).
Why don't I like a tomato slice? It's got an acidity that is icky, and the little seeds blobs are gross.
For the pirate shirt, you could... add like a lil loop with a snap closure on the inside of the shoulder seam, loop it around your bra strap, and close the snap. Theoretically, that keeps your shirt in place at the shoulder.
I do love each of the shirts
Totally agree on keeping the hair contained. My hair gets tangled really easy & I hate always moving it out of the way while I'm doing projects. Also it is the worst when it gets stuck under a purse/bag strap on your shoulder or you zip up some hair in your coat. If it is in a braid, bun or at a minimum a ponytail it is out of my face.
I totally get your button thing. Mine is clothing that sits above the collarbone around my neck …. Nope, can’t breathe … even though I’m actively breathing (hyperventilating).
Secret for getting your blood out of fabric …. Shhhh don’t tell everyone 😂😂…Your own spit! Saturate a Qtip with your own spit And dab away at the spot till it’s lifted out. It only works with your own spit, so if it’s someone else’s blood, use their spit. This seriously works. I do wedding alterations and have gotten my DNA on a few dresses over the years and have always been successful with removal of the bright red spot on white fabrics!
I can’t wait for your next drop! You make my day every time I watch.
Hvalborg - legitimate girl's name, plus Hval means Whale, and there's a very sweet song about Hvalborg the Whale, too. Or for a bit more obsure, Kirk (Whale of a Tale)
HI ! Sorry for my english, I'm french...
I wait every week for your Friday's videos ! It's my reward at the end of my work's week : in winter, with a hot cocoa ; in warm days, with iced tea. Perfect moment !
You're so inspiring (and funnyyyyy) ! I want to use my sawing machine again et finish some of tmy loooong lasting projects. Have a great week-end.
Over here we tend to copy the pattern instead of cutting it from the sheet. And the nice thing about that is that you can get pattern paper or plastic that you like. (They make plastic pattern paper for patterns that you intend to use a lot, it's more durable)
Omg we both made a pirate top out of the weird fabric. My mom hated it and was pretty mean about just how much she didn't like it, so I never finished it way back in high school. I'm gunna look for it in my wip stash to see if it's still there.
Might even finish it 😊
Watching Charlie fumble with the patterns and say "tell me your secrets!" ... I feel incredibly seen 😂❤
Keep up the good work Charlie! You're a rockstar ✨️
Idea for your scrap fabric. Sew it all together to make it all one piece of usable fabric. Preferably if you go in color order. 😍
Not gonna lie I want to make one of each of these types of tops and i feel like this is a sign that I should do the thing!
can relate sooo much! needing to know the 'why' of everything and always wanting to have my hair up ✌️❤
Yes!
7:14 does anyone else want to see her do a peasant blouse, no elastic but use old fashioned”smocking” that she embroiders and shows us how to embroider smocking at sleeves, neck and waist?
Good timing for me, I get to make the first comment! 😅
I sweat a lot and have delicate skin, and I've discovered the joy of having all of my skin covered, especially in warmer weather. I hate the feeling of sticking to myself! I would enjoy that poet blouse too. Enjoy!
Same here, I hate the feeling of my sweaty skin brushing against ...pretty much anything, but especially my own sweaty skin. People think I'm weird for not wearing shorts in the summer. I prefer thin full length pants.
@@mtsanri Same! Linen pants for the win. :)
The whale immediately reminded me of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so perhaps Petunia is fitting as she contemplates her sudden existence and purpose.
These videos often come out when I'm on a train, or sometimes I watch them on trains for some other reasons, and I really appreciate the accurate subtitles, I can know exactly what you're saying even when my surroundings are way too loud to hear it
I’m only at 4:07 in the video and I’m already so proud of you Charlie for pre-washing the fabric! I always forget! You’re truly an inspiration!! 😂🎉❤
I couldn't stand to have my hair down for the longest time, as well! So I cut it all off. 🤣 Pixie cuts are cute AF, and I never have to worry about my hair again.
I also don't do hair down because it bugs me so much. A pixie just makes me feel like I can never put my hair away. It's currently in a cinnamon bun (Torrin Paige tutorial years ago) with a kids chopstick & this is my "away without pulling like a high pony does" of choice.
As an AuDHD'er, the vent about buttons was so relatable for me. I hope you can appreciate how validating it was for a fellow neurodivergent person to have included this.
On a completly different note. I really like alliteration for naming this. I'm thinking about Wanda or Wendy the Wale? Does your horse also have a name?
For your whale, perhaps name it after a town in Wales? Denbigh (or 'Denby') or Llandudno springs to mind. Or if you want a clothing theme perhaps 'Cardigan'?
As a neurodivergent comrade (ADHD is my jam) with a profound discomfort around some items of clothings, I 100% vibe with your mood. I hate -not- having my arms covered, I dislike showing the back of my hands, I hate loose fitting clothing yet I'm uncomfortable showing my body in tight fitting clothes (solutions being : wearing something tight and wearing something big over it, like a large pants with tights or leggings underneath, like... well like a pant's petticoat I guess). Most of the things don't have any kind of explanation. Some do. I have very sun-sensitive skin so exposed arms usually means sunburns, even in winter, even INSIDE the house (I swear, once I got sunburn under my arms due to the sun's reflection on my grandma's old living room tiles). Others are just... well I don't know why I don't like that, but I don't.
Until some form of explanation got to me. Like, ADHD, like many other neurodivergences, have some sensitivity quirks to it. I'm overwhelmed by silence, by certain noises, certain lights. It's not that I dislike that, it's that these specifics noises or lights *hurt* me. And I guess it's the same with clothing. Skin sensitivity, touch sensitivity is very important too. Turns out I have dysproprioception, and tight clothing help a lot in regulating proprioception on the skin level. Zippers ? Well the metallic thing sometimes makes a bad noise, and also you sometimes lose control over it and it opens without notice. And since I won't sense it, I will definetely have problems on a more... social level, I guess.
And on the other end, I love ample, large outfits, because... well... the swhoosh. It's tingling my brain in all of the good places. It's soothing. I don't have an explanation about why it's soothing, but it is. My brain finds it fun and entertaining, and who am I to dispute my own brain ? It's very good at disrupting itself, I'm not going to cause anymore problems.
From time to time, I've come to often see myself as a triptych, there's me, my brain and my body. And if I like or don't like something, it's probably because my brain don't like it, or my body finds it icky. And... apparently, that's a sufficient explanation, because it has resolved my former inner turmoil about *why can't I stand that particular thing ?* and it's like **oh well my brain doesn't like it so I guess it's fine then.**
Go figure...
Just by the thumbnail I knew I was gonna love this video.
Loved when Matt came in and bopped your hair bun! How about "Prince' for your whale basket?
Oh😅 I love buttons. It's the easiest way to spice up boring clothes is to replace the buttons with cute ones.
I only hand sew and felt so powerful after learning how to sew button holes by hand
Oh man, girl, you're on the spectrum! :D I have equally weird things from my childhood. I didn't figure out my hatred of phones until I was in my 50s. I remembered that it came from being on a party line when I was five.
It’s a shame that your world does not include buttons, even just for collecting (not so much for using on garments), because there are such beauties in my collection(s), and just like my beautiful fabric stash, I love to go over my buttons stash, admiring the pearlescent glow of nicre (mother of pearl), marvelling at the numbers of the matching sets, and trying to imagine where the antique buttons used to be used. There are some cute ones like a Christmas set with cookie cutters and gingerbread men, or hen and chicks, etc. I have been known to thrift something old just for the buttons. They are ridiculously expensive, so a whole set of really nice ones is like gold!
Thanks for sharing! Your blouse with the tie at the neck reminds me of the late 1970’s and early 80’s. There were so many patterns for gorgeous blouses similar to that, and once I made a similar one, a fabulous brilliant turquoise one with pouffy sleeves, buttons all down the back and lots of tucks in the shoulder seams and big shoulder pads of course. The problem we had then was shoulder-pad build-up when we tried to layer our garments.
Serious laughter on my part @23:00 as Charlie refuses to quit after a mild finger wound and continues to sew while bleeding! Been there, done that!😅😂😅😂
My son screamed the playgroup down when they tried to put him in a pair of trousers with a button, aged 2 🤣
He always hated buttons and I had to get school shirts with a zip... You are not alone in the irrational button feelings ❤
They turned out really well. I think the reason you are having issues with the pirate shirt is that your neckline is really wide, so there isn't much to keep the sleeves from pulling it open and down. The back of any top does more than just coverage, it helps as a counterbalance.
These all turned out great! I really like the tied blouse too, I am very much a non-fussy clothing person so I get the comfort of something that just stays where you want it.
Also, love all the random musical segments as a fellow person who bursts into song all the time lol
Ha! I'm the same with linen. I finally had to make myself pick a project and cut it!
I hate button down shirts!
They're so wonderful!
I'm feeling you so much on the sensory thing!
I have never related more to a (double) tangent than this one on the absolute inner torture of silent-conflict-avoidance + the NEED FOR A REASON FOR EVERYTHING!
The best part about peasant blouses, lol especially the elasticized ones, is that it’s something you can wear whether you go up or down a couple sizes lol
Love those tops, they turned out so good! I also need to have a reason or many reasons for things, my husband is like "You don't have to make up reasons why you don't like something. You can just not like it." And I'm like, "That makes no sense, there needs to be a reason." I think I've made a comment in another video but we have a lot of similar quirks and you talking them out helps me understand myself so much better. Thank you for all your wonderful content!
love to see you sew, be yourself and listen to you sing. thanks or continuously being open and authentic, so refreshing and relatable! Big love from Germany
Oh im the opposite- i hate feeling trapped in clothes so i love buttons. Also i like to fiddle with them and i think they look cute. Back zippers, on the other hand, make me want to grab the nearest pair of scissorsXD
I can listen to you talk for hours. You’re really good at telling stories. ❤️❤️❤️
I have koumpounophobia and it makes life so much more difficult than it has to be -- thanks for making me feel a little less silly
I'm a little late on this video, but when you were talking about not having explanations for your dislikes, it reminded me when I was in middle school, I was on the basketball team and I was running late for practice. I had been talking with the Coach's wife, who was our english teacher about an assignment and I told Coach this as I was running in and getting ready. He was teasing me, but he said I always have an excuse for something. It surprised me because I wasn't trying excuse myself, I was just explaining what had happened and I was going to do the penalty runs for being late [we were doing conditioning for the season at this point in time]. It never occured to me before then that my explanations came off as excuses for why I shouldn't have consequences for my actions. Of course, there were times I explained to get out of something, I was a kid after all, but I wouldn't ever lie to my coach like that. I loved basketball. After that experience, I made sure to correct myself when I had to give context to a situation and then immediately say, "I'm not saying this as an excuse. I'm just saying what happened." And I never understood why anyone else never did this.
Well...I didn't understand until I was finally diagnosed with ADHD 12 years later.😅
It still befuddles me that people won't explain themselves when they say they hate something since i feel like I have to explain everything to make sure it doesn't come off as an excuse.
I really appreciate you having your hair up when showing final products. It drives me mad when other creators have theirs down during reveals and even worse if they constantly adjust that hair to sit in front of their shoulders. Like, I watched you make this blouse, I would actually like to see the collar!
Top tip: keep a box of fingertip bandages in your sewing kit.
Open wounds do not belong in the mouth. And when the bandages are right there, the wounds stay clean and the fabric stays unbloodied.
Tide pen will work wonders on food stains. You use it right away and the stain disappears. It is great. Your videos are great and i have gone back and watched most of them (still finding more). These shirts are amazing. 😊
ooh, this is giving lovely hobbitcore vibes! Love it! Also, yes crafting while autistic tends to require blood sacrifices! My boyfriend and I both tend to get bitten by our crafts!
What a sewing talent you have. So very thankful to have found your channel. I love the way you love your pup and he loves you the same. You also have a beautiful voice. Keep up the great work.
I loooove buttons so much that I make outfits around a button choice. I sometimes sew buttons on, even on garments which don’t need them except for embellishment.
I often replace buttons on purchased coats, jackets, sweaters, and blazers. It’s easy to make something look much more quality by improving buttons.
I don't mind buttons for embellishment I love beautiful buttons but I hate buttoning up so much. The experience of putting them on usually outweighs how much I enjoy looking at them 😅
I'm currently wearing a dress with some boring buttons but they go all the way down the front and the skirt is too narrow for me I've popped off three buttons at the bottom of the skirt in 2 days just by kneeling to weed the garden. Now my recently thrifted dress has to go in the "to mend" pile until I figure out what I'm gonna do to make the skirt wider 😅
I'm tempted to make my own set of all three of these, that's a really fun idea and I need more basic blouses. I think the hole in the cuff should be made into a feature instead of a mistake. Some embroidery around it or a visible mending patch could look so cute.
You aren’t the only one that is more comfy in full coverage simply because of the readjust of it all.
I completely understand about your hating of buttons. I have never liked them, and avoid them. Often I will remove them from clothing and replace them with different, more stable closures. There are a few notable exceptions. Some small, covered buttons on some formal wear, and the truly beautiful ones that can sometimes be found on cabled knit sweaters. Those are literally the only two. They can be useful as internal clothing fastener. But I hate them, and the look of them as a fashion element, and as functional closures. Always have. That said, there are some items of clothing I think they do work for, like a man' Henley Tee. But I don't wear those. I think your hubby is correct, you don't need to have reasoned explanations for not liking something. However, I somehow was always a target of ridicule for what I stated I didn't like, so I learned to analyze why. This has been a double-edged sword--it should not be needed for the application for which I developed it.
The discussion about needing a reason for stuff reminded me that I'm the exact opposite - If I or dislike a thing, I either have no reason or the reason is something I cannot articulate. And you brought to mine a memory of myself at about 8, with one of those school "get to know you" worksheets teachers seemed so fond of. The only question on the entire thing I remember is "what is your favorite color and why", with the example of "My favorite color is blue because it reminds me of the sky". And I remember this so strongly because, man, my favorite color is orange and the closest things to a reason I have for it is "I like looking at it". Adult me, if I were faced with that question now, has learned how to make up buyable reasons when people insist. But child me saw that as lying and lying was bad...so I left the reason line blank. My teacher gave it back and insisted I had to put something there, and I guess I ended up taking it home or something because she wouldn't accept that I didn't have a reason. I remember joking with my mother about filling in "because it reminds me of the sky", but it eventually came down to my mother literally calling the school to talk to my teacher because I would not just make up something when I didn't have a reason. And while this story probably says way more about my brain chaos than it says anything about my mother or teacher, I do think this situation could have gone the opposite way where my mother could have just forced me to come up with something and it could left me feeling like "because I do" wasn't a valid reason to like things and I'm kinda glad my mother just rolled with it instead
Re: reasons for disliking things... As a fellow neurodivergent, I find that figuring out WHY I don't like things (or why I do, for that matter) makes it easier to figure out what I will or won't like in the future. I have issues with certain textures, and realizing that the reason I hate most polyester is the texture means I can just skip past all polyester fabrics at the fabric store, no matter how pretty they are. Knowing that the sound of small children shrieking really sets my anxiety on edge means I can anticipate potential problems if I'm in an environment with small children
I hadn’t thought about the full coverage clothes vs not but you’re right. I don’t want stuff touching me but also enjoy not adjusting clothes all day. I’m trying to accept not liking certain things without reason. I can’t always explain my reasons and will definitely waste a lot of time trying to figure out why. Sometimes I just don’t like a thing!
Mercury Stardust, the trans handy Maam, says 'you're worth the time it takes to learn something new'. She really is a star and oozes kindness. Your sewing style embodies this, if you have the headspace and the spoons, DIY is definately something you can do, too.
Wilbur for the whale. Or Walter. This is a perfect video, I've been wanting shirts like this in my wardrobe
A suggestion, although I know its more work for you: When you do final reveals with garments that you have made in other videos, linking those videos in the description. For example, if you made the purple tripping-hazard pants, I would love to jump to that vid and watch it next!
Pirate and Schoolmistress are tied for my favorite fits.
I am watching this directly after spending a good hour wrestling with pattern paper and I felt your pattern paper stress in my soul
OMG I feel so seen during the bit where you talk about understanding the reasons for liking or disliking something.
6:39 i love how you break this one down both verbally AND visually lol
The whale looks like it’s wearing a top hat so I’m voting for the uniquely aristocratic name of
Finnegan Huxley Wickerby-Humblecut. Regal yet obviously abundant in puns & nicknames. As for the shirts, I completely agree how being covered is usually more comfortable. With the amount of light, breathable fabric options available, having more fabric can be comfortable without feeling hot or constrained. On a side note, for as long as I can remember, I too have despised buttons on my clothes. (same goes for the need to wear my hair up) The only buttons I truly loved was the extra large metal canister my mom kept that was full of rare & random buttons. After every traumatic event (or anxiety around it later on) I would sit & run my hand through the thousands of buttons for hours. I inherited that canister & a few years ago I found out that I had buttons from the 1500’s, 1800’s, as well as a few WWI & American Civil War buttons. (of course the atrociously ugly ones are some of the most valuable…go figure) Every day I discover new ways in which Neurodivergent people just understand each other in ways that Neurotypical people don’t. WEIRD IS NORMAL & NORMAL IS WEIRD!!!
I know I’m a little late to the party on this one but I have to say I also hate buttons. At least button ups. Mainly because larger chest = gaping and I’ve had this problem since puberty. All of you D cups and below feel grateful because there’s nothing to be jealous about. Loved this video btw.
Solidarity 😔🤚
You sound like me! I used to see my husband sitting in a chair looking straight ahead. Whenever I asked him what he was thinking he’d say nothing. Who does that? After 20 years of marriage I realized he is literally sitting in a chair not thinking! LOL! Wish I could do that, my brain never seems to rest. We just celebrated 39 years of marriage last month so I guess it’s for the best.
Those patchwork pants are amazing!
I had so much fun watching your video this morning. That Poet blouse is stunning ❤
It is so appropriate to get blood on the pirate shirt!
Litterally said "oooOOOooohh" the same way just a second before when the thunder rolled through lol
Thank you for another great video. I love watching you as I sit here and cross stitch. It feels like chatting with a friend.
Love these ❤ especially the poet one - I definitely agree about ‘covering’=not adjusting. Also agree about needing a reason for liking/not liking something. I struggle a lot when I have emotions that I can’t understand or logically explain and can get quite stuck until I can figure out some plausible cause or reason that makes sense. Fun times 😅
OMG!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 the final product shots toward the end were so much fun. Love your personality and the fact that I comes out so nicely in your videos!
ohhhh damn it...I need that poet blouse. So'ooo it's off to the stash cabinet and on to the sewing machine for the rest of the day.