Hi everyone! Thank you for your feedback, I apologize it's hard to hear my voice! I have added subtitles to this video, you do need to click the "cc" button below the video to turn it on. My video I made after this one doesn't have the music in the background during the tutorial, yay! I'm always looking for ways to make my videos better since I had zero experience with editing until launching this channel 5 months ago. So I appreciate your input and take every advice into consideration.
Hello, love your transformations. I had a question for you. When you were talking about the lengths of the stitches, were you basting when using stitch length 5?
Next time there's a hemline used for waistband, try unpicking the hem. There's generally a fair amount of fabric there that would have allowed you to sew a tube had it been let out, rather than having the tie vary so much in thickness and weight across its width. Seamripping can be a pain but it's also sometimes worthwhile
Adventures A.Waits Thank you so much! It's harder to refashion modest clothes since it limits so much options and requires more fabric. So I appreciate your observation!
Your sewing is so skilled. Your fashion sense and vision in alterations is fashion desighner worthy. Thank you for taking the time to share. Incredible talent
Wow! So very cute, and you broke the steps down so well for a beginner. I’ve been wanting to do this very badly, I literally have dresses waiting. Thank you for inspiring me!
Great demo @ 1:36 on how to gather into ruffle by hand. Sew a basting stitch "Stitch Length 5", grab one of the threads and slide the material like a curtain.
Thanks for this video! I really liked how you paused and explained where things could go wrong accidentally (like the bottom of the dress being shorter than the top when sewing them back together). Thanks again!
The way you were able to fit this large dress to your small shape really taught me a lot. Thank you for showing us beginning/intermediate sewers exactly how to do some of the steps that are sometimes confusing. I am so so cute!
I think you did fantastic! I'm onto this thrift modifying. When you know how to reconstruct it opens all kinds of possibilities; brand names, cheap fabric for other uses. Enjoyed your video very much!
Great job. The dress looks very beautiful on you now. I have used lace on the hem to add more weight to the bottom of the skirt; and, light yellow, white, or cream colored lace will make the hem look better when it might be seen.
OMG...Sarah....THANK YOU FOR THIS! The way you did it step by step, made me realize that I can return to this and learn step by step...I have purchase a number of items that are too large for me, BUT, I really like the fabric and styles and NOW I feel I will be able to eventually make wonderful creations...!!! Thank you. Sherry :)
What a wonderful transformation! So cute! I love the shoes and purse, too. I appreciate you showing all the steps. I feel like I may be brave enough to try something like this myself now.
This is a great tutorial for beginners wanting to start diy'ing clothes. The dress you chose is not super complicated to rip apart and redo. I love it!
Great job! It’s perfect! I love the length and the silhouette! These kinds of dresses are so beautiful but they can be pretty hard to find. So I appreciate the effort that you put into it while you kept the dress in a vintage style. 😊
Oh my goodness. I just discovered your channel and think you are so wonderful. Thanks for showing me how to alter/make my own cute, modest clothes! I really appreciate you!!
This is one of the most informative thrifting videos I have every watched! Thank you so much! You deserve so much more credit for all of your good work!
I’m too lazy to do all this 😂 but I LOOOOVE watching these it’s so entertaining to see how you turn something cute into something even cuter and more personalized. It’s so cool how no one else will have that same dress bc u fixed it up and made it ur own. So unique!!
You are so so so talented Sarah! I know you are very used to doing this and comfortable with it all...BUT trust me, when I say that you are a wonder! What if you actually lived close to me and could teach me 'one on one'? 'I can dream can't I?'....You see, I actually learn better when someone is there with me and I can watch them and then they can watch me doing the project. Well, at least I have this video on youtube to watch again and again. Thanks and have a great Sunday and upcoming week too! Sherry :)
i love this video. if i had more time i'd do more refashions. i'm a 4th gen sewist but my predecessors are way more versatile in the art then i am so i stay inside the lines, so to speak, and i've found i get just as much enjoyment out of refashioning/repurposing thrifted/old clothing then starting a project from scratch. it's mostly because i work but also because i don't have very much patience and i prefer a more instant gratification with a 4hr refashion then a 4day from scratch project! thank you. i agree with some of the other posts. i'd prefer to hear your commentary than the music. although music for those instances where you are modeling the before and after are okay. you're inspirational :)
Hello!. I am so pleased with your tutorial. I was going to suggest speaking louder and/ or removing the music, but I see you've already got that under control judging by your own comment. You do an excellent job of explaining and showing and I appreciate that your clothes are very fashionable yet not revealing. You've done a great job, and I will be watching your videos to see what else I can learn from you. Well done!
What a cute redo :) If I could offer a little advice, you should finish your trimmed edges so they don't fray which can make your seams come loose. You can do this with pinking shears as you trim the excess, a zigzag or overcast stitch on your machine after trimming or with a serger, if you have one.
I love watching your thrift store re tailors! you are fantastic at making things easy to follow, and at making your talent for sewing look natural. I have a REQUEST. I find that there is a serious lack in women's longer shorts. I have seen a lot of cute ones online, but never in stores. I always see men's shorts at the thrift store, some are even made out of fantastic lightweight, breathable material. How could I alter these thrift finds into feminine bermuda or ladies trousers style shorts. I would love a tutorial.
Just found your channel, Sarah - I'm so inspired already! My mother recently passed away, and while I can donate most of her clothes, some of them are too hard to part with - but they are either too big or too old-fashioned to be functional for me. I'm starting to see possibility here! Do you have any tips or can you make a video soon about sewing silky polyester knits? I'm a little afraid of those!
Wow! I wish I had your sewing skills. I've tried so many times to learn. The last time I tried I managed to break the machine. I decided to stop trying. I had no issues hearing you.
Wow it’s so empowering to alternate dresses! I’ve always want to learn but it seems difficult at the beginning and I don’t have much time to spare on sewing
So inspiring! You explain everything so well it makes me think even I could attempt such a project. The dress looks great on you! You did an excellent job editing the video and shooting it too!
I've loved your refashions since I first found one of them on Pinterest! You are really talented and have such a good eye for what a garment could look like. Can't wait for the next one! :D
Sarah Tyau you're welcome, you are actually the reason I started sewing more! I was completely excited when I found out you have a YT channel. I can't wait to see it grow! 😊 ❤
Very cute! could you do a refashion with something that is to small. I always find things that I like the fabric of that are to small. I find it very hard to find anything in the thrift store that will fit me. I do sometimes get lucky like with my wedding dress that I refashioned, but that was also a little to small.
Congratulations on your channel's growth Sarah. I have been following your website blog since your first post and I look forward to seeing your videos in the future. Sending my love and congratulations. Nimi
I think this is the first refashion video on youtube I've ever seen with sleeves (this is the first of yours I've ever watched) thank you! I'm going to go take a look around your channel ;)
I have a yellow dress that needs exactly this, what are the chances! Honestly boggles my mind this video is as old as it is?? Glad to see that you’re back though (:
this is amazing!!! i can never find any clothes that fit me right when i go out shopping, so i’m seriously considering making them for myself! thanks for the video :)
Hi everyone! Thank you for your feedback, I apologize it's hard to hear my voice! I have added subtitles to this video, you do need to click the "cc" button below the video to turn it on. My video I made after this one doesn't have the music in the background during the tutorial, yay! I'm always looking for ways to make my videos better since I had zero experience with editing until launching this channel 5 months ago. So I appreciate your input and take every advice into consideration.
Hello, love your transformations. I had a question for you. When you were talking about the lengths of the stitches, were you basting when using stitch length 5?
Sarah Tyau is it better to have an electronic sewing machine ?
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I love this! Oversized grandma dresses are sometimes the cutest things I see at the thrift store, I think I'll try this so I can actually wear it
Next time there's a hemline used for waistband, try unpicking the hem. There's generally a fair amount of fabric there that would have allowed you to sew a tube had it been let out, rather than having the tie vary so much in thickness and weight across its width.
Seamripping can be a pain but it's also sometimes worthwhile
Adorable! I love your refashions especially because you keep them modest! Thank you!
Adventures A.Waits Thank you so much! It's harder to refashion modest clothes since it limits so much options and requires more fabric. So I appreciate your observation!
I really like that your clothes are modest too.
Your sewing is so skilled. Your fashion sense and vision in alterations is fashion desighner worthy. Thank you for taking the time to share. Incredible talent
Wow! So very cute, and you broke the steps down so well for a beginner. I’ve been wanting to do this very badly, I literally have dresses waiting.
Thank you for inspiring me!
Great demo @ 1:36 on how to gather into ruffle by hand. Sew a basting stitch "Stitch Length 5", grab one of the threads and slide the material like a curtain.
Thanks for this video! I really liked how you paused and explained where things could go wrong accidentally (like the bottom of the dress being shorter than the top when sewing them back together). Thanks again!
The way you were able to fit this large dress to your small shape really taught me a lot. Thank you for showing us beginning/intermediate sewers exactly how to do some of the steps that are sometimes confusing. I am so so cute!
I think you did fantastic! I'm onto this thrift modifying. When you know how to reconstruct it opens all kinds of possibilities; brand names, cheap fabric for other uses. Enjoyed your video very much!
Nice! Been wanting to modify an old, too-loose dress I have lying around for a while, but didn’t know how to go about it. This was very helpful!
Great job. The dress looks very beautiful on you now. I have used lace on the hem to add more weight to the bottom of the skirt; and, light yellow, white, or cream colored lace will make the hem look better when it might be seen.
This is one of the most useful refashion videos I've ever watched! So many good, simple tips! Will definitely subscribe, thank you!
OMG...Sarah....THANK YOU FOR THIS! The way you did it step by step, made me realize that I can return to this and learn step by step...I have purchase a number of items that are too large for me, BUT, I really like the fabric and styles and NOW I feel I will be able to eventually make wonderful creations...!!! Thank you. Sherry :)
What a wonderful transformation! So cute! I love the shoes and purse, too. I appreciate you showing all the steps. I feel like I may be brave enough to try something like this myself now.
Very good project. Good quality fabric helps a lot. You always find good projects and then make the most out of them.
They do look very good after alterations and so cute on you 🤗. Great tutorial! Thank you.
Thank you for the clear easy to follow and understand tutorial.
I am an artist but can’t sew. I am trying to alter my clothes a lot to make smaller.🇦🇺
Amazing transformation! I cannot believe you how just fearlessly cut up the dress. I'm going to try the same
This is a great tutorial for beginners wanting to start diy'ing clothes. The dress you chose is not super complicated to rip apart and redo. I love it!
After watching your video, I altered a similar dress down 2-3 sizes and it turned out very well. Thank you so much.
Great job! It’s perfect! I love the length and the silhouette! These kinds of dresses are so beautiful but they can be pretty hard to find. So I appreciate the effort that you put into it while you kept the dress in a vintage style. 😊
It looks great! thank you for sharing. One of my goals this summer is to alter some of my older clothes and make it into new styles or pieces.
So cute! I was looking for the plaid dress you posted on a shorts video, so I can learn to sew a fitted midriff
Wow.You are really good at this. You took a $5.00 dress and made a $50.00 dress. I. going to try this. Thank you for showing me how.
Oh my goodness. I just discovered your channel and think you are so wonderful. Thanks for showing me how to alter/make my own cute, modest clothes! I really appreciate you!!
This is one of the most informative thrifting videos I have every watched! Thank you so much! You deserve so much more credit for all of your good work!
I’m too lazy to do all this 😂 but I LOOOOVE watching these it’s so entertaining to see how you turn something cute into something even cuter and more personalized. It’s so cool how no one else will have that same dress bc u fixed it up and made it ur own. So unique!!
You are so so so talented Sarah! I know you are very used to doing this and comfortable with it all...BUT trust me, when I say that you are a wonder! What if you actually lived close to me and could teach me 'one on one'? 'I can dream can't I?'....You see, I actually learn better when someone is there with me and I can watch them and then they can watch me doing the project. Well, at least I have this video on youtube to watch again and again. Thanks and have a great Sunday and upcoming week too! Sherry :)
I love that you post the amount of time it took you! it helps me gauge if it's the sort of project I want to do or not.
You make it look so simple! You are so talented.
i love this video. if i had more time i'd do more refashions. i'm a 4th gen sewist but my predecessors are way more versatile in the art then i am so i stay inside the lines, so to speak, and i've found i get just as much enjoyment out of refashioning/repurposing thrifted/old clothing then starting a project from scratch. it's mostly because i work but also because i don't have very much patience and i prefer a more instant gratification with a 4hr refashion then a 4day from scratch project!
thank you. i agree with some of the other posts. i'd prefer to hear your commentary than the music. although music for those instances where you are modeling the before and after are okay.
you're inspirational :)
Hello!. I am so pleased with your tutorial. I was going to suggest speaking louder and/ or removing the music, but I see you've already got that under control judging by your own comment. You do an excellent job of explaining and showing and I appreciate that your clothes are very fashionable yet not revealing. You've done a great job, and I will be watching your videos to see what else I can learn from you. Well done!
I love this video! You're very to-the-point and don't spend hours talking about what you're doing. Subscribed!
What a cute redo :) If I could offer a little advice, you should finish your trimmed edges so they don't fray which can make your seams come loose. You can do this with pinking shears as you trim the excess, a zigzag or overcast stitch on your machine after trimming or with a serger, if you have one.
This is FANTASTIC!! Just lovely. Perfect dress for you!!!!
Loved the video and your creativity. I amm going to look at plas size dresses from now on. Thank you!
I love watching your thrift store re tailors! you are fantastic at making things easy to follow, and at making your talent for sewing look natural. I have a REQUEST. I find that there is a serious lack in women's longer shorts. I have seen a lot of cute ones online, but never in stores. I always see men's shorts at the thrift store, some are even made out of fantastic lightweight, breathable material. How could I alter these thrift finds into feminine bermuda or ladies trousers style shorts. I would love a tutorial.
Heidi Fairhurst Ooh, I love your request! I'll keep it in mind Heidi!
Sarah Tyau - I'll keep my fingers crossed. I'm always curious what your next project will be.
Thank you for this refashion. I have a similar dress that fits but is very old fashioned. so now I know what to do with it . Thanks again
Just found your channel, Sarah - I'm so inspired already! My mother recently passed away, and while I can donate most of her clothes, some of them are too hard to part with - but they are either too big or too old-fashioned to be functional for me. I'm starting to see possibility here! Do you have any tips or can you make a video soon about sewing silky polyester knits? I'm a little afraid of those!
I love how you make your tutorials easy to follow. I can’t wait to give this a go. 😃
So cute I like how you put experienced beginner.
You did a great job on down sizing this piece. Looks nice.
So cute and still in style for 2020! Watching from Orlando, Fl in self-quarantine. Probably like so many others.
Wow! I wish I had your sewing skills. I've tried so many times to learn. The last time I tried I managed to break the machine. I decided to stop trying. I had no issues hearing you.
Theresa Winslow Keep trying! you’ll get better and better with each mistake!;)
Yes, I loved your video. I am an experienced beginner but need a tutorial on doing a simple gathering. Would you consider for me? Thanks
Wow Sarah I love this project. You really explain things well. I just started refashioning clothes and feel I can learn a lot from you.
Wow it’s so empowering to alternate dresses! I’ve always want to learn but it seems difficult at the beginning and I don’t have much time to spare on sewing
So inspiring! You explain everything so well it makes me think even I could attempt such a project. The dress looks great on you! You did an excellent job editing the video and shooting it too!
Good job...I have same habit of you ,that recycling old clothes
You made a shirt dress and it wasn't overly complicated. I love it!
I've loved your refashions since I first found one of them on Pinterest! You are really talented and have such a good eye for what a garment could look like. Can't wait for the next one! :D
Striped Cookie your compliment means so much to me, thank you so much! And for following along for so long!
Sarah Tyau you're welcome, you are actually the reason I started sewing more! I was completely excited when I found out you have a YT channel. I can't wait to see it grow! 😊 ❤
Very cute! could you do a refashion with something that is to small. I always find things that I like the fabric of that are to small. I find it very hard to find anything in the thrift store that will fit me. I do sometimes get lucky like with my wedding dress that I refashioned, but that was also a little to small.
Congratulations on your channel's growth Sarah. I have been following your website blog since your first post and I look forward to seeing your videos in the future. Sending my love and congratulations. Nimi
This yellow dress is so pretty. It really suits you. Well done.😍
great work, it's given that dress a whole new life! I'm inspired to try this myself
This is so beautiful! I am trying to get into sewing- will try this pattern after I have a bit more experience :)
I love it even I who does not like to sew can to it and it is budget friendly.
Beautiful!!!! Definitely inspirational. Makes me want to repurpose some old clothes.
You are amazing!! I have s sowing machine and have made American girl doll dresses but this would be amazing to learn how to do!!
LesleyLizbeth American Doll dresses would be so much fun!
So cute. Great to use a thrifted dress.
I think this is the first refashion video on youtube I've ever seen with sleeves (this is the first of yours I've ever watched) thank you! I'm going to go take a look around your channel ;)
Skills!! Looking forward to seeing more refashions.
Love it. I appreciate your channel because of your garments
Cute! I often think about getting something and altering it, but I don't want to ruin it in the process 😖
Thank you for this inspiring video! You did a great job showing every step of the process. Can't wait to see what you transform next!
Amazing! So environmentally responsible. Very inspirational.
So so so cute!! I think I just found my new hobby to attempt. ❤️😍
Please, can you make an video of how you make position of your camera while you sew? Your video setup for filming :)
Hi Sarah i love all your videos . May i know what brand/model of sewing machine that you are using? Thank you
I love what u did thanks for showing me some neat tricks your awesome heck yeah
I'm in love with your sewing machine! Also your DIY are so cool!
You are so talented! This makes me wish I would have learned to see when I had the chance.
Jenna Prosceno You should still learn it now, it's never too late! Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing, I learned a lot from you ❤️ and I love your sewing machine too I wish I have one.
super cute!! love love love your shoes!!
Great thrift flip!
Hi,Could you make a video showing how to make a big coat in to a small coat, and by the way i love your videos
SO cute, Sarah! You're such an inspiration. Thank you! 💖
Your tutorials are so good, I'm sure no one wants to miss a word. Do you really need any music at all as you have a pleasant and soft voice.
this is super cute!! I'm going to try transforming a dress too :)
Beautifully done!! It's cute 1940s-style! :)
Turned out great!
They always turn out cute. You have great ideas xx
I have a yellow dress that needs exactly this, what are the chances! Honestly boggles my mind this video is as old as it is?? Glad to see that you’re back though (:
You did a really great job . I love it .
this is amazing!!! i can never find any clothes that fit me right when i go out shopping, so i’m seriously considering making them for myself! thanks for the video :)
Brilliant, you're very talented.
I love your dress! Great job!
Perfect example!!! 💕💕💕💕
Omg I love it! Want to try something similar for a baggy dress :D
This is absolutely beautiful!
Very cute!! Love it!
Your voice is so relaxing! You should try making a video with quieter music or none at all! (ASMR maybe?) :)
great transformation! well done
I would love to see this dress dyed!
Cool! Where do u get idea for refashion?
SO BEAUTIFUL
That was great! so inspired!!
You are amazing!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your videos.
Thank you so much Zoe for watching and for your kind words!
It's so cute! You did great.