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What particularly delights me is the floral pattern, how it's compressed into the pleated section and then released at the bottom. I never would have thought of using a floral in this way but it's really attractive. I admire your perseverance and finishing this despite the challenges. You're definitely a role model for me :)

The top turned out so sweet! I love the print you chose. I have always liked pleated fronts and backs. Looks like a lot of work went into this... I LOVE IT!!!💚💛🤎

Hi Gini, I’m so glad you appreciate my suggestion😊 and I applaud you for tackling this design. I will never make anything like this, but it was good to see your process and the finished result is beautiful.

The fabric was the perfect choice---so pretty & summery!! Your work is beautiful & I think you showed that silk who was boss :)

P.S. enjoy your time.❤

My goodness to me it’s absolutely beautiful you did a fantastic job! And it looks fabulous on you.

Beautifully done tunic!!! A lot of effort !!!

The outfit turned out very nice. I would never have the patience to do all those pin tucks. It looks great on you. Happy Labor Day .

Oh I love how that dress turned out and love it with the pants. Now that you have those pleats nailed down I would like for you to make me one for Christmas, but I am plus size so that would be hmmm 453,867 pleats can do by Christmas?

If you could order some more of the side panel fabric and make a pair of matching slacks I think the outfit would have a very oriental flavor. The jacket was too dark for my taste. The whiteish background color of the front panels would be a great colorr for a jacket. You have made a georgeous top that deserves to be seen in absolute perfection.

8 pounds of buttons, you lucky shit! I just finished a long shirt dress and I need about 10 buttons I went over to Jo-Ann's and they almost had to revive me when I saw how much a card of buttons is. I do have a lot of buttons and I'm going to have to start planning what I make based on the buttons that I already have. YOUR dress turned out great that's a really good use for a light fabric because I usually wear a camisole under everything anyway I may have to find that one.

Love this style! You look great in that ❤❤❤ Have a beautiful time out ❤❤❤

So so good!! Love the finished top, Gini! Worth the pain of all those pleats on a slippy fabric. So glad you persevered. Have a great little break with your beloved! xx

Beautiful job on the top. ❤

I LOVE THE DRESS! And STADIUM CHEERS to you for doing ALL those pleats. What an undertaking that was. Congrats on the finish!

I absolutely love tucks! Thank you for sharing this pattern, I just ordered it!

Thank you, Gini! Super cute make! I love my Japants and wear them often!

Love the fabric you ended up choosing for the side panels. Beautiful job.

WOW!!!!! It turned out beautifully! The fabric 💗the pleats💗the binding💗and I totally know what you mean about stitching in the ditch on tiny bias areas. Never works. Great job on the hand stitching. LOVE this!!!

OMG! Love, LOVE! how it turned and the floral silk fabric suits that pattern so well. Have a great break! I love the Japants I made with your tutorial!

Beautiful! I love the print; the tucks are beautifully made. I know how hard it is to place in huge numbers of tucks. The button is a perfect choice and I noticed your necklace had the green too😊 I’m not familiar with the pants, so I’ll look those up. Enjoy your break❤️

Wow Gini, your version is ART! What beautiful sewing!

That dress is gorgeous! What a fantastic job you did. Also fun to see the Japants again. ❤ Have a lovely holiday!

Thank you for the videos- have a great break!

Fabulous dress. You have done an amazing job. Have a great holiday. 😊 Lynne

Have a great holiday weekend! Big kiss on the head to Claude♥️

Well, I love all your new tops too! Sewing summer tops is a great way to re-claim the sew-jo. Thanks for the reminder. Also I don't know if you mentioned this but the Eureka is great in a woven fabric too. I've made it many times, primarily in wovens. Love that Nine Lives on you. I made it many years ago and it was too short on me, but now I'm going to pull it out and just add an inch or two. You are sooooo inspiring. Martha

Thank you Gina, I am newly subscribed to you, I found your channel while researching the Cris Woods envelope dress, thank you for those suggestions. I like your style!

you have great taste in fabric and matching it to a patterm I love all of these especially the 9 lives top, thats going in my to do list x

This is so fun n creative ! 😊

Thanks Gini! *Remove Seam Allowance First!* reminder is my big takeaway---I don't know how many times I've messed up by not doing that :p. While I probably wouldn't ruche pants, I think I would try this on a top. Fabric weight seems to make all the difference & your soft, light linen gathers beautifully! This was a good tutorial :)

Hey Gini, it's ruching if people want to Google it.

It would be helpful to have marked each pattern piece with black marker as to what it was. Such a confusing pattern!

Thank you, Gini! Oh so cute! I would like do some of this roushing, probably of the simpler sort. ❤

❤❤❤ Thank you for showing. ❤❤❤

Interesting and educational - ty ❤

The biggest difference was the pant pattern itself. The original inspi used a really dropped crotch, that center section is its own piece and theres very little ruching involved. The seams have been stitched down which makes it look like continuous gathers. I cant see the inner lower leg seam to tell but it looks like they just added length there. Ive done it with actually just cutting the side of the leg longer, then slightly curving the hemline to meet the inside seam. Of course you cant add too much to be gathered up, I think I did 5", but its a quick way. Ive done the same trick with adding horizontal side pleats too. I really admire tou for tackling this project, I know I would never bother, lol. By the time I put into the pattern, the sewing time, and the fabric Id figure it was a bargain to just buy the pants! But, now you have a new skill and worked out the problems and thats always a good thing. I think the Burda pattern may work better but doesnt Tina have a pattern that has that really long crotchline? I think it was from several years ago...cant remember the name.

Hmmmm too much work for me I am just a bit too lazy for this, but I have a jumpsuit with really long wide legs and I was thinking about just running two rows of bias binding up the inside of the side seam and threading a ribbon up/down it to ruche the side seam up wouldn’t that achieve sort of the same effect?

I love your pink pants....I thought they were silk 'til you said they were linen. Thanks for the excellent tutorial! It will be very helpful for me to duplicate a store bought linen tunic I love that has this feature up the front.

You did a great tutorial and we thank you. ❤

Love the couching technique. Will you get the same results if you cut almost through opposite side but leave slightly attached and spread open? It would fan out as you spread; 1/2” isn’t very much.

Thx so much for the excellent tutorial.

I enjoyed this tutorial. I’m interested in doing this in lots of garments. I think it’s a good thing to learn how to make. Thank you ❤

I love your collection! It is going to be so good. I use starch and then mark my pin tucks. It is easyer to sew and mark and wash out well

Hi Jinny, I love spending time with you! Pintuck hell for sure! The laps in our sanity are somewhat of a problem with what we buy some times!

Idea looks really cool!!!😊

Oh my lord, girl!!!😮. Tough sewing 🪡

Really pretty---the print screams "SUMMER!" :)

Since you asked, imo, the solid peach should not be used at all. I like it so much better with the red fabrics and they’re much more your colors. Could you eliminate a few pin tucks to substitute for the narrow side pieces? Also, imo, side panels in a different color would not be a good look for this dress in this fabric. Suggestions given with love 😂

I marked pleats like that on some slithery rayon satin for a top that had only TWO vertical pleats down the front and almost lost my mind, so I salute you 🫡