1. The peplum is the right fullness and length. 2. The dress is great, as always. 3. One personal suggestion, though. I'd like to see your hemlines just one inch shorter to give some shape to your calves. I am 5'1" tall, and I like my skirts below the knee, but only "just!" Where you traditionally place the hem tends to cut the calves at the widest part, making them look shapeless. Raising the hemline to a narrower part below the knee resolves that issue.
I like the peplum but silhouette wise I think you should raise it just like inch and a half to two inches just to give like a little bit more length to the legs. In general I like peplums but I feel like they're deceptively tricky, like it really depends on where it falls and the exact shapes of people. Edit: looking again maybe 3 inches? I think then it would emphasize the hips and then draw the eye to the slim fit of the pencil skirt under it
I use miniscule stitches when I'm approaching a curve or point that I know needs to be heavily trimmed/clipped. Things like godet insets, and weird acute pointy shapes.
Exactly! And they can also be used in situations like the end of darts, as a "no back stitching" method, as an alternative to tying off. But basically, it's more like securing/stitches than sewing-stitches.
I understand why you are uncertain about the peplum. It gives a much more vintage silhouette and one that isn't often imitated by modern fashion. It reads explicitly 50's, not as much 50's inspired as your usual fare. However, I love it. I think mixing up modern silhouettes with distinctly vintage or antique ones is the best part of making your own clothes. It looks great on you and adds an interesting length to your hips that isn't done in modern clothes. It also evokes the Vogue New Look style really simply and well. Side note: I've been watching some of your other videos and you complained about makeup irritating your face a bunch. I love the vivid makeup looks you do for your intros. Have you been able to find make ups that dont irritate you? I'd hate if you were dressing up for intros at the detriment to your health. Although I understand suffering for fashion. 😁❤
On the topic of proportions and silhouette - could you please do a video on this? I picked up bits and pieces of it thanks to RUclips and now the hit and miss ratio of how many of my me-mades I actually like has risen drastically. To me the longer peplum makes the legs look way longer, but to me the combination of those huge peplums with the shoulderwidth of the all in one sleeves makes it look too-heavy. I would go sleeveless with such massive peplums but that would mean leaving your favorite silhouette, right?
As someone with a lot of "muchness" in the back, I kind of like having flowy clothes that enhance it because it makes it look like an intentional fashion statement, it's like a mini-bustle era or Edwardian pigeon butt thing
You look stunning with a peplum! I mean, you naturally have a great hourglass figure anyway, but the peplum even accentuates that further! And Ooooh myyyyy this fabric!! I am so stunned every time you pull off a fabric that is just beautiful but I would have never imagined it to work well as a dress! You have such a talented eye for this!! 😍
Great video as always! In regards to the tiny stitch length...I was taught to switch to that stitch length for the top 1/2 inch of the dart as you approach the point, with the last 2-3 stitches right on the fold. Don't know if it's really necessary but I was told it gets a nice, non-pointy end of the dart that way. 🤷
The nightgowns, bed sheets, table and dish cloths I owe from around turn of century 18/1900 are all very high thread count and sewn with very short stitches. I guess that’s the secret of incredible quality- all used, worn, washed, ironed for 4 generations. My grandmother showed me how to sew this way, you need good thread as well. The fabric of the oldest pieces thins out at places but not one of the seams, which are mostly french or flat felled. My daughter is using some already and knows, no fabric softener, no dryer.
Agreed! Dryers are murder on fabric. When I started work and didn't have time to do anything, I started using the dryer in our apartment complex. I was shocked at how a pair of wranglers that used to last my husband five years lasted six months. Stopped using the dryer after getting myself organised, and the same brand went back to lasting five years. Nothing we love goes in the dryer.
I hand wash all my work clothes, workout/athleisure, and even some of my about-the-house clothes, whether I got them at a fast fashion place, made them, or if they are high-end. Even a cheap shirt will last longer if the fabric is well treated. By hand washing and hanging dry (or flat dry), the fabric lasts so much longer, pilling is kept to a minimum, and the garment does not lose its shape. Glad your have taught your daughter how to keep her fabrics. So many folks may love their stuff, but then throw it in the machines.
Love it. If I made any change it would be to shorten it just a bit. Short stitch length works nicely when doing welt pockets and bound button holes too. No back stitching necessary at beginning or end of seams and less thread bulk.
I think the peplums are flattering in this fabric/pattern. The geometric/mosaic keeps the eyes moving along the fabric, so it feels dynamic, not static like a solid color or "quieter" pattern. Well done! Gorgeous (as per your usual).
The absolutely tiny stitch length is probably for seams that you don't want to come apart ever. I've got a treadle from 1913, and the smallest stitch pretty much just turns the seam into one sheet of fabric again. It's insane
As a new englander, I will say, don’t set your hopes TOO high for a super chilly climate. That’s my favorite weather, too, but in recent years, we’ve had super mild winters and loooooong long summers. Global boiling comes for us all
Tiny stitches are great for things you never want to come apart for as long as you will live. I stitched a back patch onto a punk friend's jacket like that and it's _never_ coming off, which he was surprisingly pleased with. I forget I even put it on there when I see that jacket lmao
I love the print of the fabric and the versatility of the matching peplum top. You're gorgeous anyway and I think the peplum looks fab on you, but it's up to you to decide what you feel good wearing.
Taking your advice and instruction, I just finished two sets of body blocks, for my two favorite styles of bodice - just in time for spooky season outfits!! Thank you so much!!
Your new dress is beautiful; and, I love that neckline. I think the Peplum makes you look smaller at the waist. It sure give you that classic hourglass shape. I use the tiny stitch on my antique Singer sewing machines to paper foundation piece. Which means I sew two pieces of fabric together on a paper pattern. By following the numbers printed on the foundation paper, I can make each block perfectly every time. The finer stitch allows the paper to be removed much faster when the sewing, pressing and squaring is finished. The tighter stitch does not require back stitching. I hate this high heat also. I overheat too quickly and can't finish my outside work.
Love how the peplum looks on you... I had my doubts for the longer lenght but I do like it... all your clothes are beautiful n the silhouettes are so you but this one gives you alittle change up... combining the 2 are gorgeous but for myself it would roast me... lol... love the black pencil skirt... I want to make 1 so bad but I have a mum Tum n can't keep it under control without shapewear n it's simply too hot... lol... this might have been a simple video but no less brilliant in showing us the why n where for of pattern drafting... I can watch that for hours... thank you !!!
10:58 Oooh I know something sewed with a wildly small stitch length -- The seamstresses who sewed the Apollo astronaut suits were sewing at 24 stitches per inch! [according to How We Got To the Moon, a book I read earlier this week]
29:00 I love the peplum on you! I think the best part is that it is perfectly at your waist and flares to your body. If you were to purchase a ready made peplum, they can be too low or two high, but this top is almost like a skater skirt look, and super flattering on you! Just look at how tiny your waist looks! Also, when peplums were in style, in the early 00's, I feel like they were used to hide the muffin top that low rise jeans gave. Here it is much more justified!
Tiny stitches traditionally were used for very fine fabrics and for reinforcement stitching. It is useful, but annoying if you ever have to sean rip it. Yes, this is experience speaking 😅
That fabric is so pretty and just the dress looks amazing! Now about the peplum, I'm as unsure as you are. It doesn't look bad, but not fantastic either.... I'm thinking maybe more of a shorter and much more dome shaped could look really good on you? A bit more Thierry Mugler actually! That could definitely be a fun and unusual look to try😊
I do like the peplum on you! But maybe with some cigarrette pants? Can't explain why I think that😅. Anyway, loved the dress and the top!! And the fabric is awesome!
You can totally pull off a peplum 💖. However, it seems like you gravitate towards breaking up the skirt-feel of them in various ways. Either by making them asymmetrical or open/not coming all the way around or sparrow-tail. I think you could also experiment with trim, contrast panels and open high-low peplums - maybe even asymmetric, layered and square spikey shapes? There are some evil queen or Once Upon a Time themed McCalls patterns that come to mind (M6741). So you could go to the source and look at the character's costumes too. Lots of spiky/bat-wing peplums and curved open ones and split ones.
I like a peplum on me because it makes it look like I have a real waist! I really like the versatility, dress, matching peplum, and coordinating skirts or leggings! It looks lovely on you! Most Excellent! As for the "Older but wiser," I believe in my case it isn't so much "Older but wiser" so much as it is "Older but wider!" Although I have been losing some weight.
Peplum all in tge same fabric looks better on you than having the black skirt and printed top. Why? Because by having it in 2 different fabrics it makes you look shorter and wider. Having it all in the printed fabric makes you look thinner and taller. I am a short stout wide shoulder female near 60. I found that having the same fabric made me look taller and thinner as well. Otherwise the peplum helps give you a more hourglass figure as well. I have sewn my own clothing for over 30 years.
I think that peplum adds a certain You pull it off beautifully as always. I'm learning so much, not only about fashion but about sewing techniques and the power of being yourself. Thank you.
I love your videos. I’ve been watching your videos for awhile and you made me realize that I could make a career in fashion design, so I’m now in college. Classes start on Monday, so wish me luck
Small stitch length is often used in quilt making when doing foundation paper piecing. Or when making a strip set and sub cutting that strip set into smaller shapes. And you look marvelous in a peplum!
Factual 😂 I feel like my peplum problems arise from either: ponte knit peplum tops with plasticly statement necklaces in 2006 /or/ pink polka dot bubble peplum on 1980's prom dress and fried permed hair 🤣
That peplum over that pencil skirt silhouette pleases me to no end! I am a full circle skirt kind of gal and I honestly have never worn a pencil skirt in my life but this has really inspired me to try this look for myself! Thank you so much for sharing your sewing adventures! I greatly appreciate you!
The tiny, tiny stitch length- isn’t that for perforating sew on stabilizer so it can be torn away easily on patches and stuff? Also, I use the moderately tiny stitches to get cleanly around the corner on collar tips, bound buttonholes, and welt pockets.
Great job! I like the peplum on you but, because it is such a busy fabric, I liked it better with the solid black dress underneath which showed it off better.😊
The tiny stitches are for when you're making a v neckline or any pointed areas like points on a collar. About 3/4" or so on either side of the point you switch the stitches to the smallest Stitch so that when you turn it and clip the materal, the tiny frayed material won't sneak out between the smaller stitches.
Ok, firstly, the dress looks spectacular on you. Just the simple cut in that lovely fabric. Its just perfect. Secondly, I think I like the peplum the best with the black skirt. It really makes the fabric pop. Honestly you look fantastic in everything you make because its so well fitted.
I LOVE this silhouette!!!!! This one, the V-neck, the long peplum, putting it over a skirt or pants -- the whole thing hits a weak spot for me. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
I think the peplum looks swell on you! It's not too long to make you look short. The proportions are right. Such a great project. Nice to see the process.
I wonder if you might like the peplum more with a full length something underneath - maybe cigarette leg pants? Floor length slim skirt? Hmmm, now I'm wondering how a peplum would look like with a mermaid skirt...
Heh. I like just past the knee skirt lengths not for modesty or silhouette, but because I'm constantly forgetting that I'm wearing a skirt and will do something stupid, and stupid in a longer skirt is far less noticeable than stupid in a short one! I think the peplum looks great on you, and I wish to try its shape-enhancing magic on myself. And here I never thought I'd have a use for a pencil skirt block, being shaped lie a brick and all.
You ROCK the peplum! Accentuates your already stunning figure. My hubby happened to come into the room as I was watching the Reveal portion of the video. His comment was 'She really is very beautiful'. He's right!
Sorry for my English.. 😅 Speaking about the shortest stitch on the machine.. I usually use it for really tight curve or where I need precision.. like in in the collar of man style shirts.. About the peplum.. I love it! But, because of proportions, I think I take of 5 cm (give or take 2 inch I guess) maybe something more.. just to raise the cut line on the body.. Again, sorry for my English, I hope my comment help.. 🤷🏻♀️ I really love all of your videos! 🖤🖤🖤
My honest opinion about the peplum, I went back and watched the end several times. Upon almost doing it again I realized I was answering my question, if I couldn’t decide which one I liked better on you then I think you nailed this! I think I’m extra digging this one due to the length if that matters. TFS ❣️👍🏻💙👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I like the longer peplum. You can carry it off. Peplums are so individual-the length and the fullness have to work together with whatever we bring to the picture body-type-wise. I hate peplums on me. It’s like, “Let me emphasize my big butt at it’s very widest point.” I would need a certain body type to carry it off, or I would have to really fall in love with my thunder thighs. My problem. My body dysmorphia, I know.
Going thru the comments and saving every mention of tiny stitch length uses haha... super helpful tbh! I lived in Scotland for a couple of years and I definitely loved my time there... BUT I never got used to the food not being....the best 😅 I'm definitely much happier in cities that have *every* kind of grocery store and restaurant.... and also because most of my favorite foods are Mexican lmao. So yeah I dont miss British food 🤣 The total opposite of when I lived in the deep south (I dont miss Louisiana at all!!....... except for the food...)
You look fabulous with or without peplum, you always know what suits your form, I love watching your videos. I have you to thank for being able to pattern draft my own clothes, thank you so much ❤️
Summer just started here in Australia and I'm living in linen, modal and 100% cotton. If anyone waves any polyester near me I'll hiss, its too dang humid :P
FPP Foundation Paper Piece does better for ripping the paper off the back if I use a 1.6 SA,but smaller than that, I can’t think of anything. Unless at zero when quilting sometimes but the feed dogs are down then.
I'm Team Peplum, too, but I'd like to see it shorter, hi/low or maybe to a v-front on you. Alternatively, pairing that length with a longer, more tapered solid colored pencil skirt or a cigarette pant might give a better proportion with a less boxy bottom half. It's too heavy/deep over the dress's skirt... don't take this as an insult in any way, but that's kind of the length of peplum you find on maternity dresses when it's on over the dress. You do NOT look pregnant! Not at all! LOL! It's just that vibe it brings to mind in the front, for me. It loses the fact that you curve back and have nice slender thighs. The length over the booty part is good, tho.
Hi, Thank you for the video. I love that peplum. If it's for me or for you, I don't really know, but I would definitely wear it. I also love the print of the fabric, but I couldn't catch where you said you got it from unfortunately. A quick google search didn't help one bit, I'm afraid We are most likely wintering somewhere tropical this year (and I'm a bit envious about those 95 ℉ you're having, as up here at the top end of Europe I'm freezing), and I would like a couple of me sewn light summer dresses that are easy to launder for that. Yes, I know I only know how to sew in theory, but with this video I could actually see how I could combine two different patterns that I've bought, to make my own something like this. So just as the old fragile body of mine holds up for some cutting and sewing, I'm might be able to do it. May I ask a technical question please? How do you get those slippery stretch fabric to stick to the cotton underneath. I've re-watched your videos but I can't really grasp it. Do you only serge them together at the edges it do you have to sew some stitches through other parts of the fabrics as well. I have bought a lovely black with white flowers bamboo (I think) very slinky fabric. I didn't know any better at that time, and the lady in the shop said it was easy to sew. Soooo not true. I think I could make something from it, if I put a cotton lawn or something similar, together with it. I just can't seem to figure out how. I would love some input by someone that knows about these things. Yours, Ann
Everything you make looks great on you. I had to really back off and be neutral, but my own non intending to offend opinion is shorten the peplum in front, slope to the back? As is, it reads like a 1950s hostess apron. Other than that omg, that fabric! It's so You!
That blouse would also look quite at home over some 1950s slim slacks as well for a more "glam barbecue" vibe. Looks great and thanks for the explanations. Seeing you do this stuff makes the instructions in Helen Joseph Armstrong's book make far more sense to me
Stunning as always, although I think, like many it seems, it should have been slightly shorter. Also, I love learning new tricks by watching your videos.
I like the fancier projects, but I always love it when you come back to your vintage dresses! That is, after all, what got me hooked on this channel. I'm not sure about the peplum either. I like the shorter ones you've done, but the longer one feels very 1980s to me -- but not in a good way. 😅
Hi Bianca, I think the longer peplum is very attractive. It looks really good on you. As my late father would have said “you could wear a west of England corn sack and still look stunning “. I love the fabric choice too. xx
I share your lack of pro-peplum opinions. It’s not that I dislike them, particularly, but I also don’t find myself drawn to them very much. That said, I think the dress and the top came out lovely and you look fabulous in both!
I used to hate batik prints, but I've been warming up to them a lot in the last few years. This fabric is gorgeous and definitely makes me like batiks even more. And can we just a minute to to talk about the awesome neckline on that dress? Eee! I'm dying for those super sharp points and now need to find some fabric in my stash that would look equally killer with that neckline. Oh, and yes! You can definitely rock a peplum. It looks devine over that pencil skirt and I'm sure would be great over a pair of black cigarette pants!
It's hard for me to say about the peplum. My mother, who grew up in the 50s and 60s, told me often, "No one looks good in peplums. No one." I grew up during their return in the 80s, and I generally find them an unflattering and purposeless break as a simple level hem. Visual art wise, they send your eye out away from the body and rest of the clothes into nothing, without anything to help the eye back to the pants or skirts that continue down the body beneath them. So as a silhouette, that makes them a technical fail composition wise. But that's just me and my bias.
I love the smaller peplums you've done, but I'm not sure what it is about this longer length that isnt quite working in my mind. The dress in the print is excellent though 👌. Learning about the lapped zipper has been so useful in my sewing projects.
Looks fantastic! I'm a little confused on how the peplum interacts with the wrap-back top--are there two layers of peplum in the back where the wrap overlaps? The fabric is dark and busy enough it was hard to see exactly what was going on in the reveal.
To answer your question re the uses for smaller (more) stitches per inch. I believe the higher stitch count per inch is to be reserved exclusively for fiddly bits you'll need to unpick, expensive fabric, or fabric you barely have enough of (and will have to unpick as you can't re cut). A test to your patience and or a slow decent into madness.
I think the peplum looks great, it suits your shape very nicely! I also think it would look amazing in some shifting silk, not that I'm suggesting anything 😂 And it was very interesting idea to make dress with matching blouse, it's kinda like a suit but closed in the back. Quite unusual if you ask me, I would never thought about this, but it really works.
The peplum looks great! And I love how versatile this top is so you can do with or without the peplum. Can we talk about the fabric??? 🤩🤩🤩
Thank you! I know this batik is too good 🤩
The peblum looks amazing on you. It gives you a very sofisticated silhouette
1. The peplum is the right fullness and length. 2. The dress is great, as always. 3. One personal suggestion, though. I'd like to see your hemlines just one inch shorter to give some shape to your calves. I am 5'1" tall, and I like my skirts below the knee, but only "just!" Where you traditionally place the hem tends to cut the calves at the widest part, making them look shapeless. Raising the hemline to a narrower part below the knee resolves that issue.
Love peplum on ya😁👍
I think the peplum would look better shorter too 1 to 2 inches, maybe a good time to experiment with the length.
You look great in the peplum silhouette. I particularly like the skirt on the bias with this batik print. Well done Bianca!
Thank you!
I like the peplum but silhouette wise I think you should raise it just like inch and a half to two inches just to give like a little bit more length to the legs. In general I like peplums but I feel like they're deceptively tricky, like it really depends on where it falls and the exact shapes of people.
Edit: looking again maybe 3 inches? I think then it would emphasize the hips and then draw the eye to the slim fit of the pencil skirt under it
I agree. A shorter peplum is great, this one is a bit too long compared to the skirt length. Horizontal lines are too close together, maybe?
agree. like, 3" shorter i think would be great and would definitely emphasize the hourglass shape.
A hi/lo peplum would be a good compromise, I think.
Yes, the longer peplum is a wonderful addition to finish out your silhouette. What an intriging color pattern !!! Awesome Job !!! 👍😻😻😻👍
I use miniscule stitches when I'm approaching a curve or point that I know needs to be heavily trimmed/clipped. Things like godet insets, and weird acute pointy shapes.
Exactly! And they can also be used in situations like the end of darts, as a "no back stitching" method, as an alternative to tying off.
But basically, it's more like securing/stitches than sewing-stitches.
I understand why you are uncertain about the peplum. It gives a much more vintage silhouette and one that isn't often imitated by modern fashion. It reads explicitly 50's, not as much 50's inspired as your usual fare. However, I love it. I think mixing up modern silhouettes with distinctly vintage or antique ones is the best part of making your own clothes. It looks great on you and adds an interesting length to your hips that isn't done in modern clothes. It also evokes the Vogue New Look style really simply and well.
Side note: I've been watching some of your other videos and you complained about makeup irritating your face a bunch. I love the vivid makeup looks you do for your intros. Have you been able to find make ups that dont irritate you? I'd hate if you were dressing up for intros at the detriment to your health. Although I understand suffering for fashion. 😁❤
Thank you! Alas I simply suffer through the eye irritation yes 😅
On the topic of proportions and silhouette - could you please do a video on this? I picked up bits and pieces of it thanks to RUclips and now the hit and miss ratio of how many of my me-mades I actually like has risen drastically.
To me the longer peplum makes the legs look way longer, but to me the combination of those huge peplums with the shoulderwidth of the all in one sleeves makes it look too-heavy. I would go sleeveless with such massive peplums but that would mean leaving your favorite silhouette, right?
The 1940s and I agree, the wider the shoulder, the smaller the waist looks 😂✨
We would welcome you in our dreich Scotland!
As someone with a lot of "muchness" in the back, I kind of like having flowy clothes that enhance it because it makes it look like an intentional fashion statement, it's like a mini-bustle era or Edwardian pigeon butt thing
Likewise! Sometimes you just have to lean into something to make it look good.
I think the peplum looks great. I agree maybe a hint shorter, but overall it is great. I like it much better with the black skirt.
Thank you!
You look stunning with a peplum! I mean, you naturally have a great hourglass figure anyway, but the peplum even accentuates that further! And Ooooh myyyyy this fabric!! I am so stunned every time you pull off a fabric that is just beautiful but I would have never imagined it to work well as a dress! You have such a talented eye for this!! 😍
Great video as always! In regards to the tiny stitch length...I was taught to switch to that stitch length for the top 1/2 inch of the dart as you approach the point, with the last 2-3 stitches right on the fold. Don't know if it's really necessary but I was told it gets a nice, non-pointy end of the dart that way. 🤷
That is definitely one of the dart tips I have heard as well!
The nightgowns, bed sheets, table and dish cloths I owe from around turn of century 18/1900 are all very high thread count and sewn with very short stitches. I guess that’s the secret of incredible quality- all used, worn, washed, ironed for 4 generations. My grandmother showed me how to sew this way, you need good thread as well. The fabric of the oldest pieces thins out at places but not one of the seams, which are mostly french or flat felled. My daughter is using some already and knows, no fabric softener, no dryer.
Agreed! Dryers are murder on fabric. When I started work and didn't have time to do anything, I started using the dryer in our apartment complex. I was shocked at how a pair of wranglers that used to last my husband five years lasted six months. Stopped using the dryer after getting myself organised, and the same brand went back to lasting five years. Nothing we love goes in the dryer.
I hand wash all my work clothes, workout/athleisure, and even some of my about-the-house clothes, whether I got them at a fast fashion place, made them, or if they are high-end. Even a cheap shirt will last longer if the fabric is well treated. By hand washing and hanging dry (or flat dry), the fabric lasts so much longer, pilling is kept to a minimum, and the garment does not lose its shape. Glad your have taught your daughter how to keep her fabrics. So many folks may love their stuff, but then throw it in the machines.
Love it. If I made any change it would be to shorten it just a bit. Short stitch length works nicely when doing welt pockets and bound button holes too. No back stitching necessary at beginning or end of seams and less thread bulk.
I think the peplums are flattering in this fabric/pattern. The geometric/mosaic keeps the eyes moving along the fabric, so it feels dynamic, not static like a solid color or "quieter" pattern. Well done! Gorgeous (as per your usual).
I really like the peplum on you. Of course, I have not seen anything look actually bad on you.
Thank you Lori! You are too kind 😅
The absolutely tiny stitch length is probably for seams that you don't want to come apart ever. I've got a treadle from 1913, and the smallest stitch pretty much just turns the seam into one sheet of fabric again. It's insane
I've seen smaller stitch length recommended for tight curves, too. Makes sense.
As a new englander, I will say, don’t set your hopes TOO high for a super chilly climate. That’s my favorite weather, too, but in recent years, we’ve had super mild winters and loooooong long summers. Global boiling comes for us all
I will end up in Scandinavia before long 😂
Tiny stitches are great for things you never want to come apart for as long as you will live. I stitched a back patch onto a punk friend's jacket like that and it's _never_ coming off, which he was surprisingly pleased with. I forget I even put it on there when I see that jacket lmao
I love the print of the fabric and the versatility of the matching peplum top. You're gorgeous anyway and I think the peplum looks fab on you, but it's up to you to decide what you feel good wearing.
Thank you Natalie!
Taking your advice and instruction, I just finished two sets of body blocks, for my two favorite styles of bodice - just in time for spooky season outfits!! Thank you so much!!
My vote: peplum is perfect, including length, I especially like it with the match dress but I would love to see it with black cigarette pants too.
As far as I know the very short stich length is used on very fine/ sheer fabrics sewn with a light weight thread, especially on curves.
I like the peplum. It suits you and your vintage style well. Thank you for sharing your work.
Thank you Sharon!
You can definitely wear a peplum!!! Loving that fabric!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you Sarah!
Your new dress is beautiful; and, I love that neckline. I think the Peplum makes you look smaller at the waist. It sure give you that classic hourglass shape. I use the tiny stitch on my antique Singer sewing machines to paper foundation piece. Which means I sew two pieces of fabric together on a paper pattern. By following the numbers printed on the foundation paper, I can make each block perfectly every time. The finer stitch allows the paper to be removed much faster when the sewing, pressing and squaring is finished. The tighter stitch does not require back stitching. I hate this high heat also. I overheat too quickly and can't finish my outside work.
Love how the peplum looks on you... I had my doubts for the longer lenght but I do like it... all your clothes are beautiful n the silhouettes are so you but this one gives you alittle change up... combining the 2 are gorgeous but for myself it would roast me... lol... love the black pencil skirt... I want to make 1 so bad but I have a mum Tum n can't keep it under control without shapewear n it's simply too hot... lol... this might have been a simple video but no less brilliant in showing us the why n where for of pattern drafting... I can watch that for hours... thank you !!!
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Oooh I know something sewed with a wildly small stitch length --
The seamstresses who sewed the Apollo astronaut suits were sewing at 24 stitches per inch! [according to How We Got To the Moon, a book I read earlier this week]
29:00 I love the peplum on you! I think the best part is that it is perfectly at your waist and flares to your body. If you were to purchase a ready made peplum, they can be too low or two high, but this top is almost like a skater skirt look, and super flattering on you! Just look at how tiny your waist looks! Also, when peplums were in style, in the early 00's, I feel like they were used to hide the muffin top that low rise jeans gave. Here it is much more justified!
Tiny stitches traditionally were used for very fine fabrics and for reinforcement stitching. It is useful, but annoying if you ever have to sean rip it. Yes, this is experience speaking 😅
Even the simple ones, I still notice something new that will come in handy. The choices about how to position the batik made a big impact.
That fabric is so pretty and just the dress looks amazing! Now about the peplum, I'm as unsure as you are. It doesn't look bad, but not fantastic either.... I'm thinking maybe more of a shorter and much more dome shaped could look really good on you? A bit more Thierry Mugler actually! That could definitely be a fun and unusual look to try😊
I like them both. The longer peplum looks great! I especially like it with the black skirt. Great project
In quilting, we use very short stitching for piecing. The shorter the stitch, supposedly it is stronger.
I use the tiny stitch length on my antique machine for corsets, since that needs tons of strength.
It does look good, just a bit shorter. Maybe 5 to 8 cm shorter
I do like the peplum on you! But maybe with some cigarrette pants? Can't explain why I think that😅. Anyway, loved the dress and the top!! And the fabric is awesome!
Thank you!
You can totally pull off a peplum 💖. However, it seems like you gravitate towards breaking up the skirt-feel of them in various ways. Either by making them asymmetrical or open/not coming all the way around or sparrow-tail. I think you could also experiment with trim, contrast panels and open high-low peplums - maybe even asymmetric, layered and square spikey shapes?
There are some evil queen or Once Upon a Time themed McCalls patterns that come to mind (M6741). So you could go to the source and look at the character's costumes too. Lots of spiky/bat-wing peplums and curved open ones and split ones.
I like a peplum on me because it makes it look like I have a real waist! I really like the versatility, dress, matching peplum, and coordinating skirts or leggings! It looks lovely on you! Most Excellent!
As for the "Older but wiser," I believe in my case it isn't so much "Older but wiser" so much as it is "Older but wider!" Although I have been losing some weight.
Peplum all in tge same fabric looks better on you than having the black skirt and printed top. Why? Because by having it in 2 different fabrics it makes you look shorter and wider. Having it all in the printed fabric makes you look thinner and taller. I am a short stout wide shoulder female near 60. I found that having the same fabric made me look taller and thinner as well. Otherwise the peplum helps give you a more hourglass figure as well. I have sewn my own clothing for over 30 years.
I think both look amazing, and I love a peplum dress and/or top. That dress fits you perfectly!!!!
I think that peplum adds a certain You pull it off beautifully as always. I'm learning so much, not only about fashion but about sewing techniques and the power of being yourself. Thank you.
I love your videos. I’ve been watching your videos for awhile and you made me realize that I could make a career in fashion design, so I’m now in college. Classes start on Monday, so wish me luck
Small stitch length is often used in quilt making when doing foundation paper piecing. Or when making a strip set and sub cutting that strip set into smaller shapes.
And you look marvelous in a peplum!
I feel like millennials have a weird relationship with peplum tops stemming from our early adulthood when "business casual at the club" was trending
Factual 😂 I feel like my peplum problems arise from either: ponte knit peplum tops with plasticly statement necklaces in 2006 /or/ pink polka dot bubble peplum on 1980's prom dress and fried permed hair 🤣
That peplum over that pencil skirt silhouette pleases me to no end! I am a full circle skirt kind of gal and I honestly have never worn a pencil skirt in my life but this has really inspired me to try this look for myself! Thank you so much for sharing your sewing adventures! I greatly appreciate you!
The tiny, tiny stitch length- isn’t that for perforating sew on stabilizer so it can be torn away easily on patches and stuff? Also, I use the moderately tiny stitches to get cleanly around the corner on collar tips, bound buttonholes, and welt pockets.
Great job! I like the peplum on you but, because it is such a busy fabric, I liked it better with the solid black dress underneath which showed it off better.😊
Gorgeous! btw, Hush your mouth, Anyone who sews their own clothes can NEVER be lazy!🤫😍
The tiny stitches are for when you're making a v neckline or any pointed areas like points on a collar. About 3/4" or so on either side of the point you switch the stitches to the smallest Stitch so that when you turn it and clip the materal, the tiny frayed material won't sneak out between the smaller stitches.
Miniature stitches are for very thin linnens and cottons. But honestly, I just see everything on 2 mm (12 per inch)
The peplum looks good, especially with the narrow skirt, it almost give you a villainous vibe
I think the peplum. I feel like it adds a dash of feminity to the outfit but in a tailored/structured way, and I like that contrast.
That looks so comfy. You’ve got an amazing eye for visually interesting non-floral patterns
Peplums look great on you. They accentuate your lovely hourglass figure.
I love peplums. In the reveal I liked it even more with the contrasting Shirt.
I like the peplum. It looks good on you. If you make a nother one, you can make the peplum shorter, maybe then you like it better? 😊❤
Thank you! Funny enough it's the flare of peplums that tends to bother me, never the length really 😅
That peplum looks lovely! And I love that fabric so much! I love a subtle rainbow with black. It's colorful but not too loud.
Love how the peplum looks with the black pencil skirt underneath! Wonderful video and project as always
Ok, firstly, the dress looks spectacular on you. Just the simple cut in that lovely fabric. Its just perfect. Secondly, I think I like the peplum the best with the black skirt. It really makes the fabric pop. Honestly you look fantastic in everything you make because its so well fitted.
Peplums are so feminine! They just make a dress a little bit more!
I LOVE this silhouette!!!!! This one, the V-neck, the long peplum, putting it over a skirt or pants -- the whole thing hits a weak spot for me. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!
I really like the longer peplum on you! This is just stunning!
I think the peplum looks swell on you! It's not too long to make you look short. The proportions are right. Such a great project. Nice to see the process.
You really don't need anyone's validation but...yes you can get away with wearing those peplums. You are lovely, always🥰
You look good in the peplum!
I wonder if you might like the peplum more with a full length something underneath - maybe cigarette leg pants? Floor length slim skirt? Hmmm, now I'm wondering how a peplum would look like with a mermaid skirt...
So beautiful. Looks great on you.
Love the fabric print. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed it...✨
Putting together many odd shapes of fabric with no printed fabric pattern tissue markings ~~~ GASP!
Yaay!! #Team Peplum!!!
Yes, the peplum looks great! Love the fabric too! Stunning!!! Sending best wishes from Down Under 💚💚💚📖📚🐈⬛🐈🌹🌷🥀🌼🌻🌺🌸💐🇦🇺😎
Heh. I like just past the knee skirt lengths not for modesty or silhouette, but because I'm constantly forgetting that I'm wearing a skirt and will do something stupid, and stupid in a longer skirt is far less noticeable than stupid in a short one!
I think the peplum looks great on you, and I wish to try its shape-enhancing magic on myself. And here I never thought I'd have a use for a pencil skirt block, being shaped lie a brick and all.
You ROCK the peplum! Accentuates your already stunning figure. My hubby happened to come into the room as I was watching the Reveal portion of the video. His comment was 'She really is very beautiful'. He's right!
Sorry for my English.. 😅
Speaking about the shortest stitch on the machine.. I usually use it for really tight curve or where I need precision.. like in in the collar of man style shirts..
About the peplum.. I love it! But, because of proportions, I think I take of 5 cm (give or take 2 inch I guess) maybe something more.. just to raise the cut line on the body..
Again, sorry for my English, I hope my comment help.. 🤷🏻♀️
I really love all of your videos! 🖤🖤🖤
My honest opinion about the peplum, I went back and watched the end several times. Upon almost doing it again I realized I was answering my question, if I couldn’t decide which one I liked better on you then I think you nailed this! I think I’m extra digging this one due to the length if that matters. TFS ❣️👍🏻💙👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I like the longer peplum. You can carry it off. Peplums are so individual-the length and the fullness have to work together with whatever we bring to the picture body-type-wise. I hate peplums on me. It’s like, “Let me emphasize my big butt at it’s very widest point.” I would need a certain body type to carry it off, or I would have to really fall in love with my thunder thighs. My problem. My body dysmorphia, I know.
Going thru the comments and saving every mention of tiny stitch length uses haha... super helpful tbh!
I lived in Scotland for a couple of years and I definitely loved my time there... BUT I never got used to the food not being....the best 😅 I'm definitely much happier in cities that have *every* kind of grocery store and restaurant.... and also because most of my favorite foods are Mexican lmao. So yeah I dont miss British food 🤣 The total opposite of when I lived in the deep south (I dont miss Louisiana at all!!....... except for the food...)
You look fabulous with or without peplum, you always know what suits your form, I love watching your videos. I have you to thank for being able to pattern draft my own clothes, thank you so much ❤️
Summer just started here in Australia and I'm living in linen, modal and 100% cotton. If anyone waves any polyester near me I'll hiss, its too dang humid :P
FPP Foundation Paper Piece does better for ripping the paper off the back if I use a 1.6 SA,but smaller than that, I can’t think of anything. Unless at zero when quilting sometimes but the feed dogs are down then.
I'm Team Peplum, too, but I'd like to see it shorter, hi/low or maybe to a v-front on you. Alternatively, pairing that length with a longer, more tapered solid colored pencil skirt or a cigarette pant might give a better proportion with a less boxy bottom half. It's too heavy/deep over the dress's skirt... don't take this as an insult in any way, but that's kind of the length of peplum you find on maternity dresses when it's on over the dress. You do NOT look pregnant! Not at all! LOL! It's just that vibe it brings to mind in the front, for me. It loses the fact that you curve back and have nice slender thighs. The length over the booty part is good, tho.
Hi, Thank you for the video. I love that peplum. If it's for me or for you, I don't really know, but I would definitely wear it. I also love the print of the fabric, but I couldn't catch where you said you got it from unfortunately. A quick google search didn't help one bit, I'm afraid
We are most likely wintering somewhere tropical this year (and I'm a bit envious about those 95 ℉ you're having, as up here at the top end of Europe I'm freezing), and I would like a couple of me sewn light summer dresses that are easy to launder for that. Yes, I know I only know how to sew in theory, but with this video I could actually see how I could combine two different patterns that I've bought, to make my own something like this. So just as the old fragile body of mine holds up for some cutting and sewing, I'm might be able to do it.
May I ask a technical question please? How do you get those slippery stretch fabric to stick to the cotton underneath. I've re-watched your videos but I can't really grasp it. Do you only serge them together at the edges it do you have to sew some stitches through other parts of the fabrics as well. I have bought a lovely black with white flowers bamboo (I think) very slinky fabric. I didn't know any better at that time, and the lady in the shop said it was easy to sew. Soooo not true. I think I could make something from it, if I put a cotton lawn or something similar, together with it. I just can't seem to figure out how. I would love some input by someone that knows about these things. Yours, Ann
Love the peplum. Will you make the green dress in the beginning of the movie Blythe Spirit (RUclips) pretty please
Everything you make looks great on you. I had to really back off and be neutral, but my own non intending to offend opinion is shorten the peplum in front, slope to the back? As is, it reads like a 1950s hostess apron. Other than that omg, that fabric! It's so You!
That blouse would also look quite at home over some 1950s slim slacks as well for a more "glam barbecue" vibe. Looks great and thanks for the explanations. Seeing you do this stuff makes the instructions in Helen Joseph Armstrong's book make far more sense to me
Stunning as always, although I think, like many it seems, it should have been slightly shorter. Also, I love learning new tricks by watching your videos.
I like the fancier projects, but I always love it when you come back to your vintage dresses! That is, after all, what got me hooked on this channel.
I'm not sure about the peplum either. I like the shorter ones you've done, but the longer one feels very 1980s to me -- but not in a good way. 😅
Hi Bianca, I think the longer peplum is very attractive. It looks really good on you. As my late father would have said “you could wear a west of England corn sack and still look stunning “. I love the fabric choice too. xx
I share your lack of pro-peplum opinions. It’s not that I dislike them, particularly, but I also don’t find myself drawn to them very much. That said, I think the dress and the top came out lovely and you look fabulous in both!
I used to hate batik prints, but I've been warming up to them a lot in the last few years. This fabric is gorgeous and definitely makes me like batiks even more. And can we just a minute to to talk about the awesome neckline on that dress? Eee! I'm dying for those super sharp points and now need to find some fabric in my stash that would look equally killer with that neckline. Oh, and yes! You can definitely rock a peplum. It looks devine over that pencil skirt and I'm sure would be great over a pair of black cigarette pants!
It's hard for me to say about the peplum. My mother, who grew up in the 50s and 60s, told me often, "No one looks good in peplums. No one." I grew up during their return in the 80s, and I generally find them an unflattering and purposeless break as a simple level hem. Visual art wise, they send your eye out away from the body and rest of the clothes into nothing, without anything to help the eye back to the pants or skirts that continue down the body beneath them. So as a silhouette, that makes them a technical fail composition wise.
But that's just me and my bias.
I love the smaller peplums you've done, but I'm not sure what it is about this longer length that isnt quite working in my mind. The dress in the print is excellent though 👌. Learning about the lapped zipper has been so useful in my sewing projects.
Looks fantastic! I'm a little confused on how the peplum interacts with the wrap-back top--are there two layers of peplum in the back where the wrap overlaps? The fabric is dark and busy enough it was hard to see exactly what was going on in the reveal.
To answer your question re the uses for smaller (more) stitches per inch. I believe the higher stitch count per inch is to be reserved exclusively for fiddly bits you'll need to unpick, expensive fabric, or fabric you barely have enough of (and will have to unpick as you can't re cut).
A test to your patience and or a slow decent into madness.
I love the peplum! but I am generally in favor of Peplums, so I don't know if I can be trusted...
I think the peplum looks great, it suits your shape very nicely! I also think it would look amazing in some shifting silk, not that I'm suggesting anything 😂 And it was very interesting idea to make dress with matching blouse, it's kinda like a suit but closed in the back. Quite unusual if you ask me, I would never thought about this, but it really works.