I noticed your beautiful dress while watching Stephanie's channel. Honestly, the dress and color stood out to me and I thought it was beautiful. I had no idea you sewed it yourself! What an accomplishment!
Simply lovely!! I was raised by a seamstress, made my own clothes when i was younger, and now just recently retired, will be going right back to it. Creating with my hands and my imagination is the ultimate rush for me. Love seeing this. Would love to see the sewing room come together. Carry on, I will be watching both of you makers! Merry Christmas!!
I can't believe you made that beautiful dress on an antique sewing machine! Well done 👏👏👏 My mum did all her sewing on an old singer, made all our clothes when we were younger (5 girls!)
Congratulations…your dress turned out beautifully…I remember my first pattern days in High School…the sleeves were a challenge. My mom was very good at patterns and she helped me, but one time Tom Jones was on TV..ha..in the 60’s and she refused to come to my aide..thus I learned as you did..trial and error. Great feeling ..love your videos…
Sarah, I’d say you did a fabulous job! And good for you for being so tenacious to go back and rework those tricky bits! I’ve been a sewer and crafter ever since I was 10 years old… Would love to come to your Château and do some sewing projects one day! Loving your channel! Always excited to see fellow Canadians enjoying their amazing adventures! Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy 2022 from Nova Scotia Canada!🥰🎄🇨🇦
Thanks for the update on the maker side of your channel. I too had a treadle sewing machine 45 years ago. It was a beautiful piece of furniture and more functional in many ways than a portable machine because it doubles as a table and a work surface when sewing to have to top open out. Mine was a Singer and had the bullet bobbin. I used it to do lots of hippie jeans patches for all in the commune as well as sewing simple garments for my children☺️. Interestingly many attachments were invented for these machines and could possibly be available on a sight like Etsy. Thanks for sharing your process and I think the finished project looked very sharp and tailored. It is also sometimes a challenge to make linen garments if the linen is drapery material. The weave can be a little open and unravel for fine garment edges. Looking forward to seeing more from your channel. You all have endeavored to create your new lives and channel offering during a very unusual time. Very brave. Take care , persevere .. and I look forward to more in the near future. Marjorie from Georgia US
Very nicely done and such a beautiful color for you. I enjoy watching others sew while I wait to start sewing again once I finish rehabilitating my cottage.
As a fellow sewer, I appreciate the PATIENCE it took from you to complete the details of this dress. We'll done! The dress turned out so beautifully. The color looks great on you.
Great job from a Canadian 🇨🇦 and sewer since 4-H classes at 12-16 ages. It looked great on. The linen fabric was a choice that made that tricky shoulder really difficult. I can see you in a lovely summer light weight fabric & colour and I bet that shoulder will work so much easier for you! Especially if you can iron & steam it a ton. You’ve become my #1 chateau videos channel..Canadians GO! 🇨🇦 🥂🎉
Brava! Yes to your mockup and what I call flat lining the whole bodice to support and hold the shape. Yes to loving not only the color but the linen enough to use a towel to press. Linen like wool really can hold shape if you "build"'it in as you go. So use of an ironing "ham" with towel over it and linen helps round in the bodies shape. When flat lining, with lining/interfacing fold up both pieces of fabric up toward yourself like they will be on the inside of the garment then pin. This makes the inner piece/lining slightly smaller than the outer and keeps lining from wrinkling underneath as well as builds the shape into the seams. More more!
I don’t sew by machine or make clothes so found that most interesting. Your patience is amazing and you looked fabulous in your dress. Loved the colour on you Sarah.
I think this will be great. To see the finished product shows your passion for your interest. As a Canadian, it reminds me of our ingenuity. Have a great new year
Love the dress! Would love to see more from the costume coalition and a little background the coalition would be helpful. Thank you for taking us step by step thru the assembly process.
Fabulous! You look fabulous in your creation! Oh, what a feeling you must have to enjoy the fruit of your labor! A really good job and the sharing of your trials including your errors and corrections is appreciated! Have a wonderful Christmas to you and Steve and all!
Well done, I use to make all my family’s clothes when they were growing up, T shirts and jeans. Now that all have grown up, did baby clothes and then I am on to Quilting for all my family. 3 down 5 to go for my grandkids. Enjoy your creativity.🇨🇦
It came out great! I love that blue on you. It’s weird-I sewed my own clothing then my kids’ for many years but never thought of sewing a mockup until I started watching sewists, like Bernadette Banner, the last few years on RUclips. I can certainly see the benefits what with how expensive fabric can be. I’m looking forward to more of your making!
I find it particularly helpful if there's anything about the pattern I find confusing, or if I know I need to build a new skill for a project (or both!).
well done! it looks beautiful on you. i admire people who can sew. my husband is a tailor. it seems like magic to me, who can barely tie a knot. look forward to seeing your next project.
I learned to sew on a Singer sewing machine way back in the 1950’s. I loved the treadle. I still have a little portable Singer that is about 40 years old and in excellent condition. I don’t see now but I really enjoy watching you Sarah. Your dress looked lovely on you. Thanks for this vlog🙏🏻🎄❤️
Hi Sarah- you look beautiful in this 1950’s style of dress. Such a gorgeous colour. Dressmaking is a mystery to me! But l so enjoyed watching how it all goes down. I loved the series “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”. The character Susie is hilarious- waiting impatiently for the next season. Are you a fan? Really looking forward to the maker side of you and Steve’s journey ❤️🌟
Oh those tight corners are a right pain but you did it And you did a difficult seam on an old sewing machine. I'm impressed. The dress turned out so well and you look gorgeous in it.
That was fun to watch. The dress looks great on you, and that is a tricky pattern! Good work!! And that belt looks very nice with it too. I look forward to more sewing videos in future. :)
How exciting to find beautiful linen fabric at an outdoor French market! Too bad I gave away my mom's all steel Kenmore sewing machine in the wood cabinet w/ front caning. I've never downloaded a pattern but might give it a try. I enjoy watching your Maker's vlog posts. Love your gorgeous new dress with pockets. Thank you!
Well done, especially using an antique sewing machine for the first time! And with lining the dress as well. The colour and material is gorgeous on you and for a relative amateur you did a wonderful job!
Well done Sarah! You look gorgeous in the dress. What a triumph of two projects. If you can watch it in france, I'm sure you will love the Great British Sewing Bee. There have been quite a few series now, so it will be a good winter tv binge for you I'm sure!
Oh wow! That's so impressive! I'm a beginner self taught sewer and I'm very much looking forward to more of the Maker videos. The antique sewing machine is beautiful. I own a modern Singer but have very fond memories of my great grandmother's house with her old Singer ☺️
This is a joy, made me reflect too. I’m self taught Patchwork and quilter trying to find myself after my husbands death from MND. The last time I sewed was to try, with help, make my wedding dress in 1970! Just nothing in between, Then in 2011, started to watch you tube, a revelation! I was hooked. Not making clothes but sewing scraps, eventually quilts. I would love to visit you one day to share ideas, have fun and kick start some new sewing ideas. Just finished a selvedge edge quilt! Thank you for helping me to enjoy and learn sewing again. Hugs, Kris
Bonjour Sarah, You did a wonderful job making that dress. I do admire your patience and determination for re-doing what did not seems right the first time, Bravo ! Your dress looks gorgeous and you look beautiful wearing it. Again, Congratulations and thank you for sharing.
Good for you Sarah, it's beautiful...your problem solving skills stand you in good stead... I am just getting back to sewing on an old featherweight Singer that has been restored, so will join you on your sewing adventures..my style is different, but for me my love is all things linen!
Beautiful! I love the color & it's the perfect cocktail dress! My Mom took tailoring classes where she was taught not to use the facings, but rather use the pattern pieces for the bodice to make them (she had me line the entire bodice for something waisted) and they lay better plus don't sneak out. (They stay in place.) She also taught me how to do it for sleepless tops/dress. Also, always put the sleeve in before you do the side seam of the dress & bottom seam of sleeve. Then make one long seam down the inside of the sleeve & down the side seam. Everything lays better!
So very smart!! The colour of the fabric worked so well with your complexation, and the dress does not look "home made". The unplucking of that piece was a bit of extra work but showed a faultless garment afterwards. Well done Sara, the start of some great designs. I have to say, the stitching of the old Singer machines is really beautiful, I always loved it. Well, here is wishing you many stitching hours and a grand display of new dresses and whatever you wish to sew. Wishing you and Steve a blessed Festive Season and your parents, a very happy Festive Season. Good wishes, E
Sara your dress is beautiful! I watched Stephanie's video when you wore it & thought what a beautiful dress and loved the colour. I though you looked lovely in it & wow you made it! Well done! Thank you for sharing, this was really interesting! Kathy x Ontario, Canada
Personally, I loved your jeans belt with your dress! I remember reading somewhere about French women seeming to have an effortless sense of style. The writer recounted seeing her French friend grasp the vibrant, sheer silk covering for a small entrance table on her way out the door one evening, turning it into a stunning sash belt for her little black dress. It seems you, too, have the flare! So happy you both are pursuing your passions. Thanks for sharing them with us. My mother made most of our clothes (including new winter coats for myself and a sister just older than me on our way to college), many of them on a Singer treadle sewing machine much like yours. She, too, was self-taught, making her own coat as a first garment! She and her six brothers and sisters had been raised during the Great Depression. After her mother, out of necessity, got her a coat from a donation center, she was humiliated at school, being confronted by a girl whose mother had donated it. So she found a faded old red wool adult’s coat, removed the lining and revealed the brightly colored inner side of the cloth. She cut out a smaller version of the pieces and hand stitched them together to form a new red jacket for herself- at 10 years old! “Where there’s a will, there’s a way!”Mom passed away a few years ago at 98 years old, and I regularly think of the daily miracles she performed, on a shoestring, for us, her lucky family!
Growing up, My Mum made the odd piece for My Sister and I. I loved the idea of making my own clothes, and over the years have attempted, however always feel slightly terrified that I'll ruin the fabric(we know that's not a small expense)...I was chosen this past summer to do a pattern test for a small Scottish company and LOVED it!!!
Your scarves in the opening scenes were both "on point"! I love to watch the sewing but know that I don't have the time or patience anymore! Love the color you used for the dress!
Whoa! Kudos to you! I've experienced sewing really simple commercial patterns, in the past (my mother was an amazing seamstress), but found even the simplest project grossly tedious and frustrating. I'm in awe of your talent and patience! LOL! I'd rather cook, bake, paint, lampworking, or do crafting kinds of creating. Between the two of you, you'll have all sorts of talent to repair, restore, and maintain your lovely home.
Love your sewing. I've been an upholsterer for 30 yrs, tight turns are very difficult, and it's none of those things that, come out really well, or not. Haven't managed to work out why, probably a combination of the fabric, how you feel on the day, and which way the wind is blowing. If you work it out, let me know. In the meantime, never give up.
@@ManorandMaker Usually the gentler the curve the better the result, however, you can bet that fashion houses have various people that have perfected something, and can therefore turn out things that the rest of us can't. Gives them the edge, and therefore sells their goods.
Well done I used to make most of mi e and my daughters clothes but haven't done anything for years seeing your dress has inspired me to star up again thanks for sharing Happy Christmas. look forward to more vlogs.
My worst sewing project - the lining! Ugh! You did a beautiful job! Love the dress and fabric! I once sewed a dress that had 20 button holes and I hand stitched every one! That was a fun experience as my mother sat and showed how this went for those that didn’t have machines to do it for them. It felt rather historical to learn that skill.
Sarah, I noticed and loved your dress and new haircut on Chateau Diaries. I am a sewer this is very interesting, my mother-in-law used a treadle sewing machine preferred it to electric. She gifted it to me a couple of years ago, it’s in my sewing room looking very pretty, but unused. 🇨🇦❤️
Hi Sarah I'm glad I'm not the only one that has the problem of allowing more than you dotted line. I think you did great as those seems nr armpit/top were supper awkward. Love the style and fabric choice
What a fantastic job for cutting down the pattern and sewing on an old Singer. I’ve made many of my clothes especially dresses and I identified with you on many points is horror🤣 I usually end up figuring my own way to make it look right. Great job!
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I noticed your beautiful dress while watching Stephanie's channel. Honestly, the dress and color stood out to me and I thought it was beautiful. I had no idea you sewed it yourself! What an accomplishment!
What a compliment! Thank you!
Lovely work, Sarah, and how it suits you.
Wow, that dress is amazing. I saw you in it on Stephanie's channel. Now that I know how much work was involved in making it, I am impressed.
Simply lovely!! I was raised by a seamstress, made my own clothes when i was younger, and now just recently retired, will be going right back to it. Creating with my hands and my imagination is the ultimate rush for me. Love seeing this. Would love to see the sewing room come together. Carry on, I will be watching both of you makers! Merry Christmas!!
For sure there will be a sewing room vlog (or two)!
I can't believe you made that beautiful dress on an antique sewing machine! Well done 👏👏👏
My mum did all her sewing on an old singer, made all our clothes when we were younger (5 girls!)
The dress is stunning Sarah. All your hard work really paid off. Looking forward to seeing more of your “makes”. Bravo 👏👏
Congratulations…your dress turned out beautifully…I remember my first pattern days in High School…the sleeves were a challenge. My mom was very good at patterns and she helped me, but one time Tom Jones was on TV..ha..in the 60’s and she refused to come to my aide..thus I learned as you did..trial and error.
Great feeling ..love your videos…
I saw you wearing that lovely dress the other day at the LaLande gathering. You looked noticeably stylish and festive, Well done on the creation!
Oh thank you!
@@ManorandMaker Watching from S.W. Ontario and loving the vlog.
As a person who has zero patience, I am awed by this dress and taking the time to go back and fix the puckers etc. Beautiful & impressive!
Sarah, I’d say you did a fabulous job! And good for you for being so tenacious to go back and rework those tricky bits! I’ve been a sewer and crafter ever since I was 10 years old… Would love to come to your Château and do some sewing projects one day! Loving your channel! Always excited to see fellow Canadians enjoying their amazing adventures! Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy 2022 from Nova Scotia Canada!🥰🎄🇨🇦
I’m impressed!
Great to see your progress, from Canada
Wonderful job and so lovely to see the restored sewing machine being used 📍🪡🧵
My heart goes out to you. So inspiring and adventurous. Thank you for sharing the many adventures ahead.
Merry Christmas, have a wonderful time, stay safe. 🎄☺️👵🏻🇦🇺🎄🎄
That must have been so gratifying! A labor of love!
Really looking forward to the making side of things as a maker too. Studios. Sewing rooms. Bring it on.
Thank you for the support Fiona!
Love your dress project. I truly admire your patience. And the belt is just perfect!
Oh yes so pleased for the making side of the channel thank you so much for sharing. Merry Christmas. Xx
Inspiring not just for sewing but for making. Love the dress!
Thanks for the update on the maker side of your channel. I too had a treadle sewing machine 45 years ago. It was a beautiful piece of furniture and more functional in many ways than a portable machine because it doubles as a table and a work surface when sewing to have to top open out. Mine was a Singer and had the bullet bobbin. I used it to do lots of hippie jeans patches for all in the commune as well as sewing simple garments for my children☺️. Interestingly many attachments were invented for these machines and could possibly be available on a sight like Etsy. Thanks for sharing your process and I think the finished project looked very sharp and tailored. It is also sometimes a challenge to make linen garments if the linen is drapery material. The weave can be a little open and unravel for fine garment edges. Looking forward to seeing more from your channel. You all have endeavored to create your new lives and channel offering during a very unusual time. Very brave. Take care , persevere .. and I look forward to more in the near future. Marjorie from Georgia US
What an incredible achievement for a novice, the dress pattern & fabric is beautiful!
Very nicely done and such a beautiful color for you. I enjoy watching others sew while I wait to start sewing again once I finish rehabilitating my cottage.
As a fellow sewer, I appreciate the PATIENCE it took from you to complete the details of this dress. We'll done! The dress turned out so beautifully. The color looks great on you.
Great job from a Canadian 🇨🇦 and sewer since 4-H classes at 12-16 ages. It looked great on. The linen fabric was a choice that made that tricky shoulder really difficult. I can see you in a lovely summer light weight fabric & colour and I bet that shoulder will work so much easier for you! Especially if you can iron & steam it a ton. You’ve become my #1 chateau videos channel..Canadians GO! 🇨🇦 🥂🎉
Well done, Sara! You did an amazing job on this dress. 💖💕💖
Thanks Vivienne!
Brava! Yes to your mockup and what I call flat lining the whole bodice to support and hold the shape. Yes to loving not only the color but the linen enough to use a towel to press. Linen like wool really can hold shape if you "build"'it in as you go. So use of an ironing "ham" with towel over it and linen helps round in the bodies shape. When flat lining, with lining/interfacing fold up both pieces of fabric up toward yourself like they will be on the inside of the garment then pin. This makes the inner piece/lining slightly smaller than the outer and keeps lining from wrinkling underneath as well as builds the shape into the seams. More more!
You look absolutely stunning in it Sara xx
I don’t sew by machine or make clothes so found that most interesting. Your patience is amazing and you looked fabulous in your dress. Loved the colour on you Sarah.
I think this will be great. To see the finished product shows your passion for your interest. As a Canadian, it reminds me of our ingenuity. Have a great new year
Stephen and Sara thank you for the video; you have exciting times ahead. Love the dress.
Wow! A lot of work and a number of fiddly bits but so worth it….great to watch, thank you for sharing. Love n hugs Dottie xx
Wow! It’s a beautiful dress!
Fabulous idea …….. I just love creation vlogs …….. I am a stained glass artist and love ALL forms of art and creativity…… love ur vlogs🌺🌺🌺
Love the dress! Would love to see more from the costume coalition and a little background the coalition would be helpful. Thank you for taking us step by step thru the assembly process.
The fabric you are using makes the sewing lay flat. Much easier to use than something silky. Great job!
Fabulous! You look fabulous in your creation! Oh, what a feeling you must have to enjoy the fruit of your labor! A really good job and the sharing of your trials including your errors and corrections is appreciated! Have a wonderful Christmas to you and Steve and all!
Gorgeous dress! I love your videos. Watching from south Texas, USA. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 ❤️
Hello how are you doing?
Very helpful…I absolutely know I could not do what you have done with that fabric and your patient hands!
I'm Gwenda. I'm very impressed with everything you have done and your final garment!!! Excellent !
Well done, I use to make all my family’s clothes when they were growing up, T shirts and jeans. Now that all have grown up, did baby clothes and then I am on to Quilting for all my family. 3 down 5 to go for my grandkids. Enjoy your creativity.🇨🇦
The dress and color look fantastic on you! Beautiful!
It came out great! I love that blue on you.
It’s weird-I sewed my own clothing then my kids’ for many years but never thought of sewing a mockup until I started watching sewists, like Bernadette Banner, the last few years on RUclips. I can certainly see the benefits what with how expensive fabric can be. I’m looking forward to more of your making!
I find it particularly helpful if there's anything about the pattern I find confusing, or if I know I need to build a new skill for a project (or both!).
Oh that looks like it has some tricky parts, I would get lost without a sew a long video to fall back on! Well done Sarah
The Eric Winterling video in the link is the sew-along you need! I found it helpful.
well done! it looks beautiful on you. i admire people who can sew. my husband is a tailor. it seems like magic to me, who can barely tie a knot. look forward to seeing your next project.
Singer the Best of the best ,love the dress Sarah😍
I am a maker from Canada … love this !
I learned to sew on a Singer sewing machine way back in the 1950’s. I loved the treadle. I still have a little portable Singer that is about 40 years old and in excellent condition. I don’t see now but I really enjoy watching you Sarah. Your dress looked lovely on you. Thanks for this vlog🙏🏻🎄❤️
Thank you Mavis!
@@ManorandMaker should read sew not see. I am not visually impaired.😏
Hi Sarah- you look beautiful in this 1950’s style of dress. Such a gorgeous colour. Dressmaking is a mystery to me! But l so enjoyed watching how it all goes down. I loved the series “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”. The character Susie is hilarious- waiting impatiently for the next season. Are you a fan? Really looking forward to the maker side of you and Steve’s journey ❤️🌟
Oh those tight corners are a right pain but you did it And you did a difficult seam on an old sewing machine. I'm impressed. The dress turned out so well and you look gorgeous in it.
Beautiful dress!
I think I'm going to learn a lot from you ⛄❄️🎄
I love the maker side!
Love the chateau restoration as well. Both of you are interesting so yeah...really enjoying.
Great job! There was a great deal of difficult skills involved.
That was fun to watch. The dress looks great on you, and that is a tricky pattern! Good work!! And that belt looks very nice with it too. I look forward to more sewing videos in future. :)
How exciting to find beautiful linen fabric at an outdoor French market! Too bad I gave away my mom's all steel Kenmore sewing machine in the wood cabinet w/ front caning. I've never downloaded a pattern but might give it a try. I enjoy watching your Maker's vlog posts. Love your gorgeous new dress with pockets. Thank you!
Pockets! 😍
@@ManorandMaker Yes, pockets!
you guys are so talented!
Wow great sewing!!! I would have not made it through that pattern without help…well done! Looks beautiful on you!
Lovely video.
Wonderful, Sara🎄🎅🏻❤️
Well done, especially using an antique sewing machine for the first time! And with lining the dress as well. The colour and material is gorgeous on you and for a relative amateur you did a wonderful job!
Well done Sarah! You look gorgeous in the dress. What a triumph of two projects. If you can watch it in france, I'm sure you will love the Great British Sewing Bee. There have been quite a few series now, so it will be a good winter tv binge for you I'm sure!
Wonderful to watch and hear your successes as well as small foibles. The teal linen suits you as well as the high waisted style. Brava!
It looks perfectly fitted to your frame and hangs beautifully xxx gorgeous job
Oh wow! That's so impressive!
I'm a beginner self taught sewer and I'm very much looking forward to more of the Maker videos.
The antique sewing machine is beautiful. I own a modern Singer but have very fond memories of my great grandmother's house with her old Singer ☺️
How clever of you Sarah to make that dress:)
This is a joy, made me reflect too. I’m self taught Patchwork and quilter trying to find myself after my husbands death from MND. The last time I sewed was to try, with help, make my wedding dress in 1970! Just nothing in between, Then in 2011, started to watch you tube, a revelation! I was hooked. Not making clothes but sewing scraps, eventually quilts. I would love to visit you one day to share ideas, have fun and kick start some new sewing ideas. Just finished a selvedge edge quilt! Thank you for helping me to enjoy and learn sewing again. Hugs, Kris
YT is a fabulous rabbit hole for all hobbies...
Wow Sarah! Awesome job. Self taught……you are teaching yourself very well I would say. Looking forward to future sewing lessons learned! 🎄🇨🇦
You are so good at sewing ! Bravo Sarah ! Loved 🥰 your vlog ….. Happy Sewing 🧵❤️
Wonderful!! I so enjoyed this video. You look beautiful in the dress!!!!❤️
Love you guys 🎄🎅💋
Sarah you are amazing , I can barely thread a needle.........love the colour of the linen............Donna in Toronto
That dress is Beautiful I love that style and the color is truly beautiful on you. I also love your hair as well.
Bonjour Sarah, You did a wonderful job making that dress. I do admire your patience and determination for re-doing what did not seems right the first time, Bravo ! Your dress looks gorgeous and you look beautiful wearing it. Again, Congratulations and thank you for sharing.
The dress is fabulous! You look very nice in it. Well done!
Sarah, the dress looks wonderful. I think each project is a way to learn for the next time but this dress is gorgeous and you look fantastic in it!
Looking forward to some great ideas. 😊
Good for you Sarah, it's beautiful...your problem solving skills stand you in good stead... I am just getting back to sewing on an old featherweight Singer that has been restored, so will join you on your sewing adventures..my style is different, but for me my love is all things linen!
Great work on the dress, it really suited you and I like the different detailed belt.
I’m going to love your blogs!!!
Beautiful! I love the color & it's the perfect cocktail dress!
My Mom took tailoring classes where she was taught not to use the facings, but rather use the pattern pieces for the bodice to make them (she had me line the entire bodice for something waisted) and they lay better plus don't sneak out. (They stay in place.) She also taught me how to do it for sleepless tops/dress.
Also, always put the sleeve in before you do the side seam of the dress & bottom seam of sleeve. Then make one long seam down the inside of the sleeve & down the side seam. Everything lays better!
That makes so much sense! The lining in cupro would be so comfortable!
Very intricate. You did a beautiful job.
So very smart!! The colour of the fabric worked so well with your complexation, and the dress does not look "home made". The unplucking of that piece was a bit of extra work but showed a faultless garment afterwards. Well done Sara, the start of some great designs. I have to say, the stitching of the old Singer machines is really beautiful, I always loved it. Well, here is wishing you many stitching hours and a grand display of new dresses and whatever you wish to sew. Wishing you and Steve a blessed Festive Season and your parents, a very happy Festive Season. Good wishes, E
I'm just catching up on the videos, but wanted to say I LOVE YOUR DRESS! I did notice it at Stephanie's party and yes, it did stand out....well done!
Sara your dress is beautiful! I watched Stephanie's video when you wore it & thought what a beautiful dress and loved the colour. I though you looked lovely in it & wow you made it! Well done! Thank you for sharing, this was really interesting! Kathy x Ontario, Canada
The dress turned out beautiful love the color on you . ❤️
Personally, I loved your jeans belt with your dress! I remember reading somewhere about French women seeming to have an effortless sense of style. The writer recounted seeing her French friend grasp the vibrant, sheer silk covering for a small entrance table on her way out the door one evening, turning it into a stunning sash belt for her little black dress. It seems you, too, have the flare! So happy you both are pursuing your passions. Thanks for sharing them with us.
My mother made most of our clothes (including new winter coats for myself and a sister just older than me on our way to college), many of them on a Singer treadle sewing machine much like yours. She, too, was self-taught, making her own coat as a first garment! She and her six brothers and sisters had been raised during the Great Depression. After her mother, out of necessity, got her a coat from a donation center, she was humiliated at school, being confronted by a girl whose mother had donated it. So she found a faded old red wool adult’s coat, removed the lining and revealed the brightly colored inner side of the cloth. She cut out a smaller version of the pieces and hand stitched them together to form a new red jacket for herself- at 10 years old! “Where there’s a will, there’s a way!”Mom passed away a few years ago at 98 years old, and I regularly think of the daily miracles she performed, on a shoestring, for us, her lucky family!
What a fantastic story and memories! Thank you for sharing!
Growing up, My Mum made the odd piece for My Sister and I. I loved the idea of making my own clothes, and over the years have attempted, however always feel slightly terrified that I'll ruin the fabric(we know that's not a small expense)...I was chosen this past summer to do a pattern test for a small Scottish company and LOVED it!!!
Your scarves in the opening scenes were both "on point"! I love to watch the sewing but know that I don't have the time or patience anymore! Love the color you used for the dress!
Sarah~ it seems you are reawakening memories of sewing for many of us elders! Thank you. Beautiful job on that complicated dress!
I noticed the dress in the La Lande vlog of the party and thought how stylish the dress was and how lovely you looked in it. Congratulations!
Whoa! Kudos to you! I've experienced sewing really simple commercial patterns, in the past (my mother was an amazing seamstress), but found even the simplest project grossly tedious and frustrating. I'm in awe of your talent and patience! LOL! I'd rather cook, bake, paint, lampworking, or do crafting kinds of creating. Between the two of you, you'll have all sorts of talent to repair, restore, and maintain your lovely home.
Love your sewing. I've been an upholsterer for 30 yrs, tight turns are very difficult, and it's none of those things that, come out really well, or not. Haven't managed to work out why, probably a combination of the fabric, how you feel on the day, and which way the wind is blowing. If you work it out, let me know. In the meantime, never give up.
Lol. That pretty much sums it up for me Simon! Good to know it's not just my lack of experience!
@@ManorandMaker Usually the gentler the curve the better the result, however, you can bet that fashion houses have various people that have perfected something, and can therefore turn out things that the rest of us can't. Gives them the edge, and therefore sells their goods.
Bravo Sarah well done xx 😘 ❤️
Well done I used to make most of mi e and my daughters clothes but haven't done anything for years seeing your dress has inspired me to star up again thanks for sharing Happy Christmas. look forward to more vlogs.
Very much enjoyed your video Sarah.
My worst sewing project - the lining! Ugh! You did a beautiful job! Love the dress and fabric! I once sewed a dress that had 20 button holes and I hand stitched every one! That was a fun experience as my mother sat and showed how this went for those that didn’t have machines to do it for them. It felt rather historical to learn that skill.
That is a skill for sure!
Sarah, I noticed and loved your dress and new haircut on Chateau Diaries. I am a sewer this is very interesting, my mother-in-law used a treadle sewing machine preferred it to electric. She gifted it to me a couple of years ago, it’s in my sewing room looking very pretty, but unused. 🇨🇦❤️
I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to sew with the treadle! Give it a try!
Hi Sarah I'm glad I'm not the only one that has the problem of allowing more than you dotted line. I think you did great as those seems nr armpit/top were supper awkward. Love the style and fabric choice
What a fantastic job for cutting down the pattern and sewing on an old Singer. I’ve made many of my clothes especially dresses and I identified with you on many points is horror🤣 I usually end up figuring my own way to make it look right. Great job!
Such a lovely dress Sarah ⭐️