Making a Dramatic Mermaid Skirt // Gored Trained Skirt Pattern

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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024

Комментарии • 223

  • @chaeburger
    @chaeburger 2 года назад +77

    If you hadn't told us that you made this at Project Runway speed, no one would have ever know. It's stunning!

    • @mmesanaa
      @mmesanaa 2 года назад +2

      Maybe she should try for project runway! isn't she amazing!?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +4

      Thank you Chae!

    • @dottiemathews6853
      @dottiemathews6853 Год назад +2

      @@mmesanaa i tell you! FOR REAL! SHOOT! THAT WILL MAKE ME START BACK LOOKING AGAIN! DOES IT STILL COME ON BRAVO? I USED TO WATCH IT BACK WHEN CHRISTIAN SIRRANCO WAS ON THERE.

  • @dilihopa
    @dilihopa 2 года назад +17

    I could just imagine you in an old film, walking into a scene wearing this ensemble! Excellent as always!

  • @justilou1
    @justilou1 2 года назад +10

    Now this is such a classic glamorous look. Can be modernized, dressed up or down. I didn’t realise that this is exactly what I need.

  • @cathypickard4615
    @cathypickard4615 2 года назад +5

    Bianca, take your pattern and reduce the amount of flare by about 10 to 15% ; then about 5 inches below the knee, add ruffles that are 4 to 5 inches deep - this will become your petticoat to hold out your skirt.
    ( my measurements are approximate, but I think that they will work.).
    Love from Cathy in Alabama

  • @marcellacruser951
    @marcellacruser951 2 года назад +9

    This is a must have formal item for any complete wardrobe. I'd pair it with a plaid wrap top for a holiday party or something glitzy for New Years, as well. A fun thing you can do with this skirt is to stitch a couple lengths of seam binding in next to the seams in the train and run some draw cords in them.... shirr it up when you want a different look with less of a train .

  • @stubbletts
    @stubbletts 2 года назад +22

    Absolutely beautiful! My wedding dress was a similar shape. I had a petticoat which made it so much easier to walk in, since it held the skirt away from my feet!

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +3

      Thank you Alicia! Yes I think I'll have to make a mermaid shaped petticoat for sure!

  • @stephaniethompson4918
    @stephaniethompson4918 2 года назад +19

    I so love watching you creations. As soon as I finish one video I immediately watch an older one. I think I have watched the Cicada Gowns videos seven times each. Very enjoyable. Thank You! 👏👏👏

  • @IvyRosethebus
    @IvyRosethebus 2 года назад +29

    I love your videos! Especially when you draft patterns. I’ve been watching a few challenges on making the “Walk away Dress”. Your channel has been mentioned several times on where they learned drafting. A great compliment to you!! Would you consider drafting that dress? I’d love to see it. Either way, thanks for all your work & skill you share 🎉

    • @ReisigSeeds
      @ReisigSeeds 2 года назад +1

      OK but wait:
      If the rest of us mediocre sewers can supposedly make the WalkAway dress in 4 hours, Bianca should be able to complete the whole thing in an hour and a half, TOPS.
      Otherwise, it’s just not a challenge for her. We don’t want to bore her., after all.
      The rest of us Walk Away to lunch. For it to be a challenge, Bianca should start after breakfast and walk away to a brunch. 😂

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +5

      Thank you Dianne! I have had several requests so I think I'll draft and make a version next spring/summer!

    • @IvyRosethebus
      @IvyRosethebus 2 года назад

      @@TheClosetHistorian Eee. I’m excited! Thank you 😊

  • @lharris4118
    @lharris4118 2 года назад +43

    Ok real talk: When going out .....how the heck do you decide what beautiful outfit to wear? Your clothes makes me miss my mom I loved her Era! I loves your skills so much!

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +7

      Thank you! It can be difficult 😅 I like to choose based on where I'll be going, the theme or vibe of the restaurant or museum exhibition (the two places I go most often perhaps), or if I'm going antiquing I'll choose a handbag over a clutch so I'm more hands free 😂

    • @lharris4118
      @lharris4118 2 года назад +1

      @@TheClosetHistorian Awesome! I like to imagine you in those places with a Gregory Peck or Cary Grant look alike on you arm. I love those old black and whites or early techno color movies where the ladies dress elegant and smart like you.

  • @LarixLyalliiAlpine
    @LarixLyalliiAlpine 2 года назад +11

    Ahhh, one day I will have the fabric to do this justice. Maybe. I have high hips and hip dips so I don't wear many things that are tight to that area of my body.
    But a floor length mermaid skirt is just so ~*~dramatic~*~ I love it so much!
    As always, thank you for the highly entertaining, highly educational video - turns out the steampunk convention was a super spreader event this year and the Rona finally got my husband. My son and I have tested negative so far, and hubs is isolating, but I swear I can hear the Jaws theme in the back of my mind at all times.
    So watching you create this beautiful piece is a very welcome respite from the anxiety.

    • @marcellacruser951
      @marcellacruser951 2 года назад +1

      Just a couple ideas... peplum tops with only a slight bit of ease/flare camouflage hip dips nicely. I make them for a sis with that issue. She also found a panty with hip/tush pads and we stuffed a bit of a padding bunt in the dip areas, on the inside. It gives a pretty smooth line. It does bump her up about two inches the caboose tho, so we keep that in mind for fit.

    • @cherylrosbak4092
      @cherylrosbak4092 2 года назад +4

      Or you could decide that life is short and try not to care what your belly looks like. I promise you, most people won't notice.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +2

      I hope everyone is on the mend! ❤️

    • @LarixLyalliiAlpine
      @LarixLyalliiAlpine 2 года назад +1

      @@TheClosetHistorian thank you so much! We all got it but kiddo and I are on day 11. We all had mild cases (from a medical perspective) but there are some lingering things like my sense of smell being gone and extreme post exertion fatigue that are a bummer.
      But I finally had the energy to sew again yesterday - got started on two more bowties for m'husband. I'm actually thinking of making a tagboard version of the pattern for them now that I know exactly how to make them. 😅
      I'm rambling, sorry. Every day it feels like more brain cells wake up since I was in the thick of covid but my ADHD overshare game is still on point I guess

  • @samh.3421
    @samh.3421 2 года назад +1

    Tis Gyorgeous. Stunning. Feeling inspired to dress up and haunt my own house, thank you very much.

  • @roecocoa
    @roecocoa 2 года назад +8

    You inspired me to look up what the back of the knee is called. It is the popliteal fossa, or hough (pronounced "hock"), which is just delightful.

    • @fuzzywondersock1722
      @fuzzywondersock1722 2 года назад +3

      I was scrolling down to comment this as well. I had a physical therapist cackle at me one time because I called it by its proper anatomical name and he was so startled that I knew its title. Good times lol

  • @whimsicalmusedesign
    @whimsicalmusedesign 2 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for teaching the drafting things! I am working on my first bodice block because of your help! I’m so excited about it because I’ll be able to make so many different bodices with it!❤

  • @ashenwalls3558
    @ashenwalls3558 2 года назад +5

    Not gonna lie, this would do beautifully as a wedding dress skirt! Saving it to the necessary playlist...

  • @paulamiller8386
    @paulamiller8386 2 года назад +6

    Beautiful skirt. I have been looking at mermaid skirts for a dance costume. Having seen your vid I now need to make a stretchy one for dancing and woven one for haunting the family over Christmas. 💜🖤❤

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Paula! I need to make a mermaid shaped petticoat with floof at the very bottom to help make this one easier to walk in 😅

  • @marchellabrahams
    @marchellabrahams 2 года назад

    Possibly not the comment you were expecting, but how nice to hear that very English word 'bum' from your American lips! And you said it beautifully, too. I like the skirt as well.

  • @emmadavey3892
    @emmadavey3892 2 года назад +1

    Fabulous vintage vamp❤ Also without checking my suggestion would be “knee pit” 😂

  • @Sayyadina42
    @Sayyadina42 2 года назад +5

    Thanks for the explanation on this! I've been wanting to make a dress with a skirt this shape and this will be very helpful!

  • @ZolaZsun
    @ZolaZsun 2 года назад +4

    You have created the skirt of the dreams of my younger self. 😊

  • @s.l.bright3675
    @s.l.bright3675 2 года назад +1

    Love the skirt! I hate ironing. One thing you can do to make it less wrinkled when you left it in the dryer to long is redry it with a damp kitchen towel. My mom taught me this. She hated ironing too.

  • @ljshaw8516
    @ljshaw8516 2 года назад +3

    What a Phenomenal Skirt! So delicious to wear I am certain. Your professionalism is over the moon.

  • @TropicanaThunda
    @TropicanaThunda 2 года назад

    Love it! I just finished my 1906 princess ten gore skirt and I wore it last night. Not only was I dramatically twirling in it, I raked leaves and anything under the hem as I walked 😂

  • @mondress
    @mondress 2 года назад +5

    I loved and enjoyed the video as I always do! ❤ I do find myself missing the one hour videos though.. 😊

  • @apalehorsenamed_death2849
    @apalehorsenamed_death2849 2 года назад +1

    This would look gorgeous with your iridescent blouse love watching your videos.

  • @salttothesea
    @salttothesea 2 года назад +1

    Love your videos! I’d love to see a skirt with godets, too!

  • @sandiemable
    @sandiemable 2 года назад

    Bianca, this skirt is gorgeous! The speed of sewing does not diminish the quality of the garment... that is when you are the one sewing.
    Have a wonderful weekend,
    xoxo's Sandie😊

  • @TheFreckledLassSeamstress
    @TheFreckledLassSeamstress 2 года назад +3

    Fantastic! Gives me a bit of Morticia vibes. I'm looking forward to recreating something similar now. Thank you for the inspiration!

  • @jenniferzayerz9907
    @jenniferzayerz9907 2 года назад

    I leave stuff in the dryer all the time! I find adding a damp washcloth or spritzing the items with water and then putting back in the dryer removes any wrinkles that happened from cooling in the dryer. Just set a timer so you don't forget to remove them again!

  • @mathnerd3364
    @mathnerd3364 2 года назад +1

    Gorgeous skirt! I would love to see it in taffeta!

  • @Bulldoghustle
    @Bulldoghustle 2 года назад +3

    I'm so envious of your pattern skills!! I'm self taught..I would have loved to go to school for sewing! Your creativity and skills are impeccable! Thank you for sharing!!

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Thank you Darlene! It's years of practice, things become second nature after a while!!

  • @tinajohnson7230
    @tinajohnson7230 2 года назад

    I have a piece of that rubbery cabinet lining under my machine to keep it from "walking away" on me... it works great and I picked it up for less that a dollar. I watch all your videos and love them btw!

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Tina! i really need to put something underneath it, I sew too fast and it dances on me 🤣

  • @ViolentRoseAu
    @ViolentRoseAu 2 года назад

    I have made a similar skirt in stretch bengaline pinstripe and another in stretch velvet. Both have been worn to death. I love this style of skirt.

  • @caoimhenimhuireadhaigh1303
    @caoimhenimhuireadhaigh1303 2 года назад

    Morticia Adama would die over this skirt!! Truly stunning

  • @mrswintersparrow
    @mrswintersparrow 2 года назад

    I'm finding your videos invaluable and beautiful. Loved the vintage jewellery haul.. 😊

  • @moonbasket
    @moonbasket Год назад

    What a fun and dramatic skirt! I love it.

  • @alexandraleigh
    @alexandraleigh 2 года назад

    I understand the reluctance to sew Velvet is out there and oddly its the fabric I turn to so often but now with my Heavy Kenmore I have become more addicted lol but I still have a huge fear of zippers go figure but with your Vids, I keep watching and listening to you!! One day soon May I say how beautiful this design is! I am so inspired Train and Gore so elegant thank you for sharing !!

  • @bunhelsingslegacy3549
    @bunhelsingslegacy3549 2 года назад +1

    Intently watching every second of the video, knowing there's no way on earth I will ever make anything like this because I just don't do elegant (and would quite likely fall in an untidy heap if I tried to walk in mermaid anything. I like taking long strides and have popped seams in tight skirts before). I do elegant vicariously through you! Keep up the good work!!

  • @EarthToBlair
    @EarthToBlair Год назад

    I know I watch your channel a TON when I've memorized your outro and video release schedule. I am a huge fan! Keep being amazing

  • @susanconner6586
    @susanconner6586 2 года назад +3

    That's absolutely beautiful! Oh, to have a reason to wear that skirt! And a decent waist, of course. I always enjoy your videos. They're the perfect boost on a cold, dreary day.

  • @oleanderwyvern
    @oleanderwyvern 2 года назад

    Ugh, this would look so good in velvet. I adore the drape and sheen of velvet but can't tolerate touching it. Sends a shiver up my spine to deal with it - made a velvet dress for my mom once as Christmas gift and had to wear gloves anytime I was in contact with the fabric.

    • @TheDeepRedCharlie
      @TheDeepRedCharlie 2 года назад +1

      Yay, I'm not the only one who has that problem! I can't even watch other people touch velvet or flocked fabric. Shivers!

  • @MichelleSMV
    @MichelleSMV 2 года назад +1

    Gorgeous work! ❤ I love the whole idea of it trailing behind you a la Mortician Addams. It’s gotta be the perfect house skirt just for that lol

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Michelle! Helps to dust the floor behind me 🤣

    • @MichelleSMV
      @MichelleSMV 2 года назад

      Perfect! The floor sparkles everywhere you walk 😆

  • @melodysimonson1510
    @melodysimonson1510 2 года назад +1

    What a marvelous skirt!! I love mermaid style skirts and you made it look so easy! Absolutely gorgeous!!!🙂❤️

  • @tenaoconnor7510
    @tenaoconnor7510 2 года назад

    You need a wrist loop like for dancing or moving around without it catching on snags. So pretty 😍

  • @gerileemakes
    @gerileemakes 2 года назад +3

    So beautiful. So spooky chic. Love it!

  • @elainebye9090
    @elainebye9090 2 года назад +1

    Delicious! So dramatic, spooky, and sophisticated.

  • @ategetho
    @ategetho 2 года назад

    I learn so much from this channel. Literally, learning to pattern draft and sew has been life changing. So Thank you!!!!

  • @sarahduffy6964
    @sarahduffy6964 2 года назад +1

    This is lovely! It would be an excellent garment to revisit in other fabrics for future videos (like your excellent shirt videos). AKA more please...

  • @jasondeeley797
    @jasondeeley797 2 года назад +2

    Love the skirt, you should do a lace overlay version, loved you vlog Jason from uk 🤓

  • @sinndymorr6358
    @sinndymorr6358 2 года назад

    Just amazed! So lovely. Love this silhouette.

  • @bethliebman8169
    @bethliebman8169 2 года назад

    So Morticia Addams!! Looks great on you.

  • @aprildriesslein5034
    @aprildriesslein5034 2 года назад +1

    I used to do rectangular waistbands too, since they're so much easier, but I've become a convert to shaped waistbands. I'm extremely short-waisted, so having a skirt that sits at my natural waist with a waistband above it, well, even 1" cuts out a significant portion of my torso. With a shaped waistband I can create the illusion of an (at least slightly) longer torso and have a wide waistband, which I like the look of. So, anyhow, that's my 2 cents of advice for my fellow short-waisted gals.

  • @marykallis3677
    @marykallis3677 2 года назад

    Always a pleasure to watch and listen to you design and creative! Happy Holidays! 🥰

  • @rachellynncreates2703
    @rachellynncreates2703 2 года назад +1

    This may be the most you skirt ever! Love it. 😊

  • @petarahmatalla2796
    @petarahmatalla2796 2 года назад +1

    As always another piece of artistic craft. thank you for sharing x from the UK

  • @doloresgreen1563
    @doloresgreen1563 2 года назад +1

    Gorgeous as Always !!! 😻😻😻 You are such an inspiration to all of us. 💖

  • @maureenheil5009
    @maureenheil5009 2 года назад

    I love your videos, I don't know what you are saying most of the time but I love the results and the way you style them.

  • @mandycollins8795
    @mandycollins8795 2 года назад

    Gorgeous! I feel everyone could use a black mermaid skirt.

  • @teelehansen4995
    @teelehansen4995 2 года назад

    My 5yo daughter told me she thinks you're pretty. Which I agree with and super talented. This was a very interesting watch and not nearly as complicated as it seems.

  • @annlidslot8212
    @annlidslot8212 2 года назад

    Hi, Thank you for this tutorial on how to sew gored things. I have wondered over that as I seriously need to make myself a training skirt at some point. Sooner rather than later would be a good thing, but who am I kidding. Yours, Ann

  • @carolbarbee5653
    @carolbarbee5653 2 года назад +1

    You look fabulous I love this skirt❤

  • @paisleywatson3369
    @paisleywatson3369 2 года назад

    One day I will take a crack at making myself a set of basic blocks so I can make things along with you but today is not that day 😅

  • @laurenschulzetenberg5077
    @laurenschulzetenberg5077 2 года назад +1

    Gorgeous! What a fun project!

  • @dottiemathews6853
    @dottiemathews6853 Год назад

    IT just amazes me how you sew through your pins still in the fabric! wow! lol!

  • @PurColour
    @PurColour 2 года назад

    I really enjoy your videos. I learn a lot from them. Your designs are amazing.

  • @susie1089
    @susie1089 2 года назад

    Your so beautiful! Love your videos I’ve always loved vintage but now more since I started watching your videos.

  • @leenanorms
    @leenanorms 2 года назад

    Stunning!

  • @dottiemathews6853
    @dottiemathews6853 Год назад

    BEAUTIFUL!! ABSOULTELY STUNNING AS EVER, BIANCA DAHLING!! LOVE IT!!!

  • @beckymiller6703
    @beckymiller6703 2 года назад

    I love this skirt!

  • @brendabijak7171
    @brendabijak7171 2 года назад +1

    Love it! Beautiful drape on that baby. Please tell me you have new tattoos?! If you've had them and I didn't notice.....shame on me! LOL! As always, perfection....

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Thank you! I got the leaves on my left arm in July 😅 And there is a newer botanical addition that I picked up after filming this that will be seen soon ✨

  • @marcco44
    @marcco44 2 года назад

    very slinky and elegant!😃

  • @dellymel9840
    @dellymel9840 2 года назад

    I love th skirt. My favourite style. xx

  • @CharredFibers
    @CharredFibers 2 года назад

    I think, perhaps, you need a mat underneath your sewing machine. Mine used to move with the vibrations, but then I got a simple mat from like the dollar store that keeps it still and also buffers the sound when I'm sewing fast.

  • @emeraldcat1962
    @emeraldcat1962 2 года назад

    Hi! I am a new subscriber and LOVE the channel. The creations are just, as you say, delicious...very pretty. I've watched several videos here and so now I am going to check out your Patreon channel. Thank you for sharing. Oh, the back of the knee is called the Popliteal.

  • @cathypickard4615
    @cathypickard4615 2 года назад +1

    I'm designing a 6 gored skirt with fall 6 inches below the knee with 8 inch pleats between each gore and a jacket with peplum to wear for my son's wedding on 2024 all on navy wool and a loden green suit with sage green silk blouse - the skirt is a straight pencil pattern for the front with a center back box pleat and two more pleats to either side (side zipper) so that I can walk.
    I know it's 18 months away, but I'm slow and want to have it done early enough.
    Cathy from Alabama

  • @ruthnelson1783
    @ruthnelson1783 2 года назад

    throw a damp washcloth in with the fabric in the dryer and it will "steam" a lot of the wrinkles out for you.

  • @patrickm2894
    @patrickm2894 2 года назад

    Your entire aesthetic feels very “Other Mother” from Coraline!

  • @leslikuyweski4576
    @leslikuyweski4576 2 года назад

    Beautiful!

  • @olliejones3302
    @olliejones3302 2 года назад +1

    Amazing as always 🖤🖤🖤

  • @ReisigSeeds
    @ReisigSeeds 2 года назад

    Love the music for the reveal! Where did you get it?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      All the music is from a service called Epidemic Sound ✨

  • @debrastyle
    @debrastyle Год назад

    This is beyond awesome look on you. Stunning.....

  • @bravehearticus
    @bravehearticus 2 года назад

    That's delicious and incredibly flattering

  • @davidh.4220
    @davidh.4220 2 года назад

    Another home run, B!

  • @keelyjohnston19
    @keelyjohnston19 2 года назад

    I want to learn to make my own patterns. What would you say would be the easiest pattern to draft for the first time. A skirt looks a bit easier then a top

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      The thing about pattern drafting is, it's best to start with the basic blocks, skirt and bodice, because they are used as a base to make everything else. I would say the skirt is indeed easier than the bodice! I have a skirt drafting example here: ruclips.net/video/yMvSQt2wLo8/видео.html

    • @keelyjohnston19
      @keelyjohnston19 2 года назад

      @@TheClosetHistorian thank you 🙏

  • @lindagoesel3815
    @lindagoesel3815 2 года назад

    Ok energizer, you are amazing. I agree with L. H. How do you choose what to wear. Love your hair cut and I have been trying to figure out who you remind me of and I finally saw her. Leslie Caron. So adorable. And talented beyond belief. Hope the house hunting is going well.

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Linda! I wish I could dance like her, but instead I have two left feet 😅

    • @lindagoesel3815
      @lindagoesel3815 2 года назад

      @@TheClosetHistorian but I bet she couldn't sew or create like you.

  • @Hiker_who_Sews
    @Hiker_who_Sews 2 года назад

    Hmm... would you bustle it or attach the train to your wrist when Gomez collects you in his arms to tango?

  • @daunledford7780
    @daunledford7780 Год назад

    The back of the knee is called popliteal or knee pit

  • @rinaeperron7746
    @rinaeperron7746 2 года назад

    Stunning! ( again!) ♡♡♡♡

  • @alyssahardbarger7973
    @alyssahardbarger7973 2 года назад

    maybe a bustle for the train to make it easier to walk in?

  • @lindseybotelho
    @lindseybotelho 2 года назад

    Gorgeous 🖤

  • @DeniseMJoerg
    @DeniseMJoerg 2 года назад

    Nice job, Morticia! 😉

  • @kyradavis7130
    @kyradavis7130 2 года назад

    A matching blouse on the way?

  • @kimrichardson8376
    @kimrichardson8376 2 года назад

    I have a question for you. How do you start wearing a corset. I made one and finished it yesterday. It’s the first time I’ve made one and I’m use to wearing loose clothing. So how do I begin wearing it?
    Kim🇨🇦🍁

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      I only wear corsets for historic costumes, and don't wear my costumes very often, so I'm no expert I'm afraid! I just cinch them on, I don't mind corsets at all, they feel like a big firm hug to me 😂

  • @dottiemathews6853
    @dottiemathews6853 Год назад +1

    LOL! HUNNY! THOSE PINS LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN TO SEWING WAR! LOL!! THEY WORKED HARD FOR YA HUNNY! STILL GOING STRONG WHEN YOU SEWN THROUGH THEM PUTTING IN THE ZIPPER! GOOD PINS! LOL!

  • @therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar
    @therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar 2 года назад

    I love this!!! ❤❤❤

  • @MDeLorien
    @MDeLorien 2 года назад +1

    Love it !!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @dottiemathews6853
    @dottiemathews6853 Год назад

    "THE BLUE PATTERING TABLE OF DOOM" LOVE IT!!!!! "IT'S WHERE THE STUFF OF DREAMS ARE MADE OF!"

  • @rosieaudios6749
    @rosieaudios6749 Месяц назад

    How many meters did you use up for this skirt?

  • @charlarp
    @charlarp 2 года назад

    Just……gorgeous

  • @halfgoddess_halfhell
    @halfgoddess_halfhell 2 года назад

    Random thought: I wonder if one of those gripper mat things people use for cabinets would work well under you machine to keep it from walking while it's working hard. 🤔

  • @kathyjohnson2043
    @kathyjohnson2043 2 года назад

    Another question: if the pattern is on the fold, why not line the pattern up against the edge of the paper rather than moving it away from the edge, tracing and then cutting off the extra strip of paper?

    • @TheClosetHistorian
      @TheClosetHistorian  2 года назад

      Well in my case sometimes the paper is not straight, and secondly because sometimes I add a center front seam and need space.