Making A Color Blocked Jacket // Shiny Suit Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- It's been a while since I made such a big mistake. Alas no one is immune! Slow down, triple check everything! I still think this jacket is very cute and I can't wait to wear it out for a day of antiquing to scare the vendors with my potential netrunning skills.
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Thank you for watching!
Even with the issue regarding the seam allowance (you turned that into an excellent teaching moment) the suit is brilliant. You’re such an inspiring artistic and I appreciate learning from you.
Honestly, the off-set side seam looks quite intentional. And it's great to know that even very experienced seamstresses make mistakes sometimes, so thank you for leaving that in :)
So true!
My very experienced sewing teacher told me years ago that if I wanted to learn to sew well, I'd better learn to rip well, too.
"It's not a bug, it's a feature!"- me and my husband every time we have a... surprise design change on the job...
Oh my God how fabulous this looks!!! For more than one reason I think you should refer to it as the Fatal Mistake Suit. Because damn, girl, a fatal mistake has never looked so GOOD!
I'M TELLING YOU HUNNY! FOR REAL! SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS ABOUT TO GET HER REVENGE ON HIM! HE IS DEAD! LOL!!!! LOVE IT!!!
A friend gave me her grandmother's 1942 beaver fur coat which was kind EXCEPT she had removed the shoulder pads because she thought they looked "weird." They were quite integral to the garment (of course) and so now the shoulder seams are unraveling, and no one fixes furs anymore, so I have to learn to do it! All to say I support your "hard on fashion crimes" stance.
I think it’d be great to either have a timer running while you pattern, or flash on screen how long the patterning took. I’m always curious about how much work it is.
Agreed! she makes me think that I can do all of this as a never sewn and want to get a sewing machine asap
I'm not going to speak for our fabric wizard's own experience, but in drafting projects of my own I often spend 2-3 hours transferring patterns out of books and redrafting for my own messurements. Most of my projects are victorian era though so that may play into it as well. Really it is mostly just practice and how much of a perfectionist you are and how well the mockups go that determines the time for each project.
Well a normal pattern is a lot faster than these color blocked ones 😂 Around 40 minutes maybe? Depends on how complex something is, moving one dart? 5 minutes 😅 I am faster when I'm not filming as well
I don’t follow you necessarily for vintage, or futuristic, or 1890’s. I like all of those fashion styles but it’s your personal style that really keeps me here. There’s plenty of vintage I don’t like, but I specifically like your take on it. Im here for Bianca’s designs, not so much for the individual aesthetics that you dabble in
I second this whole-heartedly!!
The motion is carried!
It's all about The Bianca!
The style!
The floops!
The buddies!
The retro!
The futuristic!
The hair!
The makeup!
The home decor!
The set design!
The BIANCA!
Sewing on an older machine definitely has its advantages in my experience. Mum's hand-crank 60s Singer would sew anything we put under the needle, from dungarees, to bridesmaid dresses, to weird stuff for Halloween. A modern machine would probably have had forty fits sewing this project, they get temperamental when you dare to change the type of thread you're using. This is why, as well as my modern machine, I made the decision to buy the same hand-crank model that mum had, it just plods along regardless with no theatrics.
One big problem is that they do not make them any more. What you can get have been used for 60-80 years. :-)
@@bknesheim the ones that were made long ago are often in good condition. Mine is made of pig-iron. It is not going to break anytime soon.
@@expatpiskie It is the small parts that can be a problem and when they break it can be expensive. That why it is hard to buy a machine if you can not test it. :-(
If you have a working singer like the one you have I expect it to last longer then any machine you buy new today. I just wish that you could buy new one that was made like the old ones.
Excellent work. Everyone makes mistakes…it’s how how work out of them that counts! Sharing it with us is inspiring. You are a fine artist. 🙂❤️🙏🏼
I would honestly love to see you make a knock off version of a Thierry Mugler suit like you did with the Alexander McQueen dress.
This is stunning. I want to color block everything now. When the Shine video came out I was in awe and I want to see a tutorial for as much as possible. I loved every single look. Love love love
I whole heartedly agree.
Let us continue to talk up Shine, what a collection!
Thank you!!
The all-knowing internet says color blocking was on the runway for Yves St. Laurent in 1946...sounds vintage to me. (Have you considered clips when pins will leave a mark?) LOVE all of these garments and, again, the video you created with them was amazing!
It looks so cool and intentional! You're amazing to share with us! I do want to make a man's jacket version but that's like 10 hundred levels from my skill. I get tripped up sewing an infinity scarf! LOL But some day!
Your pattern drafting skills always amaze me. I admire your skills. I'll stay with using patterns. LOL Beautifully done!
I love this! Any more, whenever I have to sew a million pieces together (and even when I sew only a few) I I cut, surge, and sew each piece to the next, in order, immediately. I used to do all my cutting, then all my surging, then all my pinning, then sew every thing, but darned if that wasn't a confusing mess when I had to piece several things. This was VERY RELATABLE! Beautiful end results, though! WOW!
Oh, I've been so excited to see this thanks for doing it so quickly! It looks fantastic. I enjoy these more modern makes as well as your more vintage ones.
I would have had to take a photo of that sleeve jigsaw puzzle to get it all back together properly 😄
That suit turned out so lovely. It looks absolutely fabulous.
Thank you Linda!
That is an awesome suit, despite the seam allowance issues. I look forward to seeing the pattern perfecting.
Yes! I'm so happy you uploaded, 💓 💛
Mesmerizing! Nice surprise to find you posting on a Monday.
FANTASTIC!!! I love these ideas...so me. I usually make a mistake somewhere especially when making so many pieces. Please don't feel bad for your faithful ones
It's so fascinating watching you manipulate the paper and like magic, something lovely is born!☺️
Once again, Precious One, you have blown the doors off of stuffy. 💖 Love your "mistakes", they are known as Artistic Talent. 💖 In my experience, the worst flub up becomes the best originality. 😻 Honestly, I believe that is how fashion evolves. 😸 I love the skirt/jacket suit. It truly is figure-flattering. 💖 Good Job !!! 👍
Loved how you showed that even experienced makers make mistakes. The Jacket still turned out looking amazing. :}
I just love your channel and your presentations! Thank you massively creative person! 💗🌹
Thank you Raini!
Fabric choice is often a challenge but I actually like the stiffer look - it has a more industrial vibe - especially with those closures! Inspired. Indeed a drafting mistake is so unlike you but having watched you make these mistakes will probably mean the rest of us won't as we're more likely to remember not to... well, here's hoping 😏. BTW there were no cards popping up on my tablet? I have a colour blocked vintage blouse on my to sew list - I must get round to it. The pattern image has been saved for ages! Simplicity 2723 - although possibly a better option for someone like me who is more flatchested!
I find your latest color block videos quite inspiring even though I do not intend to make anything like it. But it is obvious you enjoy exploring something new.
I do think it is important to not get in a "same same" familiar rut (though I also get the fear that views go down/ people might expect something different). In such a thing, how much you enjoy it does influence how enjoyable watching is.
And the jacket does look really stunning; it reminds me of old SciFi?
I love this look. So Westworld/ Bladerunner. Brilliant.
It was actually nice to see your process for recovering from a mistake after you'd made it. Thank you.
Any chance we can also get an eyeshadow tutorial for this eye look? Stunning! ❤️
Your jacket is fantastic! Good call on how you handled your mistake too.
I love this outfit so much! It looks so sci fi and sexy. Since the seam is offset on both sides it looks intentional and Amazing
I feel your bangs dismay. I have short hair and I'm a restless sleeper. I can't tell you haw many times I've woke up with Alfalfa hair. Fierce pillow styling.
You continue to inspire me so much- love the final suit!
So cool! I'm so glad you decided to film & share the making of this! The bladerunner video was one of, if not the, first video I watched of yours and this is just as fascinating! You make complicated designs feel doable! And the results are stunning, regardless of mistakes!
Thank you Reina!!
The suit is amazing! I get Blade Runner vibes, to be honest. Like vintage/futuristic? I don't know... anyway, I think you should explore whatever style you want. And I don't know if it is because you are modelling it or because you designed it but it does look kind of vintage, right?
Thank you!
Awesome work!! ♥️♥️♥️
The whole look is gorgeous and classy and beautiful villain looking. As frustrating this is for you, the fact that you did not quit or toss the project or not show us, is inspiring. I have not touched my machine in 9 months because I got so frustrated. I am going to pull that thing back out and try again. Thank you.
I know you made a mistake on the seam allowance at the center front, but I still LOVE this jacket.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing the frustration moment, I must admit that I laughed with your reaction because it's a honest one. I must say that I loved the result. Really, loved it loved it
Looks perfect, very nicely executed and flatters your figure.
Thank you Renee!
Your suit is really beautiful. I'm really impressed x
Lovely and instructive video as usual. I've been quietly LOVING your content for a while, but I must beg, Bianca, please, please, PLEASE, stop trying to tell us -and yourself- that you are lazy.
You are quite extraordinarily productive in both finished outfits and produced video content. You are fastidious and so detail oriented where it counts and you know where and when to cut corners without having to make sacrifices, that's not being lazy! No one likes taking their pins out before running things through the machine, you have the experience to know when you can get away with it, that's not being lazy, it's putting in the hundreds of hours to know better.
I know that impostor syndrome is a thing, and it sucks to deal with for all of us, especially women and girls, but you do not have to apologize or make yourself smaller for having our attention. You have build such a supportive and lovely platform, I wish you could offer yourself the grace to be kind and supportive to yourself and to use your influence to model as much for the next generation of sewist and of talented young girls ready to put in an astonishing amount of work toward a creative public facing life.
Thank you Audrey! The paradox of youtube is that if you do not mention your mistakes, a great many commenters will make sure to point them out to you, which is never much fun to read. It's easier to just get ahead of that sorta thing honestly 😅
Thank you for saying this, I felt it also. With three videos produced in one week, I wanted to say whoa, take a break!
I love all these shiny things lately. You’ve created an entire line that I’d expect to see on the runway!
Thank you Bailey!
I love the sound of a jacket block!
gurl!!! that outfit is KILLER! HUNNY!! WORK IT!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID, BUT, WHEN HE SEES YOU IN THIS MURDEROUS OUTFIT, HE IS DONE FOR! (SHE GOT THE GUN CONCEALED IN HER PURSE) OOOH!
Did it still turn out cute? No. Sexy, Polished Powerful, yes 😍
If I weren't looking for the difference, I wouldn't spot it. Even looking for a difference, an untrained eye wouldn't notice anything off.
It's too bad you didn't have the extra to "fix" the goof. It would have been an interesting addition to the video!
Apparently I must have a weird geometric pattern design brain too, because when I was making my kefta, which is a princess seam design with a waist seam, and I wanted to eliminate the waist seam on a layer of wool interlining, I did pretty much the same thing to extend it down to just past my butt (that length was not intentional, just how much fabric I had from half a holey old wool horse coolout blanket). I also later used that same princess bodice block extension to make myself a housecoat. And am also using it to reverse-engineer a darted bodice block! I closed up the bottom because I don't have a small waist, and put all the dart into the side and from a preliminary mockup it's a good start!
Question: why don't you bag line just the sleeve, bag line the jacket, and then slip stitch the sleeve and body of the jacket together? Probably will be the same amount of hand stitching involved.
Great jacket even with the minor mistakes. Glad that you shared them with us - that even an experienced seamstress can make mistakes. My heart went out to you when this happened. 🥰
Cathy from Alabama
Oh my dear you are extraordinary! At about 4:37 in I have to pause and tell you that my aunt taught me how to work those angles by saying you do it “like this.” Logicians marvel at the audacious accuracy of those like you and her who create symmetry so effortlessly. Another gorgeous mind on RUclips, Adam Savage of Tested, says his programs are not howto as much as What Happened programs. I find yours often as such as well, which is far more genuinely human.
OK I'll fess up. I was a teenager in the 80s. I had (still have) linebacker shoulders. You betcha I ripped shoulder pads out of just about anything I purchased that decade!
You really had a time making this jacket and it still looks amazing😍
You are unlikely to agree, but I actually feel like that mistake was a happy accident - because the whole project is about colours blocking it just makes it look like that was part of the blocking, I love it. Also I would have never noticed if you hadn't mentioned it >.
A question: why do you add ther seam allowance? Why not mark the sewing lines and then when cutting, add the seam allowance. This way you sewing lines would be perfectly exact when the garment is sewn together.
You are just spoiling us with the content. I love this set. Good thing I have a mega sale from the biggest fabric store coming up so I can try my own colour blocking. Thank you for the great idea and hardly needed serotonin your videos give me
Mistakes happen. The end result is still stunning!
Thank you Jess!
Yay, new upload! I feel like we've had a lot of content from you recently. Much appreciated :)
I love that you give us your thought process! It is as if we are having a discussion about the process - comparing thoughts and combining experiences. ❤
AMAZING LOOK. I use Cleure make-up - its kind to the skin
The end result is genuinely runway-worthy. I can see it easily up there with any other collection.
Thank you!!
SLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is one heck of a cool suit, Bianca! Mistake...I can't see one; neither will anyone else.
xoxo's Sandie
Very fun! I don't think the issue with the side seam ended up looking bad in the end, I quite like it, but wouldn't it have been fine to sew the waistline seam on the front panels again but taking double the seam allowance instead so that it's the correct length, I mean yeah that would require the headache of unpicking the top stitching etc so I guess that answers my question but still haha
In my book a flaw isn’t fatal if you can actually wear the piece. And it looks incredible!
What is the pique fabric? Would a matte ponte have worked as well.
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If you want to tame your bangs just put a face cloth in very hot water (carefully) wring it out and plop it on your head. Leave it there until it starts to feel cool. That will steam your hair so that you can re style it without getting it soaking wet.
It's actually great to see such an experienced seamstress making a mistake it makes us feel good about our own stuff ups I really love this suit it is very flattering
If your mistakes turn out this good 👀 dayum you are good lol I like it - call it a design choice and move forward 😍
so nice and classy, wonderful job. office goth vibes 🖤
So amazing. Even if you do admit mistakes. We all make them.
it looks like something you would wear to a bladerunner themed party
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It looks stunning as always!
Do not worry Bianca, the explanations are very clear, and it's good to leave some mistakes, because, hopefully, I can learn from them and not make them myself :) Loving this colour-blocking series
Thank you!
Mistakes or not Georgous jacket and suit🎉🤣🤣
Fantastic project! I love it.
Don't beat yourself up so much for the pattern drafting mistakes. They weren't fatal errors. You fixed them and at the end practically no one would notice the small mismatched bits. There is SO much else going on with the seams and geometry that what stands out is the amazingness of your design.
I am super grateful to be able see the whole color blocking thing so thoroughly demystified. It is mesmerizing to watch you work.
Thank you Julie!
What's the official term for vintage punk aesthetic? Film noir punk? Because this should be the picture that goes with it in the dictionary. Very cool!
Thank you! I guess if cyperpunk is a thing, and steampunk...it can be retropunk? maybe? 😂
This is stunning despite the mistakes - most people would not notice. I look forward to a more in-depth look at converting a basic bodice into princess seams from your perspective! I enjoy all of your content. Please keep sharing your creativity and helping us learn how to express our own creativity.
Thank you! 💚
I love this suit. I’m stuck in limbo waiting to have surgery so I can actually get back to sewing. I want to skip over the stuff I have paused and make this.
Thank you Diana! I hope surgery goes well ❤️
Thank you for showing that even a sewing goddess like yourself can make mistakes, but I think it's stunning.💖
Thank you Lesley!
For all the trouble it gave you, this jacket SLAPS. I feel like that fits the futuristic detective movie villain vibes perfectly lol
Thank you!
Stylish! Enjoy watching your process. The mix of fabric is a fantastic idea and something to add to my fits too.
Thank you!
I literally screamed when I saw this video was released
It's absolutely beautiful! Loves the techniques you provide
Thank you!
Do what you want to do - I suspect we all will follow along!
Bianca, I think it is stunning! Everything you make I want to recreate for my wife!
Thank you David!!
Mugler would love this jacket. I love this jacket.
😭 Thank you!!
This is killer. Like a vampire femme fatale.
How is it that your outfits are not walking down the runway in Paris or some other fashion runway is beyond me! Your designs are so awesome!
Thank you Elizabeth!
Your outfit is gorgeous and you look like a perfect model wearing it..
Thank you Monique!
Lovely Dress "Rachel"
you in a league of your own Ms. B!!
Wierdness Blocking
This really does look so good!
Still, that suit *is* fire!!
Brilliant!!!! xxxxxxxxx
Amazing!!!! ~~~~~♡
Fabulous outfit.
this outfit is so rad
Brilliant Bianca 👏
Damn...!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥