if the velvety fabric is on a knit base, it's velour, on a woven base, it's velvet. Then each of those get their own adjective, like crushed, stretch, embossed (Minky bubble dots), devoure, panne, etc.
When you said you were going to tackle the sleeve "the proper way" the video immediately cut to an ad that started with people screaming very loudly... that was quite entertaining 😂
I think the whole "it doesn't get that cold here, why take it seriously?" thing those of us in warmer climates are always told is kind of silly. I heard it all my life from my parents when I lived in South Texas and believed them, but then I was freezing cold every winter! Prep for the cold you feel, not the temperature other people think is cold. I know we likely won't get a real freeze this winter, and my husband will probably be in a tee shirt, but I'm still bundling my anemic ass up. Get cozy!
I moved to South GA expecting it to be warm all the time. We've dipped down into the low 30s for the past week. 😆 Thankfully it's only sporadic over a couple of months. I've lived in low mountain areas where it goes negative and snows -- not my fave!
Meanwhile, here in the north of Sweden: Ooooohhhhhhhh exciting! Break out the shorts and Champagne (lies ofc, we only drink mead) it's a toasty -15C (5F I think?) today!
Cold is such a relative feeling anyway. I'm in Canada so we do get very cold winters, but 5°C after a few days in the 20 degrees is cold and i'll put on something warm, the same 5°C after -20 is definitely toasty so i'll probably be dumb enough to not even wear a jacket 😂. Dress for how cold or warm you feel, that's the only thing that matters actually.
Gotta say, I absolutely love how you do the subtitles (not deaf, just have sensory processing issues). You manage to get your personality through very clearly through text and your written sound effects are hilarious. Also, just in case this was a serious question and not just checking if anyone uses subtitles, absolutely keep the theme. It's so fun and fits your channel style very well.
Was about to comment this after I saw the caption of sewing noises! I am the same, I can hear and am not d/Deaf or HoH but the caption help me process what I am actually hearing.
Ok, here I go giving up my age. I worked at Sears in the housewares department when the mushroom canisters were new. It was my first job and I was engaged to be married.
@@kobaltkween they say; if you have to explain the joke it is not funny, but I thought it was pretty good. Also in the grommet videos she was making ankle cuffs, not too much of a stretch to get to wrist cuffs.
@@jaytalbot1146 Sorry, I didn't read it as a joke. But I can see how it could have been intended that way. As for the similarity between ankle and wrist cuffs, yeah, that was my point.
Suggestions for the next version (and to finalize this one) 1.When you cut the front pocket, make the bottom less flat. That will give it a little more room for your hands and not pull up the bottom of the dress. 1-1. Also, sew top and sides of the pocket, and leave bottom open for turning. Then lay it downwards on the front and sew with raw edges inside the pocket. Only need to topstitch to hold the top edge on that way. 2. Make a second hood and sew all the exposed edges together begore attaching. Sew the outer on onto the body of dress and hand stitch the lining one onto the underside of the seam allowance. (Can do this with current dress. Make a second hood and hand sew it on.) 3. Cuffs. Play with your fabric and whatever direction has the most stretch should be the line that goes around your arm.
First Time Viewer (and new subscriber less than 5min in). I used to sew all of my kids’ clothes and quickly learned how to change things to be faster and look better! For the cuffs: Cut them on the bias. I know how silly that sounds with a stretch fabric but until I did that, I was forced to use rib knit which was an abrupt change which I did not like. The percent of stretch will not be the same as when cutting a woven on the bias though I do think there will be enough to push up the arms a bit. Use a stretch stitch (looks like a lightning bolt) or wide but short zig zag. Those provide structure with stretch. I agree on lining the hood. I despise exposed seams and raw edges. At the minimum I serge or zigzag all exposed seam allowance edges. When making hoodies from regular heavy knit fabrics or fleece, I look for matching satin, tricot, or a woven that I’ll cut on bias to not distort the stretch. Woven is my very last choice in this case. I love this. I love your enthusiasm and fearlessness. I am super excited because I am very not easily impressed :). I am looking forward to binging all of your previous content over the coming weeks. Yay!!!
Seriously, who wants somebody doing "things properly" if you have you? Plenty of tutorials on the internet but none are as charming and spontaneous as you are. And magically everything is kinda working 😂😂😂😂 I love your channel, your dresses and your randomness.
This. Charlie is the ONLY sewing channel I watch. I don't even own a sewing machine. And the only hand-stitching I do is mending. But Charlie makes me want to take up sewing. I, too, like to live in comfy dresses but have SPECIFIC WANTS in terms of what constitues "a properly comfy dress" (plus OMG I WANT HOODIE SWEATSHIRT DRESSES NOW) and Charlie gives me the desire to get a used sewing machine and throw myself into my first project. (I do have some experience in the way back past of sewing via patterns... which I always hated, hence why I don't have a sewing machine. But I have some familiarity with the basic skills, I guess).
I just want to say thank you for all your videos. I had a major surgery this year to remove a 7 lb tumor. As I recovered you entertain me and filled my love and need to craft when I could not. Now I feel confident to go get my sewing machine out and make some stuff.
I drafted myself a very basic smock dress pattern this year and I have made a few of them in polar fleece and Teddy fleece for the winter. My god they are so cosy and comfy.
You are one Closet Historian binge watch away from realizing you pretty much did the sleeve thing the proper way. Edit: the secret to very stretchy but close fitting sleeves is using cuff fabric. It's a kind of rib knit.
Don't think of the camera angle as crooked -- think of it as Dutch! 😁 For the cuffs, a rib knit is probably what you're looking for, like you normally find on sweatshirts and hoodies. The dress turned out beautiful!
This - to get a cuff that fits your wrist nicely and yet stretches enough to pull oversized sleeves up & keep them up, you almost certainly need a ribbed knit material. I don't wanna say "there are no other fabrics that will accomplish the same thing" because there are approximately 3 trillion fabrics out there so who am I to make such a black-and-white statement, but... in terms of walking into a fabric store and accurately identifying a fabric that will fill THAT role? Ribbed knit. Which probably means a sad trombone reaction for a crushed velvet sleeve (again though, who am I to say that a good match doesn't exist in the world of 3 trillion fabrics). Alternately, ditch the bishops' sleeves for crushed velvet hoodie dresses and make a fitted-ish sleeve that has just enough diameter/hem size to allow the sleeve to be pulled up and stay up.
@@Wingedshadowwolf That's what I was thinking, only using elastic didn't occur to me because my mind was still thinking ribbing. 2 inch or 3 inch wide elastic would be great, if it's available in those sizes. Useful for me because I also love long sleeves but always push them up because I can't bear them around my wrists!
Hilarious Fact: That kind of velvet is called Nervous Velour here in Norway. I have no idea why and it cracks me up endlessly. It has never ceased to e funny in the 16 years I've been here.
AAHG I accidentally clicked dislike and even though I immediately clicked like, the app showed a "your feedback has been shared with the creator" message. Damn you, RUclips! Why is that message not also shown for likes? What does it mean?! ❤ This is the coziest garment ever and I desperately need it.
Personal space heaters! When I was in college, someone from the power company told us it was significantly less expensive to get little space heaters to warm ourselves than to heat the whole room we were in. The power to run a space heater was cheaper than the hvac costs.
I love the mushrooms! I would recommend giving them a lead test just in case. Idk if they were still using leaded glazes in the 70's but it's better to know than to accidentally poison yourself.
@@akhagee4707 It depends on how much you handle them. If you're handling them a lot to get things in and out of them, a leaded glaze can still leech out onto your skin. You can get super cheap lead test swabs online. I highly recommend.
The thing I like most about doing pattern drafting/editing, other than the fact that I can actually have nice clothes because I can't buy commercial patterns that fit, is that (while it can be super frustrating an a WHOLE DAMN PROCESS to do) the next time you go to make the thing, you already have the perfect pattern. Or something closer that you only have to do some small edits to.
One of my first few sewing projects was with velvet, but the only velvet I could afford was polyester stretch velvet/velour and I discovered that I hate that fabric with the burning passion of a thousand suns. 😅 I could handle the slippery sewing, but the pile that gets EVERYWHERE (including up my nose so my snot was black) made me tip over into disliking it. Then what REALLY pissed me off was the static electricity. I couldn't pet my cats. I shocked myself on door handles, on the bathroom tap, on the car, on my husband! The dress was banished into my scraps bag until I can figure out something to use the fabric for that doesn't involve me wearing it.
This looks so cosy and is only intensifying my desire to work with crush velvet! Regarding the cuffs and stretch, use a zig-zag stitch or your serger to attach them - if using a zig-zag it needs to be wide and short for maximum stretchiness! Depending what other options your machine gives you, a "lightning bolt" stitch or a 3-step zizg-zag also work. I've used both these options on a double-layered cuff successfully 😊
from my experience knitting a hoodie, i think you need to gather the hood slightly in the back. because your head curves back more than your neckline, you need to make room for it in the hood. basically, i think cutting the hood “too big” and gathering it is actually the proper way to make a hood.
If you're not set on having smooth cuffs in the velour, you could gather stitch/top stitch them with elastic thread. It gives a crinkly look, but that fabric looks awesome with gathering in the way the light hits it. I think you should absolutely line the hood, and do the gathering again on the sides. It would give it a very luxurious look without a lot of weight! Great time to do a little hand-sewing so you don't have to rip out the hood.
I like how your large carousel horse matches your small carousel. WOW, I haven't thought about mushroom canisters in years!!! I totally forgot about them, and they were EVERYWHERE there for a while. The color, the swooshiness of the dress -- love it!
I make cuffs with elastic in them, or add a panel of shirring (she says as if she's made more than 3 shirts) the elasticized thread works great on my knit sweaters !
So much cute stuff! By the way, you were right about the extra syllable, just it should be in the first word. "Pièce de résistance" - the accents show that it's said like "P. S." or "pee yes de raysistonce" instead of "piece" or "peace de..." :)
Recommendations on the cuff. You’ll either want to make them bigger and maybe add a thumb-hole because those are fun or make the cuffs have some kind of latches or buttons that could open it to shove it to the elbows. You could get out the grommets, but you would definitely want to use an interfacing on the material to make setting easier. The downside of the interfacing is loosing the material’s stretchy properties. That material isn’t impossible to grommet without interfacing, it just makes it easier. Moving the pouch down would be cuter, but it’s fine. The pouch would also be super cute with some lace or trim.
Oh this is great!! I have this fabric in green. I believe it's called panne velour. One of my favorite fabrics to play with. As for the cuffs, you need to cut them on the bias so they will stretch
18:52 is giving renaissance and I’m not saying you should 100% do this again but more renaissance/magical because heck yah. To make it more convenient to do things, you can attach ties in the sleeves to tie together behind you (or just tie the sleeves together xD)
I love your videos! And your practical approach to cutting out your fabric. I'm looking at the dress after you put it together and it looks like the fabric has a nap to it... the center panel is different a bit in color... I think you need to cut all your pieces so the nap goes the same for each piece... but it could also be I can't see well enough viewing on my phone! Lol I seriously love your wit and your projects. Please keep up the good work! Kentuckyweaver
You could line the hood in a different fabric. A baby blue or cream cotton would look pretty. And for the cuffs buy cuffing fabric, it’s awesome. Or thrift a hoodie and steal the cuffs.
I'm loving the strong wizard vibes. 😄 The kangaroo pocket does give a bit of a 1920s dropped waist look, which isn't to my taste, but to each their own.
This is so similar to what I want. Except instead of the velvet fabric, I would want it to look like a more proper hoodie just very, very long. Possibly with an inner layer of Sherpa fabric for extra coziness. Even the raglan sleeves were kind of what I was thinking of, I would do them in a contrasting color (probably match the center pocket as well). I also like the sleeves, though I think I personally would use one of those stretchy cuffs that you normally get on a hoodie... God damn it, I barely know how to sew. This should not be my first project but I am so tempted....I should at least make a skirt first. In any case, I will be saving this video for future reference, thank you kindly.
I’d suggest a normal hoodie, even child-size, as a warm-up project (pun not really intended but leaving it) first. Donate the practice project if you don’t make it usable size for you - it will be much appreciated by someone. I suggest this so you are somewhat familiar with how your machine works with this fabric, how it feels in your hands, and how the fabric and stitches work together. I’m normally very relaxes about trying new things but fabric is not cheap even on sale so going in with a little experience will save you grief.
Fabrics like this have a knap. Which is a way the fibers lay in one direction. It can make some sections appear a different color. I I think this turned out hella cute tho
Please make a gardening/hiking/elf version! Browns and greens, and outdoorsy material. I love kangaroo pockets, and would adore one on a dress! I thought the high placement really added to the overall look of the dress, but functionality is key of course. Love, love, love this!!
For winter warmth under dresses, I wear leggings in a size bigger than I "need." They don't have feet so can go bare foot or wear separate socks. This prevents the whole crotch-getting-pulled-down problem. My favorite are bamboo, but lately have had a hard time finding them.
I have some fabric in sea green in my stash! Bought for a project that never happened. Love the elfish vibes. You could make matching slippers with fabric upper, non-slip fabric sole and sherpa lining. Warmer than socks, more comfy than hard soled slippers.
Ehm, I'm sort of suspecting she cut out the center front skirt panel with the nap facing the opposite way to the other panels 🤔 It looks darker in color, which with velvet/velour usually means the nap is the "wrong" way. But maybe it's just the way the shadows fall 🤷♀️
Is it weird that I think she would just make such a cool mom. Like it seems like her and her husband are pretty focused on their careers but I just think she'd make the coolest mom. I love my mom, and I wouldn't trade her for anything, but she's not nearly as crafty as I am, and her solution to something being broken or not quite perfect is to throw it out and get something new. I'm for the the artsy fixer-upper kinda person. I just feel like it would be so cool to just spend a day baking with her, or designing a dress, or having her teach me about how to pick what seam style to use where in garment construction. I'm glad she's bringing her crafty mom vibes here to youtube though
It’s been a Beautiful winter where I live it was 47° yesterday and I took a walk in a hoodie and leggings… and that is UN HEARD OF in my part of nowhere North Dakota! It’s awesome 🤘
You make a thing. I immediately want the thing. I've been sewing for YEARS many more years than you, but there ain't no way I'm going to make that because I don't seem to trust myself
Idk if this would work but maybe try cutting the cuff on the bias. Tends be a little more stretch that way. I would just worry about it getting stretched out.
An easy way to get the hood to your liking might be to pick up a lovely blue fabric as lining (stretch charmeuse, perhaps?) and add it in. Very nice work and such a lovely dress!
I went to SCAD for Fashion Design, that is EXACTLY how to do a slash a spread. Cutting at elbow to add volume on one end but not the other is 100% acceptable. You nailed it.
This is divine!! You have to make this with a zipper in the from for a jacket/robe. It would be so pretty in Sherpa fleece. Shannon makes made a historically accurate cider corset hoodie. I think the hood she makes is exactly what you want. I love that trunk you bought. I think it would be awesome as an organizer or a way to transport projects in progress.
The word you are looking fir is "plat de résistance" (an odd/interesting expression now that I think about it). Those mushrooms canisters are very cute. The blue velvet is gorgeous and it makes such a pretty dress. I hope it's warm and cozy as you wished.
I am crazy warm in two blanket dresses/robes with hoodies and a front pocket. I have fallen in love with the front pockets! Two days later your video popped up!😅 I don't have a raglan pattern, no velour, blah blah blah. I will make this dress.
It's nice to have a go to pattern. I have this one button down shirt pattern I go to over and over again 😊. Most of the time I make shirts. Yet the last time I used the shirt pattern instead of a collar, I used the hood from another pattern. Zippers instead buttons and I crocheted lace around the edges. I added two more exterior pockets, and I thoroughly lined it with another two interior pockets 😊. Garment made😊 to be worn mostly in the summer reflecting the sun ☀ off of me😊. I am not a fan of the sun ☀. The largest mushroom canister could be used for cookies😊. But then that just me 😊.
Usually knit hoodies will have a strip of a very thick ribbed knit as a cuff, which allows it to stretch and be pulled upwards. You can put tension on the cuff as you attach it to the sleeve, so the sleeve hem gathers when you release the cuff with your velour, if possible, and that will allow the sleeve to stretch. Or you could make elasticated cuffs with the velour you already have, and simply do the pull and sew technique I just mentioned.
It looks so stylish yet cosy - absolute win! I should make something like this from a wool fabric. I can't stand wearing all synthetic garments that aren't sth like tights because of the static quality and how they make my skin feel but this should work in a nice drapey wool and it does actually get quite cold in Finland, so wouldn't be too warm probably... Great work! Inspired!
I'm in South Jersey and trust me I have thought about making that same thing also I have thought about making and you might want to think about this making a onesie with a hoodie
To get the floppy cape hood, you just make it taller, the over the head measurement, shoulder to shoulder 😊 I love the idea of the hoodie dress, I think I’ll make one in polar fleece seeing I live in Downeast Maine area … it’s 20 degrees today 🥶
You need a button cuff for that fabric. Or try cutting on the bias for more stretch. Also, read up on fabrics with nap or one way fabric designs. What you got almost looks intentional.
When I made peasant sleeves, i just made the cuff a little big around the wrist and used 1" elastic to pull it flush. Makes so much easier to push up and you can even fit the elastic to the elbow rather than the wrist so that it doesn't cut off circulation when pushed up. Altogether really cute pay off, though. I might have to make one of my own...
I actually remember having one of those velour-sets as a teenager, IN THAT EXACT BLUE COLOR. Now you made me miss it.. It was so comfy.. That dress looks great too. I want one! And I'm with you on the socks; I absolutely hate having anything on my feet.. My feet have always been claustrophobic and prefer to be "wild and free" as much as possible.. I put up with shoes but socks is a big no-no.
Love it!! Such a great idea! For the cuffs I would make them wider around then add a few rows of elastic into the cuffs. Because I hate (with the fires of someplace hot and unpopular) threading elastic throw I would tack the elastic to one side sandwich it and sew the channel. And yes I do this for draw strings too. If you do minimum stretch at your wrist it should be able to go up to your elbows.
Another idea for cuffs, and apologies if anyone has mentioned it, use ribbing. Would unlikely find matching velvet ribbing but a nice matching blue or even a contrast colour could be nice too.
Laughing at the mushroom cannisters! VERY 1970's -- I remember my mother (and grandmother) making some similar to those at the ceramic shop in town. They were so proud of those things (I won't say what I thought. Suffice it to say that there was very little in 1970's decor or clothing fashion that I liked.).
Oooooh, is that a new iron I spy on the table? Love the dress, agree about the double hood (hide the seams). Ribbed cuff material will be your friend (or I saw another comment about lacing/buttons), and I love you kept your glasses on for the reveal. 💙
If your question, about making the cuffs stretchy enough to pull them up your arm, is still on, then there are a few ways. 1. the easiest: stretchy material. You can either get fabric especially for cuffs that is super stretchy, or try to use the fabric you have and cut them on bias. If that works, you just mark the cuffs and sleves on half, quarter and if you want eigth point and pin them together, letting the fabric of the sleeve between the pin loose. While sewing, you stretch the cuff between your pins to the point where it's the same as the sleeve, while not stretching the sleeve part. When you take care of the seams (serging, zig zag stitching or french seaming) you just have to remember to stretch it too. 2. the other way: If you can't get stretchy cuff fabric or your fabric is not stretchy enough no matter what, you might want to opt for an inserted elastic. Then the cuff should be as wide as your elastic ofc, but there are pretty wide ones out there nowadays. For that, you make the cuff itself wide enough to fit over the widest part of your underarm, so it will be loose on the wrist. The elastic though needs to fit your wrist, but make sure it's stretchy enough. The sleeve can be gathered slightly to fit the cuff without the elastic, cause you can't stretch the cuff to align with the sleeve. And then you do the same as before, marking the points and stretching the elastic while sewint it to the cuff/sleeve. Your cuffs will bunch at your wrist though. 3. The pretty one that takes forever: Shirring. For that you don't even need a cuff, though it might make it somewhat easier. Just make the cuff of whatever material, at least as wide as your widest part of the underarm or as wide as the sleeves, or just make the sleeves longer and hem them. Wind some elastic thread on your bobbin (or several bobbins) and start the shirring. After you made several rounds, you will have a shirred cuff. Not complicated once you know what to do, but takes a while. There are other ways, that can include buttons, ribbons, hooks etc, but i think for that kind of cozy and easy home dress that would kill the purpose.
From what I’ve gleaned about dart manipulation from The Closet Historian, what might be a good way to do the sleeves is by closing the dart at the heard or the sleeve which would add fullness to the bottom. Though it may not be as much fullness as you were after
I know this is from a month ago but OMG, the mushroom canisters! My mom had those when we were growing up. Recently I asked her if she still had them (after redecorating the kitchen, and then moving to a different house).... alas, she had given them to the church tag sale. 😞 I'm delighted you found those! And yeah, they are pretty expensive now.
I've been thinking about doing something like this for when I'm at work (We're at 19ºC max inside the building and for some reason my bones absolutely despise it.) and I've been wrecking my brain about how, which kind of fabric, and if HR would kill me if I appear with a blanket sewn around my waist.
Um, if HR are getting involved in your clothing choices I'd be having serious questions about continuing to supply them with my services... seriously!! Here in New Zealand unless there is a stated uniform in your employment contract (high vis and steelcap boots, provided shirt with black bottoms etc), you can wear whatever you deem appropriate. I've heard it's relatively common, for example, in the US for employers to require women to wear heels - that's not permitted here, they legally can't ask it let alone demand it.
@@cheekyb71 We don't explicitly have one, buuuut... The owner is pretty old-fashioned for someone between 45 and 50, and some other girls already had problems for the way they were dressed, like leggings and such. I don't think they would, like, write me up or decide to fire me, but I'm already being "teased" over needing heating pads for my bad shoulder/knee, or a personal space heater, and I'm sure any article of clothing that looks like handmade from blanket (like fleece?) will only make it worse. Yes, it's a terrible work environment, but I can't quit right now...
@@shia2734 that's appalling! I'm so very sorry 😞 Not only would someone here just naturally be more laid back (not much bothers us Kiwis) but there's a whole government department here that you'd be able to call and get it sorted on your behalf.
@@shia2734I've worked in places where I was so cold, specifically in a shipyard at the offices on the different docks, it's several degrees colder on the water than further inland. You'd feel the cold all the way down in your bones going in the ships. I had a rubber heating mat that radiated heat under my feet bc I wore steel toes which made my toes ache, a small blanket over my legs up to my waist . Sometimes a heater under my desk. It's miserable to work when you're that cold, as I'm sure you know. Whoever's teasing you about your heating pad & heater is an absolute d*ckhead. You do whatever you need to stay warm. Offices tend to be set at a temp that men in wool suits are comfortable while everyone else freezes.
Oooh that’s pretty. If I could sew I would make the pocket a little bigger for a hot water bottle to fit 😊 now that sounds positively delightful for 3-7 days out of the month to me.
I want that fabric tooooooooo... I just went to a fabric store today to get some fabric but there was nothing like that! 😢 had to make do with stripey blue flanel...
I also Despise socks, feet prisons! I also live in northen sweden, frostbite it is a thing. Have you tried the homeknit style of winter socks? When not using itchy wool just soft and warm, and fit loosely around the foot. I only know two ways to make the cuffs stretch that way, option 1 is to make a cuff like a elastic waistband. Option 2 is to use a special ribbknit cuff fabric that is very very stretchy. My local fabric store sells this fabric in a variety of colours and you match the closest you can. Option 2 is what they usually use on hoodies and sweatshirts. A third option, which I have not tried, may be to use stretchy 'lacing' cords to hold a separated cuffs edges togheter. Cords through actual eyelets or sewn into the cuff.
Oooh, very inspiring! For the record, I bet that using a fabric with a higher stretch percent would help get the effect you want. Maybe ribbed knit, if you haven't tried it yet?
if the fabric is stretchy to begin with, how you cut the piece on grain or off grain will make a difference if it's only 2 way stretch, if the fabric isn't stretchy you could try bias cut, and when you attach it, either surge the edges together, or use a zigzag stitch. I think there's a semi elastic thread you can get, I've never used it, but the only way you'll get a straight stitch to stretch, is with an elastic type thread. The one I was thinking of is called Ecoflex by Coats and Clark.
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if the velvety fabric is on a knit base, it's velour, on a woven base, it's velvet. Then each of those get their own adjective, like crushed, stretch, embossed (Minky bubble dots), devoure, panne, etc.
Agreed!
Huh.. cool
Oh thank you! I had always wondered this
I feel like my brain got wrinklier frome this information
Very helpful! Thank you.
When you said you were going to tackle the sleeve "the proper way" the video immediately cut to an ad that started with people screaming very loudly... that was quite entertaining 😂
I think the whole "it doesn't get that cold here, why take it seriously?" thing those of us in warmer climates are always told is kind of silly. I heard it all my life from my parents when I lived in South Texas and believed them, but then I was freezing cold every winter! Prep for the cold you feel, not the temperature other people think is cold. I know we likely won't get a real freeze this winter, and my husband will probably be in a tee shirt, but I'm still bundling my anemic ass up. Get cozy!
I moved to South GA expecting it to be warm all the time. We've dipped down into the low 30s for the past week. 😆 Thankfully it's only sporadic over a couple of months. I've lived in low mountain areas where it goes negative and snows -- not my fave!
Meanwhile, here in the north of Sweden: Ooooohhhhhhhh exciting! Break out the shorts and Champagne (lies ofc, we only drink mead) it's a toasty -15C (5F I think?) today!
@@minerva_2473I drink glögg here in Stockholm ( like mulled wine for English speaking folks). Warm and sweet
@@inger_musicart5620 oooooh, glögg is amazing! Especially with raisins and almonds. Skål på dig! (Cheers to you)
Cold is such a relative feeling anyway. I'm in Canada so we do get very cold winters, but 5°C after a few days in the 20 degrees is cold and i'll put on something warm, the same 5°C after -20 is definitely toasty so i'll probably be dumb enough to not even wear a jacket 😂. Dress for how cold or warm you feel, that's the only thing that matters actually.
Gotta say, I absolutely love how you do the subtitles (not deaf, just have sensory processing issues). You manage to get your personality through very clearly through text and your written sound effects are hilarious. Also, just in case this was a serious question and not just checking if anyone uses subtitles, absolutely keep the theme. It's so fun and fits your channel style very well.
Yes. I came to say keep the theme too!
I have heard that her subtitles are great.. so I glanced at it.
I may have to start watching with them on!
I've been known to pause and replay, just to catch them!
@@susanmckay5085 Me too.
Was about to comment this after I saw the caption of sewing noises! I am the same, I can hear and am not d/Deaf or HoH but the caption help me process what I am actually hearing.
Ok, here I go giving up my age. I worked at Sears in the housewares department when the mushroom canisters were new. It was my first job and I was engaged to be married.
If you make the cuffs a lace-up closure and lace it with elastic cord, it would be not only handy but it would fit the elven cloak vibe!
Do you think she knows how to do grommets?
@@rachel.the.riveter She just had a 2 part piece on different lacing solutions where the first part was grommets.
@@kobaltkween they say; if you have to explain the joke it is not funny, but I thought it was pretty good.
Also in the grommet videos she was making ankle cuffs, not too much of a stretch to get to wrist cuffs.
@@jaytalbot1146 Sorry, I didn't read it as a joke. But I can see how it could have been intended that way. As for the similarity between ankle and wrist cuffs, yeah, that was my point.
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Suggestions for the next version (and to finalize this one)
1.When you cut the front pocket, make the bottom less flat. That will give it a little more room for your hands and not pull up the bottom of the dress. 1-1. Also, sew top and sides of the pocket, and leave bottom open for turning. Then lay it downwards on the front and sew with raw edges inside the pocket. Only need to topstitch to hold the top edge on that way.
2. Make a second hood and sew all the exposed edges together begore attaching. Sew the outer on onto the body of dress and hand stitch the lining one onto the underside of the seam allowance. (Can do this with current dress. Make a second hood and hand sew it on.)
3. Cuffs. Play with your fabric and whatever direction has the most stretch should be the line that goes around your arm.
First Time Viewer (and new subscriber less than 5min in). I used to sew all of my kids’ clothes and quickly learned how to change things to be faster and look better!
For the cuffs: Cut them on the bias. I know how silly that sounds with a stretch fabric but until I did that, I was forced to use rib knit which was an abrupt change which I did not like. The percent of stretch will not be the same as when cutting a woven on the bias though I do think there will be enough to push up the arms a bit. Use a stretch stitch (looks like a lightning bolt) or wide but short zig zag. Those provide structure with stretch.
I agree on lining the hood. I despise exposed seams and raw edges. At the minimum I serge or zigzag all exposed seam allowance edges. When making hoodies from regular heavy knit fabrics or fleece, I look for matching satin, tricot, or a woven that I’ll cut on bias to not distort the stretch. Woven is my very last choice in this case.
I love this. I love your enthusiasm and fearlessness. I am super excited because I am very not easily impressed :). I am looking forward to binging all of your previous content over the coming weeks. Yay!!!
use ribbing fabric for cuffs and it would stretch over everything needed. love the colour of the panne velvet you used
Also reccomended :)
Or add buttons and loops to cuffs.
Seriously, who wants somebody doing "things properly" if you have you? Plenty of tutorials on the internet but none are as charming and spontaneous as you are. And magically everything is kinda working 😂😂😂😂
I love your channel, your dresses and your randomness.
This. Charlie is the ONLY sewing channel I watch.
I don't even own a sewing machine.
And the only hand-stitching I do is mending.
But Charlie makes me want to take up sewing. I, too, like to live in comfy dresses but have SPECIFIC WANTS in terms of what constitues "a properly comfy dress" (plus OMG I WANT HOODIE SWEATSHIRT DRESSES NOW) and Charlie gives me the desire to get a used sewing machine and throw myself into my first project.
(I do have some experience in the way back past of sewing via patterns... which I always hated, hence why I don't have a sewing machine. But I have some familiarity with the basic skills, I guess).
I just want to say thank you for all your videos. I had a major surgery this year to remove a 7 lb tumor. As I recovered you entertain me and filled my love and need to craft when I could not. Now I feel confident to go get my sewing machine out and make some stuff.
I drafted myself a very basic smock dress pattern this year and I have made a few of them in polar fleece and Teddy fleece for the winter. My god they are so cosy and comfy.
You are one Closet Historian binge watch away from realizing you pretty much did the sleeve thing the proper way.
Edit: the secret to very stretchy but close fitting sleeves is using cuff fabric. It's a kind of rib knit.
I was thinking the same thing. ❤
Don't think of the camera angle as crooked -- think of it as Dutch! 😁 For the cuffs, a rib knit is probably what you're looking for, like you normally find on sweatshirts and hoodies. The dress turned out beautiful!
This - to get a cuff that fits your wrist nicely and yet stretches enough to pull oversized sleeves up & keep them up, you almost certainly need a ribbed knit material.
I don't wanna say "there are no other fabrics that will accomplish the same thing" because there are approximately 3 trillion fabrics out there so who am I to make such a black-and-white statement, but... in terms of walking into a fabric store and accurately identifying a fabric that will fill THAT role? Ribbed knit.
Which probably means a sad trombone reaction for a crushed velvet sleeve (again though, who am I to say that a good match doesn't exist in the world of 3 trillion fabrics).
Alternately, ditch the bishops' sleeves for crushed velvet hoodie dresses and make a fitted-ish sleeve that has just enough diameter/hem size to allow the sleeve to be pulled up and stay up.
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or you could just run elastic in the sleeve hem and not have the basque/cuff...? 🤔
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@@grandy2875 That's what I would do. You can buy wide elastic so it looks more like a regular cuff.
@@Wingedshadowwolf That's what I was thinking, only using elastic didn't occur to me because my mind was still thinking ribbing. 2 inch or 3 inch wide elastic would be great, if it's available in those sizes. Useful for me because I also love long sleeves but always push them up because I can't bear them around my wrists!
Hilarious Fact: That kind of velvet is called Nervous Velour here in Norway. I have no idea why and it cracks me up endlessly. It has never ceased to e funny in the 16 years I've been here.
AAHG I accidentally clicked dislike and even though I immediately clicked like, the app showed a "your feedback has been shared with the creator" message. Damn you, RUclips! Why is that message not also shown for likes? What does it mean?! ❤ This is the coziest garment ever and I desperately need it.
Personal space heaters! When I was in college, someone from the power company told us it was significantly less expensive to get little space heaters to warm ourselves than to heat the whole room we were in. The power to run a space heater was cheaper than the hvac costs.
I love the mushrooms! I would recommend giving them a lead test just in case. Idk if they were still using leaded glazes in the 70's but it's better to know than to accidentally poison yourself.
Not storing food in it will keep that from happening.
@@akhagee4707 It depends on how much you handle them. If you're handling them a lot to get things in and out of them, a leaded glaze can still leech out onto your skin. You can get super cheap lead test swabs online. I highly recommend.
My mom had "Huzzah!" t-shirts custom made for us because we love your videos so much😁❤️
That's so cute!
It makes me think of a wizard’s robe which is awesome
But like a trendy, young wizard. Not one of the crotchety old geezer types. 😂
The thing I like most about doing pattern drafting/editing, other than the fact that I can actually have nice clothes because I can't buy commercial patterns that fit, is that (while it can be super frustrating an a WHOLE DAMN PROCESS to do) the next time you go to make the thing, you already have the perfect pattern. Or something closer that you only have to do some small edits to.
One of my first few sewing projects was with velvet, but the only velvet I could afford was polyester stretch velvet/velour and I discovered that I hate that fabric with the burning passion of a thousand suns. 😅
I could handle the slippery sewing, but the pile that gets EVERYWHERE (including up my nose so my snot was black) made me tip over into disliking it. Then what REALLY pissed me off was the static electricity. I couldn't pet my cats. I shocked myself on door handles, on the bathroom tap, on the car, on my husband!
The dress was banished into my scraps bag until I can figure out something to use the fabric for that doesn't involve me wearing it.
I've got so much leftover stretch velvet from holiday costume sewing... it's a nightmare 😂
I think the spreading technique is specifically designed for having the sleeve cap curve still fit in the armhole (as well as the bottom curve).
Kinsale cape hood. 😊
This looks so cosy and is only intensifying my desire to work with crush velvet! Regarding the cuffs and stretch, use a zig-zag stitch or your serger to attach them - if using a zig-zag it needs to be wide and short for maximum stretchiness! Depending what other options your machine gives you, a "lightning bolt" stitch or a 3-step zizg-zag also work. I've used both these options on a double-layered cuff successfully 😊
Love the dress. It looks so comfy. As for the cuffs maybe use broad elastic inside a larger version of what you've just made ?
Madame Stichery - please make a Playlist of the Pattern. I bought one. I bought fabric. I need a compilation of your videos.
from my experience knitting a hoodie, i think you need to gather the hood slightly in the back. because your head curves back more than your neckline, you need to make room for it in the hood. basically, i think cutting the hood “too big” and gathering it is actually the proper way to make a hood.
If you're not set on having smooth cuffs in the velour, you could gather stitch/top stitch them with elastic thread. It gives a crinkly look, but that fabric looks awesome with gathering in the way the light hits it. I think you should absolutely line the hood, and do the gathering again on the sides. It would give it a very luxurious look without a lot of weight! Great time to do a little hand-sewing so you don't have to rip out the hood.
Agreed! You can never have too many pockets. I love this design.
I like how your large carousel horse matches your small carousel.
WOW, I haven't thought about mushroom canisters in years!!! I totally forgot about them, and they were EVERYWHERE there for a while.
The color, the swooshiness of the dress -- love it!
The dress is amazing and so very you. Don't change the theme song, it delivers a nice Pavlovian dopamine hit to my brain when it begins.
I make cuffs with elastic in them, or add a panel of shirring (she says as if she's made more than 3 shirts) the elasticized thread works great on my knit sweaters !
So much cute stuff!
By the way, you were right about the extra syllable, just it should be in the first word. "Pièce de résistance" - the accents show that it's said like "P. S." or "pee yes de raysistonce" instead of "piece" or "peace de..." :)
Recommendations on the cuff. You’ll either want to make them bigger and maybe add a thumb-hole because those are fun or make the cuffs have some kind of latches or buttons that could open it to shove it to the elbows. You could get out the grommets, but you would definitely want to use an interfacing on the material to make setting easier. The downside of the interfacing is loosing the material’s stretchy properties. That material isn’t impossible to grommet without interfacing, it just makes it easier. Moving the pouch down would be cuter, but it’s fine. The pouch would also be super cute with some lace or trim.
Also you are fecking adorable and your projects live rent free in my head. The dress is super cute and utilitarian.
I love this dress more than life! To the machine!! Thank you for the inspiration ❤
Also, I think the fabric is a crushed velour -Stretchy velvet.
Oh this is great!! I have this fabric in green. I believe it's called panne velour. One of my favorite fabrics to play with. As for the cuffs, you need to cut them on the bias so they will stretch
18:52 is giving renaissance and I’m not saying you should 100% do this again but more renaissance/magical because heck yah.
To make it more convenient to do things, you can attach ties in the sleeves to tie together behind you (or just tie the sleeves together xD)
This is fab! It's like the most elegant version of a hoodie ever.
Maybe elastic lacing on the cuffs for making them adjustable?
I love your videos! And your practical approach to cutting out your fabric. I'm looking at the dress after you put it together and it looks like the fabric has a nap to it... the center panel is different a bit in color... I think you need to cut all your pieces so the nap goes the same for each piece... but it could also be I can't see well enough viewing on my phone! Lol I seriously love your wit and your projects. Please keep up the good work! Kentuckyweaver
Mushrooms are adorable and I want a basket like that too
And of course the carousel's awesome!
You could line the hood in a different fabric. A baby blue or cream cotton would look pretty. And for the cuffs buy cuffing fabric, it’s awesome. Or thrift a hoodie and steal the cuffs.
I'm loving the strong wizard vibes. 😄 The kangaroo pocket does give a bit of a 1920s dropped waist look, which isn't to my taste, but to each their own.
This is so similar to what I want. Except instead of the velvet fabric, I would want it to look like a more proper hoodie just very, very long. Possibly with an inner layer of Sherpa fabric for extra coziness. Even the raglan sleeves were kind of what I was thinking of, I would do them in a contrasting color (probably match the center pocket as well). I also like the sleeves, though I think I personally would use one of those stretchy cuffs that you normally get on a hoodie...
God damn it, I barely know how to sew. This should not be my first project but I am so tempted....I should at least make a skirt first. In any case, I will be saving this video for future reference, thank you kindly.
I’d suggest a normal hoodie, even child-size, as a warm-up project (pun not really intended but leaving it) first. Donate the practice project if you don’t make it usable size for you - it will be much appreciated by someone.
I suggest this so you are somewhat familiar with how your machine works with this fabric, how it feels in your hands, and how the fabric and stitches work together.
I’m normally very relaxes about trying new things but fabric is not cheap even on sale so going in with a little experience will save you grief.
Fabrics like this have a knap. Which is a way the fibers lay in one direction. It can make some sections appear a different color. I
I think this turned out hella cute tho
Love that fabric. I loved it in the 80's too! LOL. The color is stunning. You did a great job. Love your vids. Big Hugs
That is my favorite of everything I have seen that you made! It is beautiful, and I love that color of blue!!!
Please make a gardening/hiking/elf version! Browns and greens, and outdoorsy material. I love kangaroo pockets, and would adore one on a dress! I thought the high placement really added to the overall look of the dress, but functionality is key of course. Love, love, love this!!
For winter warmth under dresses, I wear leggings in a size bigger than I "need." They don't have feet so can go bare foot or wear separate socks. This prevents the whole crotch-getting-pulled-down problem. My favorite are bamboo, but lately have had a hard time finding them.
I like your intro music
I have some fabric in sea green in my stash! Bought for a project that never happened. Love the elfish vibes. You could make matching slippers with fabric upper, non-slip fabric sole and sherpa lining. Warmer than socks, more comfy than hard soled slippers.
I have to say I just love your cable-in-front-of-the-fireplace situation.
It makes me feel right at home with you ❤ 😂
Nooooo - they disappeared…
(but that might have been a good thing fire-safety-wise :P )
Ehm, I'm sort of suspecting she cut out the center front skirt panel with the nap facing the opposite way to the other panels 🤔 It looks darker in color, which with velvet/velour usually means the nap is the "wrong" way. But maybe it's just the way the shadows fall 🤷♀️
Is it weird that I think she would just make such a cool mom. Like it seems like her and her husband are pretty focused on their careers but I just think she'd make the coolest mom. I love my mom, and I wouldn't trade her for anything, but she's not nearly as crafty as I am, and her solution to something being broken or not quite perfect is to throw it out and get something new. I'm for the the artsy fixer-upper kinda person. I just feel like it would be so cool to just spend a day baking with her, or designing a dress, or having her teach me about how to pick what seam style to use where in garment construction. I'm glad she's bringing her crafty mom vibes here to youtube though
An idea for stretchy cuffs is to use shirring elastic in your bobbin and sew many lines on the right side of your fabric and have shirred cuffs.
The sleeve spreading technique 10/10.
It’s been a Beautiful winter where I live it was 47° yesterday and I took a walk in a hoodie and leggings… and that is UN HEARD OF in my part of nowhere North Dakota! It’s awesome 🤘
You make a thing. I immediately want the thing. I've been sewing for YEARS many more years than you, but there ain't no way I'm going to make that because I don't seem to trust myself
Idk if this would work but maybe try cutting the cuff on the bias. Tends be a little more stretch that way. I would just worry about it getting stretched out.
An easy way to get the hood to your liking might be to pick up a lovely blue fabric as lining (stretch charmeuse, perhaps?) and add it in. Very nice work and such a lovely dress!
Cute cannisters! My friend Debbie had these in the 70s! So adorable!
I went to SCAD for Fashion Design, that is EXACTLY how to do a slash a spread. Cutting at elbow to add volume on one end but not the other is 100% acceptable. You nailed it.
My grandmother had those exact canisters, we all loved them.
My grandmother had those mushroom canisters in her kitchen! I remember them vividly from my childhood 🍄
OMG my aunt and grandma had those canisters, I loved them then and I still love them today!!! Fantastic find!!🎉
This is divine!! You have to make this with a zipper in the from for a jacket/robe. It would be so pretty in Sherpa fleece.
Shannon makes made a historically accurate cider corset hoodie. I think the hood she makes is exactly what you want.
I love that trunk you bought. I think it would be awesome as an organizer or a way to transport projects in progress.
This is cute! I totally want one! Maybe with the corset hoodie trend. For tight, stretchy cuffs, maybe make them lace up with elastic cording?
The word you are looking fir is "plat de résistance" (an odd/interesting expression now that I think about it).
Those mushrooms canisters are very cute.
The blue velvet is gorgeous and it makes such a pretty dress. I hope it's warm and cozy as you wished.
Most beautiful dress! Love the material and silhouette
I am crazy warm in two blanket dresses/robes with hoodies and a front pocket. I have fallen in love with the front pockets! Two days later your video popped up!😅
I don't have a raglan pattern, no velour, blah blah blah. I will make this dress.
It's nice to have a go to pattern. I have this one button down shirt pattern I go to over and over again 😊. Most of the time I make shirts. Yet the last time I used the shirt pattern instead of a collar, I used the hood from another pattern. Zippers instead buttons and I crocheted lace around the edges. I added two more exterior pockets, and I thoroughly lined it with another two interior pockets 😊. Garment made😊 to be worn mostly in the summer reflecting the sun ☀ off of me😊. I am not a fan of the sun ☀. The largest mushroom canister could be used for cookies😊. But then that just me 😊.
I love the vibes of your reveals. So cute and fun
Usually knit hoodies will have a strip of a very thick ribbed knit as a cuff, which allows it to stretch and be pulled upwards. You can put tension on the cuff as you attach it to the sleeve, so the sleeve hem gathers when you release the cuff with your velour, if possible, and that will allow the sleeve to stretch. Or you could make elasticated cuffs with the velour you already have, and simply do the pull and sew technique I just mentioned.
you could add a lining to the hood in a thinner coordinating colored fabric. nothing saying it has to be the same as the rest of it.
I was actually trying that earlier this week! It didn't work because the fabrics stretched so differently that it was a hot mess.
It looks so stylish yet cosy - absolute win! I should make something like this from a wool fabric. I can't stand wearing all synthetic garments that aren't sth like tights because of the static quality and how they make my skin feel but this should work in a nice drapey wool and it does actually get quite cold in Finland, so wouldn't be too warm probably... Great work! Inspired!
I'm in South Jersey and trust me I have thought about making that same thing also I have thought about making and you might want to think about this making a onesie with a hoodie
Onesies make it an event to go to the bathroom. I hate having to take off all my clothes just to pee . . .
To get the floppy cape hood, you just make it taller, the over the head measurement, shoulder to shoulder 😊 I love the idea of the hoodie dress, I think I’ll make one in polar fleece seeing I live in Downeast Maine area … it’s 20 degrees today 🥶
You need a button cuff for that fabric. Or try cutting on the bias for more stretch.
Also, read up on fabrics with nap or one way fabric designs. What you got almost looks intentional.
When I made peasant sleeves, i just made the cuff a little big around the wrist and used 1" elastic to pull it flush. Makes so much easier to push up and you can even fit the elastic to the elbow rather than the wrist so that it doesn't cut off circulation when pushed up.
Altogether really cute pay off, though. I might have to make one of my own...
I actually remember having one of those velour-sets as a teenager, IN THAT EXACT BLUE COLOR. Now you made me miss it.. It was so comfy.. That dress looks great too. I want one!
And I'm with you on the socks; I absolutely hate having anything on my feet.. My feet have always been claustrophobic and prefer to be "wild and free" as much as possible.. I put up with shoes but socks is a big no-no.
Love it!! Such a great idea!
For the cuffs I would make them wider around then add a few rows of elastic into the cuffs. Because I hate (with the fires of someplace hot and unpopular) threading elastic throw I would tack the elastic to one side sandwich it and sew the channel. And yes I do this for draw strings too. If you do minimum stretch at your wrist it should be able to go up to your elbows.
I got a serger from a neighbors estate sale for less than $100.
Love it! In fact, you reminded me that I have a pattern very much like that, so I should go make it.
Another idea for cuffs, and apologies if anyone has mentioned it, use ribbing. Would unlikely find matching velvet ribbing but a nice matching blue or even a contrast colour could be nice too.
Laughing at the mushroom cannisters! VERY 1970's -- I remember my mother (and grandmother) making some similar to those at the ceramic shop in town. They were so proud of those things (I won't say what I thought. Suffice it to say that there was very little in 1970's decor or clothing fashion that I liked.).
Oooooh, is that a new iron I spy on the table?
Love the dress, agree about the double hood (hide the seams). Ribbed cuff material will be your friend (or I saw another comment about lacing/buttons), and I love you kept your glasses on for the reveal. 💙
If your question, about making the cuffs stretchy enough to pull them up your arm, is still on, then there are a few ways.
1. the easiest: stretchy material. You can either get fabric especially for cuffs that is super stretchy, or try to use the fabric you have and cut them on bias. If that works, you just mark the cuffs and sleves on half, quarter and if you want eigth point and pin them together, letting the fabric of the sleeve between the pin loose. While sewing, you stretch the cuff between your pins to the point where it's the same as the sleeve, while not stretching the sleeve part. When you take care of the seams (serging, zig zag stitching or french seaming) you just have to remember to stretch it too.
2. the other way: If you can't get stretchy cuff fabric or your fabric is not stretchy enough no matter what, you might want to opt for an inserted elastic. Then the cuff should be as wide as your elastic ofc, but there are pretty wide ones out there nowadays.
For that, you make the cuff itself wide enough to fit over the widest part of your underarm, so it will be loose on the wrist. The elastic though needs to fit your wrist, but make sure it's stretchy enough. The sleeve can be gathered slightly to fit the cuff without the elastic, cause you can't stretch the cuff to align with the sleeve. And then you do the same as before, marking the points and stretching the elastic while sewint it to the cuff/sleeve. Your cuffs will bunch at your wrist though.
3. The pretty one that takes forever: Shirring. For that you don't even need a cuff, though it might make it somewhat easier. Just make the cuff of whatever material, at least as wide as your widest part of the underarm or as wide as the sleeves, or just make the sleeves longer and hem them. Wind some elastic thread on your bobbin (or several bobbins) and start the shirring. After you made several rounds, you will have a shirred cuff. Not complicated once you know what to do, but takes a while.
There are other ways, that can include buttons, ribbons, hooks etc, but i think for that kind of cozy and easy home dress that would kill the purpose.
Princess casual wear...
From what I’ve gleaned about dart manipulation from The Closet Historian, what might be a good way to do the sleeves is by closing the dart at the heard or the sleeve which would add fullness to the bottom. Though it may not be as much fullness as you were after
I know this is from a month ago but OMG, the mushroom canisters! My mom had those when we were growing up. Recently I asked her if she still had them (after redecorating the kitchen, and then moving to a different house).... alas, she had given them to the church tag sale. 😞 I'm delighted you found those! And yeah, they are pretty expensive now.
I've been thinking about doing something like this for when I'm at work (We're at 19ºC max inside the building and for some reason my bones absolutely despise it.) and I've been wrecking my brain about how, which kind of fabric, and if HR would kill me if I appear with a blanket sewn around my waist.
Um, if HR are getting involved in your clothing choices I'd be having serious questions about continuing to supply them with my services... seriously!!
Here in New Zealand unless there is a stated uniform in your employment contract (high vis and steelcap boots, provided shirt with black bottoms etc), you can wear whatever you deem appropriate. I've heard it's relatively common, for example, in the US for employers to require women to wear heels - that's not permitted here, they legally can't ask it let alone demand it.
@@cheekyb71 We don't explicitly have one, buuuut...
The owner is pretty old-fashioned for someone between 45 and 50, and some other girls already had problems for the way they were dressed, like leggings and such.
I don't think they would, like, write me up or decide to fire me, but I'm already being "teased" over needing heating pads for my bad shoulder/knee, or a personal space heater, and I'm sure any article of clothing that looks like handmade from blanket (like fleece?) will only make it worse.
Yes, it's a terrible work environment, but I can't quit right now...
@@shia2734 that's appalling! I'm so very sorry 😞
Not only would someone here just naturally be more laid back (not much bothers us Kiwis) but there's a whole government department here that you'd be able to call and get it sorted on your behalf.
@@shia2734I've worked in places where I was so cold, specifically in a shipyard at the offices on the different docks, it's several degrees colder on the water than further inland. You'd feel the cold all the way down in your bones going in the ships. I had a rubber heating mat that radiated heat under my feet bc I wore steel toes which made my toes ache, a small blanket over my legs up to my waist . Sometimes a heater under my desk. It's miserable to work when you're that cold, as I'm sure you know. Whoever's teasing you about your heating pad & heater is an absolute d*ckhead. You do whatever you need to stay warm. Offices tend to be set at a temp that men in wool suits are comfortable while everyone else freezes.
If possible, make skirts and dresses out of wool and flannel fabrics (you could also line your regular clothes with flannel fabric) for warmth. ❤
Love this and definitely want one! 😊 Also, is it just me though or does it look like it wants some stars? The blue is giving celestial.
Oooh that’s pretty. If I could sew I would make the pocket a little bigger for a hot water bottle to fit 😊 now that sounds positively delightful for 3-7 days out of the month to me.
I want that fabric tooooooooo... I just went to a fabric store today to get some fabric but there was nothing like that! 😢 had to make do with stripey blue flanel...
I also Despise socks, feet prisons! I also live in northen sweden, frostbite it is a thing. Have you tried the homeknit style of winter socks? When not using itchy wool just soft and warm, and fit loosely around the foot.
I only know two ways to make the cuffs stretch that way, option 1 is to make a cuff like a elastic waistband. Option 2 is to use a special ribbknit cuff fabric that is very very stretchy. My local fabric store sells this fabric in a variety of colours and you match the closest you can. Option 2 is what they usually use on hoodies and sweatshirts. A third option, which I have not tried, may be to use stretchy 'lacing' cords to hold a separated cuffs edges togheter. Cords through actual eyelets or sewn into the cuff.
Oooh, very inspiring! For the record, I bet that using a fabric with a higher stretch percent would help get the effect you want. Maybe ribbed knit, if you haven't tried it yet?
Love. Love. Love. Could be my new favourite of your makes.
I love that the color is so wintery but also vibrant!!
if the fabric is stretchy to begin with, how you cut the piece on grain or off grain will make a difference if it's only 2 way stretch, if the fabric isn't stretchy you could try bias cut, and when you attach it, either surge the edges together, or use a zigzag stitch. I think there's a semi elastic thread you can get, I've never used it, but the only way you'll get a straight stitch to stretch, is with an elastic type thread. The one I was thinking of is called Ecoflex by Coats and Clark.