I love how they just stare you down for those walkies and demand their dinners 😆. The dress is absolutely gorgeous! I love the star shape! It’s super cute and something I think I’d like to try myself some day!
Honestly, they arrived as humble, grateful rescue dogs but quickly morphed into doggy tyrants with high expectations. They keep their owner firmly under paw! There’s no risk of forgetting their walkies and meal times. It’s like they wear wrist watches. I must admit I love the star shape too. It did tbh take ages to sew the pieces together because of getting the alignment just right. But truly worth the time and I will definitely be doing it again. Thank you very much for watching and encouraging! 💗💐
They always start off humble and then become demanding despots 😂. My own doggy Bilbo is just as demanding when it comes to food. He even does a victory spin when I feed him (I’m sure he’s saying “finally!”) The star is cute and I don’t think it’s something I really see nowadays either! It definitely looks like it took a while to finish! Thank you for always posting fun content!
@@MichelleSMV I love the idea of Bilbo’s victory spin. Yes, he’s congratulating himself on finally persuading you it’s doggy dinner time! 😂 As for posting fun content, thank you for turning up to watch. I always feel really anxious after posting that no-one will watch or I’ll get negative comments! 💕
@@Samanthalovestosew haha it does feel like he’s doing a victory dance for sure! Oh I can completely understand. You’ve got great fun content though and you seem really sweet so I can’t think of what negative thing someone could say. Also you’ve got 2 of the most adorable helpers!
@@MichelleSMV I got some negative comments on the Walkaway dress because people were comparing (unfavourably!) to others (mainly to versions not made as part of a timed challenge!!) The dogs, of course, have never had a single negative comment 😂🐾
What a beautiful setting to show off your gorgeous dress. I love it. So pleased the dogs were keeping an eye on you. I also loved the trip to the beach. ❤️❤️❤️🌺
Thank you very much Lenore 💕 It’s part of the plan for Spring and Summer to show off makes in lovely settings. I just joined the National Trust, which helps - the Lovers’ Bridge is in the castle grounds of a nearby medieval village. I’m trying to train up my mother as a photographer, which is ironic since her photography skills are legendarily awful. Even pressing record and handing her the camera is no guarantee against finding that she’s pressed it off again. Luckily landslide angles and thumbs over lenses can be reframed in the editing! Anyway, I’m pleased she’s keen to do it as I don’t think I could cope with putting up a tripod for public filming (though I know people do!) The dogs love to keep an eye on me … I’m always under canine surveillance!! 💗🎀🐾xx
It’s wonderful your mum is doing the filming. I’m surprised I didn’t hear her call out, ‘Samantha, get down off that wall right now’ 😆😆. You were very brave considering the wind and rain. I loved the music and captions in this video. Xx ❤️🌺
@@lenorerhodes8110My mum comes from the ‘I didn’t bring my children up to be wimps’ school of thought (she spent her early childhood in India and then was sent to a brutal English boarding school on her own aged 6). I’m very pleased you like the captions since they were achieved with some tech pain (it’s all a learning curve) and the very kind assistance of Arietta of Arietta’s Vintage Life helping me through it. Now my father will have no excuse not to watch my videos (he accuses me of mumbling … it’s not that he’s a bit deaf!) Sometimes he claims to have watched them and I ask him what I made. There is a long pause in which you see him casting around for an answer. Then he alights on ‘errrr a dress!’ He’s not fooling me! 😂💗💐xx
Thank you so much for noticing that I carried the star theme all the way through! I’ve had that blue starry vintage wool for years and, when I saw the star-in-a-circle pattern, it all came together! Thank you for supporting me too ❤️
Wonderful dress! I love the combination of a star shaped patten and plain fabric. Beautiful details too. and it looks so comfy. Loved where you modelled it - gorgeous park! Girls seemed to enjoy it ❤
Thank you so much Masha! I truly think I will wear the dress a lot. The good thing about circle skirts is they make the waist look smaller in comparison to the skirt. As my chocolate eating is now raging completely out of control this is a good thing. Dogs absolutely adore going to new places. I just joined the National Trust and I was in the castle grounds of a nearby medieval village. ❤️
The dress is so beautiful and looks very cozy too. What a whimsical place you chose to show us your creation and your doggies must have enjoyed this place so much. Their cute faces, demanding you take them to the beach asap, haha! I can't believe you made this hat yourse5, perfect for the rain too! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you very much Arietta 💕 The dogs do love an outing, though for them it’s less about pretty scenery and more about interesting smells!! I’m hoping to do more filming in interesting places though in the UK it is STILL raining! Every day!! 🙄🌧️ Thank you very much for your help with the captions on this video. They do make a difference! 💗💐
Oh Samantha this dress looks darling on you. Great sewing on the skirt. It reminds me of quilting. Well done! The fabric is perfect and very durable! Your little doggies got quite worried about you on that bridge. The scenery is just stunning! Exmoor thought it looked familiar, I was born in Cleveland , Somerset and my father was from Cheddar Gorge. We immigrated to Canada back in the 60s. But my heart will always be in England. I love it there in the country. ❤️
Ah your family come originally from Somerset! It’s such a beautiful county. I’m planning on doing more reveal filming out and about at pretty and historic places, both the countryside and grand houses etc. Well, during the Spring and Summer months anyway. Not so sure about braving the winter weather! Yes, the dogs… I love them so much and am always telling them so we’re very close. Thank you very much for watching and supporting, and I hope you will enjoy seeing more of Exmoor over the next weeks! 💐
As a fellow dog lover you know how they take over our lives :) Of course we can’t say no to them. And thank you very much about the dress - soft wool is so comfy to wear too 🐾xx
Hi Samantha Lol your sweet pups. I know that feeling of being watched all too well lol. I'll turn and see both of my sweet pups staring at me with their HUGE Boston Terrier/pug eyes, begging for cuddles. 😆 As always, I am an admirer of your gorgeous button collection. 😊 What a fun collection. 💙 Your dress turned out so cute!! 💙💙💙 It looks great paired with your boots. I love that dagger collar. That Lover's Bridge is gorgeous. I had never heard of it before and of course had to look it up immediately. Oh to live by historic places... ❤. Not much of that in my neck of the woods. 😫 Such gorgeous scenery. And those singing birds... 🐦❤ Thank you for sharing!
Hi Laura, ah you’re a dog lover and owner too! I often think how much more I would get done if I wasn’t walking them, vacuuming up their hair and constantly cuddling them! I’d get back hours of my day. But I wouldn’t be without them🐾 Yes, I am a total magpie for vintage buttons. And thank you about the dress - I am rather pleased with it. I moved to Exmoor from London and it is very beautiful here. Over the Spring and Summer I want to film my reveals at more historic places so there you go - vintage sewing and a West Country travel guide all in one place 😆 With buttons thrown in! Thank you so much for watching another episode! 💗💐
@Samanthalovestosew Exmoor looks like a gorgeous place to live. I live in the desert and the only things to look at are weeds and dirt. 😫 Fingerscrossed, someday I'll live somewhere green. 🤞
Owned by a border collie 🤣 That’s exactly how they see it! That’s so funny. I’m no match for that doggy determination! That’s how I’m going to describe our relationship from now on - they own me! And thank you so much, I’m really pleased you like the dress 🐾🐾
I’m so pleased you like the pattern. I must admit I’m rather taken with it myself! It’s something a bit different. I will of course pass on your compliment to the dogs. They love to feel appreciated! Thank you so much for watching and encouraging. 💐
Gorgeous! I've never heard of this design before. There have been many times I had some fabulous fabric I wanted to use to make a circle skirt, but didn't have enough of it. This is the perfect solution! Thank you for sharing! Side Note: My dog is also very persuasive, especially at food time & walking time. When he does his intense stare, we say he's using his "canine mind tricks".
Canine mind tricks! That’s it. They control you with that intense stare. No matter what I’m in the middle of doing I’m powerless to resist. And you’d think they wore wrist watches for their perfect sense of timing for meals and walks! I’m so glad you like the star-in-a-circle skirt. It’s quite simple but definitely requires slow and careful sewing. You’re right, it’s the perfect solution for creating lovely full circle skirts when you’re short on fabric. Thank you so much for watching and encouraging. 💐
Pretty and practical is always a winner!! That skirt is so interesting and I agree it would look beautiful in lots of fabric combinations. The beach and park walks were an added treat. You live in such a nice area. The puppies are adorable ❤
Thank you so much Leslie! Yes, I have a bolt of plain black 40s rayon and 30s and 40s fabric with colourful florals on black. That could look splendid. But for comfort there’s no beating the wools and Viyellas. I’m so glad you like my settings… except in deepest winter I’ve decided to do my reveals out and about on Exmoor. Of course the puppies will insist on being included! ❤️
What a fabulous dress! ⭐️ I love the top pattern you used as well. That pointy collar works perfectly with the star! You also were very brave to pose on that bridge. 😱 That’s coming from someone very afraid of heights though 😂
Thank you very much Katie 💕 I’m pleased you noticed the pointy collar went with the star. I didn’t feel very brave on the edge of the bridge … decidedly nervous! I just wanted to get the dress and the bridge in the picture. Looking back it’s questionable whether it was worth the risk!! Thank you so much for watching another video 💗💐
Thank you so much … I always know if a dress covers me from neck to (practically) toe plus my arms, that I will wear it. I do like to be well covered!! But I’m especially taken with the design of the skirt. I think it will be sewn again! ❤️
@@Samanthalovestosew it is absolutely gorgeous 😍 I think if you spray starched the living daylights out of the fabric before the bias cuts it will be easier to get smooth. I will look for that beautiful skirt pattern.
@@karinbaird2499 That is a brilliant idea. My petticoat needs starching too. I’ll be stocking up on starch! After all it’s a vintage staple! Thank you very much 🌸
What a nice dress, it came out lovely. :) And the dogs staring at you from the doorway were hilarious. :D The weather is bonkers, in my neck of the woods it was the warmest February since the beginning of the records, kinda scary.
Thank you so much … I must admit I am rather pleased with it! Aren’t the dogs awful?! 😂 At walkies and meal times I suddenly feel two pairs of bullet eyes boring into me!! And you had the warmest February since records began! It’s all very weird. Here I can report that it continues to rain every day. There was a single morning of Spring sunshine during which everyone got very excited. But no. It was not to last! 🙄🌧️
Thank you very much Lizzie! I’ve practically moved here (to Exmoor) from London where I grew up but my father is still in London. Exmoor has such natural beauty and amazing historic houses and medieval villages. I’m so pleased you like my dress too, it’s an interesting pattern xx
@@Samanthalovestosew I'm adding Exmoor on my list of places to explore! Maybe you could give us a tour! We keep trying to figure out when to visit the UK. Hopefully, soon!
That’s so lovely to hear! Every time I upload a video I’m anxious that people won’t like it, or the dress, and breathe a huge sigh of relief when I get positive comments like yours. Thank you! ❤️
That’s so pretty and I love the place you did your reveal of the finished dress. Is there a pattern for the skirt? I would love to make one. Thanks for a great video ❤
Thank you so much - when it’s warm enough I want to film most of my reveals in pretty and historic places from now on! I got my pattern from Tuppence Ha’penny’s Patreon. You can find her on Instagram @tuppencehapenny and check out her Patreon from there. All her patterns are from original patterns in her collection, only graded to multiple sizes. So the original pattern for this skirt will be out there somewhere (but hard to get hold of!) She has some wonderful patterns and I will be sewing some more of them. The 40s hooded patchwork dress I sewed on this channel was one of her patterns too. ❤️
Thank you very much, I’m so pleased you like it! I never quite know what a dress is going to look like once completed and put on. It’s always such a relief to hear nice comments! 💐🎀xx
What twirlability!!! Such a fascinating design and with an endless choice of adding different bodice patterns, i can definitely see you running up a few more ! Nerve racking precision point sewing 😬 Oh and nerve racking bridge scaling!! I can see it now 'RUclipsr drops from Lovers Bridge, Dunster: Did she fall or was she pushed?' 'Dogs held in custody over Dunster Bridge incident" 'Dastardly Dogs of Dunster' leaving court today Pickle and Raisin tell reporters "We just wanted our dinner"
🤣🤣🤣 Of course the dogs would love the attention of being headline news. Dastardly Dogs of Dunster definitely has a ring to it. You know Dunster was the place I told you about a while back where there was a murder in the Women’s Institute! Like Midsommer Murders or Miss Marple a lot goes on in those pretty little English villages. Saying that they have cctv installed now and everyone has a link so they can tune in to watch. Of course nothing happens. Except that the villagers are intent on spying on each other’s grocery shopping! 😆 Thank you about the dress - I am rather chuffed with it! 💗💐
@@Samanthalovestosew Ooh 'Village Crime Watch' can you imagine!!! I'd be moving out pretty sharpish if I lived there. Neighbours watching your comings and goings 😧 no no no! Mind you, they'd be disappointed in my complete lack of activity 😆 "That odd couple down the road never go out" 🤣
@@rowanhughes8682 Going out (especially after dark) is overrated! A packet of Minstrels, a packet of dental chews (them … obviously!) and we’re all ensconced on the sofa of an evening. I just discovered all the series of Upstairs Downstairs on ITV. So good! 😊
@@Samanthalovestosew I so so remember that drama! 1970s does the Edwardians!! Enjoy the Minstrels... I have a confession btw. I scoured the confectionery aisle for galaxy minstrels after you last mentioned them 🤣🤣🤣 Alas, came home empty handed and now they're on my brain and I'm on a mission 😎🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤
@@rowanhughes8682 If I lived anywhere near you the chocolate aisle would be permanently bereft of Minstrels! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, instead of Square Space or SkillShare, I could be sponsored by Galaxy? There would be an ad break in every video during which I happily chomped through a packets of Minstrels. Ah, I can but dream - but it’s good to aim high! 😆 🤎
I had a dog that looked very much like the smaller one with the flaggy tail, and she loved to find earthworms to roll on, even found them in her fur, so just a little smelly isn't that bad, I think.
Oh I won’t tell mine. I wouldn’t want to give her ideas! She’s a street dog from Serbia that got rescued from a pound there. She arrived smelling strongly of disinfectant. Since then she has replaced that with her own personal choice of scent - fox poo with an under note of rotting fish and horse manure. But at least not squashed earthworms! 😆
Such a beautiful dress and you so fortunate to live by the beach and I could not believe your button collection❤
I moved here from London. It’s like heaven! There’s even more to my button collection … I can’t resist them! Thank you very much for supporting me ❤️
I love how they just stare you down for those walkies and demand their dinners 😆. The dress is absolutely gorgeous! I love the star shape! It’s super cute and something I think I’d like to try myself some day!
Honestly, they arrived as humble, grateful rescue dogs but quickly morphed into doggy tyrants with high expectations. They keep their owner firmly under paw! There’s no risk of forgetting their walkies and meal times. It’s like they wear wrist watches.
I must admit I love the star shape too. It did tbh take ages to sew the pieces together because of getting the alignment just right. But truly worth the time and I will definitely be doing it again. Thank you very much for watching and encouraging! 💗💐
They always start off humble and then become demanding despots 😂. My own doggy Bilbo is just as demanding when it comes to food. He even does a victory spin when I feed him (I’m sure he’s saying “finally!”)
The star is cute and I don’t think it’s something I really see nowadays either! It definitely looks like it took a while to finish!
Thank you for always posting fun content!
@@MichelleSMV I love the idea of Bilbo’s victory spin. Yes, he’s congratulating himself on finally persuading you it’s doggy dinner time! 😂 As for posting fun content, thank you for turning up to watch. I always feel really anxious after posting that no-one will watch or I’ll get negative comments! 💕
@@Samanthalovestosew haha it does feel like he’s doing a victory dance for sure! Oh I can completely understand. You’ve got great fun content though and you seem really sweet so I can’t think of what negative thing someone could say. Also you’ve got 2 of the most adorable helpers!
@@MichelleSMV I got some negative comments on the Walkaway dress because people were comparing (unfavourably!) to others (mainly to versions not made as part of a timed challenge!!) The dogs, of course, have never had a single negative comment 😂🐾
What a beautiful setting to show off your gorgeous dress. I love it. So pleased the dogs were keeping an eye on you. I also loved the trip to the beach. ❤️❤️❤️🌺
Thank you very much Lenore 💕 It’s part of the plan for Spring and Summer to show off makes in lovely settings. I just joined the National Trust, which helps - the Lovers’ Bridge is in the castle grounds of a nearby medieval village. I’m trying to train up my mother as a photographer, which is ironic since her photography skills are legendarily awful. Even pressing record and handing her the camera is no guarantee against finding that she’s pressed it off again. Luckily landslide angles and thumbs over lenses can be reframed in the editing! Anyway, I’m pleased she’s keen to do it as I don’t think I could cope with putting up a tripod for public filming (though I know people do!) The dogs love to keep an eye on me … I’m always under canine surveillance!! 💗🎀🐾xx
It’s wonderful your mum is doing the filming. I’m surprised I didn’t hear her call out, ‘Samantha, get down off that wall right now’ 😆😆. You were very brave considering the wind and rain. I loved the music and captions in this video. Xx ❤️🌺
@@lenorerhodes8110My mum comes from the ‘I didn’t bring my children up to be wimps’ school of thought (she spent her early childhood in India and then was sent to a brutal English boarding school on her own aged 6). I’m very pleased you like the captions since they were achieved with some tech pain (it’s all a learning curve) and the very kind assistance of Arietta of Arietta’s Vintage Life helping me through it. Now my father will have no excuse not to watch my videos (he accuses me of mumbling … it’s not that he’s a bit deaf!) Sometimes he claims to have watched them and I ask him what I made. There is a long pause in which you see him casting around for an answer. Then he alights on ‘errrr a dress!’ He’s not fooling me! 😂💗💐xx
Gorgeous dress, the fabrics and buttons are a perfect echo to the star pattern......Bravo!
Thank you so much for noticing that I carried the star theme all the way through! I’ve had that blue starry vintage wool for years and, when I saw the star-in-a-circle pattern, it all came together! Thank you for supporting me too ❤️
Wonderful dress! I love the combination of a star shaped patten and plain fabric. Beautiful details too. and it looks so comfy. Loved where you modelled it - gorgeous park! Girls seemed to enjoy it ❤
Thank you so much Masha! I truly think I will wear the dress a lot. The good thing about circle skirts is they make the waist look smaller in comparison to the skirt. As my chocolate eating is now raging completely out of control this is a good thing. Dogs absolutely adore going to new places. I just joined the National Trust and I was in the castle grounds of a nearby medieval village. ❤️
The dress is so beautiful and looks very cozy too. What a whimsical place you chose to show us your creation and your doggies must have enjoyed this place so much. Their cute faces, demanding you take them to the beach asap, haha! I can't believe you made this hat yourse5, perfect for the rain too! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you very much Arietta 💕 The dogs do love an outing, though for them it’s less about pretty scenery and more about interesting smells!! I’m hoping to do more filming in interesting places though in the UK it is STILL raining! Every day!! 🙄🌧️ Thank you very much for your help with the captions on this video. They do make a difference! 💗💐
You're very welcome! 🥰🥰
@@Samanthalovestosew
Oh Samantha this dress looks darling on you. Great sewing on the skirt. It reminds me of quilting. Well done! The fabric is perfect and very durable! Your little doggies got quite worried about you on that bridge. The scenery is just stunning! Exmoor thought it looked familiar, I was born in Cleveland , Somerset and my father was from Cheddar Gorge. We immigrated to Canada back in the 60s. But my heart will always be in England. I love it there in the country. ❤️
Ah your family come originally from Somerset! It’s such a beautiful county. I’m planning on doing more reveal filming out and about at pretty and historic places, both the countryside and grand houses etc. Well, during the Spring and Summer months anyway. Not so sure about braving the winter weather! Yes, the dogs… I love them so much and am always telling them so we’re very close. Thank you very much for watching and supporting, and I hope you will enjoy seeing more of Exmoor over the next weeks! 💐
Beautiful dress and so practical too.
Thank you so much Ian!
Impossible to resist demanding dogs! I love this dress the fabric is so pretty and blue looks gorgeous on you xx
As a fellow dog lover you know how they take over our lives :) Of course we can’t say no to them. And thank you very much about the dress - soft wool is so comfy to wear too 🐾xx
@@Samanthalovestosew oh they do I was stuck in bed later than I wanted to be this morning because Dexter was snoring haha
@@BeverleyButterfly My dogs sleep on the bed with me 🤫 And I often can’t bear to disturb them when they’re still asleep (so I understand!) 🐾🐾
Hi Samantha
Lol your sweet pups. I know that feeling of being watched all too well lol. I'll turn and see both of my sweet pups staring at me with their HUGE Boston Terrier/pug eyes, begging for cuddles. 😆
As always, I am an admirer of your gorgeous button collection. 😊 What a fun collection. 💙
Your dress turned out so cute!! 💙💙💙 It looks great paired with your boots. I love that dagger collar.
That Lover's Bridge is gorgeous. I had never heard of it before and of course had to look it up immediately. Oh to live by historic places... ❤. Not much of that in my neck of the woods. 😫
Such gorgeous scenery. And those singing birds... 🐦❤ Thank you for sharing!
Hi Laura, ah you’re a dog lover and owner too! I often think how much more I would get done if I wasn’t walking them, vacuuming up their hair and constantly cuddling them! I’d get back hours of my day. But I wouldn’t be without them🐾 Yes, I am a total magpie for vintage buttons. And thank you about the dress - I am rather pleased with it.
I moved to Exmoor from London and it is very beautiful here. Over the Spring and Summer I want to film my reveals at more historic places so there you go - vintage sewing and a West Country travel guide all in one place 😆 With buttons thrown in! Thank you so much for watching another episode! 💗💐
@Samanthalovestosew Exmoor looks like a gorgeous place to live. I live in the desert and the only things to look at are weeds and dirt. 😫 Fingerscrossed, someday I'll live somewhere green. 🤞
@@laurazeman Ah you must be in the US (no deserts in the UK that I know of!) Weeds and dirt … sounds like my life in London! 🙄
Beautiful dress. Love the way the dogs gave you that look. Having been owned by a border collie, I know it well.
Owned by a border collie 🤣 That’s exactly how they see it! That’s so funny. I’m no match for that doggy determination! That’s how I’m going to describe our relationship from now on - they own me! And thank you so much, I’m really pleased you like the dress 🐾🐾
That is a stunning pattern! I shall have to try that on my next circle skirt. Thank you so much for sharing.
Oh and I love your dogs.
I’m so pleased you like the pattern. I must admit I’m rather taken with it myself! It’s something a bit different. I will of course pass on your compliment to the dogs. They love to feel appreciated! Thank you so much for watching and encouraging. 💐
Gorgeous! I've never heard of this design before. There have been many times I had some fabulous fabric I wanted to use to make a circle skirt, but didn't have enough of it. This is the perfect solution! Thank you for sharing!
Side Note: My dog is also very persuasive, especially at food time & walking time. When he does his intense stare, we say he's using his "canine mind tricks".
Canine mind tricks! That’s it. They control you with that intense stare. No matter what I’m in the middle of doing I’m powerless to resist. And you’d think they wore wrist watches for their perfect sense of timing for meals and walks! I’m so glad you like the star-in-a-circle skirt. It’s quite simple but definitely requires slow and careful sewing. You’re right, it’s the perfect solution for creating lovely full circle skirts when you’re short on fabric. Thank you so much for watching and encouraging. 💐
Pretty and practical is always a winner!! That skirt is so interesting and I agree it would look beautiful in lots of fabric combinations. The beach and park walks were an added treat. You live in such a nice area. The puppies are adorable ❤
Thank you so much Leslie! Yes, I have a bolt of plain black 40s rayon and 30s and 40s fabric with colourful florals on black. That could look splendid. But for comfort there’s no beating the wools and Viyellas. I’m so glad you like my settings… except in deepest winter I’ve decided to do my reveals out and about on Exmoor. Of course the puppies will insist on being included! ❤️
What a fabulous dress! ⭐️ I love the top pattern you used as well. That pointy collar works perfectly with the star! You also were very brave to pose on that bridge. 😱 That’s coming from someone very afraid of heights though 😂
Thank you very much Katie 💕 I’m pleased you noticed the pointy collar went with the star. I didn’t feel very brave on the edge of the bridge … decidedly nervous! I just wanted to get the dress and the bridge in the picture. Looking back it’s questionable whether it was worth the risk!! Thank you so much for watching another video 💗💐
Such a beautiful and practical dress. I love it 😍
Thank you so much … I always know if a dress covers me from neck to (practically) toe plus my arms, that I will wear it. I do like to be well covered!! But I’m especially taken with the design of the skirt. I think it will be sewn again! ❤️
@@Samanthalovestosew it is absolutely gorgeous 😍 I think if you spray starched the living daylights out of the fabric before the bias cuts it will be easier to get smooth. I will look for that beautiful skirt pattern.
@@karinbaird2499 That is a brilliant idea. My petticoat needs starching too. I’ll be stocking up on starch! After all it’s a vintage staple! Thank you very much 🌸
@@Samanthalovestosew I do a lot of hand piecing of patchwork so starch fabric to within an inch of its life to avoid stretch. It works😁
@@karinbaird2499I never knew … But I shall be following this advice from now on!! ❤
What a nice dress, it came out lovely. :) And the dogs staring at you from the doorway were hilarious. :D The weather is bonkers, in my neck of the woods it was the warmest February since the beginning of the records, kinda scary.
Thank you so much … I must admit I am rather pleased with it! Aren’t the dogs awful?! 😂 At walkies and meal times I suddenly feel two pairs of bullet eyes boring into me!! And you had the warmest February since records began! It’s all very weird. Here I can report that it continues to rain every day. There was a single morning of Spring sunshine during which everyone got very excited. But no. It was not to last! 🙄🌧️
Your dress is absolutely gorgeous! The area you shot your video in, is so incredibly beautiful! xx
Thank you very much Lizzie! I’ve practically moved here (to Exmoor) from London where I grew up but my father is still in London. Exmoor has such natural beauty and amazing historic houses and medieval villages. I’m so pleased you like my dress too, it’s an interesting pattern xx
@@Samanthalovestosew I'm adding Exmoor on my list of places to explore! Maybe you could give us a tour! We keep trying to figure out when to visit the UK. Hopefully, soon!
It is such a nice length 😊
Thank you very much! It’s my favourite length since it’s quite covering (which I like) but doesn’t trail on the ground either! 💐
Love your dress you look fab. ❤
That’s so lovely to hear! Every time I upload a video I’m anxious that people won’t like it, or the dress, and breathe a huge sigh of relief when I get positive comments like yours. Thank you! ❤️
That’s so pretty and I love the place you did your reveal of the finished dress. Is there a pattern for the skirt? I would love to make one. Thanks for a great video ❤
Thank you so much - when it’s warm enough I want to film most of my reveals in pretty and historic places from now on! I got my pattern from Tuppence Ha’penny’s Patreon. You can find her on Instagram @tuppencehapenny and check out her Patreon from there. All her patterns are from original patterns in her collection, only graded to multiple sizes. So the original pattern for this skirt will be out there somewhere (but hard to get hold of!) She has some wonderful patterns and I will be sewing some more of them. The 40s hooded patchwork dress I sewed on this channel was one of her patterns too. ❤️
That looks so good on you.xx🐝🐝
Thank you very much, I’m so pleased you like it! I never quite know what a dress is going to look like once completed and put on. It’s always such a relief to hear nice comments! 💐🎀xx
aaa i love it so much! even better than the pattern was your wonderful persoanlity
Thank you very much! I’m so pleased that you like the dress design (and get my sense of humour!) I appreciate the encouragement 💐
What twirlability!!! Such a fascinating design and with an endless choice of adding different bodice patterns, i can definitely see you running up a few more ! Nerve racking precision point sewing 😬 Oh and nerve racking bridge scaling!! I can see it now 'RUclipsr drops from Lovers Bridge, Dunster: Did she fall or was she pushed?'
'Dogs held in custody over Dunster Bridge incident"
'Dastardly Dogs of Dunster' leaving court today Pickle and Raisin tell reporters "We just wanted our dinner"
🤣🤣🤣 Of course the dogs would love the attention of being headline news. Dastardly Dogs of Dunster definitely has a ring to it. You know Dunster was the place I told you about a while back where there was a murder in the Women’s Institute! Like Midsommer Murders or Miss Marple a lot goes on in those pretty little English villages. Saying that they have cctv installed now and everyone has a link so they can tune in to watch. Of course nothing happens. Except that the villagers are intent on spying on each other’s grocery shopping! 😆 Thank you about the dress - I am rather chuffed with it! 💗💐
@@Samanthalovestosew Ooh 'Village Crime Watch' can you imagine!!! I'd be moving out pretty sharpish if I lived there. Neighbours watching your comings and goings 😧 no no no! Mind you, they'd be disappointed in my complete lack of activity 😆 "That odd couple down the road never go out" 🤣
@@rowanhughes8682 Going out (especially after dark) is overrated! A packet of Minstrels, a packet of dental chews (them … obviously!) and we’re all ensconced on the sofa of an evening. I just discovered all the series of Upstairs Downstairs on ITV. So good! 😊
@@Samanthalovestosew I so so remember that drama! 1970s does the Edwardians!! Enjoy the Minstrels... I have a confession btw. I scoured the confectionery aisle for galaxy minstrels after you last mentioned them 🤣🤣🤣 Alas, came home empty handed and now they're on my brain and I'm on a mission 😎🟤🟤🟤🟤🟤
@@rowanhughes8682 If I lived anywhere near you the chocolate aisle would be permanently bereft of Minstrels! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if, instead of Square Space or SkillShare, I could be sponsored by Galaxy? There would be an ad break in every video during which I happily chomped through a packets of Minstrels. Ah, I can but dream - but it’s good to aim high! 😆 🤎
I had a dog that looked very much like the smaller one with the flaggy tail, and she loved to find earthworms to roll on, even found them in her fur, so just a little smelly isn't that bad, I think.
Oh I won’t tell mine. I wouldn’t want to give her ideas! She’s a street dog from Serbia that got rescued from a pound there. She arrived smelling strongly of disinfectant. Since then she has replaced that with her own personal choice of scent - fox poo with an under note of rotting fish and horse manure. But at least not squashed earthworms! 😆
Beautiful
Thank you so much for watching and encouraging! 💐
Dress is lovely. Please dont take risks like standing on the bridge ledge folks...especially in rainy/windy weather. Incredibly dangerous.
Thank you about the dress and of course you’re quite right about not standing on bridge ledges. I don’t make a habit of it!
too funny… they demanded a walk break too funny
They’re awful aren’t they?! 🤣 I’m firmly under paw! They have me well trained! So glad to find someone sharing my sense of humour! 🐾