In some blue china plates there is the traditional two little flying blue birds. I would probably do a couple by hand. Craft tassels? Would they not perhaps run in the wash?
Your perfectionism really paid off! That top was so shapeless to start with. Your first version was nice, but the second version - wow! So flattering, so authentic, so right, so you! I love these videos - they really help with my own mending and refashioning. Thank you!
The first time I ran into those hanger ribbons they were in a strapless dress. I had no clue what they were so in the dressing room I forced my arms into those things and came out wearing this strapless dress with "spaghetti straps". It was a fitting for a friends wedding and the seamstress nearly burst at the seams trying not to laugh at my mistake. She said later that I wasn't the first one to make that mistake but I was the first one to successfully wear the dress that way. (I had very skinny arms)
@@Evelyn__Wood Hello Ms Wood! Firstly I do love your sewing videos! As I was starting to sew I got your videos on my Phone. Very happy about random picking from Google(?) Very well constructed and represented!!!! About the tassels, my experience is that embroidery thread discolours/ bleeds when washed,! If you have not found the tassels yet ;have you considered an upholstery shop? They have different types of tassels in size and colour! Best Regards M
Loving the little ruffle you added to the sleeve. It brings back the innocence of the era. Great call on removing the peplum. It was too long for your body.. I learned how to adjust a waistband from this video. Thank you for sharing your talent and time.
I really enjoyed this. Like previous videos, it’s really helpful. This week, I thought of you as I refashioned a loose top with asymmetric, diagonal seams across the front. I needed to bring in more shaping under the bust, and bring up and narrow the v neckline. I took the sleeves out, narrowed the back, unpicked the side and front seams and rejigged it all. I took one step at a time, pinning it, trying it back on, sewing that bit, pinning the next.....having the confidence to leave that bit until I’d done this bit, having a general plan but getting the shoulders right first, then the neckline, front diagonal seams, sides, then the hem. It’s your videos that have given me the confidence to have a go, knowing the general idea but not the exact details, and getting there in the end. So now I have a top I always loved and spent my hard earned cash on, now fitting my newly slimmer figure in a much more flattering way than before. In the past, I’ve tried refashioning but given up when I didn’t know exactly how I was going to get where I needed to go, so, once again, THANK YOU! ❤️
I know this is late and off topic, but this lady is so remarkably beautiful. I almost cannot even believe the color of her skin tone is real. It looks airbrushed, so evenly tinted and smooth everywhere! And her face with her culry hair looks like a sculpture of a cheribum.
Hey Evelyn, I love what you do, I love that you do all the hard work for us! I love that you show all of it to us! I enjoy your teachings, your techniques, your great finds at your thrift finds, yard sales, etc. I just wanted to share with you that you are a wonderful woman, a wonderful teacher, a wonderful person, great hearted, and needed in my life! I really do just totally smile and laugh with you in your videos. Thank you for making my heart smile every day! Thank you for sharing YOUR heart with all of your VIEWERS EVERY DAY!!!!
thank you so much for bringing back the fond memories of my mum. Im now in my 60's and can here her tutting as i cut corners...... you have reminded me of all those do's and dont's. ^ Think before you do^ sticks in my mind. Never a negative, just the beginning of a new journey. for each garment. She was as high as you could go in the 50's as seamstress. Target.... make a shirt from scratch. No pattern. Just a visual of 5 mins look at man. (dressed of course) no measuring. WOW. Im now going through my wardrobe as a new disability means those things i love, just wont work now. Im hooked onto your channel now. just begun my first shirring stitches on beloved top. Amaizing and pleasantly pleased with myself. Many thanks again.
Wow what a beautiful blouse you created! I’m 71 and just getting started sewing. I sort of learned the very basics at 13 years old…Anyway, I decided to watch tutorials before deciding on which sewing machine to buy. However, after watching your videos i realized what I want a machine for and what I want to sew. I want to RE-FASHION! I’m always looking at pieces in my closet and imagining how I would make it “work” for me… Or, I’m at a thrift shop and see a lovely piece of material in an unflattering design and I’ve wished I had the skill to re-fashion pieces. Thanks so much for your tutorials! Now I know what I need my machine for so my next step is to learn about the many different machines and find the best I can afford. I look forward to many more of your great tutorials! Sue
You added the little peplum at the bottom of the sleeves. I love this top. I wore a lot of them in the 70's when they were back in style. Great job! Blessings all!!!! 💜💜
When you first mentioned doing the rolled hem along the bottom, I thought "I'd do the sleeve hems too!" Great minds think alike! I was thinking about the tassels - maybe you could dye them? You could incorporate all four of the blues I could see into a dip-dye effect with the lightest blue first for the whole length of the tassels, then the next darker for 3/4 of the tassel length, then the next darker for half the length, then the darkest for the bottom quarter of the tassel. It would be a lot of mucking around, though. Several years ago, I used a product I got at Lincraft to dye some cotton lace (I couldn't find any cotton lace in Navy); it was paper impregnated with dye and you use an iron to press the dye into the fabric. I've done a quick search - it's called "Design Dye (TM) Paper that dyes Fabric, Wood and More". My lace project worked really well, though I pressed the dye into it three times because I wanted the colour really dense (and it did go through to the wrong side, about half the colour denseness of the right side) - I then made the lace into a lace and bead bracelet to match a dress and necklace I got for my eldest step daughter's wedding. The colour match was perfect, even in photos! Something to consider, though: I haven't washed it, even though the packaging stated it was color-fast; I mean, who washes bracelets? Just an idea, though. On another level altogether, would a peasant have had coloured tassels? Even homemade ones? Or if they did, perhaps they were made out of embroidery threads (seeing as they did do embroidery?). I'm sure there would be videos on how to make them, I have no idea myself. I'll stop rambling now!
My dear, I am so glad I found your channel. Your style is just amazing and inspiring. This top turned out so beautiful! I noticed the sleeves were different straight away but I must admit I couldn't put my finger on exactly what was different lol. So many of the dresses I have seen from my love affair with Joan Crawfords films would be so perfect on you. There's one immediately that comes to mind, which is a beautiful 40s dress with lovely embroidered grapes and vines. There are also some dazzling numbers in "the women" from 1939. The fashion show during the film just makes my heart sing. I think if you designed and made something like the beautiful cherry patterned dresses from the late 40s/early 50s, it would be beautiful on you. Especially with a lovely scarf tied in your hair that matched the colour of the cherries and so accessories to match. Stunning!
I love love love this remake. I like the tassels white. They don't detract from the blue details. But...you could remove the white tassels, dye them navy and put them back on? Use what you have. I think it so sweet and dainty as is. Bravo! You so inspire and empower me. Thank you!
You are so right. Small details make all the difference! I agree that the sleeve ruffle with a touch of white topped with navy took the whole blouse from cute to FANTASTIC!
Oh, the excitement when you find that one thread! And that moment when Mom would say 'okay, let's take it off' was nearly as scary as feeling her slide the pins in right against my skin.
I cut these hanger straps off too but I can't throw them away because they're usually made from such lovely ribbon. So I have a big shoe-box full of them! I know some day I'll find a use for them! LOL!
The little ruffle on the sleeve!.......I love that you really want it to be the best it can be, to it's fullest potential! Satisfaction, you have earned it!!!! I have the same standard, but my ability isn't what it used to be. Age puts a wrench in things. I love it, great work!
I’ve been sewing for 60 years. Yep, I’m old as dirt. I’ve been learning a lot by watching...and I’m going to make a trip to the thrift store. Thanks for your delightful videos.
If you have navy embroidery floss, you could make small tassels by wrapping it around a piece of cardboard. Tie it up on one end, cut the other end and tie the top knot around the tied end.
I really like the final version. It is so cute. You are si funny. Loved the pinning part and out take of you removing the pinned top. Thanks for the giggles. Lol. Meg
Amazing work! Thank you so much for your honesty in the process of making. Your philosophy about taking the time needed, harvesting and enjoying the process itself as art is precious! Thank you!
I thought for a minute you were going to make the rolled edge or zig zag navy on the tie part but I noticed the sleeves right away, love how it turned out!
Its lovely! And I was that girl with the pins. I love the little inspirations that come to me while I’m ad-libbing my sewing projects. I bought an a line skirt that I planned to take in, but I ended up turning it into a baby doll blouse instead.
That final adjustment on the sleeves - genius! So small yet so crucial. I've recently become temporarily obsessed with capsule wardrobes, so have done a brutal edit on my clothes. Most of the few that are left need mending, so (mostly thanks to your prompting) I've been working through the mends. Then onto making basic pieces to pull my wardrobe together; then finishing the dozen refashioning projects I started! (Having a 32G chest tends to quickly exhaust the refashioning interest...).
I remember so many times trying to get out of a pinned ballet costume and feeling like the pin cushion. There was one particularly memorable experience in which my mum had to sew me into a costume side stage. I think she got me with the needle more than the costume.
I am 18 months late watching this video Evelyn, and I am so glad I did. You have (hard) worked a small miracle with transforming your peasant blouse and I absolutely love it on you.🐾
Adding the little ruffle to the sleeve is/was a very clever way to add length and dimension to the sleeve :) plus it looks pretty! The whole blouse looks so pretty. If you can't find the correct colour for the tie and tassle, maybe you could dye the white cotton rope and tassle to any colour you require. A tip I thought of years ago, is to use safety pins when pinning anything on yourself, or someone else, this allows you to remove the garment without being skewered in the process. I found your video in my recommendations while watching the newest from Bernadette Banner, so I clicked. I'm glad I did, it's nice to hear my own accent now and then, plus I enjoyed the work you did...might have to watch a few more... :))
Very cute shirt! I love those kinds of shirts! The second version you did is waaaay better looking btw. 5:29 I always cut mine off too. Those things are annoying, but sometimes I'll keep them on for the shoulder less dresses because those things help hang the dress on the hanger.
It’s very cute! Agree on the tighter waist and shorter length. Making tassels is very easy, btw. Why not make some from embroidery yarn? You could choose the perfect color that way 🙂 Otherwise, a couple blue beads at the end of the white string might also look nice.
I love this. It was a sorry looking garment to begin but you worked your magic and came up with something beautiful. I watched the bit at the end where you asked us if we noticed anything. Well, I could see there was something different on the sleeves and I was looking closer when it ended. I had just twigged what it was just before you told us! That just completed the beauty of this little top.
You could make your own navy/royal blue cord using embroidery floss (multiple strands) that you could braid or do a woven tube. We made woven bracelets in Girl Scouts using something like this.
From one Evelyn to another it was a nice transformation. I have a blouse similar to yours but mine has long sleeves. I agree with your Anology of sewing. I,ve been sewing since 9 yrs old. Sewing has become so non existence now. I love redoing items.
i love this transformation... i have a suggestion: take the navy thread you used on the edges, three groups of three threads and plait them and make a tassel at the ends with more thread.
I saw the navy thread in your overlocker which made me look at the edges, so knew what you had done. Tassels are so easy to make. You could also make oval crochet tassels, I know in the 70s I had a few gypsie blouses and drindle skirts, and I remember having crochet ends on at least one of them. xxxAnnxxx
I really love that you teach us to be perfect at sewing it’s great for me as I am one to go down the quick road but you have helped me to be more patient and better at sewing Thank you
I love this blouse!!! Especially the extra shirring on the sleeves! The only thing is, that I think it looks better without the tie-thingie, and am glad you didn't have the navy tassels, as it would take away from the embroidery. Leaving it as a sort of v-neck looks more attractive to me.
So happy to have found your videos! You are doing exactly what I dream to do everytime I go to the thrift store and come home with a pile of way-too-large clothes made of beautiful fabric! Very impressive that you did not just say "good enough" (at least in my humple perfectionist oppinion) ANd perservered until it was exactly what you had envisioned!
I revisited a vintage wool skirt that I bought at a charity shop. I had kind of botched the hem. It was a bit janky, and it had also ended up being a little too short, because I didn't account for how much it was going to spring up when I cut the extra length off. Ended up unpicking the hem and adding a ribbon hem made from what I cut off of the built in slip.
As someone who started out as an artist and is now learning how to sew, i really admire how you approach your sewing projects. I used to feel like a slow worker with the way i did my art, by revisiting my paintings little by little until i get the results i want. But watching your process and results makes me feel differently about it now.
I know I'm late to respond but I dit notice the rolled coloured hem on the sleeves. They look so much more dainty now, love the outcome! I wouldn't have thougt that trimming and rehemming the facing would make such a difference but at the end it think it really did. Guess I'm quite the perfectionist too ;)
Absolutely stunning! 😍 Now I need a perfect 1930's style peasant top even more! Which is actually saying something because I've wanted one for years! Lol. You'll never know how much you inspire me! You're the seamstress that I always think of when I'm fearful of altering an exsisting garment. Your videos have tought me so much about upcycling items of exsisting clothing that I kind of like, into items that I absolutely love. Thank you so much for all you do! 💗 By the by, can't you make the tassles with embroidery floss? That way you get the exact tassle you want, and you know for a fact that the color won't bleed onto the white top. I wouldn't trust those "craft tassels".
Well, it's not sewing but it had it's own challenges: I am currently revisiting a knit dress. It was meant to be oversized but when I tried to pair it with a belt, it didn't work. So I decided to take it in so that I could wear it with a belt or without it would look nicer on my flat silhouette. This of course means frogging (ripping back) to where the decreasing needs to start and knitting up from there. I also took out a collar from a knit sweater that I had also finished a month ago but that was easy since it was separate from the neck and body of the sweater. I also get rid of those loops, especially if they're plastic. The ribbon loops I keep since I can make them into little bows for projects. I think that peasant top is adorable! I'm not a fan of shirring, it gives me a rash but it looks beautiful! I noticed your dress form in the background and I wonder, what's a good material to make a dress slip out of?
You did great! Fascinating. You know, you CAN make your own tassle. If you can make a pompom, tassles are easy. Look on youtube or look in old home decor books for jumbo tassles you can miniaturize. I would think a navy cotton crochet thread maybe size 10.
Lovely Evelyn, you might put a bead or two of complimenting colours before tying off the tassels on the white cord ties, it will give the weight you are after and match the thread.
I did a quick fix today too. I bought a lovely to with a floral pattern that had a mock turtleneck and I always feel like those strangle me to death! But I liked it otherwise and had to take it with me and adjusted the neckline to a nice scoop neck 😊
Also it's so worth it that you went at this blouse a second time! It looks so lovely now 😊 The little ruffle on the sleeves ties everything in so nicely!
Have you gone back to old makes? What do you think, worth doing it twice??
Absolutely worth doing, I much prefer the final result.
Definitely, have watched most of your videos. Enjoy them very much.
Definitely liked the second remake best. It fit the style you wanted and was more flattering on you.
In some blue china plates there is the traditional two little flying blue birds. I would probably do a couple by hand. Craft tassels? Would they not perhaps run in the wash?
Yes, often I do that. I keep changing things until they are just right. I do wonder if you have found your navy tassels by now? :-)
Your perfectionism really paid off! That top was so shapeless to start with. Your first version was nice, but the second version - wow! So flattering, so authentic, so right, so you! I love these videos - they really help with my own mending and refashioning. Thank you!
I'm glad to hear that it helps you in your own refashions!!
The first time I ran into those hanger ribbons they were in a strapless dress. I had no clue what they were so in the dressing room I forced my arms into those things and came out wearing this strapless dress with "spaghetti straps".
It was a fitting for a friends wedding and the seamstress nearly burst at the seams trying not to laugh at my mistake. She said later that I wasn't the first one to make that mistake but I was the first one to successfully wear the dress that way. (I had very skinny arms)
😂😂😂 I used to work in bridal, I saw the same thing happen a few times too!!
I did the same thing!
Try using some skeins of navy embroidery thread to create matching ties and tassels Xx
I think I might have to!!
That's what I was going to say. I want to make them for you, but realistically I am terrible at following through with mailing things.
@@Evelyn__Wood Hello Ms Wood! Firstly I do love your sewing videos! As I was starting to sew I got your videos on my Phone. Very happy about random picking from Google(?) Very well constructed and represented!!!! About the tassels, my experience is that embroidery thread discolours/ bleeds when washed,! If you have not found the tassels yet ;have you considered an upholstery shop? They have different types of tassels in size and colour!
Best Regards M
Yes, the navy rolled hem on the sleeves!
You saw it! 😀😀
I saw it too! 😍
Sleeve edges. Very nice.
That small elastic inserted in the sleeve hem was BRILLIANT! love this
Loving the little ruffle you added to the sleeve. It brings back the innocence of the era. Great call on removing the peplum. It was too long for your body.. I learned how to adjust a waistband from this video. Thank you for sharing your talent and time.
Oh that feeling as an artist when you let yourself go all crazy perfectionist on a project and it feels so good!
I really enjoyed this. Like previous videos, it’s really helpful. This week, I thought of you as I refashioned a loose top with asymmetric, diagonal seams across the front. I needed to bring in more shaping under the bust, and bring up and narrow the v neckline. I took the sleeves out, narrowed the back, unpicked the side and front seams and rejigged it all. I took one step at a time, pinning it, trying it back on, sewing that bit, pinning the next.....having the confidence to leave that bit until I’d done this bit, having a general plan but getting the shoulders right first, then the neckline, front diagonal seams, sides, then the hem. It’s your videos that have given me the confidence to have a go, knowing the general idea but not the exact details, and getting there in the end. So now I have a top I always loved and spent my hard earned cash on, now fitting my newly slimmer figure in a much more flattering way than before. In the past, I’ve tried refashioning but given up when I didn’t know exactly how I was going to get where I needed to go, so, once again, THANK YOU! ❤️
This makes my day! 😍 Thankyou! I'm so glad you've decided to just try and see how it goes! With great results it seems!! ❤
That was so nice to read for a beginner as myself Attila. Thank you! Taking it slow and getting it right - love it.
"This is what your face should look like as you're coming to the end" is the best advice on refashioning and sewing in general :)
I know this is late and off topic, but this lady is so remarkably beautiful. I almost cannot even believe the color of her skin tone is real. It looks airbrushed, so evenly tinted and smooth everywhere! And her face with her culry hair looks like a sculpture of a cheribum.
Hey Evelyn, I love what you do, I love that you do all the hard work for us! I love that you show all of it to us! I enjoy your teachings, your
techniques, your great finds at your thrift finds, yard sales, etc. I just
wanted to share with you that you are a wonderful woman, a wonderful teacher, a
wonderful person, great hearted, and needed in my life! I really do just
totally smile and laugh with you in your videos. Thank you for making my heart smile
every day! Thank you for sharing YOUR heart with all of your VIEWERS EVERY
DAY!!!!
Maybe you could string navy glass beads onto the white threads on the tassels! Love love love the blouse!!
You're SOOOO effortlessly 30's chic, I can see you being a Swiss Baroness of some sort in your previous lifetime! LOVE IT
thank you so much for bringing back the fond memories of my mum. Im now in my 60's and can here her tutting as i cut corners...... you have reminded me of all those do's and dont's. ^ Think before you do^ sticks in my mind. Never a negative, just the beginning of a new journey. for each garment. She was as high as you could go in the 50's as seamstress. Target.... make a shirt from scratch. No pattern. Just a visual of 5 mins look at man. (dressed of course) no measuring. WOW. Im now going through my wardrobe as a new disability means those things i love, just wont work now. Im hooked onto your channel now. just begun my first shirring stitches on beloved top. Amaizing and pleasantly pleased with myself. Many thanks again.
Wow what a beautiful blouse you created!
I’m 71 and just getting started sewing. I sort of learned the very basics at 13 years old…Anyway, I decided to watch tutorials before deciding on which sewing machine to buy. However, after watching your videos i realized what I want a machine for and what I want to sew. I want to RE-FASHION! I’m always looking at pieces in my closet and imagining how I would make it “work” for me…
Or, I’m at a thrift shop and see a lovely piece of material in an unflattering design and I’ve wished I had the skill to re-fashion pieces.
Thanks so much for your tutorials! Now I know what I need my machine for so my next step is to learn about the many different machines and find the best I can afford.
I look forward to many more of your great tutorials! Sue
Navy tassels or no, it looks fabulous on you, and you did a beautiful job !
You added the little peplum at the bottom of the sleeves. I love this top. I wore a lot of them in the 70's when they were back in style. Great job! Blessings all!!!! 💜💜
You can make your own navy cord & tassels from embroidery floss or pearl cotton, and have a perfect match!
Sleeves with blue rolled hem! It is really ‘30’s now!! Very good job. Such imagination. Extremely good color on you.
I'm really glad you redid your redo. Now I want a 30's peasant blouse.
The shorter peplum really made the blouse way cuter. Nice detail on the sleeves. Great vid! 🤗
4:49 save that magic thread, mix with dryer lint and crisco makes an incredible fire starter lol
When you first mentioned doing the rolled hem along the bottom, I thought "I'd do the sleeve hems too!" Great minds think alike!
I was thinking about the tassels - maybe you could dye them? You could incorporate all four of the blues I could see into a dip-dye effect with the lightest blue first for the whole length of the tassels, then the next darker for 3/4 of the tassel length, then the next darker for half the length, then the darkest for the bottom quarter of the tassel. It would be a lot of mucking around, though.
Several years ago, I used a product I got at Lincraft to dye some cotton lace (I couldn't find any cotton lace in Navy); it was paper impregnated with dye and you use an iron to press the dye into the fabric. I've done a quick search - it's called "Design Dye (TM) Paper that dyes Fabric, Wood and More". My lace project worked really well, though I pressed the dye into it three times because I wanted the colour really dense (and it did go through to the wrong side, about half the colour denseness of the right side) - I then made the lace into a lace and bead bracelet to match a dress and necklace I got for my eldest step daughter's wedding. The colour match was perfect, even in photos! Something to consider, though: I haven't washed it, even though the packaging stated it was color-fast; I mean, who washes bracelets? Just an idea, though.
On another level altogether, would a peasant have had coloured tassels? Even homemade ones? Or if they did, perhaps they were made out of embroidery threads (seeing as they did do embroidery?). I'm sure there would be videos on how to make them, I have no idea myself. I'll stop rambling now!
My dear, I am so glad I found your channel. Your style is just amazing and inspiring. This top turned out so beautiful! I noticed the sleeves were different straight away but I must admit I couldn't put my finger on exactly what was different lol. So many of the dresses I have seen from my love affair with Joan Crawfords films would be so perfect on you. There's one immediately that comes to mind, which is a beautiful 40s dress with lovely embroidered grapes and vines. There are also some dazzling numbers in "the women" from 1939. The fashion show during the film just makes my heart sing. I think if you designed and made something like the beautiful cherry patterned dresses from the late 40s/early 50s, it would be beautiful on you. Especially with a lovely scarf tied in your hair that matched the colour of the cherries and so accessories to match. Stunning!
This speaks to my vintage-loving half-Hungarian heart! Thanks so much!
I love love love this remake. I like the tassels white. They don't detract from the blue details. But...you could remove the white tassels, dye them navy and put them back on? Use what you have. I think it so sweet and dainty as is. Bravo! You so inspire and empower me. Thank you!
Maybe dye the tassels you have a dark navy?? At least until you find what you are looking for. Lovely work. So glad that I found your channel!
Thanks for watching! I actually ended up getting sent some baby tassels from a viewer that are perfect!
You are so right. Small details make all the difference! I agree that the sleeve ruffle with a touch of white topped with navy took the whole blouse from cute to FANTASTIC!
Clever you, Evelyn ! 🤗
You turned a tunic with some promise, into a blouse fit for a princess !
Brilliant detail on the sleeves !
Oh, the excitement when you find that one thread! And that moment when Mom would say 'okay, let's take it off' was nearly as scary as feeling her slide the pins in right against my skin.
😂😂😂
The sleeves look good done the same way as the hem.
It was the perfect finishing touch I think!!
I cut these hanger straps off too but I can't throw them away because they're usually made from such lovely ribbon. So I have a big shoe-box full of them! I know some day I'll find a use for them! LOL!
There's a use for sure!!
It is very very pretty ! Add blue tassels to the end of white ropes. yes, worth doing it again. Love your little dance too !
Have definitely refashioned a refashion. The blouse turned out beautiful!
The little ruffle on the sleeve!.......I love that you really want it to be the best it can be, to it's fullest potential! Satisfaction, you have earned it!!!! I have the same standard, but my ability isn't what it used to be. Age puts a wrench in things. I love it, great work!
I’ve been sewing for 60 years. Yep, I’m old as dirt. I’ve been learning a lot by watching...and I’m going to make a trip to the thrift store. Thanks for your delightful videos.
If you have navy embroidery floss, you could make small tassels by wrapping it around a piece of cardboard. Tie it up on one end, cut the other end and tie the top knot around the tied end.
Watching this 3 years later, but it's been inspiring for sure :)
I really like the final version. It is so cute. You are si funny. Loved the pinning part and out take of you removing the pinned top. Thanks for the giggles. Lol. Meg
😂😂 I'm glad you giggle at it!!
Yes! The white edge added to the sleeve with the same hem as the bottom edge! It's SO cute!
Amazing work! Thank you so much for your honesty in the process of making. Your philosophy about taking the time needed, harvesting and enjoying the process itself as art is precious! Thank you!
Very pretty and done as it should ! Christine
It looks like you put a tiny ruffel on each sleeve that is finished the same as the bottom of the blouse. Beautiful! I love it.
I thought for a minute you were going to make the rolled edge or zig zag navy on the tie part but I noticed the sleeves right away, love how it turned out!
That was my suspicion too with the ties but then I noticed the cute ruffly part 😊
Its lovely! And I was that girl with the pins. I love the little inspirations that come to me while I’m ad-libbing my sewing projects. I bought an a line skirt that I planned to take in, but I ended up turning it into a baby doll blouse instead.
That final adjustment on the sleeves - genius! So small yet so crucial.
I've recently become temporarily obsessed with capsule wardrobes, so have done a brutal edit on my clothes. Most of the few that are left need mending, so (mostly thanks to your prompting) I've been working through the mends. Then onto making basic pieces to pull my wardrobe together; then finishing the dozen refashioning projects I started! (Having a 32G chest tends to quickly exhaust the refashioning interest...).
I remember so many times trying to get out of a pinned ballet costume and feeling like the pin cushion. There was one particularly memorable experience in which my mum had to sew me into a costume side stage. I think she got me with the needle more than the costume.
You added the thread to the arms such a good call. Loved the finished result.
Loved this one. Thanks so much. I toss those little hanger ribbons into my 'gift wrapping' box and use them for tying up presents. 😃
I love the way you matched the rolled hem on the sleeve and sooo flattering 🥰
I am 18 months late watching this video Evelyn, and I am so glad I did. You have (hard) worked a small miracle with transforming your peasant blouse and I absolutely love it on you.🐾
Adding the little ruffle to the sleeve is/was a very clever way to add length and dimension to the sleeve :) plus it looks pretty! The whole blouse looks so pretty. If you can't find the correct colour for the tie and tassle, maybe you could dye the white cotton rope and tassle to any colour you require.
A tip I thought of years ago, is to use safety pins when pinning anything on yourself, or someone else, this allows you to remove the garment without being skewered in the process.
I found your video in my recommendations while watching the newest from Bernadette Banner, so I clicked. I'm glad I did, it's nice to hear my own accent now and then, plus I enjoyed the work you did...might have to watch a few more... :))
Thanks so much for watching! I do use safty pins sometimes too, mostly on other people! 🤣
Very cute shirt! I love those kinds of shirts! The second version you did is waaaay better looking btw.
5:29 I always cut mine off too. Those things are annoying, but sometimes I'll keep them on for the shoulder less dresses because those things help hang the dress on the hanger.
Very clever to add the extra bit on the sleeves to match the rolled hem on the peplum.
This was SOOOOOO satisfying to watch. I love seeing your entire re-design process and ADORE the end result.
I love that blouse! It’s perfect for Summer,, so light and airy.
Absolutely ADORABLE. Thank you for inviting us on your refashion journey today.
😀 Thanks for watching!
Sleeves are pure genius!
Thank you for sharing your process. Perfection doesn’t happen on the first try and that is a great reminder :)
super beautiful it really become so nice after refashioning thanks for sharing it with as
I noticed the edging on the sleeves. Fab job on this refashion! I would say sewing and refashioning takes talent and skill!
So cute. The sleeves turned out great as did the ruffle on waist.
It’s very cute! Agree on the tighter waist and shorter length.
Making tassels is very easy, btw. Why not make some from embroidery yarn? You could choose the perfect color that way 🙂
Otherwise, a couple blue beads at the end of the white string might also look nice.
I just might have to get into the tassel making bussiness!!!
I love this. It was a sorry looking garment to begin but you worked your magic and came up with something beautiful. I watched the bit at the end where you asked us if we noticed anything. Well, I could see there was something different on the sleeves and I was looking closer when it ended. I had just twigged what it was just before you told us! That just completed the beauty of this little top.
I loooove your refashions! I learn so much. And I hope you are doing well. I hope your health is improving.❤
I LOVE the final, final project! Good job! I'm addicted to your channel. I'm inspired to find dressmaker school!!
The final product is just lovely. I really enjoyed watching this process.
You could make your own navy/royal blue cord using embroidery floss (multiple strands) that you could braid or do a woven tube. We made woven bracelets in Girl Scouts using something like this.
You are absolutely ADORABLE!! Loved all the extras you put on that blouse.
Sleeves. Rolled hem. Perfect.
I love what you did with the sleeves! Such a small detail makes a big difference!
If the embroidery was red it would be my Polish peasant blouse dream lol .
It is so pretty .
That top is so sweet! And you are so patient and precise.
Evelyn you are incredible and I wish I had even a smidgen of your talent. Sending love from the UK xxx
From one Evelyn to another it was a nice transformation. I have a blouse similar to yours but mine has long sleeves. I agree with your Anology of sewing. I,ve been sewing since 9 yrs old. Sewing has become so non existence now. I love redoing items.
😀😀😀 Aww thanks! Im glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
i love this transformation... i have a suggestion: take the navy thread you used on the edges, three groups of three threads and plait them and make a tassel at the ends with more thread.
I saw the navy thread in your overlocker which made me look at the edges, so knew what you had done. Tassels are so easy to make. You could also make oval crochet tassels, I know in the 70s I had a few gypsie blouses and drindle skirts, and I remember having crochet ends on at least one of them. xxxAnnxxx
Just love it! Great work. Thanks for sharing!
I really love that you teach us to be perfect at sewing it’s great for me as I am one to go down the quick road but you have helped me to be more patient and better at sewing
Thank you
Love the second remake version of the blouse on you. If you cant find the right tassels, maybe create your own with tassel silk.
I love this blouse!!! Especially the extra shirring on the sleeves!
The only thing is, that I think it looks better without the tie-thingie, and am glad you didn't have the navy tassels, as it would take away from the embroidery. Leaving it as a sort of v-neck looks more attractive to me.
I found your channel yesterday watched almost all of you videos already. As a beginner, you're my new favourite person.
So happy to have found your videos! You are doing exactly what I dream to do everytime I go to the thrift store and come home with a pile of way-too-large clothes made of beautiful fabric! Very impressive that you did not just say "good enough" (at least in my humple perfectionist oppinion) ANd perservered until it was exactly what you had envisioned!
Yep, noticed the sleeve at the beginning of the video...looks awesome!
Fabulous refashion! I love your commitment to achieve perfection. I need to embrace a little bit more of that!
I revisited a vintage wool skirt that I bought at a charity shop. I had kind of botched the hem. It was a bit janky, and it had also ended up being a little too short, because I didn't account for how much it was going to spring up when I cut the extra length off. Ended up unpicking the hem and adding a ribbon hem made from what I cut off of the built in slip.
Hi you’ve got your tassels !!! Lovely. Great work. Love all your help in different sewing techniques even at my age haha won’t tell you. Secret.
Love the refashion
Version 2 is so authentic - very impressive!
So glad this video popped up in my recommends! Lovely and full of good information.
Thanks for watching!!
As someone who started out as an artist and is now learning how to sew, i really admire how you approach your sewing projects. I used to feel like a slow worker with the way i did my art, by revisiting my paintings little by little until i get the results i want. But watching your process and results makes me feel differently about it now.
I keep all my manuals and reference them frequently
I know I'm late to respond but I dit notice the rolled coloured hem on the sleeves. They look so much more dainty now, love the outcome! I wouldn't have thougt that trimming and rehemming the facing would make such a difference but at the end it think it really did. Guess I'm quite the perfectionist too ;)
Absolutely stunning! 😍 Now I need a perfect 1930's style peasant top even more! Which is actually saying something because I've wanted one for years! Lol. You'll never know how much you inspire me! You're the seamstress that I always think of when I'm fearful of altering an exsisting garment. Your videos have tought me so much about upcycling items of exsisting clothing that I kind of like, into items that I absolutely love. Thank you so much for all you do! 💗
By the by, can't you make the tassles with embroidery floss? That way you get the exact tassle you want, and you know for a fact that the color won't bleed onto the white top. I wouldn't trust those "craft tassels".
Loved this type top back in the 70's I did what you did roll hem in colour I made matching cord from cotton I used to do roll hem. Took me.
Well, it's not sewing but it had it's own challenges: I am currently revisiting a knit dress. It was meant to be oversized but when I tried to pair it with a belt, it didn't work. So I decided to take it in so that I could wear it with a belt or without it would look nicer on my flat silhouette. This of course means frogging (ripping back) to where the decreasing needs to start and knitting up from there. I also took out a collar from a knit sweater that I had also finished a month ago but that was easy since it was separate from the neck and body of the sweater.
I also get rid of those loops, especially if they're plastic. The ribbon loops I keep since I can make them into little bows for projects. I think that peasant top is adorable! I'm not a fan of shirring, it gives me a rash but it looks beautiful! I noticed your dress form in the background and I wonder, what's a good material to make a dress slip out of?
You did great! Fascinating. You know, you CAN make your own tassle. If you can make a pompom, tassles are easy. Look on youtube or look in old home decor books for jumbo tassles you can miniaturize. I would think a navy cotton crochet thread maybe size 10.
Hmmmm I'm thinking this perhaps the way to go!! You give me confidence 😀
Lovely Evelyn, you might put a bead or two of complimenting colours before tying off the tassels on the white cord ties, it will give the weight you are after and match the thread.
I did a quick fix today too. I bought a lovely to with a floral pattern that had a mock turtleneck and I always feel like those strangle me to death! But I liked it otherwise and had to take it with me and adjusted the neckline to a nice scoop neck 😊
Also it's so worth it that you went at this blouse a second time! It looks so lovely now 😊 The little ruffle on the sleeves ties everything in so nicely!