As an art historian I can say from experience that there is no substitute for seeing a piece with your own eyes. It was true for your previous project, it is true for this one, an it will be true for the next! Save yourself a lot of hassle everyone and begin with inspecting the piece up close and personal!
the face you made when you realized the paper was just a bit too small to fit the full length, i felt that in my soul as a design/ textiles/ handicraft student, my god. watching your drafting process has been such a joy, and quite educational
Wow it is a pleasure to follow you like a detective, im new in this world of historical sewing. I'm a lacemaker and I always said that I wasnt born in the right century lol following you and Bernadette Ive learned that i can actually wear what ever i wish , like a walking skirt... at 60 years old ... just be my real self finally lol. I wanted to thank you for sharing your expertise on this platform . Merci beaucoup!
My now 8 year old and I have been watching your videos for a couple years now. Nothing, not even yelling "ice cream" gets a bigger squeal and faster response than "there's a new Cathy Hay video out"
Fashion detective, Miss Cathy Hay cracked the code of the gorgeous velvet coat. Now, the mock up begins. The excitement on the recreation of this coat grows. Can she do it, yes she can! 😃
"Cathy groans in slow motion" had me cackling. My husband watches photography RUclips videos on the loungeroom TV. They are quite technical and tedious because I don't understand a thing that they are talking about. I've just realised that you are my version, but yours are fascinating because I actually understand (most) of what you are doing. 😃 Loving every new instalment in this project.
I am at work and my boss asked me when I wanted to take my lunch I said 1pm which is when your video was playing in NY. I got told what is it will all of you wanting to go to lunch my 3 coworkers and I said that is When Cathy Hay's new video is playing. We are all currently sitting around my computer eating and watching your video. Best part of my whole day
This reminds me of when my daughter had drawn her wedding dress and asked me to make it. We had often done this for Prom and other formal events, but this was THE dress. I found 3 patterns that had elements that she wanted and then tried to put it all together. SO much over thinking. Turned out, I only needed two patterns and some nice embellishments. I love watching this so very much. Wonderful journey.
"it just feels right" is the knowledge and EXPERIENCE shining through! doesnt have to be "factual" when its right anyway! its such a joy following you through this journey
Something I do when trying to figure out pattern shapes from pictures is to trace the picture itself, then in another color, I trace in the seams and another color to draw in arrows of the fabric grain direction. I use this as an additional reference image when coming up with pattern drafts. doing this highlights all the lines and seams with how the garment falls so when I am looking at the references, I am not forgetting about seam lines and shapes. Maybe for some, it might be a redundant step, but for how I mentally function, it certainly helps to keep my thoughts organized.
I don't have but two friends who have seen me go through this kind of process. The one worked with me on Renaissance and wedding gowns but is gone some years now. (I am never making another wedding gown. Period.) My other friend is a portrait artist and has been my best friend more than 40 years. And, while she isn't a sewer, she knows enough to bounce some ideas off of and get a valid response. It's where the architecture meets the art that can be so confounding. Thank you for letting me/us see that you have the same struggles.
That felt like watching a movie teaser trailer for a huge hyped up blockbuster that’s not going to be released for two years. The excitement of the eureka moment and then, snap the video finishes leaving us all with pent up excitement but knowing we have to wait until next month now for the next instalment, I literally just yelled at my phone “ oh come on!! Don’t end it here… I NEED MORE!!” 😂 thank you for being such an amazing storyteller Cathy Hay. I love the way you make your videos both educational and entertaining in equal amounts. I can’t get enough ❤️
Im sure many designers back in the day took to Frankensteining patterns. I do that now too! I take fronts from one, sleeves from another, backs from another to make something I like and fits me better. Glad you figured out how they put this together! Can't wait to see mock up.
My instinct when you pointed out the diagonal seam is that the original fabric wasn't wide enough for the pattern piece so they sew pieces together and embroidered on top to hide it. I'm a novice sewer. I can't tell if that seam is adding any like structure to the silhouette so that's why I think they fudged it. Like I do when I run out of fabric. I love your videos. So informative. It is wonderful. Thank you.
Just when I thought I was actually getting an actual headache - you smiled! Yea! I’m all better now! You are genius. You work so hard and even though this is all so challenging you seem to be having fun. ♥️
The giggle and the wiggle!! 🤣🤣 ....I thought I was the only one who did that! It's so fun and informative watching your thought process, Ms. Cathy! Thank you ever so much for sharing with us. I'm doing some detective work of my own, lately. You've given me some ideas. Thank you ...again.
I gave up quilting 14 years ago because I never felt I was good at it, I love quilts but just could not get them right. But last year my daughter gave me my second grandson 14 years after my last one. I made my 1st grandson a very simple quilt, a panel and a border. So I had to make my new grandson a quilt. To cut a long story short, I took some UFOs out of the loft for practice and finished 2 and then finished a king size log cabin quilt top. All the time telling myself it will be what it will be. I wanted to make a crib quilt, out of two panels, but I could not get it to work. Ended up making a single bed quilt, to make it work. Then decided to Free motion quilt it and taught myself Free motion quilting. Saying It will be what it will be. Then finished the baby quilt. It's beautiful I am beyond happy with the It will be what it will be quilt. I then got another UFO out of the loft a double bed topper and have finished another quilt top, which I will be free motion sewing soon. It will be what it will be, has freed me to actually enjoy finishing projects, they may not be perfect, but they look great. I have unpicked bits but only if it's obviously wrong from 6 foot. From never finishing to finishing things . The single bed baby quilt took me about 2.5 weeks from nothing to fully quilted and bound. I surprised myself.
I have a few coat patterns I would like to alter. Seeing how you tweak things to get what you need really helps. I love the joy you show as you find solutions to the problems.
Cathy, you terrify me. It took me around 55 years to gain my GCSE Maths, and that's at a C! But I got it. I'm totally looking forward to see where this recreation will take you. It's going to be amazing.
I noticed with this coat, that it is a "Hodge Podge" put together coat. Whoever thought about this design, probably thought what do we have for fabric and lets make something and this coat came out of it. That panel was probably they did not have enough fabric on that grain so they stitched them together and made it work
I actually think you were more on the right track when you had the two front panels as rectangles. I would have then taken note of the approximate width of those panels to sort of determine how that side panel was "pieced" to conserve fabric. I will try to describe what I mean: if you take the triangle that meets the back lace insert panel and move it so that it meets the front lace insert panel, you would have a rectangular width of fabric. By cutting that rectangular width of fabric along a sloped line you can rearrange the resulting trapezoids by simply swapping their positions (do not rotate or flip them, just move the left hand piece over to the right hand side) and meet the two selvedges creating that seam you can see in the coat. I played with paper and scissors to try and play with this idea. I noticed that if I moved the now left hand side trapezoid downwards, my "fabric" width increased a bit with only two smaller trapezoids at the top and bottom to be cut off and used perhaps in the cuffs or some other small bit. It allowed more room to create that curved hem while still conserving the most amount of "fabric". What this method also does is effectively allow for all of your seams to be at minimum a straight of grain matched to a bias which will obviously add stability to the seams. This would not be the case however if the front panels are not rectangles since you would now have a bias to bias edge seam between the front panel and the lace insert. The lace triangle insert would simply have to be sewn such that the straight grain side of it meets the bias grain of the side piece that was pieced with the two trapezoids. You are immensely creative with your investigations, I hope you continue to play with this project until you get it just how you want it. Thanks for sharing!
I've been trying out a waistcoat pattern myself and I relate so much to the time spent doubting, grumbling until it eventually turns out. Makes me feel far less alone in the sewing journey.
I’m glad we all get that a-ha moment- no matter what your skill level is. It’s amazing how it “just feels right” is the best way to know you found your solution! Happy to know that - with my lesser skill - I am among those who are more skilled and how they reach that “feel good” moment!
Well done Cathy lovely to share that Eureka moment with you when all the research and drafting came together to give the desired pattern for that lovely coat!
Those noises when you were pattern drafting 😂 I make them, too, when I busy with my patterns 😉 it’s universal I guess. Your pattern is looking good! Can’t wait for the follow-up 😘
Love that you‘re taking us all on the journey with you! I can totally relate to cutting the paper too small and having to stick some extra on ;-) “Magic” tape (aka invisible tape) is great for this as you can draw over it.
Don't beat yourself up for making novice errors. Be confident that you'll catch any misjudgments before they get out of hand or before too much progress has been made. Nice work Cathy.
I've stated watching videos with captions on, and I about lost it at about 12:00 when "Cathy groans in slow motion" popped up. That was a lovely little easter egg to find.
Ahhh, the satisfaction of pleasing geometry. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch, especially with those wonderful extras for those of us using the captions. Thank you.
This is SO exciting! I've always loved that coat, but have only seen it in pictures and knew nothing more about it. Thank you or not only bringing it to life but also for sharing it's story and your process 💜
I think the pattern for Cathys velvet coat is a mix of the 2 patterns in the books: the front of the looser coat is wider and the back from the tighter fitting coat with a rounded hem in the back. She is a pro. She can do it. She will eventually make this coat. Im therefore happy to accompany the travel through this process. Thank you for sharing this.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You worked so hard on finding just the right pattern and you did!!! Your patience in doing all of this was so inspiring. I am sure there were hair pulling moments, but it was worth it in the end. Can't wait for the next stage! I'm signed up for PLF Live again this year. Hope to see you there!
Fantastic work. I'm really appreciating the video editing also. The collaboration between you and the editor is seamless - I imagine there must be a lot of effort that goes into making a narrative with the right pacing, both in editing and in giving the right clips and assets, but it looks effortless.
Very well done. I don't know if you've been taking voice lessons again, but your voice seems more firmly placed in this video. "I'm going into way too much detail, aren't I?" Giving you plenty of cheers! We've never met and that's true of so many of your viewers, but we care. Thank you for sharing this journey with us.
Quite excited by where are going with this and looking forward to the next instalment. Getting it right at drawing stage before moving onto patterning and toile is such a thrill to watch. I normally go through such a process and it’s so reassuring to see someone else has the same propensity to work, rework and overthink their projects before going back and simplifying. Am feeling such empathy for you through this.
Hi Cathy, I visited the V&A a few years ago and fell in love with this very coat and have thought about it often ❤️ I couldn’t believe my eyes when you said you were going to make a replica ! Thank you so much for letting us share your journey 🥰 x
Great job, Cathy! When it comes down to it, every project is a hypothesis made up of a number of assumptions; as you test all your assumptions, you find out which ones are true and which ones are not. Then all at once it falls into place and you have a whole new, deeper understanding. Hurray!
Seeing your thought process and just how drastically the first pattern changed to the last is so encouraging. I tend to bust into things head first only to then be humbled and going into thinking mode :') Thinking things out first can make the project run so much smoother and without all the self doubt later on.
With the first iteration of the pattern (in this video) it looks like piece no. 2 could fit into the shape of piece no. 4. Could that have been done as a clever way to save fabric?
I am so pleased that you have reached the drafting stage of your future coat. I look forward to your next video. Thank you for sharing. Have a great Sunday!
"As usual I'm over thinking.." ha! That could be me. I am the queen of over thinking stuff. And in walks the hubby, who has been building hot rods and costumizeing motor cycles from scrap all his life (the first half so far in Russia) and just "Hey! Stop thinking and analyze everything, just draw an, cut in paper, tape it to gether and just do it!!" Looking forward to the next video.
Hello! I hope you are having a fun filled day. I was busy in my sewing room all day sorting out scraps of fabric. I hope you have a joyful week ahead. Thank you for posting your video!
If there is a thing called "over-thinking" why isn't there a thing called "under-thinking?" I think you should think "just right" for you! I like watching you work your way through a project. It makes me happy to know that someone as skilled as yourself, does not always "get it right" right off the bat.
Worth the wait. Thank you for sharing the decision making and doubting and the struggle. I appreciate it. Your joy is jumping through the screen and I feel the calmness when one finds THE solution and scratches the itch :D lovely.
I'm so excited about this. Not even a min in and I've already liked the video! Please one day finish a worth ball gown, I would have loved to see the details on how they managed to produce dresses so quickly and the different drapings on the bodice to change the look
As an art historian I can say from experience that there is no substitute for seeing a piece with your own eyes. It was true for your previous project, it is true for this one, an it will be true for the next! Save yourself a lot of hassle everyone and begin with inspecting the piece up close and personal!
I can just about hear Rex Harrison say: "By George, she's got it! BY GEORGE, SHE'S GOT IT!" 🎉🥳😍
the face you made when you realized the paper was just a bit too small to fit the full length, i felt that in my soul as a design/ textiles/ handicraft student, my god. watching your drafting process has been such a joy, and quite educational
Wow it is a pleasure to follow you like a detective, im new in this world of historical sewing. I'm a lacemaker and I always said that I wasnt born in the right century lol following you and Bernadette Ive learned that i can actually wear what ever i wish , like a walking skirt... at 60 years old ... just be my real self finally lol. I wanted to thank you for sharing your expertise on this platform . Merci beaucoup!
My now 8 year old and I have been watching your videos for a couple years now. Nothing, not even yelling "ice cream" gets a bigger squeal and faster response than "there's a new Cathy Hay video out"
Oh that's wonderful!! What's their name?
@@CathyHay her name is Elska
@@lloydnsarahsheffer3802 Well hi to Elska!
@@CathyHay you've made her day/week/month.
How unbelievably cute 🤗 (and relatable 😋)
Fashion detective, Miss Cathy Hay cracked the code of the gorgeous velvet coat. Now, the mock up begins. The excitement on the recreation of this coat grows. Can she do it, yes she can! 😃
"Cathy groans in slow motion" had me cackling. My husband watches photography RUclips videos on the loungeroom TV. They are quite technical and tedious because I don't understand a thing that they are talking about. I've just realised that you are my version, but yours are fascinating because I actually understand (most) of what you are doing. 😃 Loving every new instalment in this project.
This would be a truly cruel April Fool's Day prank; I'm really looking forward to watching!
There's no prank, it's for real!
I'm glad its real
I am at work and my boss asked me when I wanted to take my lunch I said 1pm which is when your video was playing in NY. I got told what is it will all of you wanting to go to lunch my 3 coworkers and I said that is When Cathy Hay's new video is playing. We are all currently sitting around my computer eating and watching your video. Best part of my whole day
Oh my, thank you for watching! And hi to the team! I'm so very flattered, thank you. You make doing this fun
This reminds me of when my daughter had drawn her wedding dress and asked me to make it. We had often done this for Prom and other formal events, but this was THE dress. I found 3 patterns that had elements that she wanted and then tried to put it all together. SO much over thinking. Turned out, I only needed two patterns and some nice embellishments.
I love watching this so very much. Wonderful journey.
For anyone who has tried to draft a pattern, you are one of the best teachers I've ever seen.
"it just feels right" is the knowledge and EXPERIENCE shining through! doesnt have to be "factual" when its right anyway! its such a joy following you through this journey
Something I do when trying to figure out pattern shapes from pictures is to trace the picture itself, then in another color, I trace in the seams and another color to draw in arrows of the fabric grain direction. I use this as an additional reference image when coming up with pattern drafts. doing this highlights all the lines and seams with how the garment falls so when I am looking at the references, I am not forgetting about seam lines and shapes.
Maybe for some, it might be a redundant step, but for how I mentally function, it certainly helps to keep my thoughts organized.
It's fantastic to hear as time has progressed, that your voice has grown in strength ☺️
I love how you are describing your process painstakingly
I love your detective work and research !!!! I laughed quite hard, when you asked, if you were over thinking. What, you over think ? Never.
I don't have but two friends who have seen me go through this kind of process. The one worked with me on Renaissance and wedding gowns but is gone some years now. (I am never making another wedding gown. Period.) My other friend is a portrait artist and has been my best friend more than 40 years. And, while she isn't a sewer, she knows enough to bounce some ideas off of and get a valid response. It's where the architecture meets the art that can be so confounding. Thank you for letting me/us see that you have the same struggles.
That felt like watching a movie teaser trailer for a huge hyped up blockbuster that’s not going to be released for two years. The excitement of the eureka moment and then, snap the video finishes leaving us all with pent up excitement but knowing we have to wait until next month now for the next instalment, I literally just yelled at my phone “ oh come on!! Don’t end it here… I NEED MORE!!” 😂 thank you for being such an amazing storyteller Cathy Hay. I love the way you make your videos both educational and entertaining in equal amounts. I can’t get enough ❤️
Im sure many designers back in the day took to Frankensteining patterns. I do that now too! I take fronts from one, sleeves from another, backs from another to make something I like and fits me better. Glad you figured out how they put this together! Can't wait to see mock up.
My instinct when you pointed out the diagonal seam is that the original fabric wasn't wide enough for the pattern piece so they sew pieces together and embroidered on top to hide it.
I'm a novice sewer. I can't tell if that seam is adding any like structure to the silhouette so that's why I think they fudged it. Like I do when I run out of fabric.
I love your videos. So informative. It is wonderful. Thank you.
All the sounds and giggles you make in this video ... so relatable XD
Just when I thought I was actually getting an actual headache - you smiled! Yea! I’m all better now! You are genius. You work so hard and even though this is all so challenging you seem to be having fun. ♥️
This coat is going to be glorious! I’m so excited for this project. 💗
Thank you, me too!
You impress me. I really like watching you figuring out patterns. The coat is going be magnificent!
❤ "I think she's got it!"
Cathy, you are SO funny! Lovely! Thank you.
❤ Your passion is contagious.
I wish I could give you a great big congratulatory *HUG* for accomplishing this!
The giggle and the wiggle!! 🤣🤣 ....I thought I was the only one who did that! It's so fun and informative watching your thought process, Ms. Cathy! Thank you ever so much for sharing with us. I'm doing some detective work of my own, lately. You've given me some ideas. Thank you ...again.
I gave up quilting 14 years ago because I never felt I was good at it, I love quilts but just could not get them right. But last year my daughter gave me my second grandson 14 years after my last one. I made my 1st grandson a very simple quilt, a panel and a border. So I had to make my new grandson a quilt.
To cut a long story short, I took some UFOs out of the loft for practice and finished 2 and then finished a king size log cabin quilt top. All the time telling myself it will be what it will be.
I wanted to make a crib quilt, out of two panels, but I could not get it to work. Ended up making a single bed quilt, to make it work. Then decided to Free motion quilt it and taught myself Free motion quilting. Saying It will be what it will be. Then finished the baby quilt. It's beautiful I am beyond happy with the It will be what it will be quilt.
I then got another UFO out of the loft a double bed topper and have finished another quilt top, which I will be free motion sewing soon.
It will be what it will be, has freed me to actually enjoy finishing projects, they may not be perfect, but they look great. I have unpicked bits but only if it's obviously wrong from 6 foot. From never finishing to finishing things . The single bed baby quilt took me about 2.5 weeks from nothing to fully quilted and bound. I surprised myself.
I have a few coat patterns I would like to alter. Seeing how you tweak things to get what you need really helps. I love the joy you show as you find solutions to the problems.
miss cathy's victoriously gleeful giggle warmed my heart so much
Your videos, never fail to bring a smile to my face.
I so thoroughly enjoy your narration of your thought processes! Thank you, as always, for sharing with us!!
Isn't it amazing when it all just clicks!
Dear Cathy l am so looking forward to see you starting to cut and start sewing it 👌👍🌹✂️😘🌻🌹🌹💖🎉🎉🙏🎉🎉🎉
Cathy, you terrify me. It took me around 55 years to gain my GCSE Maths, and that's at a C! But I got it.
I'm totally looking forward to see where this recreation will take you. It's going to be amazing.
I noticed with this coat, that it is a "Hodge Podge" put together coat. Whoever thought about this design, probably thought what do we have for fabric and lets make something and this coat came out of it.
That panel was probably they did not have enough fabric on that grain so they stitched them together and made it work
I actually think you were more on the right track when you had the two front panels as rectangles. I would have then taken note of the approximate width of those panels to sort of determine how that side panel was "pieced" to conserve fabric.
I will try to describe what I mean: if you take the triangle that meets the back lace insert panel and move it so that it meets the front lace insert panel, you would have a rectangular width of fabric. By cutting that rectangular width of fabric along a sloped line you can rearrange the resulting trapezoids by simply swapping their positions (do not rotate or flip them, just move the left hand piece over to the right hand side) and meet the two selvedges creating that seam you can see in the coat. I played with paper and scissors to try and play with this idea. I noticed that if I moved the now left hand side trapezoid downwards, my "fabric" width increased a bit with only two smaller trapezoids at the top and bottom to be cut off and used perhaps in the cuffs or some other small bit. It allowed more room to create that curved hem while still conserving the most amount of "fabric". What this method also does is effectively allow for all of your seams to be at minimum a straight of grain matched to a bias which will obviously add stability to the seams. This would not be the case however if the front panels are not rectangles since you would now have a bias to bias edge seam between the front panel and the lace insert. The lace triangle insert would simply have to be sewn such that the straight grain side of it meets the bias grain of the side piece that was pieced with the two trapezoids.
You are immensely creative with your investigations, I hope you continue to play with this project until you get it just how you want it. Thanks for sharing!
This makes my brain hurt. You’re amazing.
Excellent engineering skills required in addition to historian. The attention to detail is amazing and I love watching you do it.😊👋🏼
I've been trying out a waistcoat pattern myself and I relate so much to the time spent doubting, grumbling until it eventually turns out. Makes me feel far less alone in the sewing journey.
I’m glad we all get that a-ha moment- no matter what your skill level is. It’s amazing how it “just feels right” is the best way to know you found your solution! Happy to know that - with my lesser skill - I am among those who are more skilled and how they reach that “feel good” moment!
Going into too much detail?!? Oh, but that is why we love you, Cathy!
Well done Cathy lovely to share that Eureka moment with you when all the research and drafting came together to give the desired pattern for that lovely coat!
Those noises when you were pattern drafting 😂 I make them, too, when I busy with my patterns 😉 it’s universal I guess. Your pattern is looking good! Can’t wait for the follow-up 😘
The closed caption for one was "Cathy groans in slow motion" and it made my day because it was a perfect description of the noise she made.
Love that you‘re taking us all on the journey with you! I can totally relate to cutting the paper too small and having to stick some extra on ;-) “Magic” tape (aka invisible tape) is great for this as you can draw over it.
Now you need a Fortuny pleated gown to wear this over!
Don't beat yourself up for making novice errors. Be confident that you'll catch any misjudgments before they get out of hand or before too much progress has been made. Nice work Cathy.
I've stated watching videos with captions on, and I about lost it at about 12:00 when "Cathy groans in slow motion" popped up. That was a lovely little easter egg to find.
Ahhh, the satisfaction of pleasing geometry. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch, especially with those wonderful extras for those of us using the captions. Thank you.
I already love the design on the thumbnail pattern, can’t wait to see it all laid out!
Thank you! I'm pretty excited about it!
"We'll just find something similar and see if we can Frankenstein it to work" me with every sewing project I've ever done
This is SO exciting! I've always loved that coat, but have only seen it in pictures and knew nothing more about it. Thank you or not only bringing it to life but also for sharing it's story and your process 💜
Even if you are over thinking, you still figure out patterns....almost like magic.🤗💖
After watching the last video, when you mentioned the diagonal seam, I originally thought it was a piecing of velvet to cut out the pattern piece.
I think the pattern for Cathys velvet coat is a mix of the 2 patterns in the books: the front of the looser coat is wider and the back from the tighter fitting coat with a rounded hem in the back. She is a pro. She can do it. She will eventually make this coat. Im therefore happy to accompany the travel through this process. Thank you for sharing this.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You worked so hard on finding just the right pattern and you did!!! Your patience in doing all of this was so inspiring. I am sure there were hair pulling moments, but it was worth it in the end. Can't wait for the next stage! I'm signed up for PLF Live again this year. Hope to see you there!
Fantastic work. I'm really appreciating the video editing also. The collaboration between you and the editor is seamless - I imagine there must be a lot of effort that goes into making a narrative with the right pacing, both in editing and in giving the right clips and assets, but it looks effortless.
Very well done. I don't know if you've been taking voice lessons again, but your voice seems more firmly placed in this video. "I'm going into way too much detail, aren't I?" Giving you plenty of cheers! We've never met and that's true of so many of your viewers, but we care. Thank you for sharing this journey with us.
Quite excited by where are going with this and looking forward to the next instalment. Getting it right at drawing stage before moving onto patterning and toile is such a thrill to watch. I normally go through such a process and it’s so reassuring to see someone else has the same propensity to work, rework and overthink their projects before going back and simplifying. Am feeling such empathy for you through this.
Hi Cathy, I visited the V&A a few years ago and fell in love with this very coat and have thought about it often ❤️ I couldn’t believe my eyes when you said you were going to make a replica ! Thank you so much for letting us share your journey 🥰 x
Good luck! I'm really looking forward to seeing your journey :)
I love seeing how excited you get when its finally working, I know that feeling so well!
Piecing together pattern pieces by cleverly cutting and sewing together bits of the narrowly woven fabrics of past eras was quite common.
I don't sew & don't want to but I thoroughly enjoy watching you. Thanks for the great videos!
Great job, Cathy! When it comes down to it, every project is a hypothesis made up of a number of assumptions; as you test all your assumptions, you find out which ones are true and which ones are not. Then all at once it falls into place and you have a whole new, deeper understanding. Hurray!
Such a journey! Much drama!
That’s some quality filmmaking, Cathy Hay.
Can't wait to see your results. Your amazing.
More! More! More! I know all this takes time, and I see your exquisite, detailed work, but I cannot wait to see it start coming to life!
Seeing your thought process and just how drastically the first pattern changed to the last is so encouraging. I tend to bust into things head first only to then be humbled and going into thinking mode :') Thinking things out first can make the project run so much smoother and without all the self doubt later on.
With the first iteration of the pattern (in this video) it looks like piece no. 2 could fit into the shape of piece no. 4. Could that have been done as a clever way to save fabric?
Missed you
Such an interesting journey to watch.
Eureka!! Brava, dear lady. ❤
At 12:06 I was thinking, may I pour you a cup a tea?!
I am so pleased that you have reached the drafting stage of your future coat. I look forward to your next video.
Thank you for sharing.
Have a great Sunday!
can’t wait for you to get started on the fabric. 👏🏻👏🏻
I can’t wait for the next video. Thank you, Cathy
Thank you so much for being here! Love to SoCal!
"As usual I'm over thinking.." ha! That could be me. I am the queen of over thinking stuff.
And in walks the hubby, who has been building hot rods and costumizeing motor cycles from scrap all his life (the first half so far in Russia) and just "Hey! Stop thinking and analyze everything, just draw an, cut in paper, tape it to gether and just do it!!"
Looking forward to the next video.
Detective Cathy wow I thank yes
Watching your mind work 😌 ☺ 🙂! And your little teehee! Fantastic
Hello! I hope you are having a fun filled day. I was busy in my sewing room all day sorting out scraps of fabric. I hope you have a joyful week ahead. Thank you for posting your video!
If there is a thing called "over-thinking" why isn't there a thing called "under-thinking?" I think you should think "just right" for you! I like watching you work your way through a project. It makes me happy to know that someone as skilled as yourself, does not always "get it right" right off the bat.
I adore this journey. Thank you so much for sharing it with us all.
I so thought the video is coming up today! I can't with these premieres :D looking forward to tomorrow...
Worth the wait. Thank you for sharing the decision making and doubting and the struggle. I appreciate it. Your joy is jumping through the screen and I feel the calmness when one finds THE solution and scratches the itch :D lovely.
Truly mesmerizing to watch you figure out how this beautiful coat was made. Can't wait to see the rest of the process. Congratulations.
The pattern looks fantastic, btw.
Thank you for showing us the process! It really does give some great insight ☺️
BRILLIANT
Excellent detective work here!!! The pattern looks so good!!
Waiting with eager anticipation for the next instalment!
Thank you for watching Kevin!
I love your videos. Can’t wait for the next one.
Thank you so much! You make it easier to make them!
Woah… we got a vid even tho you are moveing :o awesome! 🤩
Just loved your Eureka moment. I’ve got it! Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
So excited to see this coat come to life!
I truly enjoy watching your process. Thank you Cathy for another positive video!
By Jove I think I’ve got it ! 😂 you truly are a genius Cathy, God bless your patience and determination
Thank you for making my day a little better, Cathy ❤️
Your videos inspire me so much 🥰
Gotta start a new sewing project next week 🙈
I love watching you investigate! It's so cool what you discover 😃
I'm so excited about this. Not even a min in and I've already liked the video! Please one day finish a worth ball gown, I would have loved to see the details on how they managed to produce dresses so quickly and the different drapings on the bodice to change the look
Use velveteen or plush or some other similar napped fabric for your mockup so you can see how it hangs.