Noel, I owe you a HUGE debt of gratitude!! I inherited my great-grandfathers pocket watch upon my mothers passing. The family ‘story’ was that it was given to him upon his retirement from the Pennsylvania Railroad (OVER 100 years ago now) but as the watch was not engraved the story was doubtful. Also, the watch had not worked in even my mother’s living memory. Since inheriting it upon my mother’s death I have been unable to find ANYone even willing to LOOK at this watch. I was told, repeatedly, that the watch was too old, that parts no longer existed and that it simply had no value. I watched this video and, on a whim, reached out to Alan at Fine Times. Lo, and behold, this ‘trash’ watch is actually solid silver (so, yes, it probably WAS his retirement watch as the funds to purchase such an item simply did not exist) and he is willing to look at the watch, give me an estimate for any repairs necessary, and do whatever work needs done upon approval. This would not be possible without my having seen this post! Thank you VERY much for doing what you do!!!
Once you have the vest complete, I'd recommend treating it like a slightly felted knitting project or sweater. Hand-wash in cool water with some Soak, Eucalan or a bit of mild shampoo. Gently squeeze dry, roll in a towel and step on the roll to get out the excess water. Lay the vest out somewhere safe from floofy critters, and gently block into shape. That should help combat further pilling and felting (which often happens with heat and agitation of the washer/dryer sort). Cheers :)
Yep, it blooms in the wash/felts. Unless it's a super wash, to my knowledge wools (cashmere, yak, mohair, angora, etc...) Are all best kept by hand washing, blocking and flat drying.
@@noodlestitch1289 Oh yeah, I dont normally have many small things to turn, but i assist in teaching to sew, and sometimes kids was straps and things, so to keep myself from going insane, thats what i teach the older ones, and sometimes they help me on days with lots of little ones :)
I use a long knitting needle with the side that tells the size of the needle as the point at the point so as to not pierce the fabric... better then a chopstick IMO
Noel, you are amazing. I have fallen down the historical costuming rabbit hole. Saw a ‘mask’ video by Sewstine a few weeks ago, Bernadette fell into my feed, which led me to you. I have watched almost all of your videos. I am a sewist, knitter, fiber crafter, furniture painter . . . In addition to my regular job ~ I’m heading up a project at my hospital where we have retro fitted over 20,000 N95 masks .. . Yes, 20,000. Anyway, Love you and the whole community that I have fallen into. I am a dress maker of sorts - and love all the construction stuff I’m learning on this historical side. I’m robynsknest on IG. Thank you for keeping me company in my sewing room . . . I want a petticoat now to go with my dress, and all the things, and to goto Costume College - OH My. I’m reading Written in My Own Hearts Blood (audible) the last of the currently Outlander books - again . . Thank you!
I couldn't find a holder for my tailor's chalk either, so I made one out of leather that was left over from making one of Bernadette's thimbles. Dull chalk can be sharpened with an old nail file.
My favorite way of sharpening chalk is a chalk box: www.etsy.com/listing/748006906/sharpener-for-chalk-sharpener-tailor?ref=internal_similar_listing_bot-2&frs=1 That way you can safe the chalk dust for pouncing, hem puffing, etc. Fast t9 get a nice sharp edge and efficient use of materials as far as re-using/recycling.
I need to make "Bernadettes" thimble. Im hand sewing today n my finger feels brused! Im only sewing fleece so I feel silly complaining but its been alot of sewing lol.
My whole life has been crazy lately and I needed this. Thank you for just... being you and blogging. Your blogs are like having a companion just chat with you while you're off doing things. I'm currently working on finishing an old project... well... more salvaging it. It started off as a walking skirt... which was just awful. I had started it like a year ago, but I've learned so much since that I went back, ripped out all the horrible seems, and have been piecing it together and adding trim and a waist and... POCKETS. How could I ever have made it without pockets??? Ah, well, I have learned much in the last year - and I've been sewing since I was 13, so that's saying something.
For the stem stitch, the needle should always come up and down exactly on the line. This will create a much neater stitch line without any gaps in it. Just make sure as you come up that the thread is always on the same side of the previous stitch. The thread itself will be what pushes the previous stitch aside, creating that twisted effect. I'm not sure that explanation made any sense, but hopefully it helps!
Sashiko is great fun. It's really relaxing once you get into the rhythm of it. I've only been doing it a couple of years, but I really enjoy it. White thread against gorgeous Japanese Indigo fabric is beautiful. I'm slowing working on a Sashiko block of the month quilt. You should look at 'Boro', 'Hitomezashi' and 'Kogin' as well. All related to Sashiko, but achieving different looks.
Katherine Sykes ah!! You are so helpful! Thank you! I have been trying to figure out the name of the kind of this that I am most interested in! Turns out, it’s Hitomezashi. Thank you so much! 💖
Noelle you could embroider the Harry Potter star grid on your waistcoat/vest for some fun small detail. You could do it on the lapel and/or the pocket..
I read most of your comments but there are quite a lot. Sorry, if this was mentioned. Your rectangular chalk holder has a sharpener built into it. That’s what the metal bit on it is for. I sharpen both kinds with that. The triangular ones are nice because they are ergonomic but have never found a case for them. I repurposed a metal candy tin I got from Disneyland with Cinderella’s mice sewing her dress to store my triangular chalk. It’s the same size as an Altoids tin. Yay for just doing the thing! Portland, Oregon lockdown update. I just found my pattern and fabric for the Walkaway dress which Enchanted Rose did a sew along for. I was all excited to finally get a chance to sew that dress. Instead I’m sewing masks for my coworkers. Our Starbucks is reopening and having multiple comfortable masks is more important than a pretty dress. Thanks as always for your videos and insights. Hugz
First, I want to thank you, Noelle, for mentioning the US Post Office in such a positive light. I lived in a small town where we relied on the post office a lot, and I hate that so many politicians want to make it a private company. I'm pretty sure that'd be a death knell for small town PO's. 2nd: Reading Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo. 3rd: Still hand quilting my first ever bed quilt. Can't wait to see the finished vest!
I love this sewing community! I am starting a 1974 embroidery pattern featuring a bag of coffee beans and a grinder that I found in my grandma's massive collection of never used stitchery items. I enjoy watching you and others in the sewing community while I work on my own projects. It's a perfect "sewing circle" for introverts.
Oh wonderful!! I have a fussy baby I need to sit up with in the middle of the night and just found your new vlog -- makes this way more awesome of an experience!
so I have had the 1890's vest pattern from black snail patterns, but have been putting off sewing it. I watched all your videos of making the vest and I'm now going back through and watching for the tips you give on making this. Thank you so much.
The vest is going to be awesome!!. i feel like a child that has been let out to play today. First a much awaited cortisone shot in my knee, so hopefully some relief of pain and able to take my walks again. From there l went to a smaller Joann's store in Vancouver. WA. No lines to get in....yeahh.. They are only allowing 14 people at one time into the store and l waited almost an hour last visit at the larger store.. Did l find what l was looking for. YES....Burgundy linen for the Black Snail Spencer jacket and the lining and all notions necessary for the project and then l saw some beautiful very lightweight cotton muslin?Voile? anyway it was spendy but worth it for my Regency Day dress. Going to make the Laughing moon one with the bib front and long sleeves. Oh those sleeves are difficult, but the end result is worth it. Finished this week a really cute knitted Spencer, my third since lock down began and l love it. Very Regency Steam Punk. It will be for sale in the Tea Room, not for myself. Knitting is my evening pass time. Have been knitting since l was seven. So if ever you need anything knitted, l'm your girl. Cant wait to see the finished vest. Just love that Yorkshire wool. Gentle, gentle wash and dry flat. it can be very temperamental. Stay safe Noelle.
Yay cortisone shot!! I can only knit rectangles, so I admire knitters!! I want one of those pineapple reticule, but I best just buy one because I’m never gonna take the time to learn to knit that well! 💖😆
I’m still hiding at home even though my state is opening. I really don’t wanna get COVID-19. IF my back will cooperate, I’m going to make some faux black opals with nail acrylic. I shouldn’t say if, because the day my back behaves, I’m doing it. The current nail art trend for lockdown is creating acrylic rings and bracelets with nail art techniques and I’m crazy jazzed to try it out! I’m confident I can do faux marble, rose quartz, amethyst, and citrine, well, any color of quartz, really. I’m pretty sure I can do opals but it’s going to take some experimentation. Can’t wait to see the vest. That wool just looks luscious and comfy. The eggplant color just adds to that rich, cozy feeling. I’m a sucker for deep jewel tones...they just call to me. Your stitch work was lovely! I could totally see it (either stitch, really, but the snowflakey in particular) done in black or metallic thread over the front of a vest, jacket, or bodice out of that same eggplant wool. How gorgeous would that be?? I’m gonna have to bust out my sewing stuff one of these days. Thank you for the video, and hope you have a lovely week. Much love and be well.
The iridescent flake polish toppers ("unicorn skin") really catch the light in the same way that opals do! If you have loose iridescent flakes, embedding them in the acrylic would be really convincing!
Ooo that acrylic nail art on jewelry sounds fun!!! And yes to the stars on the vest! I’m fighting with pockets right now, but when I get more brave, I may go for it (or maybe on the next one!).
I have iridescent flakes and holographic flakes, as well as transparent holographic & iridescent transfer foil. If I work in thin, irregular layers it should be beautiful.
I never realized that sashiko was sewn from the back! It looks really relaxing to sew. I’ve had a recent flare up so I haven’t been sewing. Texas is easing up on the lockdown but we’re still isolating as much as possible. Too many vulnerable people in my life, especially my 2 week old nephew.
I really needed this vlog to get re-inspired about my sewing and knitting projects! 😊🧵🧶 Been at home with a slight cough for quite some time. Here in Sweden we don't have a lock down per say but since we have a relatively high trust in our government and the health expertis most of us follow the guidelines anyway and work from home (if we can) , don't see other people and stay in if we have any cold symptoms.
Yay! It is so great to find someone else who collects their hair for hair pieces. I actually have my Great Grandmother's hair catcher and another one that I found at an antique shop that I put my hair into. I also have to negotiate with myself to get things done that I dislike doing (cutting, cleaning). I have some pretty hilarious conversations with myself some days. I have been reading some of the Little House on the Prairie books for research for a late 1880's bustle dress for our town's Founders Day celebration in September.
I'm right there with you in despising cutting. I'm impressed you were actually able to cut 2 layers of wool with scissors! That would totally have destroyed my hand. I can't recommend enough the joy of switching to using pattern weights and a rotary cutter. It will completely revolutionise how you feel about cutting! I'm making the same vest and am at the same point as you. Damn, those narrow straps were a pain to turn! I'm looking forward to trying pad stitching for the first time on the collar.
I am, apparently, completely inept with a rotary cutter. I have had people very experienced with it just go “yep, not for you!” At me. Even bias strips!
I love wool halo, it just makes things so much cozier. I'm avoiding knitting toes on two different socks, I'm not sure why, they're easy and quick. So instead I'm playing with seeds and trying to figure out what I'm going to do with 40ish heirloom tomato plant starts, and all the rest of my seedlings. I miiiiight, have gone slightly overboard. You know, just a smidge. I can't wait to see how your vest/waistcoat comes out.
@@BDavis-rb6xn Oooo! What did you get? I've got Brad's Atomic grape, Sunrise Bumblebee, Carbon, San Marzannos, and Brandywines. I can't wait to see how pretty the Atomic grape and Bumblebees turn out.
@@npknscrb I absolutely will. In other news, I'll likely be either selling extras on the side of the highway, or learning how to can tomatoes. Likely both. :D
anniesmask , Any chance your highway is in Hill Country of Texas? I fear I’ve missed the tomato window because I’ve been out of town with parents for 2 months.
I tried to read all of the comments and didn’t see this so here goes my tailors apprentice advice! You can thread mark both of the layers that you cut out at once. You just keep them pinned together after you cut them out and use a doubled up thread (we use one especially used for thread marking since it’s cotton and very soft with only a few twists so that it doesn’t leave marks in the fabric once it is pulled out) you do a tacking stitch- basically a running stitch were you don’t pull on your thread too much so that it leaves little loops on top of your fabric. You then separate the two fabrics and cut in between and iron the tacks in. This should be done while the right sides face together. I hope this helps and makes your thread marking more pleasant.
As far as I know, no holders for triangle shaped chalk. I wrap mine in a little piece of paper and tape. I went on a mad search for the perfect tailor's chalk a few weeks ago, trying to find bright pink chalk in a rectangular shape. I learned about the different kinds: wax "steam off" versus clay "brush off" and all the different pen/powder variations. It felt like if I wanted to experiment with different kinds I would need to buy a 48 box of each brand and I wasn't quite ready for that commitment.
Seconding that triangular chalk isn't put in a holder: the shape is ergonomic enough to be comfortable on its own and within apparel design schools they're left plain.
I feel cheap and lazy in comparison. I use children's sidewalk chalk, the bulk ones. The color always washes out and I feel better using a large piece. The dropsies are strong with this one. Also I can choose what contrasting color to use based on the fabric.
One of the reasons that I love your vlogs is that you have a very get it done perspective. I love Bernadette and Cathy Hay, but I'm a single mom of 3 and my sewing time is precious. Watching you and Abby Cox helps me decide which aspects need to be Bernadette-style and which ones to be Noelle-style. (And Abby Cox and I share a soul or something.)
Hello, I’m glad you’re back. I’m glad your machine is fixed. Not as much of a disaster I’m cleaning. I do love cool stamps. Vests are coming back in style this summer too. You can wear yours everyday. I started Christmas shopping in Jan. I do every year. That’s lovely purple wool. I do that too. It’s ironic that we both have a pot of hair that we’ve got old hair in. My hubby thinks it’s nuts too. Cutting anxiety is real. The negation is real. I do that all the time. Lots of ironing. Pad stitching the lapels. Have fun doing the fancy stuff. It will make it look fantastic. You’re doing great stuff. I’m allergic to wool, very allergic. So I won’t be using any. I like the little stars. They are Harry Potterish. You’ll get back to the vest. It’s a Squirrel moment. For turning I like to sew a ribbon in a point and then pull through. I love seeing your mail goodies. The back looks fantastic.
Thanks for the video! I bought the pattern back in March and its great hearing how you got on before I attempt it. I have been finishing college work for what seems like forever now, but I have been listening to your videos in the background so that I feel less alone. I am dreaming of being done and sewing all the things.
I feel like I have been working on this vest forever! I’m now stuck on the pocket part, but powering through! I hope your schoolwork is almost done so you can sew!
What was that house maid's kit thing at the beginning? I've never heard of it. I don't know if I could stand to stitch all the seam lines before sewing. I'm challenging myself to actually do hand basting, lol. Which I have to admit makes a noticeable difference. But kudos to you for learning something new!
Annie Casperinie a “housewife” is a little rolled wallet kinda thing that has several pockets to hold your tidbits. They are good for holding your handsewing stuff and whatever else.
Couture in french: lmao 😂 I'm french and it means "sewing". Couture techniques really should be called "haute couture" but I totally get what you're getting at hahaha The Yule Ball pin and the watch are beautiful!
Some thoughts on Sashiko. I checked the comments but didnt see anything on that specific point. It made very happy that you learned Sashiko! I was taught by an elder japanese lady. She was very adamant that one should try to get as much fabric on the needle while stiching before pulling through (scrunch that fabric!). Apparently it helps to make the stiches more even. Anyway, thanks for the video!
Lockdown is going well here, Yesterday it sounded as if some construction was going on, which believe it or not was the most pleasant sound I heard in forever. the near dead outside silence was getting to me. Whatever it was for a few short hours made things seem back to normal again. I am almost done, completing one front half piece of my 18th Century vest. Thanks to Constance I've made my first 20 satin buttons. I've sewn ten of them to the piece already and have added the pocket. Soon as I finish sewing the buttons on I can begin the other pieces. The second front half I am delaying as much as possible because that will be the side for button holes, which I will be doing all by hand instead of machine which probably sounds very insane. I also did a taboo and ordered a costume from Wish similar to another project I wont be able to complete because the place I got my material from decided they would stay closed for good when the quarantine is fully lifted and after experiencing the horrific nightmare of trying to color match two different brands of satin that might be the same color but unfortunately a tone off, I wont be taking that nightmare of a risk again. But since I already made the petticoat and false under sleeves I will be doing surgery on the dress and replacing it's petticoat and false sleeves with the ones I made for the project I can't complete. Also if it's too cheaply looking and not exactly like the photo which I am predicting it might be, 'll be gutting it and tracing the pieces on more suiting fabric which will be visible while the original cheaper material will be the seams no one ever sees lol. I wont know until the gown arrives. As for me personally, sometimes I wanna sing that cabin fever song from that old Muppet movie Muppet treasure island, lol.
I just wanted to say I love your new overhead camera mount! And yes here is a little bit of unasked for advise....I can’t help myself 🙀! I noticed when you used the overhead mount and when using the turning hook some of what you were doing was out of frame. I worked in TV for several years, when we had a new camera position we would place a piece of painters tape to show the talent where to stand, or place their hands etc. often I would make a small V to point exactly where I needed their hands, face etc to be for the shot, the V was just off camera. For some people I taped everything until they got used to where to go for the camera shot. I don’t mean to sound pushy but I hope this helps. 😀
You're the best ironing companion ever! I'm making masks again. I'm also very very glad you can't see my table if yours was a hot mess I would hate to know what mine is!! I know that the other end is still there cause if it wasn't all that material would be levitating. Pulled a bunch of things trying to find cotton for masks. I have a lot of poly in my stash. Neighbours must be wondering what's going on as I'm outside burning bits of fabric. I'm listening to The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Doing well as far as I know my city is still on lockdown. I’m just a bit bored. Trying to keep myself occupied. By the time this whole thing is over I’ll have a fully hand sewn 18th century wardrobe. Lol
That’s amazing though!! Oof I still owe you black fabric! I added it to my todo list just now!
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Another wonderful video!!! Always enjoy them. They're so fascinating. I haven't been working on anything new but, have a project that I should start soon...as soon as I get the measurements. But, I have been enjoying that Queens of Adventure pod cast that I mentioned a few videos back. They have a newer, second pod called Queens of Adventure Legends. These episodes are one off or two episode D&D adventures. Usually recorded at their live shows that sometimes include different queens. So fun and always funny. That has helped a whole lot with the lockdown. Glad you finally got tour sewing machine back. For some reason, that had been on my mind. So. YAY! Again, another wonderful video. Have a great week! 👋🏼👋🏼😊
The French lockdown will start easing up on the 11th. It's kind of sad how excited I am for being allowed to walk outside without a permission form. After almost two months of being stuck in a 1 km radius of my apartment, it will be nice to walk into the city center. Of course there won't be that much to do, since movie theaters, concert halls, museums, etc will still be closed and I am trying to avoid taking public transportation, so I can't go anywhere that isn't in walking distance. Oh well, at least there is a chance that they will open up the parks again.
Wow! I have never seen a tube turner like that. Mine are with a wire pig tail and a nob at either end, then you pull it through a tub. My set came in different widths. But I also found that it easiest to just sew in a strip of fabric at one end and pull through or us a chop stick. It depends on how the fabric wants to be have.
Projects: random masks for family who are essential workers, patterning and making two sets of drawers and tops to wear as pjs ( one is a wearable mock-up hopefully), a wool 1930s skirt, 3 cotton blouses.
I appreciate your adventurous spirit with learning new skills. I'm enjoying the process of making the vest. As I am working full time (although from home) the extra zoom meetings are both great and terrible. I have a quilt to get back to once I finish the masks I'm making for my family (out of scraps from the quilt I'm making. Its an odd way to use up odds and ends, but there you go, its an odd time).
Great job on the tailor-ing things!!!Colour me impressed. I am currently working on a vintage inspired milkmaid top. Will keep your moves in mind when i am prepping my pieces for sewing!
I got both the dinosaur and dragon stamps from the post office a couple weeks ago! The pictures online really dont do them justice. I sent my dad's birthday card with a dino hologram stamp that will most assuredly bring him joy.
Since you ask and I haven't been able to find any answers to it in the previous comments (I might have missed it, bare with me if I have): 1) Prym still makes square tailors chalk. I'm sure there are other makers too, but those are my locally available. 2) Re horse hair and the tape: Horse hair is quite stiff, hense it's use, but that also means if the hair breaks it will poke through the fabric. Sewing it into a seam won't break it now but with long time use it might break and then it will go through a pretty weak point of the garment - usually also a place where you'd feel it. Have in mind I might be wrong about this. Mind you this is personal experience working in horse hair in clothing materials and might not be the historical or tailoring reasoning :) Denmark here. You've already gotten an update from DK so I won't bore you with more of the same. I've just finished my sisters birthday gift (knitted: potholders, 2x dishcloths and a pile of cotton pads of the remaining yarn). Next up might be getting started on some blackwork embroidered table cloths. I am not feeling very inspired though. I want to sew but right now everything is packed down into boxes and I'm in-between homes.
I've been trying to make bowties for my dog and the chopstick is a great idea- I've been trying to figure out how to turn the fabric for the collar part - THANK YOU!!!🐶🐶🐶
My favourite tool for turning and lots of other crafty stuff is a small steel surgical clamp, its my most used tool after scissors! And hi! I really enjoy your vlogs and projects, I'm in New Zealand :)
Great idea! I’ll order one! And hi from California! I really love NewZealand! I drove from the north end of the north island to the south end of the South Island and lived every part of it!
Tailors chalk can readily be sharpened with sanding paper and get a very nice sharp edge. I bought a double sided sanding block from the Dollar Store. I think the grit was 80. It was rated “fine”. It felt like a course nail file which was what I used when I first started to experiment using this technique. It’s also very fast. I hope you find this helpful.
sent my machine to the service yesterday and my hand is too sore from crocheting to handsew but still can cut out pattern for a vest I want to sew for my partner. Your timing with this project is perfect to motivate me with mine :)
I have no advice. I am saddened that Costume College has been postponed. I was/am looking forward to meeting you and the other costube bloggers. After several months working on a smock, as yet unfinished I put it aside. Planning to make a banyan and associated eighteenth century clothing. I have great fabrics in my stash. I Still want to make me a bustle dress, I have a lot of blue/black duponi silk. I still have some skills to hone. Your approach is most helpful. I enjoy your posts.
So many new things! I'm currently knitting my first project on circular needles with a brand new stitch for me (brioche) in two colours (first time it's not just in horizontal stripes)! It's going middling-well 😂
I feel like I'm sewing on everything at the moment. I'm starting lots of projects at the moment, currently sewing on a pair of 18th century stays, a few modern tops and I am planning on starting to do a mock up for a pair of regency stays. I love having the time to sew at whatever I feel like
Whoo on progress on the vest!! That is a pretty color with the wool! As for me, I moved my machine to my room in an effort to make it easier for me to clean and maybe try to figure out why it wasn’t tensioning the bobbin... Also, while I’m grateful to still have a job, I need a break from it before I go insane! Ihad to cancel my vacation and I’m definitely feeling the effects... unfortunately the person who normally covers for me can’t really do that while we’re working from home and I have zero faith in the other member of our team actually being able to handle any of my stuff correctly (she’s already proven she can’t/won’t).
Maybe still take the vacation time but still stay at home? I’m trying to get my husband to do that as well! Maybe just a couple days? I hope stuff can just wait right now...
I don't know how to contact Morgan or Bernadette, but maybe you could let them know that on the last Threads Magazine Podcast, (#4), both were spoken of by the Editor and Assistant Editor and another employee. They were discussing who on RUclips had caught their attention. They were two of the several people they discussed. They especially liked Bernadette's tour of her work space and how she did it in such a small space, besides how she goes about making patterns and sews. Morgan was admired for her concentration on the Tudor style of dress. I really liked this video of yours today. Your basting stitches were beautiful! Usually, mine look like they were just thrown into the fabric. Yours could be thought of as topstitching. Thanks for sharing all of the work and goodies with us. Looking forward to the next chapter.
I've been working still through lockdown as I'm an accountant and taxes stop for no man! I've been re-listening to Dracul on audible and Terry Mancour's Spellmonger series, they are really good and as you like Harry Potter, as I myself do, I think you would enjoy his books. Really enjoy seeing your process and feeling good that I'm not the only one who flits to and fro on them :)
I saw an add for one of those tube turning things on Instagram and also had thoughts about childbirth 🤣 thanks for showing how it's meant to work cause I couldn't figure it out!
Seeing as there were 414 comments by the time I'm watching this I didn't go through all of them to see if anyone else mentioned something about that turner. So I'm just going to tell you that that turner works best on things like collar points and other corners that are not as confined as the ties/back belt were. You're thought of using the chopstick was right on. I keep a couple of chopsticks in my in my tool bin just for that purpose.
I love the bloom/halo wool fabric gets. I sat up late last night and hand sewed (aaaaack) a mask for my mom. It doesn't have bottom straps, so here's hoping she doesn't make herself hyperventilate this time.
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who hates cutting, lol! I would like it more if I had a taller cutting table, but my table is about hip height, which is WAY too low for me (to be fair I'm 6'1" so hip high is pretty normal for other people) and I don't have kneed pads so cutting on the floor is just ouchies.
Thank you for showing the wool before and after! I have wool that is 99.9% the same and I know I'll need to wash it once I wear the garment and it's been pushed to the back burner due to the prep (yes, I know I can steam iron it all before hand .. but I like to prep like I'll care). A little bit less anxiety about that now :-)
Love the colour of your wool for the waistcoat. I'm crocheting a baby yoda doll. I don't know why. I need something new to read. I'm going down to the local 2nd hand-book store which has just come out of lockdown. The libraries are still closed in New Zealand, but may open next week. I hope. My Mums been in hospital, and is home now (not covid just normal old people stuff). So there was no contact with she in hospital except by phone. At home, in the retirement village, she is only allowed one visitor, that was one of sisters, who lives closer than me. Just want to see my Mum in person.
I always use chop sticks! They are the best. Also use a safety pin to pull it through. Any good ideas for books on basic fitting and pattern manipulation? I'm just getting back into sewing for myself and I am sooo not a normal body type. Any ideas would be welcome.
No advice, I don't have the spoons for hair canvas and whatnot, but go you! I am working on a 1900-ish cycling outfit, which ended up being pretty much skin-out (and we won't talk about how Constance's button video got me making Dorset buttons again), and therefore qualifies for Bernadette's homework to make something extra. Oh, my hunny and I also put my cycle together. Definitely extra!
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this as comments aren’t loading for me but when you washed the wool the fluffy you see is from the wool fulling. When we weave we’ll wash it after we take it off the loom to get to a certain amount of fulling (the amount it puffs up depends on the material, mercantilized cotton doesn’t full basically at all while wool puffs up for days) but there’s a lot of room for more with things like wool, just be aware that it might fluff a bit more if you wash it aggressively but since you prewashed it it should be -too- bad. Incidentally that’s how you felt wool >_>
Thank you!! I don’t plan on washing it aggressively, but I do enjoy wearing ranch dressing ALL THE TIME on my shirts, so I expect to have to do a bit of spot cleaning!
If you’re hating the thread basting, may I offer an alternative method? Chalking your stitching lines on wool then patting it lightly will help keep the chalk in place while you sew. That way you can skip thread tracing all the seam allowances on the outside of the pattern pieces. You can also tailor’s tack. Do giant bites with two threads of cotton thread-cotton basting thread is ideal-easy to snap and pull out later, fairly cheap, and fluffy enough to not want to yank out prematurely. If you have your right and left sides together while you tack, then pull apart and snip your threads in between. For what it’s worth turning small tubes always seems to suck no matter the method. My favorite is with a set of tubes, but 🤷♀️ good luck in the trenches!
Here’s a nice tutorial on tailor’s tacks with an alternate method. ruclips.net/video/7zVh-kyEKco/видео.html Your way is totally fine too. Nothing wrong with it, but you sounded frustrated with it.
Nope, not frustrated. Just time consuming. But I want to learn the right way before I go back to doing it my way and now is the time! Thank you for the link!!
I have never seen that type of turning tool before! I have a tool called Turn-it-all, that is wonderful for larger tubes or heavier weight fabrics. I also have a super skinny wire turner that has a small hook at the end that is wonderful for spaghetti straps, although I don’t know what the actual name of it is. I got that one in collage as part of the tool kit they give with classes. But they both work wonderfully. The tool you are using looks like it needs a latch or something on the handle, or Mabie just grow and extra arm? Lol.
Love the embroidery! Lockdown in the UK doesn't really feel like lockdown compared to other places. And because I work from home anyway not much has changed, really... Working on a panel skirt with gores. It's hopefully going to be a 'wearable mockup' because I did not have enough fabric to make the skirt and a mockup 😅 My first time sewing anything other than a pouch or pillow case... and without pattern...
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Noel, I owe you a HUGE debt of gratitude!! I inherited my great-grandfathers pocket watch upon my mothers passing. The family ‘story’ was that it was given to him upon his retirement from the Pennsylvania Railroad (OVER 100 years ago now) but as the watch was not engraved the story was doubtful. Also, the watch had not worked in even my mother’s living memory. Since inheriting it upon my mother’s death I have been unable to find ANYone even willing to LOOK at this watch. I was told, repeatedly, that the watch was too old, that parts no longer existed and that it simply had no value. I watched this video and, on a whim, reached out to Alan at Fine Times. Lo, and behold, this ‘trash’ watch is actually solid silver (so, yes, it probably WAS his retirement watch as the funds to purchase such an item simply did not exist) and he is willing to look at the watch, give me an estimate for any repairs necessary, and do whatever work needs done upon approval. This would not be possible without my having seen this post! Thank you VERY much for doing what you do!!!
Oh I’m so glad to help and Alan is really such a nice guy. It may take a while, but it’ll be right as rain soon!
You may be trying to learn more than 2-3 things on this project. Which I totally respect. Because leveling up is hard. 💜
Truth!
Once you have the vest complete, I'd recommend treating it like a slightly felted knitting project or sweater. Hand-wash in cool water with some Soak, Eucalan or a bit of mild shampoo. Gently squeeze dry, roll in a towel and step on the roll to get out the excess water. Lay the vest out somewhere safe from floofy critters, and gently block into shape. That should help combat further pilling and felting (which often happens with heat and agitation of the washer/dryer sort).
Cheers :)
Yep, it blooms in the wash/felts. Unless it's a super wash, to my knowledge wools (cashmere, yak, mohair, angora, etc...) Are all best kept by hand washing, blocking and flat drying.
Thank you! I will use that method!
Hi, so the turning: when you sew the strap, trap a tape or string or something in the end, so you just have to pull to turn it!
Alyssa Seay this is my favorite method.
@@noodlestitch1289 Oh yeah, I dont normally have many small things to turn, but i assist in teaching to sew, and sometimes kids was straps and things, so to keep myself from going insane, thats what i teach the older ones, and sometimes they help me on days with lots of little ones :)
@@crypticwestwind876 That us a great idea. Thanks!
I use a long knitting needle with the side that tells the size of the needle as the point at the point so as to not pierce the fabric... better then a chopstick IMO
@Alyssa Seay I learned this method about 5 years ago and it's the only way I do it now!
Noel, you are amazing. I have fallen down the historical costuming rabbit hole. Saw a ‘mask’ video by Sewstine a few weeks ago, Bernadette fell into my feed, which led me to you. I have watched almost all of your videos. I am a sewist, knitter, fiber crafter, furniture painter . . . In addition to my regular job ~ I’m heading up a project at my hospital where we have retro fitted over 20,000 N95 masks .. . Yes, 20,000. Anyway, Love you and the whole community that I have fallen into. I am a dress maker of sorts - and love all the construction stuff I’m learning on this historical side. I’m robynsknest on IG. Thank you for keeping me company in my sewing room . . . I want a petticoat now to go with my dress, and all the things, and to goto Costume College - OH My. I’m reading Written in My Own Hearts Blood (audible) the last of the currently Outlander books - again . . Thank you!
Yay! Nice to meet you and I’m so glad that you have been enjoying!!
The soufragette egg is the coolest!
Always a good day when Noelle is posting a new video
I couldn't find a holder for my tailor's chalk either, so I made one out of leather that was left over from making one of Bernadette's thimbles. Dull chalk can be sharpened with an old nail file.
good tip! i also use my craft knife to sharpen. just drag the blade along the edge until it has enough point.
I believe Joanne fabrics carries them
My favorite way of sharpening chalk is a chalk box: www.etsy.com/listing/748006906/sharpener-for-chalk-sharpener-tailor?ref=internal_similar_listing_bot-2&frs=1 That way you can safe the chalk dust for pouncing, hem puffing, etc. Fast t9 get a nice sharp edge and efficient use of materials as far as re-using/recycling.
I need to make "Bernadettes" thimble. Im hand sewing today n my finger feels brused! Im only sewing fleece so I feel silly complaining but its been alot of sewing lol.
Ah! Good call!
My whole life has been crazy lately and I needed this. Thank you for just... being you and blogging. Your blogs are like having a companion just chat with you while you're off doing things.
I'm currently working on finishing an old project... well... more salvaging it. It started off as a walking skirt... which was just awful. I had started it like a year ago, but I've learned so much since that I went back, ripped out all the horrible seems, and have been piecing it together and adding trim and a waist and... POCKETS. How could I ever have made it without pockets??? Ah, well, I have learned much in the last year - and I've been sewing since I was 13, so that's saying something.
For the stem stitch, the needle should always come up and down exactly on the line. This will create a much neater stitch line without any gaps in it. Just make sure as you come up that the thread is always on the same side of the previous stitch. The thread itself will be what pushes the previous stitch aside, creating that twisted effect. I'm not sure that explanation made any sense, but hopefully it helps!
Another way to explain it is that the reverse side of the stem stitch should look like a backstitch, with all of the stitches meeting each other.
It makes sense! Thank you!
Sashiko is great fun. It's really relaxing once you get into the rhythm of it. I've only been doing it a couple of years, but I really enjoy it. White thread against gorgeous Japanese Indigo fabric is beautiful. I'm slowing working on a Sashiko block of the month quilt. You should look at 'Boro', 'Hitomezashi' and 'Kogin' as well. All related to Sashiko, but achieving different looks.
Katherine Sykes ah!! You are so helpful! Thank you! I have been trying to figure out the name of the kind of this that I am most interested in! Turns out, it’s Hitomezashi. Thank you so much! 💖
My embroidery machine does sashiko, so I have little incentive to learn it! lol
Noelle you could embroider the Harry Potter star grid on your waistcoat/vest for some fun small detail. You could do it on the lapel and/or the pocket..
I don’t know if I’m that brace yet, but I may in the future for sure!
I read most of your comments but there are quite a lot. Sorry, if this was mentioned. Your rectangular chalk holder has a sharpener built into it. That’s what the metal bit on it is for. I sharpen both kinds with that. The triangular ones are nice because they are ergonomic but have never found a case for them. I repurposed a metal candy tin I got from Disneyland with Cinderella’s mice sewing her dress to store my triangular chalk. It’s the same size as an Altoids tin. Yay for just doing the thing! Portland, Oregon lockdown update. I just found my pattern and fabric for the Walkaway dress which Enchanted Rose did a sew along for. I was all excited to finally get a chance to sew that dress. Instead I’m sewing masks for my coworkers. Our Starbucks is reopening and having multiple comfortable masks is more important than a pretty dress. Thanks as always for your videos and insights. Hugz
Thanks for checking! Yes! I have my chalk in a similar tin! And awww Masks are more important, but also pretty dress rip. 💖
First, I want to thank you, Noelle, for mentioning the US Post Office in such a positive light. I lived in a small town where we relied on the post office a lot, and I hate that so many politicians want to make it a private company. I'm pretty sure that'd be a death knell for small town PO's. 2nd: Reading Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo. 3rd: Still hand quilting my first ever bed quilt.
Can't wait to see the finished vest!
I think the post office is a modern miracle, even with Congress tying throng hands. John Oliver actually did his show this week talking about that!!
Your choices of background music are always so entertaining, I love it.
Thanks! I try and be as non-sequitur as possible, largely because it entertains Bernadette. 😆
Chopsticks are the best sewing tools! Also, slow hand-sewing solidarity fistbump.
👊🏻
I love this sewing community! I am starting a 1974 embroidery pattern featuring a bag of coffee beans and a grinder that I found in my grandma's massive collection of never used stitchery items. I enjoy watching you and others in the sewing community while I work on my own projects. It's a perfect "sewing circle" for introverts.
Hahaha that’s true!
The starburst design is lovely!
Oh wonderful!! I have a fussy baby I need to sit up with in the middle of the night and just found your new vlog -- makes this way more awesome of an experience!
@@xXJokerAtWorkXx Thank you!!
Hey, that’s how I found her last year! Good luck! You can do this 💜
Oh what a time to have a fussy baby! I’m sending hugs!! 💖
so I have had the 1890's vest pattern from black snail patterns, but have been putting off sewing it. I watched all your videos of making the vest and I'm now going back through and watching for the tips you give on making this. Thank you so much.
The vest is going to be awesome!!. i feel like a child that has been let out to play today. First a much awaited cortisone shot in my knee, so hopefully some relief of pain and able to take my walks again. From there l went to a smaller Joann's store in Vancouver. WA. No lines to get in....yeahh.. They are only allowing 14 people at one time into the store and l waited almost an hour last visit at the larger store.. Did l find what l was looking for. YES....Burgundy linen for the Black Snail Spencer jacket and the lining and all notions necessary for the project and then l saw some beautiful very lightweight cotton muslin?Voile? anyway it was spendy but worth it for my Regency Day dress. Going to make the Laughing moon one with the bib front and long sleeves. Oh those sleeves are difficult, but the end result is worth it. Finished this week a really cute knitted Spencer, my third since lock down began and l love it. Very Regency Steam Punk. It will be for sale in the Tea Room, not for myself. Knitting is my evening pass time. Have been knitting since l was seven. So if ever you need anything knitted, l'm your girl. Cant wait to see the finished vest. Just love that Yorkshire wool. Gentle, gentle wash and dry flat. it can be very temperamental. Stay safe Noelle.
Yay cortisone shot!! I can only knit rectangles, so I admire knitters!! I want one of those pineapple reticule, but I best just buy one because I’m never gonna take the time to learn to knit that well! 💖😆
I've had the same pair of chop sticks in my sewing box for 20 yrs! I've only just learned how to use them as eating utensils lol
Hahahaha they are right handy as cooking tools too!
I’m still hiding at home even though my state is opening. I really don’t wanna get COVID-19. IF my back will cooperate, I’m going to make some faux black opals with nail acrylic. I shouldn’t say if, because the day my back behaves, I’m doing it. The current nail art trend for lockdown is creating acrylic rings and bracelets with nail art techniques and I’m crazy jazzed to try it out! I’m confident I can do faux marble, rose quartz, amethyst, and citrine, well, any color of quartz, really. I’m pretty sure I can do opals but it’s going to take some experimentation.
Can’t wait to see the vest. That wool just looks luscious and comfy. The eggplant color just adds to that rich, cozy feeling. I’m a sucker for deep jewel tones...they just call to me. Your stitch work was lovely! I could totally see it (either stitch, really, but the snowflakey in particular) done in black or metallic thread over the front of a vest, jacket, or bodice out of that same eggplant wool. How gorgeous would that be?? I’m gonna have to bust out my sewing stuff one of these days. Thank you for the video, and hope you have a lovely week. Much love and be well.
The iridescent flake polish toppers ("unicorn skin") really catch the light in the same way that opals do! If you have loose iridescent flakes, embedding them in the acrylic would be really convincing!
Look into Holo Taco's Unicorn Skin top coats 🥰
Ooo that acrylic nail art on jewelry sounds fun!!! And yes to the stars on the vest! I’m fighting with pockets right now, but when I get more brave, I may go for it (or maybe on the next one!).
I have iridescent flakes and holographic flakes, as well as transparent holographic & iridescent transfer foil. If I work in thin, irregular layers it should be beautiful.
I never realized that sashiko was sewn from the back! It looks really relaxing to sew. I’ve had a recent flare up so I haven’t been sewing. Texas is easing up on the lockdown but we’re still isolating as much as possible. Too many vulnerable people in my life, especially my 2 week old nephew.
I’m super happy to hear that you are staying safe!
I really needed this vlog to get re-inspired about my sewing and knitting projects! 😊🧵🧶
Been at home with a slight cough for quite some time.
Here in Sweden we don't have a lock down per say but since we have a relatively high trust in our government and the health expertis most of us follow the guidelines anyway and work from home (if we can) , don't see other people and stay in if we have any cold symptoms.
I hope your cough is better now!! 💖
Yay! It is so great to find someone else who collects their hair for hair pieces. I actually have my Great Grandmother's hair catcher and another one that I found at an antique shop that I put my hair into. I also have to negotiate with myself to get things done that I dislike doing (cutting, cleaning). I have some pretty hilarious conversations with myself some days. I have been reading some of the Little House on the Prairie books for research for a late 1880's bustle dress for our town's Founders Day celebration in September.
Yay bustle dresses!!
I'm right there with you in despising cutting. I'm impressed you were actually able to cut 2 layers of wool with scissors! That would totally have destroyed my hand. I can't recommend enough the joy of switching to using pattern weights and a rotary cutter. It will completely revolutionise how you feel about cutting!
I'm making the same vest and am at the same point as you. Damn, those narrow straps were a pain to turn! I'm looking forward to trying pad stitching for the first time on the collar.
I am, apparently, completely inept with a rotary cutter. I have had people very experienced with it just go “yep, not for you!” At me. Even bias strips!
@@Costuming_Drama for what it's worth-me too. Sharp and heavy scissors are my go to, and although I have used a rotary cutter I suck mightily at it.
I love wool halo, it just makes things so much cozier. I'm avoiding knitting toes on two different socks, I'm not sure why, they're easy and quick. So instead I'm playing with seeds and trying to figure out what I'm going to do with 40ish heirloom tomato plant starts, and all the rest of my seedlings. I miiiiight, have gone slightly overboard. You know, just a smidge. I can't wait to see how your vest/waistcoat comes out.
You just reminded me that I really should plant out some of the 20odd different fancy tomato seeds I got in the mail a couple days ago.
@@BDavis-rb6xn Oooo! What did you get? I've got Brad's Atomic grape, Sunrise Bumblebee, Carbon, San Marzannos, and Brandywines. I can't wait to see how pretty the Atomic grape and Bumblebees turn out.
I wholly support going overboard, slightly or otherwise, with tomato starting/planting. :D Have fun with all of them!
@@npknscrb I absolutely will. In other news, I'll likely be either selling extras on the side of the highway, or learning how to can tomatoes. Likely both. :D
anniesmask , Any chance your highway is in Hill Country of Texas? I fear I’ve missed the tomato window because I’ve been out of town with parents for 2 months.
I tried to read all of the comments and didn’t see this so here goes my tailors apprentice advice!
You can thread mark both of the layers that you cut out at once. You just keep them pinned together after you cut them out and use a doubled up thread (we use one especially used for thread marking since it’s cotton and very soft with only a few twists so that it doesn’t leave marks in the fabric once it is pulled out) you do a tacking stitch- basically a running stitch were you don’t pull on your thread too much so that it leaves little loops on top of your fabric. You then separate the two fabrics and cut in between and iron the tacks in. This should be done while the right sides face together.
I hope this helps and makes your thread marking more pleasant.
Thanks for looking and that sounds amazing thank you!!
Congratulations for trying new things and jumping in and doing the thing!
As far as I know, no holders for triangle shaped chalk. I wrap mine in a little piece of paper and tape. I went on a mad search for the perfect tailor's chalk a few weeks ago, trying to find bright pink chalk in a rectangular shape. I learned about the different kinds: wax "steam off" versus clay "brush off" and all the different pen/powder variations. It felt like if I wanted to experiment with different kinds I would need to buy a 48 box of each brand and I wasn't quite ready for that commitment.
Seconding that triangular chalk isn't put in a holder: the shape is ergonomic enough to be comfortable on its own and within apparel design schools they're left plain.
Did you find the pink rectangular chalk tho? Cause that sounds amazing.
I’m ready for your RUclips video on the different chalks and how to choose the right tailor’s chalk for your project. 😀
I feel cheap and lazy in comparison. I use children's sidewalk chalk, the bulk ones. The color always washes out and I feel better using a large piece. The dropsies are strong with this one. Also I can choose what contrasting color to use based on the fabric.
Forced2makethis Bloodyaccount It’s great, since they’re meant to be washable. How do you get a fine enough line from them, though?
One of the reasons that I love your vlogs is that you have a very get it done perspective. I love Bernadette and Cathy Hay, but I'm a single mom of 3 and my sewing time is precious. Watching you and Abby Cox helps me decide which aspects need to be Bernadette-style and which ones to be Noelle-style. (And Abby Cox and I share a soul or something.)
Also for the other Mark's than the seam line you can use tailors tacks. They are fast and easy.
Ah! Thank you!!
Thank you! And yes! We have TOTALLY different methods! There’s a time for each...
Hello,
I’m glad you’re back.
I’m glad your machine is fixed.
Not as much of a disaster I’m cleaning.
I do love cool stamps.
Vests are coming back in style this summer too.
You can wear yours everyday.
I started Christmas shopping in Jan. I do every year.
That’s lovely purple wool.
I do that too. It’s ironic that we both have a pot of hair that we’ve got old hair in.
My hubby thinks it’s nuts too.
Cutting anxiety is real.
The negation is real. I do that all the time.
Lots of ironing. Pad stitching the lapels. Have fun doing the fancy stuff. It will make it look fantastic.
You’re doing great stuff.
I’m allergic to wool, very allergic. So I won’t be using any.
I like the little stars. They are Harry Potterish.
You’ll get back to the vest.
It’s a Squirrel moment.
For turning I like to sew a ribbon in a point and then pull through.
I love seeing your mail goodies.
The back looks fantastic.
Thanks for the video! I bought the pattern back in March and its great hearing how you got on before I attempt it. I have been finishing college work for what seems like forever now, but I have been listening to your videos in the background so that I feel less alone. I am dreaming of being done and sewing all the things.
I feel like I have been working on this vest forever! I’m now stuck on the pocket part, but powering through! I hope your schoolwork is almost done so you can sew!
Great for watching when I'm getting breakfast.
What was that house maid's kit thing at the beginning? I've never heard of it. I don't know if I could stand to stitch all the seam lines before sewing. I'm challenging myself to actually do hand basting, lol. Which I have to admit makes a noticeable difference. But kudos to you for learning something new!
Annie Casperinie a “housewife” is a little rolled wallet kinda thing that has several pockets to hold your tidbits. They are good for holding your handsewing stuff and whatever else.
Thanks. i had the same question. :)
I also had this question. Thanks!
Thanks! And it’s called a housewife. It’s basically a sewing kit holder!
Love watching your projects come to life while I crochet baby octopus
Awww that sounds cute!!
Yay, Harry Potter stamps! I got a whole bunch when they came out, I save them for cards and special mailings :)
Couture in french: lmao 😂
I'm french and it means "sewing". Couture techniques really should be called "haute couture" but I totally get what you're getting at hahaha
The Yule Ball pin and the watch are beautiful!
Some thoughts on Sashiko.
I checked the comments but didnt see anything on that specific point.
It made very happy that you learned Sashiko! I was taught by an elder japanese lady.
She was very adamant that one should try to get as much fabric on the needle while stiching before pulling through (scrunch that fabric!). Apparently it helps to make the stiches more even.
Anyway, thanks for the video!
Oh! Ok! Noted! Thank you!!
Lockdown is going well here, Yesterday it sounded as if some construction was going on, which believe it or not was the most pleasant sound I heard in forever. the near dead outside silence was getting to me. Whatever it was for a few short hours made things seem back to normal again.
I am almost done, completing one front half piece of my 18th Century vest. Thanks to Constance I've made my first 20 satin buttons. I've sewn ten of them to the piece already and have added the pocket. Soon as I finish sewing the buttons on I can begin the other pieces. The second front half I am delaying as much as possible because that will be the side for button holes, which I will be doing all by hand instead of machine which probably sounds very insane.
I also did a taboo and ordered a costume from Wish similar to another project I wont be able to complete because the place I got my material from decided they would stay closed for good when the quarantine is fully lifted and after experiencing the horrific nightmare of trying to color match two different brands of satin that might be the same color but unfortunately a tone off, I wont be taking that nightmare of a risk again. But since I already made the petticoat and false under sleeves I will be doing surgery on the dress and replacing it's petticoat and false sleeves with the ones I made for the project I can't complete. Also if it's too cheaply looking and not exactly like the photo which I am predicting it might be, 'll be gutting it and tracing the pieces on more suiting fabric which will be visible while the original cheaper material will be the seams no one ever sees lol. I wont know until the gown arrives.
As for me personally, sometimes I wanna sing that cabin fever song from that old Muppet movie Muppet treasure island, lol.
Hahahahah I had totally forgotten about that one!!! Please come back and tell me how the wish thing went!!!
Thank you for sharing your experience and experiments!
Perfect way to end my day. ❤️🐾
I just wanted to say I love your new overhead camera mount! And yes here is a little bit of unasked for advise....I can’t help myself 🙀! I noticed when you used the overhead mount and when using the turning hook some of what you were doing was out of frame. I worked in TV for several years, when we had a new camera position we would place a piece of painters tape to show the talent where to stand, or place their hands etc. often I would make a small V to point exactly where I needed their hands, face etc to be for the shot, the V was just off camera. For some people I taped everything until they got used to where to go for the camera shot. I don’t mean to sound pushy but I hope this helps. 😀
That's a great suggestion I'm going to pAss on to my son of you dont mind
It is helpful! Thank you!!
I learned a thing! Thank youfor sharing!
Threads just posted a video tutorial on welt pockets. Since you said you needed to figure this out, its well worth the watch.
Thank you!
Love the wool color!!
Stamp collecting is a thing that is alive. :)
Truth!
You're the best ironing companion ever! I'm making masks again. I'm also very very glad you can't see my table if yours was a hot mess I would hate to know what mine is!! I know that the other end is still there cause if it wasn't all that material would be levitating. Pulled a bunch of things trying to find cotton for masks. I have a lot of poly in my stash. Neighbours must be wondering what's going on as I'm outside burning bits of fabric. I'm listening to The Renegades of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Ooo is it good? And yeah... we all have a lot of poly in our stash. 😆
Costuming Drama Yes it is. It’s part of the Dragonriders of Pern series which I love. I’ve even named fur babies after characters
How fortunate that you‘re cutting out the vest right now, because I have the pattern lying on my table right now. 😁
You will certainly be done before me!!
❤️❤️❤️ I have the same tailors chalk! Yeah for grandmas. Lol the needle work you did is awesome!
Doing well as far as I know my city is still on lockdown. I’m just a bit bored. Trying to keep myself occupied. By the time this whole thing is over I’ll have a fully hand sewn 18th century wardrobe. Lol
That’s amazing though!! Oof I still owe you black fabric! I added it to my todo list just now!
Another wonderful video!!! Always enjoy them. They're so fascinating. I haven't been working on anything new but, have a project that I should start soon...as soon as I get the measurements. But, I have been enjoying that Queens of Adventure pod cast that I mentioned a few videos back. They have a newer, second pod called Queens of Adventure Legends. These episodes are one off or two episode D&D adventures. Usually recorded at their live shows that sometimes include different queens. So fun and always funny. That has helped a whole lot with the lockdown. Glad you finally got tour sewing machine back. For some reason, that had been on my mind. So. YAY!
Again, another wonderful video. Have a great week! 👋🏼👋🏼😊
Thank you! I have added that to my very long list of podcasts to listen to!!
@@Costuming_Drama on the plus side, that podcast will make you laugh out loud at times. 👍🏼😀
"Through the magic of Ebay"... Those are some dangerous words, Harry.
Indeed.
The French lockdown will start easing up on the 11th. It's kind of sad how excited I am for being allowed to walk outside without a permission form. After almost two months of being stuck in a 1 km radius of my apartment, it will be nice to walk into the city center. Of course there won't be that much to do, since movie theaters, concert halls, museums, etc will still be closed and I am trying to avoid taking public transportation, so I can't go anywhere that isn't in walking distance. Oh well, at least there is a chance that they will open up the parks again.
I am dying to know how your walk was? 💖
@@Costuming_Drama Aww, thanks. Unfortunately, we are having a solid week of rain and thunderstorms, so I don't think I will be doing much walking.
@@kirstenpaff8946 get an unbrella
You are a really good hand stitcher!
Thank you for being kind. I’m kind of a mess actually! 🤣
Wow! I have never seen a tube turner like that. Mine are with a wire pig tail and a nob at either end, then you pull it through a tub. My set came in different widths. But I also found that it easiest to just sew in a strip of fabric at one end and pull through or us a chop stick. It depends on how the fabric wants to be have.
Projects: random masks for family who are essential workers, patterning and making two sets of drawers and tops to wear as pjs ( one is a wearable mock-up hopefully), a wool 1930s skirt, 3 cotton blouses.
Wow! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Oo...I especially like the asterisk stars embroidery! It’s especially pretty with the tone on tone threads. Thanks for the class recommendation.
Love the colour of the fabric. Looking forward to seeing it complete
I appreciate your adventurous spirit with learning new skills. I'm enjoying the process of making the vest. As I am working full time (although from home) the extra zoom meetings are both great and terrible. I have a quilt to get back to once I finish the masks I'm making for my family (out of scraps from the quilt I'm making. Its an odd way to use up odds and ends, but there you go, its an odd time).
An odd time indeed!
Great job on the tailor-ing things!!!Colour me impressed. I am currently working on a vintage inspired milkmaid top. Will keep your moves in mind when i am prepping my pieces for sewing!
I got both the dinosaur and dragon stamps from the post office a couple weeks ago! The pictures online really dont do them justice. I sent my dad's birthday card with a dino hologram stamp that will most assuredly bring him joy.
Omg they do NOT do them justice! They are awesome! The moon ones are also holo!!
Since you ask and I haven't been able to find any answers to it in the previous comments (I might have missed it, bare with me if I have):
1) Prym still makes square tailors chalk. I'm sure there are other makers too, but those are my locally available.
2) Re horse hair and the tape: Horse hair is quite stiff, hense it's use, but that also means if the hair breaks it will poke through the fabric. Sewing it into a seam won't break it now but with long time use it might break and then it will go through a pretty weak point of the garment - usually also a place where you'd feel it. Have in mind I might be wrong about this. Mind you this is personal experience working in horse hair in clothing materials and might not be the historical or tailoring reasoning :)
Denmark here. You've already gotten an update from DK so I won't bore you with more of the same. I've just finished my sisters birthday gift (knitted: potholders, 2x dishcloths and a pile of cotton pads of the remaining yarn). Next up might be getting started on some blackwork embroidered table cloths. I am not feeling very inspired though. I want to sew but right now everything is packed down into boxes and I'm in-between homes.
I've been trying to make bowties for my dog and the chopstick is a great idea- I've been trying to figure out how to turn the fabric for the collar part - THANK YOU!!!🐶🐶🐶
Yay!!
My favourite tool for turning and lots of other crafty stuff is a small steel surgical clamp, its my most used tool after scissors! And hi! I really enjoy your vlogs and projects, I'm in New Zealand :)
Great idea! I’ll order one! And hi from California! I really love NewZealand! I drove from the north end of the north island to the south end of the South Island and lived every part of it!
Your samplers are fantastic! 😍
Thanks!
I think you are my spirit animal! Would love all the goodies from this video ;-)
BOTW Dude, just started and finished during COVID. I loved it! First game I've played in years!
Tailors chalk can readily be sharpened with sanding paper and get a very nice sharp edge. I bought a double sided sanding block from the Dollar Store. I think the grit was 80. It was rated “fine”. It felt like a course nail file which was what I used when I first started to experiment using this technique. It’s also very fast. I hope you find this helpful.
sent my machine to the service yesterday and my hand is too sore from crocheting to handsew but still can cut out pattern for a vest I want to sew for my partner. Your timing with this project is perfect to motivate me with mine :)
Yessss! Good luck!!
I have no advice. I am saddened that Costume College has been postponed. I was/am looking forward to meeting you and the other costube bloggers. After several months working on a smock, as yet unfinished I put it aside. Planning to make a banyan and associated eighteenth century clothing. I have great fabrics in my stash. I Still want to make me a bustle dress, I have a lot of blue/black duponi silk. I still have some skills to hone. Your approach is most helpful. I enjoy your posts.
We will be there the next time it happens! Fear not!
So many new things! I'm currently knitting my first project on circular needles with a brand new stitch for me (brioche) in two colours (first time it's not just in horizontal stripes)! It's going middling-well 😂
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 go you for trying new things!!
I feel like I'm sewing on everything at the moment. I'm starting lots of projects at the moment, currently sewing on a pair of 18th century stays, a few modern tops and I am planning on starting to do a mock up for a pair of regency stays. I love having the time to sew at whatever I feel like
It’s a real blessing if this weird time!
Whoo on progress on the vest!! That is a pretty color with the wool! As for me, I moved my machine to my room in an effort to make it easier for me to clean and maybe try to figure out why it wasn’t tensioning the bobbin... Also, while I’m grateful to still have a job, I need a break from it before I go insane! Ihad to cancel my vacation and I’m definitely feeling the effects... unfortunately the person who normally covers for me can’t really do that while we’re working from home and I have zero faith in the other member of our team actually being able to handle any of my stuff correctly (she’s already proven she can’t/won’t).
Maybe still take the vacation time but still stay at home? I’m trying to get my husband to do that as well! Maybe just a couple days? I hope stuff can just wait right now...
I love the sashiko samplers!!! So pretty.
Also, for the chalk, I would see about wrapping some tinfoil around it temporarily.
Good call!
I enjoy your videos.
I'm interested in marking sewing lines too, looking forward to seeing how you do it. Duh, I could just wait to see what you do. Impatient!
I love the rules we set ourselves. I don't cut or sew seams after 6 PM. If I do I invariably need something up.
I don't know how to contact Morgan or Bernadette, but maybe you could let them know that on the last Threads Magazine Podcast, (#4), both were spoken of by the Editor and Assistant Editor and another employee. They were discussing who on RUclips had caught their attention. They were two of the several people they discussed. They especially liked Bernadette's tour of her work space and how she did it in such a small space, besides how she goes about making patterns and sews. Morgan was admired for her concentration on the Tudor style of dress. I really liked this video of yours today. Your basting stitches were beautiful! Usually, mine look like they were just thrown into the fabric. Yours could be thought of as topstitching. Thanks for sharing all of the work and goodies with us. Looking forward to the next chapter.
I told them!
@@Costuming_Drama Thanks!
I've been working still through lockdown as I'm an accountant and taxes stop for no man! I've been re-listening to Dracul on audible and Terry Mancour's Spellmonger series, they are really good and as you like Harry Potter, as I myself do, I think you would enjoy his books. Really enjoy seeing your process and feeling good that I'm not the only one who flits to and fro on them :)
I will totally check those out! Thank you! You may like the Dresden files books as well!
@@Costuming_Drama I do love the Dresden Files, they are great. His The Aeronaut's Windlass is also really good.
I saw an add for one of those tube turning things on Instagram and also had thoughts about childbirth 🤣 thanks for showing how it's meant to work cause I couldn't figure it out!
Hahahahahaha
I've never seen that loop turner until now. It made me think of junior high PE class and how they used the calipers to check body fat.
If you want to learn more about sashiko, I highly recommend looking at the materials of Susan Briscoe, she's so knowledgeable about the subject! ^^
Thank you!! I will check her out!
Seeing as there were 414 comments by the time I'm watching this I didn't go through all of them to see if anyone else mentioned something about that turner. So I'm just going to tell you that that turner works best on things like collar points and other corners that are not as confined as the ties/back belt were. You're thought of using the chopstick was right on. I keep a couple of chopsticks in my in my tool bin just for that purpose.
I love the bloom/halo wool fabric gets. I sat up late last night and hand sewed (aaaaack) a mask for my mom. It doesn't have bottom straps, so here's hoping she doesn't make herself hyperventilate this time.
Giant Squirrel 🤣😂🤣 Story of my life!
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who hates cutting, lol! I would like it more if I had a taller cutting table, but my table is about hip height, which is WAY too low for me (to be fair I'm 6'1" so hip high is pretty normal for other people) and I don't have kneed pads so cutting on the floor is just ouchies.
Wow looking nice
Thank you for showing the wool before and after! I have wool that is 99.9% the same and I know I'll need to wash it once I wear the garment and it's been pushed to the back burner due to the prep (yes, I know I can steam iron it all before hand .. but I like to prep like I'll care). A little bit less anxiety about that now :-)
Oh so glad it’s helpful!
Love the colour of your wool for the waistcoat. I'm crocheting a baby yoda doll. I don't know why. I need something new to read. I'm going down to the local 2nd hand-book store which has just come out of lockdown. The libraries are still closed in New Zealand, but may open next week. I hope. My Mums been in hospital, and is home now (not covid just normal old people stuff). So there was no contact with she in hospital except by phone. At home, in the retirement village, she is only allowed one visitor, that was one of sisters, who lives closer than me. Just want to see my Mum in person.
Awww I’m so sorry that you are kept from her. Yay baby today doll. I have one a friend made me and I love it so!!
@@Costuming_Drama Tomorrow, New Zealand goes to level two, so am able to visit family and travel. Will see my Mum and at least one of my sisters, yay.
I always use chop sticks! They are the best. Also use a safety pin to pull it through. Any good ideas for books on basic fitting and pattern manipulation? I'm just getting back into sewing for myself and I am sooo not a normal body type. Any ideas would be welcome.
Hmmmm I don’t think I have read enough in that to give you solid advice. I just use the pinch out method!
Prep and Finish is all your time. That's my life.
No advice, I don't have the spoons for hair canvas and whatnot, but go you!
I am working on a 1900-ish cycling outfit, which ended up being pretty much skin-out (and we won't talk about how Constance's button video got me making Dorset buttons again), and therefore qualifies for Bernadette's homework to make something extra. Oh, my hunny and I also put my cycle together. Definitely extra!
Oh that sounds amazing!! Go you!! 🙌🏻
Love your Snoopy shirt! I wish there was more snoopy in Australia.
Thank you!! 💖 I wish Australia was closer so you could get a lot of things easier!
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this as comments aren’t loading for me but when you washed the wool the fluffy you see is from the wool fulling. When we weave we’ll wash it after we take it off the loom to get to a certain amount of fulling (the amount it puffs up depends on the material, mercantilized cotton doesn’t full basically at all while wool puffs up for days) but there’s a lot of room for more with things like wool, just be aware that it might fluff a bit more if you wash it aggressively but since you prewashed it it should be -too- bad. Incidentally that’s how you felt wool >_>
Thank you!! I don’t plan on washing it aggressively, but I do enjoy wearing ranch dressing ALL THE TIME on my shirts, so I expect to have to do a bit of spot cleaning!
I flove the sashiko!
If you like pretty exploring games with quests but no fighting then you might like the Myst series. Tunguska is also really good.
If you’re hating the thread basting, may I offer an alternative method? Chalking your stitching lines on wool then patting it lightly will help keep the chalk in place while you sew. That way you can skip thread tracing all the seam allowances on the outside of the pattern pieces. You can also tailor’s tack. Do giant bites with two threads of cotton thread-cotton basting thread is ideal-easy to snap and pull out later, fairly cheap, and fluffy enough to not want to yank out prematurely. If you have your right and left sides together while you tack, then pull apart and snip your threads in between.
For what it’s worth turning small tubes always seems to suck no matter the method. My favorite is with a set of tubes, but 🤷♀️ good luck in the trenches!
Here’s a nice tutorial on tailor’s tacks with an alternate method. ruclips.net/video/7zVh-kyEKco/видео.html
Your way is totally fine too. Nothing wrong with it, but you sounded frustrated with it.
Nope, not frustrated. Just time consuming. But I want to learn the right way before I go back to doing it my way and now is the time! Thank you for the link!!
I have never seen that type of turning tool before! I have a tool called Turn-it-all, that is wonderful for larger tubes or heavier weight fabrics. I also have a super skinny wire turner that has a small hook at the end that is wonderful for spaghetti straps, although I don’t know what the actual name of it is. I got that one in collage as part of the tool kit they give with classes. But they both work wonderfully. The tool you are using looks like it needs a latch or something on the handle, or Mabie just grow and extra arm? Lol.
Hahahah yeah
Love the embroidery!
Lockdown in the UK doesn't really feel like lockdown compared to other places. And because I work from home anyway not much has changed, really...
Working on a panel skirt with gores. It's hopefully going to be a 'wearable mockup' because I did not have enough fabric to make the skirt and a mockup 😅 My first time sewing anything other than a pouch or pillow case... and without pattern...
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 go you!! I hope it turns out well!
@@Costuming_Drama thank you 🧡
I like your hand sewing technique. Btw, you are not slow, if we time raced, I could easily lose to you. Love that burgundy wool.
Thats the exact same tailor chalk I have! The triangles that is. I havent been able to find a holder for them but I havent needed one too much