A Sewing Vlog: Sewing A "Vintage" 1990s Dress Using a McCalls Sewing Pattern M8501
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Sewing A 1990s Vintage Dress. In this vintage sewing video I sew a 1990s dress using a vintage reproduction sewing pattern. Mcalls sewing pattern M8501. This dress is giving all the summer vibes of 1990's mom aesthetic. This is a sewing pattern for beginners that is marketed as something you can sew in one day! A 3 hour sewing project!
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"Vintage" 90s. Way to make a person feel ancient, McCalls.
Watch the video!! We get into it!!!
So right! I guess we're vintage now. We are getting more valuable 🤣
Yes we are ♥️
I am so happy for a long video, not a short...I enjoy visiting with you...I think you are a lovely woman and a credit to your mama's raising....I would be proud to call you daughter...
That is such a very warm very generous compliment. It made my cheeks warm. Thank you very much for spending time with me and on me. ♥️♥️
You should feel proud of your relationship with your body being such that you can announce your measurements! Your measurements are great. No matter what size you are. It's just data. It's just information about how much fabric to use.
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I am very proud! I have come so far. I am finally being as kind to myself as I am to others and as others are to me. It’s been a long road but finally feeling comfortable being me. Thank you for all the love along the way. It does not go unnoticed and it is very much appreciated ♥️
I don't think you should count all the fabric management.
@@SewSewDrewthat's good, because life's too short for wasting time stressing about numbers.
I don't value 90s fashion very high, but I'm from Poland and in the 90s we were just regaining our independence after the iron curtain fell. There was a lot of very corolful mismatching clothses, stiff, high waised jeans, very questionable choices :D
Having said that, I really love your dress and I wish this is how I remembered people dressing in the 90s :) It's very classy, but looks very comfy and carefree at the same time.
I also like the long form of the video. I really appreciate you being so candid and sharing all of the ups and downs of the sewing process, make up on and off, uplifted and frustrated. This is probably not endorsed by RUclips's algorithm, but this is what makes your videao real and really relatable.
All the best to you! Hope the second dress goes smoother ;)
Thank you sharing. I can imagine your home country in the 90s doesn’t evoke the best memories. I really hope you are making some good ones now even while there are some very serious things happening. Hopefully we can all live a little more comfortably soon. 🫶🏾
I wore that dress when I was in my 20s and 30s.a young mom. 😆 🤣 So it's vintage. Because I am 52. And my daughter is 28 now. But what a fun dress. Loves great on you. ❤
Thank you! It’s such a comfortable dress I see why it was so popular!
22:06 👍brave girl. The next pattern is just exciting!!
In the 90s, I wore a lot of elastic waistband pants and long vests. I had nothing tucked in -- as opposed to the 80s where I had everything tucked in. I had a few long velvet dresses, but I had even more bib overalls --that I made.
I like watching sewing skills level up. One day, you're new and struggling, and suddenly, like literally the next day, not only can you do things, but you're now Frankensteining a pattern. That is quickly followed by you making major alterations, and now you can draft your own.
It's crazy. It happened to me, I've seen it happen to others. It's almost like levelling up in a video game.
I can't wait for the next pattern!!! It is pretty. I've never seen that one before.
I still wonder what they base the sewing time on.
Thank you so much!! And I actually made the dress again! Just finished and without the camera and that wiggly fabric it only took about 4 hours!!
@@SewSewDrew That's not too bad,. By the way, -- hard core gangster sewing! I LOVE that phrase!!! We, of course, need to see the second make as a reveal on Shorts. Happy 4th!
It’s up!
Thank you so much for sharing your measurements!! I see you on screen & think how beautiful & shapely you are and your measurements are almost exactly the same as mine, (you're even my height!) but I NEVER think of myself that way!! I appreciate your candidness tremendously!
That brings me so much joy that you could see yourself in me ♥️ I’m learning to see myself the way you all see me. ♥️
Please do more long videos! It’s fun to sew to while you are sewing 😄❤
♥️♥️I’m happy you like the long ones! There will be a few coming up I need 3 outfits for a special trip!!
So sorry for your loss:( sewing is definitely my refuge when life feels out of control (one stitch at a time❤️🩹 love that-big hugs to you)
It looks like you’re sewing with a rayon challis? I LOVE wearing rayon and sew with it often and every time I work with it I curse myself! It can be really frustrating and things like necklines can really stretch out as it’s handled.
Here’s my best tips: it does get easier with practice, but one tip I used once for cutting it was to lay tissue paper down underneath, then lay the fabric on it, then pin pattern though all layers and cut through it all together. You can even keep the tissue pinned on as you sew it and tear it away after. Also iron on stay tape and stay stitching in the seam allowance of the neck before you do anything else with the bodice pieces! Honestly way to challenge yourself-it is NOT easy to work with! I bet the next one will be so cute-can’t wait to see it!
As for vintage I begrudgingly admit that 90’s is vintage. 😂
Thank you for the kind words and the tip!!! I’m definitely going to give the tissue paper a try!! Thank you for watching 🫶🏾
These are great tips that I use too!
@@___erikait’s usually square but shifts very easily! Feels silky and cool to the touch. This technique should work on any slippery fabric though! Hope it helps!
I think vintage is anything older than me (I am 49...LOL).
Edit: I have never heard an explanation of what vintage means before and it makes so much sense! Love the dress! You did a great job! :)
I agree. I think of vintage as the 1960's and earlier.
Thank you!!
As I watch this video, I am working to finish a difficult project that I have spent almost two weeks working on. Like yours, the fabric was incredibly difficult, I had fit issues, and I accidently burnt a hole in the hem (that I stitched three times). I almost threw it away, but I didn't want to quit. I have learned that sewing is definitely a process, and I completed two other projects because I was frustrated. I commend you for seeing it through, despite the struggles. You got this.
Thank you!!! Sewing is definitely a process and a test of patience! The things I dislike about sewing are also the thing I love! Thank you for watching, I hope you got that tough one done!
I was about to say patterns from 30+ years ago should be considered vintage, then I realized the 90's were 30 ish years ago.
It was a bit of an eye opener for me as well!! 😂😂
You know, when I was in college and my work-study job was sewing in the theater's costume shop, we did the vast majority of our sewing on old black Singers. Those ancient machines could only do straight stitches ... but if there was a problem, we could take them apart and fix them ourselves, and they rarely had problems. We had newer machines if we needed more complicated things--sewing on knits, zig-zag, buttonholes, whatever. But the newer machines were more prone to breaking down, and we couldn't fix them ourselves. They don't make sewing machines like they used to!
That’s exactly what my friend says! She trust her 50+ year old machines first!
I have a beautiful sewing room and really love spending time there, my husband is so proud of me for having my creativity and whenever we go somewhere he always tells everyone that I made the garment I'm wearing
I love my sewing room and my husband ❤️
I love how you talk about your husband and your family ❤️❤️❤️ it reminds me of my husband and my love towards him ❤❤❤
I prefer the longer content
Thank you. I am happy that people still believe in love and marriage and slow thing like sewing and very long sewing videos ♥️
God bless you girl ❤ thanks for being real.
God bless you ❤️ thanks for being kind
Love the dress, job well done! Totally here for longer videos ❤
Loved that this was super chatty, enjoyed "spending time" with you! Thank you for sharing... ❤
Thank you this makes me happy to hear. I liked talking through what was happening at the moment. Normally I’m doing voiceover a week later and sometimes by then my thoughts and feelings about the process have changed. I liked catching it in the moment. Can’t say I will do it this way all the time but more vlogs for sure! Thank you for watching.
Hi Drew, yep, make me feel old girl. I enjoyed the video and I agree, I don't think the dress could be made in 3 hours. That estimation of time cannot have included cutting the fabric etc, it must have been an estimation of just the sewing time - remember how noone could make the walkaway dress between breakfast and lunchtime? However, there was one point where I found myself getting frustrated with you as you were sitting infront of the sewing machine, timeclock running, and chatting! Oh boy, I was so frustrated and kept telling you to keep sewing. Anyway, the dress looks amazing on you and I can't wait to see it remade in a size that fits you. I like the dress so much that I think I may make one for myself. Thanks for a great video.
Thanks for watching! I started a new one last night and I’m about an hour from finished! It can be made in 3/4 hours!
You're so sweet and calming 😭💗 ugh so happy to found a channel I can watch as I sew too 🪡
That fabric is going to have great drape….looking forward on finished product
You're doing great! Your measurements are just numbers you use to make your clothes fit better 😊
Yes ma’am ♥️
This reminds me of Rachael Ray’s show and cookbook-30 Minute Meals. They took 30 minutes only because Ms. Ray’s staff prepped everything for her!
Exactly! its the prep work they are not counting!
Well done for persevering and finishing your dress. As I recollect dresses were baggy and we used to wear a crop top or sloppy jumper if the shoulders were loose. I'm trying to remember the shoe styles from the 90s but my memory is a blank which probably means the styles are best left in the past. I do like your YSL heels and what a lovely smile of acheivement at the end. Hope you and your family had an enjoyable 4th July.
Loved this video!
That make me happy!!
Vintage 90's? Here's me thinking 90's was only 10 years ago. I had a dress similar to that when I was a teenager. So no way is it Mum fashion. Mum's I new then wouldn't have warn that. It looked really good. I hope you don't give up on it and adjust the shoulders and back to fit. Looking forward to the next dress. The brown floral with brown will look lovely. I'd wait till you've finished to work out the buttons. The buttons might detract from the floral fabric
Thank you so much for the button tip!!! That makes a lot of sense.
Loving this...work style. everything. I started laughing when you said, "no mock up." I was like nooooo but you are doing great. Watching video and drinking my coffee.
🫶🏾♥️♥️ I won’t spoil it for you but we needed a mockup!
This is just my second view of your channel. You are a lovely person. So likable. Because you asked for feedback, I do like the voiceovers, which makes the process move along. I am going to suggest not mentioning the amount of time it was taking soooo many times. I found myself fast forwarding a lot. But I love your fabric and pattern choice, and your research on what is vintage. The dress looks really cute on you.
Thank you so much for the feedback! I definitely won’t be keeping time again but the at actually the only pattern I’ve ever seen with the time it should take on the envelope. So we were “testing”
That’s stunning on you. Love it.
I feel you girl about sizing and measurements. When I started sewing again after having my first baby I was shocked when I took my measurements and the scale wasn't moving. I've been learning to embrace it. I'll need to check out these vintage 90s patterns now!
I did the ozempic thing for 6 months and lost 25 pounds I’ve been off for 6 months and have gained every pound back. But I have also gained a better appreciation for my body and my health. I refuse to make myself sick to be a certain size! Our bodies are incredible they gave life! Carry us through the day, hug our babies, I could go on and on! I know that I have to have a good relationship with my body so my daughter can have a good relationship with hers. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts with me 🫶🏾
Exactly! I found myself voicing out loud how poorly I felt about my body and realized my baby doesn't need to hear that. And it's forced me to be kinder to myself. That's so crazy about ozempic. I had thought about it too! It's not worth it
I can't wait to see the next version! You did such a great job and although it's too big, you're so amazing to have fought through the struggles and completed it!
I making it right now to wear tomorrow and it can be done in about 3 hours with a different fabric choice and without all the chatting to the camera!
You did so well. I like both the long form and short form content. I also enjoyed the live step by step. It nice to see the whole process and also see the sewing frustration and exhaustion. I have been sewing for 3 years and still consider myself a beginner so don't sweat that. Lol I always go with finished measurements. It usually works out for fitting.... usually. Lol. But great job! I do enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much for watching! I’m happy you enjoyed it. I really liked the style of this video too!
Thank you for sharing your measurements! You are absolutely beautiful and inspiring.
Thank you so much! 😊
Love the long videos!😊 Love the dress.
I’m so glad you like the longer ones! And the dress!
Good job on the dress! It looks perfect for summer!
So confortable!!
My personal beliefs in terms of fashion: Retro/Dated 2010s-2000s, Vintage-1990s-1920s , Historical/Antique-1910s-older.
I like this!
I too do ice water and coffee every morning, it’s like they go together in my head😊. Look into using fabric weights, you can check RUclips and make your own, that may help with holding the pattern in place from moving on slippery fabric, just a suggestion. love your content and the dress!
I’ve been meaning to get some for ever!!!
It’s so beautiful I can’t wait to make one too ❤
I enjoyed this video very much! I had the cutest tank top sarong dress in a turquoise tropical print and I always felt like a million bucks in that dress. You're right- it's too big for you, but it's still very pretty. I hope to see a 4th of July version! Thank you for sharing your experience- I'm your newest subscriber. 🥰
Thanks for watching snd the sub! I cut it again in a 14. The short is up now I really like it. I can picture that turquoise and I Know it was beautiful!
Beautiful 😍
Thanks, I love this pattern!
I made this dress in the 90's just repurchased the pattern I have plans to remake . I know I did not make in 3 hours then and probably will need more than 3 hours with my future make. You did well I always enjoy your videos and the way you style your makes . You might want to use bias tape to finish your neckline in the future.
Thank you! I dont know why I didn’t use bias bindings?! Will definitely next time!!
Oh, I could NOT with that basket of thread!!
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Hi Drew - I enjoy watching you strive and learn! Maybe next time instead of counting the time down, count it UP using the stopwatch feature. Then you can just ignore the timer (unless you need to put the pause on it), and focus on the sewing. I’m quite sure that the first time it two that you make something it will take longer than after you get comfortable with it, plus the filming adds time of course. I really wouldn’t sweat the timing too much - especially on your first run through it. I agree with you.. I’d rather take my time and enjoy the process.
That’s a really good idea!! I actually sewed the dress again today with some different fabric to wear for the holiday. I didn’t film or watch the clock but I believe it took only a little over 3 hours!
@@SewSewDrew My Great-Grandma was a professional tailor and when she was teaching us and we’d be frustrated, she’d say - it’s ok, the first hundred are the hardest! 😆
Love that!!
Your children pics on the phone are heart-warming. Isn't it so crazy how we might feel sad/depressed and then we see children and then we feel so happy??? They immediately change our mood. I noticed the cross on your neck. Do you read the Bible often??
Thank you! I need to update the photo it’s 2 or 3 Christmas ago. But it was such a good Christmas that year. I do read the Bible it’s a very good book. Not as often as I would like or need to. I probably over share a lot here but my faith has been a little shaken recently but I still talk to my God every single day ♥️
I'm nor a sewer, but I have seen my other channels use those tiny clamps on slippery material instead of pins...maybe give those clamps a try and see if that is easier...
Try pattern weights in addition to pinning to help you cut shifty fabrics. I use big washers from the hardware store and they help alot
Thank you!
Wow I have that pattern and have not even cut it out, part of my stash, I think I will take it out and make it. That pattern is at least 30 years old.
First: I guess I’m vintage! lol
As for the 3 hour sewing, I think the pattern makers mean that it’s 3 hours to sew, not to cut and prep. That’s my excuse, anyway. 😂
You may want to invest in a rotary cutter and a cutting board. I use mine for viscose crepe or a challis, or a sateen. I find that it makes cutting curves more accurate, especially for collars and such. It depends on your comfort level, though
That definitely would have helped with this fabric I have both and didn’t think to use. But I will when working with this sort of fabric again 😊
I can watch, I love your videos 9:23
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My tip for cutting out slippery fabrics is lay down some tissue paper then when you lay your fabric it wont move unless you move it. Sorry your machine gave you problems. The reveal you look good in it but i was worried that the top part would be too big for you. Oh well now you know and I look forward to another of your videos ( as i like to watch u after SewRena) but not with the timer 😂! 👍🩷🇨🇦
No more timer! And thanks for the tissue tip 🫶🏾
I don't know how you ended up on my feed, but I'm so glad you did! You are amazing! ❤ I subscribed before the video was 15 seconds in! What kind of sewing macro you have that goes so slowly? I want one! 😂
ETA: I hit send and your machine went haywire and I saw what it was! LOL You are still amazing!
So happy you found your way here 🫶🏾
that may be slippery fabric, it sure is pretty!
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Gorgeous dress! I'm sorry it dragged on so much! I would probably throw a pleat in at the back of the dress to pull the shoulders in, otherwise the fit does look correct for the 90s. I was there and wearing a dress like that :D. It was red, it didn't fit my housemate quite right, so she gave it to me. Genuinely always felt amazing in it. But you would really not believe how overall baggy our clothes were. Just so, so big.
I am actually making it again right now to wear tomorrow and it can be done in 3 hours!! With different fabric and no camera!!
@@SewSewDrew I'm so excited for this. I took this week off from work and committed to doing kitchen cupboard deep cleaning instead of sewing, so I have nothing new to wear today 😅
I need to do the same!!! Putting it off for a while now! I try to do a really deep reset before the kids go back to school
I pin before I cut to make the material doesnt shift
The dress is very pretty but I think the cutting would be easier if you used a rotary cutter and a mat along with starching the fabric. The rotary cutter and pattern weights and starch all help to not cause the fabric to shift as much. I think if you try it you will definitely see it’s much easier.
Thank you so much. I tried a rotary when I first began to sew and was scared of it. I think I am ready now!
That v waistline was very 90s too
Thanks!! I didn’t know that!
Hi Drew. I love the fabric pattern but the wrap over style I didn't like first time around so I won't like it this time around. I forgot to tell you the time but I was only an hour off.
I actually really like this style I kept that dress on all day and it was so comfy especially after wearing 1950s wiggle dress and girdle the day before!
Wow! I love prints and color, but my reaction to the fabric was 😐... If I remember the 90s I wore layered tshirt type dresses to go dancing... There were blazers with shoulder pads.. high waisted western jeans.
I really love the end result! Even the fabric! That fabric looked difficult to fiddle with. I've been avoiding stretchy/drapy fabric and using cotton, but the cottons are so stiff . 😒 Might have to hunt down the pattern when it's on sale.
Always check the finished sizing... And it's still a gamble to figure which size to use. That's why I go through the extra effort of putting my pattern pieces onto different paper in order to keep the original in tact if I need other sizes. I have old patterns from my slender days that I can't use because I cut out the size I need from the original. 🤷🏼.
That looks like it's going to be comfy in the summer heat. Keep cool sis! 😘💞💝
Thanks for watching and the great feedback. I enjoyed reading it. Yes I wasn’t sure about the fabric and it was a nightmare to work with. I made the dress again out of cotton and went down 2 sizes and loved it!! There is a short video of it on my channel!
@SewSewDrew I'll check it out! God bless!!
Wooow so I’m vintage now 😂
SAME!!!
The fabric is stunning, 🎉and that type of fabric needs practice working with.
Yes it does!
Never mind me, I'm busy digging out my Mom's old patterns... Not so sure about the shoulder pads...
I’m thinking that should fall in that category being it’s about 34 yrs old…antique is suppose to be 100yrs old…lol
Oh, lort! 90s is vintage now😂😂😂
Watch we discuss!! But that’s so wild!!
I'm so OLLLLLLDDDDD! 😂😂😂😂
Yeah it's strange that they are reproducing 90's patterns when they are still everywhere, and resalers can't move them. My local thrifts are full of them. They just sit. This dress is cute though.
Looks great! The 2nd one you made looks even better because of the fit. Do you think the fabric choices made a difference? Sorry if you answered this already but what was the first fabric? The 2bd one looks like a cotton??
I went down from a size 18 to a 14 that made a huge difference. The fabric is indeed some 1 dollar a yard cotton which was easier to sew but doesn’t look as elegant as the first. 😊
@@SewSewDrew thanks for the reply!! I look forward to making one for myself too :)
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I made that dress. But it wasn’t vintage at the time!
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I remember always a bare shoulder on outfits tops dresses, so get a strapless bra and let your shoulder be bare…lol…dress looked nice on you
Great idea!!
The # doesnt matter
Vintage is 30 decades There are 3 decades from the 90’s to 20
I don't think it's big on you at all. Some tops, blouses, or even the top of dress to be a little loose.
Make it again in a color that pops, maybe a bright pink or purple, or summery print.
Otherwise, you look great.
30 years not 20 please
I guess I am just a white "creepy uncle" type. But there is something *EXTREMELY* attractive about a woman who in the year 2024 can sew and fix clothes.
Everyone has a creepy uncle! I guess you mine ♥️
@@SewSewDrew Thanks for not being "judgemental". Well, I am kinda creepy, that is a fact. I remember my aunt and grandma doing Crochet, my Mom when I was young, doing sewing like you. I just think it is so GREAT not to waste things, and we can use that now. That's aside from the fact you are *VERY* beautiful
@Rubin4749 my mom crochet a lot when I was a kid and has even made beautiful blankets for my kids. She’s tried to teach me my whole life and for some reason I just can’t get it! But thank you for watching and the sweet comments ♥️
@@SewSewDrew I'm sitting at home now, having some "adult" drinks. But the truth is, I kinda got a "crush" on you. PLease keep making these videos, don;t stop, it makes me so happy to watch you. Honeslty, I'm not into the whole "woke" thing. But if my race hurt your race,. I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry for that.
@@SewSewDrew You got so much class, the way you "carry" yourself. Well, I gotta stop now or you'll think I'm "stalking" you. Just, thanks for bringing cheer/joy to an old white guy's life.
Sew in 3 hours , all the pre work and cutting doesn’t count.
I made it again out of cotton and it took about four hours with the cutting included
Way too much talking! I want to see sewing in a sewing video!
The first words of the video are “sewing vlog”
i liked the talking 💗💗 this is a chatty vlog , keep up the lovely work Drew ☺️ new subscriber!!
Loved this
Thank you sweetheart 🫶🏾