Make it Better: Designing 3 simple linen skirts for my body type (+ a very long chicken update 🐣)
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2024
- My previous video discussed ideas for upcoming projects, focusing on making clothing better suited to my body type. This video puts that into action, starting with the simplest, most imminently useful item I could imagine: basic linen skirts for spring and summer.
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Sorry, the green was "Moss", but it's out of stock.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:49 The Designs
02:55 Sewing the Plum Skirt
09:23 Sewing the Pumpkin Skirt
14:54 Sewing the Olive Skirt
19:47 Review, and tweaking my guidelines
26:03 Chicken Update
32:09 Feather Babies 🐣 - Jak na to + styl
This more scientific/data-centric approach is honestly inspirational. I should really do my own experiments to see what I like.
First time viewer, great approach.
I think a lot of your issues with wanting less volume around your hips while still having swoosh further down, can be fixed with using godets. They aren’t used much anymore. You rarely see them in modern skirts, but they are used widely throughout history. I’m unsure whether it’s because they require a bit more work and patterning or if they simply aren’t fashionable anymore. I really hope you’ll look into them. They’re also good for piecing and making less fabric go further.
Love your content! Thank you for all you do ❤
I have a skirt like that! I didn't know that had a name. With my godet skirt, it has a TON of them (which I like) but it has 2 issues: it's too short, and it has this tendency to cling to the tops of my thighs before flouncing out, which makes my lower belly look even more present. I'm not a pear shape, I just have the post-baby pouch, but man was that a bummer. The fullness of the skirt itself was super fun until I noticed the pouch thing and couldn't get it out of my head.
@@samsontheladle shapewear can be your friend here.
@@samsontheladle godets can start at any height really. So if you do an empire waistline you can start a Godet at your natural waist. Or even start at the hips. Most godets are positioned at the low hip level
I just imagined to get more green linen but with another tone and add godets into the green skirt in from these. Would fix what’s "sad" about the green skirt so far and make it more fun visually.
Now that you mention it...they do seem to have gone out of style somewhat.
I've been sewing since the mid 90s and have my mother's Burda collection (a German sewing magazine with patterns) going back to the late 70s and there are plenty of skirts and dresses with godets in them. Not so much, anymore.
They are fiddly and time consuming, but great for piecing. And you can create very cool visual effects with them.
A few years ago, I started measuring my favorite clothes and making blocks from them. The "style guide" gets occasional refinements, but it's well worth the effort. You won't regret the time you've spent on making your own guide! Plus, it's much easier to adjust when your weight does fluctuate, because you have a solid starting place. The hemline guide is an EXCELLENT idea, and I'm going to add that to my own guide. I love all of these skirts, and I especially love that you were able to make matching headbands from the scraps.
Nice i now always make my clothes with multiple buttons and ways to close them at different sizes ..my great granny was a dress maker and we have some of the old clothes and they all have this ability to be closed tight or loose with hidden buttons inside ... so since i made my first skirt and by the time i had finished it it was too tight for me 😂 and my second skirt which by the time i finished was way too big on me i realised that i go up and down two sizes month to month and so now everything has at least two settings. Mid period small period day medium and period day i just ate pizza large!
I love how the Guinea went oh here I don’t have to find food there just is food ok I live here now Turkey you’re my mum now you don’t get a choice
Super cute skirts. I really want to try the pumpkin one you made. It's adorable. And keep the chicken updates coming! They are ADORABLE!
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@miss_madams - I agree that the chicks are very cute and it's nice when they let you cuddle them. However, I do NOT want to watch the entire chicken life-style where Ms Mariah Pattie ends up frying drumsticks. >_
A baguette in an 18th century pocket LOL. I love the green skirt. I think it looks great on you. I agree the purple could use more length, mainly because the extra fabric weight would pull the pleats down more. Could you weight the hem? So satisfying to watch linen being ironed.
I like the green skirt. It seems to be the every day skirt you planned to make.
Exactly. If it was too nice I’d probably actually wear it less often, too precious about ruining it. I like the Pumpkin best, but I’ll probably wear the Olive most.
I love these skirts!! It never occurred to me to make waist bands thinner because of my high waist or to patch a small uneven spot like that! You gave me some great ideas!
Im loving this journey. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head as to why I don’t like a lot of what I make.
SAME. And I am a sucker for a spreadsheet, but I never would have thought to compile the information in this way! I'm definitely coming away inspired!
I love the chicken update. And it's good, somehow, that as Cinderella Fairytale as your sewing content can feel (and yes, it feels magical
It took so long for me to realise the importance of the right fabric weight and stiffness for different kinds of project. It has such a huge impact it felt quite ironic I had overlooked it for so long. But that's how a lot of sewing lessons are, I feel: when you at last get it, it seems obvious even if weren't before.
I am loving hearing you analyzing the making and designing process. My brain works the same way, so all your videos are really helpful in giving me ways to approach my own sewing, when you explain what you learn and WHY things work or not.
Also, yay for chicken update!
I truly enjoy wearing the things I make so much more than ready to wear garments because those tend all to need some type of change to make them better for me. Pockets, waist ties or not, belt loops or an adjustable waist band or elastic options. I live where it is hotter, so I like my skirts shorter, but I find wearing morning aprons with larger pockets for collecting eggs or fruit is also best. We raise Muscovy ducks which are pretty quiet, and they are pretty much free range. This gives us the daily egg hunts and we really find they enjoy working in our garden as much as we do. I agree, leave out the gross bit of farm life, but having fresh eggs and meat when we want is really worth it and the only way to know what is in your food! Thanks!
Having a similar frame, I learned quite by accident, (by wearing an unfinished skirt in an emergency) that skirts look better on me without bulk & without a waistband. With experience I learned that a good facing is sufficient for flat skirts & that historically, bulky skirts had extremely thin waistbands only thick enough to encase the pleats/gathers or as wide as a finger or thumb. My favourite dress pants/trousers from 20+yrs ago had no waistband & zipped up the back; I recently found a pattern for them in a charity shop & am SO looking forward to making them. When you consider dress/skirt length, the Golden Ratio to calculate dress/skirt proportions as follows; Take your height plus heels & divide that sum by the Golden Ratio (1.618). This will tell you how far your ideal hem should drop from the shoulder. Best wishes.
I'll try that
I love seeing you perch the chicks on your finger like a farmer Disney princess
OMG, good job! I know the green skirt wasn't your favourite, but I do find it the most flattering of all of the skirts. (And I think I need this kind of skirt in my life, hahaha)
I love how your are doing this series about making clothes that fit to your body type, and I struggle with this so much (I have a body type that is tricky and the struggle is REAL) So the tips /mistakes and adjustments you have sprinkled in are so helpful (like adjusting the dropped waist to be longer in the back for a fuller hip, not putting pleases or gathers on the sides etc)
I also love that you patched a bit on the one skirt because the length was just missing a smidge. I have had this issue and it never occurred to me EVEN THOUGH I have seen plenty of hand made garments where the seamstress had to fudge a little for this reason and guess what: it is totally fine and okay to do this if you want! No one cares 😂
So altogether super helpful serious, thanks for letting us follow along 💕
I love the gathered skirt back on the first plum skirt, it would be perfect for maternity skirts! It doesn’t necessarily need to have plates however the size adjustability accommodate the growing belly. Had I known about such things I would’ve made myself one during my pregnancy when I was having a hard time finding anything that fit
Ooh, gorgeous little hatchlings
I appreciate that you didn't shy away from the topic of birds for meat, but you want them to live the best lives that they can before that time. That seems to be a nuance between vegans and meat eaters that can get lost in the discussion. ⭐
Yes I agree completely. Homesteaders and vegans share many of the same concerns, we just have a different approach to solving the problems.
When you showed the babies, my mama dog came running and checked the corner of the house we put our brooder in 😂 when she saw nothing there and I told her it was the TV she sat and watched intently as you showed them all.
Also, the first uncanny one should be Amelia because the swoops are like flight goggles.
We consider our laying hens as pets, meat birds are livestock that we hatch from their eggs. The key being you put the brooder somewhere where you aren't looking at it all day. Because babies.
Yeah, thinking that’s what we’ll do with the next batch. I like that name idea, but I might go with Earhart 😃
The Olive skirt looks really good on you,. also like the pumpkin, I sometimes use old jeans to make that style, which means I'm not tossing out those old jeans . and I try to save the old legs for making picnic quilts. For the purple skirt, you might do a blind stitch on those side pleats to pin them down to your hips, to make it less annoying to you. :)
For adjustability on one of my skirts, I experimented with eyelets that would allow me to lace into my waistband and cinch it tighter folding the inner fabric out as a box pleat. One of my first skirts that I wear on the regular!
Love this idea, thank you!!!
I love the baby chicken updates! I understand their purpose and think it's great that your goal is to give them a good life while living more sustainably and raising your own food.
Also, I think the olive skirt looks the best on you. It is very flattering.
Came for the skirts. Stayed for da baby birbs. Time well spent.
You're figuring out a lot of things that will be useful if I ever need to go looking for skirts. Thank you. I like the cute birds.
I love the fact that you are so analytical and not afraid to dive into the math! We also have similar figures -- especially the short waist -- so this is particularly helpful to me.
It looks to me like you are doing straight waistbands that go up from the natural waist. That is definitely easier (and uses less fabric) but I have found that a shaped waistband that goes down from the waist (i.e., basically a short yoke) is better for a short waist.
I have also been experimenting with other types of shaped waistbands. I keep the back and sides at my natural waist, but drop the center front -- from 1 to 4 inches (keeping the waistband height the same all around). It's a really good effect for making the waist look smaller and the torso look longer, but it does emphasize the hips, which I like but you may not.
Anyhow, please keep these up, especially with the lovely linens! I can't wait to invest in some for myself.
Love being able to follow you on this journey. Every time I learn a lot. And as for forgetting lessons you already learned, I often get that too, but luckily most of the time I can just go back and watch the videos where you explain what you learned, and it will remind me of what I learned ;)
That was fun .one minute lm learning to sew and the next lm looking at baby chicks.
I also struggle with sizing and fluctuating weight. I just had my first baby and so for the next few years my weight will be notably different during different seasons, so I go back and forth on wanting to sew my clothes, but also not wanting to waste my time and resources. I previously made a full circle wrap skirt and I love it! Yes, the full circle isn't the most flattering on me, but it brings me joy to wear and it fit over my bump (granted it started to look a little ridiculous near the end). I notice so many wrap patterns are actually fake wraps with a hidden button.. but for me right now a true wrap is a great option to accentuate my waist, and fit me at multiple sizes. I'm planning on making one or two more wrap skirts to be easy wardrobe staples.
Good observation re fabric drape vs fullness of skirt!
Regarding length, having a basic number to draft the skirt saves time, but I still like to finish the garment before I commit to a certain length. Depending on the fabric, where the waist sits, etc, I might want it shorter or longer.
i LOVE the details as to why different designs, lengths, etc look good on your body type! it's really making me think about what i need to do and look for for my own body. it's so interesting, and i dont watch anyone else that adds this theory and evidence. thank you for your hard work and maths skills :D
Skirt-wise - I am completely with you when you say that you forget what to do between sewing projects. My brain must be like Swiss cheese....Your data collection is an excellent, organized way to stay informed.
Perfect motivation to finish the thrift flip skirt I started and has taken me longer than intended! I honestly like all three of these skirts! They seem like they will be fairly versatile to. Enjoyed the chicken update, tried to share part of it with my 8 month old and he watched the chicks for a short while 😂.
Seeing all the chick's patterns reminded me of Qyaalyon, they all look so pretty
Love the chickens they are cute but they are for food too. You have the right mindset. Keep up the good work. Love how you work thru your thoughts on how to make your skirts.
She's so inspriring! You're skilled in presentation (in terms of video essays) and sewing! You are someone I look up to!!
In Portuguese, it seems that the Guinea fowl is saying "tô fraca, tô fraca", that can be translated as "I'm weak, I'm weak". All your fowls are lovely! BTW, I also loved the skirts. Your lessons are good lessons for me too, thank you.
Love the green skirt and the babies are so cute! And I absolutely love the videos. Thank you
I really appreciate your approach to creating your wardrobe.
I wish I had had this insight on drape when I made my massive mushroom print dress. 15 panels of duckcloth...
Oh my 😵
I love this video! I was so excited to see you give a 5/5 for the orange skirt, it's gorgeous! And I love the olive one too! I think it looks great on you even if the design isn't as flashy
That pumpkin skirt was my favorite. The green one would look good in a heavier wool, for sure. We have a similar body shape, so I'm using your troubleshooting for my own clothing guidance, so *thank you* ❤ Also, I love the chicken updates!
Same here! Except maybe height and weight. Shape seems similar, but I'm probably a bit taller and way heavier.
You know, if you want longtime size adjustability, something I saw in my grandmothers old pants could work. But it’s not for short term fluctuations, it just makes altering pants and skirts a lo quicker. In essentials, you can take pants in and out with something of a v-shape in the back. And her pair of pants had a waistband that was halved neatly finished on each side of the the middle. The only thing she had to do was take that pair in and out at the center back seam, and fold and press more or less excess material in the middle. I think that could work very well with any garment that doesn’t close in the back but has a backseam. And you could very easily hide it in a center back pleat
You can save your old pleated skirt by iron pleats nicely with 1/4 to 1/2 of inch every side of pleat wider at the bottom compare to top and sewing pleats together to hips level.
Hi Mariah! I hope this is helpful: for an intransigent bumblefoot, do as you did with the soaking and scab removal, then make a warm poultice of either woundwort leaves or camomile teabags, place that under the foot and wrap (working between the toes) with strips of thin plastic. Food wrap is good, or strips cut from a lightweight plastic bag. Replace the poultice daily but skip the soaking and de-scabbing as it scares her.
My bantams just went outside yesterday, there are only 8 of them, but they will create a flock in a few months. I like them because they are great brooders. This is my first flock by myself, I have always helped family who raise chickens, but never raised them on my own. I do keep them in the pen for now, they are so tiny and the bigger chickens next door are free range. I don't want to take any chances of them getting overrun.
Your skirts are beautiful, you are a very accomplished sewist. The chickens are gorgeous and the new chicks are just darling..
Love the green skirt with the tabs :)
Re the idea about the size-adjustable panel: in my experience, it works best with skirts that are flat at the front and just gathered at the back (no pleats anywhere). I even have a skirt that became too loose after I lost some weight, so I put elastic into the waist band just for the back panel and it looks great.
For the plum skirts adjustability, all you need to do is leave extra seam allowance in the waist. The pleats give you the extra fabric you'd need later to adjust the size you'd just take the waistband off and re-pleat the skirt to the new waist size. If you hand sew the pleats down you might get less damage to the material when removing the pleats to reset them.
That’s a great idea if you only expect to change sizes a few times during the life of the skirt. I’m personally trying to make clothing that can be an inch or two different in the waist depending on the day or time of the month, without reconstructing the garment.
Predator-wise - One summer on Cape Cod, we were outside in the middle of the day with our 2 cats milling about with us. Suddenly, a coyote sprang from some brush and charged after the kitties with us standing right there yelling at it! One cat ran flat out and easily outpaced the coyote while the 2nd kitty ran up an extremely tall locust tree and was so traumatized that she refused to come down. My husband had to borrow a 40-foot ladder to climb up for her. All the kids in the neighborhood were entranced and steadied the base of the ladder for him while his knees knocked together up in the air. Thank goodness, little Panda let him pick her up and she hid under his arm while he shakily brought her back to Earth. He was relieved she didn't dig into his skin! The kitties were not allowed outdoors after that.
Bravo on the skirts! 😍 I can't get enough of your analytical approach to dress making 🤓 And thank you for sharing your fowl update!! Adorable.
I love them 😍, both the skirts and the chickens.
Sewing and chickens, I'm always so delighted when you post a video! 😊 Once my husband and I buy a house for our family, I definitely want to raise our own chickens too! 🐣
I love the analytic and systematic way you go about this. 👍🏻
Your feathered friends are great!
Love your farm part video, thank you for sewing and farming. 🇺🇸❤️
You can always let the pleat out and save your fabric to add onto the waist band. I think stitching down the pleats is a good fix. My favorite is the green one.
That pumpkin skirt is something I really want one as well
The weight and drape of the fabric in relation to volume of skirt is a really good point to consider. I'm aiming to do a bit more experimenting this year with different skirt patterns, I've tried to be orderly with plans and measurements but I'm too chaotic so far and don't remember anything. I got some linen from ebay which is stiffer than I expected and I didn't know what to do with it so maybe I'll try a skirt with medium volume. I appreciate the chicken content 🐔🐣
Did you wash it first?
@@RoSario-vb8ge yes, I'm trying to wash new fabric on arrival these days to get it out of the way. I might do that one again before I use it though just in case/to see if it softens up
your skirts and designing for your body type is excellent to see, and I really appreciate you being honest with also eating some of your birds. On the self sustaining front, raising rabbits for meat I've found to be a lot easier than raising dual purpose chickens if you ever decide to give that a try
I’d be interested, but I don’t think it’ll happen. I’m fine with butchering anything but I hate the dispatch. Caleb does it now, but he said that rabbits are where he’ll draw a line 🙃
Honestly, hemming curved hems with bias tape is such a game changer and so much easier. I’d definitely recommend it, although I would recommend making your own bias tape or buy bias tape online as the stuff from Joanns is 55/45 cotton polyester and is very stiff which wouldn’t be the best for a flowy skirt.
Do you put the bias tape on the bottom edge in place of hemming? Or use it and then fold up the hem in addition?
@@eccentricviewingsnoidiotsa554 I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to line the edge of the bias tape up with the raw hem. At least that’s how I do it.
I have found that you are completely right that stitching the pleats closed farther down works great to deemphasize the hips. I ended up doing it on a few projects for my aunt who is vety short waisted and they looked great
Writing down lessons and tips, no matter how intuitive has saved me over and over again. It took years for me to have the patience and interest to really journal as I made things, but it’s paid off!
I love the olive skirt! I'd love to make something similar for myself (I am also short waisted but with ridiculously long legs and I prefer skirts that aren't overly full.)
Buttonhole elastic is a great way to make it size adjustable at the waist. Put a buttonhole in the hem facing at one side seam or the other. Fix the elastic at the side seam opposite the buttonhole. Feed the elastic through the buttonhole and place a button about 1” or less that you can button the buttonhole elastic to. You can cinch it tight or ease just a little bit. For example on the first skirt. You could do whatever you like with the pleats, then use the elastic to ease in just a bit.
Oops I meant to say waistband facing (inside of the waistband if it’s a fold over type) not hem facing
That pumpkin one looks so good on you!
Loved it all, but thank you especially for a new idea in adjustable-waist, non-stretch clothing creation! I understand why you re-did the plum skirt, but am grateful you tried it and shared the concept with us. I had not thought of that, and I’ve been racking my brain and CZcams for natural fiber, adjustable clothing ideas. My weight fluctuates and since I’m short and a soft natural body type, my waist can change by a couple of sizes on the regular. AND I hate elastic and synthetic fabrics. AND I want to be comfortable all the time. So this is a cool concept, the drawstring panel. Thanks and sending love to you both. PS: I still tear up when I see your vids because I keep thinking about your love story with Caleb. Marriage itself is a lot of work, but a real love like you two have IS the fairy tale everyone hopes for. So happy for you!!!
PSS: Katherine Sewing YT channel has an adjustable waist 18th century-style linen maternity skirt tutorial which is actually the only other non-stretch adjustable waist idea I’ve come across so far. Not sure if that’s useful to you or other viewers but I think it’s a really cool design concept.
I don’t know if the previous reply is referring to the Coquelicot skirt by Wildflower Designs or something similar but it’s an awesome pattern for adjustable skirts! I reviewed it on my channel fairly recently.
I'm loving this series. Fascinated to see the similarities and differences. I'm short-waisted like you but have no hips to speak of so generally I look like a soup can with boobs if I don't have any hip padding... but one thing I've learned for my own figure is that if I'm going to wear a bulkily-gathered skirt, I need a wide curved waistband that acts as a yoke and moves the bulk down to my high hip rather than anywhere higher.
For the size adjustability issue on the first skirt, maybe there's a way to form the sides of a box pleat but have lacing on each side of the inside of the box pleat so you can pull them tighter or loosen them up ? Have to do some thinking for how the waistband works for that.
Heh, Baguette-sized pockets... something I'm noticing right now with my shape, too much in my pockets will pull my pants down... silly lack of hips...
Thanks for the chicken update, I was wondering what you'd do with all those roosters, and now I know. Good on you, I don't think I could do it, if I had to kill my own meat I'd be a vegetarian (but if I tried the homesteading thing I'd want a cow and some chickens for milk and eggs). My friends who have a coop (no chickens, a few weeks ago something got all three after trashing the coop) temporarily wound up with a very lovely friendly rooster last year that they ended up having to ..erm, dispatch... because they're in a non-rooster area and someone else nearby presumably hand- raised a bunch of eggs to adulthood, then released the roosters in the local park... and nobody else was interested in anything other than butchery when it came to the released roosters. It's too bad, cause he was real snuggly.
Ahhhh I live in a town called Gympie in QLD Australia. I love that you have a rooster called that! He's beautiful
I hope I will be able to sew like you someday! I was hypnotized whole video :D
75000 subscribers? You are certainly growing nicely, congratulations and much luck for you and yours going forward.
Brilliant sewing :) Making clothing is something I REALLY want to do so I can choose fabrics, colors, patterns & shape! I knit, crochet, tunisian crochet, Nalbind, embroider and cross stitch (recently learned to make tatted items & lace as well). The pumpkin skirt looks great on you & all the clothing looks light and comfortable! 🥰
that pumpkin skirt is gorgeous!
For an adjustable waist skirt, have you considered doing the 18th century style with the ties for the front and back panels, or a modified version of it? That way you can have a skirt that's fully adjustable without needing to introduce elastic/drawstring that will mess up the pleating.
Beginner sewer here. I'm looking into linen garment making. We live in Texas. Enough said.
I really love the olive skirt and the belt tabs. Great job all around!
so fun to see you making decisions and tradeoffs as you go! i love your thought process.
I like the different style linen skirts. The waistbands were very pretty
The olive skirt is my absolute fav!!!
Cute chick's, love the skirts. Maybe you should get a goose gander for your flock. They are extremely good guards against predators.
my favorite of the new skirts was the green although I’d love to see the hem just maybe an 1” shorter. Then at 24:43 the circle skirts on you🙌🏼 OMG perfection!!! I’m loving that you’re doing this and it inspires me to get my act together. I’ve been really trying to pay attention to colors. But now I’ll look more at silhouette. I’m 5’6” 34D/27/39.
Love the precision and cleanliness of your sewing.
The chicken babies are cute and it's super impressive that you actually hatched them 👍☺️🐥🐣🐔
Thanks for sharing your experimental findings along with your creative results. Congratulations on the birdies! For the foot infection, I've heard that colloidal silver is helpful.
I find watching your journey so useful to applying it to my sewing - thank you :-)
As usual I have learned a great deal from you! I am taking on the project of really creating outfits for my body type. Your words made so much sense to me. I constantly think, why doesn't this look right or feel right on me. I have shorter legs, and a long torso and I don't have a clue if I am short or long wasted! I do know the if a skirt hits at the right part of my waist, I like it better. I just realized it was that factor that was the reason I liked it better, after your last I tried video i tried some things on, and went, aha! The way you break things down appeals to my brain!
I don't know if I said congratulations on your marriage and new home? I am so happy for you and Caleb! I wish all the best and many blessings! I am glad you opened your heart and found your love. You deserve it.
Your new chick babies are absolutely beautiful ❤ The different markings are incredible.
I am excited to see what you do next. I will be using your skirt video for the next month, wish me luck.
Wishing you happiness, laughter, and health,
Audri
Sometimes just going out to different stores and trying on randon clothes helps you see what doesn't work for you and hooray what does.
I love that pumpkin skirt and think the olive is great too, also I really like the tomato dress fabric :D Seeing you use the serger made me really want one, but then after looking it up I discovered it's called an overlocker outside of the US, which I already have :')
Also please keep up the chicken updates. I love those ❤
I love the name Checkmate!
We have approximately 80 chickens give or take on my parents farm And they’re all probably mutts, Which i decided is my favorite breed of chicken cause you never know what your gonna get. We have some that have big poofs on their heads, little poofs, some are part silkie and are really fuzzy with blue cheeks, always a fun surprise!
Thank you for providing such a pleasant channel and video, extremely entertaining and informative!🎉
Love your color selection on all these skirts!! Now I have the urge to click on those links lol. Also very cute and elegant designs and fun experiments! I always get super nervous with experiments and stressing my self out when making mistakes. Your bold and confident actions when sewing is something I really admire.
Cute skirts, cute chickens!
These designs are incredible. I will definitely be trying the last two designs for myself!
The beauty of a center back pleat is you can adjust it or remove it without a new waistband, if you match the width of the waist band to the unpleated panel, pleat your panel and run your seam right through the waistband and down to secure the pleat. You end up with an unnoticeable center back seam and the extra waistband hidden inside, ready to let out and adjust as you might need.
I think you made the right decision changing the inner drawstring to a pleat, but if you want to try adjustable again, i might have a suggestion. When my son was little he had a pair of adjustable blue jeans. Inside of the waist band was a ribbon with multiple buttonholes along it's length and there was a button on the inside of each side seam. Thus the gathering is more subtle because a flat ribbon is used instead of a string and the buttons eliminate the lump of a knot.
I am loving this new wave of your content because it directly correlates with my own journey.
I am an academic, and that is apparent based on the formulas/math and theories I am trying to draw upon, whilst using data to drive my ideas.
Needless to say, I think you would do well in academia 😂
All three skirts are beautiful. 💞
they all look good, but if you are worried about the excess fabric from the pleat on the purple one, simply sew the pleat closed to just above the pocket. just a suggestion I do ofter
I love these tutorials! genius placket method too...
Because of the font I originally thought this video was about designing linen SHIRTS and I got excited. However, when I figured out it was about skirts I kept watching and enjoyed it also. I feel inspired watching your methods of sewing. Now if I can just organize my sewing space just enough to have room to work maybe I can finally get some projects out of the way to make room for new ideas.
So excited to see more of what you make! I really like getting the analysis section after the reveal.
Mariah, I also love your informative, logical, descriptive, sensible approach to your projects. I learn so much from you ! Thank you!
I love the color combinations! These skirts look great I can’t wait to see the next video.
I love this so much, sewing and chickens, two of my favourite things. Thank you for brightening my day!