There’s a time and a place for “accurate historical sewing,” but in my opinion, seamstresses of the past were a clever and innovative bunch. They didn’t “follow the rules” if they had a shortcut. So when someone says “sewing isn’t accurate” because they use a serger… I think if someone from 1910 had a serger, she absolutely would have used it instead of flat felling seams by hand. Your video and process is very well done and the result is fantastic! I’ve made a walking skirt once before, and your instructions are much more clear than the ones I muddled through!
Can I just say, I *love* the idea of pinning little cards to the pattern pieces to say which is which? I always stress about whether I'll mark with something that won't come out, or on the right side of the piece, and this is the *perfect* solution. The skirt is gorgeous, and I might be about to order some horsehair braid to put in the hem of mine!
Thanks V! Tbh I almost took them off because I thought they weren’t “aesthetic enough” 😅 I’m so glad I didn’t and that everyone liked them so much haha
I love how you covered really basic things that are often not at all obvious when you're starting out, like sewing from the waistband down. This was a really good, really well filmed and clear video that I'll definitely be referring to in the future!
Watching this reminded me that I always, ALWAYS, forgot to hang things up when they're on a bias 😅 No wonder they pucker! Also, it is amazing just how much that horsehair braid makes everything sticks out and be flowy!
So swooshy! That's a really interesting pocket shape too, I'll have to play around with that when I finally make myself a walking skirt. It's a great colour on you!
WOW! You’re a natural teacher, really : every step simply and clearly explained. And the best video to follow for those mystery historical pockets!! Thank you so much. I like that you demonstrate the modern way of sewing historical for those who may not have time to sew everything by hand. And yet, if we want we can include bits of hand sewing… or all. Please, do continue your great work of vulgarising sewing projects like this one!
Thanks Faye! I have one of those too haha... been in progress for like a year, but I think the facing is already cut out, so I should probably just finish it with the facing 😅😬
Wonderful instructions with a restful voice, totally doable. I was just gifted yards and yards and yards of light weight wool. So no reason but to try this skirt, or so I say. Thanks for a great beginning to Cos-vid 2021. Yea, jumping up and down.
Thanks for this! I've put the teardrop shaped historical pockets in several garments now, but couldn't quite wrap my head around this style. Such a nice clear explanation & demonstration!
This is an amazing resource for making walking skirts, thank you so much for putting all this together! I love how your skirt came out, I can't wait to make one for myself
This is so lovely. I'm going to come back to this video when I finally make a new walking skirt. Also way to get my brain to finally understand how to do a blind hem by machine. 😅
Thanks! And yay! I think it helps that the braid and the fabric are different colors, it always takes me a minute when it’s just lots of the same fabric folded in different ways
Your light and sweet voice matches perfectly with this easy to follow tutorial!! Which is great, I feel like I can make a walking skirt from this. Other tutorials, especially Bernadette Banner’s, feel like a box of freshly made chicken nuggets stuck on a high cliff that I’m not worthy enough to climb... I’m gonna refer to this video when I’m finally ready to make a walking skirt! I am very excited!! Thank you!
Thanks so much for all this information. Answered so many questions I had. Can't wait to make one know that I'm not so worried about getting stuff wrong..
I’m so glad! And definitely no need to worry about getting things wrong - there’s always a way to fix it, and as long as you end up with the garment you wanted it wasn’t wrong
Do I need another skirt to be tempted to make? No. Am I gonna watch so I have excuses to add to the to-sew list? You bet. Bless you~ Oh my goodness! I need to try this version of historically inspired pockets, I usually just make 18th century inspired pockets (the tie-on kind) and pretty much build them into the waistband and skirt front, a la Mariah Pattie modernized, but yikes when you mess up, it's hard to hide. I need to remember this for my next history bounding skirt! Thank you.
I’m so glad you liked it! I keep meaning to give 18th century inspired ones another go, my first attempt at sewing them into a skirt (rather than having them separate) didn’t go well either 😬
Thank you for your video. I could never figure out how the blind hem machine stitch worked until now. Your visual worked for me. My sewing machine manual instructions were impossible to decipher. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for this video! It has given me some things to take into account as I am contemplating a late 19th/early 20th century inspired history-bounding workwear capsule! So glad I found your channel and this video specifically! I appreciate you going into the different methods since they'd basically make a book almost unusable to someone not that familiar with the techniques...❤
Beautiful! I have some fabrics that looks to be about the same weight that I’m now wondering if I can make a walking skirt out of 🤔 Thank you for the video!
Thank you so much for sharing this video! its been a great help. I couldn't figure out how to do the placket and pockets and this video really help me. Thank You and can't wait to see more.
This tutorial was really easy to understand and gave me some good tips about basic sewing skills! thanks for all the reference materials, too! and finally, your boots are just SO COOL :D
Thank you for clear and precise instruction, especially the pocket, I will read through your links thanks for putting all these together, great instruction video, I will start following you!
Parabéns 👏👏👏..você explica muito bem , sem a legenda eu já entendi 70 % 😃 ...imagina quando colocar legenda rsrsrs...agora vou conseguir fazer a minha saia .. ficou lindo 🥰
The trouble with the pattern drafting guides, aside from being very confusing, is that they all assume a very small waist with a hip more than 15 inches bigger, which doesn't translate well to an average, uncorseted, 21st century woman. How much extra fabric did you have in the waist for pleating? Also how much fabric did you use? Your sewing instructions are great, but I'm stuck on the first step!
Yupp! Totally agree with you. I’m working on my own pattern which will hopefully work for a bigger range of sizes, but in the meantime, Rebecca (Pocket Full of Poseys) is putting out a walking skirt drafting guide tomorrow as part of CoSy! I’d recommend checking that out, I’m sure she’ll address some of your concerns. For my pleating I took the width of my back panels (where I wanted the gathering to be) and just doubled them. So that’s about 1/4 of my waist extra. I used just over 2 meters of fabric for mine, but it was a really tight fit (and I’m small to begin with so the skirt is not very big). To be honest I didn’t list fabric amounts in the video since it varies so much based on how full the pattern is, but I’d maybe start with 3-4 meters? Really I’d recommend waiting until you have the pattern and just laying that out on the floor to work out how much fabric you’ll need. I hope that helps a little bit! I would have loved to have more complete instructions than this (either including a pattern or drafting instructions) so that it’s easier for everyone to participate, but I’m trying to make the videos a little more manageable for myself. The pattern is in progress though 😊❤️
@@LinaPiprek Thanks. Drafting patterns definitely needs a whole video and I will definitely check that one out. You did a great job explaining the assembly, and filling the gaps those old books have. I'm quite new to drafting and draping but have learnt so much from the good folk of youtube such as yourself :)
Well, CZcams, you blew it with this suggestion. 😒 I long ago signed a truce with sewing machines: I don't mess with them, and they don't mess with me. 😆 No matter how I tried, I was never able to *not* make a total disaster of anything more complicated than just a straight, common stitch with them. No matter who was teaching me, or who was helping me, or what kind of machine I was using. So... why CZcams chose to show me how to do all this stuff that I will never be able to do is beyond me! 🙃
I'm sorry, but what you are using on the hem is, from memory, tarlatan. Not horsehair braid. Tarlatan is a stiffener, used to give body and structure wherever needed. The one you used is one of the thinner ones, more commonly for collars, sleeves, lapels, and other places, even waistbands if they are particularly thin and structure-less. Skirt hems are normally done with a 4 - 6 inch width. Horsehair braid is yet another product that is put on the bottom of the hem with fairly loose stitches and is designed to take, or sweep, the dirt and rougher walking treatment instead of the main skirt material, and can easily be swapped out with new as often as needed. Many use old scrappier material to do this job if horsehair braid is unattainable.
Um…Where did you get the idea for this version of the pocket? Not from Janet Arnold or Bertha Banner. Did you see an extant garment? Do you find the pocket-tape helps much with the weight distribution, when it ends up that close to the side of the skirt?
I’m not sure it’s what you intended, but this comes across pretty rudely. With just a quick flip through Patterns of Fashion 2 (Janet Arnold) I found pockets this style on pages 23, 29, 45, 49… It’s not something I made up, if that’s what you’re suggesting. Yes, I do find that the tape is helpful, since it shifts the weight from the pocket opening/seam into the waistband. Regardless, I’ll happily admit that my preferences have changed in the 2 years since this video was posted, and I currently prefer more “modern” in-seam pockets on seams like this (the finished result is a little more subtle if the entire pocket is pressed to one side of the seam). This Victorian style works fantastically hidden under pleats, and generally you see them towards the back of skirts like this. I have plans to update the pattern included in this video (as well as releasing the skirt pattern) after my book is published later this year.
I know we already spoke on Instagram but I thought I’d say here too in case anyone else is wondering 😊 I’m not going into the writing process as an expert, so I won’t be posting any tutorials about how to write a book. But I am filming a few vlogs about the process, so that everyone can see how I did mine
This is the first walking skirt tutorial that makes me feel like I could actually make one of my own. Fantastic! Thank you!
Thanks Evie! That’s great to hear 🥰
There’s a time and a place for “accurate historical sewing,” but in my opinion, seamstresses of the past were a clever and innovative bunch. They didn’t “follow the rules” if they had a shortcut. So when someone says “sewing isn’t accurate” because they use a serger… I think if someone from 1910 had a serger, she absolutely would have used it instead of flat felling seams by hand. Your video and process is very well done and the result is fantastic! I’ve made a walking skirt once before, and your instructions are much more clear than the ones I muddled through!
Can I just say, I *love* the idea of pinning little cards to the pattern pieces to say which is which? I always stress about whether I'll mark with something that won't come out, or on the right side of the piece, and this is the *perfect* solution. The skirt is gorgeous, and I might be about to order some horsehair braid to put in the hem of mine!
That would definitely help, when you pull an abandoned project out of the closet after a year or so and have no idea anymore, what's what 😆
Thanks V! Tbh I almost took them off because I thought they weren’t “aesthetic enough” 😅 I’m so glad I didn’t and that everyone liked them so much haha
I love how you covered really basic things that are often not at all obvious when you're starting out, like sewing from the waistband down. This was a really good, really well filmed and clear video that I'll definitely be referring to in the future!
Aww yay! I’m so glad it all made sense!
This is by far the best explanation of a period pocket I have seen. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much!
Watching this reminded me that I always, ALWAYS, forgot to hang things up when they're on a bias 😅 No wonder they pucker! Also, it is amazing just how much that horsehair braid makes everything sticks out and be flowy!
This is the easiest to follow, most thorough instruction video I’ve seen in a long time!
Yay! Thank you! 🥰
I looks very comfortable. I'd like to try making something similar.
So swooshy! That's a really interesting pocket shape too, I'll have to play around with that when I finally make myself a walking skirt. It's a great colour on you!
Thanks Missy! Yeah I had tons of fun swishing around in it 😄 And I'm glad you liked the pockets!
Looks both pretty and comfortable - why did we ever give up wearing those?
Very thorough tutorial 👌
Thanks!
WOW! You’re a natural teacher, really : every step simply and clearly explained. And the best video to follow for those mystery historical pockets!! Thank you so much. I like that you demonstrate the modern way of sewing historical for those who may not have time to sew everything by hand. And yet, if we want we can include bits of hand sewing… or all. Please, do continue your great work of vulgarising sewing projects like this one!
this is beautiful! May have to do that horsehair facing for the hem of my (somehow still unfinished) walking skirt!
Thanks Faye! I have one of those too haha... been in progress for like a year, but I think the facing is already cut out, so I should probably just finish it with the facing 😅😬
My truly victorian petticoat pattern has two plackets and this is the EASIEST explanation I've seen on how to do a gosh darn placket. Thank you!
Wonderful instructions with a restful voice, totally doable. I was just gifted yards and yards and yards of light weight wool. So no reason but to try this skirt, or so I say. Thanks for a great beginning to Cos-vid 2021. Yea, jumping up and down.
Thanks so much! And nice! I’m considering a light weight wool version too 😊
I really appreciate how clear your tutorial is! I think its the best one Ive seen! And your sewing is so neat and perfect looking!
Thanks for this! I've put the teardrop shaped historical pockets in several garments now, but couldn't quite wrap my head around this style. Such a nice clear explanation & demonstration!
This makes sense! Thank you. Now to give it a shot!
This looks really great, - I particularly love the colour. I also really like your boots!
Thanks! 🥰🌻
This is an amazing resource for making walking skirts, thank you so much for putting all this together! I love how your skirt came out, I can't wait to make one for myself
Thank you so much!
Great video, I am now finally confident enough to tackle the walking skirt :) Thanks!
SUCCESS!! 🥳🥰
This is so lovely. I'm going to come back to this video when I finally make a new walking skirt. Also way to get my brain to finally understand how to do a blind hem by machine. 😅
Thanks! And yay! I think it helps that the braid and the fabric are different colors, it always takes me a minute when it’s just lots of the same fabric folded in different ways
Your light and sweet voice matches perfectly with this easy to follow tutorial!! Which is great, I feel like I can make a walking skirt from this. Other tutorials, especially Bernadette Banner’s, feel like a box of freshly made chicken nuggets stuck on a high cliff that I’m not worthy enough to climb... I’m gonna refer to this video when I’m finally ready to make a walking skirt! I am very excited!! Thank you!
Thanks so much for all this information. Answered so many questions I had. Can't wait to make one know that I'm not so worried about getting stuff wrong..
I’m so glad! And definitely no need to worry about getting things wrong - there’s always a way to fix it, and as long as you end up with the garment you wanted it wasn’t wrong
....et une présentation impeccable.... Quel soin!! Merci beaucoup.
Oh my goodness these pockets are amazing!
Excellent instructions, thank you
Best tutorial post I’ve ever seen. I now know I can make this with confidence ❤
Do I need another skirt to be tempted to make? No. Am I gonna watch so I have excuses to add to the to-sew list? You bet. Bless you~
Oh my goodness! I need to try this version of historically inspired pockets, I usually just make 18th century inspired pockets (the tie-on kind) and pretty much build them into the waistband and skirt front, a la Mariah Pattie modernized, but yikes when you mess up, it's hard to hide. I need to remember this for my next history bounding skirt! Thank you.
I’m so glad you liked it! I keep meaning to give 18th century inspired ones another go, my first attempt at sewing them into a skirt (rather than having them separate) didn’t go well either 😬
Thank you for your video. I could never figure out how the blind hem machine stitch worked until now. Your visual worked for me. My sewing machine manual instructions were impossible to decipher. Thanks again.
Yay! I’m so glad! 😄
Aaah, I am so happy that you are so open about this. I am a beginner in sewing and this is helpfull. 😃❤
Thanks!
Excellent tutorial thank you !! ❤😊
What a wonderful resource! I'll definitely be referencing this when I sew a walking skirt like I want to do in the near future. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! It has given me some things to take into account as I am contemplating a late 19th/early 20th century inspired history-bounding workwear capsule! So glad I found your channel and this video specifically! I appreciate you going into the different methods since they'd basically make a book almost unusable to someone not that familiar with the techniques...❤
Simply brilliant hem! BRILLIANT! Also easy for me to understand the whole process. Thank you
That makes me so happy! Thank you!
I love how accessible this is! Thank you!
Lina this brilliant video was so timely for me. I am getting ready to create an Anne of Green Gables-inspired fall wardrobe. The skirt is perfect!
Okay but fall/Anne of Green Gables wardrobe sounds AMAZING?! 😱😍 Will there be videos?
Well done! Thanks.
Beautiful! I have some fabrics that looks to be about the same weight that I’m now wondering if I can make a walking skirt out of 🤔 Thank you for the video!
Thanks! I’m definitely already eyeing up my fabric stash with thoughts of a second one haha
Thank you for this. This is something I would actually do. Love the mix of modern and historic.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing this video! its been a great help. I couldn't figure out how to do the placket and pockets and this video really help me. Thank You and can't wait to see more.
This tutorial was really easy to understand and gave me some good tips about basic sewing skills! thanks for all the reference materials, too! and finally, your boots are just SO COOL :D
Thank you so much! 🥰
This was so well timed. I have a nice heavy skirt that I want to put a horsehair braid in. Thank you for this!
Thanks!
Thank you for clear and precise instruction, especially the pocket, I will read through your links thanks for putting all these together, great instruction video, I will start following you!
You are really good at teaching! Thank you for this tutorial.
Excellent video that I know I will refer to on an ongoing basis forward. Thanks for your wisdom.
Thanks!
Very, very helpful. Thank you!
Beautiful, informative, and satisfying to watch!
This is so great! The pocket shape is new for me, love it.
Thanks Katie! 🥰 (and highly recommend the pockets, they hold a whole bottle of wine)
Parabéns 👏👏👏..você explica muito bem , sem a legenda eu já entendi 70 % 😃 ...imagina quando colocar legenda rsrsrs...agora vou conseguir fazer a minha saia ..
ficou lindo 🥰
So great and you explained wonderfully. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the clear instructions. It's a lovely skirt.
Thank you! 🥰
Beautiful skirt, thank you so much for the detailed explanations.....this yellow is gorgeous!
Thanks so much!
Such a. Great video!
Beautifully explained!
Thanks!
The trouble with the pattern drafting guides, aside from being very confusing, is that they all assume a very small waist with a hip more than 15 inches bigger, which doesn't translate well to an average, uncorseted, 21st century woman. How much extra fabric did you have in the waist for pleating? Also how much fabric did you use? Your sewing instructions are great, but I'm stuck on the first step!
Yupp! Totally agree with you. I’m working on my own pattern which will hopefully work for a bigger range of sizes, but in the meantime, Rebecca (Pocket Full of Poseys) is putting out a walking skirt drafting guide tomorrow as part of CoSy! I’d recommend checking that out, I’m sure she’ll address some of your concerns.
For my pleating I took the width of my back panels (where I wanted the gathering to be) and just doubled them. So that’s about 1/4 of my waist extra. I used just over 2 meters of fabric for mine, but it was a really tight fit (and I’m small to begin with so the skirt is not very big). To be honest I didn’t list fabric amounts in the video since it varies so much based on how full the pattern is, but I’d maybe start with 3-4 meters? Really I’d recommend waiting until you have the pattern and just laying that out on the floor to work out how much fabric you’ll need.
I hope that helps a little bit! I would have loved to have more complete instructions than this (either including a pattern or drafting instructions) so that it’s easier for everyone to participate, but I’m trying to make the videos a little more manageable for myself. The pattern is in progress though 😊❤️
@@LinaPiprek Thanks. Drafting patterns definitely needs a whole video and I will definitely check that one out. You did a great job explaining the assembly, and filling the gaps those old books have. I'm quite new to drafting and draping but have learnt so much from the good folk of youtube such as yourself :)
Lovely job.
This is such a good and informative video, can't wait to make my own skirt :)
Elle plaît beaucoup, votre jupe! Merci!
Do you have a free walking skirt tutorial? I can't afford to buy a pattern right now, but I would really like to try my hand at this!
beautiful work, very explained - many thanks
Thank you!
Coming from CoSy. Already subscribed and bell for all is clicked and the play button didn't notify me
Oh no! I guess youtube is just weird sometimes, I don’t know why it wouldn’t tell you. Glad you found the video anyway ❤️
Well, CZcams, you blew it with this suggestion. 😒 I long ago signed a truce with sewing machines: I don't mess with them, and they don't mess with me. 😆 No matter how I tried, I was never able to *not* make a total disaster of anything more complicated than just a straight, common stitch with them. No matter who was teaching me, or who was helping me, or what kind of machine I was using. So... why CZcams chose to show me how to do all this stuff that I will never be able to do is beyond me! 🙃
I'm sorry, but what you are using on the hem is, from memory, tarlatan. Not horsehair braid. Tarlatan is a stiffener, used to give body and structure wherever needed. The one you used is one of the thinner ones, more commonly for collars, sleeves, lapels, and other places, even waistbands if they are particularly thin and structure-less. Skirt hems are normally done with a 4 - 6 inch width. Horsehair braid is yet another product that is put on the bottom of the hem with fairly loose stitches and is designed to take, or sweep, the dirt and rougher walking treatment instead of the main skirt material, and can easily be swapped out with new as often as needed. Many use old scrappier material to do this job if horsehair braid is unattainable.
Ich bin begeistert... ❤️
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Wonderful tutorial. I am not clear what the purpose of the placket is??? Is it to block the opening of the skirt?
Thank you.
Yes, the placket just covers the gap at the opening 😊
Have you made the pattern yet? I would love to make this skirt.
OMG thank you!!!! :D
Um…Where did you get the idea for this version of the pocket? Not from Janet Arnold or Bertha Banner. Did you see an extant garment?
Do you find the pocket-tape helps much with the weight distribution, when it ends up that close to the side of the skirt?
I’m not sure it’s what you intended, but this comes across pretty rudely. With just a quick flip through Patterns of Fashion 2 (Janet Arnold) I found pockets this style on pages 23, 29, 45, 49… It’s not something I made up, if that’s what you’re suggesting.
Yes, I do find that the tape is helpful, since it shifts the weight from the pocket opening/seam into the waistband.
Regardless, I’ll happily admit that my preferences have changed in the 2 years since this video was posted, and I currently prefer more “modern” in-seam pockets on seams like this (the finished result is a little more subtle if the entire pocket is pressed to one side of the seam). This Victorian style works fantastically hidden under pleats, and generally you see them towards the back of skirts like this. I have plans to update the pattern included in this video (as well as releasing the skirt pattern) after my book is published later this year.
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Lina, How and where did you print the pattern ?
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How does one go about writing a sewing book
I know we already spoke on Instagram but I thought I’d say here too in case anyone else is wondering 😊
I’m not going into the writing process as an expert, so I won’t be posting any tutorials about how to write a book. But I am filming a few vlogs about the process, so that everyone can see how I did mine
What is a walking skirt?!?
Maravilha.👏🧵