THANK YOU!!!!! Without this video, I could not have done what I just did: copy and sew two shirts for my pastor. Based on my calculations, he probably would have needed a 6X, and I could not find a pattern in that size anywhere!! But with the help of your amazing video tutorials, I did it! And the shirts turned out awesome, if I do say so myself. I don't know why you've not posted in so long, but I really hope that you never take these tutorials down. YOU ROCK!!!!
Great Video. I want to thank you for including your mistakes and discussing them. It greatly increases the value of this content. When you watch a "Perfect Make" and try to duplicate it yourself and fall all over yourself making mistakes it's really crushing. It also shows that most mistakes are rectifiable. Now to make myself a shirt.. *Fingers Crossed*
Love it! Your new version looks far better than the old one. Glad to hear you go through all the same obsessions, lazinesses and forgettings that I do.
I’ve made several men’s shirts now but love watching other people because I ALWAYS pick up a tip or two …. will be using the little collar/stand corner thingy next time and love your button hole thingamajig …. Wish I had one with my machine … great video!
I have just come across your channel and I have to say I like the way you explain things and you don't skip over any mistakes you make. I will be have a go at drafting my blouse/shirt pattern but I will rest it out first on a duvet cover before I cut into my fabric. I have subscribed to your channel too. 😊💕🪡✂️🧵
That was good. I like the way you teach. It was hard to see the seams at times because of the color of fabric but you said that already. Thank you for this video. ❤
Thank you for this video. I gritted my way through a shirt for my husband and wished I had seen this first. Now that I’ve seen it, I’m ready to try again!
Im trying to find the video on how you did the sleeve on this shirt...you set it in without the side seam completed, and then you flat felled the side seam. Do you have a video on this aspect? And have you ever flat felled the set in sleeve? Men’s shirts in ready to wear often have it but I have no idea how. 8m still trying to master a basic set in sleeve!
@@patricecunningham I only have a video on a regular inset sleeve just showing an easy way to ease the fabric. To do a sleeve like you're asking, it can get tricky with a long or tight sleeve to do the final step for the flat felled seam.
Hi Rachel!! Wonderful vlog.. This shirt turned out better than the old one.. Your like me, some days I’m lazy & take shortcuts & other times I do it correctly.... 💜💜💜🧵🧵🧵
"The Burrito Method" was titled that by Margaret Islander from Islander Sewing Systems. She was the first to produce videos in the 90s on industrial garment construction methods using a home sewing machine. Also, your machine thumping is because you have the wrong size needle in. Try a smaller size needle. I hope that helps.
Oh, I didn't know that! I've always heard the term used in lingerie sewing but not really anywhere else. I'll have to look into videos, thank you! Yeah, I thought I had switched to a microtex needle before starting but still had my embroidery needle in from another project and didn't realize it. The fusing didn't help either as my embroidery needles aren't titanium.
Thank you so much for this video!! It really helped me achieve a neat finish, especially for the back yoke. I will be making many more shirts in the future :D
I can totally relate to the issues you talked about. I make a lot more decisions on the fly than I should, and they tend to bite me in the butt. Changing thread colors, or not changing them. I'm getting better at taking seams out than putting them in haha. Without a serger, how do you top stitch pants? I can get all but the inside leg.
sorry for the late response not sure why but your comment went to spam! I would do a flat felled seam on one side and a regular seam with the edges overcasted on the other side!
I usually over order because I prefer to have extra yardage. If I'm unsure how much I'll need I will lay out my pattern pieces and measure the yardage before purchasing the fabric. If I don't know how wide the fabric will be, I'll measure what it is with a width of 42" and at 60" since that's the typical range I purchase.
WHEN YOU WERE TOP STICHING AT 10:30 IS SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF ME I was looking at gifs of adam driver as one does and then out of no where GUNSHOTS *topstiching happening*
Yes, but test buttonholes on a scrap fabric first ti be sure your fabric is thick enough. Using interfacing will make your shirt nicer quality, though (stiffer collar, better collar stand, buttonholes more stable). I recommend making a more relaxed shirt if you're going this route since a floppy collar wouldnt look as good on a formal shirt. Hope this helps!
Do you sell any pattern for the sleeves? Im taking the mold from a shirt of my boyfriend but he dont want me to unsew it for taking the sleeves pattern and i am lost!
@@FajardoR I don't, sorry. Sleeves can be tough. Take your time and pin pin pin. Are you getting stuck on something I didnt show in the video? Maybe I can help
You will need to grade it up 3 sizes. The easiest way I can think to do this is to look at a commercial pattern and measure the difference between those sizes. It's not so simple as just adding width. You will need to add around the entire pattern including length typically.
@@bethmitchell6981 hmm looks like alot of commercial patterns stop at a 52" Chest. You can use the grade between the 2 largest sizes you can find and multiply that by the number of sizes you need to go up. It might not be perfect but it will be close. The other option is to measure a shirt that fits well and add the difference to your pattern. It's tricky so I would make a test muslin to be sure of fit.
Alternatively, look at the pattern and see what the suggested body measurements are and add however much extra you need. This should get your pattern to fit around but you may need additional in length and across shoulder, etc. Sorry there's not a quick and simple fix for your problem.
Well technically today is May 9th and I just got this notification yet it says your video was posted 3 days ago?? I guess you tube is swamped How are you doing otherwise?
THANK YOU!!!!! Without this video, I could not have done what I just did: copy and sew two shirts for my pastor. Based on my calculations, he probably would have needed a 6X, and I could not find a pattern in that size anywhere!! But with the help of your amazing video tutorials, I did it! And the shirts turned out awesome, if I do say so myself. I don't know why you've not posted in so long, but I really hope that you never take these tutorials down. YOU ROCK!!!!
That makes me so happy to hear! Don't worry the tutorials are here to stay! I'll return eventually hahaa
Great Video. I want to thank you for including your mistakes and discussing them. It greatly increases the value of this content. When you watch a "Perfect Make" and try to duplicate it yourself and fall all over yourself making mistakes it's really crushing. It also shows that most mistakes are rectifiable. Now to make myself a shirt.. *Fingers Crossed*
Love it! Your new version looks far better than the old one. Glad to hear you go through all the same obsessions, lazinesses and forgettings that I do.
Thanks so much! There's definitely a few tweaks I want to make, but I'm pretty happy with it! I think all sewists have these little quirks :)
Loved the burrito method. It looked so complicated but when I did it step by step the garment turned out really good. Thank you
I’ve made several men’s shirts now but love watching other people because I ALWAYS pick up a tip or two …. will be using the little collar/stand corner thingy next time and love your button hole thingamajig …. Wish I had one with my machine … great video!
Makes it look doable! and not nerve wracking! thank you!
Great vid. Loved, loved, loved the trick with the sewing collar stand.
I have just come across your channel and I have to say I like the way you explain things and you don't skip over any mistakes you make. I will be have a go at drafting my blouse/shirt pattern but I will rest it out first on a duvet cover before I cut into my fabric. I have subscribed to your channel too. 😊💕🪡✂️🧵
That was good. I like the way you teach. It was hard to see the seams at times because of the color of fabric but you said that already. Thank you for this video. ❤
Ohh god your personality is something els.. love it! Thanks for the great content
Thank you for this video. I gritted my way through a shirt for my husband and wished I had seen this first. Now that I’ve seen it, I’m ready to try again!
Im trying to find the video on how you did the sleeve on this shirt...you set it in without the side seam completed, and then you flat felled the side seam. Do you have a video on this aspect? And have you ever flat felled the set in sleeve? Men’s shirts in ready to wear often have it but I have no idea how. 8m still trying to master a basic set in sleeve!
@@patricecunningham I only have a video on a regular inset sleeve just showing an easy way to ease the fabric. To do a sleeve like you're asking, it can get tricky with a long or tight sleeve to do the final step for the flat felled seam.
Hi Rachel!! Wonderful vlog.. This shirt turned out better than the old one.. Your like me, some days I’m lazy & take shortcuts & other times I do it correctly.... 💜💜💜🧵🧵🧵
I tell myself I'm working smarter not harder hahaaa
"The Burrito Method" was titled that by Margaret Islander from Islander Sewing Systems. She was the first to produce videos in the 90s on industrial garment construction methods using a home sewing machine.
Also, your machine thumping is because you have the wrong size needle in. Try a smaller size needle. I hope that helps.
Oh, I didn't know that! I've always heard the term used in lingerie sewing but not really anywhere else. I'll have to look into videos, thank you!
Yeah, I thought I had switched to a microtex needle before starting but still had my embroidery needle in from another project and didn't realize it. The fusing didn't help either as my embroidery needles aren't titanium.
Nice work
Thank you so much for this video!! It really helped me achieve a neat finish, especially for the back yoke. I will be making many more shirts in the future :D
very very good
I can totally relate to the issues you talked about. I make a lot more decisions on the fly than I should, and they tend to bite me in the butt. Changing thread colors, or not changing them. I'm getting better at taking seams out than putting them in haha. Without a serger, how do you top stitch pants? I can get all but the inside leg.
Unless the leg is big enough to get the machine in, you can only topstitch the inseam or the sideseam but not both.
@@TheAwlNighter1 No I'm normal size, maybe a tiny machine...And no serger so overcasting or fat felled, what would you do?
sorry for the late response not sure why but your comment went to spam! I would do a flat felled seam on one side and a regular seam with the edges overcasted on the other side!
@@TheAwlNighter1 Yay, that's what I did. Flat felled on the outside seam and overcast on the inseam
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I may watch more of your vids because you're actually not annoying and I'm learning stuff. Most sewing tutorials on YT are unbearable
Could you do video on Leather Gaiters, im not a steampunk, but i like to look 'kool' when i work construction.
I'm too self conscious to cosplay
I can't make another video on gaiters right now, but I left a reply on your other comment with some tips on sewing with leather. Hope it helps!
Help idk how ro trace the pattern
Do you have a link to where you learned to sew the sleeves without puckering? It’s so frustrating!
czcams.com/video/9E1_NcRrDB8/video.html here's a video I made on sleeves 😀
How can I fix my front pieces I think I cut them too short I won’t be able to fold it enough
If it's not too much you can add the little extra you need and hide it in the hem!
How do you estimate how many yards do you need
I usually over order because I prefer to have extra yardage. If I'm unsure how much I'll need I will lay out my pattern pieces and measure the yardage before purchasing the fabric. If I don't know how wide the fabric will be, I'll measure what it is with a width of 42" and at 60" since that's the typical range I purchase.
@@TheAwlNighter1 so I can't just buy fabric on sale and hoping it will fit my project?
WHEN YOU WERE TOP STICHING AT 10:30 IS SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF ME I was looking at gifs of adam driver as one does and then out of no where GUNSHOTS *topstiching happening*
Hahaaha sorry about that! As another commenter pointed out, I forgot to switch my needle to microtex before sewing. Oops!
Will it work without interfacing?
Yes, but test buttonholes on a scrap fabric first ti be sure your fabric is thick enough. Using interfacing will make your shirt nicer quality, though (stiffer collar, better collar stand, buttonholes more stable). I recommend making a more relaxed shirt if you're going this route since a floppy collar wouldnt look as good on a formal shirt. Hope this helps!
@@TheAwlNighter1 thank you so much! I’ll try and see how it turn outs!
Do you sell any pattern for the sleeves? Im taking the mold from a shirt of my boyfriend but he dont want me to unsew it for taking the sleeves pattern and i am lost!
@@FajardoR I don't, sorry. Sleeves can be tough. Take your time and pin pin pin. Are you getting stuck on something I didnt show in the video? Maybe I can help
Do you sell sewing patterns
No not at the moment, sorry
how can I take a printable men's shirt pattern Large to a 3x. HELP!!!! So frustrated.
You will need to grade it up 3 sizes. The easiest way I can think to do this is to look at a commercial pattern and measure the difference between those sizes. It's not so simple as just adding width. You will need to add around the entire pattern including length typically.
@@TheAwlNighter1 I can not seem to find a men's button down shirt in the 3x size. Do you know of any?
@@bethmitchell6981 hmm looks like alot of commercial patterns stop at a 52" Chest. You can use the grade between the 2 largest sizes you can find and multiply that by the number of sizes you need to go up. It might not be perfect but it will be close. The other option is to measure a shirt that fits well and add the difference to your pattern. It's tricky so I would make a test muslin to be sure of fit.
Alternatively, look at the pattern and see what the suggested body measurements are and add however much extra you need. This should get your pattern to fit around but you may need additional in length and across shoulder, etc. Sorry there's not a quick and simple fix for your problem.
Well technically today is May 9th and I just got this notification yet it says your video was posted 3 days ago??
I guess you tube is swamped
How are you doing otherwise?
Yes, it's probably because I've not been uploading enough! Hopefully, I can turn that around soon!
@@TheAwlNighter1 well c'mon what else do you have to do we're in quarantine LOL LOL LOL.
Hahaaa some how I have even less time
@@TheAwlNighter1 I'm so bored I watched a video on how to darn socks 😂😝🤣🤸 but at least I made some chocolate brownie mint cupcakes last night 😁
My toxic traits says I can do this.