This Magical Sewing Illusion Is So Versatile
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- čas přidán 2. 05. 2024
- We're doing the pleated stripes dress thing at last!
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You basically invented the 21st C version of the tea gown - a dress comfy enough to relax in, but nice enough to entertain guests. Which was also called a hostess gown in the mid 20th C.
Also, anyone one else see that black gray stripe in the pile and immediately know that was what Charlie would pick?
You're so right about that! This can be just about as fancy as you want it to be - depending on the fabric and whatever jewelry/accessories you wear with it, without needing to compromise on comfort. Great comparison to the tea gown!
Yes; we need the tea gowns, dresses looking nice but washable and feeling comfy like a nightgown...
@@annasolovyeva1013 Amen! About 15 years ago it was a common/popular find in my area for stores to have stylish yet comfy dresses made out of swimsuit-like material. I had (I think I lost it) one such dress that was a deep V-neck with material that draped from the neckline to do a faux-wrap around the waist. It had a little of a high waistline that hugged just enough and it had a tea-length handkerchief hem. It had a large abstract floral print of coral pink, almost a mint blue-green, white, and black. I wore that dress so so much because it was so pretty and so comfy!
I love the modern "variations" of the original tea gowns.
Oh my pancakes and syrup!!! My thoughts exactly!!!
The gray and black dress is in the thumbnail of the video, so I knew which fabric she'd pick. Literally.
This is a riff on the technique called 'pleated to set' it's a method used in kilt making where the tartan is pleated in such a way that when the wearer stands still the pleats maintain the pattern and as the wearer walks you can see the full tartan. It's quite beautiful and demands technical skill.
This of course is a simpler method with done with stripes instead of plaid, but the idea is roughly the same. I never thought to do it with stripes or on a dress before, very clever.
I had asked myself how the people at Maison margiela had sewn the waist of a dress of blue and white stripes this SS2024 to make it so fitted yet so fabulously puffy at the bottom and you made a video about it! This is revolutionary!
Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm guessing it's box pleats following the stripe edges.
This technique reminds me of the Oscar de la Renta rainbow stripe dress. It's mostly white with free spaces for rainbow chiffon, it's lovely!
So basically, you have updated the Ancient Greek Chiton with stripes? Brilliant result! 😊😊
It really does look like a chiton, doesn't it!
Well, the first one does. The v neck ruins the effect.
From the thumbnail, I thought the black dress was a pencil sketch and the cotton candy dress was the finished one. I was delighted to realize seconds into the video that no, they’re both real.
Persephone in the spring and summer vs. Persephone in the fall in winter ♥️
I can’t express how much I love this comment 😍
Obsessed w this comment
I am so happy when I see you have a new video. You make me 😊. I am a 77 year old who use to make most of my clothing years ago, especially when I had somewhere special to go and wanted to wear something different. You are so very entertaining to me. Thank you for the smiles.
She reminds me of laurel and hardy, the 3 stooges and harpo marx.....all at the same time.
I'm 66yr. and did the same as you did making my own clothing! She is funny isn't she!
I’m 49 and used to do the same thing 😊
The ratio of desired colour to other stripes would be all you need to know what the panel would shrink down to, no? Like for the 'everyone liked this dress' dress, the pleating would reduce the width of the fabric to ⅓ to total.
Same goes for any evenly sized 3 colour fabric. And for an even 2 stripe, itd be ½ etc.
(Please correct my 1am maths if im way off.)
Came to make the same comment, so I definately rhink you're right😅
Yes, the math is actually super intuitive when you realize measure the part you want to have showing vs the entire thing.
It also seems (have not tried yet) fairly flexible even if you have a specific measurement in mind and the stripes don't come out evenly, you can make the part showing a little narrower...
Say you have big 2" stripes and you want to end up with 5" total. You need at least 3 stripes showing because 2"*2=4" would be too small. So you actually want 5 inches/3 stripes = 1+2/3" (calculator, yay) per stripe, or in other words for each stripe to be 1/3" narrower than the original 2". Since we are sewing on both sides of each stripe, you need to remove half of that, aka 1/6", from each side. So when you fold and sew, instead of sewing on the stripe boundary you would actually sew 1/6" into the color you want to show, making that color narrower. This should only really matter if you have really wide stripes so that you have fewer stripes total, otherwise the amount per stripe that would have to be different is going to be so small that it's essentially just rounding error.
I also have a whole bunch of ideas for getting more shaping by sewing a different length for each stripe.
Or, a bit insane, if you had really wide stripes you could make those seams into fisheye darts.......I wouldn't want to do that with more than about 8 darts in front and 8 in back and really even that would be a lot, but still, the possibilities...
@kray3883 after I read that my mind said Thanks, maths isn't my favourite area of interest. By the time I opened the comment box the lazy part of my brain went: count the seams for the pleats, how much narrower does the piece need to be, now divide that by number of seams and halve that. Each deeper pleat removesthe same amount from each side so 4mm becomes 2mm on the seamline. I bet that's a more complicated equation but it gets my head around what needs removing from where. Lol
@@michellebyrom6551 It's exactly the same, actually! You can replace "stripe" with "seam" in my post and it's the same math in the same order. I think the main difference might be if you're thinking about what is taken away or what is left behind.
Gosh, this dress looks SO GOOD in monochrome!
I have a variation idea; what if you also sew together the stripes at the shoulder seams? 🤔
Enid dress and Wednesday dress! 😍
That was my thought too.
"Don't make me go back to watch my own video" 🤣🤣🤣
I literally had to pause the video to post this because that would be me.
Sometimes I make my own videos of something I'm doing in case it works so I know how I did it🤪🤣
I write instruction notes as I work for precisely this reason, Future me is very grateful to past me for the clear instructions.
Exactly. Instructions or a video....great idea to document
If the colorful dress is your cotton candy version, this new one is cookies and cream. Both are so fun! The pleating technique reminds me of pin tucks, but using the fabric to guide the size. So cool!
They kind of remind me of Wizard of Oz. haha
Okay, this is fantastic, by sewing the strips at the waist it removes that look of “I should not wear strips issue” strips has a way of making me look wide as a battleship 🙈 but if I do this method it will make my waist look slimmer and given that nice hour glass look. Now I need to find me some black/grey striped jersey cotton or light weight wool 😹😹
Thanks Charley this is one of the best looking dresses🤗❤️
Make the centre pleat seams gradually longer than the outer pleat seams and you'll mimick the shaping of a waist corset to emphasis the hourglass. Say 2.5 to 3" seam at side waist to 5 or 6" seam at the centre, lozenge shape over the tummy.
This will probably help the shortwaisted be more comfortable too.
I think that this dress would really lend itself to a cowl neckline! I'd also be fascinated if you could tack the pleats down in such a way that they are reversible? You'd definitely need the correct fabric for that
If she had something like satin.....making larger sewn down pleats could be so great.
I agree about the cowl neckline, I thought she was gonna go with that type of neckline as she sort of had it draped that way on her dress form.
If you sew the tapering on the inside flat it would be either two colors, or be twisted to the left or right. You could go with the two colored (lots of work, godspeed) and either be ok with that OR cover it with a piece of fabric in a complimentary color, like a waistband. Or just a big belt.
You would have to pretty up every seam of course, so it doesn’t look like the inside of a dress, but that’s just a little extra work.
I really love your book review...because sometimes there are these book snobs who look down on people for not having read the "classics"...and it always feels weird like some kind of right of passage I didn't sign on for💃 I just like to read lol
@SuperLollipopKitty right? I read gone with the wind because I got so tired of that snobbery, and because Carol Burnette did a skit making a dress from curtains. 8 hours in (audiobook) the war was over and I was ready to wrap up but no, there was 8 more hours. Let me save you the 16 hours of your life you will never get back.... Rhett loves scarlet, who loves Ashley, who loves Melanie. Scarlet doesn't realize she "cares" for Rhett until she's spent the entire book being horrible to him and crushing his spirit. By that time he no longer "gives a damn". There's the entire story for you.... 🙄🙄🙄
I was totally embarrassed during a party game when I didn't know the Bronte sisters....
And I'm very well read. I knew the books, but not the authors' names.
Fascinating technique. I thought the blue on the cotton candy dress was an actual waistband (separate piece). The pink on the sides doesn't stand out as a different fabric, probably because the ties are made of the same fabric as the front and back. Both versions are beautiful.
I hadn't thought about the extra fabric inside the dress behind the pleats until you showed us the pastel dress inside out! Thank you for that! Does it feel like you have lots of layers of fabric around the waist of each dress? would you consider cutting out the back of the pleats, or tacking them down so they lie in a certain direction? Congratulations for using your new sewing foot and switching to a new needle for every new project! I look forward to the woven form of this style!
The puppy drying himself on the bed was just delightful!
I love this! No patterns or complex assemblies, just rectangles and pleating, but it's so cool looking. Amazing! I'd say I need one but I need several.
Okay, but the continued montage of the striped fabrics piling up made me laugh; that was a good bit. And I love how the final look has a very Greek goddess kind of effect!
The waist pleat makes it look like a corset which is amazing
For thinner stripes you could make larger pletes. Instead of going dark over light to dark you could skip two lights and a dark to get to the next dark.
Yeah, but you'll still need to do the same amount of work and much more fabric xD
Im really surprised no one has mentioned Smocking yet!
You keep gathering those pleats in thst manner, stacking them ontop of eachother, and youll come out with a form of smocking. Which is like doubly cool if youre going for the tea gown edwardian atheistic.
I love that your chaos sewing is exactly opposite of my chaos sewing but still so inspiring!
Fun fact: that exact same thing happened to our first bed, but my husband and I hated that bed, so we used it as an excuse to get a new frame.
Your puppy deserves his perfect stick!
Oooooh, the grey lacing on the black waistband look SO good!
i definitely prefer black and neutral shades in my own wardrobe and WOW this dress is incredible. i want it SO BAD omfg
I have been eagerly awaiting this video since the pastel stripes showed up. And now I desperately want to try this because I love how the black and gray turned out. That looks SOOOOO comfy.
I love this style! Greco-Roman sleeves are the best! I'm tempted to use this technique to make a solid color dress look more structured and detailed, maybe sew it with diagonals to make a triangle section of pleats or a "corset" shape! ~Variations~
I bet this would make a killer nightgown too... In a sheer fabric it could be lingerie. It could be a high waist mini skirt, a fun lil summer dress, even a formal gown! Omg... I'm going to have to get another clothes rack just for these... What have you done?!?!?!
I saw the pink, blue, and yellow dress in a video a little bit ago and almost commented on it it then because I did a very similarly made one for a casual Statue of Liberty costume for a work function! Mine was solid colored (because oddly enough, the Statue of Liberty is not wearing stripes 🤣) and pleated into a waistband because that's how my brain processed it at the time, but I love the use of the stripes to create such a cool illusion!
Doing this technique on a plaid would be fun and make lining up the waist way easier
I saw the finished dress and immediately thought Ancient Greek Princess. Love both versions but prefer the black and greys. Must be my goth coming out 🤣
I prefer the greater contrast in the black and grey one. An equivalent fabric in tones of crimson, or royal blue or emerald would also work very nicely.
You have a lot of stripes, I have a lot of plaids. Thinking about trying this out with a plaid
The great thing about this (besides the easy shaping) is the versatility. It would change the "belt" effect, but you don't need to sew every pleat to form a continuous solid colour.
I used this technique on a dress I made in college and loved it! 16 years and 3 kids later it no longer fits. Thank you for the inspiration, encouragement, and reminder to make a new one!
I usually hate stripe fabric, congratulations on making me love this dress !!
This design looks like it would made a comfortable nightgown.
It gives ancient vibes, and I'm here for it
I love it! I was delighted to see the Shannon Makes video in the background.
"But I do what I want." LOL YES! Yes to pleats on the outside!
The black dress is so much more dramatic! Love it!
I love the way you talk. I can't quite pinpoint it, but it's like a cross between chill, sarcastic, and matter of fact... Anyway, totally my style 😊
my favourite stripe manipulation technique is counterchange smocking - you can make shapes from the stripes.
hehe. as a demipansexual, I feel very represented by this dress duo. 😄 next time I see a striped fabric I like, I will definitely buy it to make this style of dress/tunic. thank you for the tip and for sharing your know-how! ♥
I think this one might be even prettier. The V neck line really suits this dress & the colour turned out surprisingly good.
Physical comfort and mental comfort (for me, it *is* princesscore) is *hard* to get. Now I need to make one.
You did it. For the first time in my life I have an urgent need for striped fabric. Damn. But these dresses look so fabulous!
They are both nice, but the black is wow. I love it and would never have known how to make it. Thank you for your video.
I have been so excited waiting for this video after seeing the Pastel dress on your instagram. It’s so dreamy and swooshy.
Yes! Grecian princess is exactly the right description and, looking at you, is now my new goal in life. I loves the grey and black dress, the V neck is a great look on you.
If you sewed the side pleats longer and the middle pleats shorter on the front panel you'd make a cool pregnancy dress with plenty of room for bump growth! Conversely, longer central pleats and shorter side pleats would have a very cool belted effect. I'm imagining an elongated oval, but blockier stepped changes would also look really cool playing against the vertical stripes
Oooooooooh, you could gather the top with elastic for a pirate vibe!
i can even think of having a striped fabric like the simple black and white added as an insert horizontal panel to an existing patterned fabric you like, for the express purpose of making it into a waistband-only flat color while drawing in the pattern fabric to be pleated/gathered together nicely and evenly. it almost seems like a quick and easy fix for someone who struggles with uniformity of their own gathers into thicker waistbands like that. nifty!
Oh wow,,, that black & grey dress...it is sooooo stylish. I can imagine Kate Winslet wearing it in a period/modern movie where she is a polite yet fiesty femme fetale with thev ability to both memerise yet shock every male that she comes across...yes, we could centre a whole movie around that dress 😊
Oh! Puppy drying himself!😍 Love the dress, too!
Spectacular. Cotton candy looks like a beachy lounge tea dress. The black and gray is all that and elegant. Clever and you look great.
Absolutely gorgeous! I enjoy your videos so much that I tried watching other sewing videos... nope, just you. I appreciate your mind and that you don't overly edit it. Not only are the videos more relatable and understandable, but I don't feel like I'm being talked down to. Thank you.
Also, infinite variations says my mind! Ooohhhh, shiny new idea! Completely agree!
I love crocheting to these videos - each video makes me want to try sewing more and more though!
“Variations on a theme” 😂 I resonate with you so much and feel so seen ❤❤❤❤❤
Ah yes skirts that let you do the queer thing of "I can't sit right" I recently did a split side skirt due to your videos and its so freaking comfy!
What a great way to use stripes as part of the design!
As a dog mom myself, I have to caution you about letting the puppy chew on sticks. Chewing on sticks can sometimes lead to splinters getting lodged in the mouth which can sometimes lead to infection and/or abscess and an expensive vet bill. Get him a Bully Stick to chew on instead. They get slimy and disgusting but you will never have to worry about splinters. Also, great job on the dress; it really turned out awesome!
This may be easier than the "Walkaway Dress," 1950s pattern. But it looks chic. And now I want to go to my local creative reuse center and find some stripes. ;)
I am so obsessed with the black version, whaaaaaat 😍😍😍
This dress style is so great. It’s practical, comfortable, but looks amazing. Must try. Off to buy striped fabric!!!
The dresses are so, so beautiful! Thank you for sharing the technique!!
You really look like a princess in both of them!
I really look forward to these Friday uploads. You are one of the few people that I will watch as soon as I see the video show up. The few times I've tried to sew with knits, I wanted to set everything aflame and it never got any better. Keep being an amazing knit magician.
sitting here crocheting and watching... I have stripes in my closet and I know me and 2 of my daughters are going to love feeling like Queens! Thankyou so much!
this honestly might become a new nightgown pattern for me. thanks!
That dress looks so comfy, which is what I'm all about these days!
comfortable and like a pretty pretty princess are all my fashion goals
Is anyone else getting Roaring Twenties/Great Gatsby vibes from the black and gray one? The pastel one is pretty, but damn, the second one is dramatic!!
The many faces of Charlie, love it
I started a skirt like this a hundred million years ago. I really should finish it.
I stopped because I didn't want to make it tight over my hips, but I couldn't answer the question of where I wanted the sewn down part to end.
Now, you've made my head buzz with an idea for a dress using this technique.
And I still haven't finished cleaning up the pile in my sewing room
Your process of coming up with ideas and figuring it out as you go is exactly how I do it. 😁
Very cool dresses and technique! You could use a black fabric maker to color in any gray showing between the pleats 😊
I really like the cotton candy one, but I LOVE the black and gray one. Those ruched sleeves are perfection.
I would so watch a video of just you trying different style variations of the same technique! It would be so interesting and creatively stimulating, so see you play about and see how far you could go with one technique or idea.
end result looks like a goth greek goddess! I love it!
Thanks for being so helpful, funny, energetic, teaching me ways to sew, that's if I can & ever learn how to use my sewing machine that I got from my mom. She wants me to get into sewing and so do I. I have no idea what is what on the sewing machine. I have never taken it out of my storage closet or open the lid to it.
Also, THANKS FOR BEING YOU! U R 1 OF A KIND!
Did that machine come with a manual? There's some light reading for you.... with some scrap fabric to practice on. ;-)
Eh, I should follow my own advice LOL
Those sleeves are giving you a Greek Goddess vibe!
If you like something, you like something. I buy a lot of blue. Especially light blue, and light bluish green fabric. Blue is my favorite color, my boyfriend's favorite color, and I always like how I look in it, so I can really never have too much :)
The real fun thing is we can take these ideas and run with them then tag you so you can see how they turn out :D
You are so creative! I'd have NEVER thought of that!
Charlie, seeing you and Link always make my day!
Love the intro - clever edits - and the rest of the video, too, as always.
Keep up the good work!
First, I *love* the "bloopers" at the end! And second, I need the black dress. Badly. ❤
Thank you again for the wonderful subtitles! They're genuinely amazing, and I really appreciate the time/effort taken to include them, especially by including all the background sounds and descriptors!
From a very appreciative hard of hearing viewer x
Of all the things that I have seen you make, the black stripe dress is my favourite.
I believe I prefer the sleeves on the cottoncandy dress, but I realise that you easely need a quite wide pieceof fabric when at least half of the width disappeares at the waistline
I LOVE the black one so much. I want one now. Now I have to start sewing again. Lol
You never call Link by his name. It’s always “the puppy” 😂🤣. I think I heard it once and put it to memory 😁
I am loving the monotone vibes - makes the stripes even more striking!!
This technique on a skater skirt would be really cool.
As fun as the coulored one is, as fancy is the grey and black one. You could wear that do a gala❤
Your fabric stash game is strong.
I love watching you think up things to make and how your concept always works. I love your inane stories you add which makes it a very interesting and fun video to watch.
I really adore these dresses. You have such a refreshing and unconventional approach to garment sewing and you always look so good in the end product.
im so glad im not the only one who is just playing around makes a great new idea work and when asked how, your like weeeeellllll lets just start from the top and try to figure it out together!
I really love how both dresses turned out. If you told me you'd bought them from like a small batch indie fashion brand I'd believe it. I own exactly zero striped garments (save for a few pairs of undies), but I might have to come up with a way to incorporate this technique into a striped button down shirt or something. I can already feel that it's going to require much finagling. I also really love mesh. That purple fabric with the sheer stripes immediately had me intrigued. So many possibilities!
Thank you so much, I'm gonna make something similar for my mommy.❤❤❤
When we were younger, my mom made almost all our clothes, so I inherited her sewing skills and now, I make really beautiful dresses for sale and for us.
Yay😊❤🎉
You have got me thinking strips are great!! One dress I thought would be enough-- but now I can make strips into a different WAY or STYLES. Love them both. The black one has a very beautiful flow of material in the back. Love the sleeve idea. Thanks Anita Canada
There’s a dress from Game of Thrones that’s like this! It’s good to see it again!