from Gerry- I am a pear shape. I usually wear a iX and the hips are always a problem. I so appreciate seeing some one with a fuller figure sewing and modeling clothes. Love your channel. Thanks and God bless.
Gerry, most of my videos show alterations for those of us who sit on all our weight. 😅🍐 Regualr sewists here keeping it real! Thank you for stopping by.
This is the first time I've seen you and you have wonderful information for everyone ❤. Thanks so very much. I was 18 when I sewed my Wedding Dress. I made a mockup one so that I didn't ruin my bridal fabric. My Mom taught me how to see when I was a small child. If it wasn't for the skills she taught me I couldn't have made the dress. After some time off I've returned to my sewing.
Welcome! I love hearing you are coming back to sewing. There are many nice sewists who hang out in the comments. A few have their own sewing channels! A wedding dress is quite an undertaking. So special! 💖
This is what I love about being a sewist. We get to worry about peacock placement. 😆 I learned something new about the interfacing and seam allowance shadowing! Great tip.
Peacock placement is serious business 😅🦚 I have another interfacing trick that seems many didn't know in this vid. studio.czcams.com/users/video_NrGG9-Dy88/edit I need to make that tip a stand alone video. It is one of my favorites.
Peacock placement is no laughing matter, I am so glad no peacocks were decapitated or hung upside down in the making of your cheerful and beautiful top. Another very skilfully done tutorial thank you.
I’m new to your channel. I love sewing 🧵 I am a gent but I’m more of a pear shape I always add extra to the hip area. Thanks for not editing out the things you re-sewed we all learn best from genuine mistakes. Great top 🙏
Welcome! There are a few fellas here. I try to show the reality of sewing. Even with years of experience the seam ripper is often the most used tool in the sewing room 😅 I am so glad you stopped by.
I have this pattern and have bought contrasting fabric to sew view D. I've been sewing since the 1960s but quit for a stretch due to career. Retired now, I'm getting back to some things I love. Your video was very helpful and I'll be looking forward to others, too. Cheers from Oklahoma!
Your comment is exactly where I am in my life stage. I used to sew all my clothes...even hand bound button holes and my winter coat. Life happens and if life is kind, we can go back to some of the things we enjoyed in the past. Sewing and being creative is one of those things for me. Cheers from Canada.
A fellow Okie! Hello! I love to hear you are rediscovering your creative interests. I am glad we get to sew together. Please check back in and tell me what projects you are working on. 🧵
Just found your channel. Thank you for your video on this pattern. I just bought it and couldn’t figure out what they were talking about regarding the seam biding at the shoulders, so your video is SO helpful. I plan to cut out the pattern soon, so I will sew along with you when ready. Very much appreciate your very detailed “class!”
Welcome! I am so glad you found some clarity while watching. Please check back in and let me know how your project goes. I am glad we get to sew together! 🧵
I’m in the middle of constructing this top right now. The part where the neck binding crosses confused me as well. Glad I’m not the only one. Loved the video!
When I saw the green fabric I wasn’t sure about the color combo but it really is a beautiful top. I am glad to hear your thoughts on the seam binding and thread showing through. Still a little leery about sewing with sheer fabrics but i’m going to give it a try! Great video! TFS!
You weren't alone. A few were concerned I had gone a bit overboard on my fabric choices. 😅 Most ended up liking it. I would like to know if you give it a try. Happy sewing! 🧵
This is one of my favorite patterns and have made many blouses from it over the years. I prefer not to make the gathered sleeves as I do not like how it looks on me. It did look nice on your new blouse and loved your fabric choice! Great tutorial and learned a few things I didn't know, thank you!!
Love it... fun fabrics... I agree that gathers need to move up... I like the cuff on the sleeve hems... all in all a good first time for the pattern... I'd probably make 2 or 3 more for the summer... cotton voile or double gauze would be airy... thank you for sharing this pattern...
Peacock placement is serious business! 😅I am going to make this again soon but in a totally different type of fabric. It is a breeze to put together and wear.
I have been sewing for decades but I find that these easy patterns suit my style these days. That peacock fabric is beautiful! I have this pattern and it's nice to see it made up.
YES! Often the easy sewing is also the easy wearing. SO glad you stopped by. Please update if you make it up. I would love to hear what fabric you choose. 🧵
Love love the fabric! Looks gorgeous on you. Think I agree, I’d move through gathers higher (or do them as pleats?) as I need more width on my shoulders. Need this pattern now!,, 🌸
Love your fabric choice. I did have a fuller figure but cancer treatment has given me a little unexpected weight loss. I need to make new clothes and am looking forward to learn more about sewing for myself. I am new to your channel. 💟your sewing space is lovely. Gotta get to uncluttering my sewing room.
Thank you for stopping by! What a difficult way to loose weight. I hope you are feeling much better now. Time for a new wardrobe! All bespoke just for you! I have a few videos on our building my sewing space if you are interested. It has been a lifetime of planning and dreaming. Please check back in and share what you are sewing. 🧵
Stacy - update: I've gotten through much of this top but found the lap of the collar in front to have confusing directions. I interpreted it to require turning the collar in half before basting so that it will lay flat, similar to a shawl collar. When I tried it on for fit, the neck and collar are huge and show my bra and what's in my bra. After rewatching your video, I think the collar ends should be flat, instead of folded, before basting. The instructions and illustrations could be much clearer about how to assemble this part of the top. Tomorrow, I'll get busy with my trusty seam ripper and unfold those collar ends so I can lap them flat. Thanks so much. Cheers from Oklahoma and the home of OU!!
The neck instructions are missing some info! I wondered how the collar version would go. It seemed light on instruction. I loved Norman when we lived in Moore. I would nip down Sooner Road or I35 all the time! We would have lunch at Hollywood Corners. We loved our time in the OKC area.
That turned out so cute! I love it with the white pants. I am also trying to add to my summer wardrobe. I got this gorgeous pink linen, similar to the same color as your top fabric, and I just don't know what dress to make with it. It wasn't cheap so definitely will make a muslin for whatever I make but summer will be half over before I figure it out. 😂 How is your garden this year?
I have a few pieces of linen waiting for the right project too! The garden is going great. I am so spoiled by having home grown, vine ripened tomatoes. How is your garden? Didn't you do a winter crop? How did it turn out?
@@stacyrobbins I tried doing a cover crop but it didn’t do hardly anything. I think this year I am going to just cover my beds completely with ground cover over the winter. Lately I have been dealing with invasive worms called jumping worms. Have you heard of them? So gross!! 🤢 My tomatoes are just starting to ripen. Mainly cherry tomatoes so far but my paste tomatoes are blushing and I am picking a little early because the birds keep pecking at them and ruining them. It’s always something! 😂
@@reneemorgan9320 We put in tobacco plants to help keep the hornworm away. I will have to look up the jumping worms. 🤢 My dog barks at the birds when she sees them so far we are winning. I tend to pick them a bit early too. I will be canning salsa this weekend. Maybe a few pickles too. 🍅🍅
Hi. Thanks for this video. You can't really see through the top, at least in the video we can't see anything. The top is so cute the way you have color blocked it. Cute.What's the pattern for that blue nightgown?
Thank you so much! The nightgown is one I smocked for myself over 30 years ago! I actually made two, the other one in tricot knit. It is raglan with a tiny neck binding. I don't think I used a pattern. 😅 I made it to learn the smocking basics. It will be in an upcoming video! I will explain how I made it etc. GOOD EYE to see it in the background.
I am all for different textiles, but I do not like this combination. 😓 I would made two, both in one colour. However, the model looks great on you, though. 👏👏 Enjoy your summer!😊
Welcome! I mark in different way depending on the fabric. Often I use a fabric marking pencil/crayon that is soft and waxy. While the pattern is still on the fabric I put a pin through the circle pull the fabric apart just enough to see the pin and twist the pencil on the marking. At the end of the Kalle Shirt (cutting out) I show markings I did with a mechanical pencil. I show it in a few other videos too. I want to do more small stand alone videos on things like this.
You can use self enclosed seams and it will be very elegant! Seam finishes like that elevate a garment to designer level. Serging is a fast finish but it will look amazing with a more designer finish. 🧵Please let me know if you do. I would love to hear about it.
🦚🌺 I always look forward to seeing your humorous comments. I have to tell you I have been waiting for my husband to decide on fabric so I can make his shirt. I am going to choose for him soon.
from Gerry- I am a pear shape. I usually wear a iX and the hips are always a problem. I so appreciate seeing some one with a fuller figure sewing and modeling clothes. Love your channel. Thanks and God bless.
Gerry, most of my videos show alterations for those of us who sit on all our weight. 😅🍐 Regualr sewists here keeping it real! Thank you for stopping by.
This is the first time I've seen you and you have wonderful information for everyone ❤. Thanks so very much. I was 18 when I sewed my Wedding Dress. I made a mockup one so that I didn't ruin my bridal fabric. My Mom taught me how to see when I was a small child. If it wasn't for the skills she taught me I couldn't have made the dress. After some time off I've returned to my sewing.
Welcome! I love hearing you are coming back to sewing. There are many nice sewists who hang out in the comments. A few have their own sewing channels! A wedding dress is quite an undertaking. So special! 💖
This is what I love about being a sewist. We get to worry about peacock placement. 😆
I learned something new about the interfacing and seam allowance shadowing! Great tip.
Peacock placement is serious business 😅🦚 I have another interfacing trick that seems many didn't know in this vid. studio.czcams.com/users/video_NrGG9-Dy88/edit I need to make that tip a stand alone video. It is one of my favorites.
Peacock placement is no laughing matter, I am so glad no peacocks were decapitated or hung upside down in the making of your cheerful and beautiful top. Another very skilfully done tutorial thank you.
So true! 🦚😂 Thank you so much!
I’m new to your channel. I love sewing 🧵 I am a gent but I’m more of a pear shape I always add extra to the hip area. Thanks for not editing out the things you re-sewed we all learn best from genuine mistakes. Great top 🙏
Welcome! There are a few fellas here. I try to show the reality of sewing. Even with years of experience the seam ripper is often the most used tool in the sewing room 😅 I am so glad you stopped by.
Your top is stunning, just love the colour combination. ❤
Thank you! 🦚🌺
Thank you for taking your time and be a true teacher! You are a priceless gem.
You made my day!
I have this pattern and have bought contrasting fabric to sew view D. I've been sewing since the 1960s but quit for a stretch due to career. Retired now, I'm getting back to some things I love. Your video was very helpful and I'll be looking forward to others, too. Cheers from Oklahoma!
Your comment is exactly where I am in my life stage. I used to sew all my clothes...even hand bound button holes and my winter coat.
Life happens and if life is kind, we can go back to some of the things we enjoyed in the past. Sewing and being creative is one of those things for me.
Cheers from Canada.
A bound buttonhole is a thing of beauty! 💕
A fellow Okie! Hello! I love to hear you are rediscovering your creative interests. I am glad we get to sew together. Please check back in and tell me what projects you are working on. 🧵
Just found your channel. Thank you for your video on this pattern. I just bought it and couldn’t figure out what they were talking about regarding the seam biding at the shoulders, so your video is SO helpful. I plan to cut out the pattern soon, so I will sew along with you when ready. Very much appreciate your very detailed “class!”
Welcome! I am so glad you found some clarity while watching. Please check back in and let me know how your project goes. I am glad we get to sew together! 🧵
Great sew along! Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you! 🦚🌺
So cute on you! Really a nice fabric choice!
Thank you! 😊
So pretty. You have inspired me to make one for myself. Thank you.
Please check back in let me know how your project goes. Happy sewing!
Good morning from Atlanta! I LOVE your sewing classes! ❤️❤️
Oh, Thank you! Hello Atlanta!
I’m in the middle of constructing this top right now. The part where the neck binding crosses confused me as well. Glad I’m not the only one. Loved the video!
It seems that little neckline area was ambiguous for many. Thank you for stopping by!
Thank you for showing how you changed the pattern to suit your size. I have that same issue! Your tutorial is great!
Thank you! I try to show alteration options in most videos. Many sewists come to the cutting table because of fit issues.
When I saw the green fabric I wasn’t sure about the color combo but it really is a beautiful top. I am glad to hear your thoughts on the seam binding and thread showing through. Still a little leery about sewing with sheer fabrics but i’m going to give it a try! Great video! TFS!
You weren't alone. A few were concerned I had gone a bit overboard on my fabric choices. 😅 Most ended up liking it. I would like to know if you give it a try. Happy sewing! 🧵
This is one of my favorite patterns and have made many blouses from it over the years. I prefer not to make the gathered sleeves as I do not like how it looks on me. It did look nice on your new blouse and loved your fabric choice! Great tutorial and learned a few things I didn't know, thank you!!
Thank you so much for stopping by! I will be doing this one again in a less sheer fabric and no shoulder gathers. Love a pattern that I can repeat!
Love those colours ❤
Thank you!
Love it... fun fabrics... I agree that gathers need to move up... I like the cuff on the sleeve hems... all in all a good first time for the pattern... I'd probably make 2 or 3 more for the summer... cotton voile or double gauze would be airy... thank you for sharing this pattern...
Thank you! I agree about the fabric choice. I want to make it again in something less sheer and more breathable. It is am easy sew and easy wear!
That color combo really came out great, I think I’ll give it a go.. I like this pattern also.
Thank you! Please check back in when you do. You know I love to see what others are sewing, and the fabrics you choose.
I just love your top!
Thank you! 🦚
That's so pretty
Thank you!
I need this pattern! I love your finished version. I've had to worry about flower and circle placement before but never peacocks!!!
Peacock placement is serious business! 😅I am going to make this again soon but in a totally different type of fabric. It is a breeze to put together and wear.
I have been sewing for decades but I find that these easy patterns suit my style these days. That peacock fabric is beautiful! I have this pattern and it's nice to see it made up.
YES! Often the easy sewing is also the easy wearing. SO glad you stopped by. Please update if you make it up. I would love to hear what fabric you choose. 🧵
I always learn something from your video‘s. thank you
Oh, I am so glad. I am always learning from other sewists. 🧵
I'd love to see another top in just that bright pink fabric. That is stunning fabric!
YES! I love it too. I may get it for my mom.
Love it! You're sew talented!😁
😅Thank you! 🧵
It is beautiful, cute and comfy! I love it.😊
Thank you! 😊 🧵 🦚
Love the neckline
Thank you! It is so easy to wear
Love love the fabric! Looks gorgeous on you. Think I agree, I’d move through gathers higher (or do them as pleats?) as I need more width on my shoulders. Need this pattern now!,, 🌸
Thank you! The gathers are the one thing I don't love. Though, once on, I forget about it. HA HA!
Love that top!!’
Thank you!
Hi Stacy the top is very pretty and I love the fabric choice. Thank you for the sewing 🧵 tips. Have a blessed day.🥰
Thank you! Thank you! 💕
Thank you I am made my 2nd one..
Love your fabric choice. I did have a fuller figure but cancer treatment has given me a little unexpected weight loss. I need to make new clothes and am looking forward to learn more about sewing for myself.
I am new to your channel. 💟your sewing space is lovely. Gotta get to uncluttering my sewing room.
Thank you for stopping by! What a difficult way to loose weight. I hope you are feeling much better now. Time for a new wardrobe! All bespoke just for you! I have a few videos on our building my sewing space if you are interested. It has been a lifetime of planning and dreaming. Please check back in and share what you are sewing. 🧵
Your top is super cute in those loud prints and colors. It is quite flattering! Also, I really appreciate your tips for better/ professional sewing.
Thank you for stopping by and watching!
That top is adorable! Love those bright colors on you, Love your tutorials. Thank you❤
Thank you, thank you! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
It looks great on you.
Oh, thank you!
Your blouse looks gorgeous. I have that pattern and you've inspired me to make it now.
Thank you! Please check back in let me know how your project goes.
Love the pattern! Love your sleeve choice! Beautiful👍🏻
Thank you! 💕🦚
Love the finish on the sleeves. Great choice!!
Thank you! I am always deviating from the pattern. 😅 I am almost always happier with the finished garment too.
Bold is beautiful! Love the fabric blends! Great tutorial as usual.❤
Allison, thank you! I am looking forward to seeing what your next projects are. Love the sewing community!
Beautiful fabrics - always excellent advice. Looks great ! Thanks for sharing ❤️😁🌹
Stella, thank you so much!
So cute!
💖🦚
Very nice!
Thank you!
I have this pattern. Now I will make it too. Thanks for the video. Your top looks great
OOH! I can't wait to see what fabric you choose. Looking forward to seeing your top when you are done!
Stacy - update: I've gotten through much of this top but found the lap of the collar in front to have confusing directions. I interpreted it to require turning the collar in half before basting so that it will lay flat, similar to a shawl collar. When I tried it on for fit, the neck and collar are huge and show my bra and what's in my bra. After rewatching your video, I think the collar ends should be flat, instead of folded, before basting. The instructions and illustrations could be much clearer about how to assemble this part of the top. Tomorrow, I'll get busy with my trusty seam ripper and unfold those collar ends so I can lap them flat. Thanks so much. Cheers from Oklahoma and the home of OU!!
The neck instructions are missing some info! I wondered how the collar version would go. It seemed light on instruction. I loved Norman when we lived in Moore. I would nip down Sooner Road or I35 all the time! We would have lunch at Hollywood Corners. We loved our time in the OKC area.
❤ Your fabric choices!! Beautiful!!!
Thank you!🦚
Super Cute! I love your fabric choices…! Looks great on you…
Thank you so much!
❤❤❤
💕🦚 Thank you!
That turned out so cute! I love it with the white pants. I am also trying to add to my summer wardrobe. I got this gorgeous pink linen, similar to the same color as your top fabric, and I just don't know what dress to make with it. It wasn't cheap so definitely will make a muslin for whatever I make but summer will be half over before I figure it out. 😂 How is your garden this year?
I have a few pieces of linen waiting for the right project too! The garden is going great. I am so spoiled by having home grown, vine ripened tomatoes. How is your garden? Didn't you do a winter crop? How did it turn out?
@@stacyrobbins I tried doing a cover crop but it didn’t do hardly anything. I think this year I am going to just cover my beds completely with ground cover over the winter. Lately I have been dealing with invasive worms called jumping worms. Have you heard of them? So gross!! 🤢 My tomatoes are just starting to ripen. Mainly cherry tomatoes so far but my paste tomatoes are blushing and I am picking a little early because the birds keep pecking at them and ruining them. It’s always something! 😂
@@reneemorgan9320 We put in tobacco plants to help keep the hornworm away. I will have to look up the jumping worms. 🤢 My dog barks at the birds when she sees them so far we are winning. I tend to pick them a bit early too. I will be canning salsa this weekend. Maybe a few pickles too. 🍅🍅
Such a super cute top!!
Thank you! 🦚🌺
❤❤
Thank you!
Hi. Thanks for this video. You can't really see through the top, at least in the video we can't see anything. The top is so cute the way you have color blocked it. Cute.What's the pattern for that blue nightgown?
Thank you so much! The nightgown is one I smocked for myself over 30 years ago! I actually made two, the other one in tricot knit. It is raglan with a tiny neck binding. I don't think I used a pattern. 😅 I made it to learn the smocking basics. It will be in an upcoming video! I will explain how I made it etc. GOOD EYE to see it in the background.
Hmmm. It wasn’t just me. I too had trouble with what they were saying re: beck band markings.
YES! That is why I left it in the video. I wanted to show a work around for anyone else looking at it and scratching their head! 😅
I am all for different textiles, but I do not like this combination. 😓
I would made two, both in one colour. However, the model looks great on you, though. 👏👏 Enjoy your summer!😊
I do want to make this again in a less sheer fabric. I probably won't color block the next one. I hope your summer is lovely, as well!
Love your videos. New subscriber. Silly question how do you mark the circles?can’t wait to try this top
Welcome! I mark in different way depending on the fabric. Often I use a fabric marking pencil/crayon that is soft and waxy. While the pattern is still on the fabric I put a pin through the circle pull the fabric apart just enough to see the pin and twist the pencil on the marking. At the end of the Kalle Shirt (cutting out) I show markings I did with a mechanical pencil. I show it in a few other videos too. I want to do more small stand alone videos on things like this.
My server is out of commission and I can’t afford to fix it right now. Do you think I could make this without it without it looking “handmade “?
You can use self enclosed seams and it will be very elegant! Seam finishes like that elevate a garment to designer level. Serging is a fast finish but it will look amazing with a more designer finish. 🧵Please let me know if you do. I would love to hear about it.
I would offer flowery praise for the top fabric, but the bottom fabric is for the birds. Sorry - that was a fowl attempt at fabric humor.
🦚🌺 I always look forward to seeing your humorous comments. I have to tell you I have been waiting for my husband to decide on fabric so I can make his shirt. I am going to choose for him soon.
I love it super cute
Thank you!