Making a 1950's Swing Coat (and hat!) - Sewing Vlog
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- čas přidán 20. 12. 2018
- Coatmas continues - as does my attempt to post a lot in the lead up to Christmas! Expect one more coat this week, and a fancy gown.
Things mentioned/shown:
Coatmas 1 / Brown Coat: • Sounds of Sewing : 195...
The fabric was from Fabric Mart Fabrics
I bought the boning for the hat from onlinefabricstore.net
The video about the 1950's dress isn't out yet (unless you're a patron!), but here is the stingray fabric: www.fabric.com/buy/0598912/tu...
The shoes at the end were from Royal Vintage (the Claire's)
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About me:
My name is Angela Clayton, I’m a twenty year old designer and seamstress who is currently living on Long Island, in NY.
I’ve been sewing for five years and focused on period costumes and original designs for the last three. I make costumes for fun and to expand my skill set so I can hopefully get a job in the industry someday.
I can be contacted with inquires about paid work via the email above.
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Meet my sewing machines video! : • Meet My Sewing Machine...
My dress form is a 10-12 display form from buystoreshelving.com
My reference books: angelacostumery.com/2016/11/2...
How I do my hair! : • Mid-Century Hair & Mak...
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Tutorials (features actual sewing): • Embellished Brass Crow...
Making of Videos (features actual sewing): • Making a 1950's Dress ...
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We all know what really happened. Angela saw the fabric and wanted to make another hat. Then she deicide to make a matching coat. You cannot fool us Angela
Got it in one Not Me! LOL
Not Me It’s called a head protector
"I'm having a pin shortage. I don't know where they all are, but they're not where I need them to be" - story of everyone who sews ever. Also, bobby pins (where do they go?! not where I leave them!)
its those darn pin gnomes, hiding them in all the other works in progress! the feinds!
It is the non hewing equivalent of losing loosing hair pins or hair elastics.
I swear I had 3 small boxes of pins, now I'm lucky if I find more than 5 pins in the same place
The coat turned out better than you give yourself credit. The color looks great on you. I'd like to see more about how you made the hat. I don't know how some people have dress forms in their bedrooms. Every time you'd wake up, you'd think it was a home invasion.
I have a dress form in my bedroom and I just got used to it being in its particular spot, but whenever I move it to work on it it still creeps me out at night. But as long as it stays in the same place I don't notice it anymore, so it's really not that bad.
Mine is in my bedroom, the fact that it's headless helps lol my husband does like to put different hats on it though lol
Funny enough I recently put a full size up folding tredmill I'm my room. The first night I woke up rolled out of bed and screamed bloody murder, waking up my husband in the process, with the way it folds up the hand rails look like arms and I thought some machine alien invasion had commenced.
I've had a dress form in my room for a year, and not once have I woken up and scared myself. 🤦
But the tredmill caught me.
I have one of those human sized vertical irons I don’t really use but last day I used it on the living room and forgot about it, when I woke up at night for a toilet visit I almost had a heart attack 😂😂😂
heaven bergfeld I have a dress from in my room, but it’s headless and bright blue so it doesn’t bother me at all. I named her Raven after the X-Men character.
I always think of this as "The Pregnancy Coat" as my mother and aunts all had versions of it...and lots of babies in the 50's and 60 's. Your coat turned out beautifully!
Nice video. I mean I haven't watched it yet, but I'm confident that you will deliver.
Beret video please. And your hair looks fab in the finished pics too :)
I really liked this video, especially when you talk about your sewing struggles - cut fingers, sore hands, pocket issues, etc. It made me feel "normal" because I often have the same issues. And l LOVED the hat !
This coat is gorgeous. Hem issues aside, I think you knocked it out of the park! The color, the details, the shape-beautiful! I want to make one!!!
Wait, so many uploads? Angela, give us a sign if you are kept hostage and forced to produce videos
What would you do, if she was? Support her captor(es) on patron and recommend other contend producers to be kept at highest productivity?
@@fionafiona1146 idk, I'll probably do nothing because we get uploads
I have my grandmothers wool swing coat. So I looked at the hem... I could send you pics if you like, but it is turned up about an inch the raw edge is pinking sheared, there is a strip of cotton about 3/4 of an Inchon the inside of the of the raw edge, then the cotton is sewn with a blind stitch on the machine. Leaving it a very flat hem. I’m going to send pics to your email
I hope Angela then shares the photos with all of us, with your permission, of course. I'd love to see it, so am sure others would, tooooo.
Of course it would be fine with me! 🙂
Steam is your friend when shaping wool to your will. Wool is awesome, especially when you use a steam iron liberally after each step in shaping your wool. I think it would solve your hem and facing troubles. Velvet boards help keep the iron from leaving marks, and tailors hams, etc. Help shape curves like sleeve caps and where there are darts.
Correct! I was going to mention steam pressing, too. I steam press with a damp towel.
@@MoggiesTen steam is our friend when shaping wool!!
In the early 60's, Swing Coats were still all the rage for ladies who were expecting that Spring! Lots of baby room and still looking cute.
My eyes lit up when I saw that robins egg blue color. Never clicked so fast
2 parts baby lotion (or one of those Bath and Bodyworks gift bags you know you are going to get for Christmas), 1 part vitamin E lotion, 1 part Cocoa butter. Hand mix or blender. Working in veterinary medicine means you wash your hands. A lot. Barring skin sensitivities, I haven't gotten any complaints. From Pintrest - many many years ago...
If this coat was pink, Dolores Umbridge would definitely wear it 👗👛👠 is it just me or does it look a little magic? I like it though, it's beautiful 😍
I like your voice over/ Talking, you have a calm voice, and a cheerful but realistic disposition. I like that you discuss your issues and struggles with the projects but do it in a way that's sensible but not overtly dramatic.
I love your videos, you make very fun and ambitious things! But as a professional tailor I sometimes see you getting yourself into way too much trouble.. so just a few tips here: you will get much better result if you work on your handsewing and pressing. As far as I can see you pull the stitches too tight. Crosstiching is the best choice for a hem, and the thread need to almost hang loose, and only catch a single thread of the outer fabric. What keeps the hem folded is then the pressing. In wool it's the pressing that makes the garment, and you need to spend a long time on it. ( hours...) You never use the steam from the iron, but a wet cotton fabric, press down really heavily with all your weight, barely move the iron, and lift it when the steam stops coming, and leave the fabric untouched until it's dry and cool. Then move onto the next piece. This takes a long time for a long hem, but the result is so satisfying. Also put a folded piece of paper between the folded hem and the outer fabric to avoid making a mark. This takes practice but makes your pressing so much more profesh looking!
Making the fabric in a really wide coat behave is very tricky. As a beginner pattern maker you probably would get a better result with a coat like this using several vertical seams. It would make it both "swingier" and easier. And a swing coat needs to be quite tight fitting at the top of the back, and wider in the bottom to be flattering. But I guess you already noticed that? Good luck with your future sewing!
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Omg! My grandmother was a profess seamstresses and I have such a vague memory of her telling me about pressing with paper!
The pressing tip it’s so useful! I have never made a coat but these kind of tips are so useful to know and they never come on pattern instructions or it’s rarely mentioned outside of professional classes (im self taught). Thank you so much!
saiitome You sre SO right. I learned many years ago that proper pressing during the construction of a garment was key to the successful completion of the garment. Meaning pressing all seam allowances open as well as the darts and hems. Learning how to sew is no longer offered in high school home ec classes, since the classes themselves have been eliminated because they are deemed irrelevant. Such a shame that learning the skills of life is no longer a priority.
The hem might be the reason to add a lining - so you can sew the hem into the lining, but not through the front of the coat
Lining coats is so you can get into them easily especially the sleeves.
LOVE LOVE LOVE the whole project! That color is so 50s. I am glad you decided against the pockets it made it look like a housewife robe. It's beautiful and love the hat. I don't have a hat face but you look ever so lovely in hats.... Your videos are calming and relax me enough to fall asleep. Keep up the fantastic work!
If I were to see someone out and about wearing this coat and hat I would HAVE to tell them how gorgeous it is. It’s so SWEET in style and color. I’m impressed, once again, with your inventive creation!
OOF, hemming wool! i know this problem all too well sadly. I do want to give you this tip to fix the visibility of the hems on wool-like fabrics, i know it works great for my own projects, so why not share my little fix for this?
After hemming like you'd usually do, without bias tape (like you did in the end ;) ) and when you are completely done hemming, get your iron and ironboard ready, and make a tea towel wet.
wring out excess water so that it's mostly just "moist". make sure you put your iron on cotton setting (three dots?) (trust me, it's fine) and lay the wet tea towel on top of the part of the hem you want to make invisible. (right side up!)
MAKE SURE YOU TEST THIS METHOD ON A SCRAP OF FABRIC FIRST!
start with pressing several parts of the hem for 3 seconds per part. the sissing and steam is just the moisture that is "heated" out of your tea towel. check in between pressing if the hem looks better, or needs more pressing. just press again for 3 seconds, but keep it at 3 seconds per time.
if the wool looks flattened a bit, don't worry, it will "unflatten" after an hour or so. (or atleast, in all of my cases it did...)
anyways, this way you are able to "undo" the visible part of the hem and it will be invisible on the outside of your coat for example!
one extra note: i have only done this with 100% wool fabrics, an 80%/20% wool/silk mixture and an 85%/15% wool/linen mixture, so i'm not sure how it will work out with other mixed fabrics and with synthetic wool...
maybe you already did try this method and maybe it did not work out, but if you have never tried this before, try it please! it made my life a lot easier and my dresses and coats a lot prettier :D
(Great video btw, i love watching your projects. they always inspire me a lot and keep me motivated to get better everytime! )
I so badly want to sew when/after I watch your vids! Thanks so much for posting.
Angela if you had added a lining and atttached the bottom to the lining to hem it wouldn't of showed. The bottom of th e lining could have been two layers to give support.
Angela, Angela, Angela, honestly is there no end to your versatility, capacity and freshness. You are truly a gift 💝 and thank you for being so beautiful- inside and out! BTW you look breathtaking in that colour and congrats on the final article. I love 💖 that you share your challenges and frustrations during the process. Merci
big yes to the beret tutorial!! it's so cute and i've had this idea for a mushroom hat that would benefit from a tutorial. Keep up the good work
I love your coats! And I love coats too. They are so beautiful at very nice for pregnancies too. It really comments the belly, when pregnant, and I loved when people just looked at me, smiling at my belly, while I wore coats. It’s like pregnancy in coat fashion. ❤️❤️
"You're doing amazing , Sweetie"(in Kris Jenner voice) Try to be more gentle to yourself! Don't doubt yourself. The work you put into these videos is evident. Your improvement is visible through these videos!
Using a lining in a coat is better since it allows sleeves and body to move freely over other clothes. Othwise you get static creep in back and on sleeves. Beautiful design job. You are so creative.
Not gonna lie, this reminds me so much of my grandmother! She had icy blue eyes, so this was one of her favorite colors to wear. She had a swing coat from the 1950, that I think she hand made, that was this color. As well as many warm robes through the years that looked very similar to this. Bow and all. Lol. 😍
I always like hidden seam pockets in a swing coat, just mu 2 cents. the icy blue is lovely!
If the wool is thick enough, the stitches for the hem do not need to go all of the way through the fabric to the other side. Try going 50% to 75% through instead.
The haters are crazy! Your videos just wouldn’t be the same without the voiceovers 💙
I love your voice overs, you sound very confident in them. Saying that, I really enjoyed the video without commentary too - it was novel and definitely worth the watch. I also, by the way, lived your cooking videos. You are REALLY funny in them and I appreciate you sharing something that is not your main art and stay real in it. If I tried those things, they would come out either exactly the same as yours or worse. I enjoy your honesty and humour in them.
Lotion sweet girl. Keep a bottle near where you sit the most. ❤️. You need to save those beautiful hands cause they turn to grannies hands over night. Love your fabric and your design! You are very talented.
Love the design of this coat and IMHO it turned out great. This is one of those projects that show your seamstress skills as well as your designer skills, I’m impressed Angela.
Absolutely worth the blood, sweat and tears! Gorgeous winter wonderland. You look like Cinderella!
It's the cutest blanket with sleeves indeed. Says someone who's currently wearing a literal blanket
The claims girgeous. My hands are just dying to touch that fabric!
I can’t believe people have complained about your voice. You have a very pleasant and soothing voice in my opinion. Shame on them for complaining!
So chatty that you're actually therapeutic! Looks a nicely done coat.
Oh I’m so glad you added the belt. It helped it look like it fit so much better than without. It was reading a little 50’s maternity without the belt. This turned out really pretty.
So glad to see a piece made in something other than an earth tone. The blue looks fab on you, really brings out the creamy tone of your skin. As to the hem, that is just something that happens with heavy wools that aren’t lined. I think some of that will disappear when you get it dry-cleaned or even just with steaming, like they used to do in the olden times to wools.
The coat is a beautiful colour, and looks wonderful on you. I love your videos.
Lovely coat and hat. Beautiful, elegant design, the color is fine and classic. You look wonderful in it your coat and your hairdo and hair color go great with the entire outfit.
Beautiful coat and hat...you're so talented! Love the fabric, the color, and the design!
I appreciate that you shared your frustration and that you re-did the hem a few ways. I enjoy sewing so much but it can definitely be frustrating too!
So I’ve watched a bunch of these videos, and the beginning footage is the first I’ve seen where you look “modern”. 😂
Please take this as the compliment it’s meant to be: the early twentieth century fashion aesthetics were made for you - and you make them so well! Just amazing. 😊
You make me think of a sweet Disney princess. Like you wake up and make things, and it's beautiful and you're beautiful and your voice is beautiful. And I'm sorry I'm weird.
Every time that Scooby Doo shirt shows up in a video it makes me so happy.
This has been one of my favorite videos of yours. I love it when you get real with us! Your personality really shows through! Also, the coat is beautiful, the detailing is so creative and I can’t wait for more this “coatmas”!
I've been making a few handmade Christmas gifts last minute these past few days and your videos are the perfect thing to watch for me while doing the embroidery.
Arthritis gloves are great for sore hands. I use them for chronic pain and they're helpful when knitting or crocheting.
I had a coat almost exactly like this in early 1962. I loved it.
I have been streaming your videos through my TV and I don't know if "liking and leaving comments" is even possible through it .... so I made a point today to come here using my laptop and like and leave this comment on all of the ones I have watched so far. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS .... thank you so much! :)
The pro-tip version of your amateur marking tip is to have a small damp sponge nearby. you can tap the tip on the sponge to improve the mark, and you can use the damp sponge to erase some of your errors if you goof.
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Tip for the hem on thick felted/boiled wool - use a curved needle and pass the thread only midway through the thickness of the fronting fabric to keep the stitches from showing on the outside. It is possible to do with a straight needle but a curved upholstery needle is much less hand-strain and easier to keep the thread where you want it.
I can see Jackie Kennedy or Audrey Hepburn wearing this. Elegant and timeless.
This is only the second of your videos I've watched, but I feel compelled to mention your voiceovers are quite nice! The effort is appreciated!
Love the color, soft blue is so pretty on women! What a talented lady you are!
Angela, I can hear the frustration in your voice regarding the hemming. My solution would be to add lining & hem the coat to the lining. You can draft a simple lining without all the extra seams by lying your coat flat & cutting simple whole pieces for the back & sides. We’re so hard on ourselves but you do great work.
I've always loved swing coats! Yours looks darling! and that hat is just too cute. I'd say job well done and congratulations
I love your voice overs! All your videos are amazing I can't find anyone else on CZcams besides Ms. Banner she's fabulous to but you have way more videos! Love your work keep up the great work! Huggies from Niagara Falls, New York!
I totally relate to the freaking out seeing your dress form. Mine is usually always in the same spot so I’m used to it. It’s been moved around the room the last month or so as I get my new sewing cabinet installed and get things reorganized. I’ve scared the tar out of myself so many times thinking someone was in the room. What makes it worse is the 3 huge mirrors I have on the wall reflect the dress form sometimes. 😂😂
Omg, this is a gorgeous coat! I wish wish wish you sold the patterns you make. I would make this coat in a heartbeat. This is to die for! I would love to see a video of your hat you made for this! Also, everything you're describing about your hand is a classic description of carpel tunnel syndrome. I have it, truly, get it taken care of. The sooner the better. For your dry hands.. get your hands wet, mostly dry them than use just plain Vaseline. Coconut oil is good also. Avoid commercial lotions.
Oh my gosh, this style suits you amazingly well. You looked so absolutely beautiful in the finished coat! First video I have seen of yours.
That's a stunning coat and I would love to see a tutorial of the hat!
That’s a really gorgeous coat. You should be extremely proud at your impressive drafting and top stitching skills. Given that it’s a felted wool fabric and won’t fray, I’d have been tempted to cut a raw edge at the hem line and leave it at that. The hat is also to die for. My dressmaking dummy lives on the landing of the stairs to the kitchen and when my heart adjusted to the shock of seeing it each day I named it Doris and wish her good morning. Let’s hope she never says it back 😂
I’m definitely going to have to make one of those berets! How lovely!
Love the colour and the fabric looks fluff to the touch. It turned out really well. BTW love your dark red nail polish.
The fabric is such a beautiful icy color, love it. Great coat & style.
the coat turned out super cute, I especially love the collar!
Miss Angela, If my memory Recalls correctly, The coats From the era you are making this Beautiful coat Had a lightweight silk lining, The hem edge of the coat was attached to the silk and stitched only on the silk. leaving a majority of basting stitches hidden. I might be mistaken, of course. But, only where the panels meet are the stitches that would keep the lining. If that makes any sense. Also, If you can, I'd look up a pattern from the era. It might explain it much better then I can & might have a few more tricks,, Idk, Have fun with this, it is absolutely lovely.
Yeah - that would have helped a lot for the front edges to force them inward without stitching! But the coats I've looked at (and own) from the 50's all had the bottom edge left free of lining, with the edges hemmed independently. I'm going to look through some old sewing books and see if they mention any tricks :)
@@AngelaClaytonCostumery I am certain They will only lead to wonderful projects for your future,. Keep up the lovely work.
@@AngelaClaytonCostumery all I can think to offer is...would a Hong Kong finish work for the hem?
It looks like it would make a comfy bathrobe or maternity coat too. Love patterns with options. I was thinking lining would have stopped some of to the hem issues. Good job.
I know this is not a durable solution to the hem problem nor particularly attractive, but I had a similar problem and use iron on interfacing, it may work for your little hem dilema. There's nothing worse then spending all that time making everything else look so beautiful only to have the whole piece let down by the hem. I feel your frustration.
Merry Coatmas, Angela. Thank you.
This looks really cute! I especially love the sleeves. And I'm very excited to see this stingray fabric.
Most coats are made with linings that go all the way to the hem, which eliminates that stitching showing at the hem. The fabric is wonderful but too heavy to sew without a lining. I’m in awe of your attention to detail. Your solution is great.
I just love your videos❣️. When you talk is like listening to my own thoughts when I’m seeing and creating😄. Im a beginner so it’s comforting to know that we all hit walls and that mistakes are part of it all, as long as we learn from them. Thank you
I just adore the top stitching on this coat! I think it looks so good! And I am now obsessed with the deep teal coat? that we can see hanging in your closet and 20:21. That colour is so gorgeous!
Hi Angela: I think I am your kindred spirit on winter hands. Try using a good moisturizing hand cream, like Nivea, Aveeno or Aquaphor, then coat in Vaseline and manicure gloves overnight. It works like a charm for me. 😊
💗💗💗LOVE THE HAT!😍😍😍 Coat is adorable! Wish you had showed more of the dress. Have a wonderful Christmas.
I love this coat. It reminds me of The Fairy Godmother from Cinderella. Super cute! Great work!
That coat is beautiful. When I saw the bow for the hat I was so excited, it’s exactly what it needed. I really like your voiceovers and the sound of your machine. I like that most of your videos include both
The yoke is adooooorable and super flattering on your shoulders! So cute! The coat as a whole reminds me of seashells, specifically pastel mermaid prints with cute seashell designs. I like how the back of the hem looks rounded just a bit, it fits with the rounded look of the yoke and sleeves. (I think I just have seashells on the brain now, and I know nothing about swing coats so this is probably not a thing, but could you imagine if the front hem had big scallops that smoothed out by the sides so the back was still flat? I think that would be suuuper cute) This whole project is neat, but the best part is how pleased you are with it in the end! despite tricky hems, the hat makes you happy and the coat overall is something you like a lot, and that's the best part of the video :)
I have the same hand problem... I got electric scissors, makes a big difference!
I love the coat. If it was me, when I saw how much the hem was going to show anyway I would have top stitched it. But I'm lazy that way. LOL The head protector is super cute!
I love my swing coats!! Angela I'd love for you to try and tackle faux fur sometime
Hi Angela, you might want to ice your hand when you take your breaks (just hold a iced plastic water bottle) and consider getting ergonomic scissors. Fiskars makes a nice spring action one that goes through fabric like buttah. Take care of yourself, we don’t want any overuse injuries to sideline you from doing what you love!
Best thing of the weekend is having your videos to watch! And when I was feeling sad for already have completed my marathon of your videos, I discovered a brand new one! Loved it!
I love your voice overs! I've been following you for years and your voice overs have gotten much better. So just ignore the haters cause a lot of us love ya just the way are
This video helped me get through the last leg of a 600 stitch picot bind off ❤️ this is kind of giving me Umbridge vibes... but her nice twin sister 😂
A light silk lining would have eliminated the hem issues regarding stitches that are showing through.
Overall very good job and design.
This is SO CUTE. And the finished look with the hair and makeup is so perfect. I love love love it.
Yes! A beret tutorial. I love your hat tutorials
Grrrrl! Love your videos....OMG I can relate to dry, winter hand woes....it helps me to use lotion as soap when washing my hands. Line the coat or use hem ribbon and loose tension on your hand hemming. Beautiful ensemble
I really love the belt detail, the way it leaves the back loose fitted it looks fantastic
That coat is just precious! Beautiful job.
I love it when I see a new video from you!! Beautiful coat and hat! The fabric was so pretty too!
The pattern reminds me of a sailor outfit with that scarf thing up on top.
OMGOSH! That is so adorable! Including the hat. You are so amazing.
This project is adorable. All of the hem dimpling issues are resolved with a very light satin lining.
I’m so in love with all the coats!
I wish I had a sewing room like that!