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I’m my case I learnt on a computerized singer sewing machine however my experience was not pleasant since the machine would be sending error codes every 5 minutes I thought it was the model and the same happened, then I tried with a brother sewing machine and I though I found my perfect match however my aunty have to me her vintage Franklin sewing machine which is a treadle power machine, not electricity is required 😊 wow,I felt in love with it, is a work force it Can sew almost anything that fits under the presser foot so o finally found my kind of machine, since then I have bought two more singer’s vintage machine that can see decorative stitches and zigzag that are treadles as well and I love cleaning them as well as keep them running smoothly by giving its maintenance my self so thank you for sharing with others your thoughts since it would help others to make due diligence before falling in love with their perfect match? It really takes trial and error until you get into the choice you ❤

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the first minut prank wasn't funny. you could killed someone one and you will never know. please don't do that again

Great video and dress

Question, could this style be a ball gown? This is interesting. What was the name of the book you found the pattern in?

Thank you for this amazing tutorial ❤️

I can strip down and rebuild a vintage machine and know it will work. Modern machines, not so much. Even though I'm a microelectronics engineer, the electronics they put in modern machines are designed to prevent easy repair and it's a challenge.

I just bought a Singer 401A. I paid $85. That included a really nice cabinet, all the original presser feet and a few more, the original book in perfect condition, 10 Cams, and the original box for the Cams and feet. The machine was a toss of the dice because it had no cord. We bought a cord for $12 that arrived in two days. Amazingly, the machine works like a dream. All the decorative stitches are perfect. The only minor issue is that the foot pedal squeaks. My husband will fix that because he loves that kind of challenge. I do have several other machines, but this one is going to stay in a place of honor upstairs in an area off the kitchen. Such incredible engineering needs to be displayed and used.

Great comparison. I have always had a vintage machine in the background. But recently I have switched to the computerized sewing machine on the back ground. I now prefer to use the Ena SU blue top machine and the Singer 319k as my main machines. My greatest disappointment was that spares for a relatively new machine of between 5 to 10 years is not available. The after market spares is just not cutting it. But selling an over priced machine to you as replacement is the way they roll now. I have taken myself out of the modern sewing machine throw away cycle.

At the local museum I frequent(I'm a board member), we have at least 3 of these types of dresses. All of them are 1 piece, but 1 is tagged as a wedding dress and 1 is tagged as a graduation gown. I have yet to find a tag for the 3rd dress. All of them are fantastic and completely unique. All are made of cotton, some heavier than the other. There is SO much to learn about fabric and fashion! Thank you for having the determination to make these videos. I appreciate them all!

I suspect the reason this dress may have been saved is because it could be either a summer Sunday best, or a highschool or college graduation dress. It is lovely and I enjoyed your detailed analysis. I love the detail work.

video rendered completely unwatchable by the music. I cannot concentrate on what's being said because my brain can't differentiate your voice from the music. If you've a cognitive impairment like I do, it just can't tolerate it.

Wonderful video, could this been the girl behind the bride dress?

Wow you did brilliantly well!! What I noticed the most was that you progressed in a straight forward manner - I know because mine was a way more of an 'on the model - off the model' type of process. I got there in the end and I love mine too! Thanks for sharing

Where I Iive, we don't celebrate Halloween. So enjoy your celebration and have fun.

Happy Spooky Season to you! Enjoy your party! I'm celebrating by bringing the Goddaughters to see _The Shinning_ on a proper screen with surround sound... it used to be the 16 year old's "Night-Night" movie when she was 9... - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

Where did you get this fabric??? 😍

I just love your channel and you are smart, beautiful, and bring history to life in clothing and information Thank you..

You need help 😜🤣

This was a wonderful video, thank you. Good conversation and I'm so glad you were able to wear it while carrying a "women, use your vote" sign. The coat is beautiful. Well done. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

My first thought when you said weighted hem was the old-style fishing line weights. My Maternal Granddad fished and my Maternal Great Grandmother seems to have been an Olympic Level Sewist. The fishing weights are oblong shaped pieces of lead, the small grove running the length holds a piece of rubber that holds the fishing line. As residents of northern Ontario from the turn of the century until the 60's and 70's they wouldn't have had that many options for sewing supplies and notions. So, maybe fishing weights would be a good substitute?? Unfortunately Granny's two surviving flapper dresses did not survive the last 20 years - join with me in a moment of silence... so no mentally taking apart or pattern copying them into something that would be safe to wear... or even to know if they were bought or were hand made... Anywho, do we know what was typically used to weigh things like hems? - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

I'm lucky enough to have my Maternal Granny's wedding cake topper. They lived up in northern Ontario, so the box has the shipping label from the Eaton's catalogue she would have ordered it from. I got to use it in my wedding. That dress is just stunning. Good save for the ages... I'm currently bidding on some patterns from the 30's that will actually fit me. Those women knew how to sew - I have a Simplicity manual from that decade and it is mind-blowing the amount of techniques they literally had at their fingertips. Little intimidating, I've never really worked with bias. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

Have you thought of using Sari material the next time you try this pattern? If you use the border material as edging... book a night at the opera, because you'd have yourself a dress. The swish factor alone... There's a few tweaks you could do, like maybe narrow the side seams a little to make the cylinder of fabric sit closer to your body (would weighing the hem with chain make a difference to the movement)? You could raise the up the amount of drop on the shoulder (maybe a 1/4-1/2")? Maybe lengthen the cuffs to 3 or 4 buttons? Don't count this as a loss. It's a wearable mock-up. Then there's always the option of that 1920's ribbon bra that Nicole Rudolf made - under-pinning's land the look? - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

Interesting that there was piecing centre back - is there any evidence of a bow/tail that might have covered it? Also, I'm currently making my first bustle gown (1880s) and had the whole double thickness fabric to avoid a visible machine hem or single thickness and machine hem to get crisper pleats debate only yesterday! Which is yours? I couldn't make it out on the video. Love the questions old things answer and also add - if only they could talk! Thanks for the tour.

What's the difference between a bib dress and a pinafore dress? Or are they the same?

Your extant example is amazing. I swear, the sewists just came up with designs to try to out-sew each other. I agree with the 'cuffs-down' option for the sleeves. I love your 'rings in a tree-trunk' analogy for staining. I have a fluting iron that would have (likely) been used to make the pleats on the edge of the lower skirt - I'm looking for any excuse to use it. Hope the move is going well. Take care. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

Soooo much work went into making that ensemble - stunning. I just love the pintucks 💙

Just paused to pop out and say that bodice is amazing. Oh my lord. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

Oh my goodness, all those tucks! This outfit must have been stunning in it's day.

I love this!

Thank-you for your generous sharing. Most informative & well photographed. Kind regards jacqui

Stop with the racism yourself

Some excellent points. Like you I only really started doing more indepth research last year. I have always thought I was inclusive but realised that I wasn't recognising problem areas because it doesn't affect me and I just hadn't thought about it from a bipoc or other perspective. I really enjoy costuming in colour because it is constantly broadening my perspective and giving me great people to follow and support. I have a large project on going (3 years so far) making a dress inspired by one worn by Alexandra Feodorovna and when I started it was just a beautiful dress made in Austria. Now I'm more thoughtful about it and I wonder what Alex (a lovely Russian gentleman who was a displaced person after the war, chose to relocate to the UK and lived on our farm) would think. I will still finish the dress and wear it to the ball but the context has changed. Alex and the family he lost during the Russian revolution will be remembered in the dress too. It is so important to keep trying to put ourselves in other people's shoes and seeing the world through a different lense. I'm learning but like you said there's lots more to do and I am sure I will make mistakes along the way. Thank you for your thoughts.

This is so important. I feel so sad that people still put other people aside for unnimportant dettails. I feel sad that people have to group to ptotect themselves from others. I grew up thinking that all human beings are to be treated as I like to be treated regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, phisical or mental problems... I felt safe, but not any more. Human kind is changing for the worst, I see my mother who lived the first 28 years of her live in a dictatorchip, where "white, heterosexual, catholic" was the norm, being more open and inclusive than kids 60 years younger than her. I feel that presumption of prejudice is as bad as prejudice itself, because certain groups don't include others, but many times people are affraid they won't be accepted so they group with others from the same race, sexual orientation or religion, for eg. There are so many other kinds of racism and prejudice you didn't talk about, but that would take a lot more videos, and some would make you a racist 🙄. The world started changing for me when I was 17, picking up a friend at scholl (at that point she was my friend and her skin colour had absolutelly no importance for me or the rest of our group), someone told her "you traitor! You shouln't be with those white kids! You should hang out only with us!" This was so painfull to be back then that still hurts whenever I think about it. When I was 23, a 9 year old studant in a class told me "you don't like me because you are racist. You only tell me to be quiet because I am black" she couldn't explain why I would tell a white boy to shut up and pay attention more often than her, she couldn't explain why another child whose skin was darker than her's never needed to be told "be quiet," or "pay attention" but she was sure I hated her because she was black. When I was 31 in a job intervew "oh, sorry to have wasted your time, you are over 30, can't hire you after all" When I was 31 in a job intervew "oh, you are a mother..." I don't think I need to say if they called me back. My sister lived in Gabon of about a year and loved it, she was treated very well by people that didn't understand her. Later she went to Angola where they speak the same language, but in a restaurant she and her usband would only eat if a black friend asked for them... I want to go back to the 1980's when I could be with my friends and skin tone or religion was not an issue, when disabilities were just a characteristic of that person and not a negative trait, when gay men were just people. But the world has changed and although in Portugal most people are indifferent to differences, there are many who aren't.

Well done. Thank you for this. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

This is lovely! Thank you for sharing!

Hey Christine! Thank You for introducing this elegant beauty to us. Lovely to see you again and I hope you're doing ok.

Thank you for sharing this elderly lady with us. Clothing, as much as humans, have so much to teach by virtue of seeing and surviving a history that would disappear if we fail to ask the relevant questions and simply by sitting back and listening.

So glad you feel able to be back and I get to see that beautiful dress being made! Looking forward to the next one - whenever you feel like doing one.

I am so glad you're back! Day at a time and all that, just go at your own pace, don't take on too much! Oh! The chair thing, yip, been there!

Cute dress! Glad to see you again!

I love the colour of the dress. Looks fantastic. Sometimes sh*t happens. It’s inevitable. But then it all clears out and you’re thankful for the hardships etc because you get stronger. You got over it and can do so once again ❤️

Thank you for sharing!

The pocket would probably be easily accessible while seated with your hands in your lap. Lovely dress!

I'm currently attempting to make this dress myself and your video has been so helpful! Thank you for sharing your project!

I can’t give you five thumbs up. But I would if I could. It’s a great video for us folks that are not conservators and want to refresh a “new” old garment. I think you should always do as you did and consult someone who has some expertise in this area. Many garments cannot and should not be cleaned either because of the fabric or fragility of the garment. Your dress was in great shape and the results are beautiful. I’ll bet, if you place it where you can see it everyday we’ll be seeing a video of you making one. It’s irresistible.

Why are you making a dress out of material that you don't like it doesn't make sense to me at all cause you won't like it when you're done sewing it

Yes I agree with you Jennifer cooper

I like the one hour dress option. You'd look very pretty in it. If it takes four hours, I'll sew along with you to keep your spirits up.

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