What 625 Hours of Hand Stitching Created: Everything I Made in My Third Year Sewing
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- It's that time of year again, where I share everything (well most things) I made during my third year sewing! August 2023 was my 3-year sewing anniversary and probably my proudest year of creations yet.
Like always, everything is 100% hand stitched, and all within the realm of historical fashion. I also mention the approximate hours it took for each ensemble to serve as a reminder of how labour-intensive sewing can be (and to pay homage to all dressmakers of the past and present).
This year I gained a lot more confidence in my ability to sew clothing even without a pattern or no instructions. I also dove into sewing some of my ancestral Volga Tatar clothing.
Thank you so much for being a part of this journey. Can you believe my channel is over 2.5 years old now?!
A big thanks to @LizGrylls for helping me with the pattern for the working-class bed gown.
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Sources:
M. Zavyalova, 'Tatar Milli Kieme' [Tatar Costume], Kazan', 1996
Guzel Valeeva-Suleimanova, 'The Decorative Applied Art of the Kazan' Tatars', Moscow, 1990.
Суслова С. В. 'Татарский костюм: историко-этнологическое исследование', Казань, 2018.
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This is always one of my favourite videos to put together. I hope you enjoy watching it and thank you for your support over the past 2.5 years of this channel! If you'd like to see my sewing projects before they're released to the public, please consider joining my Patreon: www.patreon.com/vbirchwood
See you in two weeks for another video! Here's to year four of sewing 🥰
I absolutely love your channel and the dedication you have to create stunning clothing and all by hand .. just incredible..well done you and here is to many more years creating you wonderful wardrobe.
Would you ever consider putting the pattern you created for the final garment (the absolutely beautiful red Tatar-style piece) up for sale? It is simply stunning and I would love to make something in this style as it seems perfect for the climate in my country, but I am not able to make my own patterns from scratch because my brain really struggles with that sort of task, so I always start with existing patterns and modify them as I go. I would certainly pay good money for a pattern for this wonderful dress!
Yes! Consider it, please It's very beutiful and I am very interested in the sleeves
Love thar red Tatar dress. Good work, Vesy.
you look so happy in the red Volga dress, it's so beautiful on you!!! that red is such a great color on you as well
You look so happy (and pretty!!) in the red Tartar dress. Thanks for sharing!
Aww thank you for your support :)
You should wear whatever makes you comfortable. Keep showing us your journey though! 😹😻
Thank you :)
It's going to be interesting to see which new clothes you make next year, as well as the new historical eras you'll be covering. Excellent work on the Tatar clothing for this year too!
Thank you so much! An exciting new direction that has been a long time in the making 😀
The red ancestral dress❣️❣️❣️❣️. It’s glorious. It looks casual, comfy and elegant all at the same time and you look spectacular in red
I do hope there will be a video coming on this style. I would love to hear more about your research and see a little about how the dress is made.
oh my god her eye color really popped at: 8:46 such a lovely reddish brown never seen that color eye before!
So many beautiful garments! I'm just in love with the Volga Tartar dress! It's stunning and suits you so well! Maybe because you're beaming in it! Great work!
Thank you so much! ☺ I'm ready to sew 5+ more of them 😃
I have had one of the hardest years of my life since August 2022. There has been so much loss, grief, pain, and anguish. Sewing historical fashion for the first time has been my solace through it all. Connecting to my ancestors has taught me that they have endured the impossible, so too shall I until the day I breathe my last. It's helped me not feel alone in my struggles and given me a beautiful activity to feel my time and ease my stress. And sometimes it has been the small light in the deep depressions I have felt this year.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and story. I’m so sorry that everything has been so immensely painful and full of grief since August 2022. I hope that you continue to have those moments of peace and small lights and that they increase in number too. You are deeply cared about! Your ancestors are always holding you.
The red ancestral dress turned out so good Vasi. I learned so much from the Irish inspired outfit videos. Continued success with the sewing and the channel. See you in 2 weeks!
Thank you so, so much 🙂 See you in two weeks!
So awesome and beautiful.
I like that you record how many hours you spend. It makes it far more realistic and grounded. It can also encouraging for anyone starting out in the craft.
I am so impressed that you drafted that Volga Tatar dress yourself!
Thank you :) I'm quite surprised I was able to figure it out also honestly! Feels a bit surreal.
Thank you so much for sharing the results of your creativity.
You might already be aware of 'Eli from Russia', a YT site about a lovely woman who is, I believe, Tatar ethnically. She travels a lot and that's mainly what her channel is about but she also provides a great deal of information about ethnic groups in Russia - and there are a lot of them!
The videos about the different groups are quite extensive although probably missing the level of detail that a seamstress would prefer. She's been doing videos for a few years so there's lots of information there.
I hope that this is helpful and that we see more of your beautiful handywork.
I love these recaps! Thank you for sharing.
So glad you enjoy them! Thanks for watching :)
I love watching these types of videos! It's wonderful to see how you're progressing and reminds me to reflect on my own progress as well!
Thanks so much! I hope that you are showing yourself lots of love for your own progress this year :)
Lovely garments and so varried. I really like, that you branch out from regular historical costuming content and follow your very own interests.
You look so at home in the clothing of your ancestors! Lovely video as always 💗 I had admired that green dress in the video of you singing; it truly is lovely and looks so comfortable!
Thank you! ☺
I am absolutely in love with the last red one. the Tatar one. the color, the silhouette, the everything about it is incredible. it's wonderful
I love those updates from you! I think my favourite is the coat, and of course those wrappers. But the coat, oh my, it's beautiful! Such wonderful shape. Also I love those clothes that represent your ancestry. There is so much research about (middle and upper class) Western European and North American fashion, but not so much about the rest. I wish there would be a way to change it, but so much of the research is lost. I don't even have photos of my great-grandparents, because there were so little of them and they all got lost, only one photo of my Granny as a toddler. Now I realise I don't even know how any of them apart of one great-granny (who helped take care of me when I was a child) looked. I never saw them in pictures.
Thank you so much! I'm so sorry that you aren't able to know that information. It's so sad what has been lost to history, especially the preciousness of family heirlooms and information 😔
@@VBirchwood I hope next generations after mine would have some heirlooms or at least pictures. The only true heirlooms my mum and I have are my great-grandmum's treadle sewing machine and beautiful chest of drawers from another great-grandmum. I'm happy that I have at least those things and I will cherish them.
This year’s sewing is stunning! I love them all. You should be very proud of your work it’s beautiful!
Thank you so much!!
Your outfits are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with us!
I also love the feeling that some years of practice gives. Before I started sewing I would have never imagined that I can actually figure out the pattern for a garment I'm seeing. It's so comforting and empowering at the same time. I'm glad you mentioned this aspect of the sewing journey. It's worth learning and going through trials and errors to arrive at this place. Happy sewing for your 4th year!
You are one of my most favorite creators on UA-cam. You might have had an incredibly hard year, but you made it through, grew stronger and have absolutely stunning wardrobe additions to show for it. Your talent knows no bounds, how can it only be 3 years??? I learn so much in every one of your videos. Your garments are stunning and I just LOVE that they are all handmade! I am looking forward to what another years brings - my prayer for you is a peaceful one.
YAY!!! I was waiting for this!
Aww yay!
I'm amazed, truly amazed by your dedication to this craft...
Thank you :)
You are doing amazing with your sewing projects. I feel so inspired. Thank ,you for sharing your sewing journey. I look forward to seeing all the past videos and your future videos. I have been losing weight, and the current clothing I have I will have to keep and adjust the size by hand sewing. Seeing what you can do helps me believe I could do this. Thank you😊
I loved your summer projects! The shift-turned-dress ended up so pretty
You've done very well. I love genealogy inspired projects. I wish your ancestors could see you do them.
The green linen chemise OMG so nice
Amazing journey thank you for sharing it! I think the more we care about something the harder it is to start. The Tatar dress turned out stunning and I would absolutely love to learn more about Tatar fashion! ❤
Thank you so much! And I think you're very right. Sometimes it feels like there might be more to lose if things don't work out as planned (and I mean, let's face it, life rarely turns out as planned). So I think letting go and surrendering into the process and not having expectations about how the end result will be is key! Just being along for the journey and taking it as it shows up :)
Such beautiful work, Vasi. Take care.
Thank you so much 😊 Take care!!
2023-2024 will be my first year sewing my own wardrobe. I started research last month and will start sewing next month. I am so excited and you've been a huge inspiration to me :)
Love the red Volga Tatar dress - that color is fantastic! And I always look forward to watching your videos!
So wonderful, thank you for posting this!
Thank you for watching!
I love them all, those coats look so professional, and the last red dress is stunning on you
Thank you!! :)
Few weeks ago I finally started researching for historical Volga Tatar costume for the same reason as you (and faced same problems - lack of information). And what am I seeing on your channel after a few months of not checking it?! Tatar dress! I love you! This is definetely some Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, but i don't mind at all.
It's so magical to see a gorgeous historical costuber making the same outfit I considered almost sacred for myself. I feel that I'm not alone with this anymore.
Thank you!
You’re really growing into your talents! So many lovely outfits. I’m looking forward to what the next year of sewing brings, and I hope things are better for you this year. Take care ❤
Stunning, all your makes absolutely stunning.
As soon as I found your channel, subscribed!
Would you consider selling the how tos of your Volga Tatar creation?! I think it's the only garment - the unadorned version - that I would actually feel comfortable wearing.
wow!
So beautiful!!
Faaaantastic !🎉
Epic
Wow I am LOVING this idea. I’ve always been interested in my ancestry and also fashion so bringing them together is genius! You’re so talented and beautiful! Subscribing for more!
Your fabric collection looks absolutely amazing! May I ask for any tips on finding and purchasing deadstock fabrics? I only use non-synthetic fabrics (often undyed and dying them with plant materials myself at home) and it can be truly very expensive to get just a few yards of fabric where I live! Thank you :)
I just discovered your channel, and it's been a wealth of information that honors these beautiful skills with revival.
I had a weird question: there's a vintage sewing device I heard of that sort of crochets and stitches at the same time.
I believe it starts with "tou..."
I completely forgot the rest of the word, and was wondering if anyone knows what I mean.
that purple coat is the dogs bollocks.
I think that's a very good result! All the more - that you've tackled caot making which is not considered easy. How many hours a day (or a week) do you sew?
I am not a good hand sewer, but am learning. Had to laugh the other day as I realized I had sewn the hem I was stitching to my pants leg underneath. Had to cut myself loose and start over. Wondering if you or anyone else has done this?
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do you have any rescourses for russian historical fashion in russian? im not used to researching in a second language lol
I have never been particularly interested in Russian fashion, so I don't know much about it. So I can't really give any advice.
Still no Ancient Egyptian garbs?
Maybe you could be the one to specialise in that?
There's a historical fashion channel by Daisy Viktoria that often covers ancient Egyptian clothes (as well as other Bronze Age clothing such as the Minoan culture).
I love the looser styles so much! So elegant and the colours are amazing! The coat is just fantastic as well! Everything looks so well made and fits you so well too. Really great job! 😊👏❤
Thank you so much!!
I loved it when you gave us that big beautiful smile! Love this channel!
Do you have any advice for someone who is just starting out and wanting to historical dress every day?
Start with pieces that you can wear in many combinations (such as a few blouses, a few skirts) and build from there. Recognise as well that it will time to get your wardrobe where you want it to be, and that it's a process. You can also often find historically inspired pieces (especially with blouses and skirts) in charity shops.
I love how many of these pieces look relaxed and comfortable. I've made plenty of skirts, but I'm nervous to make fitted garments. Anytime a pattern has shapes that aren't rectangles and triangles, my brain starts steaming from the effort of figuring it out! lol
I find hand sewing really takes a toll on the eyes. Any tips?
Very nice work.
Bon travail. Good creativity. A lot of good work but natural talent and skills smart lady. Good. Keep on exploring, creating your own style
Thank you!!
Very cool 😀
You really inspire me to try sewing projects that I am intimidated by.
Is there a purchaseable pattern you've used for the wrapper dresses that you've made a few of? I really like the look of those dresses.
Yay, that's amazing to hear! It'll be frustrating at times, but you'll learn a lot in the end. It's better to at least try and then step back when feeling frustrated, then to never try at all in my opinion.
For the wrapper, I used Laughing Moon pattern no. 118
How do you do small stitches when you have thick layers of cloth? When I try, I end up having large stitches? You are amazing and I find you incredibly inspiring
With thicker fabric, you generally want to work a back stitch in two parts, one going down through the fabric, and the other going back up. It's best though to try and reduce the fabric thickness as much as possible for the smallest stitches. Historically, I've found the wool of my antiques for instance, to be much thinner than wool tends to be these days, and hence easier to hand sew through. Try to minimise back stitches to only two layers of fabric and not more, and then join together if there are more layers involved.
@@VBirchwood Thank you so much! I've been going nuts trying to figure it out.
Your skills have really developed and the garments are incredible!
I especially love the red dress and head wrap. The term (I can't think of the proper one now) that is the name for your ancestral clothes, look so incredibly comfy!
I recently sewed a couple doll dresses for Raggedy Ann's for my grand daughters, but have currently fallen into a surge of knitting.
Creativity keeps us alive and happy in so many ways! Thanks for always encouraging new prospects!
You're very talented and put me to shame regarding just how much prevarication I allow myself to get away with, regarding most projects, sewing or otherwise. However, as my wardrobe bulges and coat hangers break under the strain maybe I should get the message.
Keep it up Vasi. I enjoy your videos because you are refreshingly honest and modest about your growth as a sewer. You always have interesting content, and looking back is always valuable , to see from where you have come. I love that you are exploring your family history via fashion. It looks comfortable and colourful - I love colour!
The red Tatar dress looks like something from the modern runway. I was going to jokingly say that you could go to NY fashion week wearing that, but actually seeing full Tatar garb at NY fashion week would be really cool.
You made me realize that sewing by hand is a great way to connect to history. 💖 Now I'm rethinking buying a sewing machine.
I think your red ancestral outfit is my favorite and the long dark green dress that looks similar is my 2nd favorite. What fun! 💖
I really love how you branched out! And your creativity really begins to shine the more confidence you have in your pattern making and sewing ability.
Well done! Your output is inspiring and beautiful.
Do you do the button trick with your laces in casings?
I'm not sure I understood the question 😅 For which garment?
@@VBirchwood The sleeves on that one gown for one. Where you put casings on to run string or ribbon through in order to change the size of that part of the garment. I take a two hole button (rubber ones work great), tie a knot in my ribbon and then put it through one hole. Then I run the ribbon through the casing and put the ribbon through the second hole and knot. It keeps the bows or knots you make stay better and keeps one from losing the ribbon in the wash.
Love the colors you used this year!
Thank you!! Bright colours are the best
@@VBirchwood absolutely!! My winter gowns are all in jewel tones and I love them.
i’ll never fall out of love with that pink wrapper, the colour is just immensely gorgeous🙌🏻 and the izyu is so beautiful, i absolutely adore seeing these other styles on you. great work!! wishing you happiness in this next year💓
Thank you so much Jae!! 😊
You are totally incredible! And soooo very talented, I can't even imagine hand sewing a curtain let alone all the intricate detailing you create! Fanominal, I'm truly blown away by the dedication you have.
A incredible well done on your amazing hand sewing journey and I shall think of you tomorrow when I switch on my sewing machine to make a large set of covers for my camper van seating.
Thank you so much! Happy sewing :)
Your sewing really has improved! It was never bad, of course, but it has certainly gotten even better!
Thank you so much! I can proudly say the fit of my earliest garments was a serious work in progress - but that's natural with any skill for a long time until many hours of practice have been accumulated, so I'm proud of them too as they remind me of the hard work I've put in 😊
@@VBirchwood There’s really nothing like the pride of seeing just how much one has improved, is there? What’s so nice about sewing is that it’s really easy to see this change. And you truly have every reason to proud, Vasi! Your work is always so lovely and intricate, and it’s clear that it’s a (very fruitful) labour of love.