I made a Patchwork Corset-Vest!
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
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I completely spaced on adding this in the video but shout out to Silverstah! Their patchwork vest project was a huge inspo: www.instagram....
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My Grammy had some of those books that were different leathers- we made so many pairs of shoes for my American Girl Samantha doll.
That is such a great use for that, I love it!!
My Samantha had quite an enviable wardrobe thanks to Grammy's remnants bin- she was a professional seamstress in the 80s and has a lot of leftover fabric. Absolutely the reason I'm into historical fashion and sewing!
Morgan,
Such a darling, original vest/corset/ waistcoat.... I love it! You are always so clever. Not only in your original designs, also in where you source fabrics and materials from, and I admire that.
I have been able to source things ( I ) find valuable, from many different places. I never thought of trying to see if I could get a fabric sample book! I did get a carpet one, and my cat condo was awesome because of it 😊 . I am going to use my best -I am not trying to ruin your day - attitude and be genuinely grateful if I am able to source some nice fabric samples!! I can think of so many cool ideas; depending on fabrics available.
Thanks for the ideas and for sharing your talents!
Sending happy thoughts and gratitude,
Audri
My dad had those… he’s retired now but he did upholstery…
👀 I have scrap leather and finally got my Samantha
Decades ago, I worked at a small sewing distributor (fabric & notions). One morning I saw the boss putting a bunch of fabric sample books in the trash pile. I asked and he said take whatever you can before the truck comes. I made a lot of "patchwork" things and "mended" a frayed lightweight denim shirt--was asked wear I bought it, was soooo proud. I never stopped after that. My sewing space has 3 x more scraps and remnants than actual yardage of any fabric.
My mum and I were going through and reorganizing my stash this morning and I realized just how many scrappy bits I've got...way too many 😅 I have so much more in scrap/cabbage than I do in whole cuts. I'm not normally big on patchwork or quilting for me but I may just need to make myself a skirt or something!
My dad was in construction, and did a similar thing with his kitchen floor. He used tile samples he’d collected over the years and made a beautiful “patchwork” tile floor. It was truly a piece of art and wholly unique.
I love when you take a garment and put a whimsical or nostalgic spin on it like your secret pants. This is such a cute way to continue your mom's craft and blend it with your own. The fan lacing is the coolest touch. So beautiful
Awww 😭💖 thank you so much! It's very freeing to play with things like this, so much less stress compared to trying to get everything exactly 'right'.
@@MorganDonner yo wait can you wear this with the shenanigan pants, probably gonna clash but im just curious
Not me instantly falling in love with this wrap vest and I want five??? Holy smokes?? Taking notes, taking notes!!!! I can imagine how cool this would look in rainbow or different shades of purples and greens and I'm in love with the concept. I adore the fan lacing it's such a gorgeous detail.
I know! I've got a rainbow obsessed kid and now I want to find rainbow scraps to make her like, patchwork overalls.
I need to make this in green. Too late for St. Patrick's day...☘️ this year, but that's okay because with my skill level rather than Ms. Donner's skill set it might be ready in time for next year. And then I can make a saturated pastel purple one for my niece! I'm just too happy about this idea.
I wonder if it would be possible to combine green fabrics and leather pieces? That could make a cute fantasy type look or just forest-y. :3
now I want to see everybody`s creations! Morgan should make a hashtag. and maybe do a sewalong or challange or something
@@lynnsibley1172 oh no now _I_ want rainbow patchwork overalls...
All those scrap hoarders are going to love this project. Now if the will ever get around to making it.
I often joke that crafting and collecting supplies for crafting are two different hobbies. I am VERY good at the collecting and hoarding part, if I do say so myself!
As my great grandma used to say, No one will notice on a galloping horse.😂 The whole outfit, including the back tail, looks great.🥰
That is a FANTASTIC phrase that I plan to adopt immediately!
@@marissabulso6439 I am so glad. It's one of my favorite family sayings.
My mom used to say a blind man on a galloping horse
I don't understand the saying.. is it that no one will see flaws on a galloping horse?
@heyits_cat8966 it more so roughly means no one will notice the little errors in daily life, or the little errors don't mean anything to others when they see you wear it, only you.
I love your style of wearing the finished piece while explaining your process of making it. I always feel myself antsy during project videos to jump to the end to see the final product but here I can see it the entire time and think Wow how was it made? and enjoy the process of learning every step that went into it.
Interior designers usually have these books that they get rid of every year. My dad is a painting contractor, so I got a lot of these as a teen from the designers he would work with. They had a lot of leather samples too. I used them for a lot of crafting and small sewing projects. If anyone is interested in doing a project like this, contact local interior designers and ask them to think of you when they want to get rid of their fabric swatches.
As someone who's had to throw away hundreds of these books, I'm so happy to see this one get the love it deserves. Especially a Robert Allen book.
I made 30 quilts out of sample books for my daughter’s wedding. Gave them to guests as they left
This is SO creative, I love exactly this kind of very personal spin Morgan puts on her more creative projects - that fresh and inspiring mix of historical and punk and feminine and practical
i love that patchwork is becoming more and more popular. I've even started seeing it in high-end fashion
I have promised myself a waistcoat since I sewed waistcoats for my husband and for my son and his wedding party 6 years ago. I have sewn for others, but it is time to sew for me again and your form fitting supportive wrap version has inspired me. Thank you.
Dawn dishwashing liquid or gain dishwashing liquid will actually help to get that off of the back
Sometimes warming the paper with a blow dryer or warm iron will lower the viscosity of the glue so much that it comes off much more easily. It works best on stickers on hard surfaces, though.
Yes sometimes eating it that does work @@ClaudiaArnold
@@EphanyasisOwleyes Do you in fact mean eating or heating? I do apologize if I have offended you somehow 😳.
@@ClaudiaArnoldngl, bless you for this bc my brain was stuck on "eating the glue? that checks out. people (children) do that!" and couldn't think up of what they probably actually meant.
(I know brain was having a "dumb" moment, but I still appreciate this xD)
Dishwashing liquid in the washing machine ?
( Sometimes I do that to wash wool)
I used to use those books for all sorts of things. We covered a friend's couch in patchwork we made from it. I made a whole coat once. It is a lot of fun and this project was so unique. I love the way it looks.
Love that you didn’t just ~use~ a fabric samples, you elevated them. You embraced the inherent pieced-together look and created something so stunning. I cannot get over the fan shape of the laces spreading out and across the garment. Glorious. 😂
I now know what to do with my "year pants". I was too poor to get a year book so my last day senior year in high school I wore an old pair of pants my mom gave me (that were too short or tight or worn for a middle aged person, but fit my very small teen age body well enough at the time) and brought in a multi color pack of sharpies and asked my friends to sign my year pants. My friends loved it, those pants have every type of weird doodles, graffiti or heart felt messages you could imagine. They are way too small now, but the strip fan type shape of those panels on your vest thing is perfect. The year pants will live again!
In the UK we do this on the last day with our school shirts. 🙂
Patchwork must be in the air, I am contemplating incorporating it in my sewing. That waistcoat suits you so much, from the color to the styling. I liked the way you made the pattern using plastic wrap and tape, that's a great technique.
There is a quilt, which might be in the NC Museum of History, made from men's suiting wool samples. The maker's husband owned a general goods store and Sears would send books of samples, so customers could choose what fabric they wanted for their suit, which they would then buy from Sears.
My aunt used to work at a furniture store and I have SO many samples sitting around that she gave us.....thanks for the idea! Not that I needed more stuff to sew. 😂😂😂
The secret ti velvet no matter the kind of velvet is pins. Pin it like you would normally, pin it between those pins to keep it still, and pin it one more time because it's velvet.
Velvet has adhd! I just love your machine cozy claire.
this is such a fun idea! I remember making clothes for dolls and stuffed animals with those kinds of books! Its super cool that you are making them into adult clothes! :)
I'm flabbergasted at how you take everyday clothing pieces and make something so fun!!! Love this vest corset thingy. ❤❤❤❤ You keep sewing fun!!!!! You have quite the imagination!!! Thank you!!! Your videos are always so light and airy and fun. Such a joy!!!
For the sleeves, you could also make some of those slit ones that let the shift show through, and have every "slit" be the separation between the panels of different fabrics!
I have so many of these that I bought second-hand, and I mainly use them for dolls, but to make a patchwork corest? Genius. I know what my next personal project is.
Morgan I have been so inspired by you and other sewists and crafters on UA-cam - I got a sewing machine for Christmas and just made a pair of truly terrible pajama pants as my first project. They are awful but they exist and I learned some things for next time!
TIP FOR WASHING WOVEN FABRICS!! Clip about 1/4"-1/2" off the corners of the raw edges at a diagonal. When you put it through the washer, it won't fray hardly at all. Read this on a forum somewhere, and I do it every time now- it works like a charm! Happy sewing
Turned out really cute & I actually would prefer the split in back. It won 't ride up when you sit.
So I'm not the only one that goes to these stores and ask for their discontinued sample packs. 😊
I loved using these for various mini projects. I really must get back to using my left over samples.
Regarding the vent on the back, I think that there is so much going on with colours, textures and patterns that (adding the ribbon on top) the only person who will ever notice that it isn't 'straight' will be you. And since you can't see your own bum, generally speaking, it's all good. I love how you take an idea and then just run with it and bring something wonderful into the world.
The shape of this garment is soooo beautiful and the fan lacing is something ive never seen before. I really want to make one for myself now!
Claire the cat as an ornament on the maschine made my day!
So much innovation in this lovely project! If a name for this style of garment doesn't already exist, I propose calling it a "wrap vest".
You're so clever!
I love that you share your projects with everyone, and encourage the viewers to make their/ our own fun stuff.
The colors and textures are absolutely gorgeous! As for what I got out of this video, I've been completely burnt out after finishing my semester, but seeing you enjoy the process so much has inspired me. I'll be getting back into sewing, one step at a time.
My final project for fashion school used this method!! I made a robe a la francaise with a reproduction pattern and then I bought as many red items as I could find at the thrift store and I cut them into random scraps and then quilted them back together
That sounds so lovely! I bet it was gorgeous and so fun to make
This is so cute!!! I might do a take on it myself, because I LOVE that it's vesty but also still adjustable. Gaining weight and having sensory difficulties with tight garments, I haven't really had comfy vests in ages, and lately I'm really feeling that lack. This is such a cute solution to my problem! The fact that it looks good with skirts or trousers AND has some bust support makes it really versatile.
I've also always love a patchwork garment, and the fact that you used a method of cheap fabric acquisition you learned from your mom AND got to fill out the gaps with scraps from your own stash makes it feel so personal. I really love both the process and the product on this one!
furniture stores used to give away old upholstery books if you asked. I must have made dozens of vests in the 90s -- when vests were cool- out of those books. They tended to be 18 inch squares that you'd lose about 3/4 inch from one side when you cut off the strip that had the grommets.
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The ray design really reminds me of paper folding cards I used to make with my aunt. This was such a fun project to watch.
It’s so fitting that the patchwork vest is also lined with scraps! I especially love the left strap- it really pops :) Projects like these feel like they have so much soul to them…
Love the green leaf version too! 😭😍
I need to go looking for these - my next job is going to be a craft store - lol - I'd call it a vest or bodice and the arms raising the shirt is why I'm wanting to start making my own shirts with gussets - no moving the shirt when you move your arms :D so far I've made 2 chamise and 1 scrap chamise that'll be the lining for a jacket
Morgan, your projects are always super inspiring to me as a seamstress and designer 😊 😄 love the lacing style on this, it's so cute!
I love this! I'm going to attempt to make something like this myself. I really appreciate you going through it step by step. I have a whole box of scraps that are too small to do much with but would work perfectly for a project like this. As an aside, my grandpa and uncle used to own a furniture store so I have a ton of upholstery and leather sample books that I use to make doll clothes and shoes. It's so lovely that your mom used to get those books to make blankets.
Your creativity is just so incredibly awesome! Amazing way to honour your Mom and her creativity - it came out so stinking cute!
Morgan, I can’t sew by any stretch of the imagination but I love watching your projects and I absolutely love this vest
Absolutely lovely. I agree about the Belle vibes. Wonderful video with very clear information on how to make a pattern and on why you dud certain things. You are a great "giver of knowledge".
I definitely had fabric samples like that which I played with as a kid. Really like how your project turned out.
This is a very creative combination of a bunch of different corset styles. ❤❤
You Morgan, you are what I find inspirational ❤ xx
Soaking the paper in rubbing alcohol works great! I'm in the middle of making a dress from sample books
See if you can add the internal parts of a box pleat in the back. That way it can flare or flatten, but it’ll still be attached enough to make you happier.
I don't know if anyone else has mentioned yet, but you can free-motion on that machine! (for future projects) All you need is a free motion foot which is pretty easy to find (I got mine in a box of like 25 different generic feet off of amazon, you just need to know how long a shank you need or to get a shank adapter) and from there you just cover or drop your feed-dogs and away you go! I've done a bunch of free-motion on just my home sewing machine.
Anyway, this came out so nice! I've always been drawn to those sample books but have so far avoided my magpie tendencies and not brought one home. Now I have an excuse!!
im living for this kitty content!!!!!
I got a lot of scrap fabrics that had been sitting in my grandpas woodshop. Some of the fabric was my grandmas, but my grandpa thinks some of the fabric was from HIS grandmother. I have only recently started on sewing and quilting, and I decided that I would make a crazy quilt bag like what @Shannon_Makes made with an upcycled bag. I am on the last few embroidery sections before I can sew the bag back together but it is turning out well. I still have a lot of scrap fabric and fabric that was cut out for a quilt that never got made. There is always an answer to using up scrap fabric whether you quilt or don't.
That vest thing was CUTE by the way. You are very calm in how you explain things and concise. I enjoy watching everything you make. Thank you.
I love your work and creativity. Your corset-vest came out beautifully. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤😊
Absolutely gorgeous! I love the fan ties and style! ❤
with all those seams I hope it wears well! Good job!
Yay, an upload! Your channel is one of my all-time favourites
This is so stinkin' cute!
Thank you!! 🥰
looks so dope. Long ago I used make notebook covers from furniture samples. and wallpaper scraps. someone I know worked at a furniture store that had samples for leather sofas. I still have them. It indeed is a nice way to give scraps a second life
I was so confused while you were making it because it looked just like the piece you were wearing 😂. It didn’t come across that that was the actual piece. 😂I wasn’t expecting to see it before it was done and you wearing it while you were talking about making it 😂🤣. It’s so beautiful though! 😍❤️
You know I never thought about that and that is a great way to make Patchwork anything
This project looks soo fun to do!! Do you think Mr. Morgan Donner would be up for modelling a masculine version of this?👀👀
This is such a fun and interesting project! I VERY much appreciate that you were wearing the finished garment for most of the video. It was wonderful to be able to keep checking it against your descriptions of the process. The garment is very cute and very Morgan. Love it!
I love this! It turned out so great!
Hello! wow, this was interesting with beautiful result, and I learned new way of modeling, thank you:)
We usually just used either a hair dryer or heat gun to melt the glue. My grandma used to use the samples for quilts.
If anyone has trouble getting hot glue specifically off of these fabric samples, you can use isopropyl alcohol to get it out, it dries the glue up and crumbles it right off!
Absolutely Super Cute. Love the light to dark fade.
Brilliant idea for samples and scraps.
My mom made similar quilts from shirt fabric books that my grandmother got from her job (sewing garments together). Still have those quilts, and I'm actually putting a new filler layer in the two I have (my sister has the other two). The best thing about those quilts is they were *working* quilts. Picnic? Throw them on the ground. Beach day? Throw them on the sand. Dirty? They go in the wash, no worries. We didn't baby them, but they are dear because they were used. They'll never be pretty, but they are homey.
That garment is exquisite. Love it, especially in shades of red.
This is so cute!
This was fun, thank you!
Such a cute and useful way to use up scraps of cloth! Love how it looks, totally agree with the Belle and Hobbit vibes. Can make a whole wardrobe out of patchworking, and a cool way to take your mom's craft/patchwork blanket and expand on it. Also, your cat is adorable!
In this case, Belle = Provincial 18th-Century Light Academia Inventor
I sorta dig the damaged/distressed look of the velvet bits when you pull off the adhesive backing. Wonder if that could be a cool project 🤔
I wonder if you could put glue on in a pattern and then pull it off to create a patterned velvet
@helenm1085 , ah, another version of dévoré velvet. Normally, a paste resist to create the pattern and an acid (?) to eat away at the velvet is the usual method.
Your idea sounds worthy of trying it out just to see if it works. Your could either paint the glue on or use a stencil. I wonder what kind of glue or wax might work for that. It would have to hold together enough that you can pull on it to pull the velvet threads through the backing. It might require a combination of glue and paper? Like the wax-based hair removal methods?
for keeping your shirt nice i always wear shorts under my skirts (leggings in winter) helps with sitting indecently, thigh chafing and of course shirt/blouse tucking. 10/10 :) if not you could always just tuck it into your knickers lol
I love this so much. ❤
This is such a cool idea! The final product is amazing, and the lacing is a beautiful touch
Fabric books and out of date patterns are good freebies or cheap items from fabric stores.
Beautiful
A friend and myself did this about 20 years ago. I received discontinued books a nd samples from interior designers. They had larger pieces of fabric. We ended up making a quilt with it. Even though I still have some sample fabric I work with.
I love this project so much! It’s cute and you’re cute in it. But I understand the whole shirt hiking up thing. Because you’re a short waist, that’s what happens. I am a short waist as well, and I had never thought about how proportion size, tucked in shirts in skirts not necessarily my friend visually. My mom had sample books that passed onto me. This is another great idea for use. Thanks
Ok but how do i learn to sew to make this type of garments 😮❤
I ❤ that you're doing this right now because as someone with skin too sensitive for denim who needs to attend a Denim & Diamonds event I've decided (and test-draped) a top from some 5' denim-print chambray scarves I have. This is very helpful. Thank you!
This is *exactly* what I needed I found these fabric samples and now I know what to make with them!
Oh wow! This combines my love for 'vest' type clothing... a growing interest in crazy quilting... and strong desire to use up scraps!! I will have to try making something similar for myself in the future! Thank you!
Must. Not. Start. New. Sewing projects. While. Con crunching. 😬😬 This is so cute tho!
Morgan strikes again with very original content ❤
This was brilliant. And I really appreciated the contribution of Claire the Cat!
Morgan! You CANNOT inspire me to take on a new project! I just don't have time! *sigh* I must make one. Immediately.
Nail varnish remover is great for removing adhesive. If you dab it on lightly it tends to just clump up the adhesive and you can peel it off cleanly.
Oh gosh this is adorable. And so... you! It's perfect ❤
Absolutely love love. Appreciate a great way to use the many sample books I've been gifted. Many thanks!!
love this! i was just talking with a friend about making a corset w/ upholstery samples, so thanks for the further inspiration. i've had some luck using a steamer to remove the paper/adhesive in a clean way--just watch your fingers 'cause it's hot!
also, i NEED a cat so i can recreate that cat-on-top-of-the-sewing-machine scene. 😻
Super cute garment!!! I love the fan lacing, am amazed by your patterning skills to create something so unique. I also love that stash of upholstery fabrics - Morgan Donner's Perfect Red must be the name of that line! About free-motion quilting: all you really need is a free motion or darning foot for your regular machine, then have fun moving the fabric around! I know you would have a good time with it (and plenty of scrap fabric to practice with!).
Honestly, i had recently designed a waist cincher with a similar angled front coming down to a single tie (basically what your fan lacing did except cut from fabric). Thanks for the proof of concept haha. Super cute. And love the patchwork.