Making a 1940's Inspired Color-blocked Jacket
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Whew! Today I'm putting together a little color blocked summer jacket in cotton twill. And now I need a nap...
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Was I just watching a dog grooming video? Yes. Do I own a dog or plan to ever own a dog? No. Did I click on this notification as soon as it popped up? Yes, because cat people stick together. 😻🖤
Love this! You made my night. 😀
I'm truly a cat person in my soul, but I have a dog because I really did need a dog as a service animal (cats, unfortunately are not legal service animals in the US) I love dog grooming, videos, but sewing with Bianca wins over of those!
Oh you get sucked in by those too? 😅
YES, wear your fancy outfits to the grocery store! If it is washable and movable enough for whatever you're doing, it's good enough (and it's not like grocery shopping is a very dirty activity anyway)
Other people are simply _under_ dressed
When a person gets goosebumps all over and people in the grocery store can see most of them, that person is severely underdressed!
The produce section can always use extra glamour 😂. The jacket is stunning … as always. I really love your color blocked designs. So much extra work but it really pays off in the end result❤
Bianca should get a public service award for bringing a little extra glamour to the world, every time she leaves home.
@@jirup it's so weird to me when y'all refer to her as Bianca. Isn't her name CLOSET?
For those who are asking about ease:
If you make a block that fits the way you want your clothes to fit (you don't have to have a skintight block unless you want to make skintight clothes), you can follow any of Bianca's tutorials and end up with something that fits just the same as that block fits.
Bringing style and glamour to the produce aisle is ALWAYS recommended. It keeps people on their toes -- and makes them wonder what you do for a living.
When I did a tutu making course a few years ago, we Aussies all cracked up when the tutor talked about having dagged edges to the net because here we know dags as being either the $h*t on a sheep's bottom or "An unfashionable person; a person lacking style or character; a socially awkward adolescent, a 'nerd'. These senses of dag derive from an earlier Australian sense of dag meaning 'a "character", someone eccentric but entertainingly so'."
Well not really. The idea of “being a dag”came from the sheep with a daggy backside. The meaning simply shifted a little from being an idiot, to being a funny idiot to just being funny. The term “dag” for a sheep with a shitty bum came from “dagging” in the clothing sense, ie a jagged edge, like the dangly bits on a daggy sheep
@@paulinemegson8519 Dags have a rich cultural history in Australia.
😹😹😹yep was having a quite chuckle every time dag was mentioned 😹😹😹Aussies do have a humerus use of language which we had a crash course in when we arrived December 78 😹😹😹 the first lesson was going to a BBQ and get told to bring a plate😹😹😹(means bring something that everyone can have some of it, does not mean bring a dinner place to eat off😹😹😹😹😹😹)
English farmer and dressmaker here. I know of both terms, and until your comment have never noticed they were the same word!
Yes! We want the sleeve video!! You are a great teacher, Bianca, very informative and very entertaining.
A) forever obsessed with chic sleek bladerunner rachel ensembles
B) your arm tattoo is outrageously beautiful!!
Your videos always make me so sleepy. not that they're boring, it's more of a chill vibe kind of thing
Wohoo, back to the roots :) I have missed these 1940´s sewings.
Oh my gosh I would love to see glamour in the produce section! You are amazing! Love this!
sincerely BEGGING for you to do that video all about collars, but loved this!!! you always explain pattern drafting in a way that is so clear to me, and it's been so exciting and the best part of me learning how to sew this year
Saw the thumbnail and was like IT'S THE THING!!! IT'S THE JACKET FROM THE CATALOGUE! Always fun to see your recreations of catalogue designs. I aspire to this level of pattern drafting...if only I would actually buckle down and make my block lol
I love it when you do 1940s! Yeah!
Wow! Another One knocked out of the Park, Bianca! Oh how I wish I were your neighbor, and could be a sewist partner with you! Your style is spectacular! 🥳🥳🥳
Catching up on your videos as my internet died for nearly a month. So very happy to be back in the land of UA-cam. Love your color block glam suit! Great job. Take care of YOU please. A lot of us rely on you for sewing sensations. x's lj
I love this! Especially with the hat and the jazz!
all that piecing! what a champ! it came out so cute too! cheers!
I would LOVE to see a lady dressed like this at the supermarket!
My library has a lady that is always dressed historical. 30s maybe
Wow!!!! That's gorgeous!!
I think you teach well. I learn so much from your videos. The button hole maker is great! I have ones as well. I love how the ensemble turned out. The back of the jacket was a great design idea.
Classy, classic and beautiful!
Absolutely gorgeous and fabulously elegant ❤
This video is wonderful for those folks just starting out. It helps take away a lot of the intimidating aspects of the craft. Thank you.
Love the colorblocking and the peplum together. So 40-ish❤
I saw this in candy corn colors as you were making it. The outfit is beautiful.
Oh wow, what a stunner! I’m sure the produce department was thrilled to see you, they could have raised their prices to account for the added sophistication you bought to the store.
Gorgeous. Ooh daylight photos lol. I loved watching this come together.
The jacket is awesome. You are fabulous. The grocery store run should become a glam show on the regular just for funsies. I feel like more people would look forward to it if it become a glam/chaos/festive event than a necessary chore. Thank you for sharing
Thank you Tiffany!
I tell you Bianca sweetie, i have been watching the old classic movies (TCM) and I seen some fabulous designs from Edith Head and Orry-Kelly and i think about you! You now how to work it fabulous and you just inspire me in sewing. i have not got to your level yet but it will come in time. i design canvas tote bags and pouches. only garments i made were shirred fabric sundresses and fur vests and infinity scarves. So, my journey continues and i will always watch your video channel for inspiration and great tips! KEEP ON DOING IT GURL! YOU ARE SLAYING IT!
Another home run B!
I'm in love with the back of that jacket! The rest is fab too, but the back is 😙
The back of the jacket is magic! I love the way this set came together… also omg the buttonhole attachment is amazing!
The final look is a lovely summery version of film noire ensemble, j'adore!!
Brilliant Bianca!! Lady, this suit is to die for, a real stunner....and fyi, you are an excellent instructor. Yes, this was above any basic pattern drafting, but you broke it down and following the steps was do-able. With that said, you are just brilliant in your pattern drafting, top notch!! All those style lines, seam lines, lines, lines lines....lol!! Now, will I ever do this, NO, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching you do it. I always pick up a little tidbit for my skill level to utilize, and that is why I always watch your videos :)
I like the detail on the back not being just straight across. The zigzag front is cool. I remember someone saying that ladys in the past always looked nice when going out shopping, even the grocery store. No running around in pjs and slippers like at Walmart
While I love colour blocking, I would no longer attempt it lol. This is a good thing given that I have been known to sew sleeves backwards, and miscount the pieces in a 7 piece pattern…..yes, I believe the word is mathematically challenged (or scatterbrained…..either fits lol) I’m deeply impressed with the small novels written on each pattern piece too. That’s a level of preparation that I have never managed to achieve lol. It’s usually derailed by “oh I’LL remember” or “where the hell is my pen???” Or my personal fave “oh I can’t be buggered writing it all in……how bad can it go?” (Just quietly……bad……VERY bad lol) Watching you tho means I can just watch without having to do which is all good imho.
This outfit shows how good you are and only other sewers can really appreciate that. A1
On doing your bottons, if you can drop your feed dogs on your sewing machine you won't need to use the plate.
you worry your explanations arent very clear, but ive learnt more about pattern drafting and how it actually works from you than any other source. the way you explain it makes it make sense in my brain, i understand all the changes you make and how you move things around, when with anyone else it feels like witchcraft. something about you just makes it click for me, so thank you
Stunning jacket! If it isn't too unhealthy for your algorithm, I would love to see another cataloguing the catalogues video.
I think darts are more flattering on than gathering you always look beautiful i love this jacket❤❤
Bianca! My hubby sits and watch your videos. We love yout creativity!😊 Happy Friday!
Absolutely beautiful
Ditto!! Ms. B you are a great artist and craftsman, ALWAYS dazzling!😍🤩😍
Beautiful outfit as always, and yes you bring a little extra glamour to the world every time you make a new creation. ❤️
This in Neopolitan ice cream colors: vanilla, strawberry pink and that brownish pinkish chocolate brown would make a killer summer travel suit.
PS: your suit reminds me of "Going Away" suits brides used to buy for leaving from the wedding for their honeymoon.
Love your piecing, as always. Great "colour"combo, right up my alley. Have faith, autumn is mere weeks away and Halloween just round the corner 👻
Always glamorous!! Why not for the grocery store also!! Well done 😊
Thank you Annie!
Another fabulous video. The jacket is gorgeous on you. Love your videos Bianca, thank you for the hard work that you put into them. Hugs from Ireland!
Wow. This is beautiful. I love the gradient color blocking. Also, upside of having the inside flap dagged means you can wear the jacket unbuttoned without losing the dagged effect. Can't wait to see the beaded necklace! I did some beading applique on a messenger bag for myself last month. It wasn't nearly as intense as the beading you usually do, but I'm extremely happy with how it turned out.
I like that you still use pins. And I like that you use a vintage sewing machine, they are so much nicer, and pretty too! I have about ten.
yo! the way you added that puff! wow!! mind blown!
I don't sew. Ever. Never have. Yet I still watch almost everything on this channel immediately when it pops up and WHAT THE HECK...
I had to stop after the pattern drafting section just to say that I have learned so much at this point from watching TCH that I feel incredibly prepared should I ever feel the urge to design a garment without any experience to speak of, whatsoever.
Now onto the sewing... Goodness gracious, this jacket is going to be sensational. (Also judging by the thumbnail, of course.)
Oh god...
I need a male suit jacket like this. I REQUIRE a suit jacket like this! No wait, I need to become a vintage-style drag queen and then I REQUIRE THIS EXACT ENSEMBLE !
Sorry for yelling, I got so excited.
I wasn't sure I was going to love it until I saw it on you, and... holy cats it's gorgeous and so are you!
P.S. Yes it's been hot in Colorado. I'm not gonna complain though, you know it's going to get chilly this week!
This is gorgeous!! I love the color blocking and the unusual placket 👍
This is stunning. I wasn't sure what you meant till I saw how the back went together. It's well worth the extra pieces and time. I really need to add more colour blocking into my life now that I see it in tones of black and grey!
What a spectacular jacket! Love this suit.
Love this. Sharp. Suffocated. Blade runner summer glam
As always, another beautiful creation.
You dropped this into my lap the day after I decided that I wanted to make a Franziska von Karma cosplay outfit. I don't know how you knew I needed this pattern drafting video 😂
I have several machines and 3 of those button holers. Love them.
Loved it!!❤
Thanks to you I make my own patterns now - and everything I sew just fits so much better than standard patterns. So thank you!
Love love love this ❤❤❤❤! Every time I see these kinds of videos of yours I want a new suit 😅
What beautiful pattern making! So clean and crisp.
I love that you now have a summer version of your monotone colorblock designs. And those dagged edges turned out so sharp! (literally) I too have gone full glam in the grocery store. People's reactions are very amusing lol
And please remember to schedule breaks for yourself. If you don't schedule it, your body will do it for you. Scheduled maintenance is always better than unscheduled maintenance. I say this as a chronically ill person who needs to take my own advice 😅
What smart, flattering ensemble!
Gorgeous jacket and I loved watching
drafting as always ❤
It's so mesmerising watching you do this beautiful jacket. I tried adding to my sleeve slash and filling, and it worked! Slowly, I'm catching on!
This is so cool omg. I love seeing the top-down view of the pattern drafting process. I have projects for family lined up with patterns right now, but in the meantime this video is helping me build the courage to start drafting my first bodice block! Wishing you autumn weather soon.
It looks so great! Honestly, how do you even choose what to wear in the morning when your closet holds one great piece after the other? 🤯
You’re so amazingly talented and beautiful. I admire you and your incredible style. I wish I had the gift you have for style. 😊💕💞
Wow this is next level! What I aspire to be able to do one day... Draft the pattern and make the thing I want! Definitely gonna attempt the sloper block thing after I finish my current project. Thank you for being an inspiration to me! ❤
🖤💚 Love the tutorial as always, and I'm sure they were enchanted in the produce aisle.
Whoa!!!! That is really fantastic!
Oh you are ready for the "whodunnit" scene in an Agatha Christie movie!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxx
Love it 😊 the colours look great together 😁🇬🇧❤️
Is it crazy... I want to make a matching Men's and women's version of t his for me and my sister. LOL We would be the bomb! LOL You are so awesome thanks for sharing this!
Wow! That jacket is sharp. It looks beautiful on you. However, I noticed that you do not have a kick-pleat in the back of your pencil (straight) skirt. You have a vent. I put a kick-pleat in one of my daughter's fitted dresses when she was in college. None of her friends had ever seen a kick pleat before. I was inspired by an actress who wore seamed stockings under her long straight skirt (that was six inches below her knees) with a kick pleat (not a vent) in back. Every man in the room stood up to get a better look at her, as she walked by us down the center aisle to the stage. Seeing less of her was much more interesting. She did a wonderful job in her one woman story telling event; and, she got everyone's undivided attention by just walking by us.
She was dressed for the 1930's; and, she told a true story that happened in the 1930's. Yes, it takes more time and fabric to make a kick pleat; but, it is worth it
I love watching your creativity. ❤
Nice! I especially love the back. I was crocheting while I watched the video and therefor watch with "half an eye" (very direct translation of a Dutch saying) and missed the back part. Nice surprise!
Oh, and by the way; don't sell yourself short. I think you're doing very well in explaining the steps you take, why you take them and how to do it. In fact, due to your videos I am planning to try and make a block pattern for myself. Once I finished this crochet project. And I sew the three dresses I planned. And... Ah well, some day!
It turned out beautifully! And you gave the produce section a touch of class!
As for how the planets and the moon affect us....the moon affects the tides. It pulls the water. Our brains are 95% water. Each part of our bodies has their own percentage of water. I believe that the moon is bound to cause things to change or react in us. I have migraines. If I am dehydrated, then I can't think straight. 🤔 Blessings on all of your endeavors!💞🐑🦌📚🐈⬛🌙🌠
Magic, every time.
Genius at work. Love how it turned out. You’re amazing
Looks awesome 😍 I’ve been known to frequent the produce section in my renovation clothes having just walked the dogs at the beach in my gumboots. It wasn’t pretty 🤣 you’ve really set the bar😎
Another stunning ensemble.
Thank you as always for an inspiring video with an awesome outcome!
I would totally watch a video on puffed sleeves, I have decided it is something cute that works for me. I can even submit a photo of how NOT to do it unless you're gonna put elastic in the cuffs LOL (me in my sticky-outy puffy sleeves because the first time I just elongated the piece instead of slashing and spreading it like I'm doing for my next set, if I can wrangle the 60's machine into behaving again before I just say eff it, and finish the silly thing by hand.
I love these colourblock things, I'm maybe going to try some when I attempt to make a swimsuit (assuming I can get at least one sewing machine behaving well enough to do elastic). And my need to remove seam allowance so I can draw stitch lines cause I suck at sewing might even make things a bit more convenient, I won't have to cut and paste seam allowance everywhere!!
And I'm going to add some notches to my princess seam block, every time I assemble a garment, one side goes beautifully and the other always ends up half an inch off somehow. And no I don't stay stitch and yes, I probably should, it's just weird that one side always works and one side is always off
And also I've been acquiring linen remnants (silly me, going to a physical fabric store and expecting not to have something from the remnants bin follow me home), maybe if I don't find other uses for them I might make a colour block something someday! So far I've got turquiose, pumpkin and somewhere between bubblegum and hot pink, which might even work together without making my mother's eyes bleed (I have no taste in clothing, I have to borrow hers).
I love how this looks on you. I'd say it makes me miss having hips but I guess you can't miss what you never had, so I'll just be envious.
And the produce was lucky to see you out in something so spiffy!!!
Such a beautiful and practical piece!
I watching while tailoring my new (to me) kilt to fit!
This jacket has 'very rich, successful businesswoman on a vacation in Monaco' vibe, please don't ask me why, but I just see it 😂
Bianca, while I would almost never be able to recreate your designs, I think you are fantastic teacher. I can clearly understand what you're doing. Everything I know about patterndrafting I learned from you. And making of this jacket, while incredibly complicated, was still understandable. You are not confusing to me. However I still think that you are magician or witch, whichever one you prefer 😂
She is on vacation in Monaco and on her way to meet Grace Kelly for lunch at the palace.
@@girle5584 Yup, exactly my vision
It's always so fun to watch your creative process. Maybe one day I will try colour blocking and a jacket 😅
Just to let you know my favorite movie is Blade Runner and I love Rachael and loved ALL of Rachael’s clothes! Wish you were my neighbor I need your expertise with all points sewing....trying to make some palazzo pants....even with pattern they need still more scootch for me bum......wish I had your pattern and sewing knowledge!!!!!
For corners, 🎶just keep sewing🎵
I, too, can't wait for cooler weather. Here in the eastern part of Washington state, we have been having 95 to 105 temperatures. I love this jacket! The coloring blocking and dagged front really makes it!
Perfect style for the produce section of the store! This is seriously gorgeous!!!
I loooooooooooooove this jacket!!!!
WOW, Bianca, you look amazing! Classy lady at checkout!
xoxo's Sandie😍
“No. One. Is. Sur-prised!”
😂 I love that Bianca knows who she is and knows that we know who she is.
Absolutely gorgeous!