Hi, just a thought about the shoulder wrinkles, I would wager the original has tailors canvas in that point internally and a second circular pad on top between the layers to fill the hollow. I'm working on a fitted Edwardian jacket and the same issue with corset on and off. Fixed it with the canvas and pad stitching. Good luck!
I would pay a great deal of money to have this talented lady make me a wedding dress.. I have learned more from just watching her and her explain each step than I have from all of my classes I have ever taken ..amazing simply amazing much love from Miss Lovie in America...
My design/sewing partner (deceased some years back) last did a Victorian (White brocade and more) in the Elizabethan style as our last collaboration. The hours of drafting, fitting, real silver embroidery, real seed pearls, silk brocade wholesale at $60.00 a yard... Never again. Oh, we live in Arizona, the bride in Chicago, Illinois. Luckily her measurements and mine were very close until...she lost 3" off her waistline before the last fitting. I had put costumer's seams in the closet and bodice, but the cartridge pleats in the underskirt and overskirt ALL had to be re-set. In two days. Never again.
I wholeheartedly agree! If I ever get married again I would love a Cathy hay victorian inspired lace gown! Would also loooooove her to recreate my favourite back and white worth gowns! (ironwork, iris and lily) Rewatching before the new installment of the coat!
While you we're twirling the muslin around at the beginning of the video, I was imagining the coat made in velvet. It's going to be absolutely luscious.
Cathy, I wasn't sure if I should say it, didn't want to make you self-conscious, but felt you needed to hear this. It is important. Your voice sounds wonderful! With each video it gets stronger and stronger and I am so very happy for you. When you spoke of the circumstances that made you lose your voice I cried for you. But you have found it again! So I've now got happy tears, which are infinitely better. The coat is coming along beautifully. I am learning so much following this journey with you. Thank you!
Not only is this an absolute masterpiece of a garment and videos she is making but I’ve noticed how amazing her voice is sounding. She has made some amazing progress on her voice and I am so proud of her! It’s sounds better and better ever video and it’s so inspiring. I’ve always hated how my voice sounds and she has inspired me to start doing vocal exercises to help change it. Also I’m very much going to make that coat but make it a little different to fit my style. Love you so much Cathy!❤️
In retrospect I feel this really is the right project for you. I’m so glad to see how nicely this project is going. Not without its difficulties but certainly not the roller coaster of obstacles with the peacock 🦚 dress. I can’t wait to see that gorgeous velvet appear and what the final project will be. I am also dying for the embroidery and decoration part. 😍
When you made that comment about the smell of freshly pressed calico, I was overwhelmed by my own memories of 40 years ago, and my days at fashion college. The memory of that smell is as clear as if it was yesterday... I love how swoopy and dramatic this coat is going to be!
Thank you Cathy. I hear my mum raising her voice: “shoulders back!” Before computers and mobile phones. But I read a lot. And became a librarian… With slumping shoulders…
I really like how you have broken up this project into chunks that allow us to see the steps involved from idea to planning to execution and show how attention to detail pays off in the end. It really helps the viewer conceptualize much better than most makers one off videos where VOILA the complex project is done in half an hour.
OMG! 😂🤣😂 I can’t even count how many time I have pinned to my clothes or to whomever I was fitting the outfit to. I really needed that laugh today. On another note, your voice is sounding FABULOUS! When you got excited it started to fad which made your regular voice sound so much better! I AM VERY PROUD (of you) & HONORED you have shared this journey with us.
I love this project!!!!!!!!!! The coat Ms. Hay is designing is similar to what Bertha Russel (a character from HBO's Gilded Age) wore over her elaborate red evening gown when invited to the opera. That coat was/is fantastic, so I KNOW what Ms. Hay is designing a showstopper!!!
Oh I can't wait there is something truly magical about what the process of from a photo to seeing the intricate detail making the dress come to gether. Roll on 19 hrs and counting 😍😍😍😍🥂
8:16… your voice… changed! Knowing how hard you are working on it and how sort of intence this topic is…. It makes me so happy to hear you that way coz it seams that you are so excited that you managed to let go even if for a short while… so proud of! Also the project is comeing along so nicely!!! 💖
Seeing the name Marshall & Snelgrove & the hand sewing machine gave me a real hit of nostalgia. My Granny would go to M&S for inspiration for her dressmaking business & Mum used a hand machine to make all my clothes when I was little. 😊
To watch you doing everything so careful and thoughful, its truly a joy. I am eger to see what the finished coat is gonna look like and im gonna be all over it!
Hello Cathy, it's nice to follow your process with this coat. About the darts: I have learned to draw them always until 2 cm before the bust point. That gives a more smooth shape. Good luck with the collar and the sleeves! Kind regards, Iemkje
"The clothes make the wo/man." Clothes can really help you shape your posture, and by extension your mood, attitude, etc. As long as it is mutually agreed upon by cloth and clothee 😉.
I haven't had an opportunity to watch a video of yours for quite some time. If I may comment; your voice is so much stronger and more confident. Congratulations on your progress in your healing journey. 😍 *** The dressmaking, as always, is absolutely delightful to watch. 💕
I am so pleased you are looking chipper today and making serious headway on you lovely coat. I just got a vintage pleater and I am going to try to make a smocked bishop. Wish me luck.
As the world is rushing around and going by, I just love sitting to watch Cathy, as she is just lovely and calming to the soul. It’s always a learning experience in sewing as well as a history lesson in every video. Just amazing to be part of watching this beautiful garment coming to life. ❤️
I love having your videos play in the background as I work. I take the occasional glance as you give instructions, as I am improving my sewing skills, but it is also greatly relaxing. The clarity of the shots, the explanation of things, your voice. A blessing! Thank you for all your efforts!
Reminds me of the days I had girls standing in their dresses while I tucked up the hems to the right height. Having someone else measure a hem up IS really the best way to get it even so I feel your difficulty in getting it right on your own by trial. I'm looking forward to seeing this progress. There is something very satisfying in handwork.
the intriguing bust darts will certainly give me another option when I'm fitting problem shapes at work...thank you..so very informative and always interesting to see how other stitchers tackle problems
Just finished watching, I love how when the new darts and the alterations at the top started, giving that loose fitted Triangular almost cone shape the coat has. I am looking forward to the next process, especially about the gorgeous collar.
My granddaughter and I were in the V&A in March 2022. I was excited to see the coat IRL. she was just confused at my excitement. (You’d laugh if you could see me sit up straighter every time you said posture😎)
I do not sew one bit. But watching your videos makes me feel so calm and smoothed out. Watching someone who is good at their craft is so very inspiring! Thank you for creating.
"Ooh ooh a new video!! Time to make a cupp and watch this one" *she says as she madly gulps down the contents of her tea, nearly choking in the process, and rushes to the kitchen to boil the kettle and make a fresh cuppa!!*
I used to make ALL my clothes, down to a Vogue pattern for my wedding dress. My mother had seamstress training, and taught me so many skills. The clothes I made fit well; didn't pucker or pull, and I chose the fabric and pattern (I wish she would have taught me pattern making, too). I DID get ready-made patterns, yet still had to modify them. I LOVE your process, and I have learned a lot--patience. "measure twice; CUT once"--especially velvet. Look forward to your next fitting/tutorial. Love ya, Cathy!! 👏✨🧵❤
I too was concerned that you were making it too small to go over period clothing until you mentioned someone already mentioned it. I also feel I should mention that you not forget to add a bit more “ease” in the fit to allow for the thickness & bulk of the velvet which will make it even tighter in the sleeves & bust. I love being able to “be there” to share in your process abandoned journey. I have 60 years of experience with garment making. Can’t wait to see the next step. I saw the same style of coat in the mini-series “The Guilded Age” .
Thank you Cathy. Looking good. Thank you for explaining the darts and pulling up of shoulder seams. I always have to adjust shoulders and bust darts in patterns and I've never been sure if i was doing it correctly. Ah calico, one of my favourite materials. Just bought some more today for mock ups. Heavy and medium weights. Hopefully the heavy weight will be right for Victorian corset mock up. Medium for a made to measure patterns tunic and waistcoat. Hopefully will end up as interlining at least for the waistcoat. Glad to see I'm not the only one that ends up pinning mock ups to self :)
Looking forward! This was such a pivotal moment in my local fashion history - coming from Greenland it's really fascinating watching how even fashion back home was influenced by Victorian London! And if anything - my mother's ancestresses were expect fitters! Furs where the primary materials, but Victorian cottons were in vogue. The real luxury material, however, was Italian silks. French ones were, oddly, considered less interesting in Greenland. Perhaps because of the more "symmetrical" patterns, perhaps because they were merely harder to come by? I'm not sure. Southern Greenland exported prime quality silver fox furs - and in return imported European fabrics. Cotton was the "every day" fabric for both the privileged and the middling sort. Silks were for festive use and for the privileged sort an everyday necessity. French silks were used for practical and interior designs, which I guess helped promote the somewhat less available Italian silks grow so desirable. Of glass beads after Copenhagen pearls, Dutch were considered the most desirable. I guess the Dutch were more willing to put not only craft, but also obviously toxic chemicals into their products? Just a funny little side note to the absolutely gorgeous design you are working on. Lots of love from Denmark - and Greenland - 🤗
Thank you for this video! You talked earlier about building a habit, and enjoying the process, rather than simply imaging the finished project... and although I realized the wisdom of individually designed patterns and taking the time to make a muslin mock-up... until I saw this video, it was only extended torture. I couldn't visualize actually doing it all.. from previous experience of using a commercial pattern as-is, and sewing up a garment, your well-designed and tested methods were too much. We do have to sew the garment 4 times just in order to get one. (sew the mock-up, the revised mock-up, the actual garment outer layer, then sew and install the lining). Being able to see the process this time helped to make it all good sense. Thank you!
I'm loving watching you explore the process and making this coat. And thank you for keeping in accidentally pinning yourself to the mockup, I have done this so many times. 😆
Love seeing your thought process while you look at yourself in the mirror These Videos always seem too short 😔 I would watch hours of you drafting and making mockups
I think also that the weight of the velvet versus that of calico will deal with a bit of the shoulder wrinkling. I made a tea-gown out of some very heavy yet lovely drapery fabric many years back and found it was more forgiving than a muslin!
I'm watching this while crocheting a case for my sister's crochet hook (she got me into it) - but I have to work on it when she's in bed cause it's a gift :)) Thanks for keeping me company while I work!
I have LOVED being on this journey with you, Cathy! Thank you for honestly sharing your trials and tribulations, as well as your successes! So much love from America!
Cathy you are awesome. I would never be able to make such a pattern. Not to mention the patience and process this took until this mockup. This coat is going to be a true masterpiece. Cant wait to see your next video.
Even with modern patterns some people still need to do a forward shoulder adjustment. It's the most common adjustment, I make right after the bust adjustment of course.
I am enjoying your video and being inspired while pinning lace to the bottom of my daughter's dress. I have been sewing since the spring and I love it so much. Thank you for your videos 🥰
Oh, my giddy aunt!!! Your "Luca" is Ruth Goodman's/Victorian Farm's "Luca"!?!?!? Why did I never put 2 and 2 together? I've been a free Foundations Revealed/Wardrobe Unlocked member for about a decade now, and I'm in shock. Of course, only the best work with the best.
Well I did cringe when you were pinning yourself to your alterations, as I have done so myself in the past. Looking forward to seeing how the sleeves and collar go in, collars are just a pain I always have to do them more than once. Thank you Cathy.
That's it! If I wasn't excited enough looking at the vintage sample... seeing the mock-up twirl about has confirmed my utter need to own one of these coats. Can't wait to see the next part.
Ohh, I cannot wait for the next one! :) Watching your process really helps spell some things out for an amateur dressmaker like me. Not only that, your videos are relaxing, informative, and oh so elegant. Thank you for your work!
My mother taught my brother and I how to sew. I got on just fine, my brother proceeded to sew himself to his piece numerous times. The look on your face with the pins was much like his when he realized what he had done
(Lovely editing! And music selection was beautiful and worked so well! Cheers to your editor! Me: I just discovered your channel earlier today…LOVING everything so far. Trying to make my own clothes [Dior 1947-1962] and I am discovering sewing community here on UA-cam! 🤗)
This is going to go live at 3am Saturday. So... I'm gonna be "late,". I also know exactly what I am going to watch, first thing, while making my coffee in the morning ♥️
Oh, I almost clicked away when I realized the main vidéo hadn’t premiered, yet! I did set a reminder but, had I missed this preview, I would possibly have skipped the main vidéo. Now, I know I definitely want to see this! What interesting seams! Hmm... 🤔 very cleverly draped and dramatic! Do you ever sell your patterns? I would love to make this. Beautifully executed!
It looks like it's coming together so well...I am very excited for you!! I learned alot too, so thank you for that. The dress you were wearing was also very pretty. I love that type of print and having the split makes it so easy to wear for any occasion. Can't wait for the next episode. Congrats again on the pattern making and thanks for the fitting lesson.
I love everything you make with such care and consideration and time, to have a wedding dress made by such practice and talented hands 😭😭 your dress in this video is beautiful.
Hi, just a thought about the shoulder wrinkles, I would wager the original has tailors canvas in that point internally and a second circular pad on top between the layers to fill the hollow. I'm working on a fitted Edwardian jacket and the same issue with corset on and off. Fixed it with the canvas and pad stitching. Good luck!
This coat is so powerfully ***swooshy***. I'm turning green over here, yo.
The joy of you running out in the garden and twirling around in your mock-up coat has kept a smile on my face all day.
I would pay a great deal of money to have this talented lady make me a wedding dress.. I have learned more from just watching her and her explain each step than I have from all of my classes I have ever taken ..amazing simply amazing much love from Miss Lovie in America...
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My design/sewing partner (deceased some years back) last did a Victorian (White brocade and more) in the Elizabethan style as our last collaboration. The hours of drafting, fitting, real silver embroidery, real seed pearls, silk brocade wholesale at $60.00 a yard...
Never again. Oh, we live in Arizona, the bride in Chicago, Illinois. Luckily her measurements and mine were very close until...she lost 3" off her waistline before the last fitting. I had put costumer's seams in the closet and bodice, but the cartridge pleats in the underskirt and overskirt ALL had to be re-set. In two days.
Never again.
She also puts as much work into her mockups as most people do on their finished products.
I wholeheartedly agree! If I ever get married again I would love a Cathy hay victorian inspired lace gown! Would also loooooove her to recreate my favourite back and white worth gowns! (ironwork, iris and lily) Rewatching before the new installment of the coat!
Watching you puzzle out and talking through your patterns and drafts and mock-ups brings me joy!
While you we're twirling the muslin around at the beginning of the video, I was imagining the coat made in velvet. It's going to be absolutely luscious.
I love this coat... PS your voice is sounding more confident and louder. Keep up the progress on both.
Cathy, I wasn't sure if I should say it, didn't want to make you self-conscious, but felt you needed to hear this. It is important. Your voice sounds wonderful! With each video it gets stronger and stronger and I am so very happy for you.
When you spoke of the circumstances that made you lose your voice I cried for you. But you have found it again! So I've now got happy tears, which are infinitely better.
The coat is coming along beautifully. I am learning so much following this journey with you. Thank you!
Not only is this an absolute masterpiece of a garment and videos she is making but I’ve noticed how amazing her voice is sounding. She has made some amazing progress on her voice and I am so proud of her! It’s sounds better and better ever video and it’s so inspiring. I’ve always hated how my voice sounds and she has inspired me to start doing vocal exercises to help change it. Also I’m very much going to make that coat but make it a little different to fit my style. Love you so much Cathy!❤️
Finally being able to make significant headway in a project that you can work on without feeling cultural guilt is such a confidence booster.
In retrospect I feel this really is the right project for you. I’m so glad to see how nicely this project is going. Not without its difficulties but certainly not the roller coaster of obstacles with the peacock 🦚 dress. I can’t wait to see that gorgeous velvet appear and what the final project will be. I am also dying for the embroidery and decoration part. 😍
Likewise! 🖤
I still feel bad imagining her 11/10 years of hardwork and dream was shattered :)
I really enjoy your smooth whispering voice...and ancient...very proper and allow audience to stop and listen..show time like your sawing machine!!
When you made that comment about the smell of freshly pressed calico, I was overwhelmed by my own memories of 40 years ago, and my days at fashion college. The memory of that smell is as clear as if it was yesterday... I love how swoopy and dramatic this coat is going to be!
We've just changed our weekend plans so I can watch this live 🤣🙊 I regret nothing!!!!
Thank you Cathy. I hear my mum raising her voice: “shoulders back!” Before computers and mobile phones. But I read a lot. And became a librarian… With slumping shoulders…
"Pin, pin, pin, la, la, la" 😂❤️ I love your subtitles! I know how much work goes into subtitles, and I love your detail and humor 😄
Wow. She's using a manually powered sewing machine. That's commitment!!!! 👍🏿
I really like how you have broken up this project into chunks that allow us to see the steps involved from idea to planning to execution and show how attention to detail pays off in the end. It really helps the viewer conceptualize much better than most makers one off videos where VOILA the complex project is done in half an hour.
OMG! 😂🤣😂 I can’t even count how many time I have pinned to my clothes or to whomever I was fitting the outfit to. I really needed that laugh today. On another note, your voice is sounding FABULOUS! When you got excited it started to fad which made your regular voice sound so much better! I AM VERY PROUD (of you) & HONORED you have shared this journey with us.
I have severe anxiety and I always watch your videos to calm my mind.
I love this project!!!!!!!!!! The coat Ms. Hay is designing is similar to what Bertha Russel (a character from HBO's Gilded Age) wore over her elaborate red evening gown when invited to the opera. That coat was/is fantastic, so I KNOW what Ms. Hay is designing a showstopper!!!
Oh I can't wait there is something truly magical about what the process of from a photo to seeing the intricate detail making the dress come to gether. Roll on 19 hrs and counting 😍😍😍😍🥂
8:16… your voice… changed! Knowing how hard you are working on it and how sort of intence this topic is…. It makes me so happy to hear you that way coz it seams that you are so excited that you managed to let go even if for a short while… so proud of! Also the project is comeing along so nicely!!! 💖
Seeing the name Marshall & Snelgrove & the hand sewing machine gave me a real hit of nostalgia. My Granny would go to M&S for inspiration for her dressmaking business & Mum used a hand machine to make all my clothes when I was little. 😊
You really brought the joys of pressing seams home, lol. I was saying to myself: "Yeah, this'll take a while.", and then they date changed, lol.
It's going to look utterly gorgous when it's finished.
Pinning the mock-up to your clothes deeply relatable
To watch you doing everything so careful and thoughful, its truly a joy. I am eger to see what the finished coat is gonna look like and im gonna be all over it!
Hello Cathy, it's nice to follow your process with this coat. About the darts: I have learned to draw them always until 2 cm before the bust point. That gives a more smooth shape. Good luck with the collar and the sleeves!
Kind regards, Iemkje
Your voice gets stronger and stronger. You're doing the work. Good on you.💓
"The clothes make the wo/man." Clothes can really help you shape your posture, and by extension your mood, attitude, etc. As long as it is mutually agreed upon by cloth and clothee 😉.
I haven't had an opportunity to watch a video of yours for quite some time.
If I may comment; your voice is so much stronger and more confident. Congratulations on your progress in your healing journey. 😍
*** The dressmaking, as always, is absolutely delightful to watch. 💕
I am so pleased you are looking chipper today and making serious headway on you lovely coat.
I just got a vintage pleater and I am going to try to make a smocked bishop.
Wish me luck.
I would love a video on your current book collection and a video showcase and explanation of all the tools you use
I went to see this Velvet coat in the museum. It is surprising how incredibly tiny those women were!
Yea, Cathy’s here! Hang on, I’ll fetch a cupcake! Be right back ♥️
Loved that subtle product placement of the book
As the world is rushing around and going by, I just love sitting to watch Cathy, as she is just lovely and calming to the soul. It’s always a learning experience in sewing as well as a history lesson in every video. Just amazing to be part of watching this beautiful garment coming to life. ❤️
YOUR VOICE IS DOING SO WELL COMING BACK!!!!! I'm so excited for you!!!!!!!!!😊
I love having your videos play in the background as I work. I take the occasional glance as you give instructions, as I am improving my sewing skills, but it is also greatly relaxing. The clarity of the shots, the explanation of things, your voice. A blessing! Thank you for all your efforts!
Hahaha 'And ofcause Ive pinned it to myself'. Totally loving the joyous simplisities of being hunam. 😁
So good to hear from you. Ooooh sleevil hell next! I'm also Perishing to see how you do That Collar. It deserves the capital letters.
Reminds me of the days I had girls standing in their dresses while I tucked up the hems to the right height. Having someone else measure a hem up IS really the best way to get it even so I feel your difficulty in getting it right on your own by trial.
I'm looking forward to seeing this progress. There is something very satisfying in handwork.
I really liked how you worked through the shoulders. That is my weakness. Thank you so much for your tutorials, I really enjoy them.
the intriguing bust darts will certainly give me another option when I'm fitting problem shapes at work...thank you..so very informative and always interesting to see how other stitchers tackle problems
Just finished watching, I love how when the new darts and the alterations at the top started, giving that loose fitted Triangular almost cone shape the coat has. I am looking forward to the next process, especially about the gorgeous collar.
My granddaughter and I were in the V&A in March 2022. I was excited to see the coat IRL. she was just confused at my excitement.
(You’d laugh if you could see me sit up straighter every time you said posture😎)
I do not sew one bit. But watching your videos makes me feel so calm and smoothed out. Watching someone who is good at their craft is so very inspiring! Thank you for creating.
Oh my...what talent. It's a beautiful thing to watch someone go through such great lengths....but this is what quality looks like!.........
"I'm just going to wing it" is my go-to statement in all sewing projects.
"Ooh ooh a new video!! Time to make a cupp and watch this one" *she says as she madly gulps down the contents of her tea, nearly choking in the process, and rushes to the kitchen to boil the kettle and make a fresh cuppa!!*
I used to make ALL my clothes, down to a Vogue pattern for my wedding dress. My mother had seamstress training, and taught me so many skills. The clothes I made fit well; didn't pucker or pull, and I chose the fabric and pattern (I wish she would have taught me pattern making, too). I DID get ready-made patterns, yet still had to modify them. I LOVE your process, and I have learned a lot--patience. "measure twice; CUT once"--especially velvet. Look forward to your next fitting/tutorial. Love ya, Cathy!! 👏✨🧵❤
This is going to be a truly amazing coat for a truly amazing woman!
Ooooo… getting ever closer to the treasure!!! I feel like we can see it!!!! Eeeekkk so exciting!!!
I so wanted the book that this came from. Sadly it's way out of my price range.
I'm going to enjoy you making this coat. Thank you Kathy.
I too was concerned that you were making it too small to go over period clothing until you mentioned someone already mentioned it. I also feel I should mention that you not forget to add a bit more “ease” in the fit to allow for the thickness & bulk of the velvet which will make it even tighter in the sleeves & bust. I love being able to “be there” to share in your process abandoned journey. I have 60 years of experience with garment making. Can’t wait to see the next step. I saw the same style of coat in the mini-series “The Guilded Age” .
Thank you Cathy. Looking good. Thank you for explaining the darts and pulling up of shoulder seams. I always have to adjust shoulders and bust darts in patterns and I've never been sure if i was doing it correctly.
Ah calico, one of my favourite materials. Just bought some more today for mock ups. Heavy and medium weights. Hopefully the heavy weight will be right for Victorian corset mock up. Medium for a made to measure patterns tunic and waistcoat. Hopefully will end up as interlining at least for the waistcoat.
Glad to see I'm not the only one that ends up pinning mock ups to self :)
Looking forward!
This was such a pivotal moment in my local fashion history - coming from Greenland it's really fascinating watching how even fashion back home was influenced by Victorian London!
And if anything - my mother's ancestresses were expect fitters!
Furs where the primary materials, but Victorian cottons were in vogue. The real luxury material, however, was Italian silks. French ones were, oddly, considered less interesting in Greenland. Perhaps because of the more "symmetrical" patterns, perhaps because they were merely harder to come by? I'm not sure.
Southern Greenland exported prime quality silver fox furs - and in return imported European fabrics. Cotton was the "every day" fabric for both the privileged and the middling sort.
Silks were for festive use and for the privileged sort an everyday necessity. French silks were used for practical and interior designs, which I guess helped promote the somewhat less available Italian silks grow so desirable.
Of glass beads after Copenhagen pearls, Dutch were considered the most desirable. I guess the Dutch were more willing to put not only craft, but also obviously toxic chemicals into their products?
Just a funny little side note to the absolutely gorgeous design you are working on. Lots of love from Denmark - and Greenland - 🤗
"of course I've pinned it to myself". love that. LOL
Thank you for this video! You talked earlier about building a habit, and enjoying the process, rather than simply imaging the finished project... and although I realized the wisdom of individually designed patterns and taking the time to make a muslin mock-up... until I saw this video, it was only extended torture. I couldn't visualize actually doing it all.. from previous experience of using a commercial pattern as-is, and sewing up a garment, your well-designed and tested methods were too much. We do have to sew the garment 4 times just in order to get one. (sew the mock-up, the revised mock-up, the actual garment outer layer, then sew and install the lining).
Being able to see the process this time helped to make it all good sense. Thank you!
I'm loving watching you explore the process and making this coat. And thank you for keeping in accidentally pinning yourself to the mockup, I have done this so many times. 😆
many thanks for using my piano music! ♡
Love seeing your thought process while you look at yourself in the mirror
These Videos always seem too short 😔 I would watch hours of you drafting and making mockups
Pressing, pressing, pressing. Takes as much time as stitching! Maybe more!
I think also that the weight of the velvet versus that of calico will deal with a bit of the shoulder wrinkling. I made a tea-gown out of some very heavy yet lovely drapery fabric many years back and found it was more forgiving than a muslin!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching and learning. You are exceptionally skilled in your craft.
I can go back and watch this over and over again, purely for the information that you share.
I hope you are doing well. ❤️
I'm watching this while crocheting a case for my sister's crochet hook (she got me into it) - but I have to work on it when she's in bed cause it's a gift :))
Thanks for keeping me company while I work!
You can really see all the effort you put into patterning paying off in this. Only minor adjustments are needed. It is going to look great.
I have LOVED being on this journey with you, Cathy! Thank you for honestly sharing your trials and tribulations, as well as your successes! So much love from America!
How marvelous to have something to try on! Isn't it satisfying when you get to that point of a project? 😍
Cathy you are awesome. I would never be able to make such a pattern. Not to mention the patience and process this took until this mockup. This coat is going to be a true masterpiece. Cant wait to see your next video.
It's very calming to watch you work
Even with modern patterns some people still need to do a forward shoulder adjustment. It's the most common adjustment, I make right after the bust adjustment of course.
I am enjoying your video and being inspired while pinning lace to the bottom of my daughter's dress. I have been sewing since the spring and I love it so much. Thank you for your videos 🥰
Oh, my giddy aunt!!! Your "Luca" is Ruth Goodman's/Victorian Farm's "Luca"!?!?!? Why did I never put 2 and 2 together? I've been a free Foundations Revealed/Wardrobe Unlocked member for about a decade now, and I'm in shock. Of course, only the best work with the best.
Exactly what I needed this evening
I adore your videos and your calm affirming spirit. Thank you.
Well I did cringe when you were pinning yourself to your alterations, as I have done so myself in the past. Looking forward to seeing how the sleeves and collar go in, collars are just a pain I always have to do them more than once. Thank you Cathy.
It's just so wonderful. seeing you excited and happy with a project. You always make my day brighter, and inspire me to create. Thank you.
That's it! If I wasn't excited enough looking at the vintage sample... seeing the mock-up twirl about has confirmed my utter need to own one of these coats. Can't wait to see the next part.
Ohh, I cannot wait for the next one! :) Watching your process really helps spell some things out for an amateur dressmaker like me. Not only that, your videos are relaxing, informative, and oh so elegant. Thank you for your work!
Thank you, Kathy. Your experience helps me things to consider when I am ready to make my winter coat.
My mother taught my brother and I how to sew. I got on just fine, my brother proceeded to sew himself to his piece numerous times. The look on your face with the pins was much like his when he realized what he had done
I enjoy your videos. I’m looking forward to the latest one.
I sew vicariously through your videos. Afterwards I sew simple flannel nightgowns for my granddaughters. Love your videos.
Such a beautiful coat. I can't wait to see each step and the embroidery on the velvet. Your such a talented lady. X
This is amazing, the way you explain the fit is incredible....loving seeing how this project is coming together
Lovely! Beautiful music, too.
(Lovely editing! And music selection was beautiful and worked so well! Cheers to your editor!
Me: I just discovered your channel earlier today…LOVING everything so far. Trying to make my own clothes [Dior 1947-1962] and I am discovering sewing community here on UA-cam! 🤗)
I was so excited when you put it on and twirled around! Cheers for all the research and patterning and work you have done so far 💜
This is going to go live at 3am Saturday.
So...
I'm gonna be "late,".
I also know exactly what I am going to watch, first thing, while making my coffee in the morning ♥️
Oh, I almost clicked away when I realized the main vidéo hadn’t premiered, yet! I did set a reminder but, had I missed this preview, I would possibly have skipped the main vidéo. Now, I know I definitely want to see this! What interesting seams! Hmm... 🤔 very cleverly draped and dramatic!
Do you ever sell your patterns? I would love to make this. Beautifully executed!
brilliant work cathy
Always so excited when I see the email notifying me of an impending video from you, Cathy.
Absolutely in love with your videos! This coat is going to be gorgeous 😍
Side note I love your music selections. They’re always beautiful without veering into cheesy.
You amaze me.....so talented and creative.
It’s gonna be soooo beautiful!
It looks like it's coming together so well...I am very excited for you!! I learned alot too, so thank you for that. The dress you were wearing was also very pretty. I love that type of print and having the split makes it so easy to wear for any occasion. Can't wait for the next episode. Congrats again on the pattern making and thanks for the fitting lesson.
I love everything you make with such care and consideration and time, to have a wedding dress made by such practice and talented hands 😭😭 your dress in this video is beautiful.