Sewing ALL the Rayon Vlog Part 1: Francesca Dress, Harmony Top, Skye Shorts and Meet You There Dress
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Today is all about rayon! I’m slowly making my way through my rayon pile and vlogging any tips and tricks I think of along the way. This is part 1 of that journey!
What I’m wearing:
Pattern Emporium Meet You There Tiered Dress: patternemporiu...
Lipstick:
MAC Matte Lipstick in Lady Danger: MAC Matte Lipstick | MAC Cosmetics - Official Site | MAC Cosmetics - Official Site
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Patterns and Fabrics I use (where available):
Viki Sews Francesca Dress: vikisews.com/v...
June and Lu Green Floral Rayon: juneandlufabri...
Love Notions Harmony Blouse (affiliate): www.lovenotion...
Peppermint Magazine Skye Shorts: peppermintmag....
Lady McElroy via Minerva Abstract Rayon (affiliate): tidd.ly/3QmrIWh
Pattern Emporium Meet You There Tiered Dress: patternemporiu...
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For reference: I am 5’2” and my measurements are as follows, upper bust 36”, full bust 40”, waist 33”, hip 40”
Sorry to hear about the passing of your mentor, Joyce. Her gifts are living on through you. Thanks
Thank you.
So sorry to hear about your loss. You honor your mentor ´s memory every day as you share your talent and gift us with your ample knowledge.
Thank you so much!
Sorry for your loss, Whitney. But like most have said, she lives on through you. How wonderful is that. Take good care. Your videos are always wonderful and inspiring.
That's very kind! Thank you so much!
I know you say you learned so much about sewing from Joyce but I think your big take away was learning how to mentor other sewists. We are so lucky to have you as our mentor.
That is so insightful and I bet you're right! I love that! Thank you!
It's so difficult to lose someone you admired so much but the pain eases when you remember all the wonderful times you had together. On the Vlog front I have to say, I really enjoyed this video and am looking forward to the next one.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this!
I am so sorry to hear about Joyce's passing. I know how much she meant to you. This video was so helpful to me, thank you!
Thank you so much. It's been a bit of a tough season.
My condolences on the passing of your mentor Joyce. I am sure she is so proud of you for all the things you are doing to spread the passion for sewing. I particularly appreciated the trick with the pencil for turning straps. Wow! Oh, and I realize I am underutilizing my serger!!!!!
Oh good! I'm so glad this had some helpful bits in it!
Love the special pencil turning tool idea. I really like finding sewing applications for items not originally designed for them. I also find it helpful to press the seam open on fabric tubes before turning them. It makes pressing so much easier after it’s turned right side out. I use wooden dowels inserted into the fabric tube to isolate just the seam I want to press open, so I can avoid pressing creases into the fabric where I don’t want them. I find that I can get dowels in diameters small enough for all but the narrowest tubes, which don’t need the pre-pressing step anyway. ❤️
Team chopstick here!
That is so smart!!!
I’m sorry that you lost your friend/mentor but I praise the Lord that He brought you two together in friendship to make a lifetime of memories! I will pray for healing!
Thank you so much! He really did bring us together at just the right moment in both of our lives. We were VERY similar in a lot of ways (just about 35 years difference in age and life experience). She was truly a gift to me!
Sorry you lost Joyce. Buried my mom yesterday and I am being kind to myself. So glad to have this blog to watch today. Thank you, thank you, thank you for showing us this hem. I had given up on nice rolled hems. Another thing I struggle with is using the binding fit. It may feed the fabric nicely, but within a few stitches the fabric is moving off to the side.
So sorry about your loss! Much love to you for what you’re going through.
Cynthia, so sorry to hear about your mom. I hope you have wonderful memories to hold on to treasure. I lost my mom 10 years ago an she’s in my thoughts daily even after all of this time. She was my sewing mentor and friend. I have her pictures in my studio and smile every day at her. Hugs
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss! You are very wise to be kind to yourself.
I have a binding foot for my coverstitch that I have yet to try. I'll play around with that and maybe do a tutorial when I get it figured out!
I am so very sorry to hear of Joyce's passing. Prayers for you and all that she touched.
Thank you so much.
I am so sorry for the loss of your dear friend Joyce. That definitely takes a lot out of you. God bless and take care of yourself.
Congratulations on your new tripod.
Thank you so much!
I am so sorry to hear about your mentor, Joyce, passing away. I hope fond memories are bringing you peace in this time of grief.
Getting together with all our sewing buddies after her funeral was very therapeutic. We have a TON of shared memories to reflect back upon!
Lots of lovely rayon. Thank-you for your tips along the way. I am sorry to hear of Joyce's passing. She had a big influence on your life and you will miss her. She has left a marvellous legacy behind her though.
Thank you so much!
Me again! Perhaps I should hold my comments until the end but by then I may forget! Demonstrating how you attached the lower gathers on your dress was very helpful. I have been a subscriber for a long time and this particular blog is outstanding! Thanks
Thank you so much! It makes me so happy with the content is helpful!
We are having 118 almost everyday. But the crazy thing is I love it. I am sorry about your lost.
Wow! That is so hot. I knew there were people out there that enjoyed that type of heat 😉.
Is Palm Springs California. For the most part of the day everything is air condition. No need to answer dear. You guys do a great job. Thank you
Condolences on Joyce’s passing. The torch is now with you! Thanks for carrying out her knowledge base with us. Love my ruffler on my serger. The ruffle craze in fashion right now is making this a valuable foot to have in the arsenal. Sending ❤️ and 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for your condolences! I completely agree about the ruffler foot!
I’m so sorry to hear about Joyce, Whitney. It’s hard when our mentors pass on. Give yourself time to process it. I learned a lot from this video & I just enjoyed watching how you work. Thank you for showing me how to do a rolled hem & ruffle on my Babylock. I know you said you don’t use the cover stitch function very often but if you happen to do need a cover stitch, I’d really appreciate that tutorial. Thanks for all you do.
I have a Janome CoverPro900 that I use as my primary coverstitch machine so I can definitely show some coverstitch stuff on it!
So sorry to hear Joyce passed. Sending a hug xx
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much. I am learning such a lot from you. I have a ruffler foot for my serger and a tired skirt to make for my daughter, but I had no clue how to put the skirt together in that I didn't know how much the ruffler would gather the fabric strip. Now all is clear :-)
Oh good! I love wearing tiered dresses, but hate all that gathering. This has solved all of that for me!
Sewing with rayon is also great practice for silks!
Condolences for your loss 💕
Thank you so much.
My condolences & prayers for your loss.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for the ruffler / ruffle demonstration. I stay away from those dresses where you have to gather tiers - but no more!!! Love the new tripod angles - it seems to have made your life easier and that is always a plus!!!
Oh good! I think this new tripod is going to be a real game changer!
Very pretty fabric. Glad you showed how you do the rolled hem and the gathers on the serger. Take care
I'm so glad that was helpful!
The new tripod view is great.
Oh good! I think it's really going to make a difference!
Hi Whitney-my condolences on the loss of your mentor. She passed along her gifts to you and you are now doing the same for us. I am found this video so helpful and learned a few tricks. 🥰
I'm so glad to read this!
My condolences for the loss of your mentor.🙏🏽💕
That's very kind. Thank you so much.
I'd love to see your daughter model all those clothes you left on her bed while she was gone and to get her reaction to all the sewing you'd done for her!
Sure! As soon as I can get her to carve out some time, I will get footage of her in all her new things!
Thanks for the rolled hem tutorial.
My pleasure!
I learned so much in this video! I’ve only played with rayon once because it makes me nervous after hearing everyone talk about how fiddly rayon can be! And I’ve never been brave enough to try a rolled hem on my serger. You are a wealth of knowledge! Beautiful projects, as always, Whitney.
Kim, find some scraps of different fabrics and practice that rolled hem! Make the serger work for you. 👍🏼
I'm so glad you enjoyed this and found it helpful!
Sad to hear your news of your mentor Joyce passing away. I know she was wonderful sharing her knowledge with all of you. I’m so thankful for everything you pass on to all of us. I have sewn so many more detailed garments that I take so much pride wearing. To spend a bit more on quality fabric and adding those details makes all the difference. ❤️
I completely agree. Thank you so much!
So sorry to hear about Joyce, I know from watching you over the years how special she was to you 🙏
Thank you very much. It's been a rough couple of weeks.
I just got a new to me singer 603 and it came with a ruffled foot and a walking foot. I can’t wait to try it out.
That's so exciting!
I am sorry that you lost Joyce, she was obviously a huge part of your life's journey.
Brilliant tutorials on using the rolled hem and gathering foot. Would these work on a linen or cotton? Would you dare do the gathering of a skirt onto a fitted waistband of a dress? I am thinking of so many of the patterns that my girls and I like...but gathering is painful!!!! xxxx
Yes. I have done the gathering on cottons and linens. If you are using more bodied fabrics, I would just crank the deferential feed up to it's highest and you can totally do this onto a fitted waistband!
I’m so sorry about the loss of your mentor. I just made the Meet you there dress and my fabric looks so much like yours. Ha ha. I thought it went together so nicely and I definitely will be making another. I had no problem with the bust adjustment as I am only a 35” full bust. I usually struggle with things being too big through there so that’s where I am learning to pick the right size 🤦🏻♀️
It really is a lovely dress pattern!
First off I’m so sorry about the passing of your mentor & friend. The new tripod is awesome. Wow You can see things so good like you are there in person. I can’t wait to see all your makes and Ava’s dress. I got a wee bit of sewing in this morning & then the AC guy was here. My sewing room right next to where he was working and I would have been trapped. Oh well we got good cool air and full speed ahead tomorrow with sewing.
Thank goodness for the AC guy! I'm so glad you guys are once again cool!
Really good tips-thank u,especially the rolled hem + ruffle on the serger, looks so lovely. I agree those shorts are very cute-also cant wait to see pictures of your daughters dress on-it looks gorgeous +
I'm so glad you enjoyed this! We got pictures of her in the dress this weekend so stay tuned!
Excellent vlog,Thank you. I'm so sorry for your loss of Joyce. It's definitely a process. But try and focus on all the blessings of knowing her, and not the hole her passing leaves!
Thank you so much!
First, sorry for the loss of your mentor. Second, I learned 2 things from today's video. I never thought to use stabilizer on the rolled hem! I embroider towels often, so I always have that on hand. And the next thing is using the gathering foot! I made the meet you there dress and did all that gathering by hand!!! Thanks so much for your channel. I look forward to each new episode!
I'm so glad to hear that this was helpful!
Hi Whitney! The tripod is great, thanks so much for the mini tutorials,on the Rayón. Looking forward to seeing your Daughter's dress! Love all the makes, the fabrics are beautiful. 😎🌴☀️
Thank you so much!
Thanks for talking/showing about the staystitching. I didn’t realize there was a formula for it. Always outside to inside.
Yep! That will help to keep things from being stretched by the machine!
Lovely dress. Can't wait to see her in it.
Thank you! I got pictures of her this weekend in it so stay tuned for the final pictures!
I would be interested in more serger tutorials if you haven't done them already! This was very helpful.
Oh good! I can definitely do more!
I made the Meet You There dress without doing a FBA and regret it! So I think you made the right decision. Love all your makes.
I was worried that would be the case for me. I really love how this turned out!
I love the tip about using the water-soluble product in your rolled hem. This seems brilliant. I have used my ruffler attachment with varied success. I have a BabyLock, too. I need to try the pulling to the right of the top fabric and see if that helps. Often, I end up having the two layers not attached to one another.
That 100% happened to me a ton when I first started messing with my ruffler foot. Pushing things to the far right really helped that for me!
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What?!!!! Thank you SOOOO much!!!!! I am a MAC newbie so this is very helpful!
I just picked up the skye shorts and a linen rayon blend I hope will work. So enjoy your vlogs.
They are such a lovey pattern!
OMG!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your ruffle technique!!!!! I need me a r uffle foot for my overlocker! Completely awesome.
I'm so glad!!!
Very sorry to hear about Joyce. I assumed that she was very I’ll when she gave away her fabric. She seemed to have been a remarkable mentor to you and others.
Also, She was so important to sewing and fashion in your state. I remember reading about your team doing all the dresses for the Pence family for at least one of the Presidential events.
Thank you so much. She really did leave a fabulous sewing legacy behind her. We were all so fortunate to not only know her, but be taught by her as well.
Great tripod! Good angles!
Oh good! It was a good investment!
A very helpful video. Loved the rolled hem segment..I have the function on my serger but have never used. Knew about stay stitching but learned from your demo..the way you led the fabric through eliminating any stretch. Your daughter’s dress very pretty. Look forward to her modeling. Thanks
I"m so glad you enjoyed this!
Wow your fabric you have on is stunning on you
Thank you so much! I fell in love with this fabric!
Forgot to add: great tip about using the water soluble stabilizer when making the rolled hem. Never saw that before.
It really does make a huge difference!
Awe, sorry for your loss.
Thank you. It's been a tough couple of weeks.
Sorry about your friend. Thank you for the rayon tutorials.
Thank you.
So sorry for your loss. She must have been an exceptional mentor as your skills are truly impressive. Quick question- how do you pre-wash your rayon?
She was truly an exceptional seamstresses with the smartest sewing brain I've ever come across. I was very lucky to know and study under her.
I prewash my rayons on cold cycle (I serge my cut ends before washing to avoid unraveling and to keep the yardage from getting yanked of it's grainline) and then dry on a regular cycle. Once the garment is made it gets washed a cold cycle and air dried.
@@TomKatStitchery Thanks Whitney. I serge my fabric in a loop raw edge to raw edge and right sides together. Really helps to minimize wrinkles and twisting. Have sewn for awhile but avoid slippery fabrics. You are inspiring us all to give rayon a go!
Thanks for showing how you true up the short length - so helpful. And I turn straps with a chopstick. And what is the name of the little tool you used to thread the serger needle? I googled for useful tools for threading but that one didn't come up. Thank you for passing on all the knowledge you gained from Joyce.
That is just a needle threader that I got with my serger. It is really wonderful and makes threading those needles so much easier. It's a lot like this one: www.amazon.com/Inserter-Automatic-Threader-Threading-Instruction/dp/B08Z8J4MV8/ref=asc_df_B08Z8J4MV8/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=533519511281&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14539650618932268428&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016044&hvtargid=pla-1433887698236&psc=1
Thank you so much for this vlog. I love rayon!!! You gave me lots of help!!!
Oh good!
Good morning I’m interested in some conversation about prep work. What you do before you go to the sewing machine. Also how do you grade from one size to another. Thank you for sharing your time and talents with us.
I can definitely cover that in the next part!
Good Friday Whitney! Great makes😻❣️
Thank you so much!
So sorry about Joyce. Hugs.
Your video was awesome.
Can’t wait to see the makes modeled.
Where did you find the great tripod?
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! My new tripod came from Canvas: www.shopcanvas.co . It's amazing!
I'm so, so sorry for your loss of your mentor, Joyce. How is her husband doing?? Hopefully he has a lot of emotional support.
I love your hair a lot better wild and wavy, it gives you a really youthful effect! Looks great!
Thank you so much. Joyce's husband had been her primary caretaker for the past 3 years. They have three children that are all close as well as quite a few grandchildren (and even 4 great-grand babies) so he has a lot of support from his family. Thank you so much for asking!
I’m so glad to hear that he has family nearby!
Sorry for your loss. I know you talk about her sometimes.
I have the ruffler foot for my Evolve and Evolution but haven't tried it 🤦. I'll have to ck that out!!
You should definitely give it a try!
Great tips! I just bought a couple rayons that I will be sewing up shortly so I can practice!! lol
Yay!!!
@@TomKatStitchery unfortunately it's for a funeral! :(
@@cecilehoare3053 I’m so sorry!
Thank you so much, love your tips today, don't have a surgery yet, but love learning anyways. I love your thought processes, so cute. New tripod works great, did you notice the beautiful base 😁💕
I'm so glad you enjoyed this! Yes, my tripod is not only really functional, but it's actually pretty!
Sorry to hear your sad news Whitney. Can you advise what I can do with my Skye shorts as when I walk you can see the other side of the fabric which is plain? Love your makes
I have the same issue. Because the leg is so wide and swishy, it will show a bit when you walk. One way to fix that issue would be to draft a facing for the hem. That would help with both sewing the curved hem as well as then having same fabric around that area on the wrong side.
Love the Holyoke, but haven’t gotten yet. Just as well, didn’t realize I’d be getting two other patterns this week. ;)
😂 I had a big week in pattern accumulations as well!
I wish we could get fraycheck in Australia but we don't :-( Can you gather on the overlocker with the regular foot?Sorry to hear about Joyce.
You can gather on an overlocker with a regular foot if you are just gathering one piece of fabric. You won't be able to gather one piece to another in one pass like I did here, however.
I noticed you stabilized the Skye Shorts at the pocket openings using black interfacing. Are there any other areas you find critical to stabilize using strips of interfacing? You shared initial stabilization in the waistline area (directional sewing) and some serger techniques that can make constructing garments so much easier and be a real game changer for some. Isn't the initial cutting out of the fabric pattern pieces the most important part of dealing with rayons? Is making sure your fabric is perfectly on grain when you lay the pieces out also a critical step in sewing with rayon? It's where it all starts. If you don't get that right, it may go downhill from there. Luckily, it sounded like you were sewing with some very forgiving rayons so maybe it really isn't that critical with the ones you were using.
These are simply some observations. I love your vlogs and learn things from you each time I watch a new one. Thank you for all the time you put into showing us everything you do to produce your content. I know there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes.
You are correct that cutting out correctly is important for success with any project, but especially the shifty fabrics. I can definitely talk more about stabilizing areas (aside from the stay stitching) in part 2! I did interface the pocket opening on the Skye shorts.
You don’t have a R on your stitch width? I have a Babylock Celebration serger and it has an R for the rolled hem width. Btw, the new tripod seems to work well, though I like it best when you get close up with your stitching. :)
This one doesn't have the R, just a box around the rolled stitches section. I'm pretty sure the Evolution is older than the Celebration so they must have added that. That makes much more sense!
Hello. Rayon question. You may have answered this already. When finishing rayon seams not the main stitching but the serging do you put new rayon needles in your overlocker for woven? This may be a dumb questions but the needles for my New Babylock is a jersey type needle.
I do switch between a ball point needle (for my jerseys/knits) and a sharp needle (for my wovens) depending on what I'm working on. That's a great question!
Hello Whitney, I am a bginner starting to sew the Francesca dress and would be grateful for your views on 2 questions:
1) I will try to remove the tie-up straps and make them instead regular straps. I'm guessing this shouldnt be a problem?
2) I wonder about the possibility to add balloon sleeves afterwards, possibly on top of the straps. The Zimmerman botanica dress, on which this one is inspired, seems to have exactly that structure (bustier with straps, plus sleeves starting on the inner edge of the strap). Would you have any advice, recommended tutorial, etc on how to do this?
Thanks a lot!
Hello! To answer your questions 1) turning the tie straps into regular straps shouldn't be a problem at all and shouldn't change the construction at all. 2) I do think you could add balloon sleeves to the dress, but it would require some creative thinking/engineering. I don't have any tutorials that come to mind on how to do this, unfortunately. Sorry about that!
@@TomKatStitchery Thank you so much for the reassurance!! I'll keep looking for that info on the sleeves :)
The ruffling tutorial was very helpful, Whitney, and timely. I recently purchased the ruffle foot for my Evolution and now feel confident to try it out. Thanks!
I’m really sorry to hear about Joyce. 💔 You’re carrying on her legacy by mentoring so many of us.
Oh good! I'm so glad this was timely. I use my ruffle foot SO often!
So timely. I am wanting to do a rolled hem on a jersey knit dress (West Cliff faux wrap). Would this be an appropriate choice?
You could definitely do this on a knit. I would DEFINITELY stabilize it with the water soluble stabilizer so it doesn't stretch out. You may want to wrap your hems so you don't accidentally cause a lettuce edge hem (which is a really cute and totally valid option if thats what you're wanting).
Is rayon always in need of ironing? Thinking of using for a travel dress. Thank you!
Rayon does wrinkle. I find that the quality of the rayon plays a huge roll in how much, though. Personally, I wash all my rayon pieces in cold water, air dry and then will through them in the dryer for about 5 minutes to release creases and that usually does it!
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I so very sorry to hear about the death of your mentor.
Thank you.
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