How I Made a 1950's Princess Coat
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2023
- Here's how I hand-sewed the pink 1950's coat I've been dreaming of for ages! After wearing it a fair few times, I've learned that it looks extra fantastic with a belt...
My sewing methods aren't exactly standard, so my coat isn't quite how a tailor would make it. But I don't consider that to be historically inaccurate at all! If I was living in another era, I would probably still make clothes my own way. Different people find certain methods harder or easier, and this is how I like to sew. So be creative and do what works for you!
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Music:
“Hawaiian Blues” - Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds (1922)
Bourdon (1920)
“Bee’s Knees” - The Original Memphis Five (1922)
“Grandfather's Clock” - Haydn Quartet (1908)
“Hello, Aloha! How Are You?” - George Olsen and his Music (1926)
“Alice Blue Gown” - Edith Day and Rosario Bourdon (1920)
“Let’s Make Up” - George Olsen and his Music (1926) - Навчання та стиль
I’ve been wanting a princess coat for awhile! Yours looks absolutely marvelous, I LOVE that shade of pink!! I’ll have to keep this video in mind for when I can sew better
If anyone wants to make this but isn’t confident with drafting, McCall’s M6800, specifically view D is very similar, it just uses princess seams instead of darts, which you can quickly alter !
I just love all your videos and love seeing all that talent! The coat is just gorgeous, but we have to talk about that red sweater with the fur collar thing. WOW! You looked absolutely amazingly beautiful in that!❤❤❤❤ I don’t put my notifications on for very many, but you I certainly don’t want to miss. Thanks for the videos. Happy New Year!🎉
Omg, you’re so kind! 💕 I absolutely adore that Christmas outfit too. I don’t usually wear red, but the Christmas season is the exception, and I always have a lot of fun with it!
Did you just drape the whole coat on paper, you are so talented OMG just I can't even..
🥰 thank yooooou!
Your lining fabric is so thin and slippery that you can '"tissue stitch" it together on the machine, the next time you sew up a coat. However, you stitched the lining together beautifully by hand! Also, you saved a bundle on electricity by sewing this garment up by hand, brilliant!
Absolutely LOVE it 😊well done young lady 👏 😊
I love your coat! I always wanted to make one but all the tailoring made it sound so scary. Your method gives such a beautiful result and sounds actually doable! I'm going to hunt for some nice thick fabric to try to make this!
That’s awesome, I hope it goes well! I totally agree, the fancy tailoring methods sounded so complicated, and I knew there must be an easier way to do it. I made it simple and I’m very happy with the results!
So elegant! I can't believe you hand stitched all of it! 😲
oh, when I had a vibrating shuttle machine I also had issues with tension that made me give up on ever sewing with that machine.
at fist I had to adjust the needle bar height which helped a lot.
and then I worked out that it much preferred cotton thread over polyester. the cotton is softer and folds better into gentle loops.
but even when I thought I had it all sorted out it'd still give me so much trouble i gave up. but also mine wasn't a good brand. the brand that produced it only existed for a few years between the world wars. I've seen singer branded ones work beautifully and I hope you can sort yours out.
now days I suggest anyone look for a singer 201 or a 66 or something with a round bobbin to begin with vintage machines. they seem much more reliable and easy to find parts for.
also the coat looks great and you did so good.
Thank you so much! I definitely hope I can figure things out with the machine, but I fortunately don’t really mind hand sewing.
What an achievement ! Your coat is adorable, I love the style and the colour.❤
Loved it!
That was incredible, thank you so much! Your instructions were eye-opening, I think I'm actually going to finish a top I've been working on this evening as now I'm not as afraid of sleeves anymore.
That makes me so happy to hear! I think people’s mistake in sewing is usually just over-complicating things. Some explanations make it sound way too intimidating.
That's so true! After all it's just cutting fabric and stitching it together to fit your imagination :) I successfully finished everything but the sleeves today and am so happy to sew again - thank you!
Can you please do a video just on preparing and attaching buttons and one like a sew along for hems? If yes, I'd love to see them 💜
I’ll definitely consider it!
@@MirandaMilner Any sew along is a winner! If you decide to produce them. I love your videos 🥳
It came out beautiful! 🎀
That is fabulous!
I strongly recommend thick beautiful wool for this coat, AND what about inside shoulder pads and innerlining for warmth?
Believe you me, I would have LOVED some nice wool for this. But buying enough real wool to make a coat like this would been incredibly expensive, and this material was second hand and affordable. I’ve found it to be very warm for my uses. As for shoulder pads, that would be great for a 1940’s coat! But fashions of the 50’s usually went softer on the shoulders, which I personally like.
Well done,so very charming on you☺
🥰 thanks!
Hi! I adore your style and everything about it, you really inspired me to find my style as well (40s and 50s) I just wanted to make a suggestion to do a fabric shower cap like that blue striped one I saw in a video of yours. Thank you!
Thank you so much! Yes, I made that shower cap a long time ago and it’s rather small. But I was just given a different one that fits super well, so that’s what I use now.
Oh wonderful! I had some extra silk fabric for it so I was just wondering. Hope you have gotten over your sickness!
I have indeed! The hair cap is quite easy. Just cut out a really big circle and hem all around the edge. But not too skinny of a hem. Then you can feed an elastic through it and voila! You have a hair cover!
Wonderful! Thank you so much I’ll try it out, it seems so simple to do. (Off topic but I am 12 and have learned so many things that are so useful mostly because of you; as we kind of share the same style.)
🥰 that’s so wonderful, thank you!
I think pockets aligned with side seams would be most gorgeous. And how are you going to close the from. I agree with the decision to top stitch. I do think that military-looking gold buttons would be best. Or, button covered with coat fabric would also be lovely. Resulting coat is lovely
I did do coat-fabric-covered buttons. But brass buttons would be lovely as well!
Those photos made the coat’s skirt look like a circle skirt
I’m glad! I wanted a good swooshy skirt but I didn’t have quite enough material for an actual circle skirt. Guess I faked it well enough 😂
I couldn't tell if you added seam allowance as you were cutting. Did you?
You are very beautiful Miranda.I love you❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
🥰 thank you, you’re too sweet!
You are So
lucky that you are enjoying old era.
Not patch pockets. Those sleeves need to be more voluminous. I had a similar coat. Except it had a half belt going around the back, secured on either end with matching gold buttons. It had a “v” neckline and was double breasted. Wore it in New York’s bitter cold winters for 3 years.
I designed the coat as I wanted it to be and I’m very happy I did the heart-shaped patch pockets. I know they’re not for everyone, but they’re very my-style. I also personally like the sleeves as they are. I wanted them to be pretty simple.
The coat to me looks like it should be a lot looser. To account for bulkier winter clothes you would wear. Tapered sleeves? Hmm. What if you want to wear a sweater or blazer underneath?
Well, I’m a string bean-ish kind of person. 😂 I have hypermobility spectrum disorder, so I’m naturally quite thin. The coat actually is quite loose for me as it is and I can fit a lot underneath. I actually prefer it with a belt on top to cinch the waist.
how long did this take u :)
Honestly, I don’t even know 😂 I did it in bits over a few weeks.
Seems that your voice is my kryptonite and I will do anything you ask as long as you say it... Teach me how to resist... 🤦🏾♂
Lol, thank you so much! 💕 My aunt says I should voice audiobooks.
@@MirandaMilner I might die if you did that 💘
Women's coats these days are just men's coats. What happened to skirting?!