thats so unique that diy video is focusing not on “how to recreate something cheaper” but how to make something lasting longer… i think it is new genre: sustainable diy video
I believe the hem facing bit is called hem tape historically! It was used to protect floor length hems from the dirty ground. The idea was you could replace the hem tape once it got too dirty and protect the nice skirt fabric.
This! Also known as a bias bound hem. Facing is typically a matching pattern piece or portion of, sewn along the edge of the garment and flipped. Jackets are the best example of this, they usual have “lapel facing” and also the inside collar /upper back would qualify as facing.
Two of the best sewists online to learn how to sew better: Bernadette Banner and Evelyn Wood. Both are chef's kiss as far as knowing all the little details that make a home sewn project look hand made. However, total props to you for your sewing mojo. You'll only get better as you learn, and yes, those are facings.
I think Bernadette can be quite unhelpful for beginners or intermediates because her aim is to make historical reproductions and so she does things like buying very expensive materials and using very labour intensive methods. Although she's been very inactive recently, I think someone like Mariah Pattie is far more helpful because she is actually trying to sew garments to wear, she explains things for people to actually recreate and she is very reflective on the actual use and cost of items in practice.
I also miss those fashion designer videos! If you continue the series, I'd also love to see you include other types of artists, sort of like your "taking fashion inspiration from places other than Pinterest" video, where you use the colors, shapes, and vibes of other types of art to create a little capsule wardrobe inspired by that artist?
For something like the dresses (in the future), I suggest something like bias tape. Keeps all the edges nice and safe without how to add a bunch of weird seams around necklines and armholes.
Ahhh I have so many designer requests if you reboot that lovely series: Vivienne Westwood, vintage Betsy Johnson, Maison Margiela, Alessandro Michele, Schiaparelli (Daniel Roseberry), Robert Wun, Victor Glemaud, Escada (Margaretha Ley) etc etc ❤
These look great!!! Heck yeah to getting through the whole mend pile!!! I repaired 4 or so pairs of my partner's pants last month and felt SO accomplished!!!! It's such a great feeling to not have the mend pile hanging over you.
9:10 I totally relate to this! I am now 5 years into my sewing journey and the things that used to intimidate me when I first started have now become some of my favorite parts of sewing. It’s the small details like thoughtful construction and neat looking finishes that I find really satisfying, even for the simplest projects. I used to find pressing seams so tedious but now I find it almost meditative. It’s so fun to watch other people learn and grow in their craft as well!
I love the white lining showing at the bottom of the dresses. It gives a very classy, professional, couture vibe to me ! That's (almost) my main motivation to put lining on my dresses haha
Love watching your sewing content, it's so cozy and gives me so many thrift flip ideas :) My personal favourite way to finish handmade dresses is to line the bodice only, and leave the skirt and sleeves unlined. This encloses all the raw seam edges around the neckline/armscyes/waist, and then basically all you have to do after that is hem it. It takes up much less fabric than a full lining, and keeps the skirt light and flowy. Some more tips I found helpful, for anyone reading this: 1) use the burrito method (Seamwork has a full tutorial), 2) make sure you clip your curves, and 3) don't skip the understitching, seems like extra work but it will be worth it I promise! Also yes that is a facing! That's probably the easiest way to finish your neck and armscye edges, the only downside is that they can flip outwards sometimes when you put on the garment. Topstitching like you did will fix that, or if you don't want the stitching to be visible, you can just tack down bodice facings at the shoulder and/or underarm seams.
I clicked so fast when I saw you had uploaded, I love your content. I thrifted a cardigan recently I think it's polyester as it's not the nicest feeling fabric. I was struggling what to do with it because of how it fitted but now I know, remove the sleeves and make a vest. I can't wait to transform it and I'm sure I will get a load more wear out of it that way
Adding facing to dresses and skirts is SO huge, love the way you did it! Adding stiff interfacing to garments that won't hold their structure has been huge for me too, though it can be a little more involved to pick things apart to do that.
Love your reflection on your sewing progress! I started sewing the same way - tracking clothes and making raw edge pyjama pants in highschool that had the same crotch curve in front and back. Now I'm a much more confident sewist, and at peak my wardrobe was about 90& me-made. I'm so glad you chose to do facing instead of the lining - a very smart choice!!!!!
Loved this, stuck at home with pneumonia and the video was almost exactly the length of the breathing treatment I needed to do! For your rolling lower hems I’d suggest making them larger, and a rolled hem in the future, then the fabric will create weight and you won’t have fraying edges. I’d go from your 1/2” to 2 to try it. Facing around the neck is a must have for anything with sleeves, without, a full lining at the top is best. Great job! It feels nice to get that diy pile gone (I’ve been working through mine!)
Found your channel recently and I just wanna say that I love your energy and everything you do! It really made me inspired to be more creative with the clothing I have in my closet. I started matching patterns and colours I usually wouldn't and it's so much more fun! Thank you for that 💜
This is so off topic but your look in the explanation/intro/outro portions of this video is ICONIC!! I love the makeup and the earrings and the pallette and the pattern mixing it is all so cool and witchy and funky.
You're so right about learning to make clothing! or sew or diy anything for that matter. Start small and don't be afraid to mess it up:) that's how we all learned, you'll level up with practice. I've been sewing for almost 15 years and I need to remind myself to be more loose and creative sometimes, like when I was first learning. I've come a long way and I want to make something that lasts, but still gotta remember to keep it fun and not be too much of a perfectionist
I love the editing on your videos! Also, I really enjoyed all your thoughts about sewing and just getting into and accepting the mistakes and mishaps AND still wearing the items even if they aren't perfect :)
Yay! This is the earliest I've been to one of your videos Liz!!! Great timing, as I just started my no-buy clothes challenge (with exception of things I literally cannot make e.g shoes), to try and kickstart my mending pile and get into bigger sewing projects !!! Yayyyyyyy !!!!!
I loved that minute Kim video, in fact I think that was the first video I ever watched from you? (I was obsessed with minju Kim and then you popped up lol)
I am always in the market for more meding / diy videos to watch to be honest. I am a big fixer of things, so I love doing mending while watching others mend. also whe Making dresses, I find it easiest to do a bit more historical lining technique and prejoining the outer fabric and lining together beforehand (basically you then act like they are one single fabric). Makes it easier to line things than modern methods in my opinion, but obviously only works for fully lined pieces.
It's so COOL that you're able to do all these things. I wish I wasn't as lazy as I am, because it would be awesome to learn to do similar things. Maybe one day I will actually try skillshare or go to the library and find a fitting crafts book.
SKILLS! everything looks great. I like the attitude of just trying it, because in the end that is what will grow your skills, and it doesn't matter if it's not perfect. By the way. I have seen a lot of secondhand clothes from expensive or designer brands that have a patchwork look, nice funky details or added embroidery,, that I really like the look of, and the label will usually say "hand wash only". By which i mean to say, it's great that you can make your own items machine washable :D
Ahh this was so good and satisfying to watch! I only just started sewing (a court jester costume) and lining and interfacing cost so much brainpower, but seeing how nice it looks on your hems etc makes me rlly confident to keep going!
Ohhhh! I love the sweater vest! I get so stuck on the "what abouts" before starting a DIY alteration and end up with piles of "to be started" projects I get too scared to try. I'm taking your video as a sign to START THE DANGED PROJECT.
Thanks needed a fixing buddy while I was trying to save some dresses of mine the mice have chewed holes through so it was nice having the video next to me while I was trying to fix what could be fixed.
I dont have a sewing machine so everything I do has to be done by hand... I have 2 proyects. 1rst is a purse I'm making. Im doing some lining and then I have to find a nice strap (its a gift). 2nd is a sort of skirt I'm trying to make out of the bottom half of a long top that I cropped many moons ago. I wanted to do one of those "turn a tshirt into a matchig set" kinda proyects, but having no sewing machine is HARD. Its not "Ah! A zigzag stitch around the waist" its more of "I have to make every stitch the same length hundreds of times"
It's true you don't 'need' formal training to get started, it's mainly an issue of time for me. With formal training you can get to proficiency a lot faster and with less frustration than just trying to figure everything out from scratch. For example I watched one self-taught channel and she'd been sewing for ten years and was just starting to learn things I learned in my second year of sewing class in high school. I'm impatient and I want to get to proficiency faster, I wanna get to the point where I like my projects and hopefully avoid some frustration if I can. Like without training, you have to reinvent the wheel when it's already been invented. Using the existing knowledge ( built up over centuries) is a huge shortcut. Other people already figured out the most efficient ways, they already made the mistakes, tried things in the worst ways, and we can stand on their shoulders. We don't need to figure it all out from zero. I wouldn't try to navigate my way around a new city without a map. Sure you could walk down every wrong street and *eventually* find the right street but it's so much easier to go right to where you wanna go!
love love love so inspiring!! i just got a sewing machine and i’m so excited to start altering/refashioning my old clothes (also love peeping HLP in the background)
Your sewing advice is so accurate. I started sewing just by winging it a few years ago and have just started feeling brave/confident to learn how to do things "right" and it turns out I already picked up a lot of things naturally. I've been doing this "hack" seam for years where I just fold the fabric over and just found out that it's a "French seam" lol I thought I was cheating this whole time and it's actually a technique 😂
As a perpetual amateur sewist, I feel the hems falling apart on old projects issue so hard. But it's just something everyone has to learn on their own time, it's a canon event
I didn't do any finishing besides hemming the sleeves because the weave of the fabric was super tight so I don't think it will fray at all! not sure if that would work with a more typical knit sweater fabric though👀
Not my intent to give unsolicited internet advice but at 10:07 your machine sounds gnarly, you might want to give it some oil or take it to a repair place (Although I understand this is like a 5 second clip)
New to the channel and an instant huge fan! Literally binging everything. One note…when you say “y’all” it feels very unnatural… I thought hmm that’s weird why would they say y’all and it sounds so disconnected.. why does it feel so odd but then I saw a video where it says you’re from Wisconsin living in mid-Atlantic east coast. Maybe just refrain from saying y’all, it feels very strange and not very genuine? (Coming from y’all country..just an observation)
thats so unique that diy video is focusing not on “how to recreate something cheaper” but how to make something lasting longer… i think it is new genre: sustainable diy video
Sustainable DIY - Love This!✨🪡
9:58 as Jake from Adventure Time said, "Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something"
I believe the hem facing bit is called hem tape historically! It was used to protect floor length hems from the dirty ground. The idea was you could replace the hem tape once it got too dirty and protect the nice skirt fabric.
This! Also known as a bias bound hem. Facing is typically a matching pattern piece or portion of, sewn along the edge of the garment and flipped. Jackets are the best example of this, they usual have “lapel facing” and also the inside collar /upper back would qualify as facing.
Bring back the series on fashion designers ! ❤
Two of the best sewists online to learn how to sew better: Bernadette Banner and Evelyn Wood. Both are chef's kiss as far as knowing all the little details that make a home sewn project look hand made. However, total props to you for your sewing mojo. You'll only get better as you learn, and yes, those are facings.
I think Bernadette can be quite unhelpful for beginners or intermediates because her aim is to make historical reproductions and so she does things like buying very expensive materials and using very labour intensive methods. Although she's been very inactive recently, I think someone like Mariah Pattie is far more helpful because she is actually trying to sew garments to wear, she explains things for people to actually recreate and she is very reflective on the actual use and cost of items in practice.
Cornelius quiring is AMAZING too. He breaks everything down so well
I also miss those fashion designer videos! If you continue the series, I'd also love to see you include other types of artists, sort of like your "taking fashion inspiration from places other than Pinterest" video, where you use the colors, shapes, and vibes of other types of art to create a little capsule wardrobe inspired by that artist?
The waistband hack on the skirt was ingenious! And the cardigan to vest turned out so cute.
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Thank you beeps ❤❤❤
I would love to see more installments of the how-to-dress-like series. Some of those are my favorite videos of yours
For something like the dresses (in the future), I suggest something like bias tape. Keeps all the edges nice and safe without how to add a bunch of weird seams around necklines and armholes.
I get such great pioneer woman vibes when you sit at your kitchen table and sew by “oil lamp” light. The vibes are impeccable.
Ahhh I've been on a beep world binge and I just finished a diff video and refreshed my page and lo and behold. 50 seconds ago. Love your content ❤
Ahhh I have so many designer requests if you reboot that lovely series: Vivienne Westwood, vintage Betsy Johnson, Maison Margiela, Alessandro Michele, Schiaparelli (Daniel Roseberry), Robert Wun, Victor Glemaud, Escada (Margaretha Ley) etc etc ❤
These look great!!! Heck yeah to getting through the whole mend pile!!!
I repaired 4 or so pairs of my partner's pants last month and felt SO accomplished!!!! It's such a great feeling to not have the mend pile hanging over you.
9:10 I totally relate to this! I am now 5 years into my sewing journey and the things that used to intimidate me when I first started have now become some of my favorite parts of sewing. It’s the small details like thoughtful construction and neat looking finishes that I find really satisfying, even for the simplest projects. I used to find pressing seams so tedious but now I find it almost meditative. It’s so fun to watch other people learn and grow in their craft as well!
I love the white lining showing at the bottom of the dresses. It gives a very classy, professional, couture vibe to me ! That's (almost) my main motivation to put lining on my dresses haha
I noticed the weight it adds when the skirts swirl - it gave me the impression of an expensive fabric swooshing as the professional model spins.
Love watching your sewing content, it's so cozy and gives me so many thrift flip ideas :) My personal favourite way to finish handmade dresses is to line the bodice only, and leave the skirt and sleeves unlined. This encloses all the raw seam edges around the neckline/armscyes/waist, and then basically all you have to do after that is hem it. It takes up much less fabric than a full lining, and keeps the skirt light and flowy. Some more tips I found helpful, for anyone reading this: 1) use the burrito method (Seamwork has a full tutorial), 2) make sure you clip your curves, and 3) don't skip the understitching, seems like extra work but it will be worth it I promise!
Also yes that is a facing! That's probably the easiest way to finish your neck and armscye edges, the only downside is that they can flip outwards sometimes when you put on the garment. Topstitching like you did will fix that, or if you don't want the stitching to be visible, you can just tack down bodice facings at the shoulder and/or underarm seams.
I clicked so fast when I saw you had uploaded, I love your content.
I thrifted a cardigan recently I think it's polyester as it's not the nicest feeling fabric. I was struggling what to do with it because of how it fitted but now I know, remove the sleeves and make a vest. I can't wait to transform it and I'm sure I will get a load more wear out of it that way
Ok HLP video cameo, i see you 👀
Adding facing to dresses and skirts is SO huge, love the way you did it! Adding stiff interfacing to garments that won't hold their structure has been huge for me too, though it can be a little more involved to pick things apart to do that.
Love your reflection on your sewing progress! I started sewing the same way - tracking clothes and making raw edge pyjama pants in highschool that had the same crotch curve in front and back. Now I'm a much more confident sewist, and at peak my wardrobe was about 90& me-made. I'm so glad you chose to do facing instead of the lining - a very smart choice!!!!!
I would love more "how to dress like a -- model" videos, they're some of my favorites.
Loved this, stuck at home with pneumonia and the video was almost exactly the length of the breathing treatment I needed to do!
For your rolling lower hems I’d suggest making them larger, and a rolled hem in the future, then the fabric will create weight and you won’t have fraying edges. I’d go from your 1/2” to 2 to try it. Facing around the neck is a must have for anything with sleeves, without, a full lining at the top is best.
Great job! It feels nice to get that diy pile gone (I’ve been working through mine!)
YASSS Hannah Louise Poston on in the background
the patchwork dress you made is stunning! major props to you for learning how to do all of this, i’m still very intimidated by sewing 😅
Ahhh I love that you're watching Hannah while you sew!
Found your channel recently and I just wanna say that I love your energy and everything you do! It really made me inspired to be more creative with the clothing I have in my closet. I started matching patterns and colours I usually wouldn't and it's so much more fun! Thank you for that 💜
This is so off topic but your look in the explanation/intro/outro portions of this video is ICONIC!! I love the makeup and the earrings and the pallette and the pattern mixing it is all so cool and witchy and funky.
that skirt is amazing! ❤️ i defs would love the series of making designer clothes to come back!
new buttons for the vest!!! I think you would enjoy it more
minjukim and simone rocha are two of my fav designers and i looooove your videos on them. would love to see more of that series!!!
Yes please bring the fashion design series back! I loved those videos ♥️
You're so right about learning to make clothing! or sew or diy anything for that matter. Start small and don't be afraid to mess it up:) that's how we all learned, you'll level up with practice. I've been sewing for almost 15 years and I need to remind myself to be more loose and creative sometimes, like when I was first learning. I've come a long way and I want to make something that lasts, but still gotta remember to keep it fun and not be too much of a perfectionist
FINE i’ll tackle my mending pile too 🥲🫡
the fit in this video goes hard
I love the editing on your videos! Also, I really enjoyed all your thoughts about sewing and just getting into and accepting the mistakes and mishaps AND still wearing the items even if they aren't perfect :)
I'm unfortunately stuck in the perfectionist mode, which is hindering my actual learning of sewing. This video is inspiring me to go for it!
I have the same issue so I'm rooting for you 😅
Yay! This is the earliest I've been to one of your videos Liz!!! Great timing, as I just started my no-buy clothes challenge (with exception of things I literally cannot make e.g shoes), to try and kickstart my mending pile and get into bigger sewing projects !!! Yayyyyyyy !!!!!
I loved that minute Kim video, in fact I think that was the first video I ever watched from you? (I was obsessed with minju Kim and then you popped up lol)
I am always in the market for more meding / diy videos to watch to be honest. I am a big fixer of things, so I love doing mending while watching others mend. also whe Making dresses, I find it easiest to do a bit more historical lining technique and prejoining the outer fabric and lining together beforehand (basically you then act like they are one single fabric). Makes it easier to line things than modern methods in my opinion, but obviously only works for fully lined pieces.
It's so COOL that you're able to do all these things. I wish I wasn't as lazy as I am, because it would be awesome to learn to do similar things. Maybe one day I will actually try skillshare or go to the library and find a fitting crafts book.
YES please more videos in the designer series!
love watching your diy videos while i crochet/knit. definitely cozy vibes
More designers projects please! X
all of those dresses are sooooo beautiful
SKILLS! everything looks great. I like the attitude of just trying it, because in the end that is what will grow your skills, and it doesn't matter if it's not perfect. By the way. I have seen a lot of secondhand clothes from expensive or designer brands that have a patchwork look, nice funky details or added embroidery,, that I really like the look of, and the label will usually say "hand wash only". By which i mean to say, it's great that you can make your own items machine washable :D
I looooooveeee those "how to dress like a XYZ model" vids!!! And the video where you dressed like 12 zodiacs ❤Plz do more of them!!!
Would love to see more designer videos!!! ❤every video you make is so inspiring!
could u pls do a dress like a miu miu model 😍 i feel like the algorithm (and also me) would eat that up
omg this idea is going to be living rent-free in my head
Ahh this was so good and satisfying to watch! I only just started sewing (a court jester costume) and lining and interfacing cost so much brainpower, but seeing how nice it looks on your hems etc makes me rlly confident to keep going!
Love! I think the gold dress would be great for a holiday party :)
You and Hannah Louise Poston are two of my faves rn so I was delighted by the cameo
The waistband was a great idea
Omg the dresses you made are stunning!!
Matching headband with the leftover cardigan sleeves? 👀
Technique is sophisticated. Good work❤
Ohhhh! I love the sweater vest! I get so stuck on the "what abouts" before starting a DIY alteration and end up with piles of "to be started" projects I get too scared to try. I'm taking your video as a sign to START THE DANGED PROJECT.
i would love to see more of the how to dress like a (insert designer here) model
Thanks needed a fixing buddy while I was trying to save some dresses of mine the mice have chewed holes through so it was nice having the video next to me while I was trying to fix what could be fixed.
I dont have a sewing machine so everything I do has to be done by hand... I have 2 proyects. 1rst is a purse I'm making. Im doing some lining and then I have to find a nice strap (its a gift). 2nd is a sort of skirt I'm trying to make out of the bottom half of a long top that I cropped many moons ago. I wanted to do one of those "turn a tshirt into a matchig set" kinda proyects, but having no sewing machine is HARD. Its not "Ah! A zigzag stitch around the waist" its more of "I have to make every stitch the same length hundreds of times"
Instead of having to add a lining, try French seams! I always use them bc I don’t have an overlocker and I’m too lazy to make a lining 😂
It's true you don't 'need' formal training to get started, it's mainly an issue of time for me. With formal training you can get to proficiency a lot faster and with less frustration than just trying to figure everything out from scratch. For example I watched one self-taught channel and she'd been sewing for ten years and was just starting to learn things I learned in my second year of sewing class in high school. I'm impatient and I want to get to proficiency faster, I wanna get to the point where I like my projects and hopefully avoid some frustration if I can. Like without training, you have to reinvent the wheel when it's already been invented. Using the existing knowledge ( built up over centuries) is a huge shortcut. Other people already figured out the most efficient ways, they already made the mistakes, tried things in the worst ways, and we can stand on their shoulders. We don't need to figure it all out from zero. I wouldn't try to navigate my way around a new city without a map. Sure you could walk down every wrong street and *eventually* find the right street but it's so much easier to go right to where you wanna go!
Which patterns do you use for your cute dresses with the patchwork and the sleeveless one with ruffles at the bottom?
I'd love to see how you organize for your Yt channel. I mean, this is a lot of work. How do you manage time and work? Love your content ❤
Just what I need!
I AM WEARING THE SAMES PANTS YOU ARE WEARING IN THE VIDEOOO AHHH
very inspirational!
love love love so inspiring!! i just got a sewing machine and i’m so excited to start altering/refashioning my old clothes
(also love peeping HLP in the background)
Your sewing advice is so accurate. I started sewing just by winging it a few years ago and have just started feeling brave/confident to learn how to do things "right" and it turns out I already picked up a lot of things naturally. I've been doing this "hack" seam for years where I just fold the fabric over and just found out that it's a "French seam" lol I thought I was cheating this whole time and it's actually a technique 😂
love your videos! i have gotten so many DIY ideas from u!!!
Liz, I love these videos! I feel like I'm getting things done vicariously through you 😆❤
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssss Beepworld. What a great surprise to see you on a weekday 😊
Thank you for your videos! Always great vibes :)
I feel like you would like withwendy, very fun sewer
SLAYFUL hahaha yesss! Great job ms beep
Here for this vid!!!
Girl my alteration bag is overflowing..I vow to address them once all my handmade Christmas gifts are complete
I have my own overflowing DIY/mend pile. Can you describe the feeling you have now that your pile is cleared?
As a perpetual amateur sewist, I feel the hems falling apart on old projects issue so hard. But it's just something everyone has to learn on their own time, it's a canon event
How did you finish off the armholes of the vest (ex sweater)? I’d love to try that idea but am hesitating…..😊
I didn't do any finishing besides hemming the sleeves because the weave of the fabric was super tight so I don't think it will fray at all! not sure if that would work with a more typical knit sweater fabric though👀
yay i'm so excited for this video 💕
I still cut all the collars on my shirts 😂❤
I've been sewing for more than 50 years and I still get to unpick mistakes.
0:23 2 months ago ? time is not real omg
istg your videos are too short
Not my intent to give unsolicited internet advice but at 10:07 your machine sounds gnarly, you might want to give it some oil or take it to a repair place (Although I understand this is like a 5 second clip)
New to the channel and an instant huge fan! Literally binging everything.
One note…when you say “y’all” it feels very unnatural… I thought hmm that’s weird why would they say y’all and it sounds so disconnected.. why does it feel so odd but then I saw a video where it says you’re from Wisconsin living in mid-Atlantic east coast. Maybe just refrain from saying y’all, it feels very strange and not very genuine?
(Coming from y’all country..just an observation)