Sew & tell: my 3 favorite vintage coats (sewing coats is FUN!)
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- I sew a LOT of vintage style coats, here’s a little sew & tell of my top 3 handmade favorite coats! Sewing coats is the BEST because you can put in personal touches, pick any fabric you want, make them as warm as you need, mix modern and vintage techniques, and make a killer vintage coat! 🔥 I’m chatting about my favorites!
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PATTERNS USED: 👇🏼
📄 Vintage Simplicity 3541 - from 1950
📄 Charm Patterns Swing Coat - charmpatterns.com/swing-coat-...
📄 Vintage Simplicity 3630 - from 1960
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(All coatings, leopard print lining & Nancy Drew print lining fabrics no longer available)
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:34 Vintage Simplicity 3541
04:30 Charm Patterns Swing Coat
09:04 Vintage Simplicity 3630
13:16 Why you should try coatmaking! - Навчання та стиль
Which is your favorite of the coats I made? I don’t think I can pick one! And is it wrong that making this video made me want to sew another coat?! Ughhh. 😂 (p.s. I forgot to show that I made the button for the green coat too. 😜)
Wow, just wow thank you, this video is so inspiring.Would you consider a button replication demonstration video? Also, I have been looking for the pattern for the first coat/jacket since I passed one up on ebay years ago. Fantastic shade of yellow and great lining on that first coat and great style!
@@eveszokolai8939 thanks so much, and glad it was inspiring! Yes, I've definitely been thinking about ways that I could do some resin tutorials for vintage buttons and jewelry at some point, so look for that down the road. :)
Oh-oh-oh - suggestion for tutorials _{just imagine me nerding out at the back of the class, hand stuck straight up into the air.}_
- Bound Buttonholes (ie, I get what's going on for the front of the coat... _I think_ - but how do you get the back/facing side to look That good?),
- I heard you say you added an extra lining? Lambswool and Thinsulate - combined... Hi, Canadian. How do you do that (so I could reverse engineer my present coat).
- How do you make a casting of a vintage button and how do you make (& colour) the replicas?
- Did you do pad stitching on the collars? If not, how do they have That much body to stand posed like that?
- Show us how you do a stretch test.
- Show us how you weigh the hem and where is best to place the weights. My guess was to use the weights for fishing line, but those contain lead... coins win.
- Did you interline the last, black coat with horsehair canvas?
And... could you do these as stand-alone (and therefor searchable & rewatchable) videos? Please & thank you. Absolutely loving the contrasting lining. Well done.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
(Finally!!! Someone in Vintage/Historic Sewing who actually Signs their work. Well flippin' done!)
I love the yellow one.
And yes you need another.
Maybe a raincoat or mid spring/ mid autumn
Oooo a print!
I was going to comment that I have a few patterns, including the Charm one, but that I'm still too intimidated, but just as I was thinking it, you told me to just do it. Maybe I will, but later. Right now I'm working on spring clothes in an attempt to gaslight winter into thinking it's over and ending winter is my top priority 🤣
Yes yes, just dive in!! Well after you're done helping gaslight winter, I am all for that as a priority, and am doing the same with something I'm knitting for warm weather. We can do it! 😂 But then, coats! 😁
All of your coats are lovely 😍 Would love to see a video on making resin buttons from vintage buttons!
Thanks! Lots of interest in the buttons, I'm working towards tutorials for that in the future. :)
Tasha your workmanship is stunning!!!!! Absolutely beautiful styling!
Thank you so much!! 😊
I LOVE YOU and Your channel, my only complaint is that you didn't start it Years ago LOL I love all of your coats! Beautiful and so much skill! I'd love videos highlighting all your favorite makes in the different categories. You know, to catch us all up on what you have made so far. And so sew alongs maybe one of these days. 💙🤗
Ha ha, well I know that's many people's complaints, myself included. 🤣 Yes, I definitely plan to do some future videos on similar things, I've made so much!
I remember when I made my first vintage coat your Instagram highlight about the black coat was so incredibly helpful! I interlined mine with bamboo quilt batting after seeing yours with the thinsulate. Best decision I ever made. Shortly after I made it my health took a dive and I really struggled with the cold but my knee length 40s style coat was like wearing a duvet. I wouldn't have been able to leave the house without that coat. It's not lasted as well as I had hoped so will eventually be refashion into something else but I'm still so proud of it. One day I'll make another!
OHH that tickles me that you used that stories highlight and made something so warm, and at a time when you needed it most! I'm sorry it hasn't stood the test of time as well but definitely sounds like something you should reboot in the future. 😊
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, THE GREEN SWING COAT LOVE THEM ALL WHAT GREAT TALENT
Thank you so much!
I've always been intimidated by coats but the idea of interlining with Thinsulate is so genius that I might have to give it a go. I always get so sad when the Alberta winters mean I have to hang up my dressy wool coats in favour for my big parka 😫
Yes! You should absolutely try using Thinsulate! It was really a game changer It was a bit weird and bulky using it, but particularly with a thick outer fabric and the right shaped coat pattern it's marvelous how you just have no idea it's there.
Queen Elizabeth used to have weights sewn into the hems of her dresses to prevent them from flying up - what a great trick! Your coats are lovely - such bright happy colours!
Oh I think I remember reading that when I was investigating that technique!! And thank you. 😊
I’d like to add another “yes please” to showing us button making. Lovely coats.
Thanks! And noted on the tutorial, definitely a popular request. :)
All 3 coats are beautiful, but I especially love the black one!
Thank you!!
Love the collar on your cardigan!
The coats are all lovely!
I’ve been dreaming about making molds from my vintage buttons and making my own resin buttons. Please please make a video on that!!!! ❤
Thanks! I'm definitely trying to work towards doing some resin tutorials on here for vintage buttons, belt buckles and earrings at some point soonish!
That sounds superb 😍Looking forward to that! 👀😊👍
Love the shape of the green coat!😍
Thanks, it's such a perfect swing shape! I was wearing it the other day and caught my reflection in a store window and was literally like "yesss such a great shape!" 😂
@@tashacouldmakethat the collar(?) is so cute, I love it!
OMG Tasha that Nancy Drew fabric lining is freaking fantastic. What a great special touch. The yellow wool is a beautiful colour. Glad you held out to find the dream colour you wanted.
Thank you!! Yes this was definitely one of those cases where it was worth waiting until I found exactly what I wanted. I love the coat so much!
The yellow one is my favorite. I’m a sucker for stand up collars, and my favorite things to sew welt pockets are buttonholes. A metal chain (size dependent on fabric wt.) in the hem is terrific for a beautiful drape. I loved seeing your coats. I’ll be back for more.
I love the look of wing collars but have never sewn one. A tip video would be fabulous.
There's a couple of different styles of them, this particular style is my least favorite to sew and supremely fussy frankly. lol If I do a similar one in the future I'll try to document it if I can. :)
Your reaction to making those gloves is my absolute favorite 😂 so relatable
Ya get nothing but the honest side here, soul crushing knits and all 🤣
OMG🤩😍🤩💕Love, love, love the insides 💕 Please do a sew along on personalizing a coat. I would love to see how you put your name on the inside neckline and I still haven’t mastered bound buttonholes. Would love to add that feature to a coat.
Thanks! I'll probably be sewing a coat this fall on the channel though not sure yet exactly how I'll do it. But maybe I'll make bound buttonholes a separate tutorial, since they'd be enough for their own video. 😜
I just found your channel and I'm so glad. I live in Sweden, and thought I wouldn't be able to wear a wool coat when it gets colder. I'll remember your black coat for future projects.
Wow! That sweater you’re wearing is stunning!
Thank you, it's one I designed for myself. 😊
All three coats are amazing
Thanks, glad you like them!
I have followed your written blog for a long time, but you really bloom in a live presentation! Love the yellow coat so much. What a marvelous way to brighten a gray winter day.
Thank you so much, and that's so nice of you to say! It's been fun finding a new joy in doing video content. 😊
Beautiful coats buuuut the black one w/ that 🐆 lining….💗💕gasp & swoon💗💕
Sorry I'd somehow missed this comment-- thank you! 🥰
I love swing coats. Keep inspiring.
Thank you! 🥰
Lovely coats! I bet the thinsulate helps to block those cold winds, too!! I recently got a (used) mini boiler steam iron, and it's sooooo worth it, especially on wools! I have a Harris Tweed to lay nicely at seams that my nice domestic steam iron had no impact! Wow. Faster and more effective, I highly recommend one!
Ooooh, the green one!
That green is the best color!
I loved this coat your. They are all so gorgeous and the super linings are just the perfect finishing touch. Even my husband looked up from what he was doing and commented! Strong brooch game too.
Oops missed replying to this earlier-- love that your husband commented too. 🥰
❤ the black coat
Thanks!
Hopped over here from Bianca's channel-her lapped zipper tutorial. I loved your idea of using a quilt ruler under the zipper-awesome! I made exactly one coat in my life - in my Junior year of high school tailoring class. I'm sure it wasn't perfect tailoring by any stretch, but I loved that coat and wore it for years. No need for coats now, regrettably, as I live in Phoenix. Can't wait to learn more from you.
Welcome!! Ooh I'd have a tough time in a climate where I had no need for coats, I love them so much. I mean not the weather when I need them so much butttt... 🤣
Great inspiration, as always! Loving your fresh, friendly and informative videos- thank you x
Thank you so much!!
Lovely coats, and very inspiring to see your enthusiasm! 😊 The green one is in 'my colour' and my favourite.
Thank you so much! 😊
Tasha what fun! What fun! So very glad I found your channel:) Cut in sleeves and now stand up collars! My two favorites and most frequently used! My favorite is the green. I would really like to see video on your pattern adjustments explained when using vintage patterns. Thank you so much for sharing.
Teri
Welcome to my channel, and thank you! 😊
Ha ha, the struggle is real when it comes to storing coats. Something I struggle with all the time. Always love seeing your fabric choices. These are so classic and beautiful! x
It really is a struggle isn't it! 😂 Thank you, I put a lot of thought into coating fabrics since I want to make sure they're something I'll wear a TON! Definitely have succeeded with these three. 🥰
Love. Those. Pants! 😍
Thank you!! If you watched my tracing video, they're a version of the vintage trouser pattern I mention in one of my reasons for tracing!
Love the sweater you're wearing too!
Thank you! It's one I designed for myself a couple of years ago. :)
What beautiful coats! I am especially partial to the green swing coat from Charm Patterns (that is what made me sign up to the Charm Patreon in the first place).
I love vintage style coats and outerwear, but I live in a warmer climate. It never snows here, for instance, so my passion for outerwear is primarily constrained to lighter coats.
Thank you! Love that swing coat pattern's simplicity of the overall shape so much. I bet warm weather puts a damper on a love of coats that's for sure! But certainly plenty of possibilities with lighter weight fabrics.
I love them all! These are just amazing and beautiful! You ARE amazing.
Thank you so much! 🥰
Oh all of your coats are lovely. I would wear an of these styles and I can see why they are your favourites. My dream coat right now is a double breasted, at least 3/4 length but full length is better. It will also need a hood and maybe a caplet. The fact that you add an insulation into yours gives me hope that I might be able to do it. I keep having a problem with the idea of the price of good wool fabric which is silly. I want this coat to last which means good quality warm fabric!
Sounds like a lovely dream coat idea! Especially with a hood and/or capelet. 😍 Wool definitely isn't cheap, but you can sometimes find sales or more reasonably priced items. And I figure, I'm putting it into something that should be able to last a lifetime, so a worthy investment in having it exactly how I want!
Thank you so much for your tips on making beautiful and fabulous coats. MERRY CHRISTMAS❤
Thank you, Merry Christmas to you too!
LOVE all 3 coats
Thank you!! 😄
You are absolutely Slaying me with the Nancy Drew lining... Spoonflower, eh?
Absolutely beautiful work. Well done. More please? I'm a sucker for the details...
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Thank you!! Yep love that lining so much. 🥰
I'm 100% about the Gertie Swing coat and have all the things to make it but am holding off as I build a new spring/summer wardrobe so that I can focus on the specialty items this summer. I, also, really want a 49'er style Pendelton jacket. Love your videos!
Thank you! I sewed a Pendleton 49er style jacket that I love, and nearly made the top 3 list, ha ha! Here's my blog post on it: tashacouldmakethat.com/2018/01/pendleton-inspired-plaid-coat/
@@tashacouldmakethat Thanks so much!!!!!
Wait... you make buttons? Show and tell please!!!
I do sometimes! 😁 I'll be trying to do some resin tutorial(s) for vintage buttons, earrings and/or belt buckles soonish. :)
I'm too scared to attempt making a coat, although I would love to. I have several patterns from the 30s and one of my goals this year is to keep a more regular sewing time in order for me to feel more confident and maybe try making a coat later on this year. I've never done lining before and I think that's my main concern. Also wool fabric can be expensive, let's not talk about Harris tweed or Shetland tweed (I live in Scotland), so messing up with expensive fabrics is not something I want to regret.
Ooh 30s patterns are gorgeous! Honestly I thought linings seemed intimidating until I first did one, and then I realized how wonderful they are because they mean you don't have to finish any of your seam allowances. 😁 Expense of fabrics is one of the reasons I always do a muslin for coats (I've only dreamt about sewing with Harris or Shetland tweeds 😍). Because then I at least know I'm not investing a ton of time into something that won't fit right in the end!
Do you have a video showing how to make a mold of a vintage button and then making new ones in resin? I’d love to try that!
I don't yet, but I'll be working towards some tutorials about that in the nearish future!
Great coats! Love your channel!
Thank you so much!! 😊
Love your coats….and love your energy! Your work and your videos are very inspiring!
Thank you so much!! 🥰
I am working on my second coat, you inspire me to keep sewing!
Love to hear this! ❤️
Incredible. Excellent. Inspired! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
What beauties.....😀
Thank you! :)
So good! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you!!
I love all three of your coats and especially your yellow one. I'm impressed you purchased the yellow wool fabric from New Zealand. We are lucky to have some great wool woven and stretch merino fabrics available for us to sew with in New Zealand 🥰
I've ordered wool from your lovely country before (wish I could get it in person-- as in, go to New Zealand to get it 😂). Merino jersey too!!
As a Nancy Drew fan from the late 80s, my favorite is the gorgeous yellow coat. I have a pattern for a 1940s coat and I’m too scared to do it. But your video definitely pushed me closer to start it!!
Nancy Drew fan from the early 80s here. 😁 I just love that lining so much, it's a shame the designer doesn't have the design available anymore to buy. Don't fear making that 40s coat! I didn't know how to do anything when I made my first coat, and I found my way through it. It was a 40s pattern too. You can do it!!
Definitely inspiring me to make coats!!
Yes! I'm so glad! 👏🏼
Your coats are glorious!
Can you tell me about the cardigan you’re wearing, please? I just love the combination of stitch pattern and structure.
Thanks! That’s a cardigan I designed for myself. 😊
@@tashacouldmakethat it’s really lovely!
Love the coats and your pants fit so well!! I would love to know what your sweater is: did you make it? The stitch pattern is lovely!! Thanks for the in depth review of your work❣
Thank you! If you watched my tracing video, the pants are actually a version of the vintage Simplicity pattern that I referenced as sewing a ton of times!
And yes, I made the sweater, designed it for myself. :)
Your coats are beautiful. I would love to know what you use for interfacing and how you go about adding that. I am still new to making coats and have been struggling with pad stitching and determining the best weight interfacing for the coat front and collar.
Thank you! I use more modern fusible tailoring methods so I don't do a lot of pad stitching (though I've done some). Jackets for Real People is a super helpful book about that and they talk through interfacing too. I buy my different professional grade fusibles from Fashion Sewing Supply, including fusible weft which I've used for different purposes in coatmaking including flatlining pieces. I've so far just felt the need to use their ProWeft Light for that but they also have a medium and I think heavy grade too.
Thank you so much! I'll look for that book. That's good to know that you have had such great results with the fusible interfacing. Thanks for the recommendation. It's hard to know what is good when you're shopping online.@@tashacouldmakethat
Where is the pattern for that cardigan? The collar, the bar wings! It’s amazing!!!
No pattern for the cardigan, it's something I designed for myself a couple of years ago. I may eventually make a pattern with the shape. 😊
@@tashacouldmakethat please please please do! It’s so lovely.
I am curious why you dont sew on a vintage machine. Love my singer 500a!
Please can you show us a cost from start to finish? The ideas that you have for cold weather are ideal for many of us. Did you embroider in chain stitch? I must make longer gloves...😊
Birdy
(Sorry, catching up on comments while I was out of town) I may walk through it next time I make a coat but all coats are very different, so nothing would be exactly the same. 😊 The longer gloves are a godsend for shorter length coat arms I must say! Re: the embroidery, believe it's stem stitch.
Show us the gloves!
Hi, very enjoyable video! When on the green cost you say you underlined with vintage tailoring methods, what did you use? I'm about to start a jacket and don't want to use iron on - avoiding plastics plus unlikely to stick to the fabric. Thanks.
Thanks! As I said in the video it's fusible professional grade interfacing, so you do iron it on (but technique is everything). It's nothing like the interfacing from craft stores though and is very high quality. I've used their pro sheer, pro tricot, and pro weft for various purposes. I use their interfacings all the time, no issues! Here's where I purchase from: www.fashionsewingsupply.com/index.php?cPath=22_31
Thank you for the link and answer! Apologies, I didn't catch you used fusable on the video.
@@heathermyers2763 No worries! It's good stuff though, and the pro sheer products in their line, I've put in many machine wash/dry garments without issue. Highly recommend.
Wow can you look any more stylish?! You look like you stepped out of a 50's/60s Hollywood film!
Thanks! 🥰