“This won’t be your usual detailed tutorial” - proceeds to make an extremely detailed tutorial with methods, measurements, and variations. That’s why we love you!
You said it 😂. I am fully expecting a FULL "tute" on every video. This is why I am here (on this channel) because I have no idea 🤷🏻♀️ what I'm doing!!! ❤🎉
I agree with all of you but i like how she breaks it all down so we are able to not only customize for our own size but able to make any changes we want bc she thoroughly explains the basic precepts lol plus she is absolutely amazing and i would have loved a teacher liker her back when I was still in high school bc she’s funny and dumbs it down without making us feel dumb in the process lol I just love you Mrs acharlie your absolutely AMAZING!!!!
I remember asking my grandmother what she wore as a child during the two years I was living with her. My grandmother said when her mother bought fabric to make her a pinafore she and many mothers bought the whole bolt. Here is why. Imagine a pinafore made for a 6 year old and the rapid growth that usualky happens by age 12. Then again the puberty changes between ages 13 to 19. The waist band was often sewed attached to the top and bottom where it could be removed from the top so that upon and growth in the upper front could be replaced. The skirt would have fabric added in a slight ruffle if the chikd grew in height. The replacement of any part or needed patches came from the remaining fabric from the bolt My granmither was born in the mid 1800s and these were still often the option of choice for the financially challenged families during her childhood. Those who were not financially challenged often had a new one made at growth spurts or if any damage had occurred. Or had the fashionable clothing of the day fir their special occasion clothing. When first made for a girl she had 3 made for her. One was strictly for Church or special functions. The renaining two were for everyday wear. My grandmother said the remaining bolt was hemmed at tge raw edges and washed during the times tge pinafore was washed for the first 10 washes before put back into a bolt, wrapped in a cloth to insure no dust got on it then stored in a cedar chest. I came across your videos looking for an adjustable pinafore liie my grandmother mentioned. This is what I can contribute from whatvI know from my father's mother, my grandmother. I live and miss her very much. My grandmother taught me how to make one for my doll. She said that was how she learned to do it ftom her mother. So I might gave to breakout my memory and do it. We have it so much easier with sewing machines. My grandmother did these by hand. That is how she taught me. Now on design. There was many designs of bib shape, skirt shape as there is today but all were below the knee of longer depending on the age of the female and if she was marriageable afe or married or not. There was no set design for these and tgere is NO RIGHT OR WRONG pattern as there WAS NEVER A SET PATTERN even back then. It was something you learned to make from your mother. The version my grandmother taught me: The top (bib) and skirt were separately sewn and hemmed before sewing to the waistband which was also completely hemmed. The waistband was then top stitched to the bib and skirt. This made it so that if the bib needed to be repoaced due to the growth of tge female chest area it could be removed and replaced by removing the topstich. Or due to growth abd waust location the bib and wsist band could be replaced. The skirt was often only repoaced completely if there was so much damage thst patching or adding a fabric layer to the bottom was added for length. The kayered fabtuc skirts with often different pattern but complimentary colors of a skirt often calked bohemian is often what the skirt aould look like wgen a girl gad grown up. The waist part originally for the front and back pieces met in the middle with no more than a 1/4 to 1/2 inch to tie the strings . As tge girl grew she had enogh fabtic to cover her without concern. Often these were made for a 6 year old and was often adjusted fir growth until age 12 bybrelacing the bib, waistband or adding fabric to the skirt length. There are times that the skirt had fabric added to either side of the garment front pieces but often it was the back piece that was changed with added panels that would be under the ftont piece. The only rules back then for these was it had to be at least below the knee by 2 inches. That it had to have 3 inches minimum of over kaping fabric on the sides once the back and front pieces were secured. That the hens of the bib was to cover the nipples of the breasts to help conceal them from view. That was the only rules my grandmother was told and what she taught me. Hope all of this adds to what you are sharing.
I haven't used a sewing machine in almost 30 years since my grandma was alive, and yet somehow my UA-cam feed sent me to you. Now you've got me about ready to find a beginner friendly sewing machine! I love your style of doing things, it's how I tackle anything new. Keep up the experiments 😊
Same with me, stumbled upon some cute sewing videos and now I own a Husqvarna sewing machine and am turning a third of our planned games room in process of renovation into a sewing room with a dreambox made by the builders. So once I'm done with uni work, I can work on some nice dresses.
May I suggest one of the singer models they carry at target. Usually pretty affordable for a sewing machine, and decent quality (singer is still good) and fairly simple even if they have a boat load of stitches. Also easily accessible at either target stores or target website. That’s where my roommate bought hers. Still works 20 years and many many clothes later.
Re bra style hooks: You can buy just the multiple hook fastener designed to sew into a garment. My most common bra issue is when you find a bra that you love, if you immediately try to buy more just like it, the style has been continued and there isn't one available anywhere!
Yep, that’s why I switched to the Ah bray years ago, bought a heap of them and 14 years later they are still going well 😹😹😹 no hooks no wires just a comfy wear all day long. Best of all the two times I had to have a chest x-ray I did not need to remove me bra at all 😹😹😹
Every single time!! I'll usually buy a couple in different colors when I find a style and fit I really like, then by the time those are falling apart, I have to start back at ground zero again
Old bedsheets are where it's at. I make too many things with them to count. Fortunately there's a great church thrift store nearby where I can get all I want for 25 cents apiece. Curtain liners, summer slips, you name it. I even cut up several of them for in-front service in case we have another TP shortage!
I was really excited to learn to sew as a child until I was subjected to all the patterns and exact rules of how things “had to be done”. You’ve renewed my excitement! I think I’ll give it a go again, without all the frustrating tissue paper patterns and pins every 1 inch, etc. Never understood anything about why anything had to be done exactly with no leeway. Thank you so much!!!
I have been watching you sew split side skirts, and aprons, etc and I have really enjoyed them. Thank you - now I want one. Problem with that is that I don't wear skirts or dresses. I suppose I could start. At almost 75 years of age I'm sure I can still begin wearing a lovely outfit to the shops!!
The classical music you played as you're cutting it out, I only ever hear it while I'm on hold. It's so nice to hear it properly and not all crackly with "we will be with you as soon as possible." Every 30 secs
I agree. Thin ties for the back panel to tie around the front looks nice to me, and may not be bulky or visible, depending on the fabric. I am considering doing one that I use an elastic band for that part. That'd be interesting to get on, so I feel like an experiment is called for to see how it does.
You should look into 1930s-1950s maternity wear as examples of adjustable clothing. It was common for a garment to close with buttons, but it would have multiple buttons so you could go up to the next button whenever you needed to. After the 1950s the maternity wear became less adjustable and it was necessary to buy different bigger clothes as the pregnancy progressed.
....here's me just bopping along to Malcolm Arnold for the reveal of the first pinafore! (I'm a clarinettist and I played it with a quintet at college!). I can't believe it's on epidemic sound! Thank you for posting this with such distinctive music cues!
If you want a heavier fabric then take a look through the curtains and duvet covers sections. I've found a ton of those tab curtains that were so popular for a while. I like to make heaver shirts in a men's style to wear as light jackets and those are great for that, also if you are found of those flowy vests. There are also many lightweight ones. Two curtains is a huge amount of fabric even for a plus size woman and I can get a long sleeved shirt out of them. And yes, sheets make great fabric, especially when they are a cotton percale. Jersey sheets are very stretchy and can be used for pullover tops or dresses or even pajamas. Best of all, if you just totally mess up, experiment to make a pattern or totally love what you sew these things are super cheap. Worst case scenario you end up with useful rags!!
I honestly, didnt even notice that this video was almost an hour long... YOU ARE SO ENTERTAINING TO WATCH! Oh my goodness! Thank you for your time to show us the things you make while showing us the theory behind it!
I’m so happy that I stumbled onto your channel. I started sewing about 4 months ago and you’re THE PERFECT person to body double with! As I work on my projects, I get to enjoy your “company” while you work on yours. Please keep making videos🥹
3:17 omg i freaking love that idea! Ive always saved the bras where for whatever reason i cannot wear anymore bc i use the straps & underwires for other things so this is so cool thanks!
I first was I am so in love with the white one then I saw the blue one and now I can't say which one I love because I ❤them both. You attentions to detail is so fabulous and you make so easy to understand I want to try my own hands at making not just one but a few of them. I could so easily see me wearing a different one every day. Thank you for giving a novice like the courage to say I can do this.
Well well well this came at exactly the moment I was seeking a distraction ❤ I'm working on my own version of a split side quadruple circle skirt. Love the pinafore idea!!
I usually make my skirts adjustable by putting at least two button holes in the waistband, you could do the same thing with snaps, it would be easy. I want to add several pinafores and jumpers to my wardrobe. I watched this video when it first came out, now I'm re-watching it because I am now making something.
You just showed up on my feed like 30 minutes ago, and I’ve already seen 2 shorts with this skirt in it and I was like “you bet your a I’m making this” lol, immediately went to see if you ah e a tutorial
Sew... 😅 I'm going to make these for me, my step daughter, my 3 yr old, and my step daughter's 5yr, 3yr, and 6 month old ❤ I'm super excited to get started on our matching outfits 😅
Lovely 🤩🥰. I must have one. And yes, I have the Material: a new bedsheet with stripes,too, I found at a sale at YSK. In rose and cream 😍. Thank you for the inspiration for my beautiful material 😘. Saying Hello from Croatia ❤
Oh, that nubby butt wiggle! My hair dresser has the same breed of dog (grey/white coloring), and she is so freakin' adorable! Also, you sew the way my brain works. I've gotten so many, "Ohhh....! That makes so much sense!" pings since I came across your videos. Now I just need to get my grandmother's sewing machine I inherited when she moved serviced ... and find a place to sew ... But mostly get the machine serviced. She had ALL the feet for it, including a rolled hem foot that I really want to make use of.
I think I might make one with a bunch of snaps already installed so my friend could just adjust it as she needs to for comfort. Because don’t we have weeks when we’re bloated? Or maybe flat hook-and-bar connectors (like men’s dress pants) with extra bars on one side.
Man I just bought fabric to make a basic circle skirt and DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH! I even tried two half circles and couldn’t noodle it. I love you. Don’t know you- but THANK YOU !!!!! Oh I’m so grateful. Also- your coquelicot and these aprons! They look amazing on you! And I actually was drawn into watching cause I loved your pattern matching - which in the video you said was cause you ran out! And I love it.
Oh l love this! Super cute and super practical. And I understand how you put it together. Great tutorial! Fantastic! Sending best wishes from Down Under 💖💐🌸🌺🇦🇺😎
Omg, I loved this. And I love the pinnies. They are super cute. Thank you for sharing your process in such detail. The reveal dancing is also adorable. 😍
You’ve really inspired me to just try stuff. I appreciate it a ton. I’ve been sewing for years, but I always get project paralysis and never try anything new. So thank you!
I love the "here's how to make the thing YOU want" style of tutorial-adjacent video. I usually use commercial patterns, but I trace them out onto sturdier paper and usually modify them at least a little bit. I also tend to keep the instructions very carefully folded and largely untouched once I've pulled out the pieces I need. The general creative flow and troubleshooting are more interesting, more useful, and more inspirational to me than a "here's how to recreate the exact thing that this person currently has on their body". I've been sewing for a while, but certain things are still a bit of a black box until I see someone else play around with them
I am just LOVING your content, and you are inspiring me to take up sewing again. Next time I head to the thrift shop, I am looking for kingsize sheets to play with adjustable skirts and maybe even a maxi pinafore. Thank you so much!!!
This changes the game for me ! I only recently started sewing actual clothes. I made a skirt but I've been struggling with waistbands because they are just so uncomfortable. When I stand it fits but when I sit down it digs in, if it's comfortable sitting down, it gaps standing. I was incredibly frustrated then I started thinking about 18th century pinafore and found your split skirt videos. Now I want to make like 10 of these.
No need to reinvent any wheel here. Same thing can be made with the Wildflower Design Coquelicot Skirt, and the Coquelicot Pinafore and Apron. Both are n my short list, love this!
My girls and I just finished watching the patchwork dress. You're work is incredibly beautiful and you are very enjoyable and realistic to watch. You deserve all the chocolate vake AND cinnamon rolls
I've just recently stumbled across your channel, and find your content a winning combination of fascinating and hilarious! 👌 I also love your bird stories. Thanks for everything you share, I'm loving it all 🤩
Thanks for all you do!! I want to make either a spilt dress, skirt, or pinafore for my friend who is starting their weight loss journey soon. I think the adjustability will be super handy for them.
I haven't quite finished this video but I think this would be a great start to a dress of all the pockets. Your purse pockets and front apron pockets and bib pockets and then add sleeved with little pockets on them and hidden zipper in the waistband for a little pocket and maybe even a hidden in the back pocket in the pleats/gathering like they did during one of the bustle periods(I think I saw it on a Bernadette Banner video). Like the trope of people pulling weapons out of more and more ridiculous spots, but with pockets.
One of your YT Shorts appeared on my feed which led me to here. I am NOT disappointed and only wish I found you sooner! My mum is giving me her (not too old) sewing machine as it's just collecting dust in her house and I really have this craving to try out making my own circle skirts and dresses (specifically pinafores!). Really looking forward to digesting your video library lol!
Welcome!! That's awesome - getting the machine is sort of the hardest first step into sewing, so having one from your mum is amazing! My first make was a wrap circle skirt made out of a bedsheet - it's a great intro project!
@@gettheetothestitchery Thank you for replying! Yeah I'm really excited and I've definitely thought about using bedsheet lol! Happy to see what stuff you do next! Also good luck with the move!
That was fun. Both turn out really well. I really can't decide which one I like best. I'm not surprised to hear that dives re-use nests. After the roof gutter incident we watched them try to build in our tree. One was sitting the other stuffed twigs and things around so when she got up all the everything would fall! I really have to wonder about their intelligence! Moving!!; Hurrah and oh no!! The place your in was great but sirens are annoying for sure! Hope you find something wonderful that fits all your needs
This has come up at the perfect time, as I had just started to make a split side pinafore myself. I purchased a doona cover from an op shop and have already unpicked it all, finished the skirt portion (pleats are time consuming!) am now working on the bib and strap portion.
The bra hook thing is genius! I was thinking about maybe doing a tie one like you did before but have been procrastinating because I don't even tie things like my shoe laces.
I think they are just lovely these pinnafores, reminds me of the fifties style dresses. The white one will be just lovely to use when serving food, snd not cooking with it, it is just too nice to get stains on 😅.
I was at a convention a bit over a week ago and I saw like 3 different pinafore dresses. Considering I had already seen the pinafore short by then, it only deepened my want. Meanwhile my regular split side skirt hasn't been finished yet as my usual shenanigans of adding ruffled underskirt, online games, and having to pathwork the pocket lining has delayed my brain from finishing it. And I have like two different shorts, wrap pants, tunics etc. on the list, not sure when I'll get around to the pinafore split side. Here's to hoping.
When you said Remainders, I smiled. I recently moved to Texas and I really, really, really miss my monthly trips to Remainders. I’d say 80 to 90 percent of my sizable fabric stash is from Remainders.
I recently found your channel and you are so fun to watch. Your split side skirt tutorial was great inspriation for drafting my own split skirt pattern and I have made four of them (wearing one now!) and ordered fabric for more and it is now my favorite way to make skirts. Thank you! I don't wear a lot of pinafores but I'm excited to give this a try too! Your reveals are absolutely delightful!
It's been almost a year since your last video on fabric types and how they affect the swoosh! Is it time for a 'what I've learned during this last year' video?
I just stumbled upon the short asking if the audience wanted a walk though, looks so cool. I looked at when it was made, a month ago, ok I say, surely she's made the video and low and behold she has made the video, pasted 11 hours ago. Thank you muchly, will be adding it to my future project list.
I love love love this. I am planning on trying it out myself and I am NOT a sewist at all. but I am so excited and hopeful. lol. Thank you so much for your amazing, fun and informative videos
If you really want a minimum for how many meters you need, most dress patterns I have used call for 2 1/2 - 3 yards of fabric. I’m around a medium, with waist 30”, bust 35”, hips 36”. So go up a bit if you are bigger, or down a bit if you are smaller, or increase if you want a fuller skirt.
For the longest I've been saving 2 pieces of nice material, one in lavendar and one in light pink. Neither quite big enough for a dress on its own. So I've been wondering how to combine them. Maybe I'll make a pinafore with the pink serving as the neck straps and patch pockets and maybe even part of the front belt. Then the lavendar could be the bib and front half of the skirt, with the pink being the back half of the skirt. Any scraps left over could even be a cap sleeve top for the pinafore. Just play around with the material as I go. Even a head scarf half pink, half lavendar would work.
A hint I picked up somewhere for turning out thinner stripes, straps tubes etc.get a wide circumference straw like the kind you get in bubble tea or at an Chinese/Japan/east Asian store and a chopstick or a long sticklike piece that fits through the straw. Feed the straw into the tube of cloth. From the outside edge feed the chopstick into the straw along with the fabric. Just push it thru the straw keeping moving it down until you can pull and the cloth it thru the opening. This works for straps/tubes that can fit the straw and material thru. I hope this explanation works.
I love this idea, I wonder, if you add snaps or something to the sides of each of the front and back skirt pieces, you could have a separate apron and a back-apron-pockets-butt-cover piece for those days you have an outfit but no pockets or too short of a skirt (and no pockets). I don't know, just ideas that I thought of with it :)
I love your style of videos! These spilt side skirt videos have been extremely helpful since I am trying to make some myself. I'm also thinking of making some split side pants. I don't know how you would feel about split side pants, but I would love to see how you approach them.
Im using this as my first proper thing Im making and wish me luck. I was stupid and didnt adjust the pattern to my size but because of a mistake of having one half circles be in two it turns out that for me aleast a 3/4 circle skirt is actually pretty fitting and will still look super pretty.
This came out at the perfect time for me. I have this absolutely adorable mushroom print black fabric that was a super-discounted remnant at Jo-Ann's, it will be absolutely perfect as a split skirt pinafore dress for my eldest imp, and I'm just hoping and praying I have enough of the black rainbow sparkle spandex remnant cabbage in my stash to do contrasting straps and waistband with it. 😂😂😂
Someone may have already said this (the video has been up for a month at this point :P), but I think on the white one the bib construction would be way easier if you did the straps in two pieces. That would allow you to essentially assemble the two sides of the bib individually and then sew them together. So, one strap piece at each top corner, on front and back of bib. Then sew the ruffle sandwiched between the front and back pieces, then sew down the inside of one strap, across the top of the bib, and back up the other strap. Might save some hassle trying to line things up
I recently discovered a second-hand haberdashery literally 10mins from my house and I had to tell you! Went there today for the first time. The deals aren't as good as what you get, but they do a lot of community outreach and teaching programs for free, so I can't say that I mind. And there's no second guessing 1 metre is $4 AUD no matter what. Considering some fabrics they had would get up to $30+ in retail, it's still an amazing deal. I also got a bunch of embroidery floss for 50cents per pack. (I'm just getting into it, so I don't know all the correct terms.)
That's amazing, I'm so glad you found that!! I feel the same way about Remainders - I end up getting great deals, but honestly, I'd pay anything they want just to keep them in business. We gotta support our second-hand shops!
“This won’t be your usual detailed tutorial” - proceeds to make an extremely detailed tutorial with methods, measurements, and variations. That’s why we love you!
Just what i was thinking, and I’m only 20 minutes in!
You said it 😂. I am fully expecting a FULL "tute" on every video. This is why I am here (on this channel) because I have no idea 🤷🏻♀️ what I'm doing!!! ❤🎉
I agree with all of you but i like how she breaks it all down so we are able to not only customize for our own size but able to make any changes we want bc she thoroughly explains the basic precepts lol plus she is absolutely amazing and i would have loved a teacher liker her back when I was still in high school bc she’s funny and dumbs it down without making us feel dumb in the process lol I just love you Mrs acharlie your absolutely AMAZING!!!!
I remember asking my grandmother what she wore as a child during the two years I was living with her. My grandmother said when her mother bought fabric to make her a pinafore she and many mothers bought the whole bolt. Here is why. Imagine a pinafore made for a 6 year old and the rapid growth that usualky happens by age 12. Then again the puberty changes between ages 13 to 19. The waist band was often sewed attached to the top and bottom where it could be removed from the top so that upon and growth in the upper front could be replaced. The skirt would have fabric added in a slight ruffle if the chikd grew in height. The replacement of any part or needed patches came from the remaining fabric from the bolt My granmither was born in the mid 1800s and these were still often the option of choice for the financially challenged families during her childhood. Those who were not financially challenged often had a new one made at growth spurts or if any damage had occurred. Or had the fashionable clothing of the day fir their special occasion clothing. When first made for a girl she had 3 made for her. One was strictly for Church or special functions. The renaining two were for everyday wear. My grandmother said the remaining bolt was hemmed at tge raw edges and washed during the times tge pinafore was washed for the first 10 washes before put back into a bolt, wrapped in a cloth to insure no dust got on it then stored in a cedar chest. I came across your videos looking for an adjustable pinafore liie my grandmother mentioned. This is what I can contribute from whatvI know from my father's mother, my grandmother. I live and miss her very much.
My grandmother taught me how to make one for my doll. She said that was how she learned to do it ftom her mother. So I might gave to breakout my memory and do it. We have it so much easier with sewing machines. My grandmother did these by hand. That is how she taught me.
Now on design. There was many designs of bib shape, skirt shape as there is today but all were below the knee of longer depending on the age of the female and if she was marriageable afe or married or not. There was no set design for these and tgere is NO RIGHT OR WRONG pattern as there WAS NEVER A SET PATTERN even back then. It was something you learned to make from your mother.
The version my grandmother taught me:
The top (bib) and skirt were separately sewn and hemmed before sewing to the waistband which was also completely hemmed. The waistband was then top stitched to the bib and skirt. This made it so that if the bib needed to be repoaced due to the growth of tge female chest area it could be removed and replaced by removing the topstich. Or due to growth abd waust location the bib and wsist band could be replaced. The skirt was often only repoaced completely if there was so much damage thst patching or adding a fabric layer to the bottom was added for length. The kayered fabtuc skirts with often different pattern but complimentary colors of a skirt often calked bohemian is often what the skirt aould look like wgen a girl gad grown up. The waist part originally for the front and back pieces met in the middle with no more than a 1/4 to 1/2 inch to tie the strings . As tge girl grew she had enogh fabtic to cover her without concern. Often these were made for a 6 year old and was often adjusted fir growth until age 12 bybrelacing the bib, waistband or adding fabric to the skirt length. There are times that the skirt had fabric added to either side of the garment front pieces but often it was the back piece that was changed with added panels that would be under the ftont piece.
The only rules back then for these was it had to be at least below the knee by 2 inches. That it had to have 3 inches minimum of over kaping fabric on the sides once the back and front pieces were secured.
That the hens of the bib was to cover the nipples of the breasts to help conceal them from view.
That was the only rules my grandmother was told and what she taught me.
Hope all of this adds to what you are sharing.
Im lost reading all this i guess i wont know what a pinafore is made for lol
This is so interesting thank you for sharing!!
Thank you so much for sharing, this is fascinating!
I haven't used a sewing machine in almost 30 years since my grandma was alive, and yet somehow my UA-cam feed sent me to you. Now you've got me about ready to find a beginner friendly sewing machine! I love your style of doing things, it's how I tackle anything new. Keep up the experiments 😊
Same with me, stumbled upon some cute sewing videos and now I own a Husqvarna sewing machine and am turning a third of our planned games room in process of renovation into a sewing room with a dreambox made by the builders. So once I'm done with uni work, I can work on some nice dresses.
May I suggest one of the singer models they carry at target. Usually pretty affordable for a sewing machine, and decent quality (singer is still good) and fairly simple even if they have a boat load of stitches.
Also easily accessible at either target stores or target website.
That’s where my roommate bought hers. Still works 20 years and many many clothes later.
Re bra style hooks: You can buy just the multiple hook fastener designed to sew into a garment. My most common bra issue is when you find a bra that you love, if you immediately try to buy more just like it, the style has been continued and there isn't one available anywhere!
YES!!!!
Boy howdy!
Yep, that’s why I switched to the Ah bray years ago, bought a heap of them and 14 years later they are still going well 😹😹😹 no hooks no wires just a comfy wear all day long. Best of all the two times I had to have a chest x-ray I did not need to remove me bra at all 😹😹😹
Yep. The best bra I ever bought was on a whim from a "middle aisle special" in a supermarket (Aldi). I went back - all gone, never to be seen again.
Every single time!! I'll usually buy a couple in different colors when I find a style and fit I really like, then by the time those are falling apart, I have to start back at ground zero again
I just made a split skirt out of old bedsheets the other day and for my first real project I love it! I'm wearing it right now!
Old bedsheets are where it’s at. I’m wearing a sleeveless shift made from an old sheet right now. 😂
Old bedsheets are where it's at. I make too many things with them to count. Fortunately there's a great church thrift store nearby where I can get all I want for 25 cents apiece. Curtain liners, summer slips, you name it. I even cut up several of them for in-front service in case we have another TP shortage!
I was really excited to learn to sew as a child until I was subjected to all the patterns and exact rules of how things “had to be done”. You’ve renewed my excitement! I think I’ll give it a go again, without all the frustrating tissue paper patterns and pins every 1 inch, etc. Never understood anything about why anything had to be done exactly with no leeway. Thank you so much!!!
I have been watching you sew split side skirts, and aprons, etc and I have really enjoyed them. Thank you - now I want one. Problem with that is that I don't wear skirts or dresses. I suppose I could start. At almost 75 years of age I'm sure I can still begin wearing a lovely outfit to the shops!!
The classical music you played as you're cutting it out, I only ever hear it while I'm on hold. It's so nice to hear it properly and not all crackly with "we will be with you as soon as possible." Every 30 secs
You could make detachable pinafore pieces for all your skirts.
I honestly think that I prefer these methods of closing to the original. These are much simpler but still effective.
I agree. Thin ties for the back panel to tie around the front looks nice to me, and may not be bulky or visible, depending on the fabric. I am considering doing one that I use an elastic band for that part. That'd be interesting to get on, so I feel like an experiment is called for to see how it does.
The white pinafore has even MORE of that Mary Poppins vibe!
You should look into 1930s-1950s maternity wear as examples of adjustable clothing. It was common for a garment to close with buttons, but it would have multiple buttons so you could go up to the next button whenever you needed to. After the 1950s the maternity wear became less adjustable and it was necessary to buy different bigger clothes as the pregnancy progressed.
Snap idea makes me think of adding snap tape instead. That way, there are multiple spots for snaps
....here's me just bopping along to Malcolm Arnold for the reveal of the first pinafore! (I'm a clarinettist and I played it with a quintet at college!). I can't believe it's on epidemic sound!
Thank you for posting this with such distinctive music cues!
If you want a heavier fabric then take a look through the curtains and duvet covers sections. I've found a ton of those tab curtains that were so popular for a while. I like to make heaver shirts in a men's style to wear as light jackets and those are great for that, also if you are found of those flowy vests. There are also many lightweight ones. Two curtains is a huge amount of fabric even for a plus size woman and I can get a long sleeved shirt out of them. And yes, sheets make great fabric, especially when they are a cotton percale. Jersey sheets are very stretchy and can be used for pullover tops or dresses or even pajamas. Best of all, if you just totally mess up, experiment to make a pattern or totally love what you sew these things are super cheap. Worst case scenario you end up with useful rags!!
I honestly, didnt even notice that this video was almost an hour long... YOU ARE SO ENTERTAINING TO WATCH! Oh my goodness! Thank you for your time to show us the things you make while showing us the theory behind it!
They look so comfortable.
Super cute! 💖
(you can put a bit of shelf liner under your pedal to stop it from running away from you 🙃)
Thanks for this.
Yes, it really does work, I tried it one time. Now I use a Singer treadle so no problem now. lol
Or one of those anti-slip rug corner thingies. Lots of ways to do it.
Bra hooks! Genius! I must try this method.
Your pinafores both turned out adorable, and I love the way you edited the try-on montages! So fun.
I’m so happy that I stumbled onto your channel. I started sewing about 4 months ago and you’re THE PERFECT person to body double with! As I work on my projects, I get to enjoy your “company” while you work on yours. Please keep making videos🥹
I just saw the short on this and I screamed with happiness when I saw the tutorial is already out, thank you so much❤
I love that you added ruffles to the white one. I sure was hoping.
The little scallop on the front of the blue fabric was also a sweet little touch.
3:17 omg i freaking love that idea! Ive always saved the bras where for whatever reason i cannot wear anymore bc i use the straps & underwires for other things so this is so cool thanks!
I first was I am so in love with the white one then I saw the blue one and now I can't say which one I love because I ❤them both. You attentions to detail is so fabulous and you make so easy to understand I want to try my own hands at making not just one but a few of them. I could so easily see me wearing a different one every day. Thank you for giving a novice like the courage to say I can do this.
You're so welcome, and absolutely make all the pinafores!! We are so capable if we just have the courage to give it a try!
We had doves living under our porch roof for years. I like to thing it was the same pair. 😊
Well well well this came at exactly the moment I was seeking a distraction ❤ I'm working on my own version of a split side quadruple circle skirt. Love the pinafore idea!!
Yaaaaaaas bring on that quad circle skirt!! That's gonna be fabulous!
It turned out AMAZING! I was inspired by your 10 circle skirt hehe. It's Disney princess levels of swoosh! Now onto the pinafore! 🎉
Omg! Thank you! I’ve never clicked on a video faster in my life!
I usually make my skirts adjustable by putting at least two button holes in the waistband, you could do the same thing with snaps, it would be easy. I want to add several pinafores and jumpers to my wardrobe. I watched this video when it first came out, now I'm re-watching it because I am now making something.
You just showed up on my feed like 30 minutes ago, and I’ve already seen 2 shorts with this skirt in it and I was like “you bet your a I’m making this” lol, immediately went to see if you ah e a tutorial
Sew... 😅 I'm going to make these for me, my step daughter, my 3 yr old, and my step daughter's 5yr, 3yr, and 6 month old ❤ I'm super excited to get started on our matching outfits 😅
Oh my goodness you will look so fabulous together!
Lovely 🤩🥰. I must have one. And yes, I have the Material: a new bedsheet with stripes,too, I found at a sale at YSK. In rose and cream 😍. Thank you for the inspiration for my beautiful material 😘. Saying Hello from Croatia ❤
Oh, that nubby butt wiggle! My hair dresser has the same breed of dog (grey/white coloring), and she is so freakin' adorable!
Also, you sew the way my brain works. I've gotten so many, "Ohhh....! That makes so much sense!" pings since I came across your videos. Now I just need to get my grandmother's sewing machine I inherited when she moved serviced ... and find a place to sew ... But mostly get the machine serviced. She had ALL the feet for it, including a rolled hem foot that I really want to make use of.
I think I might make one with a bunch of snaps already installed so my friend could just adjust it as she needs to for comfort. Because don’t we have weeks when we’re bloated?
Or maybe flat hook-and-bar connectors (like men’s dress pants) with extra bars on one side.
I guess I commented too soon. Old bra hardware is better yet!
Man I just bought fabric to make a basic circle skirt and DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH! I even tried two half circles and couldn’t noodle it. I love you. Don’t know you- but THANK YOU !!!!! Oh I’m so grateful.
Also- your coquelicot and these aprons! They look amazing on you! And I actually was drawn into watching cause I loved your pattern matching - which in the video you said was cause you ran out! And I love it.
*ahhh i love pinafores!! theyre my absolute favorite!!* 🙌🙌🙌🤩🤩🤩
Oh l love this! Super cute and super practical. And I understand how you put it together. Great tutorial! Fantastic! Sending best wishes from Down Under 💖💐🌸🌺🇦🇺😎
Hope your winter is being nicer to us than our summer is. 😂🥵😭
The white pinafore makes you look like a maid from Downton Abbey. 😁
You’ve got me wanting to make my own freaking skirts and I’m so upset 😂😂😂😂 I haven’t brought home my sewing machine yet or seen in years 😂😂😂
Omg, I loved this. And I love the pinnies. They are super cute. Thank you for sharing your process in such detail. The reveal dancing is also adorable. 😍
Oh my goodness, I love them both!!! Pinafores are such a delight
I’d love to see your take on a pinafore with “suspenders” I think it’d be super cute!
I have never seen anything more "maid in an old movie" in my LIFE. epic!
I love this opportunity to go on virtual verbal rambles with you and hope for both joys and successes for your new endeavour!
You’ve really inspired me to just try stuff. I appreciate it a ton. I’ve been sewing for years, but I always get project paralysis and never try anything new. So thank you!
I absolutely love hearing that!! Go for it, get messy, and don't be afraid to make mistakes!
I love the "here's how to make the thing YOU want" style of tutorial-adjacent video. I usually use commercial patterns, but I trace them out onto sturdier paper and usually modify them at least a little bit. I also tend to keep the instructions very carefully folded and largely untouched once I've pulled out the pieces I need. The general creative flow and troubleshooting are more interesting, more useful, and more inspirational to me than a "here's how to recreate the exact thing that this person currently has on their body". I've been sewing for a while, but certain things are still a bit of a black box until I see someone else play around with them
I am just LOVING your content, and you are inspiring me to take up sewing again.
Next time I head to the thrift shop, I am looking for kingsize sheets to play with adjustable skirts and maybe even a maxi pinafore.
Thank you so much!!!
This changes the game for me ! I only recently started sewing actual clothes. I made a skirt but I've been struggling with waistbands because they are just so uncomfortable. When I stand it fits but when I sit down it digs in, if it's comfortable sitting down, it gaps standing. I was incredibly frustrated then I started thinking about 18th century pinafore and found your split skirt videos. Now I want to make like 10 of these.
Oh I'm so excited!!
No need to reinvent any wheel here. Same thing can be made with the Wildflower Design Coquelicot Skirt, and the Coquelicot Pinafore and Apron. Both are n my short list, love this!
Have you seen her other videos on the split side skirt where she tells everyone to just buy the wildflower pattern like a million times? Lol
My girls and I just finished watching the patchwork dress. You're work is incredibly beautiful and you are very enjoyable and realistic to watch. You deserve all the chocolate vake AND cinnamon rolls
Aw thank you!!
I was literally just about to try and make this from your short!! I’m so excited to try this out!!! ❤
I've seen elastic with buttonholes it might work for the front waistband.
Love how fun your videos are 😊😊😊
I've just recently stumbled across your channel, and find your content a winning combination of fascinating and hilarious! 👌 I also love your bird stories. Thanks for everything you share, I'm loving it all 🤩
Aw thank you so much and welcome!!
I wear pinafores to our craft events. Love the versatility
The second version reminds me so much of Alice in Wonderland, it would be great to cosplay her.
I had no ideia this type of clothing existed and I am tempted to make it, it looks comfortable and I love the style!!!
Best sewing reveal I’ve seen. And the pinafore is amazing! Great job!
god damn it, this is the kind of dress I've needed, thank you!
Thanks for all you do!! I want to make either a spilt dress, skirt, or pinafore for my friend who is starting their weight loss journey soon. I think the adjustability will be super handy for them.
I haven't quite finished this video but I think this would be a great start to a dress of all the pockets. Your purse pockets and front apron pockets and bib pockets and then add sleeved with little pockets on them and hidden zipper in the waistband for a little pocket and maybe even a hidden in the back pocket in the pleats/gathering like they did during one of the bustle periods(I think I saw it on a Bernadette Banner video). Like the trope of people pulling weapons out of more and more ridiculous spots, but with pockets.
One of your YT Shorts appeared on my feed which led me to here. I am NOT disappointed and only wish I found you sooner! My mum is giving me her (not too old) sewing machine as it's just collecting dust in her house and I really have this craving to try out making my own circle skirts and dresses (specifically pinafores!). Really looking forward to digesting your video library lol!
also your humour, mwah! chefs kisses lol!
Welcome!! That's awesome - getting the machine is sort of the hardest first step into sewing, so having one from your mum is amazing! My first make was a wrap circle skirt made out of a bedsheet - it's a great intro project!
@@gettheetothestitchery Thank you for replying! Yeah I'm really excited and I've definitely thought about using bedsheet lol! Happy to see what stuff you do next! Also good luck with the move!
"These are more like... sewing theory..."
Me: That's just a theory... a CRAFT THEORY!
Haha. Love the game/film/whatever else theory channels. And I thought that too!
That's just a theory... A STYLE THEORY!!!
my goodness, I didn't know I was stumbling upon the PERFECT video for me :D
Thank you so much for the tutorials! And welcome back our beloved puppy.
That was fun. Both turn out really well. I really can't decide which one I like best.
I'm not surprised to hear that dives re-use nests. After the roof gutter incident we watched them try to build in our tree. One was sitting the other stuffed twigs and things around so when she got up all the everything would fall! I really have to wonder about their intelligence!
Moving!!; Hurrah and oh no!! The place your in was great but sirens are annoying for sure! Hope you find something wonderful that fits all your needs
Love your channel!!!! These things kinda remind me of overalls but as a skirt, not shorts. Love it!
This has come up at the perfect time, as I had just started to make a split side pinafore myself. I purchased a doona cover from an op shop and have already unpicked it all, finished the skirt portion (pleats are time consuming!) am now working on the bib and strap portion.
The bra hook thing is genius! I was thinking about maybe doing a tie one like you did before but have been procrastinating because I don't even tie things like my shoe laces.
I love your tutorials and instructions sooo much!
I so enjoyed this detailed tutorial. You are a delight to watch and I'd love to give this a go 😊
I think they are just lovely these pinnafores, reminds me of the fifties style dresses. The white one will be just lovely to use when serving food, snd not cooking with it, it is just too nice to get stains on 😅.
I was at a convention a bit over a week ago and I saw like 3 different pinafore dresses. Considering I had already seen the pinafore short by then, it only deepened my want. Meanwhile my regular split side skirt hasn't been finished yet as my usual shenanigans of adding ruffled underskirt, online games, and having to pathwork the pocket lining has delayed my brain from finishing it. And I have like two different shorts, wrap pants, tunics etc. on the list, not sure when I'll get around to the pinafore split side. Here's to hoping.
I enjoy watching you. I am learning to be more trusting of myself to experiment and sew on!!!
When you said Remainders, I smiled. I recently moved to Texas and I really, really, really miss my monthly trips to Remainders. I’d say 80 to 90 percent of my sizable fabric stash is from Remainders.
Oh my goodness, I would miss it so much!! My sister lives in Texas too, and she's dying to open one there!
@@gettheetothestitchery I’d be her first customer!
I recently found your channel and you are so fun to watch. Your split side skirt tutorial was great inspriation for drafting my own split skirt pattern and I have made four of them (wearing one now!) and ordered fabric for more and it is now my favorite way to make skirts. Thank you! I don't wear a lot of pinafores but I'm excited to give this a try too! Your reveals are absolutely delightful!
I feel comfortable here with the floor gremlin cutting out of fabric 🥰🥰
It's been almost a year since your last video on fabric types and how they affect the swoosh! Is it time for a 'what I've learned during this last year' video?
Just had to leave a comment thanking you for starting my weekend with some comfort content. Now to watch the video another 3 times ❤
Love this , I wanted to make an apron so I am sneaking your ideas for half the skirt and the bib , thank you.
Oh yay thank you so much! I can't wait to try this!!!!! ❤❤❤❤
I just stumbled upon the short asking if the audience wanted a walk though, looks so cool. I looked at when it was made, a month ago, ok I say, surely she's made the video and low and behold she has made the video, pasted 11 hours ago. Thank you muchly, will be adding it to my future project list.
You've got perfect timing!!
I love love love this. I am planning on trying it out myself and I am NOT a sewist at all. but I am so excited and hopeful. lol. Thank you so much for your amazing, fun and informative videos
You'll be a sewist in no time! You got this!!
If you really want a minimum for how many meters you need, most dress patterns I have used call for 2 1/2 - 3 yards of fabric. I’m around a medium, with waist 30”, bust 35”, hips 36”. So go up a bit if you are bigger, or down a bit if you are smaller, or increase if you want a fuller skirt.
I LOVE the white one!! I need to make it now!!
Yesssss these dresses brought me here
For the longest I've been saving 2 pieces of nice material, one in lavendar and one in light pink. Neither quite big enough for a dress on its own. So I've been wondering how to combine them. Maybe I'll make a pinafore with the pink serving as the neck straps and patch pockets and maybe even part of the front belt. Then the lavendar could be the bib and front half of the skirt, with the pink being the back half of the skirt. Any scraps left over could even be a cap sleeve top for the pinafore. Just play around with the material as I go. Even a head scarf half pink, half lavendar would work.
This is such a cool idea! It gave me a ton of ideas for projects...cuz I really *needed* more ideas for projects 😂
I really enjoyed this !
Thank you
Definitely making !
A hint I picked up somewhere for turning out thinner stripes, straps tubes etc.get a wide circumference straw like the kind you get in bubble tea or at an Chinese/Japan/east Asian store and a chopstick or a long sticklike piece that fits through the straw. Feed the straw into the tube of cloth. From the outside edge feed the chopstick into the straw along with the fabric. Just push it thru the straw keeping moving it down until you can pull and the cloth it thru the opening. This works for straps/tubes that can fit the straw and material thru. I hope this explanation works.
I made a skirt version, For the back waistband (normally ties in a bow) I used sew on brooche backs!
It looks pretty good although a little messy tbh❤
Ooh that's an approach I'd never thought of! It's essentially a fancy way of using safety pins, which is what I seem to do a lot 😂
I love this idea, I wonder, if you add snaps or something to the sides of each of the front and back skirt pieces, you could have a separate apron and a back-apron-pockets-butt-cover piece for those days you have an outfit but no pockets or too short of a skirt (and no pockets). I don't know, just ideas that I thought of with it :)
I love your style of videos! These spilt side skirt videos have been extremely helpful since I am trying to make some myself. I'm also thinking of making some split side pants. I don't know how you would feel about split side pants, but I would love to see how you approach them.
They're on my to-do list!
Im using this as my first proper thing Im making and wish me luck. I was stupid and didnt adjust the pattern to my size but because of a mistake of having one half circles be in two it turns out that for me aleast a 3/4 circle skirt is actually pretty fitting and will still look super pretty.
Making it work like a winging it pro!
This came out at the perfect time for me. I have this absolutely adorable mushroom print black fabric that was a super-discounted remnant at Jo-Ann's, it will be absolutely perfect as a split skirt pinafore dress for my eldest imp, and I'm just hoping and praying I have enough of the black rainbow sparkle spandex remnant cabbage in my stash to do contrasting straps and waistband with it. 😂😂😂
What is eldest imp?
@@ivoryhenson1285 I refer to my children as imps of chaos.
Oh my goodness mushroom print fabric!! That's going to be so freaking adorable!
Someone may have already said this (the video has been up for a month at this point :P), but I think on the white one the bib construction would be way easier if you did the straps in two pieces. That would allow you to essentially assemble the two sides of the bib individually and then sew them together. So, one strap piece at each top corner, on front and back of bib. Then sew the ruffle sandwiched between the front and back pieces, then sew down the inside of one strap, across the top of the bib, and back up the other strap. Might save some hassle trying to line things up
I recently discovered a second-hand haberdashery literally 10mins from my house and I had to tell you! Went there today for the first time. The deals aren't as good as what you get, but they do a lot of community outreach and teaching programs for free, so I can't say that I mind. And there's no second guessing 1 metre is $4 AUD no matter what. Considering some fabrics they had would get up to $30+ in retail, it's still an amazing deal. I also got a bunch of embroidery floss for 50cents per pack. (I'm just getting into it, so I don't know all the correct terms.)
That's amazing, I'm so glad you found that!! I feel the same way about Remainders - I end up getting great deals, but honestly, I'd pay anything they want just to keep them in business. We gotta support our second-hand shops!
This is adorable!!
Absolutely beautiful!
I'm so excited for this!