Can I make $1 fabric look expensive? (feat. COOLIRPA)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Coolirpa and I took on the cheapest of cheap fabric challenges when we met up in LA 💰
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Hi, I'm Wendy, and I have been on a sewing journey ever since my mom taught me how to make little outfits for my dolls. I studied engineering and business, had an office job for two years, and then quit to embark on a lifelong sewing adventure on UA-cam. Subscribe to join me on the adventure, and maybe make your own clothing too! Thanks for watching ❤️
You are so adorable! Such a great dress for any season. Make a video on styling it for different weather now 😍
I love you forever April!! Winter version coming sooner than I would like 😭😭🥶
My two faves!🤎
coolirpa omggg I love your thrift videos!
What is the dress called ?
Yeah
I’m always so afraid to start a project because I feel I don’t know enough to begin. Then I watch Wendy’s videos and feel so silly for not just trying.
You better try, sis! Or else you'll just forever be in that one spot and that was my problem until I started 😭❤
Minx thanks for the pep talk! I bought a ton of Muslim on sale at JoAnn’s fabric and I’ve yet to use it 🤦🏾♀️
Start with basics.
Make some pjs. Make some elastic shorts. Make a really simple cami.
Make some alterations to things in your closet.
You can do it. Just take some baby steps :)
Girrrrl, I know that feeling lol! Sometimes you just gotta jump in though. If it helps, I kind of like to think backwards and write the steps down before I start the making process. Hope that helps! Either way, trial and error is totez okay.
Exactly.. All we need is try.. You gotta start, Donnie 😊🤗👍
To share a little, I can't remember the last time I sewed this fast and there were innumerable close calls where I almost made a mistake that was the type I'd make in the past, then catch myself, and power through the project with my experience. This dress was a real moment proving to myself how much I have learned from sewing over these years and I felt completely rewarded at the end. All that to say if you're on a sewing journey I'm cheering for you because there are great victory moments ahead ❤️❤️
Now don't forget to see what Coolirpa did on her channel because she a queen! ua-cam.com/video/udDtxeys5HI/v-deo.html
UA-cam is taking forever to process this vid 😭😭 join the notifications in the meanwhile?? And pray for this to finish!
withwendy it’s getting somewhat annoying for me I turn on notifications for your channel and April’s because you both are my FAVVEEEE❤️❤️❤️, but I always don’t get the notifications 😭😭😭
Love this little note!! Definitely relatable and much needed. Thank you for being such an inspiration n
thank you for that! i was really needing it today... so many things went wrong T.T
noo why youtube be playing these games! thank you for supporting us both though Rebecca!! *hugs
Now this, THIS is what we’ve been waiting for, WHEN TWO QUEENS MEET. Even these kinds of little bump-intos make me happy, especially if it’s the both of em :)
You are so kind ❤️❤️ our channels are not possible without the amazing people who give us this kind of love!
I agree. Make it for any weather/with accessories
You’d EASILY pay $80 for a dress like this in a boutique!
all the 'summer' clothes in fancy stores over here are made of the most horrendously thin yet unbreatheable plastic fabric with perplexingly tacky floral prints, so i agree
@@Crosshill where are you from? Here in indonesia, if u buy it from a boutique, it probably worth around $30 -40
@@ayupermata1367 40 usd is as low as they go for a nice brand dress, if they didnt have big price tags how else would they be convinced to wear something so shapeless and basic
The color and floral pattern is so ugly 🙈 she did really great job, i can't imagine how to make it less terrible... But it still is ugly 😂
Not easily but that's not to say the dress isn't worth it. Very lovely on her/in general
I’m as happy as she as when she said I finished this dress in One day... ONEDAY! The grin on her face 🔥🔥🔥🤙🏾 Priceless
me: wow this audio is really bad
also me, five seconds later: [realizes there's a woodworking video playing in another tab]
I mean, I was willing to keep watching regardless until the bandsaw cut in. I don't sew nor do I have any intention of ever sewing, but this was really fun to watch and I love the entire idea of the challenge. It's incredible to watch someone create something from raw material, and I loved your camera angles and the smooth... whatever you want to call that music.
For the record, I also do not do woodwork. I just really like watching people do stuff.
Andy that last sentence 😅👌
This comment was wild man. Loved it =D
This was a trip
were u on acid or sum when u were typing this?
lmao most definitely a relatable experience. youtube really is out here making me watch woodworking, sewing, and clay???? vids all at the same time
AHHHH I DMed that dress to you I’m so excited that you made it!! You’re amazing ❤️
IM SO HAPPY you found this vid!! I was scrolling through DM’s so much and kicking myself for not saving your message so I could tell you I did it. Thanks for giving me the inspo I needed!!! Now you can enjoy it in any colour your heart desires 💕
Sarah Bengeloun Where did that inspiration pic of the dress come from?
@@lwiley3661 it was an Instagram ad I kept coming across!
@@withwendy I'm so glad. Thank you always ❤️
Sarah Bengeloun OIC-Thanks!
I love flowey dress and the frill end is so cute, the pattern and color compliments your skin tone.
When you tore the dress everything in me was like "NO DON'T. STOP. NO!" And was then so relieved when you caught yourself and stopped 😭 Turned out so beautifully and would also be a whole look with a turtleneck under it for fall 👀 we're a fan. A big one.
I was screaming "You cannot rip on the bias!"
cannot!!! What a save WHEW
I was holding my breath!
Me too! 😂
Such a save! 🤣👌
What happens if you rip on the bias? It will just rip up the dress instead of to the side?
Who else's heart stopped when Wendy cut through the side seam and went to rip. All I saw was a nice rip up the middle. Wow that was close.
everyone likes a nice schnazzy middle slit in a dress right?????
that was a KEY moment where I felt so grateful my brain was working
On this challenge - both had equal amount of fabric to use: Wendy achieved the goal - with a full dress versus a top. Love them both and they are winners for creativity.
@@ranivaishnava8267 actually wendy had 4 yards while April had 3
I was shouting in my head...oh nooo, stop Wendy, it's on bias. 💕
You make the dress I’ve been dying to start! It’s so pretty! A tip, if you’d like. When sewing bias tape and finishing seams, I find that attaching the tape to the back first then folding it over the front makes the final product look better, since it doesn’t have the extra line of stitches. Or hand sew the back on with very tiny invisible stitches. Hand sewing takes longer but I always like the results better, because I’m slightly inept with a machine haha.
I thought i didn't like the design at first but when you sewed it - man the back is just woooow😍
omg you actually taught me how to hem a neckline! it's always been a difficult part for me as a beginner sewer -- thank you!
Honestly, i prefer hemming with a facing rather than a binding. I feel it makes a dress look more professional. But it is a personal preference!
Wow I can imagine someone complimenting you and you just say “thanks I made it!” Like ?!?! WOW I wanna be that good at sewing
Yessss! Such a good feeling! 💃
Yesssssss I love friendship ❤
This Collab needs to happen AGAIN! love you and April! You girls give me life!
That was fabulous. The fabric may have only been $1 but it doesn't look cheap, and certainly not for that dress :-)
Riiiight?! That fabric looks far from cheap
Where does one find such fabric for $1 yard (I assume its per yard). I certainly have no idea but would LOVE to find some!
@@gdhhayes2129 It may not feel nice, though, like a lot of fast fashion materials which read well on camera and entice online shoppers, but then feel awful and don't hold up irl
@@gdhhayes2129 I get some pretty good cheap fabric from Walmart! Lately in their crafting sections they've been selling these little bundles that are 1 to 1.50 per yard.
I think the fabric looks really cheap 😩 wouldn't pay more than 25 for it.
I loved!
I have seem so many people sayng that " you would pay some $40 or $80 for a dress like this in any place"... but just who love build knows how pleased is can do it yourself.
Nowadays isn't hard to find a beautiful dress but:
When we can choice the fabric, the color, the brend of fabric, it can be very more interesting!
I love sew for myself!
And now I know how a dress like that can be made!
Thank you!
You made a good job!!!!
I kinda would love to see a frilly butterfly sleeve on this
It turned out super cute. I want to see how it looks on a sweater! It's the ideal dress for a christmas dinner to hide your food baby :P I'm gonna try and make one for myself too
Wendy, you're so talented!!😍😍😍 The dress's absolutely bomb on its own. But i think it's really cute with a t-shirt underneath(like in 12:42) or with a turtleneck when it gets colder.
Can I just say this video alone made me realize how detrimental fast fashion is...not only to our environment or economy but just for the art of making clothes.
Is this directed at her or--?
How so?
At first I was like why does she have that big watch on? Then I was like ok looks like a bracelet-not bad. Then finally I realized it was a pin cushion 😂😅
This dress is absolutely gorgeous. I have been seeing cuts like this on pinterest, mostly in rust or teal tones. Its the perfect style of dress to look elegant yet also be comfortable as hell. LOVE.
Nice. Looks good on you.
Just a hint for future projects from someone that has made tiered ruffled skirts. The ruffle would have been much easier to hem before attaching it to the dress & gathering the top of it with basting stitches would have been easier than pinning all the ruffle gathers in.
Future Homesteader personally, I find pinning achieves a more consistent result than gathering, especially on a large section such as a full skirt hem, and you don't have to worry about accidentally snapping your basting thread while manipulating the piece.
I second hemming before gathering. That has saved me soooo much aggravation in the past. However, I really prefer pinning gathers to doing basting stitches - I’ve been doing that since I was making Barbie clothes because it always seemed to make the gathers more even.
With pinning vs basting I think it depends on how loose your gathers are. For me who loves the ruffley asthetic I always do double basting stitches and scrunch almost as close as possible. For looser ruffles that edge on small pleats I do think pinning is better
This is a great video for all sewers to watch on halloween. I say this because I stood up out of my seat screaming "WAIT YOU CUT THE FRONT OUT ON THE BIAS". I legitimately watched Sinister 2 last night, and this had my heart pounding more than that horror movie 😭. However, like most horror movies there was a happy ending because that dress is flawless.
Great challenge dress. I think the back droop is the best part and you needed to display it more. After see your project I rush over to April's challenge the fabric was beautiful and she did it justice. Good show
Don’t stress the rain. I adore listening to rain. It’s soothing. Like natural music in the background.
I LOVE your closed captions
Your machine handled itty bitty pieces of silky fabric so beautifully! Mine would have eaten that bias tape so fast
If it helps, replacing the needle for every new project keeps it sharp and more willing to pierce a fabric rather than drag it under your needle plate. I used to have that eat my fabric thing happen too. But it happens less with a sharp new needle that matches the fabric it is working on and going slow at first.
Lmao same, would've been a nice snack for my machine 😂
Add some paper towel or tissue paper underneath and just rip off when you’re done, stops the machine from eating fabric
wow her voice is so soft, so comfortable and so pleasant to hear
There's so much I want to do like sewing, painting and try DIYs but I don't have the Time now... currently I'm preparing for my college final after that I've to take entrance exam for medical 😶and I'm really stressed out...So watching u gives me so much joy cz rn I can't even go out with my friends 😭😭😭😭 I love u so much ❤️
I absolutely LOBE your voice! Some people might have calming voice but they don't sound natural enough to me, whereas you still have highs and lows but they are nonetheless calming to listen too! I'm so glad I found your channel because I have always been obsessed with sewing
I know it wasn't easy, but it's inspiring. I will made one in black. Love you work so much 💖
Happy to see you both together 😍💕
“Sew” beautiful! Omgee! I love, love the back and it looks so good on you! The material may have been one dollar but your time and creativity is priceless! Well done! 🥰
April did a great job picking the fabric. The dress color complements your skin tone so nicely. The dress is beautiful. Happy Vaca.
You showed with your happiness how fun wearing a flowing dress can be. You look great!
Okay I said this on April’s video but I love how youtubers come to collaborate. It’s like watching two cartoons and the writers cause the universes to merge into something spectacular 🤗
And this dress is BANGING!!!!
I am here from COOLIRPA channel. I am mostly a jewelry and other accessories crafter with most of my material use only being in trim format. However I really enjoy watching April (COOLIRPA) and now Wendy on their projects. Fast Fashion in stores can be a bit similar, looking at hand-made garments is refreshing.
the end shots though... that back is ELEGANT
Thanks for not shouting into the camera (like some other youtubers 😂😂) your voice is so relaxing and this was really fun to watch. Love the back of the dress!!!💕
I came here from April’s video and had to pause a few minutes in to subscribe! I don’t sew, but I love your creativity and your energy! And the dress turned out so well - I don’t usually like dresses with a ruffle at the bottom, but the way you’ve done it is something I really like.
I had a micro heart-attack when you wanted to rip the front of the dress... but you caught yourself in time! :D
SAVED BY THE BRAIN
And she was right, people who don't sew (like me) didn't get it haha. What am I even doing here 😂
Yeah I panicked lmao
I watched the video 5 times and try to figure out why she should not rip after the side seam and what connects the bias in the upper section with the ripping in the down section...I still haven't found the trap!! Anyone kind enough to explain please?
@@bioeirini4551, "bias" or "on the bias" when referring to sewing/cutting fabric means the fabric is sewn/cut on an angle rather than straight across the fabric. Cutting the fabric for the front of the dress on the bias will make the fabric drape better on the body, it also allows for the fabric to stretch a little. If Wendy had ripped the front of the dress it would have ripped straight along the woven "grain" of the fabric rather than straight across to the other side seam. I hope you understand my explanation.
I never heard the rain... It’s always a treat to watch you work. You and April are artists!
It's nice that you two met. I love both of you, you takents and your videos.
You make everything look so darn easy!! I watched this and now I have a burning desire to make one for myself. And mind you, I have trouble hemming trousers... that´s my skill level -.-"
Great video!
What is ironic but not so ironic with suggestion algorithms + law of Attraction.... I began following u both separately within the same week on separate occasions.then I watched this video and thought that was awesome. I love both ur aesthetics! Awesome job
This is *BEAUTIFUL* !! I might even try to make this...a little intimidating but you make it look doable!🙌🏻💕
I'm following you both for many years now💁♀️ 😁 both of you are awsome 👍
wendyyyy i love you ❤️ your videos are giving me so many ideas & so much inspiration to Make Things but i just had spine surgery so i can't make anything for a while 😭 but until then i get to watch all your great videos again! i love seeing you and april together because i've been watching her channel for so many years!
we love you too! hope your healing process goes smoothly
Wishing you a quick recovery!
Yay!! I love to find a Canadian with a cool vibe and chill explanation on how to to make things! I hope to learn how to sew some day. Cheers from Yellowknife, NT!
I Like the way the bias transform into the straps🧚🏿♀️
A simple bias cut dress with gathering on the back and a gathered trim on the bottom. Bias tape to secure the color line! Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
I know this is an old vid but I just got round to watching it, and when you started ripping the bottom off the dress I was like "NOOOO, you cut it on the bias!" Haha. So glad you realised.
Such an awesome outcome for your fabric!! It is such a dreamy dress!!
Super cute!!! The dress came out so good. I love the idea of the challenge. I can't believe the fabric was only a dollar per yard! :O
I can't believe it either those kinds of deals are near impossible to come by in Canada SIGH
So beautiful, makes me itching to sew again. I've been getting my craft, sewing, dining room ready over the summer. I'm almost there and can hardly wait to get creating again.
This dress is sooo cute! The bottom edge reminds me of regency dresses!
What a BEAUTY! So pretty Wendy.......Great Job. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!
Her voice is sooo soothing ❤️❤️
I don't know how to sew and the way Wendy told her story from the start until the end is so cool
I was so scared when you started ripping! “NO!!! ITS ON THE BIAS!!!” But you remembered in time, yay! It turned out fabulous!
This is my first video of your channel. I like your "can do" attitude. You sew like I crochet...that is I see something I like and I make it without a pattern. It's fun to "wing it"!
It does not matter how much your fabric costs. You can still make an amazing garment. It is all in the cut and technique.
Yes!!! The collab I've been waiting for!
me too!!!
I’m short and petite and I always wish my clothes fit me better but I’ve never considered trying to tailor it myself - after this I think it’s time to not be so afraid of the sewing machine and giving it a go
Almost any cheap fabric can be made into something that does NOT look cheap. I used to make entire Victorian clothing pieces from $1 a yard fabric. You can't tell if you take the time to do what the fabric needs. One fabric needed to be interlined, so I interlined it and the skirt and bodice it looked incredible!
Learned so much, thank you! Didn't know you could gather a lot of material the same way you gather a little bit. So great to watch a pro at work.
I'm going to tell you until this video I did not like darts and did not see the reason for them also the way you explained things really made since and was very easy to follow .I was feeling very discouraged about sewing but this video really helped reconnect me with my love of sewing even though I'm a newbie and I've made some bad very bad creations that made me stop creating ,this video gave me hope to return to that passion I once had to create again. Thanks
I was holding my breath just before you realized you couldn't rip the bottom of the front of the dress. "Don't do it!!!, oh thank goodness..."
Lunch break was cute 😂
Rewatching this vid because it came up again in my recommended. Was literally just trying to find a project to turn my old thin duvet cover into and I think this is perfect 🙏
Wendy you are unbelievable you are amazing and make us try everything. I just bought sewing machine and your videos inspired me to do things keep going girl 👍👍👍👍
Were any preparation(s) of the fabric made before cutting ??
1) Washing or cleaning using the method the finished garment will need.
2) After tearing woven fabric across, access the fabric ends for straight alignment.
If fabric length is insufficient to risk undesirable loss of length, below is a method to preserve as much as length as possible.
Near each raw end of the length of fabric, prick a cross-grain thread. Pull on this cross-grain thread. Pull it all the way across, from selvage to selvage. This creates and marks a linear pathway to trim along. Trim along this created channel near. Do this for each raw end of your fabric length.
3). Check for straightness:
Fold fabric over, bringing the selvage edges of the entire length together. Inspect for complete and total evenness and smoothness. Note any deviation. Check for warp-free matching and correlation at the corners.
If a corner is "short," correct any warping or unevenness. This is best done using a partner. If a human partner is not available, a substitute "anchor" may be improvised by placing one of the short corners under a heavy weight such as a furniture leg, or corner of a bed, or in some sort of gripping mechanism to firmly grasp (without damaging any threads!!) the opposite "short" corner.
If using a partner, center the "short" corner between the right hand and the left hand. GENTLY pull on the fabric by leaning backward, tugging against each other -- kinda simulating a "tug-of-war." The degree of deviation of the raw fabric ends will determine the number of tugs needed.
If the fabric is over-pulled in this process -- which can easily happen -- and a deviation is created in the opposite corners, switch to the newly created opposite "short" corners. Now tug more deliberately, stopping to recheck to assess to determine whether the raw ends are in perfect alignment.
This is basic preparation before cutting WOVEN fabric. Pattern pieces cut from unstraightened fabric can result in uneven hemlines and various distortions in the finished garment.
(This technique does not apply to Knitted Textiles.)
Your videos are inspirational to me, as an amateur, and though I can’t do what you do yet, I feel motivated to work on my projects when I see you working on yours.
You both have created very beautiful and expensive looking clothing.very talented and very Beautiful lady's!
That back is killinggggg me. Awesome awesome awesome
An absolute fabulous job on the dress. I personally would have liked to see a straight fron panel. Almost like a "mullet" dress (business in the front, party in the back.)
My costume shop instructor’s name is Wendy and you are just as thorough as her and I soooooo appreciate the Wendys of the world 💕
this is the first video i've seen of yours, but i loved how well you explained what you were doing! i feel like i could maybe figure out how to make a dart now. I wish you explained the ruffle a bit more though
The end result looks amaazing and for four dollars?!? Your skill has improved so much!
This dress looks so amazing I think as I watch random things on UA-cam while hand stitching on the last 8 yards of dress trim.
Quick tip for darts I learned in 4-h. When you are sewing darts an inch from the end of the dart adjust your stitch length to something small like 2 this will ensure that you don't have to tie at the end
Your voice is so beautifully calming. Not to mention your amazing talented sewing skills ❤️
Would you make a look book? Maybe one styling this specific dress for winter/fall season :) I’ve been particularly obsessed with dresses lately and I feel like winter shouldn’t stop that
Super cute dress! Perfect for a beach vacation! Going to watch April's now.
Amazing collab!!!! Hope u do tons more!!!
Wow that’s a really beautiful outcome
I just loved this challenge Wendy. Maybe you and April can do it again. I love your dress. Very classy and romantic with the frill. You look beautiful!!
Beautiful material turned into a lovely holiday destination-ready dress.
Although I (personally) would prefer a slightly higher & more gathered back, this is because I am:
1: I like a less loose fit (I'm 5"0'!) 2: An older lady & 3: I need greater coverage as both I (and my skin) age!
Still - a beautiful result. Particularly loving the large slightly ruffled hem detail! Congrats!
Cool to see them both on a same vid. THE 2 SEWING MACHINE GODDESSES!
Your designs are truly amazing!
Your designs are awesome. You're my inspiration
I love this challenge! I just had a long day of sewing and I’m tired and my back hurts..so I’m excited to get to kick back and binge your channel!
Omg i just realized that coolipra is aprilooc 🔥. God why did I realize it so late?
She said once it comes from COOL + her name backwards :)
Cant wait to get my fashion maker this summer to sew this ahhhhhh!! i remember watching this when it came out but didnt understand darts cuz i wasnt taught that yet in my classes but now that everything makes sense imma get to it!
I am a sewer from the 1960s, it was common to use tracing paper with a tracing wheel to make darts. I still have my tracing wheel but I cannot find tracing paper, the few that are still around are dry and will not work. Tracing paper and a tracing wheel is the way to go, it is much easier.