THIS JUST IN: Mars is not, in fact, hot, and is, in fact, very cold. While I am severely disappointed in my own understanding of How Things Work™, I present my defense: MY BRAIN NO WORK SO GOOD WHEN IT HOT. I went to college not UNIVERSE-ity amirite, okay I'll see myself out 👉👉
Well I hope you don't feel bad about it, and if it makes you feel better, when you said Mars, I pictured the _candy bar_ and was _confused_ 😂😅 Honestly, my brain is melting out of my ears, and here in Montreal, Canada, it's a sweltering 28.5°C = 83°F 😂😂🥵🥵🧠💀
As a previous astronomy student (I dropped out the one class) I can say with absolute certainty... that you are not alone, add me to the list of people who thought red = hot. But in all seriousness I loved this video, I’m also in the process of making puffy sleeves and now I want to paint them 😋 I always look forward to your videos every week and wish you all the best stay sane stay safe and make yourself a glass of iced tea. 🧋😎👍🏻
The fly agaric mushroom is a hallucininagenic, sort of poisonous but still i wouldn't touch it, on the advice of that smoking caterpiller, he's so sage!!
its not. its the velum. if its the underside of the head, then gills or pores- its called that way because it looks similar to gills. thats where the spores are released. more likely theodore means the velum- amanita is a species whose body at the youngest stage looks a bit like an egg- a closed round shape- the the stem and hat grow, rip apart the outer soft layer that stays at the bottom- the way to differentiate the toxic, deadly amanita verna, phalloides and ocreata from edible agaricus cametris ( they are the same family., but amanita have a velum. theres 2 types of velum, the types amanitas have is auniversal because its around the full shroom- and theres a partao velum that is only around the head of the shroom, that rips and usually hangs around the stem. (its called a ring or annulus. to annul is o end, so..) en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Veil_(mycology) en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Annulus_(mycology)
"I feel like Ms. Frizzle." *wears dresses made of book pages, mushroom sleeves and fun patterned Halloween dress.* The transformation has already begun.
The 5 year old I’m babysitting said, “That fabric’s awesome!” So he approves P.s. at the reveal shots, he exclaimed, “She’s like a princess! She’s wonderful!” It was so sweet😊
My five year old said "They do look like mushrooms, but why did she do that?" I said because she wanted to and that seemed to be acceptable to him. haha
@@0meAcat1 😄 One rule to rule them all, one rule to guide them. One rule to bring them all, and in the light unite them. In the land of Sewing, where the garments lie.
As someone who has been sewing for a really long time it's true there are no 'rules' as such but there are certain ways of doing things that will help you get a better end result. There might be three or four perfectly acceptable ways of getting the same result though so there's that. Pressing your seams will ALWAYS give you a better result though, so maybe that's not so much a rule as a strongly worded guideline??? That said, I'm always impressed at how well Rachel's projects end up. :D
I am a dressmaker by trade, I own my own business and I have been sewing for about 40 years. That said, I feel like I am still in the middle of my sewing journey and there is always something to learn, you have to create in order to get better and you shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes. You are amazing and you get better every time you sew! Thank you for sharing your wonderful creations!
In meny ways its not healthy to compair yourself but coorlippa , bernadet banner , abby cox thinking about it every sewing person i fallow on you tube makes a single thing or part of a thing per epasode its enough for their viuers but its also all about healthy ballences
The cream ruffle on the sleeves was definitely a good call, it evokes the frilly "gills" of the mushroom very nicely! I also feel you on that "press your seams!" stuff, because I always felt that the act of sewing them flattened everything out just fine, but it does make the actual sewing step so much smoother so I can see why it's such a "thing".
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your mentality towards sewing. As a perfectionist and someone who would beat myself up over absolutely everything, it's incredibly freeing to hear someone say I can just do something because it's fun and I enjoy it, even though it isn't perfect. Life is too hard already to find new things to beat yourself up over, and you are a great example of skill meeting self-compassion and not taking things too seriously! Sewing feels a lot lore accessible mow!
Omg this is literally the cutest thing ever! The little ruffle makes them look so mushroomy but like still wearable, it's just perfect! Marry me mushroom sleeves! I think one garment is perfect btw, this way we can truly admire every creation of yours! And I'd rather see you as happy creative tornado Rachel enjoying what she made than burnt out overworked self-doubting Rachel who has bitten off to much so I wholeheartedly support one sewing project per video!
For what it’s worth, whilst I enjoy watching your creations come to life I’m not here for sewing/costuming - you bring so much more than that!! Personally I love your humour, vibe, (pets, home, reveal locations...) but the editor in me (of over a decade) LOVES your craft!! Honestly, every little cut I appreciate, from the titles to the music. Editing Rachel is truly a talent and a marvel! MUCH love to all of the Rachel’s ❤️ Thank you for creating 🙏
Honestly, I’m here because I just really enjoy Rachel’s humour and how it makes her content and editing style just so darn amusing. If she made one garment, or even tried out other activities e.g. cooking, decorating, art stuff etc etc, I’d still be here for her Sat morning uploads ✨ Also, ‘No Mock-ups Maksy’ is a kickass nickname 😎
After the reveal of the flipping adorable sleeves, she said: “Frodo, what are you doing?”…my brain immediately responded in Pippin’s voice…..”MUSHROOMS!” …..I’ll leave..🤦🏼♀️
Here in the Netherlands we have a fairytale themepark, de Efteling. The oldest part of the park is the forrest where all the fairytales are depicted. All throughout they made giant mushrooms that play music. I thought of those mushrooms all throughout this video. Here is a clip of the mushroommusic: ua-cam.com/video/uXSa8mUyYE4/v-deo.html
I realise I watch these videos like my dad watches sports. When you added the cream band around the base of the sleeves I barked “CUTE!” at my screen with the utmost focus and sincerity.
Just when you said, "I'm going to be a little easier on myself." I was telling my hubby that if I ever met you I was going to tell you to be easier on yourself because you are an amazing person.
When using an acrylic or fabric paint on cloth, a layer of gesso under the area you intend to paint on is great. It prevents the paint from seeping through the backside of the fabric, can prevent bleeding, and increases paint durability. It also stiffens the fabric a bit, which can be a downside. There are also great fabric mediums intended to be mixed with paint for craft purposes. The sleeves turned out so great, I love them!
I've used the fabric mediums mixed with acrylic. They are great and make the paint flexible so it is less prone to cracks. Just be sure to iron it on low (with some paper to protect your work) after!
I know right?! I just picture her coming in to the classroom a bit late, stressed and disheveled with pine needles and moss in her hair and her glasses a bit askew 😊 All the students love her to bits.
As a seamstress, I want to say that you are 100% correct with not being hard on yourself for your mistakes. ESPECIALLY when you are learning. If you are happy with the outcome, and if you made something you like and will wear, then you absolutely succeeded and nailed it. I love seeing all your projects, they are so creative, they inspire me to try more creative projects too 🙂
“I want to take the forest and wear it as clothing” is my ultimate mood. They say to dress for the job you want, and I would like to be a professional mushroom unbothered on the floor of a forest somewhere 🍄
I have just had a similar realization! I am a newbie, I started sewing for real only this spring because I've always been so intimidated by it. My mom sews a lot and she makes it seem so complicated, and all the sewing I've ever done has been at school where I was graded and there was so much pressure and you needed to do everything The Right Way™ or you would fail. But then I suddenly, on a whim, (or maybe after watching a million of yours and Bernadette Banner's videos) I decided to sew a dress based on a very vague description I saw on Instagram. I didn't really have a pattern, I just experimented, and that made me realize that I can do whatever I want, however I want. Does it always turn out great or the way I want to? No. But like, it doesn't matter? There are no rules. I can experiment and try and see what happens. I'm learning so much, I'm having so much fun and I have sewn a pair of trousers that is literally one of my favourite garment that I own. I think your approach to sewing is really inspiring, and I love the mushroom sleeves so much!
The sleeves look so cute! The "stem" fabric you added I think really helps, it looks more finished and intentional. As usual, you are fun and funny and never change and I personally like a video where you just make one garment.
PS: Your channel is one my husband typically wouldn’t care about, but we both enjoy your sense of humor & you remind us in various ways of our twin daughters who are about your age. And we miss them. My husband especially misses a daughter who moved 250 miles away & I think he is more excited than I am when you come out with a new video. But don’t tell him I told you that! Shhhh
Oh my heart, this is so wholesome. Also my husband, who couldn't give two hoots about sewing or cottage-core, loves Rachel's videos. Some personalities transcend their ostensible communities.
The little *”I sorta know what I’m doing”* slapped me clean across the face. I don’t ever come to these videos to be called out on how being a legal adult/my life in general is going, but somehow it always happens. 😭😂😂😂
Rachel: *complaining about the 93 degree heat* Me, a Scottish person: "aw I hate the heat too! hold up one second though let me just..." *converts to celsius* "OK I CAN FULLY EMPATHISE NOW I WOULD ALSO BE DYING"
Yeah no kidding, 33 degrees???? :'D We were just complaining about the heat here in Finland yesterday, it was... 25 degrees out. Tomorrow's gonna be 15... xD
@@heathern8043 Here, that's literally a yearly record temperature, happens in maybe one or two localities in the whole country once or twice a year, and it gets reported in the news :'D
hey look, as another Australian, 33 is not record-breaking or anything (we usually cross 40 at least once each summer where I am, and that is horrifying) but it is *definitely* complaint-worthy! I will support all heat-complaints as soon as it's above 30! Especially if it's humid, UGH.
Man, it's so nice to hear support of sewing coming from a nice internet person. As I stare into my closet slowing filling up with dresses I've made, some of which I like, most of which I'd like to burn, it's reassuring to hear that it's fine to dive in. I wish many good bedspread/sheet finds to all the sewing people here (since real fabric is expensive and environment etc).
"I want to take the forest... and wear it as clothing" Never before has anything resonated with me on such a spiritual level Also! idk if you already have ideas for your next videos, but something pride related would be so cool!
I love how this turned out! Very cute! And as a (very much a) beginner sewist, it's encouraging to see the people I look up to on UA-cam be real and make "mistakes." I really appreciate it and your humor more than you know.
Ok, first: those sleeves are, as the poets would say, "stinking cute". Second: thank you for exposing my ears to "Country Toads". In a good way or a bad way? I still don't know.
I would just like to state my appreciation for the fact that you painstakingly make sure the captioning is perfect on every single one of your fantastic videos. you have grown so much as a creator, but you’ve had perfect captions for a very long, consistent time. thank you!
ah yes this is so important!! even as someone who has no issues hearing, i still appreciate it so much to help me focus on the video and enjoy it so much more :)
You should totally start a series called “I sort of know what I’m doing” where you go back to projects you’d like to try again or do things you wanted to do but didn’t think you had the skill 😀
Watching a couple UA-camrs - you included! - who sew without necessarily following all the "rules" has helped me realize I can do the same, and I've made some things I love that would have been so much more intimidating if I'd felt like it all had to be done Right instead of experimenting and making stuff work. Thank you for your inspiration. It's a great way to be. ❤
The sewing aunty advice made me feel so validated as someone who is really just getting into my own clothes making. It seems so impossible and the patterns are so complicated but you inspire me to just keep on trying because you have so much fun💙PLEASE never stop making videos. Also videos with just one project are awesome because we get to see a more of the process and your comedy
Rachel, you making random-ass projects is the content I'm here to watch, wholesome, funny, honest crafts, you could make literal trash bags and I'd be here with stars in my eyes
Your being in the middle of the journey is what I live about your videos, because you have the same energy I have when I sew "I should do it this way to make it the correct way but.... I can't be bothered. Round corners it is!" And I love that.
"You are good enough, and anything you make is good enough, because you made it!" I did not expect the adorable mushroom sleeve video to come for my feelings like that 😭❤️️
I was literally just telling my roommate that I like the way that you show sewing is a learning process and how it’s made me feel a lot more excited to keep improving my sewing over time AND THEN you dropped the solid auntie advice. I’d say you’re doing a great job and 10/10 can back you up as a fellow auntie
I feel like these sleeves could also make adorable jellyfish sleeves (why didn't Tsukimi think of this????). Either way, I loved this idea, and I love practically all of your content, even if it is another episode of "I'm just going to make something because I'm not clever enough to come up with any other kind of content" because it's just as beautiful!
Literally your honesty about the mistakes or “could of been betters” made me think ahh I wouldn’t of seen that so maybe I’m too hard on myself…so I got a lot done in lockdown thanks to you and non-perfectionism!!!
I'm here and stay here because of your personality, humor, and down-to-earth attitude. I like that you don't try to make everything seem like it's going perfect when it's not. It brings realism. I'd rather see you do one project, small or no, or half of a project, than see you overburden yourself and stress yourself out. I want to see you enjoy making your projects and enjoy how much detail or work you put into it, than see you scramble and be unhappy at the end of it.
This was flipping awesome... I absolutely MUST show this this to my husband! He’s a mushroom forager and tincture medicine man... and my dream is to design clothing that allows me to merge with the trees in the Forest...Now I know why I absolutely ADORE you!
This might have changed my mind about big sleeves, they are so adorable. Seriously though it was your videos that made me go "oh, that doesn't look nearly as difficult as I thought", sewing looked so intimidating but now I have a sewing machine and I'm attempting skirts so yeah, not being perfect makes it way more approachable so thank you!
@@PatiNagy there were plenty of sleeves in that time that used a full yard of fabric, each. Which shows just how expensive they would have been. Less than a yard for the bodice, two yards for the sleeves. If you were poorer, that’s a significant expense.
An 1890s ghost somewhere: *crying "I'm so proud! Our daughter appreciates ✨The Sleeves ✨" Also, re: making mistakes in sewing is important: In my current project (1940s french knickers) I messed up and sewed the french seam all the way up on the wrong side. So now they open on the right instead of the left, and suddenly the awkward hopping to not fall over when putting them on is solved! Moral of the story, sometimes mistakes are Learning Experiences and sometimes the thing you learn is that your new way is better (and your bad balance is not symmetrical 😁)
I feel your pain! I have so many botched projects but those are what I have learned the most from and usually end up loving best. That is why I appreciate Rachael's channel so much, she shares her process and mistakes as well as her wildly funny and charming personality.
I feel like Rachel is slowly becoming the eccentric grandma that introduces the group to the murder mystery/D&D adventure we are all going on and I am here for it!!!
“I want to take the forest and wear it as clothing”. I also want to be a Mori girl, Rachel. This project came out so cute. It makes me want to make a felted one with foresty vines and embroidered wee flowers. 🍄🌿🌾🌻🌷🌱
i love how rachel has been slowly evolving into mrs. weasley, miss frizzle, and a woodland fairy which is the best combination. also mushroom sleeves. definitely going to make them. yet another project that i NEED TO MAKE.
Loved the Aunt advice. I stopped sewing for 8 years bc I felt so insecure about my sewing. Also ironing sucks. And your vidoes are getting me thru a hard time right now. So thank you!
I like the use of Bowie's "Fashion" because you know, at some point in his decades of interesting clothing choices, he probably would have worn these sleeves. They came out reeeeeeally cute! Also, I have a feeling I'm about to lose hours of my life to watching Toad singing videos...
I love what you said at the end about not being afraid to just go for it and make mistakes! I'm a professional seamstress and watching your channel has actually inspired me a lot. In the past I kinda avoided making myself stuff, or doing too much experimentation outside the structure or "rules" of what I knew was "the right way" to do things. I got scared of taking risks. Now I'm a lot more comfortable kind of making it up as I go along and I think it's actually improved my work a lot. So thank you!
On top of other Miss Frizzle comparisons going on in the comments, I will also point out that "take chances, make mistakes, get messy" is practically the order of the day around here.
I'm glad you're going easier on yourself--you're a really talented person and I hate when you tear yourself down! This project turned out great and you should feel great!
Hey Rachel, This was so fun to watch. You have become one of my favorite people to "watch on the internet". (it never gets any less weird saying that). I'm a fellow 90s baby and you mentioned Ms. Frizzle.....that could be so fun! She turned every science subject into a dress! Ahh nostalgia cord struck lol You could pick anything. Sorry, now I'm excited just thinking about it. Love the show, you rock. Much love to Frodo lol
I scrolled through and liked every comment that suggested you make a Miss Frizzle inspired outfit in hopes that it would be known that this is an amazing idea! "But make it vintage" I second that! Seatbelts everyone! 👩🏫❤️
“You are good enough, and anything you make is good enough because you made it.” Man it’s dusty in here! *sniff* Seriously, though, this is one of the most inspiring pieces of advice ever.
THIS JUST IN: Mars is not, in fact, hot, and is, in fact, very cold. While I am severely disappointed in my own understanding of How Things Work™, I present my defense: MY BRAIN NO WORK SO GOOD WHEN IT HOT.
I went to college not UNIVERSE-ity amirite, okay I'll see myself out 👉👉
Well I hope you don't feel bad about it, and if it makes you feel better, when you said Mars, I pictured the _candy bar_ and was _confused_ 😂😅
Honestly, my brain is melting out of my ears, and here in Montreal, Canada, it's a sweltering 28.5°C = 83°F 😂😂🥵🥵🧠💀
😂😂😂👏👏and the award for funniest/ most relatable person of 2021 goes to Rachel❤️❤️❤️
😂😂
hahaha oh no i'm ashamed of how much that made me giggle!
As a previous astronomy student (I dropped out the one class) I can say with absolute certainty... that you are not alone, add me to the list of people who thought red = hot. But in all seriousness I loved this video, I’m also in the process of making puffy sleeves and now I want to paint them 😋 I always look forward to your videos every week and wish you all the best stay sane stay safe and make yourself a glass of iced tea. 🧋😎👍🏻
"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once." - Terry Pratchett
(Do not eat your dress, it looks like a lovely outfit but a terrible snack)
It makes HER look like a snack
Hahaha that’s such a good quote!
The fly agaric mushroom is a hallucininagenic, sort of poisonous but still i wouldn't touch it, on the advice of that smoking caterpiller, he's so sage!!
Another win for Sir. Pratchett!🖤🖤🖤
TERYR PRATCHETT!!!!!!!
Okay but the painted on spots look so much better and so much more like mushroom sleeves than a standard polka dot would have looked
Rachel has three moods:
1) “fuck it that looks close enough”
2) * screams in toad *
3) old auntie advice that makes me rethink my life
4) * self aware auntie humor *
5) is extremely surprised and confused about how she accomplished her goal.
6) emo rachel
7) Bathroom karaoke Rachel 🎤
8) Stick me in the middle of the forest and let me bloom
My boyfriend is having a long day so I sent him Toad's "Chandelier" to make it longer.
Also nice sleeves.
Hey that's off topic but could you tell me who's the artist that made your profile picture? I like it!
"to make it longer" 🤣🤣
The ruffles were a good touch, they don't read as stems but rather those frills on the underside of a mushroom, which works.
Nerd fact they're called gills. Like on a fish. I don't get it either.
@@lauramathews3151 See, I thought that, and then I thought, no that can't be right.
its not. its the velum.
if its the underside of the head, then gills or pores- its called that way because it looks similar to gills. thats where the spores are released.
more likely theodore means the velum- amanita is a species whose body at the youngest stage looks a bit like an egg- a closed round shape- the the stem and hat grow, rip apart the outer soft layer that stays at the bottom- the way to differentiate the toxic, deadly amanita verna, phalloides and ocreata from edible agaricus cametris ( they are the same family., but amanita have a velum.
theres 2 types of velum, the types amanitas have is auniversal because its around the full shroom-
and theres a partao velum that is only around the head of the shroom, that rips and usually hangs around the stem. (its called a ring or annulus. to annul is o end, so..)
en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Veil_(mycology)
en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Annulus_(mycology)
Yeah and her arms also act sort of as the stems so it works really well
her arms are the stems :D
"I feel like Ms. Frizzle."
*wears dresses made of book pages, mushroom sleeves and fun patterned Halloween dress.*
The transformation has already begun.
same hair color too oml
I feel like we were in a sewing class with Edwardian Ms. Frizzle
MY FINAL FORM
Now all she needs is the earrings
Now does anyone know any Creators who make earrings out of anything then?
This. This is EVERYTHING. 😍
(IMA COME STEAL THIS FROM YOUR CLOSET KTHXBYE)
I was wondering how long it would take Madame Donner to smell the mushrooms. :D
Now I"m picturing a bunch of costubers getting together after making their own mushroom sleeves, and the photoshoot is a fairy ring.
@@laurenking5080 same here! 😂
ikr!!? i was stunned that it was rachel and not you making this, dear one!! xoxoxoxoxo
I knew you would love it, Morgan!
The 5 year old I’m babysitting said, “That fabric’s awesome!” So he approves
P.s. at the reveal shots, he exclaimed, “She’s like a princess! She’s wonderful!”
It was so sweet😊
My five year old said "They do look like mushrooms, but why did she do that?" I said because she wanted to and that seemed to be acceptable to him. haha
Children speak the truth….
Rachel when sewing: There are no rules!
Comment Section: PRESS YOUR SEAMS!
Rachel crying in the corner with her iron: There's one rule
🤣😂🤣 unceasing, unyielding, with one great voice they demand
@@0meAcat1 😄 One rule to rule them all, one rule to guide them. One rule to bring them all, and in the light unite them. In the land of Sewing, where the garments lie.
As someone who has been sewing for a really long time it's true there are no 'rules' as such but there are certain ways of doing things that will help you get a better end result. There might be three or four perfectly acceptable ways of getting the same result though so there's that. Pressing your seams will ALWAYS give you a better result though, so maybe that's not so much a rule as a strongly worded guideline??? That said, I'm always impressed at how well Rachel's projects end up. :D
@@sourcedancer7079 Fuck i understood that reference im such a fucking nerd
@@cupcakejack7375 tbf, i think you'd need to live under one heck of a rock to not get that reference 😅
“Stick me in the middle of a forest and let me bloom” that kinda sounds like an inspirational quote
Needs to be on a card.
...gonna steal it
"Bloom where you are planted " exists and I had a fight with my therapist about that. Because I didn't want to be planted where I was.
Actually there is a piece of music for bagpipes called "Flowers of the Forest". Traditionally played at funerals.
I am a dressmaker by trade, I own my own business and I have been sewing for about 40 years. That said, I feel like I am still in the middle of my sewing journey and there is always something to learn, you have to create in order to get better and you shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes. You are amazing and you get better every time you sew! Thank you for sharing your wonderful creations!
beautiful comment, thank you for sharing your experience! x
That ending message about just trying things and not being hard on yourself if it’s not perfect is SO necessary to hear at all times 🖤
Rachel the Bob Ross of sewing ❤🍄
In meny ways its not healthy to compair yourself but coorlippa , bernadet banner , abby cox thinking about it every sewing person i fallow on you tube makes a single thing or part of a thing per epasode its enough for their viuers but its also all about healthy ballences
My sewing could best be described as “enthusiastic but haphazard” so...I get you 😁
Super cute sleeves!
I need a sword-resistant but comfortable corset top crossover from you two. Please.
^^^
^^^
That's exactly how my baking is and it still turns out yummy, so whatever works, works!
Hey you’re the sword lady
The cream ruffle on the sleeves was definitely a good call, it evokes the frilly "gills" of the mushroom very nicely! I also feel you on that "press your seams!" stuff, because I always felt that the act of sewing them flattened everything out just fine, but it does make the actual sewing step so much smoother so I can see why it's such a "thing".
I’m confused by your comment about pressing seams. You press the seam open after you’ve sewn it, not before. So how would it make the sewing smoother?
@@rebeccaelise3080 it would probably make felling the seams easier
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your mentality towards sewing. As a perfectionist and someone who would beat myself up over absolutely everything, it's incredibly freeing to hear someone say I can just do something because it's fun and I enjoy it, even though it isn't perfect. Life is too hard already to find new things to beat yourself up over, and you are a great example of skill meeting self-compassion and not taking things too seriously! Sewing feels a lot lore accessible mow!
rachel: * singing as toad while making mushroom sleeves *
me: this woman is my role model.
Same
"Basically I want to take the forest...and wear it as clothing."
Same, girl. SAME.
And have that lovely cool forest air instead of hot swamp air.
"Who needs so much toe hair, Sir?"
I mean... He's a Hobbit after all, isn't he?
Good point!
Bless that someone who pitched the mushroom sleeve idea and may both sides of their pillow be cold tonight
Omg this is literally the cutest thing ever! The little ruffle makes them look so mushroomy but like still wearable, it's just perfect! Marry me mushroom sleeves!
I think one garment is perfect btw, this way we can truly admire every creation of yours! And I'd rather see you as happy creative tornado Rachel enjoying what she made than burnt out overworked self-doubting Rachel who has bitten off to much so I wholeheartedly support one sewing project per video!
I wholeheartedly agree!! Take it one step at a time!
I feel like with each passing week Rachel is getting more and more like Miss Frizzle! Mitochondria-themed outfit next perhaps?
*YES!* To prove that Rachel is the powerhouse of the UA-cam cell. 💜
Given her predilection for earth tones, I'd also love a geology dress. Strata! Fossils! Erosion!
RACHEL PLEASE DO THIS AND MAYBE MAKE FRODO A SHIRT WHERE HES THE CHAMELEON!!
"Seat belts, everyone!" ❤️
@@Eloraurora I second the geology dress! The mushroom one is already so cute and fun just leaning into the earthy aesthetic even more.
selfishly wishing Rachel would open an online boutique because she's my favorite designer
I’d buy that!
Same!
Or, mix and match panels and pieces so you could mix and match pieces she has already made.
PLSSSS we need it!
She'd make a fortune.
I'd buy at least a few things.
For what it’s worth, whilst I enjoy watching your creations come to life I’m not here for sewing/costuming - you bring so much more than that!! Personally I love your humour, vibe, (pets, home, reveal locations...) but the editor in me (of over a decade) LOVES your craft!! Honestly, every little cut I appreciate, from the titles to the music. Editing Rachel is truly a talent and a marvel! MUCH love to all of the Rachel’s ❤️ Thank you for creating 🙏
Honestly, I’m here because I just really enjoy Rachel’s humour and how it makes her content and editing style just so darn amusing. If she made one garment, or even tried out other activities e.g. cooking, decorating, art stuff etc etc, I’d still be here for her Sat morning uploads ✨
Also, ‘No Mock-ups Maksy’ is a kickass nickname 😎
I agree 100%!
Me too, here for the references! lol
You mentioned feeling like Miss Frizzle- a known fashion icon. I propose:
*Miss Frizzle, but make it vintage!*
Yeeeesssss!!!
Yes, please!
PLEEEASE YES
OMG YES!!
YOU ARE A GENIUS! YES!
After the reveal of the flipping adorable sleeves, she said: “Frodo, what are you doing?”…my brain immediately responded in Pippin’s voice…..”MUSHROOMS!”
…..I’ll leave..🤦🏼♀️
😂 same.
"Who needs that much toe hair?"
Well, he is named Frodo.
Touche 😂😂😂
Ha!
😆
Oh my- 😆
Legend
Rachel is a living ray of sunshine
That’s because she’s such a fungi
Don't you mean "fungal"?
Auntie Rachel is the Yoda of sewing: “If no mistake you have made, losing you are.”
So thrue ☺
LOL another voice i should work on PERFECTING ✍️✍️
Here in the Netherlands we have a fairytale themepark, de Efteling. The oldest part of the park is the forrest where all the fairytales are depicted. All throughout they made giant mushrooms that play music. I thought of those mushrooms all throughout this video.
Here is a clip of the mushroommusic: ua-cam.com/video/uXSa8mUyYE4/v-deo.html
Yeess! Me too!
👁👄👁
You have just given me a new reason to live, it being going to that park omg
omg yes I love the Efteling!!
I was supposed to go to eftling before covid hit. Hopefully one day I will
I realise I watch these videos like my dad watches sports. When you added the cream band around the base of the sleeves I barked “CUTE!” at my screen with the utmost focus and sincerity.
Haha exactly !
Same I feel that
This is so accurate wow.
“I want to take the forest and wear as clothing” - you are really a hobbit 🤣🍄🌿🍁🍂😆
Just wanna be a plant chillin' on the forest floor 😳😳😳
@@rachelmaksy _yes-_
Just when you said, "I'm going to be a little easier on myself." I was telling my hubby that if I ever met you I was going to tell you to be easier on yourself because you are an amazing person.
When using an acrylic or fabric paint on cloth, a layer of gesso under the area you intend to paint on is great. It prevents the paint from seeping through the backside of the fabric, can prevent bleeding, and increases paint durability. It also stiffens the fabric a bit, which can be a downside. There are also great fabric mediums intended to be mixed with paint for craft purposes. The sleeves turned out so great, I love them!
Oooo noted
I've used the fabric mediums mixed with acrylic. They are great and make the paint flexible so it is less prone to cracks. Just be sure to iron it on low (with some paper to protect your work) after!
The cutest Herbology professor Hogwarts has ever seen
I really want this to be a thing. Like we need a movie on the adorable forest wearing herbology professor haha.
I know right?! I just picture her coming in to the classroom a bit late, stressed and disheveled with pine needles and moss in her hair and her glasses a bit askew 😊 All the students love her to bits.
Petition to make this a thing, and have her be the actress?
*(IF SHE WANTS TO SHE CAN, IF SHE DOES NOT I WILL YEET SKEET ALT + DELETE THIS COMMENT)*
Herbology is my favorite class! I wouldn't be mad if she were my teacher.
yes.
As a seamstress, I want to say that you are 100% correct with not being hard on yourself for your mistakes. ESPECIALLY when you are learning. If you are happy with the outcome, and if you made something you like and will wear, then you absolutely succeeded and nailed it. I love seeing all your projects, they are so creative, they inspire me to try more creative projects too 🙂
“I want to take the forest and wear it as clothing” is my ultimate mood. They say to dress for the job you want, and I would like to be a professional mushroom unbothered on the floor of a forest somewhere 🍄
...until a hobbit gets you!
That’s what I’m hoping for! So long as it’s Pippin, I’d die a happy mushroom😅🤷🏼♀️!
I have just had a similar realization! I am a newbie, I started sewing for real only this spring because I've always been so intimidated by it. My mom sews a lot and she makes it seem so complicated, and all the sewing I've ever done has been at school where I was graded and there was so much pressure and you needed to do everything The Right Way™ or you would fail. But then I suddenly, on a whim, (or maybe after watching a million of yours and Bernadette Banner's videos) I decided to sew a dress based on a very vague description I saw on Instagram. I didn't really have a pattern, I just experimented, and that made me realize that I can do whatever I want, however I want. Does it always turn out great or the way I want to? No. But like, it doesn't matter? There are no rules. I can experiment and try and see what happens. I'm learning so much, I'm having so much fun and I have sewn a pair of trousers that is literally one of my favourite garment that I own. I think your approach to sewing is really inspiring, and I love the mushroom sleeves so much!
I love how Rachel leaves in awkward outtakes to remind us you can be awkward and awesome at once!
Projects like these where you aren’t killing yourself with deadlines are absolutely fine. Personally I enjoy any content you put out. 🍄🍂❤️
I would like to give this a thousand thumbs up.
Rachel: *names her dog after a hobbit*
Rachel: "Why do you have so much toe hair?"
hahaha omg 😂👏🏼
The sleeves look so cute! The "stem" fabric you added I think really helps, it looks more finished and intentional. As usual, you are fun and funny and never change and I personally like a video where you just make one garment.
PS: Your channel is one my husband typically wouldn’t care about, but we both enjoy your sense of humor & you remind us in various ways of our twin daughters who are about your age. And we miss them. My husband especially misses a daughter who moved 250 miles away & I think he is more excited than I am when you come out with a new video. But don’t tell him I told you that! Shhhh
Oh my heart, this is so wholesome. Also my husband, who couldn't give two hoots about sewing or cottage-core, loves Rachel's videos. Some personalities transcend their ostensible communities.
Sooo cute. 😭
The little *”I sorta know what I’m doing”* slapped me clean across the face. I don’t ever come to these videos to be called out on how being a legal adult/my life in general is going, but somehow it always happens. 😭😂😂😂
Same. Why listen to instructions when you can trust your (half of the time tells you the wrong thing) gut?
Rachel: *complaining about the 93 degree heat*
Me, a Scottish person: "aw I hate the heat too! hold up one second though let me just..." *converts to celsius* "OK I CAN FULLY EMPATHISE NOW I WOULD ALSO BE DYING"
Yeah no kidding, 33 degrees???? :'D We were just complaining about the heat here in Finland yesterday, it was... 25 degrees out. Tomorrow's gonna be 15... xD
@@elieli2893 hahaha 33 Celsius laughs in Australian
@@heathern8043 Here, that's literally a yearly record temperature, happens in maybe one or two localities in the whole country once or twice a year, and it gets reported in the news :'D
hey look, as another Australian, 33 is not record-breaking or anything (we usually cross 40 at least once each summer where I am, and that is horrifying) but it is *definitely* complaint-worthy! I will support all heat-complaints as soon as it's above 30! Especially if it's humid, UGH.
Oh yeah, I tap out at 24 degrees. This kiwi prefers the autumn cool :)
Man, it's so nice to hear support of sewing coming from a nice internet person. As I stare into my closet slowing filling up with dresses I've made, some of which I like, most of which I'd like to burn, it's reassuring to hear that it's fine to dive in. I wish many good bedspread/sheet finds to all the sewing people here (since real fabric is expensive and environment etc).
i personally LOVE the "simpler," one item makes, whether that be sewing or crafting like the book nook video :3
Rachel in front of the blackboard, with her glasses, explaining the construction of the garment is giving me strong Evelyn vibes from the Mummy
"I want to take the forest... and wear it as clothing"
Never before has anything resonated with me on such a spiritual level
Also! idk if you already have ideas for your next videos, but something pride related would be so cool!
PRIDE THEMED OUTFIT
I love how this turned out! Very cute! And as a (very much a) beginner sewist, it's encouraging to see the people I look up to on UA-cam be real and make "mistakes." I really appreciate it and your humor more than you know.
I love that the eggshell coloured ruffles look like the gills under a mushroom it really makes it read mushroom
Agreed. I think if she added another smaller sleeve below that it would look like the stem of the 🍄
Ok, first: those sleeves are, as the poets would say, "stinking cute".
Second: thank you for exposing my ears to "Country Toads". In a good way or a bad way? I still don't know.
Anybody else want Rachel to start her own fashion brand so all of her Whiskey grandpa's could wear such fun clothing? 🦊
Heck yeah
I've recently added 2 waist coats and 3 shirts with puffy sleeves to my wardrobe because she makes it look so nice and I want to look nice.
Yeeees
@@the1band1wagon amen 😻
Rachel:: “…because I like to make things a little bit harder for myself”
My husband: “ME. That’s me. That would be me if I sewed.”
I would just like to state my appreciation for the fact that you painstakingly make sure the captioning is perfect on every single one of your fantastic videos. you have grown so much as a creator, but you’ve had perfect captions for a very long, consistent time. thank you!
ah yes this is so important!! even as someone who has no issues hearing, i still appreciate it so much to help me focus on the video and enjoy it so much more :)
You should totally start a series called “I sort of know what I’m doing” where you go back to projects you’d like to try again or do things you wanted to do but didn’t think you had the skill 😀
I'd love that.
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Ooh yes!
Yes yes!
"I'm just going to make something" is my favorite type of content, so you won't see me complaining👀
Watching a couple UA-camrs - you included! - who sew without necessarily following all the "rules" has helped me realize I can do the same, and I've made some things I love that would have been so much more intimidating if I'd felt like it all had to be done Right instead of experimenting and making stuff work. Thank you for your inspiration. It's a great way to be. ❤
your aesthetic is either whiskey grandpa or whimsy personified and i honestly love that
The sewing aunty advice made me feel so validated as someone who is really just getting into my own clothes making. It seems so impossible and the patterns are so complicated but you inspire me to just keep on trying because you have so much fun💙PLEASE never stop making videos. Also videos with just one project are awesome because we get to see a more of the process and your comedy
Rachel, you making random-ass projects is the content I'm here to watch, wholesome, funny, honest crafts, you could make literal trash bags and I'd be here with stars in my eyes
Same
Same
EXACTLY!
Your being in the middle of the journey is what I live about your videos, because you have the same energy I have when I sew "I should do it this way to make it the correct way but.... I can't be bothered. Round corners it is!" And I love that.
"You are good enough, and anything you make is good enough, because you made it!" I did not expect the adorable mushroom sleeve video to come for my feelings like that 😭❤️️
The dress is so cute! The toad songs, not so much!
@@leslikuyweski4576 I LOVE The Toad songs 😂
I was literally just telling my roommate that I like the way that you show sewing is a learning process and how it’s made me feel a lot more excited to keep improving my sewing over time AND THEN you dropped the solid auntie advice. I’d say you’re doing a great job and 10/10 can back you up as a fellow auntie
Yes, I totally agree!
I feel like these sleeves could also make adorable jellyfish sleeves (why didn't Tsukimi think of this????). Either way, I loved this idea, and I love practically all of your content, even if it is another episode of "I'm just going to make something because I'm not clever enough to come up with any other kind of content" because it's just as beautiful!
Yes ! Such a great idea !
Literally your honesty about the mistakes or “could of been betters” made me think ahh I wouldn’t of seen that so maybe I’m too hard on myself…so I got a lot done in lockdown thanks to you and non-perfectionism!!!
I'm here and stay here because of your personality, humor, and down-to-earth attitude. I like that you don't try to make everything seem like it's going perfect when it's not. It brings realism. I'd rather see you do one project, small or no, or half of a project, than see you overburden yourself and stress yourself out. I want to see you enjoy making your projects and enjoy how much detail or work you put into it, than see you scramble and be unhappy at the end of it.
I love how the titles to your videos have basically become like actual conversations to your viewers because we are all friends here💖✨
I LOVE how you lugged that chalkboard out just to *electronically* draw on it.
This was flipping awesome... I absolutely MUST show this this to my husband! He’s a mushroom forager and tincture medicine man... and my dream is to design clothing that allows me to merge with the trees in the Forest...Now I know why I absolutely ADORE you!
My new summer farewell must now be “May the swamp-ass be few.”
I’ll be breaking that out like “peace be with you” in a Catholic mass
And also for you-
*translates 93 to human temperature, nods* As an Aussie, that's quite warm.
its really a standard spring day tbh
Close to the proverbial boil, one might say.
@Charlotte Surrey same
@Charlotte Surrey Yup, 20°C is pretty much the limit (Canadian here).
As a South African, I agree. That is quite warm.
*sees Rachel’s jack-o-lantern pillow*
“Ahh yes, ‘tis officially the pre-autumn season”
Other people: mushroom sleeves
Me a Finn: SHE PRONOUNCED SAUNA CORRECTLY????
I was going to comment the exact same thing! 😂
It’s amazing!!!
Timestamp?
@@sonja5058 14:40
@@lauriehoyte867 thank youu
This might have changed my mind about big sleeves, they are so adorable.
Seriously though it was your videos that made me go "oh, that doesn't look nearly as difficult as I thought", sewing looked so intimidating but now I have a sewing machine and I'm attempting skirts so yeah, not being perfect makes it way more approachable so thank you!
Rachel: I sorta know what i'm doing.
Also rachel: creates all the costumes for a fairy tale retelling broadway musical.
That's our girl!!!
“There’s enough material in those sleeves alone to make a waist, I declare there is.” - Marilla Cuthbert
I instantly thought of Anne’s dress as well. Now I *really* get how much fabric went into those puffy sleeves 🙈
I was taken there too.
@@PatiNagy there were plenty of sleeves in that time that used a full yard of fabric, each.
Which shows just how expensive they would have been. Less than a yard for the bodice, two yards for the sleeves. If you were poorer, that’s a significant expense.
@@katherinemorelle7115 thank you for that extra bit of information!
An 1890s ghost somewhere:
*crying "I'm so proud! Our daughter appreciates ✨The Sleeves ✨"
Also, re: making mistakes in sewing is important: In my current project (1940s french knickers) I messed up and sewed the french seam all the way up on the wrong side. So now they open on the right instead of the left, and suddenly the awkward hopping to not fall over when putting them on is solved! Moral of the story, sometimes mistakes are Learning Experiences and sometimes the thing you learn is that your new way is better (and your bad balance is not symmetrical 😁)
I feel your pain! I have so many botched projects but those are what I have learned the most from and usually end up loving best. That is why I appreciate Rachael's channel so much, she shares her process and mistakes as well as her wildly funny and charming personality.
I loved this. It had a bit of a nod to “Over the Garden Wall” to me.
I feel like Rachel is slowly becoming the eccentric grandma that introduces the group to the murder mystery/D&D adventure we are all going on and I am here for it!!!
All I want in life now is for Rachel to be my dungeon master
Ok but a grandma dungeon master would be DOPE though
“I want to take the forest and wear it as clothing”. I also want to be a Mori girl, Rachel. This project came out so cute. It makes me want to make a felted one with foresty vines and embroidered wee flowers. 🍄🌿🌾🌻🌷🌱
i love how rachel has been slowly evolving into mrs. weasley, miss frizzle, and a woodland fairy which is the best combination. also mushroom sleeves. definitely going to make them. yet another project that i NEED TO MAKE.
Loved the Aunt advice.
I stopped sewing for 8 years bc I felt so insecure about my sewing.
Also ironing sucks.
And your vidoes are getting me thru a hard time right now. So thank you!
"i just want to wear the forest as clothing"
just cover me with leaves and leave me here to grow moss pls
that sounds like every other hozier song XD
@@asterismos5451 you beat me to it
I like the use of Bowie's "Fashion" because you know, at some point in his decades of interesting clothing choices, he probably would have worn these sleeves. They came out reeeeeeally cute!
Also, I have a feeling I'm about to lose hours of my life to watching Toad singing videos...
I love what you said at the end about not being afraid to just go for it and make mistakes! I'm a professional seamstress and watching your channel has actually inspired me a lot. In the past I kinda avoided making myself stuff, or doing too much experimentation outside the structure or "rules" of what I knew was "the right way" to do things. I got scared of taking risks. Now I'm a lot more comfortable kind of making it up as I go along and I think it's actually improved my work a lot. So thank you!
Rachel: mushroom sleeves
Morgan Donner *peeking around a corner*: MA’AM
I love it. The sleeves are ADORABLE. And yes, they totally read as mushrooms.
Morgan Donner would lose her shit over those sleeves! I did. That is so hekkin adorable 🥺
"I sort of know what I'm doing" is the theme of my life. Why aspire to being really good at one thing when you can be mediocre at a lot of things?
A jack of all trades! Or a jane of all trades?
On top of other Miss Frizzle comparisons going on in the comments, I will also point out that "take chances, make mistakes, get messy" is practically the order of the day around here.
Rachel: I don't know if it reads as mushroom.
Me: I think you look like a fungi.
Yes😁🍄
I'm glad you're going easier on yourself--you're a really talented person and I hate when you tear yourself down! This project turned out great and you should feel great!
It just needs a mushroom sunhat now lol. I love this.
Hey Rachel,
This was so fun to watch. You have become one of my favorite people to "watch on the internet". (it never gets any less weird saying that). I'm a fellow 90s baby and you mentioned Ms. Frizzle.....that could be so fun! She turned every science subject into a dress! Ahh nostalgia cord struck lol You could pick anything. Sorry, now I'm excited just thinking about it. Love the show, you rock. Much love to Frodo lol
I scrolled through and liked every comment that suggested you make a Miss Frizzle inspired outfit in hopes that it would be known that this is an amazing idea! "But make it vintage" I second that! Seatbelts everyone! 👩🏫❤️
“You are good enough, and anything you make is good enough because you made it.” Man it’s dusty in here! *sniff* Seriously, though, this is one of the most inspiring pieces of advice ever.
I know the combination of Ms Frizzle and Mr Rogers. We dont deserve Rachel.
"May the swamp-ass be few" to the tune of "and also with you" made THIS Catholic-raised person laugh HARD!
Oh that's a Catholic thing? I though it was a star wars reference 😂
Her car's AC is so powerful and I'm incredibly jealous.