My 2 cents worth: I agree with your thoughts on the Kielo wrap dress. It just doesn't flatter you (and usually you look great in your clothes). If it were me, I'd salvage the lovely fabric to make something else (sleeveless swing dress, color block tunic). The Burda blouse, on the other hand, looks great!
You could make a top and a pencil skirt (shorter) to match.They both would get a lot of wear as separates. I love the fabric. Oh, Excellent job on your white shirt. Very classy!🇨🇦
Like many others I don’t think you will wear the dress if you have doubts now. I could see it as a summer jumpsuit maybe but my sewing knowledge is limited ! I too have this pattern and material ,bought in London last year but now I really have doubts now as I’m only 5ft 3 “ . Your shirt is great and looks perfect ! I also have embroidery Anglaise that’s been in my stash forever which is in danger of changing in colour 😂
The shirt is very smart and enhanced by the use of plain fabric for the collar, cuffs and bib. I'd be very proud if I had made that. The dress is lovely fabric but sadly does not flatter you. Surely there is enough fabric in it to make another garment.
Beautiful blouse...just perfect!!! The dress I would cut up. Make a sleeveless summer top so you don't loose the great binding. There is definitely enough fabric for a long sleeved top so that you could make an Adrianne. Then use the sleeves already cut out for another top with a colour blocked body in an orange or match the leaf colour. Xxxxx😍😍😍😍😍
The blouse is stunning and stunning on you 😍. I don’t think the Kielo is hanging right on you. Mine doesn’t have this bits sticking out but is made of very thin drapey fabric so I think you are right about the fabric choice being wrong ( my problem was trying to get those neck and armholes finished nicely 😞)
I think the Kielo looks perfectly fine but it doesn't matter because you're not comfortable in it and you will never wear it. If you have enough usable pieces of fabric maybe look at Simplicity 1102. I've made this before and it's lovely, got some interesting features and I think that fabric would look great in it. That shirt is amazing though! Can see that getting all the wear :)
👋🏻 will head off and have a look at the 1102, if you’ve found it to be good I know it’ll be great. We went to the cinema last night and I wore the shirt, funny how I wouldn’t have dressed up to see a film before but it was such a novelty (although Tenet was 2.5 hours of my life I’ll never get back) 😂❤️❤️
Lovely to see you back. Sorry you have been under the weather. The white top is fabulous. Agree with you about the wrap dress. Its just not right on you. Could you make a tunic length top - so you keep the wrap round but it finishes just above the pointy bit on the drape? That might be quite interesting. Would you then have enough fabric left to make a skirt? Will be interested to see what you decide in the end.
I love that fabric and if I were you, I would shelve it till next spring and revisit it when you have had time away love the blouse btw. Thanks for the vlog.
Sorry you’re not feeling well. Hope it gets better soon. Loooove your eyelet shirt. Have been thinking of similar shirt. About the Kielo, I would make something else out of the fabric. But that’s because I was never a fan of that pattern and you confirmd it. More important, however, is that you are saying yourself you prefer the fabric to be something else. Go with your gut. I think the pieces are big enough, aren’t they? At least a long sleeve top I would expect. Good luck with whatever you decide with it. 💕
Hi Alex, Love your channel! Your blouse is stunning and will serve your wardrobe in many ways, I’m sure. I can SO relate to makes that are disappointing (can’t we all?) but I’ve made two kielos for my daughter that turned out gorgeous. Matter of fact, whenever I get discouraged with failed makes, I resort to making her a Kielo! She looks amazing in them and loves wearing them. I’ve only used drippingly drapey fabric to make them and after seeing your dress, I think you’re right, the drape of the fabric is really the key. I was interested in one of the posts saying they turned the triangle points to pockets and removed the ties. I’ve also always loved the sleeveless version, so I can’t speak to making one with sleeves. The fabric is lovely on you, so I hope you can find something you’ll enjoy using it for, even if it means not using all of it. Good luck!
Thanks Kay 😀 yep definitely wrong fabric choice, is your daughter slim? I suspect that’s where I’ve gone wrong too 😁. It’s a great suggestion about the pockets isn’t it, I’m going to give it a quick try before dismantling the whole thing. ❤️👩🏻🦰
@@AlexJudgeSews question about my daughter....yes, she is slim. And, you may have noticed I did not say I’d made any for myself. I am not slim and I’m sure the dress wouldn’t work for me. Honestly, from what I’ve seen you make, model, wear, I would think in the drapier fabric, you would look good in a Kielo. If I were as slender as you are...I’d give it a go for myself. Thanks for sharing makes that aren’t total successes as well as your ones that are. Impossible to be a sewist and not have some flops.
The Burda is great, looks wonderful on you. The Kielo not so much. Your instincts are correct. It doesn't do a thing for you. Might be a drapier fabric would improve it but as it is now it billows out at the hips. Make it into something you will wear because the fabric is lovely.
I love the blouse. I have looked at that wrap dress pattern and I'm pleased you posted this because it confirms my concerns about it. I think it one of those dresses that looks ok in a photo but not in real life
Hello Alex and thank you for yet another episode. I've watched them all and I love listening to you and see what you make. I agree about the Kielo wrap dress. :S And then, I hope I am not to forward, but I don't think you are a true autumn, I think you are a true spring. When you wear spring colours you look so much better than when you wear autumn colours and autumns does normally not have your skin colour, they get easily tanned. And also the hair colour is a typical true spring colour. I know it's not your own, but you look so good with it. I love looking at what you make and get so inspired because you make clothes I would wear as well hehe. All the best, Kirvil.
Oh no!!! You’ve got my head spinning now 😀. I’ll go and look at spring colouring, my hair is naturally red although it is absolutely boosted by henna these days 👩🏻🦰
I too feel the Burda blouse is lovely and the Keilo not so lovely. I love the fabric on you but just not the style. I’d add the sleeves and make it into a long sleeve T-shirt or shorter dress. Hope that helps! BTW I had my colours analysed years ago and I found it so helpful. I rarely waste money on fabric or clothes that don’t suit me anymore. Would highly recommend. Diana
That’s great to hear, you’re definitely making me think a prosper analysis is the way forward. I think the Keilo will become a top, at least it’ll be worn more often.
Oh you poor thing. That Kielo isn’t so good, is it. If it were me, I’d cut my losses and make a top and use the sleeves if you can. On the other hand, your shirt is such a winner. I just love it.
Hi Alex, I love the idea of the kielo, but was afraid the reality would not match up (yup, I’ve been there before and been burnt - hello Victory Patterns Hannah dress, I’m looking at you). I have seen too many people feel a bit “meh’ about their kielo makes. So I will probably continue NOT to make it. However, cudos for sticking that one together as a a4 jigsaw. These days I won’t even stick a t shirt pattern together. It’s all a0 print at the printers for me now. Honestly, I think your kielo is ALMOST a good one on you. But you are right, the fabric is too structured. However I can see that a more drapey fabric would look pretty darn good on you. And I think the colour of the fabric is great on you. Someone in the comments suggested just recutting it as a straight t shirt dress and I think that will be the simplest remake. Well, it’s what I would do. That way you also get to keep and wear as much as possible of that lovely fabric. Love the shirt btw
Oooh I’ve been tempted by the Hannah dress too 😁. Someone has given me a tip off for an inexpensive printing service so I’m going to try and use that more often, but am impatient! I can see the Kielo becoming a T shirt 🤷🏼♀️
Alex, gorgeous fabric on the Kielo dress. I would just chop it off and make a longesh top out of it. Either leave the ties (after minimizing them) or just remove them. Maybe you would have enough extra material to make a straight skirt to match? I’ve been tempted by that pattern also, but don’t know if it would work on my short, somewhat stocky frame. Our mistakes are our education. I guess that pattern really needs a very drapey fabric. Thanks for your channel. I just discovered it. Greetings from the US 🇺🇸😍
Greetings from rainy NW England 🌹🇬🇧. Drapey fabric is definitely the key to this pattern, whilst we know that learning though our mistakes is part of the process it’s still very annoying 😁🤯😂
Absolutely stunning seamwork on your blouse! And flattering to you as well. I completely agree with you on all points regarding the dress pattern being mismatched to the fabric, etc. You have always had great instincts about what works or doesn’t and have great fashion sense. I’m with you on where or when would you wear it, if you were to unpick and try to perfect it. I say trust yourself on this one and don’t take a guilt trip because it came from your son’s birthday gift. Make a top and be done with it, or, maybe use the remaining length for a matching pull on street length skirt? Do it next spring when you can see it with fresh eyes? Or gift it to a charity shop where someone might remake it to their own liking? But don’t suffer through another day of it- life’s too short and there’s so much other good stuff to make that you WILL enjoy wearing! 💜 💜 💜
Sorry that you have not been well, hope that things are o.k. now. I haven't made the Kielo wrap dress because I thought that it wouldn't suit me being only 5ft 2in! You usually suit whatever you make but I think that you are right about this dress, and you are tall. Do you know that You Tube are no longer sending out email notifications when vlogs are posted. I spent hours trying to work out why I wasn't receiving notifications then I saw a posting from a You Tube employee (not You Tube!!) that they have decided not to send emails as very few subscribers take notice. I can't believe that! Ah well, nothing that we can do. I hope that the numbers of views that you and other vlogers doesn't go down. Thanks for doing these videos.
I never realised you were 5ft2 Christine, I’m completely height blind! I didn’t know that about UA-cam & will pass the info on to fellow sewing vloggers, thanks 🙏🏻😀❤️
I hope you are starting to feel better! The blouse is absolutely gorgeous however, as to the Keilo, I think the colour is great on you but if you don’t mind me saying, there just seems to be too much fabric at the lower end of the dress for your frame. if I were you, I would add the sleeves and shorten it to knee lengthish (cut just above the back split) then you could wear it with tights and boots in the winter👍 you could them make a tank or the Itch to Stitch Cartagena cami with the cut off bit ....😁
How lovely that your son gave you a voucher for the fabric for the dress - it’s lovely fabric! I agree that it’s not got quite enough drape for the shape to be flattering. How about adding the sleeves ( would sort the binding arm hole issue) and making it a top?
Alex, your white shirt is gorgeous! Your Kielo dress confirms my worries about that dress. I really want to make one, but it also fills me with serious doubts. My suggestion is that you carefully unpick it until you have a neat stack of beautiful fabric - your imagination is sure to take off! Hope you feel your energetic self very soon.
The blouse is stunning and so versatile. And the white really does suit you. I rarely see a Kielo I like, I find they rarely flatter anyone with all the bulk going on around the midrift. I think thin drapey fabric is the key, but even then......nah. I'd try to salvage a simple tee shirt dress. I do feel your pain though having had a few misfires myself lately.
Sew up the side seams without the wrap portion, the extra bulk does not do your great figure justice! Maybe with what you cut off you can get enough for a tank. I love your white shirt, it would look smashing with brighter coloured tanks or the long sleeve shirts.
Yes, someone has suggested incorporating the sticky out bits to make internal pockets, which I think is genius although I’m fairly sure it’s destined to become a top 😀
Hi Alex, the blouse is superb, just lovely every way you styled it. The Keilo needs to become something else. The fabric, as you suspected, isn’t drapey enough. Why not trim down the sides, shorten it a bit and have a simple t-shirt dress? It would make the most of that beautiful fabric.
Alex, I absolutely love your channel, in fact you are my favourite! Through you I made the Yanta overalls and I just adore them... however this Kielo wrap dress... sorry but I loathe the pattern... refashion it to a simple straight shift such as New Look 6095 as the fabric is gorgeous. You mustn't waste it. Hope you will be firing on 4 cylinders soon because I need you weekly for inspiration !!
I had a Colour me Beautiful consultation. I am a Winter. I was told the only season able to wear pure white. All other seasons should wear softer snow white. Never in my life would I choose Cerise. But when I do, I always receive compliments. Learnt a lot about shapes to wear and hairstyles too.
I would turn it into a simple long or knee length dress. I like the fabric. Just sew down the sides and take off the wraps. I can see why you are not sure about it. It's just not the right fabric. Not enough drape. Your son is very sweet to seek out a shop you like and buy you a voucher. What a sweet child. I love your vlogs. Your style is very classy. 😍
Hi Alex, I just discovered your channel and I'm binge watching all your videos :) I really love your style. The shirt looks lovely (my favorite pairing is with the dungarees), but I agree with you on the kielo. I would try to make a top, maybe keeping the wrap feature on the waist and with the leftover fabric probably another Orlando tee (long sleeves for fall?) or some pj shorts. I was also thinking that one of your chiffon from the #showmeyourstash could look very nice as a kielo, with a slip dress underneath, maybe for next summer :). I saw online quite a lot of people making in in woven fabric too
Thank you 😊. I’ve also been thinking I might get some pj shorts out of what’s left, perfect for the menopausal woman at night 😃. Great idea about the chiffon fabric, especially I bought some more at the weekend!
I’ve always found the Kielo pattern interesting, although in my wardrobe it would serve more as a swanning about the house on a lazy Sunday type of thing. I think it looks better on you than you do, but your opinion is the only one that counts! So, what to do? You have the sleeves already, and your neckline is perfection, so I see a knee length, long-sleeved, trapeze shaped dress to wear with a lightweight solid-color scarf and leggings or skinnies in the fall, and on its own with flats in the early spring, when it’s still chilly, but you’re dying for some spring COLOR. Ok, that’s my wardrobe daydreaming for today. Good luck, and be sure to show us how you go with it!❤️
Hi Alex, I also made the Kilo Wrap dress and like you I did not like it on me, but since then I came across a Seamwork Pattern, called the Lane Dress, which I made up and liked this design better as it has princess seams, which I think are more flattering, have a look and see what you think. xx
I also bought the Kielo when it was released recently. I was seduced by the lovely images on instagram but had my doubts on whether it would suit me so made it in some cheap scuba (material which I hate btw) and am definitely meh about the result. Like you I cannot envisage an occasion where I would wear it so it will be going in the bin. I am not making it into anything else as I don't like the fabric. I feel the same seeing it on you - if you can't see yourself wearing it then change it into something else. Better to have something that you will wear. I think the suggestion to add the sleeves and chop it at the split is a good one. The white shirt is beautiful
Your so right, I’m only doubting myself because of the money spent on the fabric, which is still wasted if I don’t wear it. I’m with you on scuba - not designed for the menopausal woman 😁
I love your shirt, so beautiful and perfectly finished inside and out. With the kielo wrap dress, I would add the long sleeves and cut it to be a top, keeping in the wraps to make a wrap style top. I think it would look lovely with jeans in the Autumn/winter.
I agree you need drapey fabric for the Kielo. Have you thought about trying to shorten it instead as I think the short ones look more flattering somehow? You just slice off the bottom. I have made a couple like that and they look fab! I would try that before abandoning it!
Hello lovely, sorry to hear you haven't been well. I love that shirt Alex, it would look great over the top of a brightly coloured shirt as you say. Sorry that you're not loving the Kielo, such a shame. I think sometimes if we walk away from a project, we like it after a little bit of distance but if you really don't think you'll wear it definitely repurpose it, no point it making you feel guilty every time you see it. 😊
Hi Alex sorry to hear you have not been well I have to agree the dress is not one of your best makes could you chop off the wings and have a straight sleeveless dress for next summer??
Thanks Sam, I’m pleased there’s been a fairly universal agreement that the Kielo isn’t for me its helped me decide not to continue so I can be guilt free 😄
If you don't love it, don't keep it! You should love your makes, and be thrilled with them. You make such beautiful clothes, don't settle for something you are not happy with.
I've never been a fan of the Keilo dress silhouette. I've only seen a few that I think look ok/good. I vote you make a top and a skirt out of it! Maybe you'd have enough fabric from the sleeves to piece together a pair of undies (knickers)! I hope you feel better soon! You sound like you're still feeling under the weather. 💜
If only I could get undies out of the sleeves, I think the fabric would have to be wider 😂. I’m going to resign the Kielo today and see what I’m left with 😀👍🏻
Hi Alex! Your video popped up in my feed and I literally clicked on it because I loved how the wrap dress looks on you! I watched it to see what the wrap dress was and I think it looks gorgeous!Perhaps wait till spring / summer and see if you end up liking it after taking a break from it. I think it's beautiful, flattering, and the fabric is gorgeous!
I agree, your blouse is stunning. I also agree the dress is not flattering on you, I think it is the fabric type. Salvage the beautiful fabric for something else, no idea what lol. I have the kelo pattern on it's way (sent it for printing) as an experiment. It's not my usual style but want to see how it works on my curvy body. I have some really drapy knit to try it out with so found your go at it very interesting.
Love the blouse- just stunning but I agree about the wrap dress. I think you're right about the fabric being too structured. It's gorgeous fabric though so really worth salvaging for something else...especially as it was from your son. It always goes like that doesn't it? Hope you're feeling better Xx
Isn’t it funny how we all see things so differently? I’ve also been looking on Instagram as have just made my first Kielo and I think it looks best knee length and with sleeves as that, to me, seems to balance the proportions better. I’ve ended up making mine in a viscose jersey (short and with long sleeves) and really like the finished result. Although, I’m not 100% happy with the neckline finish as bias binding viscose jersey was hellish 😱. I absolutely love your shirt - it’s stunning!
Loved your blouse and I think it would look amazing with a vibrant colour underneath as you suggest...go for it! As for the dress, I have just made something that didn't turn out as I had it in my head and as you alluded to you'll put it in the wardrobe and never wear it, which is what I would have done in the past. So I've decided I'm going to turn it into something else as I love the fabric...I think you should do the same, it looms a really lovely quality jersey...good luck. Hope you're feeling better too.
Yes you’re right and the fabric is great, that’s probably what’s caused me to doubt as I don’t want to waste it, but it needs to be made into something I’ll actually wear 👍🏻❤️
Being honest, make it shorter, cut the saddle bags off the sides but keep the ties. It's a nice colour so it's worth the hassle of altering it into something else. Linda xx
I think maybe pin it to on the knee and see what it looks like then before you do anything! Elbow length sleeve to would look lovely too in that fabric! Good luck x
Love the shirt and I think the white looks good on you. Beatifully made. I wondered about the thickness of the embroidery and the open spaces, so appreciate you sharing your experience. I really like true white for a crisp shirt, and cream for a soft blouse. I thought about trying the Kielo in a woven viscose, but could see the finished seams causing the same odd flaring shape at the leg. But you could salvage the fabric (and maybe even keep your beatifully bound edges with your ingenuity!) Feel better soon.
Absolutely love the white shirt - that's fab and has so much potential for outfits. I would use the fabric from the Kielo to make a nice top os similar. You are right about the need for drape and this fabric just doesn't quite work for that dress..
The shirt is fabulous. The dress, the fabric doesn’t hang as you want it too. I’m not sure on the pattern - it would look better shorter on you, knee length maybe. I’d make it into a top and add the sleeves for winter. You could use the skirt fabric for something else. We have all been there and it is disheartening. But the shirt is a perfect match of fabric and pattern. 👏
Yep the downside of sewing is never knowing for sure what you’re going to get, but then I guess it’s also a bonus 🤷🏼♀️. Back to the drawing board with this one ❤️
Don´t know if you still get comments to old posts, but if you do, my Kielo experience is shamefully hanging in my wardrobe. I looks absolutely horrendous on me. Like you I'm in two minds to what I need to to do with it, rip it up or bin it totally. As your post is two years old, you probably have solved the problem. Would like to hear the outcome of your Kielo if possible. I'm judging myself for not having seen this before I bought the paper pattern and having waisted all that money on material.
That blouse is gorgeous, I love all the looks you styled. I immediately thought of wearing it, perhaphs tied over vibrant or black wide leg pants or maxi skirt with a statement necklace for a night out, when you are allowed out again. Can you sew the Kielo up the sides to get rid of the saddle bag look? And definitely tied to the back. You may feel different when you feel better x
Oh yes, with wide leg pants would look fab (makes a nite to check patterns) 👍🏻. I like the suggestion below about taking the side section inside and making pockets, but I suspect I’ll just make a top 😀
Love the blouse, think it suits you and interested in your comments on colour selection, I think you select colours well! . Incidentally, what do you mean by “community tab”?
Yea, the kielo is not great, better a top than a dress in the back of the wardrobe. I would add sleeves and make it a top or tunic depending on how much fabric you have, or a top and joggers. Your shirt on the other hand looks fantastic, hope your feeling better soon.
Hi Alex, hope your feeling a bit better now 👍. I adore your shirt and it looks great on you and the white looks fine.... brilliant job too 👌💕. I think the fabric for your Kielo is probably a little too stiff and a viscose jersey would have draped better. I think sometimes when a first garment doesn't go how we imagined, it puts us off trying it again, but I think in this instance, you should try it again in a different fabric, as I'm sure with your amazing figure, it would look fabulous 💕😁😘
Hi Alex! Sorry to hear you’ve not been feeling well - wishing you a speedy recovery. That shirt is just lovely and I think with a bright coloured top underneath it will look fab! I have to agree with you on the dress, the fabric isn’t right...it needs to become something else - how about a long sleeved top to go under the shirt? Or an LB Pullover? Or some kind of little jacket/cardi type affair? Or a gilet-style something? (I have no idea how much usable fabric you have or how much fabric any of these suggestions might use!)😬. Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do! Feel better soon. 💜
Sorry you’re under the weather. Hope you feel better soon. I love your white blouse but not the kielo dress. I always think it looks like a Chinese lantern shape and isn’t flattering on anybody! I would definitely make something else out of the fabric. Could you create some rectangles and put a gathered skirt onto the top like a fringe dress by chalk and notch?
Love your shirt! That’s given me an idea for a black lace fabric I’ve been hoarding for years! It’s quite dressy and I like all more casual style so have been trying to think of something to make with it! I’m inclined to agree with you about the dress. I think the general style is great but it needs to be in a more drapey fabric. Could you put the sleeves in and make a long sleeved top? Then maybe a sleeveless top or cami out of the bottom half? Or a pair of pj shorts? Editing to add - cancel all that.....just looked at the thumbnail for the next video (I’m almost caught up!) and can see you wearing a long sleeved top ha!
I made the keilo wrap dress but didn’t like the ties around the waist which were too low and made me look like a sack of spuds tied in the middle! I took the ties off and turned the points at the sides inwards to form two “pockets” just catching them with a stitch to keep them in place. I also thought the dress was too long so i shortened it to just above the ankle. I made 2 versions , both sleeveless and have had lots of positive comments on them. By inverting the poky side bits, this has taken some of the bulk out of the sides and the drape on the hips gives me the suggestion of a waist. You may want to try this approach before abandoning it. The fabric you used is lovely. Hope this helps!
Ooooh Gerri that’s ingenious! I suspect I’m going to turn it into something else, but your suggestion would be easy to try first so I might just give it a try, 🙏🏻❤️
The blouse is beautiful and made beautifully. The fabric you chose for the Kielo is lovely. I think it looks fine and very similar to one’s I’ve looked out where it sits out on the hip. I too have wanted to make this dress but haven t bought the pattern😆Mainly because I have so many others I haven’t used yet! I wonder if the length is putting you off as at the weekend I was helping my goddaughter with a Suki dress from Make it Simple. She wasn’t impressed with it and I saidI feel like this when it’s the wrong length etc so she finished it and it looks lovely. However I had an experience with the Indigo dress where I’m just not sure I like it on me. I looked at so many images and reviews and I researched fabric carefully yet feel unsure I’ll wear it or feel like wearing it! I’m not sure what to do as not sure I can be bothered to take it apart. If you refashioned your dress you should have enough material in the skirt part for something nice? Firstly try it knee length by pinning up though. As to sticking patterns together just always use a copy shop. I even did with Make it Simple or only buy printed patterns. This is my first time watching your channel and I think the title intrigued me( regarding my own feelings on the Indigo as every one else raves about it) Thank you 😃
Hi Ruth, you’re so right the length is definitely a factor I’m going to see how it looks as a shorter dress first although I suspect it’s now destined to be a top. Not sure how I’ll do it whilst trying to save the excess fabric, but I’ll work something out 😀. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻😊❤️
Blouse is great, envy your shirt making skills. As for the Kielo, your gut feeling is absolutely right. Definitely needs more drape and you won’t wear this, so don’t think it’s worth the effort of fixing. However, there’s masses of fabric there, I think making something else, asap, is the way to go. I say asap, because you know it will become a demon fabric if you leave in a cupboard somewhere 😉 Sorry you are not 100% at the moment, hope you fully recover soon, so ghastly when one gets dragged down by whatever (life?? bugs? ). Take care
Thank you, shirt making is one of my most favourite things possibly because it took years before I was brave enough to try 😀. I’ve got a few masks to make 🙄 then straight onto the Kielo or as you say it’ll sit there festering 😁
Wow your shirt is stunning I just love it and it really is perfect. No to your Kielo I love mine but it’s a self drafted version from an old you tube video. It needs a softer fabric as you said. ❤️💚💜🙌🏻
I adore the white shirt! Have you thought about a harvest good or mustered colored top underneath it? Sorry to say I don't like that dress pattern on anybody. I think I'd trim the side triangles off and make a shift or column dress. For sleeves I'd do three quarter length. Just me thinking. lol Hope you feel better soon!
Yes! I’m going to have a play with different colours under the shirt and use up some of my jersey stash. Someone has suggesting turning the triangles inside to make pockets, so I’ll give it a try 👍🏻❤️
I think your kielo dress looks great and would redo the binding and put it away for summer next year. I wonder if your perception is off a little since you have been under the weather. I often make something and think it looks like crap only to pull it out at a later date and find I quite like it. Your shirt turned out beautifully and a fine knit turtle neck would look great under it. I also just purchased the kielo pattern, thanks for the advice as I usually print and stick.
Thank you 😊. I’ve done that many times especially when I’ve not enjoyed the process of sewing something you’re so right that sometimes you need a bit of distance ❤️
I’m mailing my second version of the Keilo right now (I made the sleeved version before and I really like it on me). This time, I’ve gone for the sleeveless and I think either I’ve made the same mistake as you not matching the notches or the pattern isn’t right/or isn’t clear enough and that’s just how they are supposed to match.
Hi Alex, I love the blouse and the fabric of the dress but I do agree with you over the style. I don't think it flatters your lovely figure. I'm not sure what you could do with the fabric as there is plenty of it so there must be something out there to reuse it on.
Hi Alex, I think you should turn it into something else, maybe something like the Stasia dress. From my experience if you don’t love it you won’t wear it.
Hi Alex - I hope you are feeling better. Your shirt looks amazing - I love the way you used the white for the bib, collar and sleeve placket. I also think the drape of your fabric is not right for the kielo - I would make it into something else - maybe a long sleeved t-shirt type shift dress? I can picture that with long brown boots. Or there is another tie detail dress but I can't remember the name of it. I'll"try to find it and add another comment.
It was the Lane Dress from Seamwork but that might need a more drapey fabric too. I think there is a version without the tie which is made out of scuba on the pattern details.
Thoughtful Creativity has also shared a knit dress in her recent video of free patterns for fall - I think that's why I'm imagining a dress with boots!
I’ve just made the kielo wrap dress, I’m a beginnermy second dress ever. I bought the paper pattern which with the jumpsuit pattern overlaid on it was quite tricky to cut out. I made it from a floral viscose jersey ( 5.99 pm from Minerva) I am really pleased with it. I am 5 ft 10 and it reaches the floor. My ties seem longer than yours. Yours does seem to hang a bit bulky below the hips, maybe it is to big on the hips or maybe the fabric doesn’t drape enough. Can you switch it to the jumpsuit ? I made with the sleeves and love them, good for winter and Summer evenings. Your white blouse is a total triumph xx sew again when you are feeling more rested xxxx
Love the white shirt especially when you style it. Yes the Kielo isn’t my favourite either, the bits that stick out below the hips look too structured. Could you make a top from the fabric, which is fab!
Hope you’re feeling better soon, I think so many of us are suffering ‘Corona Fatigue’. Back in March I know I thought ok, we have to do this and then everything will go back to normal but it hasn’t and I just feel a bit scundered as we say in Northern Ireland. I’ve seen loads of Kielo dresses but I’ve never been convinced by it, for me the neck is too high and I think you have to get the height of the side straps just right or it doesn’t flatter, and I’m guessing it needs a viscose jersey to drape nicely and also needs to be really wide too.... just my opinion! Anyway your blouse is a triumph, have you tried wearing white with a burnt orange top and navy trousers or over a brown top and trousers? I think both would work with your colouring, failing that dye it off white/ pale cream! Glad you’re back as I missed you x
Ahhhh what a lovely thing to say ❤️. Love learning a new word and I feel scundered fits the bill perfectly! I’m going to have fun trying different colours under the blouse and continue to kid myself that I’ll be wonderfully tanned one day 😁
Make a t-shirt and you may be able to get a short sport skirt with yoga style waistband out of the leftovers. I think the mental angst attached to the dress will have a hangover effect even if you fix it and it ends up being fine. If you make a t-shirt and skirt, you will look great with your 'holy' shirt worn open overtop. Feel better!
Hi Alex I also love the shirt you made and yeah no to the dress. It’s just not the right style for you. I also need to look at my colours again as some colours that I have always chosen don’t look good on me anymore. I must say that I am not able to colour my hair as I have become allergic to hair dyes and am now totally grey at almost 52 😂 so I think that’s changed my colours 🤔 love your videos keep them coming 😘
Thank you so much 😊. I’m very tempted to do the colour thing properly, hair colour change must make a difference mine was blonder when I had it done. I can’t wait to get to the point where there’s enough grey to go fully natural ❤️
I love the blouse...you are very stylish. I don't like the Kielo. As the fabric was bought with a voucher from your son, it would be nice to find something else that could be made with it...what I don't know at this time.
Much the same as everyone else.. I love the green top just your colour and also the white shirt.. The Kelio wrap dress did nothing for you or your figure, so I would file it under B .. May be try and same some of the fabric but I have seen you in nicer colours and patterns.. Sorry to be blunt.. you are very stylish and always wear clothes that suit you..!
I made the Kielo dress and the same I didnt like it, it did nothing for me, my fabric was a jersey but very fine and had lots and lots of drape, so I cut off the ties and shortened it and wore it as a balloon dress with the points of the side seam tucked inward. still not something I reach for very often but it will get a few wears in the summer months with flip flops.
Your shirt was masterfully executed. It's lovely! As for your kielo, could you selvage the bodice and turn the bottom into a gathered skirt (there may not be enough fabric) ala Moneta? Alternatively is there enough fabric to make a long sleeved t-shirt?
That shirt is beautiful and i love the different ways that you have styled it. As for the kielo, i agree with you, I don’t think the drape is enough to make it flattering. Can you turn the bottom bit into trousers and the top half into a cami top?
My 2 cents worth: I agree with your thoughts on the Kielo wrap dress. It just doesn't flatter you (and usually you look great in your clothes). If it were me, I'd salvage the lovely fabric to make something else (sleeveless swing dress, color block tunic). The Burda blouse, on the other hand, looks great!
Ahh thanks, I really appreciate your thoughts It’s lovely to have people I can ask, nobody in this house is very interested 😀
@@AlexJudgeSews I get that! Husband says, " Yeah, the looks fine," as he's giggling his keys or reading his paper. SMH! ;-)
Life is too short to put more work into something that does not bring you joy x
I must remember this more often 🙏🏻😁
You could make a top and a pencil skirt (shorter) to match.They both would get a lot of wear as separates. I love the fabric. Oh, Excellent job on your white shirt. Very classy!🇨🇦
Thanks Karen, I’m not sure how much fabric I’ll be left with after I’ve made a top but will report back ❤️
Like many others I don’t think you will wear the dress if you have doubts now. I could see it as a summer jumpsuit maybe but my sewing knowledge is limited ! I too have this pattern and material ,bought in London last year but now I really have doubts now as I’m only 5ft 3 “ . Your shirt is great and looks perfect ! I also have embroidery Anglaise that’s been in my stash forever which is in danger of changing in colour 😂
😄😄. If you do make it I’d definitely choose a viscose jersey ❤️
The shirt is very smart and enhanced by the use of plain fabric for the collar, cuffs and bib. I'd be very proud if I had made that. The dress is lovely fabric but sadly does not flatter you. Surely there is enough fabric in it to make another garment.
Thanks Pam, time for a rethink then 😀
Beautiful blouse...just perfect!!!
The dress I would cut up. Make a sleeveless summer top so you don't loose the great binding. There is definitely enough fabric for a long sleeved top so that you could make an Adrianne.
Then use the sleeves already cut out for another top with a colour blocked body in an orange or match the leaf colour. Xxxxx😍😍😍😍😍
Oooh brilliant reminder, I so often forget about colour blocking 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️
The blouse is stunning and stunning on you 😍. I don’t think the Kielo is hanging right on you. Mine doesn’t have this bits sticking out but is made of very thin drapey fabric so I think you are right about the fabric choice being wrong ( my problem was trying to get those neck and armholes finished nicely 😞)
Thank you 🙏🏻. Yes I was so pleased with myself for getting that binding right - pride comes before a fall 😂
I think the Kielo looks perfectly fine but it doesn't matter because you're not comfortable in it and you will never wear it. If you have enough usable pieces of fabric maybe look at Simplicity 1102. I've made this before and it's lovely, got some interesting features and I think that fabric would look great in it. That shirt is amazing though! Can see that getting all the wear :)
👋🏻 will head off and have a look at the 1102, if you’ve found it to be good I know it’ll be great. We went to the cinema last night and I wore the shirt, funny how I wouldn’t have dressed up to see a film before but it was such a novelty (although Tenet was 2.5 hours of my life I’ll never get back) 😂❤️❤️
Lovely to see you back. Sorry you have been under the weather. The white top is fabulous. Agree with you about the wrap dress. Its just not right on you. Could you make a tunic length top - so you keep the wrap round but it finishes just above the pointy bit on the drape? That might be quite interesting. Would you then have enough fabric left to make a skirt? Will be interested to see what you decide in the end.
👋🏻 I think that’s probably what I’ll do 😀
I love that fabric and if I were you, I would shelve it till next spring and revisit it when you have had time away love the blouse btw. Thanks for the vlog.
Thank you ❤️😀
Sorry you’re not feeling well. Hope it gets better soon. Loooove your eyelet shirt. Have been thinking of similar shirt. About the Kielo, I would make something else out of the fabric. But that’s because I was never a fan of that pattern and you confirmd it. More important, however, is that you are saying yourself you prefer the fabric to be something else. Go with your gut. I think the pieces are big enough, aren’t they? At least a long sleeve top I would expect. Good luck with whatever you decide with it. 💕
👋🏻 yep your right there’s enough fabric for a long sleeved top andId definitely get more wear out of something like that 👍🏻
Hi Alex,
Love your channel! Your blouse is stunning and will serve your wardrobe in many ways, I’m sure.
I can SO relate to makes that are disappointing (can’t we all?) but I’ve made two kielos for my daughter that turned out gorgeous. Matter of fact, whenever I get discouraged with failed makes, I resort to making her a Kielo! She looks amazing in them and loves wearing them. I’ve only used drippingly drapey fabric to make them and after seeing your dress, I think you’re right, the drape of the fabric is really the key. I was interested in one of the posts saying they turned the triangle points to pockets and removed the ties. I’ve also always loved the sleeveless version, so I can’t speak to making one with sleeves. The fabric is lovely on you, so I hope you can find something you’ll enjoy using it for, even if it means not using all of it. Good luck!
Thanks Kay 😀 yep definitely wrong fabric choice, is your daughter slim? I suspect that’s where I’ve gone wrong too 😁. It’s a great suggestion about the pockets isn’t it, I’m going to give it a quick try before dismantling the whole thing. ❤️👩🏻🦰
@@AlexJudgeSews question about my daughter....yes, she is slim. And, you may have noticed I did not say I’d made any for myself. I am not slim and I’m sure the dress wouldn’t work for me. Honestly, from what I’ve seen you make, model, wear, I would think in the drapier fabric, you would look good in a Kielo. If I were as slender as you are...I’d give it a go for myself.
Thanks for sharing makes that aren’t total successes as well as your ones that are. Impossible to be a sewist and not have some flops.
I love that eyelet fabric - definitely more to my taste too than a very flowery one. That shirt is perfect for it!
Thank you so much ☺️
The Burda is great, looks wonderful on you. The Kielo not so much. Your instincts are correct. It doesn't do a thing for you. Might be a drapier fabric would improve it but as it is now it billows out at the hips. Make it into something you will wear because the fabric is lovely.
Thanks, it seems most of you feel the same way 😀. I love having fellow sewists to ask ❤️❤️
I love the blouse. I have looked at that wrap dress pattern and I'm pleased you posted this because it confirms my concerns about it. I think it one of those dresses that looks ok in a photo but not in real life
Yep totally seduced by lovely photos and styling and didn’t think about if it’d suit me 🤦🏼♀️😀
I just love your Burda broderie shirt, absolutely stunning on you!
Thank you!!
Hello Alex and thank you for yet another episode. I've watched them all and I love listening to you and see what you make. I agree about the Kielo wrap dress. :S And then, I hope I am not to forward, but I don't think you are a true autumn, I think you are a true spring. When you wear spring colours you look so much better than when you wear autumn colours and autumns does normally not have your skin colour, they get easily tanned. And also the hair colour is a typical true spring colour. I know it's not your own, but you look so good with it. I love looking at what you make and get so inspired because you make clothes I would wear as well hehe. All the best, Kirvil.
Oh no!!! You’ve got my head spinning now 😀. I’ll go and look at spring colouring, my hair is naturally red although it is absolutely boosted by henna these days 👩🏻🦰
I too feel the Burda blouse is lovely and the Keilo not so lovely. I love the fabric on you but just not the style. I’d add the sleeves and make it into a long sleeve T-shirt or shorter dress. Hope that helps! BTW I had my colours analysed years ago and I found it so helpful. I rarely waste money on fabric or clothes that don’t suit me anymore. Would highly recommend. Diana
That’s great to hear, you’re definitely making me think a prosper analysis is the way forward. I think the Keilo will become a top, at least it’ll be worn more often.
Oh you poor thing. That Kielo isn’t so good, is it. If it were me, I’d cut my losses and make a top and use the sleeves if you can.
On the other hand, your shirt is such a winner. I just love it.
Thanks Jackie, so many people have said the same, I’m going to attack the dress today and see what happens 😀❤️
Hi Alex,
I love the idea of the kielo, but was afraid the reality would not match up (yup, I’ve been there before and been burnt - hello Victory Patterns Hannah dress, I’m looking at you). I have seen too many people feel a bit “meh’ about their kielo makes. So I will probably continue NOT to make it. However, cudos for sticking that one together as a a4 jigsaw. These days I won’t even stick a t shirt pattern together. It’s all a0 print at the printers for me now.
Honestly, I think your kielo is ALMOST a good one on you. But you are right, the fabric is too structured. However I can see that a more drapey fabric would look pretty darn good on you. And I think the colour of the fabric is great on you. Someone in the comments suggested just recutting it as a straight t shirt dress and I think that will be the simplest remake. Well, it’s what I would do. That way you also get to keep and wear as much as possible of that lovely fabric.
Love the shirt btw
Oooh I’ve been tempted by the Hannah dress too 😁. Someone has given me a tip off for an inexpensive printing service so I’m going to try and use that more often, but am impatient! I can see the Kielo becoming a T shirt 🤷🏼♀️
Alex, gorgeous fabric on the Kielo dress. I would just chop it off and make a longesh top out of it. Either leave the ties (after minimizing them) or just remove them. Maybe you would have enough extra material to make a straight skirt to match?
I’ve been tempted by that pattern also, but don’t know if it would work on my short, somewhat stocky frame.
Our mistakes are our education. I guess that pattern really needs a very drapey fabric. Thanks for your channel. I just discovered it. Greetings from the US 🇺🇸😍
Greetings from rainy NW England 🌹🇬🇧. Drapey fabric is definitely the key to this pattern, whilst we know that learning though our mistakes is part of the process it’s still very annoying 😁🤯😂
Absolutely stunning seamwork on your blouse! And flattering to you as well. I completely agree with you on all points regarding the dress pattern being mismatched to the fabric, etc. You have always had great instincts about what works or doesn’t and have great fashion sense. I’m with you on where or when would you wear it, if you were to unpick and try to perfect it. I say trust yourself on this one and don’t take a guilt trip because it came from your son’s birthday gift. Make a top and be done with it, or, maybe use the remaining length for a matching pull on street length skirt? Do it next spring when you can see it with fresh eyes? Or gift it to a charity shop where someone might remake it to their own liking? But don’t suffer through another day of it- life’s too short and there’s so much other good stuff to make that you WILL enjoy wearing! 💜 💜 💜
Thank you, such wise words ❤️. I’m going to get onto it today so will report back on how I get on 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Sorry that you have not been well, hope that things are o.k. now. I haven't made the Kielo wrap dress because I thought that it wouldn't suit me being only 5ft 2in! You usually suit whatever you make but I think that you are right about this dress, and you are tall. Do you know that You Tube are no longer sending out email notifications when vlogs are posted. I spent hours trying to work out why I wasn't receiving notifications then I saw a posting from a You Tube employee (not You Tube!!) that they have decided not to send emails as very few subscribers take notice. I can't believe that! Ah well, nothing that we can do. I hope that the numbers of views that you and other vlogers doesn't go down. Thanks for doing these videos.
I never realised you were 5ft2 Christine, I’m completely height blind! I didn’t know that about UA-cam & will pass the info on to fellow sewing vloggers, thanks 🙏🏻😀❤️
I hope you are starting to feel better! The blouse is absolutely gorgeous however, as to the Keilo, I think the colour is great on you but if you don’t mind me saying, there just seems to be too much fabric at the lower end of the dress for your frame. if I were you, I would add the sleeves and shorten it to knee lengthish (cut just above the back split) then you could wear it with tights and boots in the winter👍 you could them make a tank or the Itch to Stitch Cartagena cami with the cut off bit ....😁
Ahh thanks Lynne I’m so relieved lots of you agree that it’s not working, Great idea to add the sleeves - not sure I will though 😄😄
How lovely that your son gave you a voucher for the fabric for the dress - it’s lovely fabric! I agree that it’s not got quite enough drape for the shape to be flattering. How about adding the sleeves ( would sort the binding arm hole issue) and making it a top?
I know, just when I want to throttle him he goes and does something lovely 😂. Lucky I kept those sleeves!
Love the white blouse. If you decide to keep the dress, I would shorten it. Maybe the fabric will soften up after a few washes. Good luck.
Thanks, I feel encouraged by so many people agreeing that it’s not working for me that it’ll become something else soon ❤️
Alex, your white shirt is gorgeous! Your Kielo dress confirms my worries about that dress. I really want to make one, but it also fills me with serious doubts. My suggestion is that you carefully unpick it until you have a neat stack of beautiful fabric - your imagination is sure to take off!
Hope you feel your energetic self very soon.
See me as a cautionary tale 😁. Great idea to approach the fabric that way, thanks for the suggestion (may cheat and cut rather than unpick 😁)
Shirt looks great. I love making shirts too. Really enjoy your vloggs
Thanks so much 🙏🏻❤️
The blouse is stunning and so versatile. And the white really does suit you. I rarely see a Kielo I like, I find they rarely flatter anyone with all the bulk going on around the midrift. I think thin drapey fabric is the key, but even then......nah. I'd try to salvage a simple tee shirt dress. I do feel your pain though having had a few misfires myself lately.
Thank you, you’re absolutely right 😁❤️
Sew up the side seams without the wrap portion, the extra bulk does not do your great figure justice! Maybe with what you cut off you can get enough for a tank. I love your white shirt, it would look smashing with brighter coloured tanks or the long sleeve shirts.
Yes, someone has suggested incorporating the sticky out bits to make internal pockets, which I think is genius although I’m fairly sure it’s destined to become a top 😀
Hi Alex, the blouse is superb, just lovely every way you styled it. The Keilo needs to become something else. The fabric, as you suspected, isn’t drapey enough. Why not trim down the sides, shorten it a bit and have a simple t-shirt dress? It would make the most of that beautiful fabric.
Ahh thanks ❤️🙏🏻
Alex, I absolutely love your channel, in fact you are my favourite! Through you I made the Yanta overalls and I just adore them... however this Kielo wrap dress... sorry but I loathe the pattern... refashion it to a simple straight shift such as New Look 6095 as the fabric is gorgeous. You mustn't waste it. Hope you will be firing on 4 cylinders soon because I need you weekly for inspiration !!
Ooh Carole what a lovely thing to say, comments like this definitely help me feel more perky 😁.
I had a Colour me Beautiful consultation. I am a Winter. I was told the only season able to wear pure white. All other seasons should wear softer snow white. Never in my life would I choose Cerise. But when I do, I always receive compliments. Learnt a lot about shapes to wear and hairstyles too.
Ooh interesting, it sounds like it was worth doing. I was wondering about advice on shapes and make up colours too 👍🏻❤️
I would turn it into a simple long or knee length dress. I like the fabric. Just sew down the sides and take off the wraps. I can see why you are not sure about it. It's just not the right fabric. Not enough drape. Your son is very sweet to seek out a shop you like and buy you a voucher. What a sweet child. I love your vlogs. Your style is very classy. 😍
Ooh thank you so much 🙏🏻
I’d wear the shirt open over a coloured tank top/cami/tee shirt. I think it looks great
Yes! What a shame that means more sewing as I need some more colour 😂❤️
Hi Alex, I just discovered your channel and I'm binge watching all your videos :) I really love your style. The shirt looks lovely (my favorite pairing is with the dungarees), but I agree with you on the kielo. I would try to make a top, maybe keeping the wrap feature on the waist and with the leftover fabric probably another Orlando tee (long sleeves for fall?) or some pj shorts. I was also thinking that one of your chiffon from the #showmeyourstash could look very nice as a kielo, with a slip dress underneath, maybe for next summer :). I saw online quite a lot of people making in in woven fabric too
Thank you 😊. I’ve also been thinking I might get some pj shorts out of what’s left, perfect for the menopausal woman at night 😃. Great idea about the chiffon fabric, especially I bought some more at the weekend!
I’ve always found the Kielo pattern interesting, although in my wardrobe it would serve more as a swanning about the house on a lazy Sunday type of thing. I think it looks better on you than you do, but your opinion is the only one that counts!
So, what to do? You have the sleeves already, and your neckline is perfection, so I see a knee length, long-sleeved, trapeze shaped dress to wear with a lightweight solid-color scarf and leggings or skinnies in the fall, and on its own with flats in the early spring, when it’s still chilly, but you’re dying for some spring COLOR.
Ok, that’s my wardrobe daydreaming for today. Good luck, and be sure to show us how you go with it!❤️
Great suggestions Nancy, thank you (I dream of swanning around in glamorous day wear, but haven’t managed it yet😁)
Hi Alex, I also made the Kilo Wrap dress and like you I did not like it on me, but since then I came across a Seamwork Pattern, called the Lane Dress, which I made up and liked this design better as it has princess seams, which I think are more flattering, have a look and see what you think. xx
The Lane dress rings a bell, I think I may have it, I’ll go and check it out thank you ❤️❤️
I also bought the Kielo when it was released recently. I was seduced by the lovely images on instagram but had my doubts on whether it would suit me so made it in some cheap scuba (material which I hate btw) and am definitely meh about the result. Like you I cannot envisage an occasion where I would wear it so it will be going in the bin. I am not making it into anything else as I don't like the fabric. I feel the same seeing it on you - if you can't see yourself wearing it then change it into something else. Better to have something that you will wear. I think the suggestion to add the sleeves and chop it at the split is a good one.
The white shirt is beautiful
Your so right, I’m only doubting myself because of the money spent on the fabric, which is still wasted if I don’t wear it. I’m with you on scuba - not designed for the menopausal woman 😁
I love your shirt, so beautiful and perfectly finished inside and out. With the kielo wrap dress, I would add the long sleeves and cut it to be a top, keeping in the wraps to make a wrap style top. I think it would look lovely with jeans in the Autumn/winter.
Thank you, I think that’s probably what Ill do 😀❤️
I agree you need drapey fabric for the Kielo. Have you thought about trying to shorten it instead as I think the short ones look more flattering somehow? You just slice off the bottom. I have made a couple like that and they look fab! I would try that before abandoning it!
Yep fabric fail 😀. Good point I could easily try that 👍🏻👍🏻
Hello lovely, sorry to hear you haven't been well. I love that shirt Alex, it would look great over the top of a brightly coloured shirt as you say. Sorry that you're not loving the Kielo, such a shame. I think sometimes if we walk away from a project, we like it after a little bit of distance but if you really don't think you'll wear it definitely repurpose it, no point it making you feel guilty every time you see it. 😊
Hi Alex sorry to hear you have not been well I have to agree the dress is not one of your best makes could you chop off the wings and have a straight sleeveless dress for next summer??
Thanks Sam, I’m pleased there’s been a fairly universal agreement that the Kielo isn’t for me its helped me decide not to continue so I can be guilt free 😄
Wings! That’s the word I was looking for 😁
If you don't love it, don't keep it! You should love your makes, and be thrilled with them. You make such beautiful clothes, don't settle for something you are not happy with.
Rules for life 😂❤️🙏🏻
I've never been a fan of the Keilo dress silhouette. I've only seen a few that I think look ok/good. I vote you make a top and a skirt out of it! Maybe you'd have enough fabric from the sleeves to piece together a pair of undies (knickers)! I hope you feel better soon! You sound like you're still feeling under the weather. 💜
If only I could get undies out of the sleeves, I think the fabric would have to be wider 😂. I’m going to resign the Kielo today and see what I’m left with 😀👍🏻
Hi Alex! Your video popped up in my feed and I literally clicked on it because I loved how the wrap dress looks on you! I watched it to see what the wrap dress was and I think it looks gorgeous!Perhaps wait till spring / summer and see if you end up liking it after taking a break from it. I think it's beautiful, flattering, and the fabric is gorgeous!
Ahhh thank you, but it’s now partly a bog standard jersey top and partly a pile of offcuts 😁🤷🏼♀️
I agree, your blouse is stunning. I also agree the dress is not flattering on you, I think it is the fabric type. Salvage the beautiful fabric for something else, no idea what lol. I have the kelo pattern on it's way (sent it for printing) as an experiment. It's not my usual style but want to see how it works on my curvy body. I have some really drapy knit to try it out with so found your go at it very interesting.
Ooh Nicola will you let me know how you get on? I’d love to know how you find it in a more suitable fabric 👍🏻
@@AlexJudgeSews Its on a very long list of things to make - you know how it is :-D
Love the blouse- just stunning but I agree about the wrap dress. I think you're right about the fabric being too structured. It's gorgeous fabric though so really worth salvaging for something else...especially as it was from your son. It always goes like that doesn't it? Hope you're feeling better Xx
Thank you 😊. I’ll get onto it next, suspect it’ll be a top ❤️
Isn’t it funny how we all see things so differently? I’ve also been looking on Instagram as have just made my first Kielo and I think it looks best knee length and with sleeves as that, to me, seems to balance the proportions better. I’ve ended up making mine in a viscose jersey (short and with long sleeves) and really like the finished result. Although, I’m not 100% happy with the neckline finish as bias binding viscose jersey was hellish 😱. I absolutely love your shirt - it’s stunning!
Your blouse is stunning as always hope you feel better soon
Loved your blouse and I think it would look amazing with a vibrant colour underneath as you suggest...go for it!
As for the dress, I have just made something that didn't turn out as I had it in my head and as you alluded to you'll put it in the wardrobe and never wear it, which is what I would have done in the past.
So I've decided I'm going to turn it into something else as I love the fabric...I think you should do the same, it looms a really lovely quality jersey...good luck.
Hope you're feeling better too.
Yes you’re right and the fabric is great, that’s probably what’s caused me to doubt as I don’t want to waste it, but it needs to be made into something I’ll actually wear 👍🏻❤️
I think it should go. You could make a sleep set out of it and a shirt
Being honest, make it shorter, cut the saddle bags off the sides but keep the ties. It's a nice colour so it's worth the hassle of altering it into something else. Linda xx
Saddle bags 😂. Who needs any more than nature has already given us! ❤️
I think maybe pin it to on the knee and see what it looks like then before you do anything! Elbow length sleeve to would look lovely too in that fabric! Good luck x
Love the shirt and I think the white looks good on you. Beatifully made. I wondered about the thickness of the embroidery and the open spaces, so appreciate you sharing your experience. I really like true white for a crisp shirt, and cream for a soft blouse. I thought about trying the Kielo in a woven viscose, but could see the finished seams causing the same odd flaring shape at the leg. But you could salvage the fabric (and maybe even keep your beatifully bound edges with your ingenuity!) Feel better soon.
Ooh thank you, I’m never too sure about white but it’s a classic after all 👍🏻
Probably too late but I saw the green dress as a longer sheath frock. Colour looks wonderful on you and shirt can be light jacket over it
Absolutely love the white shirt - that's fab and has so much potential for outfits. I would use the fabric from the Kielo to make a nice top os similar. You are right about the need for drape and this fabric just doesn't quite work for that dress..
Thank you 😊. Funny how pleased I am that so many people don’t like it 😁 it’s so good to have my instinct confirmed ❤️
Awwww, sorry, Alex. I think we’ve all been there, buddy! Sending love + prayers. ❤️
😀🙏🏻 sewists remorse.
What a thoughtful son you are so lucky.
The shirt is fabulous. The dress, the fabric doesn’t hang as you want it too. I’m not sure on the pattern - it would look better shorter on you, knee length maybe. I’d make it into a top and add the sleeves for winter. You could use the skirt fabric for something else. We have all been there and it is disheartening. But the shirt is a perfect match of fabric and pattern. 👏
Yep the downside of sewing is never knowing for sure what you’re going to get, but then I guess it’s also a bonus 🤷🏼♀️. Back to the drawing board with this one ❤️
Don´t know if you still get comments to old posts, but if you do, my Kielo experience is shamefully hanging in my wardrobe. I looks absolutely horrendous on me. Like you I'm in two minds to what I need to to do with it, rip it up or bin it totally. As your post is two years old, you probably have solved the problem. Would like to hear the outcome of your Kielo if possible. I'm judging myself for not having seen this before I bought the paper pattern and having waisted all that money on material.
That blouse is gorgeous, I love all the looks you styled. I immediately thought of wearing it, perhaphs tied over vibrant or black wide leg pants or maxi skirt with a statement necklace for a night out, when you are allowed out again. Can you sew the Kielo up the sides to get rid of the saddle bag look? And definitely tied to the back. You may feel different when you feel better x
Oh yes, with wide leg pants would look fab (makes a nite to check patterns) 👍🏻. I like the suggestion below about taking the side section inside and making pockets, but I suspect I’ll just make a top 😀
Love the blouse, think it suits you and interested in your comments on colour selection, I think you select colours well! . Incidentally, what do you mean by “community tab”?
Thank you ❤️. There’s a community section where we can post, but I think it doesn’t show up on iPads and possibly phones too 🤷🏼♀️
Yea, the kielo is not great, better a top than a dress in the back of the wardrobe. I would add sleeves and make it a top or tunic depending on how much fabric you have, or a top and joggers. Your shirt on the other hand looks fantastic, hope your feeling better soon.
Thanks, time for some refashioning 😁
Hi Alex, hope your feeling a bit better now 👍. I adore your shirt and it looks great on you and the white looks fine.... brilliant job too 👌💕. I think the fabric for your Kielo is probably a little too stiff and a viscose jersey would have draped better. I think sometimes when a first garment doesn't go how we imagined, it puts us off trying it again, but I think in this instance, you should try it again in a different fabric, as I'm sure with your amazing figure, it would look fabulous 💕😁😘
Thanks you Sally 😊. Viscose jersey next time, if there is one 😀
Hi Alex!
Sorry to hear you’ve not been feeling well - wishing you a speedy recovery.
That shirt is just lovely and I think with a bright coloured top underneath it will look fab!
I have to agree with you on the dress, the fabric isn’t right...it needs to become something else - how about a long sleeved top to go under the shirt? Or an LB Pullover? Or some kind of little jacket/cardi type affair? Or a gilet-style something? (I have no idea how much usable fabric you have or how much fabric any of these suggestions might use!)😬. Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do!
Feel better soon.
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Thanks Jo, I’m worried you don’t have enough ideas 😂. This read the same way I talk to myself! Definitely going to start again with it 👍🏻
Alex Judge Sews 🤣🤪🙃
Sorry you’re under the weather. Hope you feel better soon. I love your white blouse but not the kielo dress. I always think it looks like a Chinese lantern shape and isn’t flattering on anybody!
I would definitely make something else out of the fabric. Could you create some rectangles and put a gathered skirt onto the top like a fringe dress by chalk and notch?
Maybe pattern purchasing when unwell is similar to when under the influence 😀👍🏻
Love your shirt! That’s given me an idea for a black lace fabric I’ve been hoarding for years! It’s quite dressy and I like all more casual style so have been trying to think of something to make with it!
I’m inclined to agree with you about the dress. I think the general style is great but it needs to be in a more drapey fabric. Could you put the sleeves in and make a long sleeved top? Then maybe a sleeveless top or cami out of the bottom half? Or a pair of pj shorts?
Editing to add - cancel all that.....just looked at the thumbnail for the next video (I’m almost caught up!) and can see you wearing a long sleeved top ha!
I made the keilo wrap dress but didn’t like the ties around the waist which were too low and made me look like a sack of spuds tied in the middle! I took the ties off and turned the points at the sides inwards to form two “pockets” just catching them with a stitch to keep them in place. I also thought the dress was too long so i shortened it to just above the ankle. I made 2 versions , both sleeveless and have had lots of positive comments on them. By inverting the poky side bits, this has taken some of the bulk out of the sides and the drape on the hips gives me the suggestion of a waist. You may want to try this approach before abandoning it. The fabric you used is lovely. Hope this helps!
Ooooh Gerri that’s ingenious! I suspect I’m going to turn it into something else, but your suggestion would be easy to try first so I might just give it a try, 🙏🏻❤️
The blouse is beautiful and made beautifully. The fabric you chose for the Kielo is lovely. I think it looks fine and very similar to one’s I’ve looked out where it sits out on the hip. I too have wanted to make this dress but haven t bought the pattern😆Mainly because I have so many others I haven’t used yet! I wonder if the length is putting you off as at the weekend I was helping my goddaughter with a Suki dress from Make it Simple. She wasn’t impressed with it and I saidI feel like this when it’s the wrong length etc so she finished it and it looks lovely. However I had an experience with the Indigo dress where I’m just not sure I like it on me. I looked at so many images and reviews and I researched fabric carefully yet feel unsure I’ll wear it or feel like wearing it! I’m not sure what to do as not sure I can be bothered to take it apart. If you refashioned your dress you should have enough material in the skirt part for something nice? Firstly try it knee length by pinning up though. As to sticking patterns together just always use a copy shop. I even did with Make it Simple or only buy printed patterns. This is my first time watching your channel and I think the title intrigued me( regarding my own feelings on the Indigo as every one else raves about it) Thank you 😃
Hi Ruth, you’re so right the length is definitely a factor I’m going to see how it looks as a shorter dress first although I suspect it’s now destined to be a top. Not sure how I’ll do it whilst trying to save the excess fabric, but I’ll work something out 😀. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻😊❤️
On the Keilo, shorten it and remove some of the fabric that was giving you hip bumps. I think slightly below the knee would look great.
Thank you, I think it’s not going to be a dress anymore 😀
Blouse is great, envy your shirt making skills. As for the Kielo, your gut feeling is absolutely right. Definitely needs more drape and you won’t wear this, so don’t think it’s worth the effort of fixing. However, there’s masses of fabric there, I think making something else, asap, is the way to go. I say asap, because you know it will become a demon fabric if you leave in a cupboard somewhere 😉 Sorry you are not 100% at the moment, hope you fully recover soon, so ghastly when one gets dragged down by whatever (life?? bugs? ). Take care
Thank you, shirt making is one of my most favourite things possibly because it took years before I was brave enough to try 😀. I’ve got a few masks to make 🙄 then straight onto the Kielo or as you say it’ll sit there festering 😁
Gorgeous blouse! I'm with you on the Kielo...the fabric is lovely though!
It’s good to know my instinct was right, thank you 🙏🏻
Wow your shirt is stunning I just love it and it really is perfect. No to your Kielo I love mine but it’s a self drafted version from an old you tube video. It needs a softer fabric as you said. ❤️💚💜🙌🏻
Thank you, at least I got one right 😂❤️
I adore the white shirt! Have you thought about a harvest good or mustered colored top underneath it? Sorry to say I don't like that dress pattern on anybody. I think I'd trim the side triangles off and make a shift or column dress. For sleeves I'd do three quarter length. Just me thinking. lol Hope you feel better soon!
Yes! I’m going to have a play with different colours under the shirt and use up some of my jersey stash. Someone has suggesting turning the triangles inside to make pockets, so I’ll give it a try 👍🏻❤️
Absolutely love your white shirt, it looks amazing however you choose to style it
Thank you ☺️
I think your kielo dress looks great and would redo the binding and put it away for summer next year. I wonder if your perception is off a little since you have been under the weather. I often make something and think it looks like crap only to pull it out at a later date and find I quite like it. Your shirt turned out beautifully and a fine knit turtle neck would look great under it. I also just purchased the kielo pattern, thanks for the advice as I usually print and stick.
Thank you 😊. I’ve done that many times especially when I’ve not enjoyed the process of sewing something you’re so right that sometimes you need a bit of distance ❤️
I’m mailing my second version of the Keilo right now (I made the sleeved version before and I really like it on me). This time, I’ve gone for the sleeveless and I think either I’ve made the same mistake as you not matching the notches or the pattern isn’t right/or isn’t clear enough and that’s just how they are supposed to match.
Hi Alex, I love the blouse and the fabric of the dress but I do agree with you over the style. I don't think it flatters your lovely figure. I'm not sure what you could do with the fabric as there is plenty of it so there must be something out there to reuse it on.
Thanks Debbie, are you and Mark coming back to UA-cam? I loved your videos ❤️❤️
Hi Alex, I think you should turn it into something else, maybe something like the Stasia dress. From my experience if you don’t love it you won’t wear it.
Yes, you’re so right I don’t know the Stasia dress so am excitedly about to investigate. Thank you 😀❤️
Hi Alex - I hope you are feeling better. Your shirt looks amazing - I love the way you used the white for the bib, collar and sleeve placket.
I also think the drape of your fabric is not right for the kielo - I would make it into something else - maybe a long sleeved t-shirt type shift dress? I can picture that with long brown boots. Or there is another tie detail dress but I can't remember the name of it. I'll"try to find it and add another comment.
It was the Lane Dress from Seamwork but that might need a more drapey fabric too. I think there is a version without the tie which is made out of scuba on the pattern details.
Thoughtful Creativity has also shared a knit dress in her recent video of free patterns for fall - I think that's why I'm imagining a dress with boots!
I think I have that Seamwork pattern, I’ll go and have a look 👍🏻👍🏻
I’ve just made the kielo wrap dress, I’m a beginnermy second dress ever. I bought the paper pattern which with the jumpsuit pattern overlaid on it was quite tricky to cut out. I made it from a floral viscose jersey ( 5.99 pm from Minerva) I am really pleased with it. I am 5 ft 10 and it reaches the floor. My ties seem longer than yours. Yours does seem to hang a bit bulky below the hips, maybe it is to big on the hips or maybe the fabric doesn’t drape enough. Can you switch it to the jumpsuit ? I made with the sleeves and love them, good for winter and Summer evenings. Your white blouse is a total triumph xx sew again when you are feeling more rested xxxx
Love the white shirt especially when you style it. Yes the Kielo isn’t my favourite either, the bits that stick out below the hips look too structured. Could you make a top from the fabric, which is fab!
Think that’s what I’ll do Maggie 👍🏻❤️
Hope you’re feeling better soon, I think so many of us are suffering ‘Corona Fatigue’. Back in March I know I thought ok, we have to do this and then everything will go back to normal but it hasn’t and I just feel a bit scundered as we say in Northern Ireland. I’ve seen loads of Kielo dresses but I’ve never been convinced by it, for me the neck is too high and I think you have to get the height of the side straps just right or it doesn’t flatter, and I’m guessing it needs a viscose jersey to drape nicely and also needs to be really wide too.... just my opinion! Anyway your blouse is a triumph, have you tried wearing white with a burnt orange top and navy trousers or over a brown top and trousers? I think both would work with your colouring, failing that dye it off white/ pale cream! Glad you’re back as I missed you x
Kerry McIlwaine thank you, Kerry! I learned a new word: scundered. 😻 I feel scundered too!
Ahhhh what a lovely thing to say ❤️. Love learning a new word and I feel scundered fits the bill perfectly! I’m going to have fun trying different colours under the blouse and continue to kid myself that I’ll be wonderfully tanned one day 😁
Make a t-shirt and you may be able to get a short sport skirt with yoga style waistband out of the leftovers. I think the mental angst attached to the dress will have a hangover effect even if you fix it and it ends up being fine. If you make a t-shirt and skirt, you will look great with your 'holy' shirt worn open overtop. Feel better!
So true, it takes a while to get rid of the ‘hangover effect’ too and this one may never work 😀👩🏻🦰
I love the ties brought to the front and knotted. Wear sandals NOT
BOOTS!
Hi Alex I also love the shirt you made and yeah no to the dress. It’s just not the right style for you. I also need to look at my colours again as some colours that I have always chosen don’t look good on me anymore. I must say that I am not able to colour my hair as I have become allergic to hair dyes and am now totally grey at almost 52 😂 so I think that’s changed my colours 🤔 love your videos keep them coming 😘
Thank you so much 😊. I’m very tempted to do the colour thing properly, hair colour change must make a difference mine was blonder when I had it done. I can’t wait to get to the point where there’s enough grey to go fully natural ❤️
Definitely not a style that works. I would put it away and review it next spring. Your blouse looks gorgeous btw
I vote for something else... only based on your feelings about the keilo. Just give the fabric time... it will let you know what to do. (I think!)
Thanks 😊. I fear if I leave it will become one of the abandoned projects that I never return to 😁
Wow! I love that blouse! Gorgeous...
Thanks 🙏🏻
Hi, love the white blouse. I agree about the dress, make a top out of it - maybe an Adrienne blouse?
Good idea, thanks 😊 could get away with the print upside down on those big sleeves
I love the blouse...you are very stylish. I don't like the Kielo. As the fabric was bought with a voucher from your son, it would be nice to find something else that could be made with it...what I don't know at this time.
Love Notions Vivace Dolman?
Ooh thank you, I’ll check it ou 👍🏻
Much the same as everyone else.. I love the green top just your colour and also the white shirt..
The Kelio wrap dress did nothing for you or your figure, so I would file it under B .. May be try and same some of the fabric but I have seen you in nicer colours and patterns.. Sorry to be blunt.. you are very stylish and always wear clothes that suit you..!
I love the bluntness Lucy, everyone has helped me realise that my initial instinct was correct. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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The dress might make a lovely top and shorts set. Bit late for this summer, but lovely for next year?
Ooh good point, or pjs maybe 👍🏻
I made the Kielo dress and the same I didnt like it, it did nothing for me, my fabric was a jersey but very fine and had lots and lots of drape, so I cut off the ties and shortened it and wore it as a balloon dress with the points of the side seam tucked inward. still not something I reach for very often but it will get a few wears in the summer months with flip flops.
Oh yes I can see that, a throw it on mooching around the garden/by the poll number. Not that I have a pool 😀❤️
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Your shirt was masterfully executed. It's lovely! As for your kielo, could you selvage the bodice and turn the bottom into a gathered skirt (there may not be enough fabric) ala Moneta? Alternatively is there enough fabric to make a long sleeved t-shirt?
Thank you 😊. I’ve still got the sleeves so think a long sleeved T is the way ahead 😀
I would wear your lacy top with a bright Ogden cami underneath
Good idea, I have a few I can try thanks 👍🏻❤️
That shirt is beautiful and i love the different ways that you have styled it. As for the kielo, i agree with you, I don’t think the drape is enough to make it flattering. Can you turn the bottom bit into trousers and the top half into a cami top?
Thank you, I think I’ll start with a too and see what’s left 👍🏻😀
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