Making a Batty Back Blazer // Mandragora Suit Jacket Mockup
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- A very wearable mockup for an upcoming jacket in silk taffeta! Today I'm making a black jacket with bat wings down the spine, a short stand collar, and a fun flared hem.
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Thank you for watching!
GIRL!!! With the hair!!! And the bats!! And the detailing and ugh I can’t even handle how perfect this is
Thank you Breanna!
I will always be impressed by your creativity and the way you bring that femme fatale gothic aesthetic to life! This suit is just ✨🦇vibes🦇✨
Gothic femme fatale is the perfect description of Biancas aesthetic.
Thank you ZitaAnne! 🦇🖤
I gotta say I go back and look at your videos from years past and see how much your work has grown. I love to think how much my sewing has improved by watching your videos. I've been sewing with my mom since I was very young. Now that she's gone I have no one to learn from and ask questions. Thanks for being there for me and for all of us. 😊
Thank you Janie ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful!👏👏 You've inspired this old lady to go back to the unfinished sloper project I've been putting off all summer. Your tutorial from 12 months ago really helped. You really brought a smile in a gloomy time, thank you.
Hi Susan I have just gone back and re tested my blocks and am trying my first design in ages…need to trust the block…no muslin (mock up). Worth the time to get the fit right, hope it goes well.
Yes! I too have been recently inspired by Bianca to revisit my old bodice block and refit it! I also turned it into an additional princess seam block. Very proud of myself. Watching these videos make me realise what can be done……and…..that it’s ok to fudge sometimes. 😂
Me too - after 30 years of no pattern making - she did the same for me- however there is a reason I don’t do my own patterns - they give me anxiety 😂 but maybe I will try again. 😊
@@pelican3223 I too am anxious about cutting into fabric I love and want to wear but the last few days I have made two blouses straight from draft to fabric and they fitted! So excited by the freedom to add my own details and design elements! My stash is in danger of being used up because I am not limited by the yardage requirements, I can design something to fit the yardage. I now have a Pinterest board “Designs to Draft” and find myself deconstructing garments. It is all so liberating and fun! Go for it.
@@bronteatkinson4001 wow that’s amazing- well done.
Its all completely clear to those of us who speak fluent Rambling Speak.
You just do all this so well! Brilliant, as always.
Thank you Kaytie!
I love how you translated the Victorian bodice into a very goth/noir/vintage style. Beautifully done! Can’t wait to see the “real” one with the silk.
Thank you Flynn!
Omg! How dare you make one of my holy grail pieces?! I'm absolutely going to copy cat this. I simply adore your work, you beautiful woman!
Thank you Maellen! 🦇 Copy away!! 🧵
This level of pattern drafting is above my skill level. However, It's positively opening to see how the jagged, odd shaped pattern pieces come together to make something structural and stunning.
Thank you!!
Wow! That is a gorgeous jacket! Well done! Thank you for keeping in the footage of pinning and re-pinning until the seams line up correctly. Little details like that are often overlooked in the learning process, but they make all the difference in the finished result. 🦋
Thank you Kirsten!
She is saying she is not good at tailoring yet... meanwhile I even messed up my pillowcase. :D
I can't imagine how good the atelier's at big fashion houses are, if she thinks she isn't comparable...
😲
I promise they are true magicians compared to me!!
It’s so dang cute! I love that knotting detail down the back. Beautifully done like always!
Thank you!
Such a pretty mock up. This is going to be an amazing suit.
Thank you!
Life is too short for worrying about if something is too costumes-y! 🖤
A pin dish with Halloween bugs or bats. Or glow in the dark moons and stars ? Oh the ideas lol
😻😻😻 I love this. Iridescent bats would be cool also on a silver jacket.
I wish i went places to wear this. Too fancy for Walmart 🤣
Thank you Tena! Be fancy at walmart, I have often been fancy at the grocery store 😂
(cackling in SW nerd for "It's like poetry, it rhymes")
And absolutely stunning, all those details are 😍
Thank you! 🖤✨
Fall and The ClosetHistorian! "It's the most wonderful time of year."
Correct ✨🦇🍂
BIANCA GURL YOU ARE SITTING PERFECT IN THIS VIDEO! THE SERPANT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING OUT OF YOUR HAIR! BUT THE IMAGERY LOOKS FAB! YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK IT! I LOVE YOUR FABULOUS VICTORIAN GOTH STYLE! DO THAT THING GURL!!!!
I literally *just came up from my own patterning table pinning/cutting my 1911 hobble skirt* to find you had released a new offering and it is *ELEGANT!* I'm so glad you chose to wear it with a skirt; far from the masculine jacket creating a *Punch* -worthy farce, fitted to the feminine form it can be incredibly ladylike!
Thank you!
The way you sew the appliques is such a great technique. Love the jacket, can't wait to see the silk version
Thank you Natalie!
You sure worked hard!! The jacket reminded me of the black, Edwardian mourning bodice you found at the antique mall last summer. I'll never forget that Patreon post! I enjoy the "spread" of decorations in the background of your on-camera bits. You give us so many details to enjoy. It must take a while to get it all "just so" for the camera. Pat pat to emperor moth buddy on the wall!
Thank you Penny! I love my desk area so much ❤️✨ Forever a maximalist 🤣
Yasssss this hits the spot. I'm currently working on a Regency-inspired modern jacket, but we're still in the planning phase. I also adore the idea of a wearable mockup.
Thank you Mary!
You've put so much effort into this blazer, I forgot it was a mockup.. my mockup ups almost never looked were this put together..
If someone has attempted bound buttonholes you make perfect sense, no worries. Bound buttonholes are definitely not a beginners event lol I sew very much like you do. I do need to take a pattern making course. Even though I’ve been a seamstress for 45 years the pattern adjusting and making is self taught from taking garments apart for my mom when I was 8-10 yrs old and using thrift store clothes taken apart as fabric for clothes for me all through high school. I really appreciate your talents and love watching your videos no matter how long! Halloween is my favorite holiday and Fall my favorite season too!!
Glue a couple of small magnets to the bottom of your pin dish and you have what ever pin dish you’d like magnetized. Just make sure they aren’t too strong or you will be having a tug of war with them lol.
Thank you Catherine!
Love the jacket. It is simply beautiful. It is also unusual, a conversation piece
I **LOVE** the spine detailing! I also love that since on this particular jacket, all of the spine detailing is made of fabric, one could wear it quite comfortably & still retain the ability to lean back in a chair, ride/drive in a car, or wear ones hair down without requiring rescue. So cleverly done!
Thank you Valerie!
Thank you Karen!
Oh well done! How perfect! You are such a treasure, dear.
Thank you Susan!
Love the extraness of this jacket! Bats are so adorable and this is just in time for Halloween too 🎃! (Also I’m thoroughly convinced to make my own sloped pattern now lol)
Thank you Michelle! A sloper is the key to open all design doors 🤩
Awesome.
The bats on the back……really are the focal point…..
This would be a project I could make…..and wear🥰
Thank you!
Iridescent in nature is very beautiful, first time I saw a Beetle 🪲with gold and strong Metallics I was very shocked. It’s amazing like a dragonfly and colors within hummingbirds.
Idea for the less-goth but equally fantastical and insecty loving people out there: butterflies!
Indeed! Or doves, raven wings? Blue sparrows! The original just had bow-ish shapes!
We like listening to you working your ideas out!
I'm tacking my first ever tailored jacket, which had very specific instructions what internal construction materials to get. This included iron-on woven cotton interfacing, which is a revelation! (I usually work with things which take a hot iron, so am well acquainted with melting regular fusible interfacing when I forget to use a pressing cloth).
It's the Barberry jacket, which is drafted with lots of hip-spring, 1950s style 🙂
This is absolutely perfect in every way. The mood you have captured is perfect. The finished product is breath taking and show stoping. You always impress me. 💞🖤💞🖤
Thank you!! 🦇
Complicated and fascinating process. I never get tired of watching you draft patterns. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Thank you Kathleen!
The jacket is lovely and promises even more in the silk edition… BUT … your hair is ON POINT today! 🖤
Thank you Susan!
I’m up to 6 sewing machines and they are addictive!
this video couldn't have come at a better time, I have this weird optical illusion 3d looking fabric and this is exactly the kind of jacket I wanted to make from it, just to up the weird factor but using a wacky fabric with a more classic style jacket. I love the little bats on the back, it might not be for the jacket I'm making now but it sure looks like something that could come in handy on another future project cause they're just too cute
Thank you! Love some weird fabric!
The kitties want mini bat pillows to play with!!!!
The drafting is giving me such relateable chaotic good energy and I'm loving it. My drafting is pretty much just the same
It’s so cool how you can take your basic block and turn it into something so special! I’m making a grad dress right now and I bought a pattern from a company known to be for curvy figures and I got so frustrated trying to make it fit that I took inspiration from watching your videos and finally just said let me try and make my own pattern so I drafted a bodice and put it together and 4 or 5 mock ups later and I have a dress that actually fits me…it’s amazing! It’s a very simple dress, but I can already see how my love of sewing is going to grow by taking out the commercial patterns never fit problem. Thank you for sharing so much with us and for inspiring us to make our own things. For my body it’s either make it myself (which is why I got into sewing) or have nothing to wear lol so I really really appreciate your work.
Jennifer hope your graduation is wonderful. My daughter designed hers this year for a senior project and I had the pleasure of sewing it! She looked amazing and so will you, super way to impress people when you say you designed and made the outfit! As to bodies and clothes fitting, same here! Best wishes for your next adventure.
I have just completed my block pattern, and it's so exciting to make my own patterns! Isn't it so much fun to know things will fit?
@@e_viola Yes
I'm so glad you are on the pattern drafting journey!! It is the best and you will have ever more and more fun 🧵✨
🤩 I have never had problem with sleeves either. I'm more prone to messing up the "easy" parts of a garment, generally do to a moment of inattention. I would love a video on lining! I've done it a few times, but I've never been satisfied with how it turned out.
Thanks for sharing how you did the bound buttonholes!
The bound button holes blew my mind. I’ve never seen that done before 😻
They require extra time but are worth it!
Oh this is a gorgeous wearable muslin. Those bats are so cute as is the peplum. I have to say your hair is very Cruella inspired at present!
Thank you!
I ate dinner and painted my nails, that for the company, gorgeous jacket!
marathon sewing sounds like a dream to me right about now. damn you library school. sewing and listening to audiobooks is llike my dream right about now
15 seconds in and i cant go any further without saying how good your hair is!!
Thank your Loren!
Laying here with my pink hair dye marinating in awe of your creativity, as usual. Never a disappointment watching your projects!
Thank you Karinda! I really need to do my blond bits roots 😬😅
That Jacket and Your Hairstyle are Excellent !!
Thank you Alexandra!
I love the bats in the back. And I love the victory rolls
Thank you Stacie! 🦇
You have such exquisite attention to detail, this is just a mockup 😮! Can't wait to see the final product!!
Thank you Liz! It was a mock up I knew would at least fit, so I figured I'd lean in 🖤🦇
Hello Bianca! Just wanted to say thank you so much for your encouragement to dive Into pattern drafting and alterations. I’ve sewn from commercial patterns for years and I’m very tired of the dissatisfaction. I’m waiting for the book you studied from in the mail as I type. One step closer to flattering, natural fiber clothing, and away from frumpy plastic off the rack garb. Much obliged to you for sharing the amazing education you’ve received with people like myself. I wish you the best in all of your endeavors 💐
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!!
The jacket is AMAZING!!! WOW. and special nod to your hair! Perfection!
Thank you!
Stunning topaz jewels, Bianca!
Thank you Susan!
I love shantung. The purple jacquard lining is awesome and I will try to find jacquard lining in future. I have enjoyed both videos for this beautiful jacket. Thank you. The world would be boring and stagnant without dreamers so keep on dreaming.
Thank you Vicki!
So good in black 🖤 can't wait for the 💚 🥰❤️🔥🦇🦇🦇🦇
Thank you Darylyn!
I do really enjoy watching people create and tbh that’s rarely sewing. Sewing is usually reproducing; a pattern or another garment. Not that I don’t enjoy that too, but that’s usually a “how DO you do that”. This tho, is creating. It’s wonderful watching you take that sloper copied onto paper and tease, bully and cajole it into recreating the image you want, and I could watch that for hours(and yes I enjoy the chat too….a lot of relatable points lol) and coming out with something entirely different and beautiful. Btw I love the aesthetic here, ghouls and ghosties and things that go bump in the night, and I love, love LOVE bats. I’m a happy wee camper :)
Ok and yes I know I’m weird but when you pressed that back pleat down……..it was gorgeous, just sublime……….like I said…..weird lol
Thank you Pauline! Wait for next time when I press the back pleats in silk, it's even better ✨😅❤️
🤣I considered taking a shot everytime you said 'Lip'/s'!! 🤣 I understood it though, good video thanks!
You would enjoy storming the fashion/costume section of a museum in your fanciest dresses. When museums have a free late night event it's always a good idea to over-dress for the occasion and storm the castle armed in your best clothes. This works best with 5-10 people for full effect.
Gives me Coraline Beldam Vibes! Love it!
"Batty Backed Blazer, makes it really alliterative, and thats fun!" stated so casually, but so true.
Another stupendous creation with little surprises for extra interest and surprises
Thank you Gina!
Another amazing project! Thanks for sharing your talent with us! And technically…. Your hands are ‘clappers’! 👏
Thank you Janice!
Somewhere where it is always Fall sounds perfect!
Those style line ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So beautiful!
Thank you Yvetta!
This is everything!!!! I know I use the word stunning every time I comment, but no other word comes close. Absolutely stunning!!!! 🖤🦇🖤🦇🖤
Thank you Beth! 💜🦇
You look stunning during intro/ outro!
This is an AMAZING jacket. Love the style lines and details. Genius!!!!!!!! xxx
Thank you Alexandra!
It’s like a magic trick watching you go from cardboard blocks to this incredible jacket. And like a magic trick, even though you show us how it’s done, at the end I am surprised how it all comes together.
Thank you!! 🦇
This was too fun! I am one of many that will snag this idea. Beautiful!
Thank you Mindy!
Love your pattern making. Doing a pattern course. And seeing you do do it. Makes it less complicated. I always make it harder in my head than it is.
Thank you!
The sheer fabulousity of this jacket cannot be overstated!! Je l'aime!
I feel like doing a "hopefully that makes sense" drinking game to your videos could be deadly... I say this as an Irish person 😂😂
Thank you! 🦇☘
Absolutely gorgeous jacket. I love it. Had a thought while watching the bat decorations for the back. Maybe add a layer of silk organza to the top so they stand out a little more. I noticed how it shimmered when you made the bound buttonholes. Can’t wait to see the next installment in this series.
Thank you! The silk organza is actually quite matte compared to how sparkly polyester organza can be, and the shantung is probably shinier anyhow 😅✨
It's been cold and rainy for the last two weeks so I'm yearning for that autumn content! More spook! (Also that hairstyle looks amazing!)
Watched every minute. Thanks, Bianca. Oh, and watched every ad, too. 😅😅
Thank you so much Dannie!! ❤️
Gourgeous, the blazer and the creator, as always👌🌹🇨🇦
Thank you Donna!
I used to say that Seattle had two seasons, spring and fall. Not so much with climate change anymore. But even in fall, colors of native trees are underwhelming or they're evergreens without any changes. Fortunately lots of people have been landscaping with imported ornamental trees that have pretty fall colors, so it's better nowadays.
I just discovered your channel and saw like 15 minutes- totally staying! Your work on your pattern alone is so great for someone still learning! Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you!
I think I just fainted !! that jacket is so awesome!!! I cannot wait for the rest
Thank you Cindy!
Oooohhhh 😱 OMG!!! Flipping Brilliant!!! Beautiful! Amazing! 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! 🦇
New Hampshire/Boston Naren has beautiful color in the fall, a lot of red, oranges and yellow. You would love it!
I can't wait to seeeee! 🍂
Thank you for your time and efforts. I have enjoyed your channel for awhile. This is the first time I have the courage to leave a message here. I learned a lot from this video. Looking forward to your upcoming new projects.
Thank you so much Angela!
OMG spine-y bat back is gorgeous
Thank you Helene!
Those merch ideas... I will so totally buy those!
Wowwwwww. I loved this. I am inspired to try this design for an upcoming wedding. Thank you for a fabulous tutorial
Inhave never understood how to do bound buttonholes before and now I do. Thank you.
I just started the video so I may comment again but that necklace looks lovely on you, the gold compliments your skintone perfectly
Thank you Emily!
So Halloweeny in the black fabric ❤
this is the most goth and most awesome thing. I think this is one of my favorite things you've made and I am high key obsessed with everything you make
Thank you! 🦇🖤
To say I'm in awe is major understatement! Loving this make 😍 ❤️
Thank you!
I now watch your videos when i'm sewing anything, even my baby clothes, bc I always catch a gem. Will I try buttons? Not soon haha but I know where to go when i'm ready.
Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talent on UA-cam. It was absolutely amazing to watch your video!❤❤❤❤❤🤗
Thank you Melinda!
I love you’re aesthetic it’s all my green goth dreams
Thank you Tonya!
Lookin' good lady Bee, loving your hair, make up too.
Thank you for the wonderful pattern draughting instruction : )
Thank you! 💜
I'm exhausted. You do beautiful work.
Thank you Lorraine!
Always super clear, no worries. It looks fantastic!
Thank you!
Your hair is fabulous, Bianca! That jacket is mind-exploding gorgeous! Haute Couture is hiding out in Colorado!
Just Wow,
xoxo's Sandie😍
Thank you Sandie!
Haloween party in the back! Gorgeous.
Thank you Cheryl!
The awesome 'should look good with many skirts' comment and then just slayed in that PVC.
You are too kind 😂❤️
I love watching your patternmaking! I've been sewing for over 10 years but I mostly use commercial patterns that I modify. With your confidence hopefully I will draft more stuff. Last year I drafted a dress but it took me 3 test garments to get it right LOL.
Thank you Kath! Keep at it!!
This jacket is so epic!! So looking forward to seing the skirt mockup and final versions of both the skirt and jacket! :D
Thank you Agnès!
I am just BATTY over this Mandragora Suit Jacket! Yes, magical and just perfect for you. 🦇🦇🦇
Thank you! I'm so excited to wear it soon!
Looks amazing on you. Very clever and cool design!
Thank you!