How to understand sewing patterns (for beginners!)
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- Would you like to make your own clothes? Do you find yourself lost and bewildered at the mere sight of a sewing pattern?...
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In this video I go through the basics of understanding sewing patterns - from tracing, to cutting, to what the heck all those symbols mean. This one is for all the budding sewers out there! Hopefully I can give you some of the knowledge and sewing wisdom that I've gained over the years.
The pattern I used for the palazzo pants:
thepatternpreacher.com/the-si...
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Find me on Instagram: @vintagethirsty
A bit about me (not very interesting):
Where are you from?
I’m from Scotland. Yep, that is a Scottish accent you’re hearing.
How old are you?
Born in 99’
Do you study fashion?
Yes! I am a fashion student still very much learning. I am by no means a professional, but I’m sure my videos make that obvious.
Equipment:
Camera: Canon M50
Mic: Rode Video Mic Pro
Editing software: Final Cut Pro
Sewing machine: Janome 7025
Overlocker/Serger: Singer 14SH754 - Навчання та стиль
I have a question: when you cut the pattern, do you need to leave some extra space for where you're going to be sewing? if not, where do I sew it, to make the right size? because I imagine that if you sew too far from the edge the garment will be tighter... or not? Sorry, I'm just learning and I still have never sewn anything!
This is a great question! What you’re referring to is called seam allowance (SA). The distance you sew from the edge of the fabric.
The pattern instructions should tell you how much SA is included. If none is included, then you can add some in yourself. But most standard patterns include a 1.5cm SA. In the video when I mark in the labels on the pattern I should have also marked in what the given SA was to make it clear. Sorry about that! But the pattern instructions should tell you, and sticking to the SA will give you a true-to-size fit!
Hope this helps!
@@VintageThirsty Thank you very much! This helps a lot, because in videos I always hear about seam allowance but I never understand how to calculate them or if they are included in the pattern! Thank you so much, you've been extremely helpful!
@@VintageThirsty thanks from me too, I had the same question! Wonderful video, and you're beautiful!
Thank you both! Also just beginning.
Thank so much you've been extremely helpful for me as a beginner 👍🌹
I've been sewing for 15 years and my mom taught me all these things. But you rarely hear them on sewing videos these days. I approve
Hi jennifer, i am a beginner at the domain and sometimes i get this random confusing questions so i thought maybe if there is a pro person that would be capable of answering those confusing quests that pop up randomly in my mind and i am asking you if you can be that one :))))
Thank you
Please do help me too, I am just beginning to sewing now :)
Love been looking everywhere this is the only video I found
How do you get perfect cut fabric that doesn’t fray? I use the best fabric I can buy. On you tube the seems are always perfect No greying
Fraying
I'm jealous of your patterns idk if that's a normal one but in the US ours are made of tissue paper. Its so thin it rips if you look at it wrong
Lmbo
its the same in australia! im not sure if its still the standard as i buy my pattern second-hand, but the tissue paper is so frail and frustrating to work with!
Yep this is Canada too. Apparently there is a reason for this tissue paper pattern paper. Supposed to be easier to pin or something. I say do what works for you
"If you look at it wrong" 😂
I have one open now and her instructions look so much easier and straight forward than mine. Mine look like they were packaged in 1990 and have very short sentences on each step :(
I'm thrilled to see all of you young people sewing!
Janet in Idaho. A young 77 years old. And still enjoying sewing and quilting
I'm a 58 year old man just learning to sew for the first time. Thank you for your videos!
I'm a 64 yr old man, and I've never used a pattern before and came across your video. It was very informative, helpful, and so well done. I'm trying to make a Star Wars couch cushion, but a pattern is a pattern. Thank you very much, this helped me feel a bit less intimidated by it all.
I’ve learned so much from just 10mins 🥺💗
Yesss 😩🙌🏽
Basics:
Tracing - 2:14
Notches - 4:27
Darts - 5:05
Grain line - 5:30
Cut on fold - 6:14
6:58-Cutting
8:07
Thank you!
Thanks heaps 😊
I enjoyed every minute of it and wills ave it for future reference.
I think I'm gonna have bookmark this for 7 weeks from now when I'm finished with uni for the year. I have grand sewing plans and I am gonna need all the help I can get 🙃
Hello Viv
Good luck now that it has been 4 months
hope you started sewing!
Omg relate so hard
Have ya started up yet? We're rooting for ya, and hope your rooting for yourself. 😌
This is - hands down - the BEST tutorial I’ve seen about ANYTHING so far. You’ve definitely earned a subscription and you didn’t even ask! Thank you! 🙏
yep, yep, yep!
Right! I subscribed and she didn't even ask.... I learned so much in such little time.
Hands down 100%.
I have been sewing for 30 years and studied fashion design, professional sewing, pattern drafting and draping. My two adult daughters have recently expressed an interest in learning how to sew, so I thought we might watch a few videos together before we go buy patterns, fabric and notions. We watched a video from a different blogger before this one, and we thought it was a bit all over the map and unclear. Your video is very clear and starts with the most basic concept. Well done! Hope you will make other videos like this one.
Good luck with your projects. Hope your daughters enjoy it.
Mine is 11 and I would like her to learn with me.
65 year old guy in Iowa appreciates your skill in teaching, sewing and modeling. This was great.
The pants turned out super cute! Very well explained. My only request would be to have a visual when explaining the “grain line”. It’s probably pretty simple and I may be making it more complicated than it is but perhaps a ‘correct’ example. Then, an ‘incorrect’ example as a visual -if you would be up for it next time. Thank you 🙏😊
It is simpler than it made to be...the grainline is a guide to positioning your fabric, so you're not cutting on the bias (diagonal to fabric threads). So if you look closely at the fabric weave and see the cross threads, position the pattern so it's parallel to the fabric grain (usually parallel to the selvedge edge).
@@5DNRG So if you're cutting twill would you want it to appear diagonal (while actually being parallel)?
can we talk about how the 'snips' every time she says cut sound so good?? it's very satisfying 🤍
THank you SO MUCH!!!
I AM A COMPLETE BEGINER AND HAVE BEEN SO FUSTRATED AS MOST OLDER WOMEN INCLUDING MY OWN AGE AND OLDER NO LONGER HELP OR WANT TO
GOD BLESS YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO HELP OTHERS.
YOUR PLAZO PANTS ARE ADDORABLE
At 56 years old I find myself as the stay-at-home parent for an 11-year-old boy who just joined Boy Scouts. I am now having pants, sewing on patches, and trying to make a vest for said patches to hang on. I haven't touched a sewing machine since 9th grade home ec. Thank you for helping me remember things I forgot a billion years ago.
As a parent of a scout, I’d suggest buying clear thread for the patches. It’s makes life so much simpler! However, it does make it harder to thread the needle, lol.
@@babblesp1367 yup, know that trick. SO far color matching hasn't been that big of an issue. I actually found a sand and a olive thread that match the shirt and pants colors really well. I have some clear in reserve in case I need it. Also have sand colored velcro for the rank path, as well as other likely to be replaced patches.
You are a gem. I’m starting sewing for the first time at age 42 and my mom bought me a cute little handheld sewing stitcher and in the first day I bled it and and clogged it into the teeth lol so far I’m doing well.
I just had to pause at 2:43, come here, and comment: That highlight tip is a hidden treasure!! Can’t believe I’ve never thought of that, so smart 😍
Your voice is so calming, thank you so much for this tutorial!! 🥺
i have come back once again because i forgot it hello 🥸🤘
This video is one of the BEST explanation videos I have ever watched. I usually just skip through tutorials to gain all the useful points, but it was so enjoyable that I just watched the whole thing without feeling regretful. Not only was the editing and near perfect explanation amazing, but each frame was segued so nicely. Thank you so much for putting the time and effort to help others! Subscribed.
I really want to start sewing! I’m 22 and I’ve never sewn anything in my life. I’m so glad I found you because your videos are so gentle and informational! Everything I needed to get inspired to make some cool clothes :)
OMG I'm learning so much more than I ever did researching on my own! 😳🙌🏾 now all I have to do is learn how to actually use my sewing machine..
yes!
So imagine learning how to sew during elementary and high school by watching mom and making a few things like a skirt, straight paints... then you decide to start sewing again as a more mature woman. My mom never traced the pattern. She laid it out and we would pin it but follow along the size we were making, never cutting the pattern itself. I don’t recall how we pinned it so I came here. I’m not sure I’m willing to trace and cut out a template first 😩
What I learned in school was to put the pins parallel to the lines of the pattern and cut as close to the pins as possible (assuming the pattern includes seam allowance). We'd pin both the pattern and the fabric like 1-2 millimeters inside of the line that designates the size we'd be making. Then we would gently peel back the edge of the pattern until we reached the pin line and would cut along the line. If you want, you can sort of redrape the pattern over your shears so that you can see the pattern lines and notches a bit better. I hope that made sense/was helpful!
@@JDlovescats979 Yes! That's what my mother always did.
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Actually we learned in Home Ec.
I learned to pin the pattern directly to the fabric also... pins horizontal to the pattern edge, but the way she does it allows you to trace it onto paper in the size you want thus maintaining the original pattern in case you need to size up or down for future garments
I really want a sewing machine so i can start making my own clothes, this video taught me so much about patterns, I was so lost at first😅 so a HUGE thank you goes to you and taking the time to make this video💕
I bought my 1st as a Kenmore from Sears, but my second one was special...from a retired seamstress who obviously had an amazing life and career. I wish I had gotten to know her more, she was in her 80s-90s years ago when I met her, unforgettable woman! Now, I have a great classic Janome I bought in '02 that's still on warranty. Go Used to start...
Just got my sewing machine and starting to get the tools needed to sew. Ive been feeling nervous and excited but your video makes me feel confident. I know i can do this!!
This is legit perfect!!! Please don’t stop making these! They’re helpful!!
I bought a machine in late 2022 and came across this video.
I got intimidated quickly and never committed, but now I'm laid off and I'm back here giving this a shot lol.
New hobby ahoy
What’s the verdict?
I'm generally a wood/metal working maker, and am just taking baby steps into this form of making - and this is freaking brilliant.
Love how you explain multi-sized patterns & how to use them. Thank you for very educational/informative video. I've been sewing for the longest time!
I've watched a lot of random tutorials on a lot of random topics but this has got to be the most well-explained, thank you x
I’m an embroider who is wanting to start handsewing as a Hobby and cus clothes are too pricy (and i hate shien.) So this really helped with making pattens!
THANK YOU! I’ve had patterns and a machine for yonks but couldn’t find a video that was comprehensive enough for a total beginner when it comes to actually reading and using the patterns I have.
Thank you for this it’s a life saver!
This is exactly what I needed in my life. I’ve been so scared of using patterns for so long that I struggle through making my own and it’s always unnecessarily complicated hahaha. Thank you for the thoroughness and encouragement!! I’m totally gonna try this 🥰
Thank you so much for this video ! I got into sewing recently and getting started with actual patterns felt really daunting but you really cleared things up for me !
We need more videos like this! You're so kind and I really like the way you explained it to us! 🌸
When this video teaches you more basic pattern making than your actual pattern design class…I would STILL be confused if it wasn’t for this video.
Definitely agree! Best video I've read across explaining using patterns. All the other one's I ran across was so confusing & not beginner friendly
Thank you so much for compiling such a thoughtful instructions video on sewing! As a beginner who wished to go to fashion school to learn all about the details in clothes and sewing tricks, I find this video so helpful😭💚 Your videos always show clear and step by step tutorial without being too confusing, and I love it. Hoping to see your channel grow!
I love how soft and clear your voice is. Even though I have the captions running, I love how you enunciate. Being deaf/hard of hearing, this is key. I also love how you use your hands and how you clearly walk us through the lesson. I look forward to learning more from you!
My grandmother recently gave me her collection of sewing patterns she’s kept from around the 1960s-70s, and I had no clue how to follow them, so Thankyou so much for this video!
Yas queen! I sat with my mouth wide open because your descriptions made so much sense for the first time! I have patterns and have watched videos of people making clothing using patterns but it is so intimidating. None have made sense until now!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! The end product is beautiful and is so flattering on you!
Thank you thank you thank you!! I just bought my first ever sewing machine and immediately went into panic mode realizing how much learning I need to do just to get started on my first project. This video was super helpful and calming
"Its like a pizza cutter, but for your fabric."😆 my favorite line of the video. Nice pants! Thanks for the info!
I've watched about 10 different videos on reading a pattern and you're the first one to talk about the symbols! OMG thank you!!!
Wow, she's very engaging and knowledgeable. She makes it look easy. A lot easier than other tutorials I've seen. Best 10 mins I've spent on patterns. Thanks so much.
Omg GOD BLESS YOU 🙏🏾I been struggling to learn this forever, you are a great teacher! Now , I feel like I actually understand what to do with a pattern & not feel intimidated by the sewing language. Ahh I'm so excited to get my pieces assembled 📐✂️
This is the kind of clear and simple pattern guide I’ve been searching for! 😅 thank you for laying things out so well for beginners, great video! 👏🏻👏🏻
This video REALY helps. All the other videos about understanding patterns were so confusing . Thanks for this video!🥰
Absolutely brilliant . just bought my first sewing machine , an old singer 201k, just like my Mum had. looking bewilderingly at my first pattern . Now it makes sense to me, many thanks.
this is exactly what i needed! I just bought a pattern for wide leggings, but its hella confusing, thank you!!
I've never in life touched a needle outside of art class, so I really appreciate this tutorial!! I'm looking to start plush making rather than garments but all of this is so interesting! Your voice and demeanor is also very patient and not really intimidating so for what it's worth that also helps!
Hello, your video was very clear, and yes, I am inspired to restart my sewing journey. Three years ago, I started but pressed pause because of grad school. Now, I am preparing myself to get back to sewing and looking forward to make my own clothes :)
I love the fact that you use a house plant to weigh the pattern piece down. It must be happy to be able to help out. 🌿😊
Don’t worry this is for me!
4:27 Notches
4:54 Darts
5:32 Grainline
6:11 Cut on fold
I just needed to say “ thank you” so much for your help! I just started making a dress with my first pattern and I was very intimidated! Your video was so helpful. If there’s anything I still had questions about, it was the type of stitching mentioned…baste, slip stitch, etc. I just don’t know all of the terminology yet.
this was the most helpful video that i've come across as a beginner! thank you girl!! i have been wanting to start sewing for a while now, but was too intimidated by my lack of understanding of the terms people would use in their tutorials! this made it very easy for me to understand
I am so thankful for this video.
I was just trying to get into sewing a little, so I got myself a pattern, printed it, cut it, all that, when I noticed that the sleeve was way too thin and would never wrap around my arm. Thanks to you I now know that I just need to fold the fabric for it to be double as wide, but in that moment it just took all my motivation.
So thank you. :)
i've been sewing diy style for like three years, and this is the first time i've heard of using the point piercing and tracing wheel for patterns.
this is a revelation. much obliged!
My patterns and fabric should be arriving anyday now!! I'm sew excited to get started 😛
I just randomly ended up searching about this and threw a couple random videos on my watch later, but your video was SUCH good quality. Editing, context, cheesy humor. Loved it.
I got 3 lovely pages of info written down thanks to this video.. and now I'm feeling a lot more confident in trying new things
i needed this video this week, impeccable timing
You’re just a doll! Thank you for posting this! I’ve wanted to learn to sew forever and when my granny passed on, I made up my mind to learn. She could sew beautifully. I just learned how to operate my sewing machine lmbo. So, I’m very very green. I have an apron pattern of my granny’s and now I can understand it too lol. You’re pleasant to listen to and you get to the point. So, if you wanted to post a ton of tutorial videos for beginners, I believe people would watch. Just sayin’. 😊😎
If only all videos could be so succinct and informative in such a short amount of time. Thanks.
ngl patterns have made me cry and made feel itchy from frustration... it's been years and now I have the confidence again to learn properly this time 😂
I’m not doing anything till I catch up on your videos. In just two minutes I learned more than any video 😩 Wish I wouldn’t have cut my patterns to my size now. Lessons learned thanks so much 🎯Great video
Thank you for making this video! I used it to hem my linen suit trousers the day before I had to wear them to my friends' wedding. I'd never hemmed before so I didn't think I'd be able to learn it in time, but it turned out great and I looked much smarter than if I'd left the legs unhemmed.
I don't use a sewing machine yet so I appreciate you showed how to do it cleanly by hand. My mom used to hem all my pants for me growing up, so I'll definitely be hemming more pants and shorts for myself after this gave me confidence to!
I actually learned a few things my husband found this for me and suggested I watch it. So I did. Thank you. I love your accent. Also I'm a little less scared of patterns now.
Thank you for explaining everything super thoroughly while also being really funny and encouraging. I definitely plan on sewing something up to work with the inspiration I got from this video
Alexandra....SO RIGHT!!!! The INSPIRATION she is giving us!!!!!
Thanks so much! I have been sewing for some time nów but I’ve never fully understood patterns even though I use them 😅 So glad I found your channel! 💕
Thank you for this, I have recently taken up the hobby but I haven’t been diligent with learning since all sewing videos are a complete bore but this one actually got me excited!
Thank you Vintage Thirsty for explaining it very clearly for us beginners. You're a star!
I just love you lol your too cute! Love the accent!
Hello Elizabeth
Finally a clear, detailed explanation. Thank you! I'm really into the idea of sewing clothes but I need tutorials that dumb it down like I'm a child. Please teach us more.
I found this video on a whim. I was having a hard time finding a channel that suited me and spoke my language. Some other channels aren't as beginner-friendly as they claim, and use words for things that I'm not familiar with (and force me to have to hurriedly google whatever it is in the background). I find some of the other channels to also be a little condescending, and no one has fun with what they're teaching. This is my new favorite channel. I love your kindness and the way you explain things (thank you, by the way, for showing me what an awl is!). I am very much looking forward to other projects of yours. I watched the pleated skirt one and for once I didn't feel overwhelmed; it made me feel like I can actually do it! You are the best channel on here, in my opinion 🙂
PLEASE UPLOAD MORE VIDEOS SOON! i live for your accent and your easy to do designs.
Oh My Goodness! Thank you, young lady, for this exellent video. If there were an award or 'openings' or 'video intros' This would win! I have been searching or this topic! You've given me hope!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Please keep these excellent videos coming!
Omg!!! 8 years of sewing and I’ve been tracing wrong the entire time 🥴😩😭😭😤😂😂 I would just make my own. “Perks” of being self taught 😕 lol
Thats the beauty of it all. We keep learning new things. I've been terrified of patterns, I see them as Egyptian hieroglyphs😩. But I think I can now face them🔥
I am going to be trying to make some loose trousers and using a pattern for the first time your video explains so much thank you i will certainly be clicking on your page again soon your so informative.
Your videos are super helpful and so well edited . Keep it going girl! Love your accent 🥰🥰
I’ve only just found your channel and I’ve subscribed. It’s so lovely to find a Scots lady making such great quality videos. Your instructions were so clear and precise. I’m in Cumbria and aiming towards making or refashioning my who,e wardrobe towards a vintage style. I’ll watch out for your future videos. Your palazzo pants are gorgeous and very flattering.
Hello Celia
You are God sent. I wish I could give you an award. Thank you for sharing. This is more than beginner friendly. This is amazing.
Thank you for taking your time to share with us. ❤
omg! Thank you so much! You answered everything I needed to get started using a pattern. Love the production and sharing a beginners perspective. I felt intimidated and feel confident knowing what you shared.
I want to star sewing and your videos are so helpful! love your channel ❤️
I came for the info I stayed for the accent .
This was such a great comprehensive video on sewing, I had no idea how cool sewing was until now
Really enjoy your wacky sense of humour & fun! I can't tell you how much of a difference it makes for people like me who can get a little, hmm, bored or distracted when watching instructional videos. I really hope to see you make more videos soon!!
Those pants fit you so well!! Dang
What about seam allowances?
Please make more sewing tutorials!! I have been looking all over for good videos, and your 10min video has been soooo helpful! I’m very new to sewing, and I’d be grateful for any kind of help I can get!
Perfekt explanation. Thank you soooo much. And i love your humor.
Thank you so much this is very helpful! I love your channel, I have already gotten so much inspiration on patterns I want to try. Also your jokes aren't terrible.
Thank you for the tips on saving the pattern! That was such a concern of mine, granted I got mine on sale, but still. I wanted to get the most use out of it as I possible can!
They way you explained was very detailed, I am a newbie to this whole sewing world so you made me more comfortable with your suggestions.
Thank you, the way you broke down everything made so much sense. I have watched so many other beginner videos and still felt out of the loop. I'm going to watch more of your videos and subscribe. Most of all thank you, I am going to try to make some clothes!
I‘m so happy I found your channel. Thanks for those entertaining and helpful videos. 😊
I love your jokes and thank you for making sewing less scary
I'm still quite a sewing novice, and the grain line is the thing that always messes me up and leads to my outfits draping and fitting all weird. Thank you for the tip!
This is just what I was after, ta. I also absolutely love your voice and accent. I could just listen to you talking about pretty much any subject all day long. But this one's also turned out to be useful, so thank you! xx
This was so helpful!🥺 please keep the sewing videos coming!💗 would specially love to see one on making patterns from your existing clothes ✨
YES!!! and....I loved EVERYTHING about THIS video!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This Young Lady..is FANTASTIC!!!
I started sewing 55 years ago, when the only information I had was the sewing pattern itself. I envy modern girls who have access to so many books and videos at their fingertips. Trial and error is a very inefficient learning method.