Hey, folks! Looks like my editing software ate my title at 10:45 . It should read, "The top point should be in line with the center mark." Sorry 'bout that! -🧡 Jacki
Extra suggestions for the super thrifty/environmental makers: Free or thrifted shirts with ugly logos can be turned inside out. The inside may also be less faded/pilled. For an extensive change, all the seams will be gone anyway. If you're keeping the shoulders intact, take a look at the collar reinforcement if there is one. It may be aesthetically ok on the outside, and it's worth keeping if you can. Just make sure you try it on inside out, and wear it around at home for a bit to ensure there's no sensory unpleasantness. A large, plasticy print may mess with stretch - so that would be my last choice. And I highly recommend starting with the ugliest, stained, colour you don't like, shirt you have as a mock up, if you're winging it. Because learning is always valuable. Holding back your creativity, or being upset at yourself for "wasting" materials you like is an unnecessary impediment.
My name is also Jacquie. Well Jacqueline but I go by Jacquie most often. I just want to say I found you this morning and have binged a lot of your videos all day. You are hilarious and have made my day better. I was home in pain from work today. I can't wait to continue to watch your videos.
Hah! Same, though I spell it different. I'm Jaclyn when I'm in trouble and Jacki every other time 😆 I'm so glad you stopped by and enjoy my videos! Hope you feel better soon 🧡
What a coincidence. I just bought an oversized T-shirt so I can turn it into a short dress. 🙂 My T-shirt has a print on the front that I want to keep, so I will have to do princess seams along the sides somehow. Thanks for the video. 😊
Hah, go figure! You're welcome, and thanks for watching! Logos definitely can make it a little more difficult--but sometimes the added challenge results in a more creative look! Good luck 🍀
Hi! Not new. 😊 Lol. Love this video! I’ve been eyeing some ill-fitting garments in my closet that could maybe be modified…I have a question though! You said when you finished the dart that you tie a knot at the top to keep it smooth? A knot as opposed to what?? What would make it not smooth? Also the colour of the material looks incredible on you. The sleeves are cute af.
Hi! Thank you! You know, the color I think is partially a trick of the camera, blues tend to pop hardcore for some reason, but I am happy with it, thank you! 😊 To answer your question: tying a knot is in lieu of either not securing the thread at all, which means it could come loose, or securing it by backstitching, which makes the fine point of the dart chonky.
Sorry/notsorry.... medieval shirt + kirtle = shirtle? Or I'd just use my princess seam block to make a comfy modern lounging dress.... now I'm eyeing the super-large tshirt of my husband's that I'm supposed to be mending, and wondering if I could just avoid the holes... I haven't found anything in the Regency era for women that sparks joy, even though some of them might look good on my current shape, that stupidy high waistband always makes me think "maternity wear". I just liked cutting fringe strips up the sleeves and bottom of tshirts and adding pony bead fringes. Really pretty but omg noisy, *clack*click*clickety-clack*clack*. I did trace my sleeveless Appetite for Destruction tshirt onto satin and made a formal dress out of about six dollars worth of fabric from the remnants bin though, red satin for the front and ties, black for the back, and crinkle cotton for the sleeves and skirt... based on these cotton tie-back dresses that were popular in the 90s. Why tailor when you can just have a tie? I swear those dresses looked good on any figure. Honestly I dunno why people are so scared of knits, aside from denim (skin tight jeans for the win), I started sewing with stretch crushed velvet . You just learn to pin the ever-lovin' crap out of it. In Xs, if required.
Pin in x's?! Thanks! I can certainly see sone advantages to stretch crushed velvet. Hides your stitches, and the crushed factor removes the "ahh can't crush the pile" and probably the directional issue - at least somewhat. It's still going to fall into the "fabric is liquid" PITA category... but yeah. I could probably cope with that.
Shirtle 🤣 I, too, learned to sew on knits, as I started out as a kid having to alter my dance costumes. Thankfully not too much stretch velvet, though!
@@lynn858 Yeah aside from being a bit slippery to manage (hence pinning in Xs), I found it very forgiving, especially when you are not shaped quite the same way your pattern is.
Hey, folks! Looks like my editing software ate my title at 10:45 . It should read, "The top point should be in line with the center mark." Sorry 'bout that!
-🧡 Jacki
Extra suggestions for the super thrifty/environmental makers:
Free or thrifted shirts with ugly logos can be turned inside out. The inside may also be less faded/pilled. For an extensive change, all the seams will be gone anyway.
If you're keeping the shoulders intact, take a look at the collar reinforcement if there is one. It may be aesthetically ok on the outside, and it's worth keeping if you can.
Just make sure you try it on inside out, and wear it around at home for a bit to ensure there's no sensory unpleasantness.
A large, plasticy print may mess with stretch - so that would be my last choice.
And I highly recommend starting with the ugliest, stained, colour you don't like, shirt you have as a mock up, if you're winging it. Because learning is always valuable. Holding back your creativity, or being upset at yourself for "wasting" materials you like is an unnecessary impediment.
Great tips, thank you for sharing!
More quick projects like this please and thank you
All right! Noted! 😊 I do love an instant gratification project!
"But let's test it BEFORE we snip it"
^^^^^
😆 We've all been burned before!!
My name is also Jacquie. Well Jacqueline but I go by Jacquie most often. I just want to say I found you this morning and have binged a lot of your videos all day. You are hilarious and have made my day better. I was home in pain from work today. I can't wait to continue to watch your videos.
Hah! Same, though I spell it different. I'm Jaclyn when I'm in trouble and Jacki every other time 😆 I'm so glad you stopped by and enjoy my videos! Hope you feel better soon 🧡
Well, I'm immediately doing that to some of my larger shirts
Awesome!! Have fun with it! 😁
I just love this. Yes to all the tshirt redesigns. Hi 👋🏽 I'm kinda new. I have been loving all of your videos. 💜💜💜
Hi! And thank you!! I wasn't sure how folks were gonna take it, so I'm glad you like this sort of thing! So glad you said hello! 😊
Very Cute!
Thank you! 😊
What a coincidence. I just bought an oversized T-shirt so I can turn it into a short dress. 🙂 My T-shirt has a print on the front that I want to keep, so I will have to do princess seams along the sides somehow. Thanks for the video. 😊
Hah, go figure! You're welcome, and thanks for watching! Logos definitely can make it a little more difficult--but sometimes the added challenge results in a more creative look! Good luck 🍀
@@FantasticalFolliesCostuming Thanks. 😊
Hi! Not new. 😊 Lol. Love this video! I’ve been eyeing some ill-fitting garments in my closet that could maybe be modified…I have a question though! You said when you finished the dart that you tie a knot at the top to keep it smooth? A knot as opposed to what?? What would make it not smooth? Also the colour of the material looks incredible on you. The sleeves are cute af.
Hi! Thank you! You know, the color I think is partially a trick of the camera, blues tend to pop hardcore for some reason, but I am happy with it, thank you! 😊
To answer your question: tying a knot is in lieu of either not securing the thread at all, which means it could come loose, or securing it by backstitching, which makes the fine point of the dart chonky.
Is there a way to correct the too large neckline?
It's meant to be cinched down into a V. That's what I'll probably do.
Sorry/notsorry.... medieval shirt + kirtle = shirtle?
Or I'd just use my princess seam block to make a comfy modern lounging dress.... now I'm eyeing the super-large tshirt of my husband's that I'm supposed to be mending, and wondering if I could just avoid the holes...
I haven't found anything in the Regency era for women that sparks joy, even though some of them might look good on my current shape, that stupidy high waistband always makes me think "maternity wear".
I just liked cutting fringe strips up the sleeves and bottom of tshirts and adding pony bead fringes. Really pretty but omg noisy, *clack*click*clickety-clack*clack*. I did trace my sleeveless Appetite for Destruction tshirt onto satin and made a formal dress out of about six dollars worth of fabric from the remnants bin though, red satin for the front and ties, black for the back, and crinkle cotton for the sleeves and skirt... based on these cotton tie-back dresses that were popular in the 90s. Why tailor when you can just have a tie? I swear those dresses looked good on any figure. Honestly I dunno why people are so scared of knits, aside from denim (skin tight jeans for the win), I started sewing with stretch crushed velvet . You just learn to pin the ever-lovin' crap out of it. In Xs, if required.
Pin in x's?! Thanks!
I can certainly see sone advantages to stretch crushed velvet. Hides your stitches, and the crushed factor removes the "ahh can't crush the pile" and probably the directional issue - at least somewhat.
It's still going to fall into the "fabric is liquid" PITA category... but yeah. I could probably cope with that.
Shirtle 🤣
I, too, learned to sew on knits, as I started out as a kid having to alter my dance costumes. Thankfully not too much stretch velvet, though!
@@lynn858 Yeah aside from being a bit slippery to manage (hence pinning in Xs), I found it very forgiving, especially when you are not shaped quite the same way your pattern is.
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LOL! Thank you! I appreciate it :)