Halfway through and stopping to say that (a) I appreciate the leak, aka shout out, and (b) I am here for jazz flute, and imagining that much like Zack's music situation, Ron Burgundy has written and recorded the Costuming Drama 70s jazz flute theme just for you. Because that would be exciting.
I needed an anti-procrastinatuon video! (1:30pm--still in my nightgown) Edit: 2:30 pm--still in my nightgown. Maybe I should go listen to Cathy telling me to put down my phone...
@@CassandraD If I'm just doing chores around the house and maybe some sewing, I'm sticking with my hedgehog flannel snuggliness! 😊 But yeah, I actually need to go out today...
Perfect timing on learning the Sprint Method. 'Working' on going through every cupboard/closet/stack of boxes in my house AND garage to Get Rid Of Stuff I Don't Use. The stacks around here are so ridiculous it's beyond stupid how I've lived with the mess for so long! Also getting rid of several pieces of furniture and some beloved kitchen ware that Just Isn't Used. Hard deadline last week of April. For a 2nd annual charity yard sale benefiting a local cemetery trust my family is involved with, to pay for brush clearing, plot expansion, new fence materials, etc. Last year we made $3k! This year we should be able to complete the fencing, pave the new entrance, etc. The cemetery is dated from 1869 on the Klamath River. Major procrastination of OVER 30 years on my part, Finally getting down to able to have a calm and organized home!!! Meanwhile taking breaks with sewing videos, planning my first drafted shirt pattern, planning how to pad out my dress form, etc.Once the yard sale stuff is out of the spare room, I can start sewing! :)
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 heck yeah you for taking your life back! Once you have all that cleared out, you will feel lighter and breathe easier! It’s a wonderful project! 💖💖💖
As a former literature major at university, it’s lovely to find someone who has an actual opinion rather than drinking the damn kool-aid and repeating the “party line”. My name is Elise, I’m 45, I practice a gazillion different crafts, and I came here from Bernadette and Kathy.i love your work. While it’s sad you won’t be putting up a ton of videos but your health is important.
My best friend once told me "It doesn't get easier the longer you wait, it only gets later" It's a thing that just stuck with me and that I remind myself of.
I am working g on a quilt for a friend. Her mother passed about a year ago and she gave me all of her mother's quilting supplies. I found a partially completed quilt and am finishing it for my friend. I am currently reading The Book of Life from the All Souls trilogy. Fantastic books!
Hello! I love watching all of you sewing UA-camrs! You are very inspirational. Ya'll are all the reason behind me going to costume college in the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco. I am currently working on my class assignments. I have to make 5 renders of models in costumes for the representation fo the 5 senses based on a poem I chose. And the other class I have to create 4 textile patterns on cloth using no sewing just ironing-on wonder-under. And I am trying to teach myself how to make some fancy geometric panels for my patterning with no sewing! I'm a bit gone cookoo from it as it is now about 1:30 am central time in Texas. And I have to turn in by Monday. And I've also been procrastinating and doing the rewarding myself method too. I'm a Leo so I am like a cat and would rather be sleeping. Lol. Great share. I know you will do well. I think the butt-bow thing needs a bit more work. Looks great though. Thanks for sharing, take care.
I really love the structure of that bodice. After trying three times to put my thoughts on the shape of it into words that actually make sense, I'm giving up and leaving it at that. It's a busy weekend and my brain is shot. Not really working on anything right now and I've got some household projects that need finished before I start anything fun anyway. On a more entertaining note, though, I've recently come into possession of a pair of long johns from around 1910 and absolutely no one I know understands why I'm so excited about 100+ year old underpants.
The mock-up looks great! Woo hoo! I'm unraveling a crochet project. It's a real relief not to work on it anymore. Now I can make something else. I'm reading Priya Krishna's Indian-ish cookbook and shopping for spices.
I just bought a nifty little timer that's easy to set and when it goes off, it remembers the last time it was set to. I do three 20 minute sprints (which I should be doing right NOW but stopped to watch your video on how to solve your procrastination problem) for work. I work from home so there are myriad reasons to wander away from projects. The only thing I will stop for is a cat who needs in or out of my office door. I've found this to be an excellent way to get through a lot of work when I'm not particularly motivated to do it.
I probably shouldn't buy any more quilt fabric until next winter at the earliest. But, bless you Victorian ladies, I couldn't resist the May Morris prints licensed from the Victoria and Albert museum.
🖖 is appropriate! I’m hoping your Mother-in-law recovers from her surgery quickly and well, and your finger heals quickly! Ooooh! The bodice is absolutely beautiful, even if you’re finding all sorts of places to improve lol! I’ve been listening to Pegasus In Space by Anne McCaffrey, and I’m waiting impatiently for some things I found on eBay to arrive! If they get here early enough, I’ll try to do an unboxing of them!
When I sewed my wedding dress, the pattern included a BIG butt bow. I actually made the bridal satin with buckram BIG butt bow! Holding it in my two hands...no. No way am I attaching this thing to my backside! After nearly 33 years, I do not regret leaving it behind (ha, ha-punny) on my parents dining room table. ♥️
The mock up is so cute!, i love how it's two different colors of the material, it shows the detail more, and even without boning, the corset gives it that shape. Looking forward to seeing the final piece.
Hello! Non-sewer viewer here! Just had to say I love your explanation of sprints, and how they can be applied to just about anything you are procrastinating about. Thanks for being you!
This video hit home for me-I’m currently stuck at home due to coronavirus (I teach in Seoul and my school has gone digital during the national educational shutdown) so I was using watching it as a reward for finishing my very tedious lesson planning! I guess I really should apply the same strategy to my sewing, but as sewing is supposed to be a treat rather than a chore, I guess I hadn’t made the mental leap. The bodice really does look lovely, I am looking forward to seeing how it comes together!
This was so interesting to watch! I am sorry but I thought it was great when you said your husband had no spatial relation skills... Butt bow was actually not bad in the mock-up. I am listening to the Outlander series. (Davina Porter is fantastic!) I am on panel 7 of 7 of my first full size quilt. All 2.25 inch Hexagons.....
Yes (!!!!!) to the sprint method! It's THE thing that got me through studying for my finals. Especially if you are overwhelmed by the amount of things you have to do and don't know where to start it works wonders. Also really loved Emma. I like Jane Austen in general but I think this movie just hit the spot of doing Jane Austen's brilliance justice and at the same time being very appealing to a modern audience.
Hi! I'm Lauren. I've been sewing since fall of last year, but my focus has been quilting. Initially, I purchased a Depression Era quilt top. Instead of sending it out to be made into a quilt, I decided to teach myself hand quilting. *queue me watching lots of quilting videos and deciding I needed a sewing machine to make MORE QUILTS* The UA-cams then saw fit to send me lots of clothes sewing videos, which led me to the ever-cute and awesome Bernadette Banner and Morgan Donner. I'm just here to ogle all the turn-of-the-century goodness. Perhaps one day I will tackle a clothing project. For now, I'm about to start sandwiching my latest quilt, which I made just for me. Unfortunately, it has to get done in one session, because it has to be pinned on my living room floor, and I don't have a sewing room.
Have fun on your trip! The mock up looks good. I hope your MiL is doing well after her health scare a few weeks ago and that Chris isn't too stressed about her health. Give the fur babies snuggles and smooches from me especially Dakota, who I hope is doing better. 💞 Totally gonna use that sprint idea to get back into writing and hopefully work on my novel that I haven't touched in years.
Team Capricorn. The best way to accomplish things? Work with a Virgo who wants to make lists or organize the equipment first. The annoyance works like rocket fuel.
Sarah Bent or my husband, who is a Scorpio, and will critically reorganise and improve the efficiency of any activity he’s involved with, despite little direct knowledge. Ask me about shoulder pads.
Here I am using your video to procrastinate working on my grad school homework... Oh how I love your videos! I'm looking forward to spring break where I plan to spend a lovely week working on my daughter's revolutionary war Marquis de Lafayette suit. She hates pink but wants a pink 1780s suit to honor her favorite Founding Father. 😊
Just finished my chemise. Which I loved making. I bought some gorgeous merlot colored wool for my next project which will be a walking skirt. Have you read How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman? I’m only on page 49 so far but it’s fascinating! I loved watching her on all the BBC shows about farm life in the past. I recommend it. ❤️
Hi, I’m Tania. I’ve been watching for a while just haven’t introduced myself. FYI, you didn’t leak the date for Foundations Revealed because it’s on their website. As far as putting up more frames in your sewing room, you might consider hanging them on the doors and sides of the bookshelf. Your bodice looks amazing and you’re doing a great job. I’m working on crocheting baby blanket, sewing a hooded cape, and simple stays. Look forward to seeing a lot more of the ball gown as well as future projects!
It looks so good! I just finished my slytherin bustle dress and now I'm starting on an edwardian walking skirt in peach linen. While listening a podcast on the witch trial of salem.
That looks so great! I'm so glad you got it done, I was hoping. Today I'm knitting a sock for my Mom while procrastinating finishing the last edge of the quilt I'm making (also for Mom) before trying out my walking foot on it. Mom is coming out for her Spring Break and bringing us 4 of our cats from Wyoming. Between you and Cathy, I'm starting to wonder about people peeking in the window, since ya'll are calling me out this week.
That bodice looks ways better on you than it did in the picture! And I got a huge kick at your poor husband's lacing confusion! But he gets props for trying - go Chris!
I'm Valeri. Hi, Noelle! I am really new to you and your content. You have a great smile, and when you said you had been living with yourself for 42 years I could not believe it. I'd guess ten years younger!. You have an amazing attitude, and it shows. Thank you for telling us about the sprint method. It might work for me. I procrastinate constantly. I'm going to try it. Many hugs.
I am amazed at how far you go in a mockup! I literally just sew the bodice pieces together (no interlining), make my tweaks, make the bodice, mockup the sleeve into the actual bodice, and then that's it. No boning or anything, either. So I don't blame you for procrastinating all that!
I don’t normally go this far, but I’ve been watching people do this and it seems like it makes a difference in some cases, so I’m trying to be a bit better about it...
For the last month your videos have filled my break. I am currently preparing for my final exams, so I study for half an hour and then have a break for 5 minutes and every two hours I do a workout and watch your videos.
@@Costuming_Drama well do you know the feeling that you could watch things for hours and you are not satisfied? Your, Bernadettes and Cathy's videos manage to calm me and give my mind peace in 5 minutes and the rest is pure enjoyment.
Yay, you got it done! I know what you mean about procrastination. I have worked incredibly hard to eliminate it from my life but sometimes one falls back into old habits. Best thing is I do not stay in that place long. Good job!
Omg! That bodice looks amazing on you! (I’m team buttbow) I’ve been machine embroidering lately. My hubby surprised me with a new brother embroidery machine and I love it!
I love sprints - I’ve done them for writing workshops and they’re so effective - particularly if you build up the time across the day; so if you know you have a day to do something you can start with 15 minutes, then have the next ones be 30mins and then an hour etc. Right now I’m sewing petticoat ruffles and trying to let my subconscious do the working out on my corset - I think the next mock up should be pretty functional and then it’s just a question of final tweaks to get a really good fit - fingers crossed. Your mock up shape is gorgeous and the bow is so clever; very Crowley!
I went and saw Emma. today. The costumes were great, I don't know how historically accurate they were, but they were lovely. And there were bonnets, lots of bonnets.
I'm gonna have to try this sprint thing because me and procrastination are lifelong bffs. Currently I'm avoiding my sewing project by crocheting a baby shower gift for a friend. Its a little cardigan I'm going to applique sea creatures to. Then it's back to the grind making pleated ribbon trim for the gown I'm doing. That bodice looks great as just the toile, I can't even imagine how awesome it'll be in the black silk.
The mock up for the bodice looks great. I'm actually procrastinating on taking apart a block for my quilt. All the other blocks were fine, plus I'm not sure to do with all the negative space I'll have on this one. Anyway have a great trip and stay healthy.
Sorry about your finger injury. Yay! Sewing. The hat print is fantastic. I think using the red on the bodice would be bea-uuu-ti-ful! High 5! Butt bow is gonna rock over the bustle! Just repaired a lap quilt that is 20 years old and seams are coming apart. Next up, scrapbooking of 2 Holy Land trips and my daughter’s wedding.
The Weehauken thing was pretty cute. These Victorian patterns are so complicated. You are very brave. I would never attempt one, and I have degree in Apparel Design and have sewn a lot.
We have the same size waist right now 😋. I am so accident prone the amount of damage I've done to my hands is ridiculous. I've cut through my thumb with an axe, had metal roofing slide down the heel of my hand and constantly stabbed and sliced my fingers while cooking. I quite like the way that bodice looks I was thinking of getting that one for my own dress. And that color scheme is to die for I always love a red and black combo. Through a few years of modelling for art classes I've become very relaxed about people seeing me in my bra so there has been many a time I've opened the door to the postman or whatever in just a bra and pajama pants. Congrats on getting it done and it looks good I'm definitely going to get that pattern. Norse mythology was a good book I read it to my oldest. I'm currently reading a book on the gardens at Chatsworth and am sewing a coat for a friend's birthday present
Currently working on moving house, so long hours and hard labour but I am moving to a house where I have a sewing room!!!!! Definitely going to adopt the sprint for when I’m back up and running with sewing projects. 👍
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in Portland, thank you for not canceling that portion of the trip. What am I reading? I acquired a huge stack of 1905-1937 needlework & dress making magazines, so I am devouring them (advertisements as well as articles) right now. Sewing - I'm planning out my wrapper for the CoCo breakfast brunch. as well as the royalty garb for granddaughter (12 yo) who is in court for the Oregon Ren Faire. Also completing RainForest costume for the Enchanted Forest Ball for the Time Traveler's Costume Guild here in Portland (March 21 if you want to join us on your way back down to home later this month). See ya!
That mockup looks amazing!! The dress is going to be fantastic when you are done!! I’m with you on the sprints though I still have to watch the distractions my sewing room is so very full of fun distractions. Just put up a white board hopefully that will help me stay on target. Of course I as usual have far too many things on the go. So of course it’s the perfect time to start purging and spring cleaning!! I’m running out of room for patterns. Oh well I know that our local symphony book sale is coming up so I take stuff there so I can justify bringing stuff home later. Big trick is to not buy back anything I donate. Best wishes to Chris and his mom.
Looks great! I've been making a concerted effort this year of putting down the phone and being present in my life. Sprints have been great at inspiring me to get creative once again. Mostly I'm working on my photography but also a couple mini sewing projects, knitting socks and watercolour painting. Enjoy your trip. Keep healthy.
I'm so excited to meet you tomorrow! I'm working on cutting out 9in on grain muslin squares to back crazy quilt squares to be my first project on my new machine! There is still a lot of sadness at giving up my old machine so I'm also using it to give myself some time to grieve for my lovely sweet machine.
I apreciate and concur with the moddle of the road POV. I wish I could go to the Seattle thing but, my car will be at work with my hubby 😪 there is always next time!
Love the sprint idea - very helpful. The fit on the bodice is fabulous - you really are a TV model! Currently working on my skirt for the ball gown - all panels are sewn together apart from back seam (have some questions about whether this is going to stretch much with both being on the bias but I guess time will tell!). Had a Bernadette squeal moment regarding pockets when I saw the Janet Arnold back seam pocket hidden in between the left back panel and the placket - sooo cool! That's next on my list. Have fun on your trip 😊🧵
To the end! I am currently mending my big pile of unmended clothes. The carnage of the carpet beetle infestation has been real. My mother doesn't really understand why I'm using contrasting thread but like... I am not currently proficient enough to make it not visible so I might as well make a statement right?
I like that sprint method. It sounds similar to the Pomodoro technique which I am trying to use at work. Also the mockup looks stunning on you. Here I was sewing underwear while watching this.
Thank you for this vlog. You kept me distracted as I sat here feeling miserable both physically and emotionally. Then, motivated by you I did a quick 5 minute sprint when I had to get up to feed my cats (two ginger boys who kept me company as I watched) which turned into more. The cats were fed. I hung the load of laundry Id done earlier. A bunch of things that needed a bleach soak were put in the tub and while it was filling with some water I gave it a bit of a scrub. Things that I decided just aren't even worth trying to bleach were moved to the trashed. And now I sit. Exhausted, head pounding, sick to my stomach, but you know what? I'm smiling cause it got done, that stuff is soaking, and i lit a candle on my way back to sitting. The last bit of sewing I did was mending three nightwear things that I kept putting off cause it just didn't seem important as they are more summer things anyway and with no machine its hand sew or no go which for embroidery I love but for seam stitching? Not so much. But finally I just sat down to get it done the other day. Now I have two projects buzzing around in my brain that I want to do but i haven't decided if I'll proceed with just yet. The one, is to make a windsock... or a dozen windsocks cause as I've been sick the only thing I could drink for awhile was carbonated stuff which came in plastic bottles. So I have all these empty seltzer bottles now and I keep thinking I could cut off the tops and bottoms, decorate them, sew up some fun tails, and attach to sticks for fun mini windsock kids toys. The other project I have in mind is to take some embroidery I did some weeks back just as something to do with no plans for it in mind, take that strip and make it into a bracelet or chocker. The issue is with the feeling unwell I don't believe I have the brainpower to do any kind of project well. I wanted to edit some writing today and only got two paragraphs in before realizing I would probably make mistakes, rather than correct the ones already there. Which is why I was emotionally miserable when I came to watch the video. But I am not not so miserable, and for that I thank you. 🌼
Still working on a stuffed dragon. Been dealing with a cold that has flat kicked my ass for a week and hoping like hell to be over it by tomorrow for Portland meetup.
The mock up looks great, and thanks for the idea of sprints, I use pacing so as to not over do it, but I have noticed that I have been procrastinating lately.
I enjoy the sprint suggestion. I am working on a quilted jacket based on a Serenity Quilt pattern by Truly Materialistic...not historical...but fun. I got a sleeve quilted today...while the cats were distracted.
Glorioski!! New here alright, I'm only allowed ten minutes from the novel writing so i am just going to word vomit here, jumping up and down with joy to have found costube - Current project? NaNoWriMo I'm supposed to be writing! First time ever, it's hard, really, really hard. It makes me feel dumb and alone. Worse, indulgent because there is so much not getting done with me sitting here looking at my computer. so i take my sad-bad-angry-little feelings to you folks, and you always come through, supporting each other, doing the hard stuff, making mistakes and still alive. just do it, just pick up the thing AND do it right if you can but just do it, that's how we learn stupid things. I am soooo in love with you guys, OMG, huge crush on Cathy Hay, I totally binged Bernadette - no music playing but you spectacularly beautiful women talking in the background while I write. You, you rock, thanks to you, I am not really alone. egads, way over time! You are amazing, thank you, thank you, thank you, Autumn in the deepest darkest woods of east Texas
The bodice looks so good!! I own this pattern and have been hesitant to try it, but you've inspired me! I will have to make the pattern bigger, but I'm excited to give it a try. Thanks!
I love instructions, but I hate complicated sizing charts. I love your philosophy on cutting patterns. Late O’Clock is a thing. Yay!!! Cutting out pattern is done. I love that you used random scrap muslin. Your expectations are great. Yes, be safe, but don’t panic. I love your gossip!!!!!!! I love taking naps and I’m glad you got to have hubby time. It’s nice when people who make patterns are you shaped. I have an hourglass figure with extra minutes. I’m sorry you have a bandaid. At least you didn’t bleed on your fabric. I like it. I’ve never done audible, but I’ve read a lot about those stories. It looks nice. The butt bow is interesting. I love that!!!!!! Barbara is awesome!!!!! Procrastination (yes I’m singing that) Pro-cras-tin-a-tion Sprint is good. I do that with cleaning. I procrastinate a lot as well. If someone tells me to do something in a certain time frame, it’s not getting done. If I set the time frame, it’s done faster. I want to see Emma. Yeah, probably not good filming in a bra. I love your videos. Yes, Cathy did say that.... I find it ironically funny that y’all both said that. I’m sorry you had to cancel part of your meet and greets. I like it on you!!!!!!! It looks great!!!!!!! The back looks good too and the butt bow looks pretty good. You finished your Mockup!!!!!!!!!!! High Five!!!!!!!!! Mission Success!!!!!!!!!
Sprint method while listening to you working on my 3rd Victorian shift.😉 I've used the method before, didn't know it had a name. Love that you worked through the bodice and it looks great!
Great video and good ideas. I just finished handmade wedding invitations and bridal shower invitations for my daughters wedding. Next, I need to decide if I want to try making a MOB dress. Also, we are in the process of downsizing and moving. Very busy. I need to do those sprints!! Have a great trip!
Congrats on finishing your mock up! Lovely. I'm new around here, and I don't do much costume sewing, mainly patchwork/bag sewing. I want to try more in the garment/costume world, including making costumes from abandoned/thrift-ed dresses (which I've been working at, over on my small youtube channel upcyclingadventures). I enjoy your vlog/casual video style.
RIP Cathy's trust in us
Loose lips sink ships. :-p
I think you two are safe. Enrollment for April 4th is posted on the website.
I so excited. I've been waiting for months.
@@pamholt4490 So have I. I am so excited.
@Bernadette I think we've learnt a lesson here about who to trust...sad🤔
Halfway through and stopping to say that (a) I appreciate the leak, aka shout out, and (b) I am here for jazz flute, and imagining that much like Zack's music situation, Ron Burgundy has written and recorded the Costuming Drama 70s jazz flute theme just for you. Because that would be exciting.
Hahahahaha that would be amazing!
The fact that you're the same size you were when you were 27 is a miracle unto itself.
I know, I envy that so much, as my weight seems to fluctuate with the weather.
I needed an anti-procrastinatuon video! (1:30pm--still in my nightgown)
Edit: 2:30 pm--still in my nightgown. Maybe I should go listen to Cathy telling me to put down my phone...
Living your best life.
@@CassandraD If I'm just doing chores around the house and maybe some sewing, I'm sticking with my hedgehog flannel snuggliness! 😊
But yeah, I actually need to go out today...
It sounds like a wonderful day spent. I fell asleep in a sunbeam for an hour.
Cassandra D now that is living your best life
@@CassandraD Love it! I've got a spot at the top of my attic stairs (on the carpeted floor) that has the best napping puddle of sunshine!
I read this title as, "Using Spirits to Solve Your Problems."
SqueegyBeckenheim 🤣🤣🤣
Weirdly, you are not the only one!
SqueegyBeckenheim 😂
lol so did i. what a crack up he he he he
Perfect timing on learning the Sprint Method. 'Working' on going through every cupboard/closet/stack of boxes in my house AND garage to Get Rid Of Stuff I Don't Use. The stacks around here are so ridiculous it's beyond stupid how I've lived with the mess for so long! Also getting rid of several pieces of furniture and some beloved kitchen ware that Just Isn't Used. Hard deadline last week of April. For a 2nd annual charity yard sale benefiting a local cemetery trust my family is involved with, to pay for brush clearing, plot expansion, new fence materials, etc. Last year we made $3k! This year we should be able to complete the fencing, pave the new entrance, etc. The cemetery is dated from 1869 on the Klamath River. Major procrastination of OVER 30 years on my part, Finally getting down to able to have a calm and organized home!!! Meanwhile taking breaks with sewing videos, planning my first drafted shirt pattern, planning how to pad out my dress form, etc.Once the yard sale stuff is out of the spare room, I can start sewing! :)
Good luck and a worthy cause will be blessed. and good luck with the sewing project,
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 heck yeah you for taking your life back! Once you have all that cleared out, you will feel lighter and breathe easier! It’s a wonderful project! 💖💖💖
As a former literature major at university, it’s lovely to find someone who has an actual opinion rather than drinking the damn kool-aid and repeating the “party line”.
My name is Elise, I’m 45, I practice a gazillion different crafts, and I came here from Bernadette and Kathy.i love your work. While it’s sad you won’t be putting up a ton of videos but your health is important.
My best friend once told me "It doesn't get easier the longer you wait, it only gets later"
It's a thing that just stuck with me and that I remind myself of.
I am working g on a quilt for a friend. Her mother passed about a year ago and she gave me all of her mother's quilting supplies. I found a partially completed quilt and am finishing it for my friend. I am currently reading The Book of Life from the All Souls trilogy. Fantastic books!
I will look those up and that is the sweetest quilt story! 💖💖
Hello! I love watching all of you sewing UA-camrs! You are very inspirational. Ya'll are all the reason behind me going to costume college in the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco. I am currently working on my class assignments. I have to make 5 renders of models in costumes for the representation fo the 5 senses based on a poem I chose. And the other class I have to create 4 textile patterns on cloth using no sewing just ironing-on wonder-under. And I am trying to teach myself how to make some fancy geometric panels for my patterning with no sewing! I'm a bit gone cookoo from it as it is now about 1:30 am central time in Texas. And I have to turn in by Monday. And I've also been procrastinating and doing the rewarding myself method too. I'm a Leo so I am like a cat and would rather be sleeping. Lol. Great share. I know you will do well. I think the butt-bow thing needs a bit more work. Looks great though. Thanks for sharing, take care.
I really love the structure of that bodice. After trying three times to put my thoughts on the shape of it into words that actually make sense, I'm giving up and leaving it at that. It's a busy weekend and my brain is shot.
Not really working on anything right now and I've got some household projects that need finished before I start anything fun anyway. On a more entertaining note, though, I've recently come into possession of a pair of long johns from around 1910 and absolutely no one I know understands why I'm so excited about 100+ year old underpants.
Yesssss ancient underpants!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 and thanks! I completely understand about words being hard!
This design is soo flattering on you!!!! I’ve been using the sprint method for years and it’s does wonders for chronic procrastinators like myself.
Yessss 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
The mock-up looks great! Woo hoo!
I'm unraveling a crochet project. It's a real relief not to work on it anymore. Now I can make something else. I'm reading Priya Krishna's Indian-ish cookbook and shopping for spices.
🙌🏻🙌🏻 Go you for calling a project you don’t like and doing something else!!
I just bought a nifty little timer that's easy to set and when it goes off, it remembers the last time it was set to. I do three 20 minute sprints (which I should be doing right NOW but stopped to watch your video on how to solve your procrastination problem) for work. I work from home so there are myriad reasons to wander away from projects. The only thing I will stop for is a cat who needs in or out of my office door. I've found this to be an excellent way to get through a lot of work when I'm not particularly motivated to do it.
I like the sound of “butt bow”
I probably shouldn't buy any more quilt fabric until next winter at the earliest. But, bless you Victorian ladies, I couldn't resist the May Morris prints licensed from the Victoria and Albert museum.
🖖 is appropriate! I’m hoping your Mother-in-law recovers from her surgery quickly and well, and your finger heals quickly! Ooooh! The bodice is absolutely beautiful, even if you’re finding all sorts of places to improve lol! I’ve been listening to Pegasus In Space by Anne McCaffrey, and I’m waiting impatiently for some things I found on eBay to arrive! If they get here early enough, I’ll try to do an unboxing of them!
A Gypsy Circle ooooh! Anne McCaffrey is one of my favorite authors! I’m pretty sure I’ve read everything she’s written that I could find.
When I sewed my wedding dress, the pattern included a BIG butt bow. I actually made the bridal satin with buckram BIG butt bow! Holding it in my two hands...no. No way am I attaching this thing to my backside! After nearly 33 years, I do not regret leaving it behind (ha, ha-punny) on my parents dining room table. ♥️
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The mock up is so cute!, i love how it's two different colors of the material, it shows the detail more, and even without boning, the corset gives it that shape. Looking forward to seeing the final piece.
I'm super excited i got a new sewing machine and a new serger!!! Oh the possibilities are now endless!
Yaaaay!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hello! Non-sewer viewer here! Just had to say I love your explanation of sprints, and how they can be applied to just about anything you are procrastinating about. Thanks for being you!
This video hit home for me-I’m currently stuck at home due to coronavirus (I teach in Seoul and my school has gone digital during the national educational shutdown) so I was using watching it as a reward for finishing my very tedious lesson planning! I guess I really should apply the same strategy to my sewing, but as sewing is supposed to be a treat rather than a chore, I guess I hadn’t made the mental leap. The bodice really does look lovely, I am looking forward to seeing how it comes together!
Sending big hugs to you stuck in your house!! 💖💖💖
This was so interesting to watch! I am sorry but I thought it was great when you said your husband had no spatial relation skills... Butt bow was actually not bad in the mock-up. I am listening to the Outlander series. (Davina Porter is fantastic!) I am on panel 7 of 7 of my first full size quilt. All 2.25 inch Hexagons.....
mjgbabydragonlet Davina Porter is so freakin talented!
Yay first quilt!! I hope it goes smoothly and quickly!
Yes (!!!!!) to the sprint method! It's THE thing that got me through studying for my finals. Especially if you are overwhelmed by the amount of things you have to do and don't know where to start it works wonders. Also really loved Emma. I like Jane Austen in general but I think this movie just hit the spot of doing Jane Austen's brilliance justice and at the same time being very appealing to a modern audience.
Hi! I'm Lauren. I've been sewing since fall of last year, but my focus has been quilting. Initially, I purchased a Depression Era quilt top. Instead of sending it out to be made into a quilt, I decided to teach myself hand quilting. *queue me watching lots of quilting videos and deciding I needed a sewing machine to make MORE QUILTS* The UA-cams then saw fit to send me lots of clothes sewing videos, which led me to the ever-cute and awesome Bernadette Banner and Morgan Donner. I'm just here to ogle all the turn-of-the-century goodness. Perhaps one day I will tackle a clothing project. For now, I'm about to start sandwiching my latest quilt, which I made just for me. Unfortunately, it has to get done in one session, because it has to be pinned on my living room floor, and I don't have a sewing room.
Wow!! I hope you got it done!!
Have fun on your trip! The mock up looks good. I hope your MiL is doing well after her health scare a few weeks ago and that Chris isn't too stressed about her health. Give the fur babies snuggles and smooches from me especially Dakota, who I hope is doing better. 💞
Totally gonna use that sprint idea to get back into writing and hopefully work on my novel that I haven't touched in years.
Yes, Capricorn, this is what we do: meaningless errands accomplished with great energy and deep gravitas, to the detriment of progression.
Testify
Team Capricorn. The best way to accomplish things? Work with a Virgo who wants to make lists or organize the equipment first. The annoyance works like rocket fuel.
Sarah Bent or my husband, who is a Scorpio, and will critically reorganise and improve the efficiency of any activity he’s involved with, despite little direct knowledge. Ask me about shoulder pads.
Lol, I use your videos to sprint to. I’m a hand embroiderer and you make me feel like I’ve got a friend in the room while I stitch.
Here I am using your video to procrastinate working on my grad school homework... Oh how I love your videos!
I'm looking forward to spring break where I plan to spend a lovely week working on my daughter's revolutionary war Marquis de Lafayette suit. She hates pink but wants a pink 1780s suit to honor her favorite Founding Father. 😊
Just finished my chemise. Which I loved making. I bought some gorgeous merlot colored wool for my next project which will be a walking skirt. Have you read How to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman? I’m only on page 49 so far but it’s fascinating! I loved watching her on all the BBC shows about farm life in the past. I recommend it. ❤️
Nope but I’m adding it to my list!!
Ruth goodman rules!
Yes she does!
Hi, I’m Tania. I’ve been watching for a while just haven’t introduced myself. FYI, you didn’t leak the date for Foundations Revealed because it’s on their website. As far as putting up more frames in your sewing room, you might consider hanging them on the doors and sides of the bookshelf. Your bodice looks amazing and you’re doing a great job. I’m working on crocheting baby blanket, sewing a hooded cape, and simple stays. Look forward to seeing a lot more of the ball gown as well as future projects!
Hi!! Nice to meet you!! 💖
Not going to lie, ASMR fabric cutting is something I can totally get behind.
It looks so good! I just finished my slytherin bustle dress and now I'm starting on an edwardian walking skirt in peach linen. While listening a podcast on the witch trial of salem.
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Loved your outcome. I also do sprints when I have a big project. Bite-sized is easier to digest.
That looks so great! I'm so glad you got it done, I was hoping.
Today I'm knitting a sock for my Mom while procrastinating finishing the last edge of the quilt I'm making (also for Mom) before trying out my walking foot on it. Mom is coming out for her Spring Break and bringing us 4 of our cats from Wyoming. Between you and Cathy, I'm starting to wonder about people peeking in the window, since ya'll are calling me out this week.
Hahahaha well, to be fair, I was calling me out too!
I think the mock-up kind of looks like a Victorian version of Rey from Star Wars! Love it!
That’s awesome and it totally does!!!
That bodice looks ways better on you than it did in the picture! And I got a huge kick at your poor husband's lacing confusion! But he gets props for trying - go Chris!
You make my teacher's heart so happy when I see you measuring your grainlines! Good girl! (lol!)
Do.. people... not(?) do that???? *shudder* my grandmother would reach out of her grave to strangle me!
Can’t wait for the “how to break down a project” video. I love the way you do it. It seems to work so well. ❤️
I'm Valeri. Hi, Noelle! I am really new to you and your content. You have a great smile, and when you said you had been living with yourself for 42 years I could not believe it. I'd guess ten years younger!. You have an amazing attitude, and it shows. Thank you for telling us about the sprint method. It might work for me. I procrastinate constantly. I'm going to try it. Many hugs.
Virtual High Five!!! Your mock up looks fabulous.
I love the sleeves on this! Can’t wait to see the real one being made!!!
That face you made when you said you haven't changed sizes since you were 27, I felt that. 😂
Thanks for the positive review for "Emma"! Looking forward to seeing those gorgeous period costumes..... :)
PS....your bodice mock-up looks great! :)
Thanks!
I am amazed at how far you go in a mockup! I literally just sew the bodice pieces together (no interlining), make my tweaks, make the bodice, mockup the sleeve into the actual bodice, and then that's it. No boning or anything, either. So I don't blame you for procrastinating all that!
I don’t normally go this far, but I’ve been watching people do this and it seems like it makes a difference in some cases, so I’m trying to be a bit better about it...
@@Costuming_Drama I don't think I will ever have that much patience!
For the last month your videos have filled my break. I am currently preparing for my final exams, so I study for half an hour and then have a break for 5 minutes and every two hours I do a workout and watch your videos.
Yay!! I’m weirdly happy to be your break!
@@Costuming_Drama well do you know the feeling that you could watch things for hours and you are not satisfied? Your, Bernadettes and Cathy's videos manage to calm me and give my mind peace in 5 minutes and the rest is pure enjoyment.
We got the keys to our house!!!
Looking forward to seeing you in PDX tomorrow night.
Yaaaaay!!!
@@Costuming_Drama Contemplating cosplaying as you.. if I do, I'll be wearing my General Organa shirt. :D
I wish I'd watched this last night, I've procrastinated all day today! Right. tomorrow. Finish the dratted trousers!
Yay, you got it done! I know what you mean about procrastination. I have worked incredibly hard to eliminate it from my life but sometimes one falls back into old habits. Best thing is I do not stay in that place long. Good job!
Omg! That bodice looks amazing on you! (I’m team buttbow) I’ve been machine embroidering lately. My hubby surprised me with a new brother embroidery machine and I love it!
YOUR HUSBAND IS A KEEPER!!
I love sprints - I’ve done them for writing workshops and they’re so effective - particularly if you build up the time across the day; so if you know you have a day to do something you can start with 15 minutes, then have the next ones be 30mins and then an hour etc. Right now I’m sewing petticoat ruffles and trying to let my subconscious do the working out on my corset - I think the next mock up should be pretty functional and then it’s just a question of final tweaks to get a really good fit - fingers crossed. Your mock up shape is gorgeous and the bow is so clever; very Crowley!
Thank you! And you e got this corset! It’s gonna work out great!!
I read the title as Using Spirits! 😂 I need to get better glasses ❤️
I feel like that could also work!! 🤣🤣
I went and saw Emma. today. The costumes were great, I don't know how historically accurate they were, but they were lovely. And there were bonnets, lots of bonnets.
They seemed pretty solid to me after researching for the Jane Austen festival. They had some entirely ridiculous things to wear back then!!
I'm gonna have to try this sprint thing because me and procrastination are lifelong bffs. Currently I'm avoiding my sewing project by crocheting a baby shower gift for a friend. Its a little cardigan I'm going to applique sea creatures to. Then it's back to the grind making pleated ribbon trim for the gown I'm doing. That bodice looks great as just the toile, I can't even imagine how awesome it'll be in the black silk.
The mock up for the bodice looks great. I'm actually procrastinating on taking apart a block for my quilt. All the other blocks were fine, plus I'm not sure to do with all the negative space I'll have on this one. Anyway have a great trip and stay healthy.
Sorry about your finger injury. Yay! Sewing. The hat print is fantastic. I think using the red on the bodice would be bea-uuu-ti-ful! High 5! Butt bow is gonna rock over the bustle! Just repaired a lap quilt that is 20 years old and seams are coming apart. Next up, scrapbooking of 2 Holy Land trips and my daughter’s wedding.
Holy land trips!!! That’s sounds awesome! I’m totally atheist, but I want to go there so badly and see what all the fuss is about!!
I love the "sprints" idea!! I'll try that the next time I'm in a funk 😊
It's looking great so far! Hopefully all the sprinting has gotten you more motivated about the project!
Yes! Now that I know it’s all good, I feel a lot better about it!
It is really flattering on you. ♥️
Thanks!
I am currently doing a sprint while listening to this! Which is counterproductive but it's how I roll!
The Weehauken thing was pretty cute. These Victorian patterns are so complicated. You are very brave. I would never attempt one, and I have degree in Apparel Design and have sewn a lot.
Hahahaha I know a professional costumer in the film industry and she says the same thing! 🤣
We have the same size waist right now 😋. I am so accident prone the amount of damage I've done to my hands is ridiculous. I've cut through my thumb with an axe, had metal roofing slide down the heel of my hand and constantly stabbed and sliced my fingers while cooking. I quite like the way that bodice looks I was thinking of getting that one for my own dress. And that color scheme is to die for I always love a red and black combo. Through a few years of modelling for art classes I've become very relaxed about people seeing me in my bra so there has been many a time I've opened the door to the postman or whatever in just a bra and pajama pants. Congrats on getting it done and it looks good I'm definitely going to get that pattern. Norse mythology was a good book I read it to my oldest. I'm currently reading a book on the gardens at Chatsworth and am sewing a coat for a friend's birthday present
Omg that’s crazy!!! I’m surprised all your nerves still work!! 😆
@@Costuming_Drama not all of them do but those are just ones in my face that got affected when I had both my jaw surgeries
Currently working on moving house, so long hours and hard labour but I am moving to a house where I have a sewing room!!!!!
Definitely going to adopt the sprint for when I’m back up and running with sewing projects. 👍
Yaaaaaay sewing room!!
IMHO. If you had a ribbon, it should have the word ‘situation’ . This is the word I associate with you.
Hahahahah noted
Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in Portland, thank you for not canceling that portion of the trip. What am I reading? I acquired a huge stack of 1905-1937 needlework & dress making magazines, so I am devouring them (advertisements as well as articles) right now. Sewing - I'm planning out my wrapper for the CoCo breakfast brunch. as well as the royalty garb for granddaughter (12 yo) who is in court for the Oregon Ren Faire. Also completing RainForest costume for the Enchanted Forest Ball for the Time Traveler's Costume Guild here in Portland (March 21 if you want to join us on your way back down to home later this month). See ya!
Haha. You have condolence cake, we have pity ice cream. Working on early 1900s costumes for daffodil day in Bell Buckle TN. Excited!
Great job, Noelle! That ball gown is going to be fabulous.
Thats a great fit even without boning, and has really accentuated your waist. Brilliant! you should congratulate yourself!
All the irony as i procrastinate by watching this video. Congratulations on the awesome fitting mock-up!
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 procrastinators unite!!!
Costuming Drama Tomorrow
Wow, you should be pleased. Can’t wait to see the finished dress
That mockup looks amazing!! The dress is going to be fantastic when you are done!! I’m with you on the sprints though I still have to watch the distractions my sewing room is so very full of fun distractions. Just put up a white board hopefully that will help me stay on target. Of course I as usual have far too many things on the go. So of course it’s the perfect time to start purging and spring cleaning!! I’m running out of room for patterns. Oh well I know that our local symphony book sale is coming up so I take stuff there so I can justify bringing stuff home later. Big trick is to not buy back anything I donate. Best wishes to Chris and his mom.
Thank you!! And yay sprints!!
Looks great!
I've been making a concerted effort this year of putting down the phone and being present in my life. Sprints have been great at inspiring me to get creative once again. Mostly I'm working on my photography but also a couple mini sewing projects, knitting socks and watercolour painting.
Enjoy your trip. Keep healthy.
I'm so excited to meet you tomorrow! I'm working on cutting out 9in on grain muslin squares to back crazy quilt squares to be my first project on my new machine! There is still a lot of sadness at giving up my old machine so I'm also using it to give myself some time to grieve for my lovely sweet machine.
💖💖💖 I’m excited to meet you tomorrow too!!
I apreciate and concur with the moddle of the road POV. I wish I could go to the Seattle thing but, my car will be at work with my hubby 😪 there is always next time!
Hooray for bodice mock up success. I'm tracking down supplies for a couple of flower making workshops that I'm taking next month.
Love the sprint idea - very helpful. The fit on the bodice is fabulous - you really are a TV model! Currently working on my skirt for the ball gown - all panels are sewn together apart from back seam (have some questions about whether this is going to stretch much with both being on the bias but I guess time will tell!). Had a Bernadette squeal moment regarding pockets when I saw the Janet Arnold back seam pocket hidden in between the left back panel and the placket - sooo cool! That's next on my list. Have fun on your trip 😊🧵
How inspiring- I feel empowered to get on with my 18C project!
The mock up is looking so good. I love the sleeves, they are so adorable. Emma is definitely on my list to go see.
Don't you love it when a pattern works right out of the package!
Congratulations!!! So happy for you and your awesome ball gown bodice. Safe travels, goods times ahead to you!
To the end! I am currently mending my big pile of unmended clothes. The carnage of the carpet beetle infestation has been real.
My mother doesn't really understand why I'm using contrasting thread but like... I am not currently proficient enough to make it not visible so I might as well make a statement right?
Absolutely!
I like that sprint method. It sounds similar to the Pomodoro technique which I am trying to use at work. Also the mockup looks stunning on you. Here I was sewing underwear while watching this.
Thank you for this vlog. You kept me distracted as I sat here feeling miserable both physically and emotionally. Then, motivated by you I did a quick 5 minute sprint when I had to get up to feed my cats (two ginger boys who kept me company as I watched) which turned into more. The cats were fed. I hung the load of laundry Id done earlier. A bunch of things that needed a bleach soak were put in the tub and while it was filling with some water I gave it a bit of a scrub. Things that I decided just aren't even worth trying to bleach were moved to the trashed. And now I sit. Exhausted, head pounding, sick to my stomach, but you know what? I'm smiling cause it got done, that stuff is soaking, and i lit a candle on my way back to sitting.
The last bit of sewing I did was mending three nightwear things that I kept putting off cause it just didn't seem important as they are more summer things anyway and with no machine its hand sew or no go which for embroidery I love but for seam stitching? Not so much. But finally I just sat down to get it done the other day. Now I have two projects buzzing around in my brain that I want to do but i haven't decided if I'll proceed with just yet. The one, is to make a windsock... or a dozen windsocks cause as I've been sick the only thing I could drink for awhile was carbonated stuff which came in plastic bottles. So I have all these empty seltzer bottles now and I keep thinking I could cut off the tops and bottoms, decorate them, sew up some fun tails, and attach to sticks for fun mini windsock kids toys. The other project I have in mind is to take some embroidery I did some weeks back just as something to do with no plans for it in mind, take that strip and make it into a bracelet or chocker. The issue is with the feeling unwell I don't believe I have the brainpower to do any kind of project well. I wanted to edit some writing today and only got two paragraphs in before realizing I would probably make mistakes, rather than correct the ones already there. Which is why I was emotionally miserable when I came to watch the video. But I am not not so miserable, and for that I thank you. 🌼
I’m so glad to help, and heck yeah you, for getting all that done! 💖🤣
I put in a load of laundry & that is my timer for sewing because washer & sewing is set up in the basement when I need to do a sprint :)
Still working on a stuffed dragon. Been dealing with a cold that has flat kicked my ass for a week and hoping like hell to be over it by tomorrow for Portland meetup.
Hi five you got it done. Interestingly I flew into San Jose late Sat on our way to Hawaii for spring break. Hope your travels are fun and safe
Omg the wall of Victorian fashion plates are amazing
YAY! You got it done! Have a safe trip.
The mock up looks great, and thanks for the idea of sprints, I use pacing so as to not over do it, but I have noticed that I have been procrastinating lately.
Your mockup looks great! I love those wee little sleeves!
I enjoy the sprint suggestion. I am working on a quilted jacket based on a Serenity Quilt pattern by Truly Materialistic...not historical...but fun. I got a sleeve quilted today...while the cats were distracted.
Glorioski!! New here
alright, I'm only allowed ten minutes from the novel writing so i am just going to word vomit here, jumping up and down with joy to have found costube -
Current project? NaNoWriMo I'm supposed to be writing! First time ever, it's hard, really, really hard. It makes me feel dumb and alone. Worse, indulgent because there is so much not getting done with me sitting here looking at my computer. so i take my sad-bad-angry-little feelings to you folks, and you always come through, supporting each other, doing the hard stuff, making mistakes and still alive. just do it, just pick up the thing AND do it right if you can but just do it, that's how we learn stupid things.
I am soooo in love with you guys, OMG, huge crush on Cathy Hay, I totally binged Bernadette - no music playing but you spectacularly beautiful women talking in the background while I write. You, you rock, thanks to you, I am not really alone.
egads, way over time! You are amazing, thank you, thank you, thank you,
Autumn in the deepest darkest woods of east Texas
The bodice looks so good!! I own this pattern and have been hesitant to try it, but you've inspired me! I will have to make the pattern bigger, but I'm excited to give it a try. Thanks!
Yay!! Just try!!
Thank you! The toile is very good! I am sewing summer clothes!
I love instructions, but I hate complicated sizing charts.
I love your philosophy on cutting patterns.
Late O’Clock is a thing.
Yay!!! Cutting out pattern is done.
I love that you used random scrap muslin.
Your expectations are great.
Yes, be safe, but don’t panic.
I love your gossip!!!!!!!
I love taking naps and I’m glad you got to have hubby time.
It’s nice when people who make patterns are you shaped.
I have an hourglass figure with extra minutes.
I’m sorry you have a bandaid.
At least you didn’t bleed on your fabric.
I like it. I’ve never done audible, but I’ve read a lot about those stories.
It looks nice.
The butt bow is interesting.
I love that!!!!!! Barbara is awesome!!!!!
Procrastination (yes I’m singing that) Pro-cras-tin-a-tion
Sprint is good. I do that with cleaning.
I procrastinate a lot as well. If someone tells me to do something in a certain time frame, it’s not getting done. If I set the time frame, it’s done faster.
I want to see Emma.
Yeah, probably not good filming in a bra.
I love your videos.
Yes, Cathy did say that.... I find it ironically funny that y’all both said that.
I’m sorry you had to cancel part of your meet and greets.
I like it on you!!!!!!!
It looks great!!!!!!!
The back looks good too and the butt bow looks pretty good.
You finished your Mockup!!!!!!!!!!!
High Five!!!!!!!!!
Mission Success!!!!!!!!!
The bodice looks so good on you!!
Sprint method while listening to you working on my 3rd Victorian shift.😉 I've used the method before, didn't know it had a name.
Love that you worked through the bodice and it looks great!
Great video and good ideas. I just finished handmade wedding invitations and bridal shower invitations for my daughters wedding. Next, I need to decide if I want to try making a MOB dress. Also, we are in the process of downsizing and moving. Very busy. I need to do those sprints!! Have a great trip!
Congrats on finishing your mock up! Lovely. I'm new around here, and I don't do much costume sewing, mainly patchwork/bag sewing. I want to try more in the garment/costume world, including making costumes from abandoned/thrift-ed dresses (which I've been working at, over on my small youtube channel upcyclingadventures). I enjoy your vlog/casual video style.
Good work on the bodice. It looks fantastic and fits perfectly.