I've been sewing for 30 years and yes I still occasionally ignore the wiser voice in my head. But it only creates more work when i have to frog it and start over.

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Hahaha exactly! I felt so silly having to do it over when I could have just done it right to begin with

@rbrown6476

8 ай бұрын

Me too! I always followed the pattern exactly in the 1970s and 1980s, then got a bit ‘clever Mrs know it all’!!! I’m forever unpicking stuff 😂😂😂 Still love sewing all my own clothes and get lots of inspiration from SewRena. ❤

That collar screams for one of your beautiful pins. Consider one in hot pink like the gloves or red. You are a professional seamstress!

I fell in love with clothing construction in school in the early 60's . I made several A line skirts using beautiful pastel sailcloth ...I think you should makeone too!❤

Love the suit! And yes, I've been sewing for more than 40 years and I still try to cheat or rush through and wind up regretting it!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😂 I have no doubt this will be me in the future 😂

I have been sewing approximately 51 years. I have been sewing since the 6th grade. I am 65 years old. I love sewing. You are doing a great on your jacket. I love the outfit.

I am a 62 year old beginner! I haven't sewn using a machine since high school. You are such an inspiration!

@mjohnson1741

5 ай бұрын

Sounds fun and good luck to you! It's my dream to learn how to so, you also give me inspiration. Oh and it's never too late for anything my dear!

This suit turned out great! Wonderful job on the jacket! Love that collar!! Of course I’ve done things that I Knew I would regret! That’s how lessons are reinforced!! Eventually I learned that shortcuts and skipping steps always show up in the way the finished garment looks and or fits. We all do it!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️ thank you and thanks for sharing 🤗

The suit is absolutely darling.

Make a suit collection video girl!! You're amazing! 🎉

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! That’s actually a great idea!

Serena, I love watching you model your creations; you always make me smile.

Yes, this suit is everything! I've been sewing for three years and there are definitely times where I try to skip an essential step because I believe "It will be fine this time!" and then the seam ripper always comes out. :)

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Hahaha when will we learn that this time is no different than any of the other times 😂😂. Thanks so much for watching and participating

well i am 63 years old and i just started back sewing the beginning of this year. i design and create canvas tote bags and accessories. as far as garments i made some fur vests and shirred dresses. one day i will get up the nerve to really get into sewing a fabulous garment. but i am enjoying your videos WONDERFUL! (anybody tell you, you resemble viola davis?) you put me in the mind of another KZreadr the Closet Historian. she does vintage clothing too. you ladies are just too fabulous for words! KEEP ON DOING IT SWEETIE! YOU ALL INSPIRE ME!!!

@dottiemathews6853

7 ай бұрын

you know that jacket would also look great with some fabulous vintage wide leg cuffed pants with a high waist !

Thank you so much Rena, I really really enjoyed watching you create this amazing and stunning suite. It’s absolutely beautiful and you’ve made a brilliant job of creating it. I’ve been sewing for over 50-years, and the almost first thing I made, I had forgotten a golden rule of never sewing another seam over another without pressing it!!!!!!!! It was a pretty little coat for my daughter. I never forgot that again. Please stay safe and well too xxxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 💕 I love pressing so I was lucky enough to never forget this step.

That's so fascinating getting a look at how the pink suit had those little wrinkles, because it's not something I ever would have consciously noticed as someone who doesn't sew, but once you inserted that illustrative contrast, I could better appreciate what you were saying about how nicely the color on this suit lies at the neck. 🧥

@BritneyT.

6 ай бұрын

It's funny how the things you notice change once you know a subject better. I used to not know anything about makeup, but a few years later I can tell if an eyeshadow is going to be dusty just by looking at a photograph of it in the pan

You are a awesome seamstress and easy to follow. This Suit is all that.❤❤

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 💕💕

I think you could pair them up with other items without too much trouble. The jacket would look adorable with a pencil style wool skirt for the winter. And by the same token you could pair the dress with a black jacket of the same style. I probably would wear it that way just to break up all the houndstooth pattern. However it is lovely the way you are wearing it as well! You did a beautiful job on it . Hope hubby ups his game when he has his beautiful wife on his arm. Not to sound sexist or anything. You could take on a role in The Office dressed like that. Maybe they should have called you for styling tips! 😁

I really love your 1958 suit. It was beautiful gorgeous you look awesome minute thank you so much for sharing your wonderful video. I really love the jacket the dress and that’s my style. Thank you so much for sharing that. Please continue to share your wonderful videos. Have a awesome day❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much I really appreciate your kind words 🥰❤️💕

I had to laugh when you said about not listening to our better judgment and do the thing right the 1st time 😂👍💓 Having sewed for so many years was that true!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

I made the conscious decision to do it the wrong way 😂 then had to fix it right after 😅

@tejaswoman

8 ай бұрын

​@@SewRenathink of it this way: at least with clothing you have the option of a seam ripper. My poor mama was at wit's end this afternoon because after, as she put it, making pies since she was 24 years old (that's 62 years and counting), she tried making the America's Test Kitchen version of chocolate pecan pie, something she's been making most of my life. It was way more complicated and way more trouble, and she said she's never had a crust go so wrong. 😢 She was 4 and a half hours in by this point and already could tell that she wasn't going to put it in the church 🥧-making contest tomorrow after all, which was a big reason why she had decided to go with a recipe from the experts she watches every week rather than the delicious version she's been making for decades. Felt so bad for her, because no way was she starting over at that point. 🫂 I'm 🤞🏼 the finished product turned out better than it was looking like it would when I left her last night.

Beautiful work. Love the collar.

Very beautiful outfit, thanks for sharing 😊 13:15

I adore this make!! 🤩💗 it came out so pretty and I love the wide collar. My “I know better” moment is I usually don’t make a mock up, I go straight to the pretty fabric and do my adjustments there. Then when I want to use the pattern again I have to do all the adjustments instead of having I saved muslin pattern that fits me. My mom has a saying, “lazy people work harder,” and I feel that 🥲😆

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!!! Omg I have a similar moment I do the adjustments on the tissue then I take all the pins out fold up the tissue put it back then when I make it again. I have to tissue fit all over again.

I am 48 and remember my Mom teaching me to make a doll blanket when I was very young, so at least 40 years! I am 6'1" and was able to alter many of my rtw clothes in high school. It was so helpful! Yeah I was always do things I know I shouldn't. Why?????

Those "I know better" moments 😂!! Have taught ne a lot.

I'm 13, I've been sewing my whole life, and I sew historical and vintage clothes with my mom which I've been doing for about three years. I'm currently working on a 1940s blouse to go with a skirt I made, and then I'm going to start working on a longer project, a 1840s dress and all the proper undergarments including a corset and corded petticoat.

@suem6004

8 ай бұрын

I do 1840s too

I have been sewing on and off for 20 years.pow wow dance regalia, then later street clothes. I have been focusing on classes that teach tailoring and dressmaking. I have learned that if I don’t do it “right”. I won’t be happy with it. It takes what it takes.

Love how that turned out! It looks very nice on you.....good job!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 🥰

I’ve sewn since I was 11years old--using a machine a Kenmore you use. It is still working. I feel your posts are inspiring and want to start sewing again !!

Your talent is awesome as a sewist and a teacher/instructor of your work. Amazing you are amazing thank you for sharing.

What a beautiful talent you have! I love your videos.

Love that dress.

I just found you today. And I'm loving it. My grandmother used to be a seamstress and I remember the McCalls patterns all too well.

@SewRena

5 ай бұрын

Welcome 💕❤️❤️

I love your hat in the thumbnail

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! It was a lot of work, but one of my favorites

This turned out so beautiful!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

Just Beautiful Rena. I always wonder why fashion hasn't brought back gloves and hats yet. During COVID gloves would have been so great. I'm such a fan. I recently watched your original fabric haul and I loved it all. Especially the 💙💙 blue hounds tooth that you got for your daughter as well as the print for you and your husband. On my way to your Etsy store now. Have a great day.

Love that dress😽

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

This pattern is awesome. The fabric choice was delicious for the style. You can do a lot with that dress. I'd like to see other pairings with the dress. I do have a confession. I hate side zippers and princess seams. While I'm starting to feel better about princess seams(technique improving) my body type WILL NOT 😫 allow a side zipper. I will continue to celebrate your mastery of the side zipper as well as notched collars and princess seams 👏🏾🔥. Thank you for the share.

Stunning

It looks super pretty!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 🥰

@Saki-san15

8 ай бұрын

@@SewRena you’re welcome ☺️

I know I should stay stitch, and each time I don't because I just want to get to the real construction. And I just KNOW I won't stretch the neckline out.... And I am almost always wrong. 😢

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

😫😫 oh no!

I love this suit. I’ve been sewing for a few years (2017). I always make mistakes 🙈thankfully I still love my makes and wear them 😊

I learned small hand sewing repairs as a child and am now trying to learn both machine sewing and pattern usage/adjustment in the last year

Hello, I'm new here, subscribed yesterday. Been sewing sporadically for 50+ years. I tend to Invent my own "patterns" (generally on the fly with the fabric I'm making into something). I really appreciate the pacing, organisation, and details you put in here. This outfit and style reminds me of my mom and her style.

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much and welcome! I think it’s amazing that you draft your own patterns 😍😍

Cutting fabric on the bias is my nemesis! I hate wasting fabric so like you I have tried to go against it many times (and it never works lol)! The suit is gorgous and I love this fabric. I have one in my stash and this winter I will definitely make something! 🥰

Love your wallpaper!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 💕🤗

@tejaswoman

8 ай бұрын

I know she has said in previous videos that the wallpaper in at least one room was a special vintage-look design by somebody she knows.

I have yet to make clothes, but I think videos like this are so interesting!

I love your channel ❤

I don't sew, but I love your videos. Found you through your appetizers videos. I have the cookbook you use, plus many of the others in that series. I love them! I love vintage, especially jewelry and purses. ❤

Ive been sewing on and off all my life, but Ive only started learning how to sew properly, as in taking proper measurements, drafting dress blocks, lining and ironing my sewing projects, this year. I'm working on my first ever blazer/ coat/dress thing, which is how i came across this video. I'm not sure how itl come together but I'm trying to enjoy the learning process and not to be too harsh a critic of my own work. I love that jacket. It's so well cut and well made. Hope to be as good as you soon

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! I think enjoying the process is exactly how you will be as good as me or better. When I fell in love with the process I saw huge improvements in my work.

I envy your suit collection its absolutely beautiful! How many have you made so far?

I so would change that pattern by having a center back seam & cutting the front in one piece - cause I not only hate side zippers but they really don’t work for me cause I’m pretty busty!!!! I’ve been sewing since I was 8 so that’s over 6 decades - I have a bad habit of not doing muslins lol so that causes problems occasionally. What I mainly make nowadays is doll clothes - for BJDs - which are very detailed. I do muslins for them lol

For me it's with my mid arm, I'll cut corners with loading my quilt and then end up struggling when it doesn't lay flat 😂 but so far I just live with it since it'll work in the end either way

It turned out so stunning! I will definitely need to go look at the shoulder pad guide. This jacket is just *chefs kiss

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Learning have to make shoulder pads has been a game changer I even make little tiny pads for my toddlers so their winter coats look tailored.

Those red gloves do it!

Love this! Bought myself an old sewing machine around a year ago but I’ve still been too intimated to make a move 😂 hoping that eventually if I keep up with your vids I’ll finally have the confidence to even turn the thing on 😂 adore your videos 😊

Just beautiful! ❤

Your work is beautiful and if I procrastinate and think the oh it’s gonna be easy I can make it by tomorrow no never ever works at my age you would think I know by now but no I don’t. I still try and lose just like now it’s already November 11 and I said I was going to start sewing in July for Christmas ,have I a course not why because I know the magic mice are gonna help me to make 15 - 20 little gifts as I run to Walmart to get presents😂😂

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Hahahah lmao!! Sending you all the magic mice I hope you get all the help you need.

@tejaswoman

8 ай бұрын

I screenshot that comment just so I can show my mom, who will love the image of waiting for magic mice to arrive. Who knows, maybe instead it will be Brownies, like the ones illustrating my Brownie Girl Scout manual from 1973.

Lovely work!!!

Great job as usual! ❤️❤️❤️

You are so talented!!!

I have this same sewing machine. I love it!!!

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

It’s a wonderful machine

Какая Вы - красавица! 😊элегантная и очень милая девушка.

I have never sewed but would love to learn! I'm watching videos like these to get background knowledge, but plan to ask someone to show me in person how to use a sewing machine 😅

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Once you learn how to use the machine you will be set!

Gorgeous!!

Lovely! Thank you!

I love it!

So instead of holding out for that $50 a yard Chanel fabric for my suit, I could use a drapier fabric and put a muslin and hair backing on it‼️ I did not have a clue . Thank you thank you thank you.❤❤

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Yes! just beef up whatever fabric you do have! Especially if you are going to line it. Nobody will know.

I've been sewing for most of my life and yes I too will ignore that voice trying to save time and energy, sometimes I'm able to make it work, sometimes I have to go back and fix it, sometimes it's the death of a project.

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Sometimes if it’s not noticeable I won’t look back, most of the time I take it apart and fix it 😂. Thanks for sharing 💕💕

Beautiful suit

Love love love

Great style

Love it!❤❤❤

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thank you

Lovely ❤

13:19 pause! Take this scene, put you on a Chicago background from 1960, green Plymouth taxi on the left, older lady on the right of you walking back across the stress behind you, tall Chicago skyscrapers on the right, park in the background across the street (left) kodachrome style, and you would look completely period.

@paulacampbell4103

8 ай бұрын

❤❤

So elegant. Will you tell us more about your seam finishes with this fabric? I'm curious about the notches you cut in the lapel seam allowance also.

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

I used a serger. The pattern has dots where you should cut to. So I stay stitch to the right and left of the dot then cut

@KlingonPrincess

8 ай бұрын

@@SewRena Thank you for the reply. I've been a process sewist for so long that now my product is usually cute and functional. Still, always interested in the technical aspects of sewing and learning new things. Blessings 🌻🍄

Man I wish I could sew

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

It’s never too late to learn

That suit is beautiful. Do you model professionally? You are so talented. I love your work!

@SewRena

7 ай бұрын

Thank you no I don’t

The jacket is divine 💖 I love the houndstooth as well. Does the dress have pockets?

@SewRena

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 🥰🥰 no, no pockets

❤

Do you think you can replicate Jackie Kennedy"s inauguration white gown?? I would love to see you model it...

I won’t bother this time, it’ll be FINE, lol. It never is.

Beautiful suit

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