"I feel like I just won a game that, like, nobody else was playing... or cares about... or knows exists..., but I'm happy!" This speaks to so much of my life!

Winning the game that no one is playing is the best feeling in the world. I can't count the number of times I've shouted, "ha! In your face!" at a sewing or craft project because I figured something out. I don't know whose face it's in, or why I'm so glad to have beaten them, but it makes me feel good all the same. The skirt is so beautiful, it truly is the most magical fabric and your dedication to getting it spot on is incredible!

This is such an amazing marriage of mathematics, logic, and art. I’m always truly impressed by your exceptional attention to detail and appreciation of your craft. Well done.

I've had a very anxious few days, and your calm, consistent narration (even in the midst of describing what was probably a really frustrating process) gave me a safe place to land tonight. Thank you.

@elainebye9090

2 жыл бұрын

💙💙💙

@teresamichaud1253

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes! Yes!!!

Pleat math does my head in. Matching it to the stripes in the tartan is just so simple and so brilliant!

32:15 "I feel like I just won a game that, like, nobody else was playing... or cares about... or knows exists... But I'm happy!"

I'd love to see your take on a solid colour skirt! It would be interesting to see how you work out the pleats without stripes.

I love the way you thoroughly explain your trip from beginning to end, I guess trip is the wrong word, I should say process. I am not a historical costume maker but, I absolutely love watching you fantastic bloggers who can really show us your process and dare I say make us excited to follow through, no matter what you’re making. By the way, you’re one of my favorites next to Bernadette Banner and Morgan Donner. I’d take a costume making class with any of you.

I learned so much about both skirt drape and pleating patterns in this video. Definently using that knowledge in some future project. It's so interesting when you go into all the little details that makes big differences in the end result.

The way this swishes and the shape is perfect for my everyday skirt I'm dreaming of making when I can afford the fabric. Unfortunately good wool is currently out of my budget and I don't want to ruin the skirt for me by making one out of a cheaper fabric, and then I'll forever associate it with my cheap version

@sks17873

2 жыл бұрын

If you don’t need the skirt for warmth, try using cotton flannel and line it with cotton. Flannel has tons of plaid patterns and you can find it for only about 6-7 dollars per yard, and lining it would give it more weight.

@MariahPattie

2 жыл бұрын

i understand what you mean. For me the thrill of making it is in solving the puzzle, and I rarely have the motivation to remake an item once I've figured it out.

@bonniecolleenpappin8807

2 жыл бұрын

You could make one now to work out the process and call it a wearable toile.

Whew. I’m a little tired just watching you puzzle this out! But thoroughly impressed!

I don’t think I can watch this video without crying happy tears....

This kind of niche, crazy accurate content is what I live for! Amazing work 🧵

That tartan is SO beautiful! 😻

twisting the tape at the ends of the pocket slits is a genius detail

One the off chance I ever make fantasy movie I'm going to hire you to do the costume design.

I have no intention to try recreating Outlander clothing, per sae*. However I watched this video avidly for several reasons: 1. I am another if us odd ducks who love geometry. 😜 2. I find your meticulous observation and deductions intriguing and satisfying! 3. Who could possibly not love to watch luscious wool fabrics being sewn up?! 4. I definitely learn from your sewing techniques. Great job! Beautiful results. *I did create a version of the knitted shawl because I LOVE the esthetic.

AHHH!!. Once I get organized from a move I'm going to dive in to this; as I only have 5 yards I think I will flip it and do three selvage to selvage panels. The pattern will be wrong but I'd (in theory, if I do a thinner hem and slightly less volume at the waist) have enough for a mostly-screen-accurate-ish full-length, as well as a can-wear-in-modern-society length. Then if that re-weave were to happen in the future I'd want to try for a proper screen accurate version. Thank you so much for this! The time you put in is greatly appreciated!

You're an absolute wizard! My brain doesn't wrap around any of this, but I always like watching your videos!

The skirt is beautiful and as long as you are happy, that's all that matters.

Wait, did I hear you tell your dad that you made a purse out of soda cans?!? I would love to see that. I’m not interested in an Outlander skirt for myself, but I watch these videos because, among other things, I love watching you work with that thick, gorgeous wool. I wish I could find that quality of wool (or ANY 100% wool) in my local fabric store, preferably at a price that wouldn’t take my breath away.

Your ability to deconstruct and then reconstruct a garment is amazing.

I love the look you get from the inside treatment of the pleats! So lovely! Wow you are so amazing to figure this out!

You certainly won that game. Such attention to detail! And matching autumn foliage when you went swishing in the woods.

I admire and applaud your patience and perseverance in working out all those details! The skirt is absolutely fabulous!

One small point. Some years back archaeologists dug up a fragment of cloth in Scotland which they initially assumed was a modern cloth because it was dyed using bright, really bright, colours (including I think pink but it's been decades since I read the article). But further investigation showed the really bright - as in as bright or brighter than modern dyes - woven fabric was from around the 15thC. I knew an archaeologist here in Ireland whose specialty was textiles and she had a book, British Museum publication, which included a reference to this particular find and a photo. So while tartans are a relatively modern invention (including my own which is Craig) ones like McLeod of Lewis may actually have existed as far as the colours go even if the designs were different.

This was an incredible project and an incredible skirt. It just looks so dreamy

I don't sew, and have no intent to, but just looking at someone be so pationate about their craft is so fulfilling.

I love how obsessive you got about this!

Oh, the hours spent figuring out the pleats....! I work with norwegian national costumes (bunad) and the struggle is real! Add sun faded fabric and costumers who gained a few pounds and you have a few hours of fun trying to follow the bunad rules at the same time as you try to hide the different colors... Great job with the skirt!

What a deep rabbit hole you went down!

I spent all day writing an assignment. This cheered me up immensely. I appreciate your dedication to the screen accuracy

I just love watching your observation and deduction skills at work. I super super loved your videos on the costumes in Emma and equally enjoy your Outlander obsession. It's great to go so in depth alongside you, I don't often meet people who are as obsessive and enthusiastic as I am about random stuff 😂

Oops! Sorry, I hadn't watched all the way through the video. I did see the under pleating portion , so now I get it! Beautiful work! Thanks

This video is so bad ass. I LOVE your obsession with accuracy. ♥ Well done. It looks incredible.

I love the underpleating detail!

It's so beautiful! All your investigation and mathing definitely paid off.

I don't think I'd ever go that detailed on pleating, but I love that you did! I'm also going to keep that inner pleating technique in mind.

So glad for you and this skirt mystery. Sewing geometry/math makes me want to run for the exit, but it was all explained very thoroughly and nicely. Also, the underpleating was such a neat find

I own both this tweed and the green one because of your video last year. I just finished my green skirt and look forward to referencing this video for my Mist skirt.

wow i hadnt seen outlander yet, but this video made me curious. thanks for getting me into it, the show is really awesome! and your skirt is too!

Wow, Mariah! What a thorough job you did! 😍 I joined the Facebook group because I have planned to recreate some Outlander costumes for ages. I think I will take the time and make myself Claire's 1940s coat (feels like a doable start 😜) from season 1 listening to the new Outlander book once that one is out later this month.

Love your enthusiasm! Very fun. By the way her name is Irish and it is pronounced 'Ka-tree-na'.

I'm learning so much from all your analyses. LOVE IT!👏

This is so good. Well done, Mariah.

Winning games no one else are playing is one of my favorite things

This was such a beautiful process to watch and the end result speaks for itself!! Great work :D

You are amazing. So much work, inspiration and passion. The skirt looked amazing.

This is honestly so amazing! Your dedication to the details is inspiring!!!

I just started binging Outlander, so I'm very excited for this!

Congratulations on solving the proof!!

Extremely nerdy in a wonderful way! The skirt is incredible, good job👏

Your perseverance throughout this project is admirable and inspirational! Great video :)

You are amazing! Your attention to detail and finessing of how you work is outstanding. 😀

This is a great video on the skirt construction. Thank you so much. I will put this on my list of to do. Currently I'm working on a Victoian Walking skirt, but am thrilled to find you.

I'm currently rewatching Outlander again, and this video makes me so happy! I like paying attention to the costumes, but you definitely do all the heavy lifting for me!! Thanks 😁😁

Very clever puzzle solving! Inspiring, but, tangentially: motivated me to hand finish a sizable length of inner seam, whilst following your journey. Thank you for a nice smooth and detailed video!

Well...I´m drooling over here....you did a wonderful job here! :) 💜

You do so resemble Jenny from Outlander! Loving this video!

Hi Mariah .. I have just found your channel and so glad I have …. I am astounded at the amount of research you have done just to make this skirt and love how you have talked and explained it all to us rather than just showing how to make the skirt, I am rather new to making clothes so finding a lot of useful information in your video (some went way way over my head though but was super interesting ) I also love how at the end of your video you tell us what you love about your make , what you didn’t like about it and what you learnt from making it and any changes you would make …. Superb video and the skirt is amazing, your whole outfit is just beautiful… thank you for sharing ❤️ Tina

Oh my goodness, this looks like it took a lot of time and dedication!! Thank you so much for doing all this hard work and sharing the fruits of your labor with us! Your work is always so beautiful PS. I would love to get in on a re-weave of the tweed!

What a journey! Well done!

I really enjoyed this episode. I have been a fan of the outlander series books as well as TV show and I often enjoy how interesting the costumes are. I personally have no clue what would be historically correct in terms of looks and production but i enjoy the aestetics of clothing in historical and fantasy shows. It was quite inspiring to see you investigating how things might have been put together and watching mistakes and success and how joyful you went about it.

Wow that looks so amazing! Definitely got good swish!

I love this video! Thank you!

This is really awsome! Fantastic video ! Thank you so much!

This is the kind of media obsession I’m completely on board for.

Loved the skirt. Seeing as you mentioned suduko you may enjoy the channel 'Cracking the Cryptic' they do video about suduko, it sounds odd but they are super fun and interesting to watch.

Stunning

I think you could just rotate the fabric so that your horizontal stipes and vertical stripes are the way you want them (cross grain vs. on grain is usually not a big difference on a gathered or pleated skirt as far as drape goes). All of the math for pleating is way more work than I would do, but your end result turned out quite eye-catching. I think I would just eyeball the pleating sections using my waistband strip as a guide using more of a pattern matching technique (line up the pleats so that the stripes in the waistband meet up with the visible stripes of the pleats - if that makes sense). All of your efforts really paid off though! Props to you and thanks for sharing this with us!!

Very awesome recreation!

I have some really lovely green plaid that I think I might make a skirt of, inspired by how you put this one together.

I requested to join the FB group and I'm def down to get in on a custom weaving! Also, even as someone who is scared of math, this was such an interesting video. Never again will I say "But when will I USE this". I could have been using it to make Outlander costumes this entire time!!

I love Outlander 🥰

Wow great work! Lease endulge us with more of these videos :D

I have now bought the mist and stone fabric - and all the issues you had with the math work out and suddenly make sense when you do rotate the pieces. The darkest double line does go vertical, the ivory double lines go horizontally, on the upperside of the double brown stripe. I have 6 yards - and im not sure i need that much - but i probably will given my waist size. It def needs to run the other direction! But your info on th epleats was amazing! Thankyou!

You did such a thorough job! I’m am extremely impressed. Along with my awe, I send my deepest apologies. My finger slipped when I attempted to hit the like button and it hit the dislike button instead. It says feedback was sent to you. I’m hoping that the quick uncheck and clicking the proper like button counts more than my misclick.

Thank you for sharing your process and how you got there, I found it very interesting. I have also joined the FB group, thanks for that tooo. At about 35 minutes, you talk about the knife pleats folding back on themselves on the inside. If the fold were to the outside, they would be called 'military box pleats'. Thanks again.

i didn't have any geomatry so this is a bit hard for me to calculate myself but it is fasinating to hear and watch you figure out the math:).

Good use of logic, geometry and math!

I like a how your brain work!!! You amaze me every time!!

Amazing!

OHMYGAWDS THAT’S PERFECT!

@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar

2 жыл бұрын

Ok I hear that you found things you could change, but your puzzle solving was incredible! 🥰

Great job with the pleat maths. But trust me, there is a limit to adjusting "the same number of pleats"...it wont scale up to a 45" waist. Those of us who are GENUINE plus size, just cope. (if youre a size 12, DONT try and convince someone whos a size 24 that you are ALSO plus size!). WE just accept we have to make it according to what WOULD have been done. I may be Mrs Fitz's waist size...but Im also taller than Catriona - so us plus sizers just do what works! Totally wonderful video...I hope it gets heavily monetised!

@MariahPattie

2 жыл бұрын

You’re probably right. I have very little experience with plus-size sewing. In that case I’d recommend using more yardage and adding more pleats wherever one feels they look best.

@roxannlegg750

2 жыл бұрын

@@MariahPattie Yeah - a friend and I have played around with it all - she is making the red tartan wedding gown. If I made this gown I would be adding a second box pleat at the backand front to "fill in" the circumference. With the side pleats being as you have outlined. In all truth - I truely hope you never have to have lots of personal experience with this type of sizing...its hard enough, and wouldnt wish it on any one. we dont choose it, want it and if we could do something about it we would. That said - I was close to your size at your age - but i am taller and larger build (coming from good German stock!) Most of us have complex health issues that have caused it...me i have mobility and pain issues, spinal issues and incurable medical conditions where weight gain is the normal side effect of medication. So, I hope ppl read this and get an understanding that real plus sizers struggle with a lot in trying to recreate screen costumes. Its hard to feel included a lot when 95% of the high grossing youtubers are normal to petite size. But I AM in awe of your analytical skills...almost as obsessive as me :-)

You look a lot like Laura Donnelly in the finished outfit. Beautiful!

So beautifully made! I love how detailed and accurate you were :) May I ask what kind of thread did you use?

Everyone looks so beautiful in their outfits. It looks like the costumes might have been weathered or distressed in some way. I'm sure you don't want to add extra wear to your skirts. It looks like they might have removed some of the stiffening.

You are meticulous! Wish I had your determination!

Dude. Now I want to make a wool skirt.

I've used a fantail pattern but am not happy with it I will have to try this one

I absolutely loved this video and I love all the care and research that went into the making of this skirt. Huzza for twirly skirts! At the end the magpie in me saw your friend's patchwork (tatterdamilian?) skirt. Is that by any chance your work? If it is I'd love to see a video on the process of that skirt.

@MariahPattie

2 жыл бұрын

Story of the patchwork skirt: most everything we were wearing is mine, but that skirt isn't. It belongs to their sister, and I helped her make it last winter. It was made from a quilt their dad bought in Mexico, I believe. It was very old, faded, and ripped, and he was going to throw it out, so my friend brought it to my house and we made it into a skirt, inspired by Millie's quilt skirt in 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. It's extremely simple, just cut into one huge circle with a placket and a waistband, closing with hooks and eyes. She fixed up the rips and that was all! So I won't be making a video on it, but it was very simple to make, if you can find an old lightweight quilt to sacrifice.

@HeraldHealer

2 жыл бұрын

@@MariahPattie Thank you so much!

Hi Mariah! Can you please do a tutorial on how you make/obtain your figures for your capsule videos? I am currently not aware of a video.

SODA CANS PURSE? YES PLEASE!!!

beauty

I'm definitely interested if/when Mist would be available,!!

@MariahPattie

2 жыл бұрын

I'd get on the Facebook group ASAP. they just shipped out the batch from after this video, but there's usually some leftover.

Amei, tá lindo!!!!

Yay second comment and first like. Love your videos.

You truly look like Janet "Jenny" Fraser Murray!!!

Your deductive capabilities are amazing! How many hours did you spend working it out in total?

I've been trying to achieve a similar silouette for a project i'm working on. I have the stays all done but the skirts dont fall right. Do you use some kind of padding? I'm in no way a historical dress maker and i seem to lack le vocabulary to find references i need to answer my own question. Also the skirt look amazing!