Is there a piece of paper stuck in my hair while I'm drafting the peplum pattern? Yes.

@beckstheimpatient4135

2 жыл бұрын

That's quite alright, it happens to the best of us. I usually have offcuts of thread or tiny bits of fabric from clipping corners...

@AnniCarlsson

2 жыл бұрын

Well it's better then a dead bug. Ofc I don't know how that feels from eh any of my own experiences at all.... Bo I'm eh not 🤥🤥🤥

@snookiedoo

2 жыл бұрын

It's charming though 😆

@historicallyfashioned

2 жыл бұрын

The mark of a true pattern maker.

@catzkeet4860

2 жыл бұрын

At least it’s just paper…..no, I’m not going to elaborate, I’m still scarred :o

It's normal and healthy to express grief. It's not depressing. Everyone watching your videos do so because we have connected with you on some kind of level. You give us your time and efforts making these beautiful clothes. You inspire us to express ourselves in our own way as you do in yours. Thank you. My sincere sympathy.

@doblemaltita

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like this kind of manual activity, traditionally assigned to women, allowed us to gather together around something (sewing, embroidering, even cooking) and share our confidences. Bianca's sewing room is our sewing room and it feels safe enough to share our sadness, our happiness, our problems, and our secrets. Is kind of an intimate connection that I have seen in IRL sewing rooms and courses. I'm very glad you feel the same ♥♥♥♥

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Patricia ❤️

I love the whole "I suffered making this top so you don't have to but also please feel free to also suffer" vibe of this video. The finished look with the RTW skirt is *chef's kiss*

I love the “make it to last” philosophy.

For sewing on metallic fabrics I highly recommend using a Schmetz microtex needle. They are super sharp and pierce the metallic filaments without causing the filament to shift. I always use a new microtex needle for a project and then reuse the used needle for just regular sewing on the assumption that the needle tip could be dull, but it's still sharp enough for regular sewing.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'll have to get some! Seeing as I can't quit it with the shiny fabrics 😅✨

Thank you for sharing your life with us and not just teaching how to sew. You are a comfort channel for me. I am sending you healing vibes and condolences for the passing of your fur baby.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dawn ❤️

I'm sorry to hear about your kitty. They are definitely little 'heart thieves'! No doubt, there is a cat out there that will have a great home with you and your family. 😻

"Hopefully not getting turned around" Felt that in my soul. Tried to make a skirt with pockets this weekend and ended up giving it fins instead (sewed the pockets on the outside)

I would love to see a front wrap dress tutorial! They are very summer-ish and comfy

@susandreyer9019

Жыл бұрын

My vote too!🎉

Always love me a peplum. This is such a great pattern which is so flattering on you. I hope you can bring a couple of new kitties into your heart. So sorry for your loss. Hugs.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Beth ❤️

A friend of mine is making a set of stays out of the sparkly linen. It's such a beautiful fabric

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

An excellent choice for sure!

@olliejones3302

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheClosetHistorian they look amazing!

So sorry to hear that you lost your furbaby, and so soon after the last one,😥, I hope your family is doing ok, and yes they are a real part of the family. I love the top you made, shame I'm to old to wear glittery tops .💖

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lesley! There is no such thing as too old for glitter though, if anything I plan on getting more outlandish with age ✨

We had tinsel on our tree growing up and it gets EVERYWHERE. And it’s VERY STATICY. So probably just like your top spewing strings all over your sewing room. Lol. The tops are gorgeous, tho!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Maria! I think I'll be sticking to garlands not strands then 😂

@mariamaychack6806

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheClosetHistorian good idea! My mom also never let us put it on the tree because we didn’t let it “drip right” 🤣 we just “flung it on” hahaha

@laurenschiller1804

2 жыл бұрын

We wrapped tinsel around our banister one year and were picking bits of out of the carpet for years after that and I'm pretty sure the only reason we stopped finding it was because the carpet got replaced.

@mariamaychack6806

2 жыл бұрын

@@laurenschiller1804 that sounds about right! It got everywhere!

@laurenschiller1804

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariamaychack6806 Tinsel is the gift that keeps on giving whether you want it to or not

I’m so sorry for the loss of your cat. We just adopted a stray kitten and are getting used to having a cat in the house. Sending you warm thoughts and a hug. Thank you for showing me this great pattern and for being a great mentor.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️ Kiss that little kitty for me!

Deepest Condolences, Bianca. Yes, we do wish to know of these sad events, because you are our friend. After all, I am sure we all have "patterning tables of doom", simply due to the mistakes and fue-pa's which haunt us, from time to time. ;) I love love, love those wrap blouses in all fabrics, however, the blouses you made are Outstanding. Eye poppers for sure. :) I once made a door curtain (yes, it was strips of fabric all the way across and down to the floor) and matching window curtains for my granddaughters' room. Never again. I don't know what fabric it was, all that mattered was the glitters, sheerness, and colors. My machine needle gummed up. The fraying was driving me insane. So I researched and discovered to keep a small bottle of oil by the sewing machine to stop the gumming. (Maybe, that sewing event, was what caused my hair to gain more whiteness.) Lol. Keep doing YOU. Has anyone ever used Fray Stop? It reminds me of super glue.

Yes please, please, please to a wrap back dress!! 🤩🤩

Loosing a pet is never easy. I lost 2 cats back in March. I know exactly how feel. When you have an animals twirling around your feet for 18 years, the house does feel weird without them. 💜

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss as well ❤️

Recently rewatched the video where you got the 99k and it's so cute that you're undecided about which machine you'll be using in the future and now you love her so much.

The tops are beautiful! The honesty about the fabric's difficult nature is appreciated. We always had tinsel on our trees in the 50s and 60s. By the 70s Christmas trees were so thick from how they were cropped/pruned, that there wasn't enough room between the layers of branches to allow tinsel to hang. Now days, I legally harvest a natural tree that would look great with tinsel, but in order for our tree to be chipped and turned into compost, every bit of tinsel must first be removed. Headache!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that sounds rather time consuming indeed! Thank you Dannie!

Holy Cow the Kaufman navy linen is awesome!

I admire your handling of that fabric i know that i would have been swearing terribly all the way through so kudos to you

A wrap back dress would be awesome.

I love the look of this top! Gives me some wonderful classic sci-fi movie vibes. And I will not be working with that fabric any time soon, because if someone with your level of experience finds it tricky it's definitely not suitable for a sewing newbie like myself.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah its a mean fabric, as so many of the pretty ones can be 😅

We use tinsel every year on our tree (yes, one can still buy it in the U.S). We vacuum it off before we throw the tree outside after the holidays. My condolences for the passing of your kitty. ❤️

@gordoswife

Жыл бұрын

P.S. if it’s too cold in your basement, you can close the air vents. Your bills will be lower too. 😉

@TheClosetHistorian

Жыл бұрын

Alas my dad actually stuffs the vents in summer with insulation to help with this, and yet it's still chilly down here 😅

I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Our pets quickly become much loved family members. What a lovely top. So shiney :) I have sewn fabric that frays that easily. It is a race to sew it before it frays past your seam allowance. As for tinsel. You can get it all over the UK any time but espescially from September onwards. Though it does not mix well with pets.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paula 💜

The fabric makes a stunning top! I love the color and I always think a peplum top is flattering!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dawn!

Oh I'm so sorry to hear about your kitty

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Louise ❤️

That sparkly green is just gorgeous! But I think the silver top with the holographic skirt might have New Year's Eve written all over them. And I'm so sorry to hear of your kitty's passing. Our sweet fur babies certainly take a piece of our hearts when it's time for them to leave us.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

That is very pretty. It looks nice with the skirt.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stacie!

Ohh Bianca I’m so sorry for your families loss.🙏🙏🙏🙏 I’ve had tinsel on my Xmas tree all my life! As far as I’m concerned it’s not a tree without tinsel. I save it every year taking it off carefully and putting it in a ziplock for the next year! 💕💕🎄🎄🎄

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Patti ❤️ It certainly looks super pretty so I think it's worth it!

I'm so sorry about your sweet little cat. ❤️ I really need to try out this wrap top shirt. Yours are always so amazing!

Gorgeous...the fabric would have me tearing my hair out. LOL! When I was a kid, tinsel was the metallic garland hung around the tree. Ice cycles were made from real aluminum foil that we would drape on the branches one at a time, and it was beautiful. These days they are made from some sort of plastic and do not, in my opinion, hang the same. Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend, xoxo's Sandie

@elisabethmontegna5412

2 жыл бұрын

I agree that a thicker foil tinsel is much nicer to use on a tree than the plastic icicles you usually see in the US. I bought tinsel/icicles at a German Christmas market and it’s definitely some type of heavier metallic foil that hangs in a really lovely way and stays put in the branches. The plastic staticky kind really can’t compare.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandie! The icicles sound so pretty!!

I am so sorry for your loss. ❤️

I’m sorry about the kitties 😢 hopefully when you guys get a new baby it helps the healing. No one could replace Cleo for you tho, I’m sure. ❤️

My Singer 99K is inherited from my Grandma P, and since she always zipped over pins, so do I. It’s never made my machine so much as blink. Local hardware store does sell tinsel, but never used it for the tree because cats. Do use it to make wand toys for interactive cat play. Sorry for your loss!

Sympathy for the tricky fabric. My last sewing project was the most obnoxious brocade from Joann. It frayed horribly, slipped around so much that straight cut lines were nearly impossible, pulled out at all stitch lines, and was generally miserable to sew with. I left a one star review online with a lot of technical details of what was awful and how I made it work anyway. I even got apology coupons from Joann after my review was approved. The only upside is that the fabric is utterly gorgeous, and it does have beautiful drape and movement when made up into a regency open robe with a short train.

Your hair and makeup are on point! 🤩 I need to make this in 12 different fabrics. Thanks for another gem!! 🖤

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Leah!

I love the vintage style in a sci-fi looking fabric!

I just led a measurements workshop at a sci-fi/fantasy convention and mentioned your channel as a great resource for drafting and modifying patterns.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mildred!

@MildredCady

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheClosetHistorian You’re welcome! You explain and show the steps so well you are a go to resource for me.

That top looks like it came from the costuming department of a sci-fi show and I mean that in the best way possible.

Smooth and stable. 👌Just the way I like it

We always used to have tinsel on our tree when I was a kid. We had a cat that always ate it so she had shiny & stringy poop during the holiday month. I never could get my parents to stop using it when she was alive...

Love it. I still have some tinsel that my mum bought in Woolworths in 1976.

As always, terrific!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary!

really loving this silhouette! such a show stopper for so many beautiful fabrics!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Amy! That's part of what I like about simple garments and high necklines, great for showcasing cool textiles!

Absolutely love the makeup ❤️💄

All of your garments are lovely, but I really love this one! ❤❤❤

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wendy!

I really enjoy learning from your design process from concept to your finished and beautiful project. So, thank you very much for sharing.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love the asymmetrical peplum! And shiny!! 🤩

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Reina!

Thanks for showing us how to modify patterns. Without you I would not be confident enough

These tops are quite simply, majestic. There's no other words for them!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Oh my gosh! With the incredible skirt you bought!!! I would wear it everywhere

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thea! I shall blind the suburbs with my holographic shine ✨

Gorgeous top. So flattering xxx

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Frankie!

It turned out to be stunning! ❤

@TheClosetHistorian

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Sonja!

Lovely top, great material.xx

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I am so sorry for your loss. How devastating. I'm sure your house feels quiet and empty. I am so truly sorry

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michelle ❤️

I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty. ❤️ My kitties are the reason why I can’t have tinsel on my Christmas tree. I own some tinsel and want to use it but I’d rather my cats not eat it haha They both already have kidney disease, the last thing I need is for them to have stomach problems from gnawing on the tree. They may be old but they’re still naughty!

I'm so glad you tackled this fabric. The top is amazing l love it😍

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carol!

Another super success ❤️❤️❤️

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Anne!

so cute!!

As always another great video and peplums now don't seem so scary. Thank you! Hugs, sorry about Gunny.

I LOVE IT!

I thoroughly enjoy all of these videos! I have learned SOOOOOO much! Your filming style is really easy to follow and techniques are well explained! So sorry about your kitties; don’t feel bad about mentioning them! ❤️

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

It is always a great day when I see you have recently uploaded a new video. I love love when you are busy designing and sewing! Question? What would your sewing machine be, what brand, model?

@lynn858

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a Singer 99K. 1955.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Renee! Lynn is correct, my machine is a 1955 model Singer 99k, it's the "portable" model even though it is over 20 pounds 🤣

Smashing!

So pretty

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Teresse!

Sorry for your loss.

you look quite dazzling, all in silver!! creative artist, you!!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marcco!

Not sure if I already told you but I got a sewing machine for Christmas. So far all I have done is stare at it. Do not know how to even thread it. I have watched a few beginner videos on here. Also, we got a new baby kitten. I love them both. But so far, the kitty has much more of my attention. Thank you for another great video. I will go on dreaming about how one of these days I will be able to sew like "The Closet Historian". ha Love the items you make. They are just beautiful.

@kathyjohnson2043

2 жыл бұрын

I find that threading the machine is usually the hardest part! I HATE changing thread colors and avoid it whenever possible. I think B. said she only changes the thread on her serger every 6th months, white for summer and black for winter.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sandra! We may be getting kittens soon and I don't know how I'll get any work done when there are kittens to play with in the house ❤️

Hi Bianca, my first time to watch your video. I was taking a dressmakibg class as a beginner and i love watching your video. You you explain it on details. I am thanking you for that. If other fines it too long, dont bothered i’m sure lots of people would love your video specially for beginners like me. I have my top blouse, pencil skirt with pocket, a Trouser & top and a dressmaking. So i have 2 weeks to do it. I hope o can make it as at the moment i am taking/looking after my son who is a special. And since my brain is slowly to get it right away, i am happy that you are taking time to show to your video step by step, explaining in details. For that i am greatful and no.1 fan of you video. Love Tess K. 🤗🥰😘❤️

Sick with the panini plague this week, and have been binging an obscene number of your videos - you are my comfort channel! This post was a blessing 🥰

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you feel better soon Madeline!

This is very pretty!!! I like the top and will be trying something similar in cotton.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I imagine it will behave much better in cotton 😂✨

@autumn7143

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so.

Brilliant and hilarious 😂

@TheClosetHistorian

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love it

I am sorry for your loss.

Que maravilla el dominio que tiene de hacer patrones y todo lo relacionado con eso, como me gustaria aprender a hacer cosas como ella.

Hi, I seem to remember that you had a linen blend fabric in this metallic finish. It's a bit of a game for me to play spot the fabric from Mood. I haven't shopped around there for a while now so I guess there will be fabrics I haven't seen coming up. I don't buy the fabric btw, I just look at them. I did recognize the very textured shiny fabric of the tops you have been wearing the last couple of weeks. I've enjoyed seeing how they came out as they just showed them some time back in history. I know it wasn't yesterday that I saw them at Mood so that is back in history for me. Yours, Ann

The sparkle ✨! I love how it came out in the end! I've considered working with tencel...but if it's like this rayon chirimen that I'm using to make a 1920s dress I'm gonna have a hard time. I think the wrap top w/peplum is really cute. I might have to try my hand at sewing this too ✨

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michelle! Alas Tencel rayon is fine, tinsel (like the kind thrown on christmas trees for sparkle) in a fabric is annoying www.google.com/search?q=christmas+tinsel Same word different stuff luckily!

@MichelleSMV

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh 😮! I didn’t even realise haha. Like the Christmas tree tinsel?? That sounds horrendous to work with-It’s super sparkly though…(I do like sparkle ) and I think it came out beautifully 💕

🤩wow that finished top looks amazing. I can see why you subjected yourself to the torture 😂. Hope you recover well😂

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Cynthia!

Imagine an archaeologist finding this peplum top and making high faluting theories about the polyester fabric and how it applies to humanity in the 2020s!

So sorry about your cat. It’s so hard to lose a pet. I am re learning how to sew after 20 years of not, I am learning so much from your channel I really appreciate how you explain things. And… I got two new machines! So cheap I couldn’t pass the, up. One a singer 99 and the other an in table kenmore 1937. Omg I l❤ them so much. Can you maybe do a video at some point on sewing machine maintenance of your 99k?

This is one of your most extraordinary patterns! I truly adore this piece. Have you ever seen Agnes Moorhead’s classic film, The Bat? I think you would adore her costumes and the esthetic of the film a great deal.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan! I'll have to add it to my watch list!

Just my own preferred method,( because I am lucky enough to have a new serger,) I would have gone around the seams when bag lining and serged them all together. I have had some disasters with beautiful but ravel prone fabrics in my past.

I’m in love it’s y,our channel, I find myself ardently watching every thing you make and learning so much. I must admit, I’m an Edwardian gal but I do also love the 30s to the 50s. How eclectic. I can’t help but be fascinated by your shears, can you tell me what brand they are and I can maybe track them down in the UK. thanks for being you!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bobbi! If you mean my giant pattern scissors, Macculloch and Wallis have similar-ish ones www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk/p/82634/hobby-craft/mw/wilkinson-pattern-cutting-shears-20cm but try searching "pattern cutting shears" and Amazon UK may have some too!

Sorry to hear about your kitty, it's okay to be sad , no judgment here. Yes you can still get tinsle but it is much harder to find.

As always a treat to watch. Your videos are how I steel myself for work. Do you have a link for the skirt you wore at the end? I’m fascinated by that flounced hem.

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It is this skirt here www.mytheresa.com/en-us/norma-kamali-holographic-jersey-midi-skirt-1815426.html created from flared gores ✨

@nono-io5kt

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheClosetHistorian yes that is the one. It looks like the gores fall in on them selves. On the video it looked like it was pleated and I could not figure it out. Thanks so much 💜

I am very sorry for the loss of you kitty i had a cat that was nearly 17 when she died 18 months ago and I still miss so I feel for you

I wonder if you used strips of a light weight fusible interfacing on the tinsel fabric to stabilise the seams you could get away with clipping your curves and not topstitching?

Hmmm.... I'm thinking about this with the peplum on that orange 1890s bodice I think you drew from for the mandrogora gown

💚

When I was child in the 70's we did have tinsel on our Christmas tree. Yes, it's very fun to just kind of toss it onto the tree branches, but it is a horrible mess to try to clean up. And yes, very bad for cats. Let me tell you, hairballs with tinsel are not nearly as pretty as one would think. My heart does go out to you that your other family cat crossed the rainbow bridge to join her littermate. Hopefully your parents will find a deserving and wonderful new furbaby to not replace the others, but to save more furry lives. 💜❤

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jennifer ❤️

Can confirm, tinsel gets everywhere and is a bad idea with cats.

😍

Thinking of you and your family

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Liz ❤️

Worth all the trouble!

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan!

I have seen a vintage pattern online Simplicity 8127, I love the design but not sure how to draft the skirt pockets, I can't seem to get the draft right, any chance you might do a video for this, no worries if not, I can just do a normal pocket ❤

You are funny. Don’t change. A question. I bought a 1956 99k, and she has tension problems. Could I get you to take a picture of the spring behind the face plate on the back side of the tension knob?

@janeplass7305

2 жыл бұрын

You might find some of Bob Fowler's video helpful. kzread.info

@TheClosetHistorian

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Evelyn! For all things 99k I recommend AndyTube kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKFltMGCYdyqaaQ.html as I am no expert!

Don't you just love wHeird fabric? :-D haha

No tinsel on our trees either, though I have almost always had a cat. I didn’t have a cat for one year due to being freshly married and living in a no pet apartment, we got a cat as soon as we moved and she’s moved with us for the last 14 years. Lovely top and that fabric is beautiful but looks like an absolute nightmare.

If I want to torture myself, I work with fashion velvet 🤣🤣🤣