One time she flipped her scarf in my face… it was awesome!!! Love the mean girls inspo!

i love how you always make it your own version rather than making it a dupe! also, loving the editing in this video

sagwa's purring is SO loud 😹gosh she's cute.

@withwendy

6 ай бұрын

She loves to do this during my therapy sessions and zoom calls 🥲

@jordanrichardson6809

6 ай бұрын

Look forward to this each year, such fun and always so inspiring.

Such a beautiful result! Just a tip - if you want to sew normal buttons on thick fabric, put a match between the button and the material - then sew the button on by hand, and when finished, pull the match away, and wrap the thread around the loose threads to create a shank. Thank you for this video Wendy.

this gave me so much more appreciation for choices designers have to make - it looked like a simple jacket but the fit, proportions, material, luxurious details etc all made a huge difference to the final product!

The creativity and editing on this video was on another level! Also, this jacket made me think of an outfit Queen Elizabeth wore in the final season of the crown that I really loved.

i'm already laughing at the genius mean girl impression.. wendy, you've done it again, and i'm not even that far in to the video! :D

Whoa you're busy making a baby and you're still giving us a blanket thrift flip? Unheard of. Extraordinary. Amazing. And can i just say, that jacket is stunning

The longer I look at the inspiration jacket, the more I think it's just a rectangle body with rectangle sleeves. the way the drop shoulder lokks just reminds me so much of simple rectangular knit sweaters. And having only straight edges would certainly make the decorative stitching a lot easier to acomplish... But your version turned out so cute! And it probably fits way better around the armscye than the expensive one haha

@sscott2747

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same exact thing. It reminds me of the drop shoulders knitted sweaters. Just basic rectangles.

@cherylrosbak4092

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking about folk blouses -- two rectangles for the front, one for the back, two for the sleeves, and armpit gussets. Some Romanian blouses have separate shoulder pieces that lead to a dropped seam.

Mean girl inspired intro had me giggling.

"piecing is period" and "sewing is cardio" are fantastic sayings for the sewing community!

Materials? beautiful. Final product? exemplary. EDITING?! Perfection 🔥👌

Wendy the mean girls bit is just CHEFS KISS 😂😂

Love the purring and the restful music. You look gorgeous in that jacket!❤ Great endurance and creativity 😊!!!

I’m really out of it when it comes to fashion trends but these videos help keep me up to speed. Also gives me inspiration to try to make new kinds of garments!

Wendy you can always use buttons without a shank and add a button stand! It’s where you sew the button on loosely and then wrap the thread around those stitches. You essentially make a shank out of the thread.

@AnnieKat_

6 ай бұрын

Ooo I was looking for this suggestion :) and I learned the official term, love it

@michellebyrom6551

6 ай бұрын

Adding a flat button on the back at the same time - needle through both buttons sandwiching the garment - makes for a stronger hold on coats and heavy jackets.

@caitlinmason2353

6 ай бұрын

Good point!

@helloemilymills

6 ай бұрын

Oooh good to know!

I love playing your videos while I knit. It’s like parallel play for fiber artists 😂

Soooo…you popped up on my feed and I was immediately engaged…now you have me wanting to sew again and ofcourse I have to go down the rabbithole of watching all your blanket-jacket videos! Here goes, well worth it! Meet ya on the flipside!

I'm not a big fan of the original coat but yours is super cute! If it was me I would have went with the flower buttons just to absolutely maximize the cuteness factor, If I ever make a quilted jakcet I'll deifintely look for buttons like that! I wish there were quilted blankets in the thrift stores where I live but alas! I'm gonna have to make one from scratch it seems :")

sagwa's purring invading your audio is so precioussssss

When I saw the trim you choose I noded with approval because it was indeed the best one

Windy, I just love you and your videos so much! The mean girls goofs, the cat butt wiggling for freedom while you seriously assess your mock-up. Just wonderful! Also, it’s so impressive and entertaining to watch you dissect a pattern just by looking at pictures of it! It’s like watching a mastermind fashion detective at work!

Stunning work. I was going to say the plain shank buttons. I love the flowers, but because of the patterns in the fabric, I think the shank ones are perfect.

You are the first person I have seen use that method for patterns!! Mins have been sitting in my box for 30 yrs lol I made one pair of pants from it and they were awesome.

one time Wendy made this incredible scarf jacket..... it was AWESOME

you could make a thermo skirt from the left overs to put over yuor day cloths when going out for a walk and want to keep legs warmer

It's cute! As a quilter, I'd have shown you a quick way to join all the pieces. Personally, I'd also add a button at center back and either side of the collar opening, place buttonholes in the scarf and button it on, so it doesn't fall off, fly away or come undone all the time.

I’m OBSESSED 🤯🤯🤯 Keeping the scallops was def the right call!!! Also, why do your coats always turn out cuter than the original??😍

So glad you were able to use the scalloped edges. Turned out great!🎉

here I was thinking the scarf would be attached to the jacket, but this is way better! It turned out so much cuter than the inspo

i always want to sew after watching withwendy s videos

I love Sagwa’s short curly tail!

It turned out so cute on you! I'd probably go for a plain pink blanket instead, but everything else I'd try to match as close as possible if I did a recreation of the tutorial. Now I just need a sewing machine 😅

Good job Wendy!! I loved that you kept the scalloped trim.

I really loved the first buttons opposed to the flowers, I thought that they fit more cohesively with the colors and style of the design

The jacket is giving Toteme X Sea New York. ❤

It's gorgeous! You did such a great job. It's a new family heirloom.

What a fun tradition and a great idea! I'm going to start looking more closely at the blankets in the thrift stores!

That is the cutest jacket ever❣️😍

Come for the cat, stay for the fashion! Love the jacket 😮

The first scarf that wasn't right, you could turn that into mittens to match.

so cute! if you put a discreet loop on the shoulder it would hold the scarf in place

Adorable! I loved watching your design thought process.

I'm so happy I've found your videos again. Been watching them nonstop since and they bring me such joy!!

just want to say i'm loving the music ... i played this concerto in high school :)

THERE WAS ENOUGH TRIM 🥳😎🔥🤾🕺

@withwendy

6 ай бұрын

we live to trim another day!!! though it is not good for my ego to win this many rounds of trim/thread chicken

I watched your last year's blanket-to-coat video yesterday and realised a new one should be right around the corner, I feel like I've summoned you! ❤

Honestly, I wasn't a fan of the original but your version is super cute and looks way better.

My mother had one of these coats back in the 80s but the scarf was more shawl-like in the center so you could whip it up over your head like a hood.

This jacket is absolute perfection. Now I'm dreaming of the perfect pink quilted coat.

OMG your 2022 coat make is my bedspread from 1981. Such memories, I was 18 then. After I finish watching this video, I’m going watch 2022 video. ❤This coat is adorable, L❤ VE IT ! I enjoyed this video so much. Thank you.

You find the best blankets!! I’ve been looking for a long time and haven’t found any cute ones! This jacket is so amazing!

I think the shank style buttons would be a nice touch! Gorgeous jacket nonethless

It's great to understand your thought process, and see how you make decisions. I wonder if you would like the scarf better if it was cut on the bias.

With your videos I always press like before I even begin watching the video because I just know it's gonna be so good, and by the time the video ends and the lil montage plays I always wish I could like the video additionally because it's so inspiring and your editing is just so asthetic and ingenious!

OMG, this video was so FETCH! Yes, we saw the Mean Girls montage! Loved it!! I don't even go here.

love that you kept the scallop edge detail. the jacket looks cozy

Hey Wendy!! I remember most of those thrift coats!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Love what you did here, you made this unique and totally you. Nice job.

the fabric! the scalloped edge! the trim! the buttons! the mean girls reference! the editing! the music and the final scenes! this is my favorite videoof your channel ever 🌸💐💗 I'm in love with the jacket, wish I had the skills to make one ✨

Besides your voice that is as soft as a butterfly kiss, my favourite part are the bell sleeves and your dedication to perfection❤

Ahhh love this modern cottagecore jacket! Also the Sagwa ASMR 🥰

This pink blanket coat is perfect 👌 for early spring and late autumn 😊. Unless you want to wear your beautiful blanket coat twenty years from now then early spring it is 😊. I love your happy 😊 face slippers. It's so cute. Hello Sagwa😺.

The waved effect on the seams! LOVED IT

I personally dislike drop shoulder but this coat is cute! I'd lose my scarfs less often if they were attached to my coat.

hi wendy! just wanted to say i've been watching you since i was in ninth grade and now im in my senior year for college lol. finally got to buy myself a machine and i just finished my first sewing project ever!! wanted to say thank you for all the inspo through the years and keeping the creative in me alive. cheers!

Very cute! Flower buttons are the best! You can actually make a shank for a button by sewing it on over a straight pin to create some extra slack and then wrapping your thread around the stitches!! Always love the annual blanky coat!

The Mean Girls inspired sequence was 👌🏻

It turned out so cute! I love that you used the scalloping and the floral overlay.

LOVE the mean girls remake scenes 😍🤯😂

I absolutely love it! I'd have chosen the other buttons and either wrapped the thread to make a shank, or slipped in a tiny button underneath to be the shank. I like that you kept the scallops and used the trim on the blanket, and your trim on the seams is so cute! Now I want to make one.

Your jacket is amazing! I tend to attach buttons by hand because than I can make shank from thread.

this overview of your jackets each year made me realize how long I’ve been watching your channel! been here since before the sleeping bag jacket

The beginning of this cracked me up so much 😂😂😂

I would love to see a video where you review your blanket jacket makes and tell us how often you actually wear them.

Super cute project! I think my favorite blanket flip yet!

Well done!!! I am literally in the middle of trying to hack a Lady Lancaster quilt jacket. I made a mock up with an old TJ Maxx comforter. I bought a cheap jacket on Amazon that looked closest to what I want to have something to start out with for the pattern, knowing I would have to play around with it. It was too puffy to really get any sort of pattern out of it. I thought I would lose my mind trying to figure it all out. But I have something that resembles what I am aiming for now. Just to make more work for myself, instead of trying to find a blanket or quilt to use, I am making a quilt first. Actually I am making blocks and sewing them into sizes slightly larger than each pattern piece. Then I can quilt the smaller sections rather than a large quilt which will make it enjoyable rather than torture. Then I will start to construct the jacket. Her jackets have a wide range but the Aunt Ethel style which I'm trying to emulate runs about $1,600. I think this is very fair since she has to buy the quilts first and she only selects ones in great condition. She is from Lancaster, PA and she uses quilts that have been hand quilted!! What a treasure if one can afford one. Anyway, I'm going to try to make one on my own.

What a beautiful jacket! I can't think of a better way to save that blanket.

I love the concept, look and feel of blanket jackets. Jackets can be so serious as in more concerned with functionality (do not get me wrong, I appreciate that seriousness as I live in a COLD climate zone) than being fun to wear. I like fun. Even my hoodie has a shimmery fabric for its hood portion.

I was half/half watching/listening when I totally tuned in and you had your pattern PCs on that wine/cream checkered fabric and I thought “ that’s gonna rock that coat!!!” Only to figure out it was your rug 😩. Bummer. Would’ve looked FAB!

That jacket turned out gorgeous!!!😻

I just loved the reveal part and the happy song vibe 🥰

Love the scalloped edges! So clever to keep that part of the blanket. Beautiful.

Obsessed with this video !!! I would love if you did a video explaining how you get your inspiration for these projects Pinterest? Do you follow certain accounts on social media ? I had never even heard of scarf jacket before this video !

The little sketch of you in the coat is so pretty, I found myself rewinding like wow! It really looks like you just needs glasses 🥰

What an awesome project! ❤

This turned out so adorable!! I love it!

I've been watching your videos since 2016, the editing just keeps getting better and better.. and you are just soo talented, ive learned so much about sewing from you. thank you for your videos!!!

That's such a cute jacket! i love it so much Loved the mean girls reference

love the scalloped hem detail

Seriously that is like a family heirloom, it's beautiful 🤩

gorgeous!! i'm obsessed w/ that print. i feel the itch to go thrifting for blankets now...

god am I envious of your creativity, Wendy. I’ll channel it into inspiration for balancing life & projects instead.

It sorta reminds me of the gray wool coat you made many years ago with the attached scarf. I made one and loved it!

LOVE the final result Wendy! And Sagwa's purring when doing the second fit check - gorgeous! 😍 Just an FYI: at the start you mentioned the shoulder seams being equal in length, however, it is common for the back shoulder seam to be slightly longer than the front - it has a little added ease to help its nicely over the shoulder, so they don't have to be exact. Just like the outer leg on pants - the upper thigh area has additional ease as this is an area of 'stress' when worn, much like the shoulders on shirts, jackets etc.

This looks amazing. I really like the trim. It really elevates the jacket and adds whimsy

Very cute and well done.

I like that Em thrown in. 💯 😊love the coat alot. I want one.

Oh my god it’s incredible. You’ve done it again!!!

It is 100% girly extreme, including the flower trim. I laughed so hard about the mad scientist parts. And goodness, all for art, eh, freezing on the beach.

The mean girls vibe at the start totally made my day! Can't stop laughing. Amazing work as always Wendy!