For measuring lengths on yourself, I find it helpful to hold the middle of the tape measure and drop the start of it to the floor. Then when it reaches the length I want, I can just read off the number I am pinching at my waistband rather than having to lean over and try to see what the number near the floor is without disrupting the reading. Makes self measurements sooo much easier.
@sarar4901
Жыл бұрын
Came down here to say this!
@Puppy52
Жыл бұрын
Good tips as always! Always a joy to watch your videos!
@theoffkeydiva
Жыл бұрын
After the corset saga, I’m glad you got to knock out some easy projects
@Rotten_Ralph
Жыл бұрын
Organdy makes great petticoats. I also like to use it for stiff interlining in place of beetled linen. But it's also very helpful for darning jeans and other stiff fabric.
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
That's a great tip thank you!
@lynn858
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I've never tried darning pants with organdy, because I've never had organdy on hand. Time to try it!
@louisalowry6229
Жыл бұрын
My goodness woman - you are amazing. Oh to have your training. I have a daughter in the SCA doing Grecian and Viking ensemble and she stresses out so much. 😊❤
@BYBabbra
Жыл бұрын
They both came out lovely. Your off the cuff alteration to the second petticoat with the top section over the pleats is amazing.
@alisonwelch8465
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your "aim and fire" approach. Using LOGIC to solve problems in textile engineering. Both beautiful pieces which will ultimately shape the viewable piece. Fantastic! Very excited for the next bit. The fact you show warts and all the process of planning, thinking then problem solving with perseverance is very inspiring. God given talent generously given. ❤
@kikidevine694
Жыл бұрын
Not shitty, and not uncomfortable. Sounds like a win❤❤❤
@laurawilliams7782
Жыл бұрын
These turned out wonderful! Also, the dress you were wearing while working on the cotton petticoat is amazing.
@suelongview9925
Жыл бұрын
I love your ‘devil may care’ attitude and the cotton petticoat yoke design was genius and looks great! 👏🏻😀
@pippaseaspirit4415
Жыл бұрын
An exercise in triumphing over adversity! Turning the waistband into a yoke to make the fabric fit was a stroke of pure genius 👍🏻
@MrsMelrom
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Claude. I'll be using this entire series as an instructable. I need a historically adequate costume for a play in December.
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I can help!
@moonbasket
Жыл бұрын
It looks amazing! I'm glad you were able to make lighter petticoats that still had such great volume! Also, as you said about the inside of the petticoat, no one is going to see that your top petticoat is too short, so it doesn't matter. Also, the waist yoke looks amazing with those pleats and keeps so much bulk away from the waist of the silhouette. It was an ingenious idea.
@maaikedenboer9287
Жыл бұрын
I am not a seamstress, and this all looks like magic. I wish I could do the 'spells'.
@kikidevine694
Жыл бұрын
Don't be a Gardenerian. In joke, sorry
@catpawrosales4265
Жыл бұрын
They turned out beautiful 🧡🧡 I tend to do the "divide and conquer" "method" for pleating when it doesn't have to be exact, it distributes the pleats pretty evenly.
@asilverfoxintasmania9940
Жыл бұрын
Done is better than perfect! I am glad you got through these so quickly and yeah sometimes decisions get made because that is just what works best at the time. We don't all have the time or energy to just run out to the store to get more thread.
@stevezytveld6585
Жыл бұрын
I love you're approach to using the mock-up as a process to work you're way to the final piece. And all with using the same fabric that you started with. Thank you for sharing your creative practice. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
@roxannlegg750
Жыл бұрын
Im glad im not the only one that looks at my thhreads and goes "I REFUSE to be defeated by 4 short lengths of white thread. You WILL be enough!". Ah - a sewer after my own heart! Well done!
@howcanikeepfromsinging
Жыл бұрын
I also ironed sitting down today. On your recommendation Claude, I bought a wool ironing mat (fantastic!) and this week a mini iron (found a cheaper brand knock off at Aldi). I was so thankful to God I took your advise, so I could do the next step, even with more pain today, and I didn't have to stand for the 5.5m of circle skirt hem! So thanks 😊 The way the organdie moves makes me think of the disposable gowns one gets given for medical tests and such (although usually dark blue or black and not see through 😅). Also did you get your ears pierced this year, or have you always had them pierced and my foggy brain hasn't noticed?
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
Yay! So glad you've been able to adapt your sewing! I've always had them pierced, or at least for the past 20 years 😂
@howcanikeepfromsinging
Жыл бұрын
We'll just blame my brainfog then 😬@@RetroClaude
@kristenpeters4434
Жыл бұрын
Your honesty about these low dopamine tasks had me busting out laughing. It’s refreshing to see blunt honesty- some of these things suck, lol, but they are for the greater good. I wanted to drop a line to say thank you- you’ve inspired me to plan for what *I* need to be comfortable in historical clothing, and same for adapting what I need to be able to make items without hurting my health. On to the pretty silk! ❤
@petapendlebury9024
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, July's rain. I think I managed to luckily be off the only day we had sun 😂
@MissHazeleyed96
Жыл бұрын
Safety pin gang 4 lyfe
@sheri-rk1po
Жыл бұрын
The petticoats turned out fabulously floofy! Now on to the fun stuff!
@Nessi-dances
Жыл бұрын
Definitely team 'do it fast, with whatever color thread you grab first' and I generally don't bother to remove gathering stitches 😆. The organdy looks like great petticoat material, I gotta try that next time. 💜
@MeMe-Moi
Жыл бұрын
Skirt, petticoat, and dress length hack: get help to measure and record your waist to floor, waist to ankle, and waist to knee measurements. Then it's fairly easy to estimate other lengths. So, if it's 100 cm (using an easy number here 😅) from waist to floor and 65 cm from waist to knee, 80 cm plus hem and seam allowances is a fairly safe guess for a mid-calf length. Also, extra wide sheeting is my favorite sewing hack.
@Ami5Jo
Жыл бұрын
I really like the top petticoat. I think it would work very nicely as a regular skirt as well.
@EngineeringKnits
Жыл бұрын
The petticoats are marvelously floofy! the Organdie is such a good idea, and like many others have said the yoke on the top one is genius!
@beth12svist
Жыл бұрын
Yay for extra wide fabric! :D
@SusieQ3
Жыл бұрын
I dont know how "historically accurate" it is, but for cotton petty coats, I make the big tube with the placlet opening, as you did, but I make a casing at the waist band and run a ribbon through to use as a tie. It gathers as it gets tied on, the gathers can be shifted to distribute where I'd like them, and it's very simple. If all the outer garments are done right, no one will see the petty coat waist band. This is my "good enough", and honestly, I don't shoot for a better than this on petty coats, basically ever.
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
I think that's genius! Size adjustable, multi era, that's the kind of hack I love!
@thecadaver
Жыл бұрын
As someone who just... cannot bend down to measure skirt length or leg length, I've found holding the tape measure upside down (so 1 where you want the bottom of your skirt to be, bigger numbers at the top) with a peg clipped to the bottom so it hangs straight to be a pretty accurate method. Might need a mirror to check it's definitely at the right length, but you can just pinch where the right number is and pull the tape up rather than do the awkward bending and checking dance
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this excellent tip!
@isabellemeunier9486
Жыл бұрын
Love the petticoat ! And I was wandering if the knitted green shirt you are wearing, the one with the bobbles, is one you knitted. If so, I was wandering what pattern you used : it really looks great!
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
Yep! The one with the bobbles is one I knitted. It's the Nutcracker Jumper by Fabel Knitwear and there should now be a link to the Ravelry page in the description 😊
@nixhixx
Жыл бұрын
Were they as light as you'd hoped?
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
The organdie one yes, the cotton one not so much. I think adding the yoke helped as it meant the bottom of my corset did a lot of supporting work which made it more bearable!
@vivienlee610
Жыл бұрын
They're lovely and look like they feel really nice on..reminds me of my wedding dress which I cut in half the night before and added a bit as it felt too short! I felt so good in it... I always learn something new in your videos and you're going to look beautiful.
@rmorine6394
Жыл бұрын
This was quite a fun journey to embark on with you! Your "gotta get it done" approach made it kind of freewheeling, and it was helpful to take us along on your problem-solving process. Also, great PSA when you said you were running out of white thread. I thought " who runs out of white thread? Ooh wait, when's the last time I actually bought white thread?" Then I had to have a look in my thread drawer!😂
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
I too feel victim to the 'surely I'll have more white thread? I always have white thread in!' But it turns out when you sew lots of white stuff it does in fact use the white thread up and it doesn't magically replace itself!
@KenZchameleon
Жыл бұрын
I love the structure of the organdy. I'm debating making one to go under my 1890s Victorian walking skirt. Well done!
@lynn858
Жыл бұрын
🤦♀️ How Many Times Have I turned away from my sewing machine to find a ruler... Thank you for pointing this out, in the context of a use-case scenario. Because while I had clearly seen it, and knew it was there as soon as I saw you use yours... I have never used it. It has both cm and inches, perfect for a Canadian who goes both ways, (and sometimes has to dig for one of the ruler-rulers as my quilt grids are only in inches) and it's zeroed off the centre needle position, which makes perfect sense... Wow. Next you'll be telling me there's a needle down function! j/k it's the main reason I use the contemporary machine over my vintage one.
@nanettebromley8843
Жыл бұрын
The Petticoats looked great. Liked the yoke idea. Less bulk, but still has the floof. Thank you for linking the organdy. I've been failing to find any. will now be able to interline my light weight cotton i want to use for a costume jacket (fell in love with the pattern). I use a lot of cotton sheeting for historical shirts and other stuff as its cheaper than standard width cotton. Thank you again for the link. They have more colours than my usual place.
@celticgoddess81
Жыл бұрын
They do they job they don't have to be pretty unless you want them to be pretty. And anyone close enough to see your petticoats is too close and can be kicked. :)
@Lolino
Жыл бұрын
I've heard organdy is great for petticoats, and I'd love it for the lightness because I dislike the feeling of heavier petticoats. But damn if it isn't absolutely impossible to find anywhere in my country, and I just get organza instead when searching. Might have to look at German sites or something.
@sharonrickson2527
Жыл бұрын
You are refreshingly wonderful in the way you approach sewing historical underwear. I too just sew underwear to get it done so I can move on to the pretty dress. Thanks for the validation. 🎉
@elainebye9090
Жыл бұрын
Your petticoats turned out amazingly! Now for the fun!
@ellie38gwen
Жыл бұрын
They look great. How did they fair in the wheelchair? Agree that avoiding tripping and have fun are the important things when attending a ball.
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
Not great 😅 even though they were short they trailed on the ground behind my feet. The organdie one was a bit more cooperative but very crispy to sit on.
@elodi_rose
Жыл бұрын
What’s the shawl you’re wearing about 9 minutes in? It’s so lovely!
@annesullivan1171
Жыл бұрын
Well done. Notice free arm is not in use. Mind you I don't use. Took me ages to figure it out 😂❤
@Grace_x68
Жыл бұрын
1:26.I nearly fell of chair at oh fck
@GhadaAhmed-i2z
2 күн бұрын
جميلة ❤
@petapendlebury9024
Жыл бұрын
Excellent bell shape! I used cotton organdy for my corded petticoat - 10/10. Although I doubt you'll want to make one as they are heavy. I love how the organdy softens with handling and then crisps up again when washed. Haven't tried starching it yet to get even more loft. Did you?
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
No I didn't try that. I didn't have time before ball and you need quite a lot of space to dry them so that means the garden for me and it's rained non stop since July 😂
@rachelboersma-plug9482
Жыл бұрын
3:02 - most satisfying noise ever.
@MaireColclough
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic use of safety pins! 😉 I've often wondered if I should be cannibalizing my old bras for their hook & eye closures to make my petticoats adjustable 😁
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
Oh now that is a good idea!
@lil-al
Жыл бұрын
Brown bobbly sweater ❤❤❤
@annh.8290
Жыл бұрын
I think they look great!
@hannahphillips-ryan398
Жыл бұрын
I've cheated making petticoat ruffles by using dust ruffles in the past. (not sure if these are called the same thing in Britain?) They're already gathered and usually long enough to make it around a petticoat with extra leftover!
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
Is this the sort of ruffle you get around a bed? In which case that's a genius idea!
@rosacanisalba
Жыл бұрын
We call it a valance
@hannahphillips-ryan398
Жыл бұрын
@@rosacanisalba oh, funny! in America a valance is the top drape or swag on a fancy curtain set!
@brooke_reiverrose2949
Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous.
@sianifairy9070
Жыл бұрын
These are fabulous, and Done! That wide cotton sheeting tho... thinking of a circle skirt, with wide bands of organdy with a gathering foot? Also, not historically accurate, but...stiff netting. In more modern petticoats...and it's soooo light and stiff. Refit a giant one to go under an A-line wedding dress. No way I could've worn one in cotton.
@kjtherrick4031
Жыл бұрын
The fullness looks great. I also like how you transferred the bulk downward by adding the yoke-waistband. Maybe you could make some sort of separate ruffle that has a band at the top, and to that band you can add snaps or loops, adding the other side of the snaps or buttons onto the underside of the over-petticoat. That way you have a shorter one when you need it and an option for a longer one when you need it.
@RetroClaude
Жыл бұрын
I love this idea! I'm wondering if duvet tape (snaps on a roll of cotton tape) might be easiest? I don't fancy sewing on nearly 100 snaps 😅
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