I've been sewing for 4 decades and doing historical costuming for almost as long but this is my first foray into earlier than the 1600s. I still learned a lot from this tutorial. You are an outstanding teacher. Thank you!
@ravenswatchfarm
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! I think this is one of the nicest compliments I've gotten! -- It means so much that my small offering could be of some use to an experienced sewist.
@FletcherDoesStuff
5 күн бұрын
Absolutely amazing video!!!! I have never understood drafting this clearly!!!! Thank you!!!!
@ravenswatchfarm
5 күн бұрын
I'm glad it worked for you! Form follows function, in this style.
@alfonsoparra7653
7 сағат бұрын
Best tutorial ever!
@OffRampTourist
8 ай бұрын
This is the most useful of the 50 or so videos I've recently watched on this subject. Great work! Thanks!
@ravenswatchfarm
8 ай бұрын
Thank you SO MUCH for your kind words! I hope your sewing adventures bring you joy.
@OffRampTourist
8 ай бұрын
@@ravenswatchfarm Thanks and you're welcome. I've got linen and hemp sheets for some tunics/gowns/chemises, and some cotton sheets for preliminary mockups. I've also purchased a beautiful reversable wool blanket, with a wide stripe at each end. Plan to save it for after I have more experience. Have been looking for a pattern that accounts for matching stripes at the bottom. Considering folding blanket in half and making a one-piece seamed up the sides. Have you seen anything like that? If there a reason not to use such a pattern? Is there a video you can point me to? (These questions are also for any other viewers/commenters who might have experience with this sort of blanket project.) Thanks again and I look forward to binging all your videos.
@ravenswatchfarm
8 ай бұрын
@@OffRampTourist Although others will certainly have other ideas, I think of blanket-weight wool as outerwear. What you are asking about would be called a "peplos", especially look at the Anglo-Saxon, Finnish, or Celtic tradition, but it'll only use some of your fabric. Me, I'd see how much mileage I could get out of that blanket. The first thing I'd do is set aside enough for a nice rectangular cloak (every culture). Minimum size is top of your head to your knees (or floor) tall x doubled over elbow-to-elbow wide... a size which will also work as a peplos. Or go even bigger. A contrast stripe on one of the edges would be quite striking. You can cut a head-to-knee side a bit long and pick out and inch or two of fringe, mostly seen in cloaks NOT the peplos. (My accessories video shows several ways to pin/style this garment.) After that, grab my fabulous layers video and focus on these ideas: The tabard/zapona certainly would be easy to cut and wear as a mid-layer! For female presenting, consider the "Viking" apron-dress-- some of those patterns would easily lend themselves to a contrast lower hem. Or any sort of a rectangular-construction jacket, such as a caftan/kaftan, can be cut to put the stripe on the lower edge of the rectangular body panels. You'll need to cut the gores to match, but you can use the triangular/trapezoidal "waste" between those for your sleeves. Weird shaped scraps can be recycled for hat pieces. It'll take some creative layout.... but you might be able to get a midlayer + a cloak/peplos + a hat out of your blanket.
@OffRampTourist
8 ай бұрын
@@ravenswatchfarm Wow! You've given me a lot to consider. I didn't expect such a speedy and detailed response. I'm going to do the research, view the rest of your videos, and make several cotton/linen/hemp innerwear items before I tackle the pink/gold blanket project(s) but I know it's going to be even better than I originally thought, for having your input. I wish I could show a photo here. It's so pretty and it's 94” x 65” worth of potential is almost intimidating. I definitely plan to get the most out of it I can. (If there are long narrow scraps I hope to make leg wraps to match.)
@FallenHarts
4 ай бұрын
I am in the process of giving this a go, and for the sake of any other folks with wide shoulders, double check the body measurement against your shoulders to make sure you can actually put the thing on... I may or may not have had to get a new piece of fabric to rectify that mistake. 😄 I'm sure I can piece some side panels in in the future, but my first complete one will have a proper body piece.
@ravenswatchfarm
4 ай бұрын
I hadn't come across this yet, but when I think about it... I can imagine how it could happen! Every body is different, which is half the fun of tailoring. I'll figure out if I can add a warning about this. (KZitem is awful about allowing edits.) Thank you for teaching me and helping others!
@julianiemeyer1010
10 ай бұрын
this is your first vid damn! Way more professional than I ever would have expected for a first vid. thank you for the tutorial
@ravenswatchfarm
10 ай бұрын
You are too kind. I am always my own worst critic, and I learned a lot about how to better set up my cameras & microphone in the future. But we all start learning somewhere, right? ;)
@SingSumKun
3 ай бұрын
Have been looking everywhere for a good, comprehensive tunic tutorial and this is incredible. I'm new to sewing but you make this seem so doable! Really appreciate the hard work you put in to this series. 🙏🏻
@TrebbleSuite
10 ай бұрын
So informative! Excellent tutorial, thanks for explaining everything so effectively and with diagrams!
@karenjohnson7329
2 ай бұрын
My depth perception challenged mind thanks you SO MUCH for this well-paced, in depth series. It's time to move forward from the T shirt pattern!!
@ravenswatchfarm
2 ай бұрын
I wish you much success! I'm glad this helped.
@dumbphonemom
8 ай бұрын
This is such valuable information. Thank you for posting it! ❤
@ravenswatchfarm
8 ай бұрын
I'm so happy that other people are interested in my "geek". :D
@kris.monroe
2 ай бұрын
This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you.
@suev4143
7 ай бұрын
So comprehensive! Thank you.
@Beschaulichkeit
8 ай бұрын
This is so helpful!
@ravenswatchfarm
8 ай бұрын
Thank you! That was my goal :)
@Ane_Rikke
7 ай бұрын
Just to be clear; the vast majority of commercial Bamboo fabrics are viscose/rayon fabrics :)
@ravenswatchfarm
7 ай бұрын
Indeed. We can *hope* that bamboo-based cellulose fabric is made of longer pieces of individual fiber (it is, at least, *possible* with bamboo), but... there is no certainty. It could be made from the mooshy inner bits of the bamboo and not the strong linear parts. Much like "silk" that flame-tests as polyester, so much fabric is "buyer beware." Sadness. :(
@fraukugel8482
Ай бұрын
Thank you❤ that helps a lot🎉🎉🎉
@perkilicious
5 ай бұрын
I'm looking at making one for my daughter - any guide on the proportions to add for ease and the size of the gusset? She's one so it will be small.
@ravenswatchfarm
5 ай бұрын
I would skip the gusset entirely and just make the top of the sleeve a bit generous in width. A couple inches of ease in the body would be comfortably loose-- ease disappears faster than you expect. But I'd plan ahead for room to grow! You could cut 4-6" of body ease-- just cut the body as an oversized A-line (don't piece the skirt) -- and then take the extra out in big (1+") side seams. Lightly tack those down to manage bulk. Skipping the gussets and godets --> simplifies letting it out later. You can also take an extra wide lower hem and give yourself up to 4" of future length. Room to grow = less sewing for a busy mom!
@perkilicious
5 ай бұрын
@@ravenswatchfarm thank you that's fabulous advice. Your video is amazing and I can't wait to have us in matching outfits for a fair next month!
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