I am 65 starting watching 4 months ago husband has been sick the last 2 years you make me smile breaks up my day remembering how much I Love to sew started at 12 loved the Beatles made a cape coat with a stand up collar with metal buttons that was my first project. The sewed my own clothes for years high school did 2 years in fashion arts learned a lot sewed 4 hours a day with a great teacher . Now you have inspired me to get out my old patterns and buy some fabric so going to get started when husband gets out of hospital end of month . Great time to start as cold and snowy in Ontario and Canada. Thanks for making my day
@dillismoore2414
2 жыл бұрын
I have been sewing for 56 years and am always learning new techniques. I love your videos!! You show me patterns and techniques that I will try!
@janmiller1850
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think I'm stepping too far out on a limb when I say that because we like you so much, we'd rather have YOU demonstrate how to do something, even if there are "better" or original source videos out there (if you know what I mean). I've watched all your videos several times (company for my knitting) and still learned little tidbits in this video. Thanks. And please don't stop dreaming; don't stop doing things without thinking through every little aspect ... it makes life much more fun (if a bit unpredictable :). 💚💚💚.
@missveggievixen4649
2 жыл бұрын
Thats how my mother got us to start sewing, said, "go pick out a dress pattern, and come back and we'll look for the fabric "....... I absolutely loved everything about the dress I looked fantastic in it, it was a nice dark green forest color, but I had the best teacher and of course i kept that dress for years and years and years until it disappeared into thin air........but throughout the years I've found little projects here and there sewing. I just like having one around (3 right now lol) self teaching still of course amd im not too shabby to be honest! Im proud of the sewing history and experience I've had so far but time for more than just the little fixes and stuff! So, Michaels classes, (or wherever around here!) here i come!
@lilybogaards5089
4 жыл бұрын
Have been following your story for over 2 years now. Have watch all of your uploads at least once, many more than that. You kept me company during many long houres on the coach due to persisting health issues. Grateful for all the dreaming you inspired and getting me back to sewing. THANK YOU for inspiring, dreaming, diving in! 😽💕
@ThatRomyKate
4 жыл бұрын
Really nice to learn more about how you got started 😊 I was also inspired by Dolly Clackett in the beginning (still am tbh), no one in my family sewed but I got a sewing machine for Christmas when I was about 16, to make cushions and stuff, but when I was about 22 I decided to learn to make clothes and here I am 4 years later ☺️
@rachandchantelle
4 жыл бұрын
Lovely story. I've been watching you for many years and enjoyed the tutorials and waffle , I'm a fully qualified seamstress and I went to art college and I think you discribe and demonstrate technics better than any of my course , please keep it up we love watching your adventures
@sarigaby3617
4 жыл бұрын
You are joy. Not to mention bright, talented, and invincible. So look forward to seeing you! Keep it coming 🥰
@andieg3812
4 жыл бұрын
Don’t stop the daily waffling, I love catching up with you and your family 😘
@sallydingle321
4 жыл бұрын
The best waffle yet Sian 💖. I've been watching you since you were working in the hut making dresses for people and you had me hooked then and still do now 👍. It's been an amazing journey for you and one well deserved...you are a 🌟 and we love you 😍👌😁😘💖
@darrenagar910
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Sian, as I have told you before I’m in my mid fifties and retired due to health issues. I love sewing but still a beginner. My mum always sewed our clothes when we were children, she made all the bridesmaids dresses for my wedding and my sister’s. She also made her outfit for our weddings. But she couldn’t teach me how to sew. In about 2018 my youngest son kept saying have a look at You Tube. I kept putting it off because I thought it was all silly stunts on skate boards and shopping trolleys. Then one day I down loaded the app. My whole world opened up. I have learned so much. Now any questions I have I look to KZitem. I think I have followed you almost from the start. Your daily waffle is like a lovely conversation to start the day. I grew up in the UK until I was 14. So following vlogs with British people around the country is so nice. I really enjoy vlogmas as it reminds me of my childhood . So thank you continue being you. I think you are amazing with your beautiful sewing. I loved hearing where your sewing journey started. Thanks again Julie Tasmania Australia. ❤️❤️❤️ sorry this is so long. ❤️
@juliesew_me_something699
4 жыл бұрын
Julie Agar hi me too so totally identify with your comment left a career I loved through Ill health and found you tube like Sian I first came across Lisa Comfort and then Sian my world is now sewing and it’s my life raft in addition to my gratitude for all the teaching/learning etc on line it’s good not to feel so isolated this kind of interaction with kindred spirits ✂️🧵makes one feel part of a community ps julie my daughter has recently returned from 18 months in Oz and is in love with your country and Tasmania we are heartbroken over your fires and wildlife x
@deanalovessewn6117
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Siân..Your ‘story’ is amazing..Your smile & twinkle ✨ in your eyes, confirms how much you really enjoy your profession..Whatever you do don’t stop reaching for the stars..
@vickithompson1840
4 жыл бұрын
It’s great to hear your story, certainly not dull. And interesting that sewing took several attempts before you finally got the bug. It took several for me too. Lightbulb moment like you said. I love to watch your tutorials I find your teaching so easy to follow. I started to watch you for the sewing, but I’m hooked on the waffle too. You forgot to mention the teaching and retreats you do now, am amazing accomplishment for you. Look forward to the next vlog Sian ❤️❤️❤️
@Silver_Threads_Sewing
4 жыл бұрын
Loved this so much! Your “story” is fascinating! The excitement about this journey is evident in your smile and twinkle in your eye! Thank you for sharing with us! Looking forward to your parents story too! 💕
@lavadajenkins2955
4 жыл бұрын
You've had quite a journey. I love your waffles and everything else. Keep up the good work!
@wendycooper5176
4 жыл бұрын
loved your story I taught myself to sew Barbie clothes to start with I would see a picture the work it out and make it. Then I did sewing at high school and while the other girls were taking a term to make something I would start at class and the next week bring what I had finished on my treadle sewing machine, and start something new each week. I got married at 17 and had no machine so I hand sewed until my mum bought me a machine and of I went. I had 4 girls then a boy so plenty to sew for. Now I am 62 loosing weight and making outfits for myself, daughters and grand daughters and friends and other family.I am stubborn and determined wanting to try something new all the time, youtube is the best thing since sliced bread as to say.
@FunHouse5000
4 жыл бұрын
I think I can feel the bubbles of creativity inside me after watching your video. My story is very similar except in a different era ( I'm 74 years old ) I am also self taught and made some expensive mistakes. I was also a bit weird, as I'd made a short dress with "cold shoulder" cut-outs, which caused a few jokes at my husband's annual works "do" as it was not quite the thing in 1972. I am now going to binge watch all your videos, you've inspired me. Keep on being "YOU"
@tiffanyjames7398
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this with us 😊😊😊 such an amazing and inspiring journey you have been on (and still on)!!! Always love watching your videos, waffle or otherwise ❤️ when I sew (or do anything crafty) I'll usually have one of your playlists going, mostly fabric hauls and lookbooks, but I love them all, so thank you for sharing your wonderful life with us! 💕💕💕
@janatherton9194
4 жыл бұрын
I laughed when you talked about being a terrible employee because you were always wanting to learn new things and not be stuck at a certain level, because that is so me as well, I would just feel like I was repeating myself. I loved hearing about how your work and channel have evolved and I love how it has also become a group that are willing to share both their friendship, experience and knowledge of sewing.
@christinemartin9449
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this vlog, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about your life. i have sewn for 60 years but have learnt so much in he past few years form your vloggers. I smiled when you said that in the early days you made pattern just the size of your rtw size. Well, I must have been doing this for nearly sixty years and it never dawned on me why fit was hit and miss!!!!!! Thank you for doing these videos.
@runningsewandsew
4 жыл бұрын
Loved it. I need to try vlogging .... might start using my iPhone as I’m not sure my MacBook could cope with editing.... now just the editing would be a learning curve for me! Keep vlogging Sian please, I for one love it! Xx
@carolnicholson2967
4 жыл бұрын
This was brilliant Sian I am an older,mature sexist, I started up again after many years, you have inspired me to stop judging myself and go for it Thank you 😊🌸🙏my favourite with you is the NCW which I still have to make ,love your waffles,you are an inspiration to all of us in the sewing world what ever stage we are at 😘
@jounderhill6913
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Not only did I enjoy hearing about how you started but you have given me hope that I will continue to improve my (very basic, as I only started last April!) skills by continuing along the “self taught” path! Keep on keeping on - you give so much enjoyment and a sense of fun in what you do! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💜
@juliadroy1179
4 жыл бұрын
Like Marcia I'm an older lady (69) and I love your channel, I did work in the fashion industry when I left school and have loved sewing all my life, I now teach and its so amazing to help people learn what we love.
@margaretmyres5626
4 жыл бұрын
As the saying goes "Life is what happens when you're making plans". Loved the story and I"m looking forward to the stories of the FWF and QQ to follow. I must have started watching when you had just started the waffles. It was in early 2018 and everyone does love your folks (who wouldn't) and the rest of the family.
@damitapparel689
4 жыл бұрын
Love your story! I can't believe that you are a day older than me! I'm 24, I've been sewing for as long as I can remember.
@hazeluzzell
4 жыл бұрын
I used to wear a lot of Irregular Choice shoes. Loved them! Not for a long time now, though...I’m 79. You’ve had an amazing life, so far. Keep on learning :-)
@grumpysincebirth
2 жыл бұрын
hadn't heard of Lekala - v interesting. Thanks for your hard work on KZitem. Much appreciated.
@louisecallahan130
4 жыл бұрын
You're a polymath and so alike me YET you are perfectly you. You've shared so much over the years that I (most of us) consider you a friend. I'm short, not shapely and I'm probably never going to inspire you to copy my choices in fabrics but I watch your daily waffles faithfully and whenever I see leaf/plant pattern even my husband says that Sian would probably like that 💁😂🍃🌿I found your channel when I started watching Angela Clayton and I watched every video. You're sweet and kind and generous and I genuinely want the best for you - and we love your parents and I love Chiana (Robbie 'reluctantly' does, too😺) Thanks for this backstory and be PROUD that you're self taught and don't stray from your path - you've made a big mark in this world and we're better for doing our part of checking in with what you're up to 🤓😊💕
@nimuenorth6295
4 жыл бұрын
Hearing you recount how you got to now makes me aware of how long I've been following your channel - I don't regret a single video watched. ❤️ I think the fact that you're self-taught actually makes your sew-a-longs and tutorials better because you always translate the gibberish and point out all the possible points to stumble (#askmehowiknow 😉) and where and how to make things easier on yourself. I find that super helpful. I'm also not the type to learn skills in a structured order in some sort of course. I tried skillshare through your link and was bored and annoyed before the introductory video of the first course I tried was over. I either want to make a thing step-by-step or find a quick answer to one specific problem. Sewing lines on paper would have made me throw my hands up in surrender as well.
@russellgilham5436
4 жыл бұрын
👏 a lovely story and very similar to my own in that both Mum and Nanna sewed. If you can believe it they made my clothes because I was tiny, my body was in proportion to my feet - went to infants school wearing ' jumping jack' shoes! I've grown considerably since then!! :-(. I read your blog a couple of years ago and followed since before you took on the tunnel. A fascinating and inspiring ' journey so far. Keep on learning, teaching and entertaining us all. You are a sewing queen 👑. Best wishes. Caroline R-G
@louiselill1528
4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed listening to how you got started . I was watching a KZitem channel and they was saying that they didn't know how you could blog daily so I look you up and I subscribed because I found that I liked you and your channel and I was loving been able to watch your vlogs daily can't remember what channel I was watching that got me hooked on yours . Being self taught is a long way round but I love the fact I can say I did this and take the credit and the mistakes .
@brendashoemaker1719
4 жыл бұрын
What a great story! I started watching you when you were sewing for other people (2016?). I learned how to sew in 9th grade, did some in 10th grade and it was horrible, there's more but I don't want to bore you. Thanks for chatting with us.
@BeautifulThingscraftandsewing
4 жыл бұрын
Small world. Dolly Clacket/Tilly Buttons was my 'dressmaking' start too. I muss blogs, they are not the same now that KZitem has well and truly taken over. I never realised how long I've been watching you. The tunnel seems like yesterday. 4 years WOW
@thinkerandmaker659
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Loved hearing your story and enjoy the chatty! Very cool. Thank you
@terryash3303
4 жыл бұрын
Wow brings back so many memories of when I started out seeing I didn’t even know how to read a pattern back then 1975. But I tell your what through my mistakes ( which were many) I learned so much and now aged 65 I make my own patterns and I am still learning you never stop. You remind me of me when I first started making clothes. (Ps this is my husbands google account which we share my name is Lin).
@heidis3993
3 жыл бұрын
I, too, have dipped by feet into the waters of tailoring, and have completed several blazers, in wool tweed, cotton flannel, and cotton seersucker, which are wearable, if not brilliant. I got my tailoring info from The Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing, 1976 version. The 1976 version is widely recommended; I did not compare other versions. The chapter on tailoring men's clothing is worth studying, in addition t that on women's tailoring. A problem I have with tailoring is hair canvas. I get almost all of my fabric deeply discounted, from Fabric Mart (in the U.S.), but interfacing is never discounted, and the price of hair canvas is an issue for me. I wanted to use a type having real hair, and was pleased with Bias Bespoke, which offers both an Italian and a Chinese version of it, as well as a synthetic, non-hair version. I accessed them first through Amazon.
@terio3955
4 жыл бұрын
THNX for getting this up so soon. One of your best vlogs yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't mind how much negative ease do you do on the 9199 thnx
@louisegreen14
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I really have to admire you for your perseverance in becoming self employed
@suemcavoy1847
4 жыл бұрын
Loved learning your story 🐨
@Dragonsacter
4 жыл бұрын
Wow what a inspiring story I feel more motivated to keep pushing on and learning thank you.
@lindacrocker-eakins1360
4 жыл бұрын
🧵 such an inspiration! Please keep on enabling!
@angelaloveland4368
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story Sian! 🤗
@TheEquusVita
4 жыл бұрын
Found you over a year ago fo the NCW tutorial and have stuck around since! 🥳
@andieg3812
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’ve been waiting for this vlog x
@SassyBully
4 жыл бұрын
I made it to the end.
@paulabaker6694
4 жыл бұрын
Spooky... I used to live in Elmswell! ..... love your waffles x
@susanstaley6408
4 жыл бұрын
Hello there, I really enjoyed this story of how you started sewing and also you sharing some of your life before sewing. Being a self taught seamstress is a wonderful achievement. I don’t think anyone would have thought you hadn’t had any training! A question.....when you say you are back up at yours, do you live upstairs with your mum and dad downstairs? Thanks again for sharing. 🙂
@karenmorton7812
4 жыл бұрын
I love watching your vlogs, I have learnt so much from you. I'm currently playing catch up from a Hotel in India with wifi as I was missing watching whilst on holiday 🤣
@nanastevens4094
4 жыл бұрын
Fun to learn all your history. Good video.
@jackiegrimwood286
3 жыл бұрын
Just discovered you today! Wow! Love the makes, your waffle, and will continue to follow you! What did you do at Playboy? Thought Bunny girls went into retirement in the 60's...
@KittenishBehaviourSian
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome 😊 I was a croupier at the London Playboy casino, it reopened 10 years ago 😊
@claudianowakowski
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like my early sewing. I also tried patterns that were too difficult for me because those were the garments I liked. Better to start with an A-line skirt with elastic waistband.
@MissMagnoliaLove
4 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on lekala????
@audreywring1920
4 жыл бұрын
Fantasic story. Sewing knowlege is build over many years of actual sewing. I know many bridal businesses who prefer a home sewist to a degree student because they can teach them their way to do things and build from there. Rather than someone with a fantasic portfolio that does not know the top or bottom of a zip. Pattern cutting and design is the next step once you learnt to sew. What has happened to apprenticeships? Too many places to fill at university so the standards have dropped IMO.
@deebrown3741
4 жыл бұрын
Love your story - I have an adjustable dress dummy that doesn’t match me at all so it holds my bags and scarves 😂😂 🐥
@suzeweaver4937
4 жыл бұрын
delightful!
@glendasam36
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@lynnshepard7485
2 жыл бұрын
This is a year late, but what was your lightbulb moment when you realized you needed to change your machine needles? Off to read the comments now in case the answer might be there. I found your vlog during Vlogmas, and I’ve totally enjoyed you and your parents! 💗
@KittenishBehaviourSian
2 жыл бұрын
I think I read it on a blog! 🤣 Thank you for joining us 😊
@gwendalyntaggart2242
4 жыл бұрын
🐙💖
@Rose___________
4 жыл бұрын
🌹
@saradavila7637
3 жыл бұрын
I noticed that the dress pattern you’re wearing now is your favorite. Would you please tell me the pattern number?
@KittenishBehaviourSian
3 жыл бұрын
All the info is in the video description 😊
@mnoeliarc
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story. I think you were (and are) very brave giving up a job and starting your own business. I would have been very scared making clothes for others so I can see why you gave it up. I have to say that I love all your videos whatever they are. I have found your teaching ones very useful and I refer to them often (like the French seam in seam pockets one). I hope you continue to do this. ❤️💛❤️😘 PS would you ever consider selling those patterns you mentioned?
@elisawalter5750
4 жыл бұрын
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@harrietbushnell8698
4 жыл бұрын
Sewing onto paper was one of the first things I did on my uni course. Usually I’d find this rather trivial, but we were using industrial machines which are often very difficult to control. I already had an amount of experience with industrial machines but many of my class mates didn’t and some had never sewn before at all.
@milda0820
4 жыл бұрын
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@lorainemunro7969
4 жыл бұрын
🐯
@dannyidlerocks
4 жыл бұрын
🐝
@chez5816
4 жыл бұрын
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@anessaharris9947
4 жыл бұрын
😀
@Hide_and_silk
4 жыл бұрын
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@Desi-hp1xt
4 жыл бұрын
💖🌸🐨
@dianavoermans
4 жыл бұрын
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@nevem5010
4 жыл бұрын
💖💐 - ✨🐐
@sandrafrench6125
4 жыл бұрын
💜🇦🇺💜🇦🇺💜🇦🇺💐💐💐💐
@mikkifratini9004
4 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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@lynneozzyblackbeard
4 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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@karenlowes7802
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Can you earn enough just doing KZitem to live comfortably?
@annhamilton2060
4 жыл бұрын
Hi I enjoy your videos and waffles but dont understand how you manage to make an income if you are not selling anything anymore? Your skills as a seamstress far out do mine and I have been sewing since 14 and am now 58. 🧵🧶
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