oh my wow this setup across the table sewing machine Judy this has always been my ideal
way I don't really know if you guys appreciate this as much as I do but my heart is so happy
and so it's great pleasure I'm here to announce it is time for our annual prom fancy Time video
I know a very small chunk of you are actually interested or going to prom but I know there's
a much bigger group of you myself included that just uh likes fancy things we have done fancy
accessories fancy Netflix inspired looks I really like doing this at this time of year so tune in
next year same time roughly a lot of this 3D floating sculptural stuff like cardi B at the
Grammys Thames at the Oscars and then sculptural in the chest area too Lily James Jessica Chastain
you guys see what I'm talking about Jennifer Connelly it's like literally like a encrusted
trapezoid or just very simply a round shape like Ruth Carter Quinta Brunson deny Guerrera you get
the idea here and then the other thing that just like Sparks joy for me are these Prada trains we
have Amanda seifried I never know and hongchao so here are some of the ideas visualized and
there's a part of me that's like let's make them all but I am getting better at knowing
myself and what's realistic and I am leaving on a trip soon so I just need to pick one of these
this is the fabric went with the hot pink because it's kind of Prada it's kind of Valentino it's
kind of Barbie and all of these things are floating in The Ether right now with projects
like this where there's a lot of inspiration problem solving supplies and multiple pieces
coming together you start wishing for a digital tool that can organize and visualize it all so
I'm so excited to be partnering with millinote to show you all how easily you can collect notes
reference images plan tasks and more all in one place the board that I've been showing you guys is
our project it helps me so much with visualizing colors shapes textures and seeing if they all make
sense together I especially enjoy the ability to move items around freely I can resize them and
that helps me emphasize and anchor different ideas as they solidify once you start using Milano you
can start with a blank project but millinote also makes starting even easier with a hundred built-in
templates suitable for designers photographers illustrators or just like people who pray to
make things look nice like myself all of the ideas and the work here can be shared with team members
within minutes and you can access millinote via desktop or through their app for example like
when you're in the fabric store looking for fabric Milano is my favorite tool to use especially when
it's a big project with lots of visuals like we haven't even gotten into like the final styling
hair makeup setting photo shoot theme any of that but all of those pieces the inspo the reference
images the to Do's they can all be added to this one project so they're all in one place best of
all Milano is available for free and there's no time limit sign up using the link in the
description and start your next creative project while I try to finish this one I was trying to
find something in my letter low kit that already had a side Dart built in because that just makes
my life easier and I found this little vintage number I noticed the jacket had a side Dart in
it which led me to believe that the inner blouse would also have a side Dart and I was right here
is the front half with a side Dart here's the back half so these two I'm going to draw out on a piece
of paper if you look closely you can see that I'm folding the parts of the pattern that I don't need
out of the way this is just something I do so that if I still want to use this pattern for something
else in the future it's completely intact and now I just gotta take these darts one on the side for
the chest one in the back for a little bit of a waist and transfer them onto the patterns
this is one of the backs oh that is pink and this is one of the fronts with those side darts they've
been pressed pointing down it's looking spacious I feel like some of this is going to get taken
away I'm just going to sew the shell together on the side seams see where we land for sizing this
top piece is like is way too wide I have like a whole extra bit here tucked in and then the back
oh boy so much excess fabric is hanging out so this needs to be taken in the size team though
it's Landing in roughly the right place so really all the fabric that needs to go is in the back
I took in an extra one centimeter on the side seams this first line is the original Dart that
letter low gave me then I took in two centimeters and then we went in another two centimeters so
I'm gonna copy all of those adjustments onto the shell I've been procrastinating because the next
couple of steps the door the next couple of steps is always where so many things come in
at once I'm attaching the shell to the lining which is the opportunity to insert the straps
I have a new assistant by the way Leticia she's the one who put together this lovely strap as
well as also helping me sew a lot of other things for those of you that have questions
about my assistant Julia I'll address that in a second once the shell is attached to the lining
the zipper also comes into play as well this is when I'll be adding Pockets so light I honestly
have no idea how big pockets are supposed to be so I just copied this from a pair of pants that
I own because then at least I have an idea how it's going to turn out and I have them stitched
right sides together with a finishing Stitch so there's no fraying on the inside to be honest I
almost deleted Pockets from the steps in this video I know there's a universal rule that like
every dress is made better with pockets however I will say in the photos that Amanda took in this
dress the ones where she puts her hands in the pockets I feel like really undersell the dress and
when it comes to pockets that's like inevitably what happens your body just wants to be like all
nice and comfy so part of me was like just cut them you're not gonna ever pose with your hands
in the pockets but then I remember that like I'm a mom now and it's pretty common for me to have
like a facial tissue or like a little wipe hanging out in the pocket so we proceed okay I'm gonna sew
the shell to the lining pinning everything right sides together along the entire top Edge from
armpit oh gross armpit across the back and I'm going to sew it together with a straight Stitch
it's a little like an apron right now but time for
the zipper and then I'm also going to bring the straps in to these two gaps
this is what an under Stitch and a press will achieve it's just so much cleaner
now the under Stitch means that you don't see anything out here on the front when you flip
it over you can see the tiny little Stitch that is helping it all to lay flat it's time for the
zipper the zipper with lining is a little bit of a inside out Dance I'm going to put a link in the
description for more detailed tutorial because I feel like that is like a whole little in of itself
the zippers on and she's lined oh I'm proud of this one if there's one thing I hope anyone
takes away from watching my YouTube channel over the years is the growth that happens
when you just like keep going at the same hobby or skill set or whatever project after
project after project some of you have been subscribed from the very beginning and you
know that originally my videos were all about like a really crisp clean clear educational
tutorial I never officially addressed why things shifted away from that but it was
actually because the Imposter syndrome of it all was like eating me alive being someone
who at the time had not gone to Fashion school never received any formal training owned just
such a beginner friendly sewing machine I slowly felt like I had no authority to be
teaching people how to sew because the little mistakes or ways I was doing things differently
stood out to me a lot over the years it's become a lot more of a sewing Adventure type of video so
that way I feel at least completely transparent about my skill level but now weirdly it's come
full circle and I actually start to feel moments where I'm like dang I'm getting good at this of
course there's still a lot to learn for a few things I've done them enough times so actually
you're gonna start to see me and my assistant Leticia are going backwards through all my videos
and trying to create updated blog posts that are much more detailed actually educational gonna put
in links to all of the videos that I like to watch whenever I want to refresh on a concept
for a long time I've been feeling like I've been neglecting the group of you that actually really
want to improve your sewing skills so I'm coming for you that's what DC's first big project getting
the blog in a shape where you can go there to actually see every detailed step and get a
sense of how something came together which brings me to announce that I think this was something
very sad for both me and Julia but she's got a full-time gig she's working on her career and
so it just no longer matches up for her to be my assistant I'll put a link in the description
if you want to follow Julia if you want to send her some love for all the amazing hard work she
did with me over the last three years time has gone by so quickly I need to do pockets foreign
open the sides to fit in the pockets also I find a link online on how to close this bottom
edge with the lining and that also involves a hole in the side so let's do Pockets first
I'm working on these back bows I have four long strips that I need to cut out they're
getting paired up and sewn right sides together to make the long section of the bow these were
wide enough and slippery enough to flip over a meter stick which is always nice definitely
looks so much better once it's pressed I'm at the point where I see the light at the end
of the tunnel but then part of me always gets scared to have that feeling because
I have been burned by you before trying to figure out a way to lock it into the folded position I'm
gonna try this bar tack feature on my Bernina I'm just gonna press this and see what happens foreign
I feel like I want to move on to the train and give that a start it is just two giant rectangles
I'm gonna sew them right sides together so that they look beautiful inside and outside
so we're aiming to have the train cross over the strap point just by little bit that leaves
me needing to cut off this whole side here it looks weirdly narrow but I guess that's right
foreign
the inner lining I have seam ripped a hole reaching through that hole I pull out the
shell I flip the lining as well right sides together I just sew with a straight Stitch as
far as I can go I think I've pulled it all right side out completely closed all the way around the
bottom a gaping hole in the inner side I'm going to under Stitch seal off this hole and then that
just leaves me with the train it's so cute tesia has helped me hand Stitch the little bows in place
leaving this top little lip which is going to be the lip we use to attach it to the Dress
I'm like literally at the last step and I'm like the most nervous I have been throughout
this whole project okay also look at that clean bottom I did that I did that it was
my first time and I did that the pockets look so good after press there's no longer like that
weird feeling of looking at a gaping opening and now it just slapped this baby on here hope okay