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- What's sewing on everyone?
Welcome to Make Thrift Try,
number six is what we're up to now.
This series is where I give a bunch of sewing challenges
to you, the community, you vote on the one
that's your favorite, and then you make some cool crafts
and then I show them off in this video here.
That is the gist of it.
This challenge has been going a little longer than intended.
Anyway, thank you everyone for being patient
with this challenge.
For number six, we actually had two challenges.
One with scrap fabrics and the other was nautical theme.
I've so enjoyed going through the Make Thrift Try tag
and seeing everyone's entries, but as always,
I've got a limited time here,
I don't wanna have to record for about 10 hours
it would take to go through all of these
with the love and care that they deserve.
So I'm just gonna be picking 10 of my favorites
from scrap fabrics and 10 of my favorites
from the nautical theme.
And then include some others that I adored
at the end of the video.
So let's start with scrap fabrics.
Findmesewing has created
the cutest patchwork coat, cardigan?
What do you call, I guess cardigan right?
What have you called it?
Oh, a walking blanket, yeah okay.
I agree.
You look so cozy.
I love how you've used scrap fabrics
that are not like super similar in pattern,
but they are all around the same color scheme
so they really work super well together.
Oh my gosh, it's reversible.
What does the other side look like?
Oh, it's just a like, is it like a blanket material
on the other side?
Or curduroy or something like that?
Wow, this is so cool.
I need to learn how to quilt
'cause I really wanna make this.
But it seems like you might need some sort
of quilting skills.
Hey, at least I know how to do inset corners now,
that's a big step on my way to becoming a quilter.
A big shout out to aurorabelle fashion
for not only making this amazing dress out of a bed sheet,
but also having this challenge up like almost as soon
as I had posted the last video.
This dress has a beautiful retro feel
and an amazing circle skirt
which must be so fun for twirling around in.
Also, they used the same book that I have been using
in this series where I'm trying to recreate patterns
from this badly translated book from the 80s.
And look at this lace they attached
to the bottom of the dress.
It makes it just perfectly granny chic
and it was such an inspired touch.
Oh my god, look at this.
It's so cute.
Now I don't love the idea of animals in circuses,
but this one's felt, it's not harming any actual animals.
And it's adorable.
Look at it's little hat and it's little ball,
and it's little party elephant.
This person also said
"Fact, did you know elephants enjoy alcohol?"
I did not, that's amazing.
What a good use for scrap bits of felt.
Oh, this is so cute.
Aaw, sleepy puppy.
They called it a Hagrid's hut, little dog bed that
holycrappitsjo has made, the gorgeous sleepy pup
apparently the dog was immediately obsessed with it.
Everything about this is beautiful and perfect
and apparently they've even done a YouTube tutorial
about how they made it, so if you wanna find that,
their Instagram is holycrapp with two Ps, itsjo.
Please give your dog a cuddle from me.
There have been some amazing scrap fabric blankets
that people have made for this challenge.
Quilters, you're all amazing,
I would never have the patience for this.
So this gorgeous blue themed one was made
for their sister, so sweet.
By handmadebysophies, and they're making this quilt,
they also used up scrap fabric that was leftover
in a bedroom closet, under their bed, under a sofa
and in kitchen cabinets.
Big mood.
Apparently they only have one box left now
and I am jealous because this is my scrap basket right now.
This is incredible.
So many little squares.
And they were all made from T-shirts,
so aagh, stretchy fabric.
I don't understand how you did this but it's incredible
and that's gonna be an amazing heirloom to have
for years to come.
Crafting and sewing, this is such an achievement.
Crafting and sewing actually did a second one
with the logos from T-shirts as well.
Wow, what a good, wow, wow, wow,
what a good way to show off all your old logos
and band T-shirts, by making an entire blanket out of them.
That's so cool.
Hold up everyone, they did a third one.
I am very intimidated by your amazing sewing.
What the heck.
This one has a bunch of like musical T-shirts
on it from various musicals
and a bunch of different staff T-shirts
for festivals and stuff.
What a cool way to remember these things
instead of having them just like lost
in a cupboard somewhere.
I don't even know what to say.
You're amazing.
And now we've also got loopycosplay
who's also made a scrap quilt
using just like all different types of scrap pieces
but it's amazing how cohesive it looks as a whole
with the same borders around all
of the different scrap pieces
and the same fabric around all
the different scrap like squares.
This is really cleverly done.
Makemecookies90 is becoming somewhat of a regular
on these challenges, but what they make is so cool,
like I just have to keep featuring them.
So what they did was make four different panels
out of all their scraps.
So I'm guessing sewed all the scraps together first
and then cut them all into a maxi skirt
and sewed them together, wow.
What a twirly skirt.
If I met you in person and you were wearing this,
I would spend like a good 10 minutes
just looking at all the different fabric scraps you've used.
Oh, are those pockets?
Did you put in big pockets?
Yes, much approved.
Matching bunny harness and top, aaw, so cute.
This person turned a thrifted gingham shirt
into not only this cute top for themselves,
and it looks like also a scrunchy as well,
but also, this little harness slash, oh is it a,
oh it's a neckerchief.
This neckerchief for their pet bunny
that they're taking for a walk.
This is adorable.
I love everything about this.
I love the gingham, I love the bunny,
and I love that you're matching
and everything you're wearing is made out of this one shirt.
That is super thrifty and so cool.
Can we please be friends?
Thank you.
Oh yay, here's some crochet.
Oh it's crafting and sewing again.
Oh my gosh.
You are prolific.
So this is a crocheted blanket
with a corner to corner pattern from different yarn scraps
with such a pretty knit.
What are you doing with all these blankets by the way?
Do you just live in the coziest house ever wrapped up
in blankets all the time?
I hope you live somewhere cold.
In any case, wow,
you are ridiculously prolific and talented.
This is amazing.
Sophialogan200 has made
these really frickin' cool embroidery hoops
using scrap fabric as the base and then painting on
and also using yarn to create the texture
of the sweater and the hair.
And then doing beadwork as well,
and this thing in the hair here is apparently an old brooch
which looks like such a cool vintage hair ornament.
This is so creative,
and then they've also done a second one here
which is so cool.
And it looks like they started a whole series
of them as well.
Wow, these are amazing.
This is so cute.
Oh my god, it looks like it's throwing up the pens.
So this was made out of a part
of this person's grandfather's old T-shirt,
using a pattern from patchwork possie.
Is this just me or does this shark look really goofy?
I think the way it's mouth is open here
just makes it look like it's having a good old chuckle.
(laughing)
And I love how the zipper kind of creates like little teeth
but very little teeth for a shark,
which makes it look quite harmless.
I love this little guy.
Well, this is straight out
of a Pinterest catalog elisaprinz.
They made this cushion here with matching buttons
using a button covering machine they have at their work.
And wow, this corner of your home is beautiful.
Can you come over and design my home for me please?
This is awesome.
I wish I could show off more but we have the nautical theme
to get to now, and oh my gosh am I excited about this one.
There are some, there are some amazing stuff in here
that I can't wait to show you.
So apparently I announced this round
of Make Thrift Try before Halloween.
But look at these, these were for a king Tritan costume,
and they used circle skirt technique for the flares
at the bottom, which is actually really smart.
They look so good.
And this is what the final outfits looked like.
Oh, wow, you're such a cute family.
These are amazing costumes.
Please tell me these are not just worn on Halloween?
They would just make an amazing wardrobe staple.
For someone who's obviously got like
a very outlandish sense of fashion,
but I hope that is your, is this your partner?
I hope that's your partner's fashion sense,
'cause it makes me a little bit sad
to think that these aren't worn year round.
Wow, good work feliceshappydesigns, these are amazing.
Okay, this crochet blanket by patipaticrochet, wow,
this is such a cool idea.
I forget what this stitch is called,
it's like a chevron type of stitch right.
But those waves look, they look amazing.
I love how you have interspersed the blue with some white.
Those waves look so foamy and good for swimming in.
And little shells and starfish, this is, oh, I love this.
I'm loving this outfit from mnseamstress.
The skirt is what they have made.
And apparently the pattern is free,
it's called the Betty Skirt by Rebecca Paige.
And this outfit is amazingly retro 50s nautical,
it's absolutely gorgeous.
Oh wow, look at this octopus hat.
Oh it's like there's a giant octopus on your head.
Look at it's bobbly little eyeballs.
Oh, I love octopuses, they're so smart.
Apparently this pattern is from Ravelry,
but check out martinaduratna's account
if you wanna like know more of the details on it
'cause they left a URL to it.
How cute are you.
This is the coolest beanie.
We've got another gorgeous Pinterest worthy
lounge set up here.
But this time, make it nautical,
look at this gorgeous whale by lilydrawsandsews.
And it's made out of denim scraps as well
so you kind of like fulfilled both themes.
Extra points for you.
There's no points to this Annika, stop saying that.
And I love that you used the different sides of the denim,
like the lighter side on the inside of the jeans
to make like a contrasting effect
of the like lighter underside of the whale's belly.
That's really frickin' creative.
And such a good use of just one pair of jeans.
All right, so the same person
who did those amazing Tritan pants,
also did the coolest nautical themed up-cycle
on these converse shoes.
You ready for it?
Before, after, I love me a good before and after shot.
They were apparently spray painted yellow.
The flounder patches came from a vintage sheet,
so oh my gosh, you also satisfied both required elements.
And then the blue shoelaces as well,
contrasting with the yellow are just a perfect touch.
This is such a simple but super effective up-cycle.
I love it when people paint on the back of denim jackets.
It always looks so cool.
This one from gofancyupcycling is amazing.
And I love that you've gone
with a more cartoony style of waves.
It looks so awesome.
This is so cute.
Okay, I think this is, yep,
this is another Halloween costume.
This person made this for their brother, which adorable.
And this is Man Ray from SpongeBob SquarePants.
And check this out, the boots are made
from plastic two liter bottles, duct tape and hope.
Would they have been comfortable at all to walk in?
Who knows, does it matter?
No because the outfit looks amazing.
I love these progress photos that you've added as well.
And something I really love about this costume is
that apparently the mouth part is velcroed on
so it can be either worn in happy mode
or it can be turned upside down for a grumpy face.
Which I just love that so much.
Kiyokoscorner, this is so inventive
and so sweet that you made it for your brother as well.
Hope he appreciated it.
These are really subtly nautical
but I wanted to share them none the less
because I think they were executed perfectly.
This pair of pants comes from elisaprinz.
Using this really cool pinstripe fabric and these pockets,
oh, these pockets.
Look at this embroidery work from forestgreencreations.
Wow, that must have taken a while.
You don't rally associate the colors red, orange and yellow
with jellyfish, but this works perfectly in this case.
I adore this nautical themed top by amiafairypricessyet.
I love your account name.
And I just love the entire like styling
of this look as well.
Oh, it's not just a top, it's actually a dress.
Oh wow, damn.
I just absolutely adore your whole 20s aesthetic
going on here as well.
The hat, little magnifying glass.
You look like the coolest murder mystery detective.
Apparently they also made the shawl and the necklace
that I assume that means the thing
that the little magnifying glass is on too.
So cool.
Someone else made a shark pencil case.
Thank you edithcreevey you have made my day.
And then also in the realm of nautical themed clothes,
we have this stripy top from ateliercoscos.
The sleeves on this are so huge.
Oh wow, you look so good in this.
That is a very nice shirt.
So, tamaraipi has taken something
that I said in one of my posts,
I offhandedly made a comment
about a bag shaped like a lobster.
And what they have made is a lobster bag.
So they created a lobster based on this drawing here.
And then made one out of fabric.
And looks like they stuffed it as well, they made it 3D.
That's such a cool idea.
And then added the lobster bits, and yeah,
put it on a tote bag which is really cool.
Oh, and look, look so the claws become part of the straps.
It looks like the claws are holding the straps,
oh, that's so good.
And the tail, it actually unbuttons
and that's how you open up the pocket
at the bottom of the bag.
Wow, so cool.
Oh, I love this so much.
Thank you for taking my suggestions literally,
I'm so happy to see a lobster bag.
As always, there are hundred plus posts
for the Make Thrift Try six tag,
and I have not gotten through even like more
than a fifth of them.
Hi, future Annika here, well,
past Annika for those of you still watching.
I'm just future Annika relative to the other past Annika
that you were just watching.
That lucky pre-isolation Annika.
Hello, I'm succumbing to isolation madness,
which kind of relates to what I'm gonna talk about.
Instead of continuing just the Make Thrift Try challenge
I've decided to run a series of sewing prompts
under the hashtag, sewcialisolation, yes it is hilarious,
bow down to my punniness.
Let's all try to avoid isolation madness together
with craft.
Sewcial isoaltion is 40 different sewing prompts
to inspire a variety of different sewing projects.
A lot of which can be completed with scrap fabric stashes
or small amounts of fabric in a dwindling stash.
A lot of different projects for home decor and improvement.
As it's good self care
to make your space as nice as possible
when you spend a lot of time in it.
Trust me as a person
who has to do this a lot being clinically ill.
I've also tried to ake them as gender neutral as possible
and easy to make so that you can kind of,
you can do them in an afternoon
if you're an experienced sewer
or they're not too hard if you're a beginning sewer.
For the sewcial isolation prompts
there are things like pattern weights,
which I really need to make and if this doesn't inspire me
to make pattern weights, nothing will.
Make your own bias tape, make coasters, scrap scrunchies,
rag rugs, book covers, DIY house slippers.
I actually already launched this
on my Instagram account about a week ago
and some people have already made
some really awesome things.
A silly thing I did with the prompts however,
was to include scrap scrunchies on there twice.
And so I thought, okay then, for this video
we'll replace one of those
with a prompt voted on by the community.
Just like a Make Thrift Try challenge.
So, what would prompt number 22 be?
You decide, will it be using dyes
to bring something old back to life, a 1970s theme,
70s themed decor, clothing
or whatever else you can think of.
Repair, so fixing something that's broken
from adding buttons to entire up-cycle reconstruction.
And the last one, angsty crafts.
Thought this idea could be cathartic
whether it be a sweary cross stitch,
mean spirited pattern weights or a grumpy crochet animal.
Using the eye in the corner,
whichever one it is, pick your favorite
and it'll become the new prompt number 22.
But there's 39 other prompts on this list I made
so feel free to jump in right now.
I have been doing this on Instagram so far
and that's the place I'm most likely
to see the posts, tag me.
But feel free to join in anywhere else the hashtags work.
And if you don't like the look of these prompts,
I have many other DIY clothing projects
that you can follow here on my channel
and a beginners playlist and resource
for anybody just starting out
and wanting to know what kind of projects
they should be starting on.
Thanks for watching,
I hope you all got some DIY inspiration from that.
Stay safe and stay crafty.
Bye.
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