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hello welcome to my channel my name is wendy and here i'm just documenting my
sewing journey to show you how you can make your own clothes we're coming up on the end of
the year and i felt like this would be a great opportunity to roast and toast everything that
i've made this year so i'm gonna start with the easy stuff that i made or like i guess
it's subjective it's what i think was easy let me grab all my items there's a lot and
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okay i might have been a bit overzealous with the iron but all right let's start
first up it's this bucket hat and then i purposefully put on my insanely coordinated lime
green thrifted coat so this came from a thrifted blanket and it's a bit more of a roast than a
toast even though i'm putting it in the easy category for a bucket hack there's like no flare
whatsoever but i do really like that it's cute and green and fuzzy and so
i think if i just have some time to like shrink the top a little could be greatly improved the
last thing i'll say about it is that i wish i also had put a lining on the inside another reason i
don't wear it very often is it literally leaves little green fluff lints in my hair every time
i wear it this year i tried tie-dye for the first time and this is one of my very first
projects so i was actually super proud with how it came out this used to be a baby pink shirt and
the split tie dye kind of gave one half a more orange vibe and one half a more fuchsia vibe
the other tie-dye project that i was super proud of was this one my first attempt at a swirl and
she's swirling so this is a toast to tie dye the third easy project that i love this year is still
tapestry weaving i think we've covered a lot of tapestry weaving content on my channel and it's
still one of my favorite hoppies to just chill out you can even use leftover fabric to add all sorts
of interesting textures this one has been all of 2020 still attached to the loom so hopefully i
actually get around to hanging it up at some point she's done she just hasn't grown up and
left the nest yet if you're looking for a hobby to try in 2021 highly recommend
tapestry weaving also thank you to everyone who keeps tagging me on instagram with their
weaves i really really love seeing them this would not be a 2020 sewing recap video without obviously
face masks if you want to up your mask game there are two videos on my channel for this one of them
goes through some hospital cdc approved fabric mask styles and there's a second video where i
venture into some more creative looks and show you how you could take a standard mask pattern
and modify it a bit so it fits the contour of your face a lot better i have to put masks in
the easy category because you can just follow a pattern to do it i even have my pattern linked
in case you want to take a gamble on our faces being similar actually i just remembered there's
a third video that dealt with masks this year i made this gucci bedazzled tulle mask
as seen on billy eilish for the grammy's red carpet this video was made on the cusp of when
masks and coronavirus was growing as a topic so now this mask feels like weirdly ominous to me
and obviously this does not serve any protective purpose whatsoever is just it's just billy eilish
back in simpler times if you're feeling ready to venture into thrift flips this year's easy project
was this one shoulder top from a t-shirt this is a t-shirt thrift flip that i felt particularly
happy with i even threw in some fun details like this shiring in the back and i love the
one shoulder it just makes it look super sleek all you need for this is just an old t-shirt and
some elastic you obviously don't need to have as much as me but this was my pre coronavirus
bulk buy to get me through a year of sewing i think those were some of the easiest tutorials i
attempted this year some of you might find medium stuff relatively easy as well it's just that some
medium stuff i put in medium because it's a grind the technique is simple you just have to sit there
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all right there was a video this year where i tackled some viral diys and so
this one is the exposed stitching i particularly got my inspiration from ruar carlotta
this used to be a t-shirt which i hacked off the sleeves to make into a cheap looking tank top
and then i did all this fanciness to try to reinvigorate its lifespan if you've been
poking around on instagram you probably have seen dimda with all his faux prada creations
so obviously i had to give it a try and i made my little sponge purse i will admit this
doesn't get a ton of outdoor wear and there were a lot of really funny comments talking
about how it would be a disaster in a rainstorm definitely a toast to those two projects from the
viral diys video and this last one was the core set made out of a pair of old adidas shoes that
i have thrifted this one i made was inspired by frisk me good but there's also paulina russo if
you want to see even more shoe up cycle ideas i feel very torn if this one counts as a roast or
a toast this year the hip pads definitely sent it over the deep end in terms of just being really
extra and now i feel like realistically for me i would wear this if i had to perform on stage or
be in like a wrestling match now regarding projects that are easy but just a total grind this
rug definitely qualifies this used to be an ikea rug with these striped yarns i tore them all out
and then did a crazy latch hook job and now it's our happy entryway rug some people commented that
this looked like a dandelion and i'll take it this one i made in the early summer and i loved it so
much that i wore it for my birthday to feel special there were so many details i was really
proud of in this project like doing the scalloped hem that's got these rainbow shapes and a cute
little mock turtleneck if you know your designers hopefully you've already guessed that this is a
cecily bonson inspired dress and i'm just so happy i made it i feel really special in it continuing
on and feeling fun and flirty and fancy nothing quite tops these gloves that i made this year
this video was all about showing you how to make the gloves and how because you get to choose
the color you can make it match whatever outfit you've got it with i borrowed these super pretty
dresses and got to make this pink in the matching fabric and my teeny tiny lizzo valentino purse
were the fanciest of the 2020 tutorials okay this was the medium difficulty project that i
had the most problems with this year these track pants were inspired by design by 99 percentis and
i thought i'd be so witty by combining two pairs of pants into one giant leg so that i have enough
fabric to ruche it all up and create that gathered drawstring effect i went to my hip-hop class and
i realized that by making these out of snow pant material i basically had absolutely no way for
my legs to breathe so these are very temperature confusing pants that i've made i wanted to record
all of this in one go but wow do i ever hate daylight savings back to the brightness of
day this is the louis vuitton inspired harness i made earlier this year everything about it makes
me feel like i'm about to perform a heist which is very fun and i even incorporated a little pocket
just large enough for your phone this one's kind of like medium slash hard because it's
a lot of fine detail work it basically is a war of attrition between you and the beating
who will win this blue vest plus a whole bunch of other blue theme diys was part of a
billy eilish video i made two of her i guess at that time kind of more signature looks many of
my projects this year were greatly assisted by julia and she's my assistant who made it
possible for me to make this many swing projects in a year because it's just truly like i can't
sew fast enough as one person if you make this definitely add pockets maybe stay away from blue
because part way through i kind of looked like a walmart employee the other half of the billy
eilish video was making these gloves to kind of imitate her oscars after party look she had crazy
long nails and so i purposefully had these gloves cut so that the fingers could be exposed with the
added benefit that now this time the gloves are touch screen friendly this brings us to
the cowl neck dresses i made two of these in total yes this is the exact fabric that i used to make
this dress the calamax video is actually one of my more popular videos this year so i'm super happy
you guys enjoyed me tackling how to do the cowl neck this one was using pattern drafting method
and this one was a draping method using my dress form i think my dress form is actually maybe a
little bit skinnier than me this one is a snug fit my favorite part about this one is the dual chrome
obviously if you've ever wanted to give cowl neckline a try hopefully this video will help
you out i've seen a lot of pictures tagged of it being just done as tank tops if you're not
ready to go for the full dress do what you will the last of my tutorials that i feel like can
fit in the medium category was this thrift flip video where i took a long cardigan and i shortened
it and then took all that excess fabric and made it into a cute little tank top this is very much
inspired by that like katie holmes look of her and her cashmere bra and cardigan and the other
thrift flip that came with the cardigan was this skirt used to be just a regular little leopard
mini midi used to be just a little regular pencil skirt and now it's got like a fun
corset detail this year i felt like there was so much pressure and i don't know if i just put
it on myself to put like multiple thrift flips in one video instead of just doing one project
so hopefully you appreciated that they came in pairs in some case triples one yeah and quadruples
okay this is where just like way more details came into the picture but we're kicking off this
section with the dion lee inspired corset i don't know if you could tell from the video of this but
i was actually really discouraged when i was first finished this but over time it's grown on me i'm
happy with how this little stomacher turned out a little accent zipper gives it a tougher character
and yeah i ended up wearing it a lot this summer you can really see the corset theme come through
when i pair it with this skirt and this one pushed my fashion comfort zone i will say the leg
slits are quite daring but i do feel some kind of weight in it and if you decide to do this i feel
like honestly the hardest part is just getting the front to lie flat the key to that is just
keep trying i bring you another one inspired by a powerhouse female recording artist my
color choice definitely veered closer to the lyrica matoshi look that jenny wore in ice cream
but the real inspiration for this was beyonce in black is king shoulders can go up
can be off shoulder is a fluffy loofah wherever you go in principle this one's not technically
hard but it's just a grind it's a lot of organza the black is king video also inspired me to try
making a jacket this is nowhere near as fierce as the dress that originally inspired this but i was
just trying to follow elements of the silhouette but i do love how it's got like a sculpted bodice
little bit of like a low v in the front and then like big statement sleeves so became kind of like
beyonce meets folklore meets little woman okay i might have gained a little bit of weight since
i made this and it's apparent because this was made in a challenge to try to draft the perfect
fit for myself near the latter half of the year especially with julia's help too
my pattern drafting abilities felt like they just like broke through a new layer the thing about
this top is that it looks simple but it's actually pretty challenging because there's so many curves
for sure a year ago i would not have been able to make this i wish i could remake my wedding dress
because of what i've learned now so yay and it wouldn't be 2020 without mentioning the strawberry
dress or in my case i made a strawberry skirt and a strawberry top i added these little hook and eye
closures on the side so they could like really hitch together and look like one finished piece
to speak from the heart this was the tutorial that i was hounded on for the most this year
so i made it but now i wish i had put in like even more innovation and variation i feel like
i accomplished the goal of being very on point with the original lyrica mitoshi design but i
don't know i'm going to try to innovate a lot more in the new year for you guys i will say
though it is truly a magical feeling to wear it and kudos to lyrica mutoshi for tapping into that
bras broth i followed a kit from emerald aaron to make this black lace bra as well as this
more skin toned bra it fits actually even better than it looks and it's just because
i'm wearing a bra and a bodysuit and then this bra on top in order to not get demonetized for
a long time on this channel i've been avoiding patterns because i just felt like they were a bit
visually overwhelming for people who are just starting out with sewing but you know what guys
i think we're more than ready so in 2021 more patterns dan reheated my chinese beef stew
in a way i made it the real hobby that i've picked up is trying to improve my chinese cooking
now before i get to my last and hardest project i did in 2020 i wanted to throw in
some honorable mentions from past years that i'm still super proud of definitely includes
my sleeping bag coat you subscribed in the last year you might not know but i made this
very very warm jacket out of a sleeping bag she's got a maroon stripe detail she's teal all around
this was made out of a blanket and so was this wrapped quilted coat pockets obviously
volume obviously i would move somewhere with longer transitional weather just to wear this more
and the culmination this year of my honorary degree in turning thrifted blankets into outfits
is this chanel jacket and skirt set buttonholes pattern drafting invisible zippers with lining
interfacing with lining so many things that i've been working on this year culminated in this
and it's all on details sometimes hard for you to even see i try my best to convey it
all to you guys but personally when i look at this i feel very very accomplished but
that's everything i made in my closet this year i hope you guys really enjoyed this
recap through everything i've put together let me know which one of these projects you're most
excited to give a try for everyone who's been following my sewing journey over the years thank
you so much i got a few chances this year to be interviewed by magazines and newspapers and a
lot of them asked about how i learned how to sew and in every case i mentioned so much of
my learning takes place with my audience kindly sharing their feedback as well as their tips so i
appreciate you all so much don't forget to check out the description all the links that you need
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