January & February Vlog!
This video has been in progress for a really long time. I started this at the beginning of January and filmed through to the beginning of March. It spans a good half dozen projects - but some of those projects were barely mentioned!
I find vlogging really hard, since when I'm focused or stressed I don't pick up the camera. So the footage I get is just the in between stuff, which isn't always the most interesting stuff.
So this was filmed with the best of intentions, but I filmed so sporadically that it doesn't really make sense.
But I'm posting this anyway, because I want to post a monthly vlog every month. And forcing myself to post them regardless of the quality will motivate me to improve the quality. Because it's much nicer to edit footage that flows together and shows the progression of a project than whatever this is!
And I think it's already woking! I've been much better documenting things in March.
I hope you enjoy this, even if it isn't the most cohesive, and keep an eye out for more videos soon! :)
January & February Monthly Vlog - Tailoring, organizing, and 1840s things! (YouTube)
Comments (14)
Finally going through and catching up on your videos and just wanted to let you know that you've inspired me to get back on the piece I've been working on but had set aside for ages. So thank you! (Also I'm so jealous of your gravity feed iron! I love those.)
OMG, your sheep are so cute!! I like how you organized the lace so I made a mental note for something I should consider. You scored well on that estate sale too. Loved your jacket, can’t wait to see finished product. Now I want to see your St. Paddy’s outfit too. Great job on all of your other projects and the gorgeous dresswork! ✂️🧵👗✂️😉😉😉
I hope you were saying you have a pattern of the dress with the matching bonnet coming from McCalls soon. I love the dress in the fall colors and I really like it in the blue colors.
I totally agree with everyone, this kind of video is such a joy to watch! I love seeing your journey with your projects, it makes seeing the finished pieces even more special. So excited for the next sewing through the decades, the 60s are one of my favourite periods in midcentury fashion and I can´t wait to see the process.
Thanks Angela, I appreciate that filming a vlog the way you do it is pretty challenging at times. Specifically when you push yourself to learn new techniques and not everything is a success. But, like commented by others already, I really like your vlogging style. The randomness doesn’t bother me at all. A more structured format is not a bad thing, but I also think that most of us don’t expect highly polished video formats 😁.
like the others, I love this video style. Makes me feel more "normal" about my own various works in progress and shows us previews of what might be coming. Yay! As I watch, I'm stitching some bobbin lace (upcycled from a vintage sheet) to the neckline and sleeve cuffs of a shift I'm making for a 1830's project. I love doing hand stitching and/or knitting while watching your videos. so fun! Thank you!
When the sewing bug (or any other craft bug) strikes me, I often jump around between projects and steps. At Christmas, I made 18 vintage style aprons as gifts; they all ended up being completed at the same time because I skipped around so much. At least, it keeps me from being bored!!
Monthly vlogs are my favorite content from you quite honestly. I love how much they jump around, the variety of projects they contain and the "blank filling"- we see snippets of stuff that makes other things make sense, gives some projects order etc. I also reallyyyy love how often you have been giving us Gwen snippets, she is a perfect pooch :D
I love Tula Pink! I have some of that jellyfish fabric for a quilt I am going to make.
oh this might help you with information about how to sewing <a href="https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=IhMlyt7IuGsC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA140" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=IhMlyt7IuGsC&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA140</a>
I spent the last 2 weeks of feburary recovering from surgery and fighting with a sewing machine. i'm hoping to get an 1840 dress made and then dyed?
I do love this style of video a lot - don't stress yourself out too much about how "perfect" your content is, I just really enjoy seeing your progress and how you work. It doesn't have to be super edited or polished to be entertaining, at least for me!
I actually love this jumbled group of snippets you've got here, it fills in a lot of blanks on your blog and instagram when compared to what you've posted! Absolutely adore the purple version of that dress, but you can't really beat gold in any setting ;) Good luck with all your sponsorship stuff, it looks tricky and sounds very taxing, hope you get to have a rest and redo your nails with a couple of fun colours soon! :D
I sure there a few others who agree with me- I personally prefer your less structured videos. So post away and I’ll be thankful.