January Update! | Patreon
Things have settled down a bit, which means I'm back to filming monthly updates! Maybe I'll manage to do these every month this year. That would be nice. Though it seemed unnecessary in December since I was weekly vlogging, and I still have no idea what happened in November.
Yup - that means the last one I filmed was at the end of October (linked here, in case you missed it). So this video is LONG and contains updates for what I mentioned in October, along with what I've been up to since then...and what I have planned for the month ahead. Which is a lot. This whole video is a lot. Because I have a lot of ideas!
I have no clue which of these ideas will end up happening, but I think it's better to have too few plans then too many. Not that that is an issue I've ever had before.
Also - I've been filming a lot this month. Like I've attempted a good seven videos. It just seems like nothing I work on ends up turning out properly. So half the videos need to be trashed, and the others are nowhere near completion. It's been quite frustrating!
(and as I write this I'm hardcore procrastinating filming a video that is due on the 25th, eep!)
But hopefully everything will come together and I can get back to something resembling a weekly schedule in February. I do have my patreon exclusive videos filmed already, so at least that is something!
Sorry I didn't get this up earlier, and thanks for the support! I'd love to hear what you are working on! :D
Comments (36)
I would LOVE to see the sewing through the decades or sewing through the centuries. Actually going through the 20's through the centuries would be FASCINATING!
I’ve just caught up with this video. Firstly I’m pleased you’re feeling better! Secondly I just wanted to make a few comments about the Sewing Through the Decades project as you talked about it a bit here. I had only found you on YouTube a few weeks before you launched it and it was the stuff of my dreams! So I immediately signed to support you and watching the videos you made was an absolute joy. My main area of interest is 1900-1965 however I enjoyed them all. My total favourite was the 1930s dress with cape. Just wonderful! Watching this series taught me and encouraged to start using true vintage patterns which has been a fantastic experience. Moreover I think this is a very remarkable body of work and bit of fashion history scholarship of which you should be very proud. With any project of this size it’s normal to lose motivation towards the later stages but that doesn’t detract from the overall quality of what you produced. It really was great work and I just wanted to tell you that.
I like the ideas of corsets through history, hats through history and sewing through the 1800s!!
Nice update! I'm glad your mental health is better. I have an idea for a series project, looking forward to sharing it with you!
I would enjoy a video on your boning and busk storage. All of mine are in a box bundled with rubber bands by size and I wrote the size on one bone so inevitability when the rubber band breaks all the bones scatter and I have to remeasure them all.
That's how mine were up until last week lol! It was such a pain. I'll definitely post that video.
Sometimes I feel sorry for seamstress Angela, having to keep up with all the ideas and plans of designer Angela! It’s almost like you’re running a one woman sweatshop 😜. All jokes aside, your plans to bring back some more creative freedom this year makes a lot of sense. I don’t (yet) have an exact suggestion for a new monthly theme project, but I would definitely go for one which has a creative element, and isn’t too rigid. And perhaps don’t plan/promise for a full 12 month. Somehow, during the few years I follow your work, I got the impression that you get bored after a while 😄. Which in my opinion makes perfect sense, and is perfectly fine for a creative person. Good luck with all the projects in progress, I’m looking forward to whatever you will share this year, but especially the dragon slayer costume!
I have about 20 more hours of bargello to do on my 18th-century reproduction pocketbook, so if you post hose boning holder videos, I will watch them while I stitch away.
Oh my gosh, that's so much stitching! Good luck!
I think making mythological creatures would be interesting
Ooh that's an interesting idea! I could get really creative with that!
YES! I love the fantasy angle you are going for this year. I can't wait to see what you do. And I would LOOOOVVVVEEE the sewing through the centuries. Like, a lot.
Since you were already doing it for last year's Christmas costume, why not start a series about sewing dresses featured in paintings? You could still do a sewing through the decades, but pick and choose the paintings yourself. From medieval tapestries to 19th century photographs. I would love seeing that <3
That would be really fun! And lot's of different costume options but under a single theme. Thanks for the suggestion!
How about looking at the fashion history of other cultures? I can imagine there would be all kinds of awesome inspiration abroad
I really like that idea! And then patrons could vote on the film but I could pick the inspiration from the film. That feels like a really good balance!
What about doing a gothic lotita outfit? those were started in the 1990s
Love these videos! I also love the undergarment videos, they’re amongst my favs. I know you said to post our ideas later, but, I don’t want to forget my idea, so here it is. Fantasy inspired project for the year long project. You could base it on anything you wanted; themes for the century or decade, the zodiac or pretty much anything. I also like your idea of undergarments through the century or the sewing through the decades 17th, 18th or 19th century style. Also, I’m so happy your meds are working for you, that’s wonderful! I wish you a Happy, Healthy and absolutely spectacular 2020!🐙
Really enjoyed hearing how you're going (and so pleased you are feeling better) and hearing your plans....if they come to fruition, then that is fantastic and if they don't, then it is what it is. Life is too short to beat ourselves up over what we didn't get finished (for whatever reasons). I really loved the costume you showed us near the beginning - 1830s plaid bodice with lime green skirt and buttons down the front...just gorgeous!! Actually, I love all your costumes because I appreciate the effort you put into them. On the subject of the boning case - oh yes please! :) And Thank You!!
Are you mad? Of course we want to see how you made a boning case. 😃 Other types of cases WILL be made, inspired by it. Knitting needles! Violin bows!Rulers!
Loved it all, thanks again! I'm thinking that gorgeous jewellery could be so versatile - there's the Halloween idea you already have, and the orange fabric - and then I can imagine a really elegant 1880s-90s dinner dress in black - maybe half-mourning, if they added coloured jewellery to that?
Oooh it would be gorgeous with a black natural form era gown! Like the portrait of madam X!
Here's hoping you finish off Sewing Through The Decades. I felt a bit sad that you hit that motivation sinkhole when you were SO close to finishing it off. It's like watching a race and seeing someone fall a yard away from the finish line. Love the Sewing Through The Centuries idea. But I'll still try to brainstorm, because why not?
I want to, it just got so painful towards the end. I had to remake both garments from the 90s twice, and I'm still not happy with them. Plus the instructions are so tedious and long and boring. Then my computer broke and I lost all the editing progress. It's been a few months now so I really should revisit it but it was so energy draining I still haven't felt motivated to go back to it!
The boning holders are useful for many things, I have one my grandma made for knitting needles and my mom made some for my dads' wrenches. I know some people are making small ones to hold their utensils for lunch (you can just put them back in dirty and throw in the washing machine to get it clean). You should really make it into a video!
Today I am working on my first ever mock-up. Doing Simplicity 1110. It seems simple enough but between you and Morgan Donner I have been convinced to do a mockup just in case.
A mock up should help you work out any issues! I have faith in you! :D
I was inspired by your steam generating iron. I live in Switzerland so chose the Laurastar brand. I really wanted the top of the range system it has a fully functional vacuum/ fan ironing board which has to be seen to be believed. However their entry level was chf300 and in the context of Swiss pricing it’s a great deal. I got the Laura Star Lift. It all packs away into a small portable unit. My ironing board is ok. Maybe at some point in the distant future I might upgrade but I really like it as is
I hope you love it! My gravity feed iron changed my life...okay, maybe not my life, but it's made a world of difference in how my garments look because they are pressed SO much better both during and after the construction process!
yes to the boning holder vid
if you could 'date' your figures dress styles you could do 'inspired by the fashion of X display the figure and what you think they were going for with the dress and finding a dress of that era you want to take inspiration from maybe finding an element that you want to highlight to its extreme, or a color challege but you pick the decade but you cant repeat decades.
I feel like that would be hard to title in a way that creates audience appeal. But I would LOVE to do dresses based on my figurines! I love their dresses so much!
I always look forward to your creative ideas and how you bring them to fruition and I’m anxiously awaiting the McCall’s patterns for the Edwardian shirts and skirts.
Thank you! They should be out soon (I thought they would come out in the last collection but I guess not)!
today i'm working on my third version of your pattern m7915 the chemise portion, it works so well as a a summer chemise and i now have 2 finished ones one made in guaze the other is cotton scraps( green and muslin cream), my newest is black cotton with red ribbons
That's such a cute idea! Now I want to make one into a summer dress :D