Studio Vlog // Machine Maintenance & Cruising Catalogs
I really should have filmed a more proper hello intro for this video 😅 Forgive me! When I am writing I often stack up many 3am nights in a row (advanced night owl mode activated!) so I'm a liiiittle more scatter brained even than usual these days.
Today in the studio I talk through cleaning, oiling, and threading the Singer 99k, show you some fabrics for upcoming projects, preview what I'll be making in next week's video on the channel, and we tour and Alden's catalog from 1946 (and a Vogue Pattern book from 1942!).
I hope you are staying safe and doing well, and have a good weekend!
Comments (16)
It would be so much fun to see a "Challenge" series, where you pick some of the most complex designs out of these vintage catalogs and work through how to make them!
I'm not normally a crop top kinda girl, but I would LOVE to see a three-piece play suit sewing video for summer! Thank you for sharing!
I'm really enjoying these videos looking through old catalogues. I hope they do well enough that you can keep making them, or posting them here. Also definitely would like to see a video that's "I make a dress taken from a 1940s catalogue!" So many of those are so fabulous. That green dress on the cover of that Vogue Patterns book!?!?! Phenomenal.
Thank you Caitlin! The response definitely exceeded my rather low expectations over on the channel, so I will do more in the future for sure!
I love going through the catalogues with you and would love to see you make a big silly floofy hat!
Thanks! Floofy hat coming soon ❤
I love doing maintenance on my retro sewing machine (1980’s I think). I just feel so I’m touch with the past when I’m taking it apart and cleaning and oiling everything.
This was so much fun! Plus, we get to know you alittle more. I love looking at catalogues to get ideas for clothes I can sew. It would be great to see the last two catalogues from Vogue. Also, what editing software do you use? I am going to start videos for people with PTSD and would need to be able to edit them, so they wouldn't seem like a crazy person filmed them!! LOL! Thanks!
Thank you Peggy! I use Adobe Premiere to edit my videos, which is rather an advanced software but there a ton of free tutorials on YouTube to learn how to navigate the bits you may need!
I haven't looked at old catalogues in ages, I'd forgotten how much fun it is. I poked around on the Archive site I always visit for books and I found the Montgomery Ward Fall & Winter 1941-42 issue. I could see you wearing the item on the far left of p. 108. I love looking at all of the dresses, sweaters, coats and such, but alas I think I would have to take the outdoor jacket/pant suit on the right side of p. 64, or maybe the peacoat on p. 78, yes, that's cute. I love me a good navy peacoat. That catalogue is here: https://archive.org/details/montgomerywardcatalogfallwinter1941/page/n25/mode/2up Also, I found "Ward's Greatest Bargain Sale" catalogue from 1936 located here: https://archive.org/details/wardsgreatestbargainsalein64years/page/n37/mode/2up In Canada, we had Eaton's catalogues long ago and I found one of those from 1925/26 located here: https://archive.org/details/eatonscatalogue1925teat/page/n19/mode/2up Oh so much eye candy!! This was the perfect break from the practicing that I've been doing for an upcoming solo recital. I even enjoyed the sewing machine maintenance, it reminded me of a YouTube channel I used to like by this guy who repairs old radios. I am in love with old radios. Jim Lindenas, and he has a cat, as I recall. Happy sewing on your new lemon dress and thanks for sharing these extra tidbits!
Thank you Penny! I'm glad I'm not alone in my catalog archive love! There a few dudes on youtube who have entire channels just taking apart and repairing old sewing machines, which are super useful. Not sure if they have cats though, which it is true is always an added bonus!
I would definitely like to see how to make some of those crazy hats! And vintage fashion catalogs and books are always fun to go through
I ordered some mad hat supplies today so we can make one soon!
I can't knit, but I do crochet. So if you see a crocheted sweater pattern, drop me a line. I do have all the Workbasket Magazines, January 1950 to December 1959, which includes a lot of sweater patterns. I know that you prefer 40's, though.
I would look through these with you all day! Thanks for sharing!
Loving the ephemera