“What fabric would you want to be, and why?” Iridescent silk taffeta! I looove the crinkle sound it makes as it swooshes around. I loooove the magical color changing effect it has!
So, I'm already working on a swishy coat this month and if I don't keep working on it, it will be absorbed into the UFO monster in the basement. But I'll be watching the videos for a sewing buddy! And my weird/interesting item that I'm using? Left Shark. It was gifted to me by a roommate that found two layers of foam sheeting and polyester velour insufferably hot but knew I was always cold. So he got ripped apart and pieced back together as interlining. Except the eyes, my cat claimed those.
Hey, I'm happy to function as a sewing buddy, and huzzah for not adding anything to the UFO bin! And Left Shark is probably the most creative answer I've heard so far, so congratulations! Yay for not adding more garbage to landfills and upcycling for interlining (I have done similar before, and I applaud you)!
Very excited for this... I have a couple of options for what cape I want to make... thank you for hosting this sew along. As for what type of fabric I want to become? A nice wool felt because it is waterproof, flame resistant, and when in cape form can also be used as a blanket, a rag, a pot holder, and any number of useful items especially for those who tend to do a lot of outdoor adventuring.
I'm excited for this! Pattern's on its way, and I'm STILL agonising over fabric choices. If I were to be fabric, I think I'd like to be a good plain-weave linen. It's cool, warm, easy as hell to work with and I love all the pretty colour options!
OK, I love that you consider linen "easy as hell to work with" because I find it super shifty and wibbly! I can never keep it on the straight of grain (I should really try lightly starching it before I work with it)!! But hey, don't stress about fabric choices - remember, you can always make another one later (this style OR another one)!
I love that you have different personas for different seasons (honestly, it makes so much sense), and I feel like "grey boiled wool" describes Copenhagen from November through about early March!
I've started my Cape-tember project, but I don't think it'll be done in time by the end of september. However, it's mostly out of fabrics I have in my stash as well as re-fashioning an old cape from LARP I already had, and some "fat quarters" of quilting cotton I also already had in my stash as the lining
Remember, there's no deadline for this! It's a timeless project (hence the beauty of the name ;-) ) so there's no pressure, and it's even better that you're stash-busting!
I'm hoping it'll be able to be mixed into the rest of my wardrobe, and have a bit of nice fall vibes (since there are some fall themes in the lining). It'll look interesting once it's done. Its not just stash busting, its also re-fashion flipping!
What type of fabric? I would like to say denim (the real kind, without synthetics added) because... well, everything. It's the ultimate bff of the fabric world: minimal maintenance, maximum reward and the more you wear it, the more comfortable it is. 💙 Realistically, though? Probably rayon. I appear to be nicer than I am and I'm basically dry clean only...
Knee pads! I don't have a cutting table and do all my pattern assembly and cutting on the floor and there is nothing more essential than not being in absolute pain.
Me: "I must resist the urge to embroider the cape." My brain: "But it would be so cool." Me: "It will add unnecessary time and materials." My brain: "It'd be pretty though." Me: ".........."
Topstitching can usually be substituted by the decorative stitches on most sewing machines, and the increase in time and materials is negligible. ...You can also use the decorative stitches to substitute for stitches other than topstitching, too, it just isn't visible.
A tip I got from Costuming Drama and Sewstine: there is wearable done and there is done done. I have a zombie dress that is wearable, and I'm going to wear it around Halloween. Then when it is cold and miserable, I'm going to applique patches all over the waistband/collar/straps so that it looks like Sally's stitched skin on Nightmare before Christmas. Then it will be done done. But sometimes I need a pause to do other things.
LOL I recognize this struggle, it's a whole mood. If I didn't make videos and have to keep a somewhat timely schedule, I'd have (at least tried) to embroider quite a few things by now XD
I love the way you keep track of your progress. I have added it to my list of good sewing habits to keep, right up there with iron in and measuring twice before I cut. I personally enjoy using cotton ticking for the interlining. for no particular reason, other than after you wash it you can iron it (you don't even have to do that but it's nicer) and it comes out nice and crisp. I'm not using cotton ticking for my cloak though, because my wool is too heavy. I'm off to Jo-Ann's in a few hours if I don't find anything I might paint my cotton ticking or heavy cotton canvas with gum tragacanth to stiffen it. I meant to ask, am I stealing your viewers by sending them off to a handful of sewing tutorial videos. I really should have asked, my thought process was it's easier to send the beginners off to learn that stitch or that construction practice well you do the cape stuff. But if you're monetized I don't want to endanger that.
Well I don't always track my progress quite this well *or* this far in advance, but I did figure this is a bit more important of a situation in which to be on top of things ☺️ You are welcome to recommend resources to people (I am neither monetized, nor would I mind either way), but if you want to boost the channel, feel free to share it or promote the Sew-Along in social circles that might be interested!
Oooh, I would be a luscious Harris tweed woven in a herringbone pattern in a deep red, and with accent colors of royal purple, mustard, and whatever else the weaver wants (because let’s be real, are ANY Harris tweeds ever ugly? 😊)
Oh, it's SO true. I have such a weak spot for any sort of herringbone... I even use the pattern when wood-working because I just find it SO satisfying. But even better if it's a nice rich, warm colored wool.... 🤤
That's very strange - I just checked it (twice), and it is both written correctly and working on my end. Maybe try on a different device and/or browser? Let me know if you still have troubles
