Hi! I've just finished a linen gingham skirt with the lace at the end (made a top from the same fabric at the start of June). Also last week I finished a dress for my best friend's wedding (I'm a bridesmaid). It's made of semitransparent blue cotton fabric, there is a white cotton layer underneath and lots of lace as well!
I just bought a stack of gorgeous sheets from my fave op shop and was kindly gifted a printed copy of Peppermint magazine's Tansey Top, which I think I'll hack into a dress for summer. 🌞
This dress is so freaking cute! But do you know what's even cuter?.. YOU! I honestly can't deal, you're so sweet and I love your kind nature. Your taste and your attitude reminds me so much of my own. I'm so so happy to see sewing like this. Being "perfect" while sewing is so overrated and low key stresses me out! 😅 Far more important that love and that flair 🔥 has gone into the creation and I TOTALLY get that vibe from you. Love from a fellow Australian sewer 💕
Aww that is so kind. Thank you for taking the time to comment!! I completely agree - it's far more fun sometimes to just GO WITH IT & see what happens!! Thanks for reaching out & lovely to connect!
This is soo pretty!! I adore the softness of the fabric and it's flow.. So beautiful! I wanted to do so much sewing this summer ,but it's turned into a summer of physical recovery for my body and dealing with chronic pain issues... SO I'm trying to be gentle with my brain and not feel guilty about what I was unable to start, and just push plans back a little... One day I want a more me made wardrobe of clothes vs. stuff I purchase.. I love the idea though of using the upper part of a different garment to start this project! I may have to try that!!!
aw thank you!! oh i hope your chronic pain is kind to you so you can do some projects that make your heart happy!!! you are incredible & so so strong!!!
Your gathering feelings are so, so real. The colors on this are so cute! I just finished a crochet/macrame water bottle holder that I ran out of cord for and had to use a very-not-matching-but-same-gauge cord, and I'm call it an Accent™. I am loving the Syd Graham Tie Top right now! ♥
hahah i'm glad it's a shared experience at least! oh that sounds like a WONDERFUL project, except it's so sad running out of your yarn/cord/material!!! hahaha i love it - it's a design feature!!! Oh she's wonderful Syd!!
ooo, I thrifted a similar style nightgown because of the cute lace details on the top part, but didn't know how to make it wearable. this gave me inspiration, thank you!!
I made a multi tiered ruffled skirt for my 4 year old granddaughter. Of course it was, to quote her, "pink and purple and sparkles and rainbows and unicorns." And yes, I did find that exact fabric in Spotlight. She loved wearing it and it countless twirls. I hand stitched the bottom hem which honestly took as long as making the rest of the skirt.
That lace would work as an applique on that third row. The one that was one, solid blue colour. All the way around!!! Love your videos ❤❤❤ oh! Ps Jan Harlow has a great video on easy bias tape cutting! I remember thinking that on your last video when you were asking about the bias tape for your quilt. ❤
I love the reuse of older items to give them new life. you really find the love in older things and add your own love to them to make something new I'm working on a pair of pants that I don't need a zipper for cause I hate zippers lol
I just found your channel, and it has to be my new favorite!! I love your joyful attitude and your work is beautiful! I'm currently working on a jumpsuit pattern from the 70's that I just got, but I want to try this type of dress soon, so cute!
LEXI!!!!!! hi my friend!!!!!! heheehe thank you for watching. i hope it goes so well - let me know if you have any problems - i'm here to help!! Hope you're doing well mate
Currently finishing up the wrap top pattern in Brigitta Helmersson's Zero Waste Patterns book :3 Also I love love love your fabric compositions. When I've tried to make patchwork dresses in the past the fabrics were never quite right, but your work is so inspiring
Thanks for the wonderful tips and pattern breakdown Carly! This will totally help with the patchwork stash buster dress I am making for my aunt for her birthday!🎉
carly you are by FAR my favourite youtuber 💗💗 i cannot express enough how inspiring your videos and vibe are :) this dress is so cute, i can't wait to try and make something similar soon!
whaaaat this is SO VERY NICE!!!!! thank you for commenting - this made my heart so full. thank you for watching & i hope it goes well if you decide to make your own version someday!
Oh I finally found an Australian who uses the metric system so I don’t have to translate from the imperial system. Oops my hopes were dashed 😢 On the brighter side your creations are gorgeous 💜🥰🌸
one day (probably soon) I will have enough scrap fabrics to do some awesome patchwork like this but for now! I'm working on a simple trapezoid denim mini dress for the hot summer
Love this so much! I’ve followed you on instagram for a while, and I’m so happy I found your RU-vid channel.😊 Current WIP: Spaghetti Western Sewing “Henrietta Skirt” Pattern. It’s my first skirt pattern and I’m so excited! It gives all of the horse girl/Anne of green gables/cool girl vibes and I can’t wait to wear it. 💕🤗 You should definitely check it out if you haven’t yet! I’d love to see your take on this Pattern.
oh yay!!! thank you for following along! I just looked that pattern up - it's SO CUTE!!! I might just have to make it now as I wont be able to stop thinking about it!! Hope it goes well.
I was wondering if your overlocking stiches will come undone. I always thought you had to leave a tail of overlocking (that’s not on the fabric) at the start and end of the stitch, because otherwise it’s not secured. But if you batch overlock it and then cut them apart, wouldn’t it unravel? How can you prevent that? Because generally I loveeee that trick 🥰
I've never had this issue as I will immediately sew that portion of the skirt (where I cut through the overlocking) into the bodice or tier above it - securing the stitches in the seam/overlocking. I hope that helps!!
@@fromcarlyb thank you so much for that answer. It actually helped a lot. I saw your latest video as well, where you talked about this, mentioning that if you don’t sew over it again you tuck in your overlocking ends. Love that explanation ❤️
did you have a specific method for collecting all the fabric you have? i really want to make patchwork clothes but dont have enough different fabrics and dont really know where to look
I have collected over a few years now! Mainly from opp shops & donations from friends/family. I keep most of my scraps from projects. I love looking for remnants wherever I go! Sometimes I'll even buy a thrifted dress/shirt if the fabric is awesome!
I just found your channel. I love your videos. Love the patchwork dress! Thanks for the inspiration! I’m currently working on a black & white YoYo quilt, a black & white hexi quilt, obsessed with my Tiny House Eye Spy quilt, 2 cozy memory crochet blankets. Every project WIP is an on the go project I just keep adding to the lengths I have taken all these projects every where I go, vacation, parks etc. just great memory WIPs. Mariaknits27 💃🏻💕🪡🧵🧶
