Patchwork Robe: the Illusion of Random 

Where's the housecoat pattern tho? This is just for squares?

Yup, as I said in the video, the patterns for the patchwork squares are available on my Ko-Fi. The pattern for the housecoat is not only shown in the original video, but (as is the case in all my videos), linked in the description of the original video as well.

@@ShannonMakes got it! Thank you

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You are so welcome! Glad I could help, and I hope your granddaughters LOVE their quilts!!

Oh, I definitely believe it - this is already quite heavy and it's not even lined!!

Many people have studied the original (including myself, but there's a blog post that goes WAY in-depth trying to figure it out), and if there is a pattern (which I agree, surely there is), it's far less obvious than mine!

Thank you!! 🥳

awww, thank you!!

Don't give up!! I've been quilting for years and the idea of a puff quilt gives me chills lol. You started with something pretty complicated, so you're already an expert in simple patchwork!

Yea, definitely!!!

She should definitely be able to help you, it's a very easy process to download the PDF and print it off (just tell her that it's important to print it off at "100%" or "actual size" so that the squares come out at the correct scale)! 💜♥️💙

@@ShannonMakes Thank you very much. I hope you have a wonderful week!

You've very welcome, and the best of luck with your own housecoat... they're so worth it!

Merci bcpppp!! 🥰🥰

Thank you! Very much worth the time and effort!

If it's encouraging at all, I'd say it's kinda a great project for any level, because you're just using scraps, and only sewing straight lines, and it takes a long time, but you can just leave it and come back to it whenever your schedule allows, so all it requires is patience, but not tremendous skill... however it does definitely require patience!! And thank you! 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you! It would be a very heavy skirt, but also very beautiful!

For sure! Definitely a winter skirt!

lovely!!!

I mean, if you watch the full length video, you'll see that I did a lot of it by hand (also, second hand machines can be super cheap on Marketplace or Craigslist), and that I didn't spend a single dime on fabric, I collected it from neighbors that didn't want it, from dumpsters, from the side of the road... I realize that's not possible for everyone to do, but it could definitely be an option to consider!! (also, highly recommend the full length video, it's one of my fav ones) 💜💙♥️

​@@ShannonMakes Oh I watched it, don't worry :D And thanks for the suggestions, but most of them don't work for me. There are no dumpsters around here (unless we count the one closed off behind the supermarket, but there wouldn't be any fabric in there anyway) and there aren't any people offering free fabric, I could get it for ridiculously cheap though, as in 1€ per kg for decently sized scraps. But right now I have different priorities and no place to store something like that since I can't use half of my house and it is near impossible to get someone to fix that.

Yea, that's totally fair... the good news is that the internet (for better or worse, sometimes) is forever, so you can always refer back to the video when you're in a situation to pick up sewing again! Thanks for watching

​@@IISheireenIII'm really sorry to hear about the flooding and damage. That's a really awful thing to have gone through and have to recover from. ☹️

@@sq5 thank you, it is kinda stressful. But I also had lots of luck so I can't really complain too much compared to those who completly lost their homes or even family members (the 2021 flood in rhineland western germany if you are interested) If I look at what others lost that day, I can only be thankful that the most important things I lost were only my sewing supplys and the use of my ground floor (struckture seems fine thankfully). A bunch of rubble got lodged sideways between two buildings and sort of build a dam sparing my street from worse. Still depressing and stressful though, so it sometimes feels good to complain about it anyway.

Amazing!! Best of luck to you, it’s time we’ll invested, to be sure! ♥️💙💜

Thank you 😊 ❤️

Thank you!

huh?!

Oh I believe it, this robe is quite heavy (in a good, "I'm walking around in a hug" sort of way)

Love the weight, it's like wearing a hug!

Exactly!!

That's because a crazy quilt is a whole separate thing and very different technique. Crazy quilt actually IS random, whereas this is just the illusion of random!

@@ShannonMakes Exactly! Though I do think she would have said that... lol And she would have used it, too. She even made quilts out of WWII uniforms... as long as it works, anything goes, y'know. I think you'd have liked her...

I'm not the quilter in the family, my youngest brother was. Back in my heyday, I made Medieval and 17th century garb for the SCA...

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Go for it! I have a whole video on my channel, if you'd like more details on the process (and a great story to go with it)!

Thank you!

I mean, it's not difficult, it's just time consuming

@@ShannonMakes I know you're explaining for the lay people.

Right?! The pull is strong.... the good news is that this project can be made with the scraps from all your OTHER projects!! 🤣

@@ShannonMakes …dam* now I have to make it 😅😂

Thank you!

Thank youuu!! 🫶🫶

Thanks 🔥

Thank you!

you should definitely check out the full video, if you think the short extract is good!!

...except that this isn't actually crazy quilting, neither by today's definition nor by the Victorian method?

More just putting together a quilt not so much a crazy quilt.

There are worse things… 😂

@@ShannonMakes well.. time is an issue... and I'm in the middle of a crochet project, and several art projects.. and I don't have any fabric for sewing with...

but... this isn't crazy quilting, neither by the Victorian definition, nor the modern one🤔

Hello 😊!!

This is all thrifted or donated clothing, didn’t buy anything for this project. But if you want to see the warehouse I sometimes go to, I have a whole video on it here: The GIANT Fabric Warehouse You've Never Heard Of: Tour & Fabric Haul ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-npIJ_D6GLTI.html

Then find a different pattern for your own 🤷‍♀️

Linked in description of full video!

It's not an airport, no need to announce your departure 😘

@@ShannonMakes great reply 😅

@@jlammetje Thank you 🥰 I literally in the middle of a giant project that involved making an entire set of historic undergarments, and I think some people... underestimate... how much time it takes both to make and then to film/edit good quality garments and videos. I could just start churning out weekly vlogs with mediocre quality, but that's not really what I'm into, ya know!?

​@@ShannonMakes For sure! I'm always confused when content creators feel the need to apologise for not uploading every week (or even twice a week!) and get stressed over maintaining a schedule, when I really don't care how much time goes between uploads. But then I see a comment like Cheryl's and I get the stress creators feel. Especially for creators like you, who also have a "regular" job (not sure "circus performer" counts as regular, haha), we should just be happy with what we get 🙂

​@@ShannonMakes that's okay, this is the first thing of yours I can remember seeing and between this and your comment, I just subscribed. Quality trumps quantity!

Thank you!!