I want hooded clokes and flowy peasant dresses to be socially acceptable for me to wear all the time too😊 i never feel as comfortable as i do at the renaissance fair
@@sarahc8862 I think you want society to accept you...as they should indifrent of your state of dress. You should look into "history bounding" or vintage dress, even if you prefer the 1760s over the '60s, somme simply shorten flowy skirts to not inconvincing them self's and get/make west's in place of proper dress bodices, lacking the hip flare.
I agree I want cloaks to be more widespread. For myself I wear them anytime it gets cold as I have 5 cloaks and 2 capelets. They keep me warmer than coats do. I do get looks, but no-one has ever said anything rude to me. In all if there are any comments they are extremely positive and are people wishing they had their own cloaks or that they wish they had my confidence to wear them as I do. So you can do it! Person by person we can make them more socially acceptable!
"I'm stubborn. I wanna do everything by myself and then it doesn't work out." IF THAT AIN'T ME, HAHA Also, when you pinned the entire cloak, before sewing, I noticed how one the front pieces was pinned the other way around and I just quietly whispered "oh no". But it turned out amazing in the end and you definitely made want to sew my own cloak, as it seems very beginner-friendly (I may be spouting utter nonsense here haha). I loved the video and I can't wait to see more sewing projects from you!
I stopped the video right after hearing that line, just to comment that i'm the same XD And then i wonder why my expectations and reality don't match up u.u
"I have no idea when or where I will wear this" that was me when I bought a cardinal red wool cloak several years ago. I've only worn it once as part of a hobbit costume but I still don't regret the purchase because I just love it so much
when ye olde quarantine be over -or when you visit your nearest film theatre- it shall be exceptional to wear, along with winter. bonus points if worn during a Star Wars movie
the no pattern method is great but you should probably get some thrift scrap fabric to make a mockup to avoid these problems! love these sewing videos! love your learning process!!!!
I have never related more to you than when you made mistakes - lack of research because of stubbornness and sewing one seam the wrong way round are exactly what I do on every project! I watched this video while finger loop braiding the lacing for the front of my kirtle, which you (and your link to Elin's wonderful video) inspired me to make! Your channel is a firm favourite of mine these days and I always feel a spark of joy to see a fresh Loepsie video in my subscriptions
Oh, I LOVE this film! I watch it every year at the first new years day in the morning, with a hot chocolate. It's my ritual for it. You've made a good job with this cape. It is so sweet to watch you, taking every newbi-step on the sewing-road, that I by myself have passed too. Sewingpattern construction is still my worst enemy and I love how freshly you are conquering it. I definitely could watch and lern from your spirit.
I love that you’re so real and honest in your video! Sewing is a challenge and you showed it honestly, without editing it out :) what a lovely cloak. You did an amazing job on this project.
I loved watching this. I have actually been making cloaks to sell for a Renaissance Festival here in the U.S.A. for around 4 years now. Watching someone tackle it from an inspired by movie look was absolutely wonderful. I wear my cloaks every time it gets cool/cold and encourage everyone else to do the same. They are warm, a little dramatic, and super practical. Well done I loved it!
I've been around for a long time and this takes me back to your high school days when you were always going to the fantasy fairs! I love the cape, and thanks for showing us when you make mistakes; it makes me much more willing to try it myself.
I don't know what about this video warmed my heart so much! When you sewed the seam the wrong way your face cracked me up! The whole video was so charming! It turned out so awesome!
I think the pointy end looked really cool, it added this slightly evil/mysterious vibe to yet delicate! But the end result looks great, I don't have a sewing machine but this seems possible to do without it, I might give it a try ( I feel like I'm shooting myself on the foot by saying I can do it without a machine...). Go to Efteling with this cape, or maybe to a medieval fair, I am sure it would result in some magical photos.
Hand sewing takes a lot more time but is very rewarding! I have just finished my first project, a short undershirt in a medieval ish style. Look up some tutorials on common hand sewing techniques if you're unfamiliar and have fun!
It was over 7.5 metres of hem on my half circle cloak. Even on machine it was somewhat tedious for me, but if you feel like you have the time/energy/motivation to do it by hand: go for it! Or just use a fabric that doesn't need hemming.
imagine, people used to sew long dresses without a machine. of course it's more time consuming than with the machine, and you need tiny, even stitches, but it's not impossible. i foresee you'll be pretty proud of yourself when you're done ;)
I love cloaks:-) I was married in a silver and purple medieval wedding gown and had a floor length purple crushed velvet cloak made.....it was 180 inches around the bottom and was SOOOO heavy but so beautiful:-) also had matching cloaks made for my three daughters who were bridesmaids and Sri wear mine when I get the chance:-) XoxoxoxoxoxoX 😍🥰🤩❤️🤩🥰😍
My sewing projects are always me making the best of a series of silly mistakes - so this video made me smile. Thank you for spreading the joy and having a laugh
That’s lovely! I’m so impressed that you just buy the fabric and go for it like that. Have you ever thought of using cheap muslin to figure out/practice your idea, then you can make traceable patterns, before using the actual fabric? Just an idea. 🙂
That movie is such a Christmas tradition in Norway as well! I have watched it every year for as long as I can remember, and the Norwegian dubbing is absolutely brilliant!
Lovely! I like your hood. When I make capes, I usually cut out half a circle as large as my fabric allows, and then make a slit for the neck and reinforce it with a small gore. Sidenote, capes should not be lined. Wool is very good at holding heat, even when soaking wet. Humid linen will cool you down. All re-enactors I have spoken to prefer just 1 layer of wool. If you have to line it because it's too thin, do it in wool!
this looks amazing, i want to make one now too! this movie is so dear to my heart and is shown on tv on christmas morning every year here in norway, a tradition 90% of norwegians participate in watching. and i love the idea of using a different colour and fabric to make it more wearable, maybe i’ll make one too for christmas next year!
Experimenting and making mistakes is the best way to learn, in my opinion! I would suggest though, if you're trying to draft your own pattern without instruction, to consider making a mock-up out of cheap fabric first, that way any mistakes won't waste your good fabric :) It is so tempting to jump right in, though... I'm equally impatient to get to the fun parts when starting a new project too.
I bought a pattern and made one for Halloween. I was watching this whole video relating to you so much. At first glance, I thought a cloak was actually just as simple as making a circle skirt like you. After I made it amd followed the pattern, my eyes were freaking open. I wore it to work, and my sister and I had to stop by the store afterwards, it was a very cold and windy Halloween for the south but let me tell you how cool I looked with it blown out and flowing in the wind of a Walmart parking lot. Wish they were still in fashion
I think that you did a great job.^^ I am from Czech republic so I know Tři Oříšky pro Popelku back and forth. As a child a loved her "wedding" dress. She looked like a real princess to me.^^
I wish I could give this video multiple likes: One for another sewing video One for Tri orisky pro popelku One for how you fixed your issues One for having the same iron as me 🙂
i liked this gugel ( German medieval ) long - conic - tailed hud so much, I hatd to record my favorite parts so I can save it to my cosplay archives. awesome video
Yay for fairytale cloaks! I repurposed a blue velvet curtain a few years ago that I wore in public last weekend. I got a few compliments and no negative response, so yes let's bring back cloaks! I've struggled with those buttons too. For me it helps to make tiny basting stitches at the outer edge of the circle to keep everything in place. I just leave the thread and cut it off once the button is finished. For me it's just impossible to make them any other way.
The seam where the front triangular gores attach looks like a good place to put a slit that you can put your arms through so the cloak stays closed (keeping your body warm) when you want to do something or hold something with your hands.
I think the best stradegy is to lay 2 yards of fabric you have to fold it in half vertically so you have the lengrh of you body all the way around.find the center and pin a string the length you want the cloak to be then use a pen or chalk to draw a huge half circle because when you unfold it you have a full circle....cut the neck in the center so you can put you head through and wear the cloak to cut the opening up the front...then of course repeat with whatever liner fabric you choose sew the two circles right sides together then turn it and top stitch...add the hood... and it is a perfect cloak! It does require 2 yards for the cloak and 2 yards for the liner but well worth it to have a beautiful flowy full cloak and usually enough for a hood
You have made a gorgeous cloak I love how the hood is . All of us that sew have probably done the same mistakes I know I have its because the fabric looks the same on both sides a little trick is to pin either the wrong side or right side which ever you prefer . Being self taught and not using patterns is a lot longer process but you can be very proud that you made this on your own etc I love it .
I've been watching Once Upon A Time & now I'm hunting for the perfect fabrics to make myself a beautiful cape! I don't care what people think of me so I'm sure I'll stick out in LA
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What a wonderful cloak!!! Love it. I am the same way when I sew my creations. But now, I make my general pattern which can work in many different projects. Loved it!! Amazing work. 👍💙💙😀
wow this is amazing, you are so talented. every one of your videos is so positive and I just love your energy ... so uplifting!!! 💞 you are just one of my favourite people. you inspire me as a small youtuber😘😘
I love the cloak! I recently watched two videos by the costuber Dolthalion, who showed how to make two different types of cloaks. Between his videos and this one, I really, really want to make a cloak!
I’ve been very interested in capes and a few years ago they reappeared in stores and on Etsy. I like the look of Monk’s robes too. Great job, very fun to watch. Thank you!!
Love that you showed us the mistakes you made along the way. :) This will be so perfect for Elfia if you're going, especially if it's one of the chillier ones!
I love this video! I love that you're honest with your sewing mistakes, it makes me feel much better about mine which are often just as bad! I cannot say how much I love the music in this! I love the style of the video and the music compliments it so well!!
I love how it turned out! Why did people ever stop wearing cloaks? I love them and have several that I have made myself. I've been sewing for over twenty years and I still have those times when I sew a piece on the wrong way..LOL
Great cape, your delight is cute!! You could wear it to the theatre?! ps you may find that, like curtains, after it‘s hung for a while, the hem becomes uneven; normally you‘d hang something like thisfor a bit before hemming. But I get the „I want asap“ 🤣
Loepsie : Oh no, I attached one seam on the other side than all the others Me : *currently unpicking a hem facing the wrong side while watching this video*
@@Loepsie Thank you x') I just finished and doubled check I was on the right side now ! I may be doing a cloak after that haha and well done by the way, it is gorgeous :)
Hello from Ireland. I’m really enjoying your series. You mentioned that you studied Celtic and Gaelic studies in university, it would be so awesome and unique to incorporate that into your channel videos, I’m not sure if they had a specific hair style but I put into google old Celtic Gaelic hairstyles and I got great images on google...... perhaps some basic Gaelic or Celtic type costumes you could make d.i.y using your sewing machine, for example with a Tara broach that I just looked up on eBay there’s cheap ones for under a fiver, they used to put them on a cloak. I hope I’m not annoying you or insulting you, I am from Ireland and I’m working overseas I just get really homesick and there isn’t much online about the Celtic or Gaelic things. My grandparents used to do this storytelling thing called sean nós, where they’d dress up as a seanachí who was a Gaelic storeyteller and my grandad used to put a fake moustache on and a big cloak and tell old Irish fairy tales like the story or Fionn mac cumhaill, the story of the salmon on knowledge, the tír nóg, the giants etc. Just some ideas, if you wanted to take on board it would be wonderful but I’ll understand if they are too out there. I think your degree is so unique and valuable and it would be wonderful to incorporate all that hard work from uni into your channel, perhaps a separate series that relates to the Celtic and Irish studies. Anyway enough from me, best wishes
OH MY GOODNESS! Im from Czechia and i really admire the way you pronounce '' Tři oříšky pro Popelku '' the letter Ř is actually really unique and only used in Czechia and is really hard to pronounce for foreigners, so im proudu of you! I mean, even some Czech People have problem with it. Otherwise great video! Keep up the good work
Love the hood. When I am buying fabric for projects I try to always over estimate. for a cloak i would get 4-5 yards/meters some need a lot more depending on the width. for a full skirted dress again 4-5 yards/meters they usually take more than I expect and sometimes I can fudge it sometimes I use a complementary fabric as a design element. You did good with your project also it is bias so will forgive you for the missing shoulders as it will drape over your shape.
so, people in the comments who wear cloaks. how do you carry your stuff? I am fairly shameless when it comes to wearing stuff that Gets Looks, but usually have a backpack. would I have to find a not-backpack bag, or do they go on & off under the cloaks easily? if I can find an answer, I'm making one. (when I say I'm shameless about wearing Clothing That Gets Looks, my favourite skit is a bright green calf length circle skirt made out of an old duvet cover. it has a pocket large enough to carry a beer can, lined in red with 2 fangs. I also started Morris dancing because I like wearing the bells. so...yeah. not big on subtlety here)
this cloak turned out to be so beautiful! i really love the witchy vibe it has :D and i admire your determination and skill to make all of that by yourself without any help. i don't think i'd be able to do that, though i'd really love to learn to sew too. i also love that film, i am from slovakia, so they play that film every year at christmas eve and it's a tradition for both czechs and slovaks to watch it too :D (btw i heard it's a popular film in norway too, which i think is very interesting) i think it would be cool to see more fairytale inspired sewing videos from you in the future! if you get inspired of course :) there's a lot of really aesthetically-pleasing czechoslovak fairytales from around those times as cinderella, but i suppose you know of them, as you have that background ♥ (oh and your pronounciation of the film's original title was so perfect :D)
This looks so good! (and turned out to be just another cloak making video that inspire me to do my own) I honestly like these videos of yours almost because of the mistakes you show, because it's so relatable, especially for beginners :)
aawww u look adorable and cute with those cape cloak.you look like female harry potter. i love cape cloak.i got inspired cape cloak from prince of Persia warrior within and assassins creeed revelation.
