Sewing for 24 hours straight was not my *best* idea. 🫠 

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"You might not be done in 24h, but you will be 24h further in the project" is a key take away and real motivation

Im so glad you highlighted the fact that these long hours are routinely expected of sweatshop seamstresses. I don't think people realize how much unions did for us in demanding a humane 8 hour workday.

The takeaway: *without time and space shenanigans*, you can’t squash several days’ work into 24 hours. Next time, we’re calling up the Doctor 😎

Dear Bernadette. The biggest mistake you made was to start in the morning. Projects like this should start in late afternoon after a good, long nap. That way you're still awake and, somewhat, alert through the dark hours when your body say it's time to sleep. Once the sun rises the following day your body will wake up with it and you'll have a bit more energy to finish the project.

3am and onwards, I'm like "please tell me Danny is the one doing the editing" because we all know siblings have the sass to have the most fun with this, and the moment it said "Bernadette Banner - Absolute Clown", I knew it was Danny

> "I might get distracted by other projects in the day if I get bored of the cape" > Litteraly starts the day by designing a whole new project that litteraly was revealed to her in a dream Love you Bernadette

In our home, we have a rule about not doing any subtractive art after "scissors o'clock." Scissors o'clock is when it is time to put down the scissors before something gets hurt. You heard it here first.

Heathcliff calmly sewing in the background whole Bernadette is being chaotic is the dynamic duo I didn't know I needed.

It is amazing how many medical providers (including advanced students!) are routinely making life-and-death decisions on 24-hour shifts. I totally agree about Shein but as a health researcher my brain always goes back to medical labor conditions and I really want better for patients and health workers.

I expected this to be a video where Bernadette gradually unraveled over 24 hours, but given that she STARTS OFF by sketching out a dream fantasy gown, I can only say 10/10 efficiency for not needing 24 hours

Honestly waking up after a fever dream of working on the most-beautiful-gown-that-has-not-existed-yet™ is the most Bernadette thing ever LOL

People don't understand exactly _how_ much one's capacities for clear thinking and good choices degrade with lack of sleep. On that subject...have you checked yourself for fresh tattoos?

"I don't know whether this fabric exists but I know EXACTLY what it's supposed to be like" love you Bernadette

Pointing out the hours some people are required to work in the context of this was EYE OPENING. I am also one of those people that cannot do 24 hours awake without any kind of nap. Cheers.

I absolutely and genuinely adore how Bernadette hair has just gotten more and more unhinged. Absolutely glorious. Defy physics. The Empress demands that her hair rip time and space apart in fabulousness that rivals Cthulu's horror.

I fully appreciate the ever changing style of Bernadette's hair over 24 hours 😅 Mine does the same.

I think we all know Lyra is the real star of this video ✨🥕

me in my 20s: 24-36 hours with no sleep to finish a multi-page design project for college? bring it! me in my 40s: 12 hours awake? nah, ima go nap nap now. 😂

To know that it only takes about 18 hours of constant sewing for Bernadette to become as weird and unhinged as I am naturally just warms my heart and makes me feel seen. 😅❤

The last time I stayed up for 24 hours was in college finishing a paper. I was borderline loopy...I was so tired I was giggling at everything. I can't imagine trying to sew for that long. Hope you got a good sleep afterwards.

as someone who works evening and overnight shifts in my "day" job, my hot tip for anyone who needs to stay up for 24+hrs straight for some reason (don't) is this: start in the afternoon/evening so you have energy for the overnight. Your body's circadian rhythms will always be working against you at night. Leave the final push for daytime hours and it will be a bit easier. But also... don't do this. It sucks. Great video though!

The Rachel Maksy energy was so strong in this video that I kept expecting her to appear, crouching in some corner in her signature Floor Troll mode.

The Taking the Hobbits to Isengard dance break followed by “Bernadette: Absolute Clown” sent me 😂🤣 Thank you for being you, Bernadette! ❤️

😂 I love Bernadette's unapologetic, chaotic "Missy" era!

Congrats on the all nighter - it is the following day I find painful. I work in a Uni Library and the number of times I have suggested people go home, have a hot meal, shower and rest is beyond count

As a multiple victim of 24 hour work marathons, I can only sympathize lol Love all the piggie cameos and shenanigans! Hope you get well-rested though!

No one has inspired me more to simply be myself than you have.

I only managed all-nighters like 3 times in high school. In college I almost never worked past 2am, because anything I was doing at that point was literally garbage. I hope you recover ok from this experience. It definitely seems like 18 hours is your useful limit!

The Galadriel dress does sound amazing

Did a 40 hour day once on a costume job. I then left theatre work for a break, always planning on going back, that was about 15 years ago.

Several years ago I decided to do the "watch all of The Hobbit and LotR extended editions in 24 hours" challenge. I figured the easiest way to keep myself awake through the middle and not screw up my sleep schedule too bad was to go to bed after an early supper, wake up at 11:30, and start the marathon at midnight. It actually worked really well! I was still struggling through the end of Return of the King, of course. I wasn't able to sit still for the last half hour for fear of falling asleep. Pacing the room and texting a friend were the only things that kept me awake.

Most of your content is so smooth, so poised, sophisticated, polished. It's easy to be fooled into thinking that Bernadette is actually a nineteenth-century time traveller, or perhaps some long-lived fae creature, who is gracing us with her historical experience and expertise. Then we get videos like this one, with her cell phone, and her leaping about to re-mixed LOTR dance music, and her thoroughly 21st-century real life, to remind us that indeed, you are a real person. You are not just a beautiful maker of exquisite things on the RU-vid box; you are a living, breathing, sleeping, dancing, guinea-pig feeding and cuddling, needle-breaking (not this time!), back-stretching, fallible human being. (..I was about to end that sentence with the phrase "..just like the rest of us," but let's be honest: Bernadette is NOT just like the rest of us; she is way more talented and dedicated than most of us, which is why we love to watch her channel and the exquisite things she makes, and the vast knowledge she has spent years cataloging in her wonderful brain!) So thank you: thank you for this glimpse into your daily life, your human fragility. We love you all the more for it.

I *absolutely* support taking brief naps to let brain and body have downtime before starting again, refreshed. I realized some time ago that The Point of Diminishing Returns™ is absolutely a thing, and trying to push through it will only result in tears and recriminations. The more I've tried to push through, the more mistakes I make and the more frustrated I get. #NotWorthIt

Under pressure I can pull off one of these shenanigans and still function the next day. But It usually takes 48 hours to recover from and all nighter! It was great you had a sewing partner for part of this challenge, not a luxury I have had but might consider in the future. If you think of doing this again, please watch this video and reconsider! Sleep well..😴😴😴 PS Next time I think about an all nighter I am going to watch this video. Thanks for a dose of reality!

That cloak looks INCREDIBLE and I need one asap. I've had to enforce a no sewing after 10pm rule. I never do good work and I then spend even more time fixing it. You're a brave woman 😂💪

I have pulled all-nighters and been pretty functional the next day, but when I do I ALWAYS crash at about 2-3 pm. Mid afternoon after no sleep and my body just starts shutting down systems whether I like it or not. Also, re: working all-nighters for getting more stuff done, I always consider the immortal quote "Nine women can't make a baby in a month!"

A Choice was Made. I remember the all nighters I made in college, and I just kinda stared into the distance. Proud of you, hope your sleep schedule is wonderfully regulated again.

The more Bernadette turns into a crazed Victorian inventor, the more besotted I become ❤

This reminds me SO much of the week of my wedding last year. I did everything custom, designed and sewed everything for my 18 person wedding party, including making my own gown and doing major alterations on my husband's suit jacket. 2 weeks before the wedding, my sewing machine broke, and my sister loaned me hers but without the power cord, which took 4 days to get. The week of the wedding, 2 bridesmaids and I were just frantically sewing all night every night, and literally taught 5 other wedding party members how to pin, cut, and do basic sewing so they could help us 😂 The night before my wedding, I slept 2 hours, and sewed the last sleeve of my gown literally in the hair and makeup chair the morning of 😂😂 My right hand bridesmaid and I were comparing notes on how many weeks later we got feeling fully back in our fingers. I'm shocked and amazed that we got everything done, got through the week, got through the wedding, and didn't have too many unhinged clown shenanigans from lack of sleep 😂😂😂

This was literally me the final year of my costume degree, it’s giving me flashbacks 😂 I regret putting my body through that, it’s not worth staying up all night, sleep is really more important, and as you say, you’re FAR more productive when you’re rested and capable of problem solving!

Low key inference: Shein and other sweat-shops are not only absolutely inhumane, but will NEVER be able to produce decent quality products. You were able to take breaks and are already in good physical health (not in poverty) and even your brain stopped functioning properly after about twelve hours.

Heathcliff with the wise words about being 24 hours further along, even if not finished ♥Always a pleasure to see a Heathcliff appearance!

I, too, got a giggle over the 24 hr sewing marathon beginning with a dream design project.

Yes, lets watch Bernadette handle sharp objects while sleepy, sounds fun!

I'm a "night owl" so I often wind up working through the night. Usually, I don't realize that it's _that_ late until the sun starts coming up. Staying up 24 hours is easy, but it's the next few days that are really hard. Ideally, I need 48 hours to recover, so I can sleep on and off whenever I want to. It's like getting over the flu. I sometimes make silly mistakes if I'm sewing, but, fortunately, staying up late just makes everything extremely funny. I like when I sew my project to the clothes I'm wearing.

I never realized before that the piggies' pen is right in the thick of things. That's wonderful. The shots of the 4 of you all going about your business in the shared space were just so cozy and pleasant.

I totally understand this feeling. I did a full 24hr stint early last week, as I was exhibiting at The K&S show at Ally Pally, so I got up on the Thursday morning at 4.30am, got ready and caught the train up to London, I worked all day, then I had to go home to Bath (on the train) on the Thursday evening, drive to my studio, and work through the night to glaze a final kilns worth of work, get the kiln on, drive home, shower, and get the train back up to London, worked all day again and then got the train back home AGAIN. I slept 5hrs, went to my studio to unload my kiln, too hot. Got a couple more hours kip on my crash couch, opened my kiln too early, unloaded with welding gloves, packed everything into my car, drove to Ally Pally, arrived about half 2 to find my helper run off her feet, poor thing. She's my absolute hero. Working round the clock is not fun, especially when caffeine doesn't work on you. It's taken me most of the week to recover from that show, which was number 7 in 10 weeks.

Oh man, I remember this lesson from my college days. It was always, always better to squeeze in a nap when I pulled all nighters. Even 90 minutes made such a big difference. One REM cycle is a hundred times better than zero. Still, amazing work for these challenging conditions :)

The reality TV-esque editing after hour 20... just wonderful.

When I was in art school I was constantly having to do a 4AM copy shop run, because I always had to make presentation boards and I wasn’t about to do that with my original designs. The 4AM copy run was always accompanied by a stop at the nearby 24-hour Wendy’s, because at some point I discovered that if I wasn’t going to sleep, I needed to eat every four hours. I’d usually finish around 6 AM, lay down for half an hour and then get up to make the commute for my 8 AM class. Ahh, the things we were capable of at 20 years old… Also, I’m absolutely loving the contrast between Bernadette’s “feral era” and the much more buttoned-up persona she displayed at the start of the channel. The looser, slightly more casual mode of dress and manner of speech - not to mention the 3AM *hair down* dance party - really speaks to her level of comfort on camera.

That idea for a Galadriel dress sounds and looks like an absolute dream! Which is.. fitting, I suppose. But I'd really love to see you bring that vision from the Unseen Realm to reality one day! ✨

I remember pulling an all-nighter once in college to complete some make up lab assignments. After that, I went to class and then to my boyfriend's place for a nap so that I could have him wake me for my next class because there was no way an alarm was going to be enough... I do not recommend all-nighters by any means. I hope you've gotten some sleep and that you didn't have to redo too much of your cape.

A check list is always useful, to cross off the list what was done will help. Cat naps help also. However on a side note: you will be able relate to how interns feel when they a shift at a local hospital.

Dude. When I get tired I just make a mess, my friend. Eventually I have to stop because I've had to undo so many mistakes that I'm making myself crazy. I can't even imagine 24 hrs. I would be stabbing myself. Loved the dance party and random punk concert.

Bernadette absolutely jamming out to They're taking the hobbits to Isengard at 3 am is the most relatable thing I've seen on this channel

I feel wise because I've learned to just stop when I'm not doing good work. it's times like those where critical errors happen.

I've sone stuff like this for a professional project or two. The best situation was a 48 hour stretch where I would work for five hours then nap for two hours. It was the best of a bad situation, my bi-polar roommate had a sever religious delusion and burned three months worth of work, I had two days, on set to recreate EVERYTHING (four clean and four trashed sets of 1600 clothing). A saving grace was that the tech got blue screens instead of green, so the blue suits were unusable. Then, the shoot went over, I needed to get back to my 18 month old: we set up to overnight some more costumes to the next location... Yeah, Murphy's law won and I ended up driving back to the set (10 hours and two states way) to deliver the rest of the costumes. I LOVE movies.

Never thought I'd see Bernadette Banner with a messy modern bun, barely able to piece a coherent sentence together 😂 Almost an uncanny scene

It helps to be excited for your project when planning an all-nighter. If you feel unmotivated, then your mind just wanders away... Thank you for sharing your project!

*slowly begins chanting* "dream. dress. dream. dress. Dream. Dress! DREAM! DRESS!" The Galadriel rain dress is really so pretty I need to see it actualized

Thank you for this greta video. Truely the best advice for pulling all-nighters/extremely long working hours is: Don't. Even if you're a person who _can_ work/stay up long your cognitive abilities still decline, you might just not notice it as easily. You'll be way more productive working 8 hours each on two days, than 16 hours in one stretch, chances are you'll achieve more in those two 8 hours days than in one 24 hour stretch. On top of that all that overtime takes a toll on your health in the long run. Join a union, fight for healthier working hours, for your own trade and that of others :)

You're a delightful maelstrom of chaotic production and I would love to sit in the corner of your studio and watch your mad genius at work - I would bring cake of course

I certainly can't pull all nighters like I used to, but if I had to meet a deadline, then a 30-minute power nap or eye rest after every 2 hours of work would be required. As another commenter said, it could take up to 48hrs to recover from that 8+ hours lost, so then you're behind on your other goals.

I just need to state that “Bernadette Banner - Director of Clown Affairs” has me CACKLING 😂🤣🤡

I used to sew for 10-14 hour stretches, because if I didn’t finish all at once, it would take me years to finish a project. I lived on the third floor. When I got to meet my downstairs neighbor, he asked what the whirring noise was at 4 AM. I felt so bad that I started keeping my sewing until 11 and try just cutting the next project out after that. I thought of Bernadette today when I bought some beautiful wool tartan. I’m going to throw it on a chair and wait for it to design itself into a cape. Just kidding. I bought a fabulous vintage pattern to go with my wool because I’m not a designing genius.

As someone in the military and has tons of friends in healthcare…. Yes you are correct staying up that long does affect your cognitive function…. Hence the absurd amount of caffeine these types of professions ingest🥴😅 you’re a trooper for pushing through! Sewing is such a hard thing to do when fully awake😂 I could never! You’re amazing!!!

bernadette tends to give the impression that she has her shit together. and then she does something like this. it's still entertaining content.

I feel like Heathcliff might be one of the luckiest people on Earth. Also; you know you’re definitely making the Galadriel rain jewel gown. 😉 💎 🌧 🧝‍♀️ PS: go Bernadette’s neighborhood punk band! 🤘👩‍🎤 PPs: imagine being Miss Banner’s neighbor and being disturbed by the sounds of epic historical .. stitching. 🧐

Always love seeing what amazing projects you get up to. A little tip, from someone who works with leather on the daily, is to putt a scrap piece of leather under what you're punching a hole through to keep the tool sharper for longer. :D

I have pulled all nighters many times in my career. When I was young it wasn’t bad. Now, I couldn’t do it. Thanks for the great video.

Currently watching while doing my first ever embroidery project which i need to finish by tomorrow. At least i now have a bernadette video to keep me going!!!

I went to theatre school, and all nighters were literally glorified by half our students, myself included. By year 4, I adapted a refusal to pull an all nighter and just take a brief nap before continuing with work. It was 100% not the best choice, but when you have ADHD and you require urgency to do your best work, it tends to happen more frequently lol I definitely turned in a corset I spent the night hand sewing with a small nap between 1 and 3 am 😅

As I watched Bernadette get more and more tired, I remembered a conversation with my then 18 year old college son. He had figured out his best studying was done in the morning before a test or assignment. He got far more retention in the morning than trying to pull a very late night as he retained less and less information. He went on to graduate magna cum laude, played five years of minor league baseball, went back to school and was given full scholarships for two masters degrees. He's never stopped reading and learning and I'm a wee bit proud. My whole point was this brought back a sweet mom/son memory with a teen son who is now in his thirties and still balancing his work and after hours sports! PS I made this comment during the video and then heard Bernadette repeat the same finding when she was in college! Awesome! (And yet she was still willing to sacrifice her sleep to entertain us. 😂)

Honestly this is D-E-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N but…also proof that self care is a much needed thing 🥲😭 LOVE YOU BERNADETTE LOL ❤❤❤

I did almost-allnighters with minimal sleep in early 2022 when I had to finish my outfit for my school's annual fashion show. I watched Downton Abbey to stay vaguely conscious and I did finish the project but just barely. (My accessorie, a coffin backpack, was assembled the night before.)

When having to deal with theatrical costume deadlines I have found the best way to handle “the sleepies” is to put my head down at my machine or in my comfy sewing chair & take a purposeful catnap for 15-20 minutes- no longer … when awaking I find I am more sharp & efficient … also having a couple of chocolate chip/oatmeal ‘n raisin cookies & glass of milk is refreshing & aided in restoring mental clarity (instead of a caffeinated beverage) … I use this technique only when absolutely necessary … Scheduling solid production sewing days of no more than 10 hours of focused work has been my most productive go to but … Using my tried & true (for my personal best “rush to finish”) of a couple of catnaps & calorie “pick me ups” … has seen me through to ensure that everyone onstage opening night is dressed in character & looking great… However, I agree that sewing for me passed that 12th consecutive hour can become, at times, rather counter productive and just plain slower going … far more “dumb” mistakes can happen … things become just so much more tedious & my expert sewing technique are reduced to less than pro work- more hit ‘n miss and more stupid (mindless) mistakes therefore more time consuming … but … Even with mindful efficient scheduling with best of intentions … emergencies and huge interruptions (usually having to do with children/grandchildren, etc…) … it’s good (gives me a bit of a more secure feeling)… to have an “all nighter” plan in place to deal with those “down to the last minute” costume wrap-ups that almost inevitably occur when life is happening … Some friends say a good strong cup of coffee is their best bet but for me I have happily discovered Yerba Mate tea to be my best bet for late night into morning’s wee hours to work effectively without a huge shaky buzzzzzzz … it’s more grounding … especially with small sandwich or cookie snack to support more even blood sugar levels which can provide better mental clarity and reduce physical fatigue … little short walking & stretching breaks every few hours also helps … Good luck to anyone having to pull all-nighters in the future … don’t be intimidated by your time constraints … use the … … 5 minute-walk & stretch breaks along with a catnap or two and some light nutritional boosts to help you stay focused & on your game to see you and your project through😉

That dream Galadriel dress is definitely a must-see 😍

"If you can't take things to the absolute extreme, what are you doing with your life?!" These words lifted me up so much, you have no idea, thank you, sincerely! 😊

When you start asking yourself "is this a bad idea" .... the answer always yes ..

As someone who has insomnia and has been awake for two days straight I can relate.

Hearing you talk about working while tired struck a chord. Being a doctor and working 70 hours in a week... I know I'm exhausted and my brain isn't working well, but I don't have a choice but to keep going.

I remember finding in grad school that once I hit about 2 am, I couldn't function and it was better to go sleep for a few hours, then get back up and finish. The once or twice I've pulled an actual all-nighter, I felt like I had a hangover afterward. And that was just with writing papers. I would absolutely not be sewing anything that late at night--no way I'd be thinking clearly enough for it.

You and Heathcliff are truly two peas in a pod! 💕 I love the LOTR song to wake up!

Even as a writer who uses 3 a.m. as a solution to writer's block, I do *not* reccomend forgoing sleep to finish a project. Having literally stayed up for 68 hours straight a time or two, I can confirm that there comes a point when it's infinitely more efficient to "waste" time sleeping than to try and keep working. (The 68 hour mess was not my fault, for the record. Anxiety-induced insomnia is evil. Thanks, high-school! Also, genuine thanks to the classmates who kept me from listing into walls and doorframes on day three and tried to politely ask if I needed some kind of substance abuse counseling.)

Watched four times just to keep me inspired with finishing my own sewing for the day. Cheers for 1 am sewing projects 😂

this was so nice to do some much needed darning to. I always use your videos as a reminder to do whatever small fix-y projects I have, they're just so wonderfully calming

Working night at the hospital, I feel you, Bernadette. Been there, clowned that.

I was binge-watching your old vids today to find that you have upload a new one. Can't wait to finish🤗

I have to compliment you on the work room, Looking fantastic! The writing desk in particular 😍

bernadette: sewing for 24 hours straight was a bad idea me: okay so i should try to do this? i'm going to do this

Can I just say to Danny that the editing on this video is exquisite?!? This is so well done and that makes the content even more enjoyable. So good! You all make such a great team 🌟🎥

Yay! A new video! This just made my day. I needed one of your videos today 😊

a 24h marathon seems more something Rachel would try than you Bernadette.

I love your work videos so much, I adore piggie progress updates, but the fact that your phone is also set to 24 hour time is fabulous.

The lighting in your videos is *always* fantastic. Kudos!

Bernadette, you are such a great inspiration. Always. 🎉🎀🍀

I used to be much better at pulling all-nighters. Part of it was so I could fit in my anime-watching. The daytime was filled with adults telling me where to go, what to do and schoolwork. The time for ME was always night-time up until Adulthood where I became much happier as a result. As I've got older. All-nighters are much harder. I tried to do one recently for a presentation due the next day. It wasn't completely my fault because life stressors delayed me in doing more the previous days. Most of the prep had been done but I had underestimated how much time it took to relay that to screen and editing a powerpoint. I finished my script at 5am, but it was over the time limit and I pretty much had an essay draft by that point, and the powerpoint needed editing that required the energy of one who was not a snail. So, I had to email my teacher and beg them for a second extension because of this (my first one was because I got a cold). I do have disabilities that in general make it harder for me and it's written that I may need extra time to complete things. So, with luck my extension will be granted. But, yeah all-nighters as an adult suck. I think they're easier as a teen or early 20s because your circadian rhythm is delayed for a while before it slowly crawls back to adult sleep time.

If I even attempted something like this, I would have to plan with the detail of a full military engagement. I would need to list every single task attached the projects, the estimated time attached to each task, verify supplies, send notifications to loved ones of a communication blackout as I would need to “go dark” to avoid distractions, schedule the entire day out minute by minute, include at least two one-hour power naps, brew all the tea, purchase all the sugary rations, set all the task alarms, and then block a sixteen-hour coma to follow. I applaud your dedication to science. Now, for the love our squishy furry friends, SLEEP.

This is just absolute gold.