Sewing GIANT pants! (Winslow Culottes challenge w/ Katie Makes Stuff) 

Who pantsed it better? What exactly *is* viscose dobby? And is this in fact the sweatiest sewing vlog you've ever seen?! All equally important questions. Check out Katie's video here! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k3CWBkVoUOI.html

I was super excited to see Katie do these pants, and just as excited to discover your channel because of it! With all the “I sew a whole summer wardrobe in four hours” videos out there, I really enjoy watching sewtubers who work a little more like I do: agonize over fabric choices, measure, stare, freak out, realize I’ve made a mistake and fix it, cut, stare, freak out, realize I’ve made a mistake and fix it, take a three day break, and knock it out because I’ve set myself a deadline and I work way better under pressure. Am I projecting too much? Maybe. Anyway these look AMAZING!!! The slash pockets came out great! And the finishing is really nice. I need to practice French seaming because my seam allowances always seem to be more a suggestion than a rule lol. You rock, and I’m now subscribed!

Yes, you were right about dobby. It's fabric with small textured circles on it. Your fabric looks lush! Your french seams are beautiful. You've officially got yourself some fancy pants! 👖💃

Okay, #1 your video is 1000% so much better. #2 YOU'RE SO FREAKING CUTE! #3 we apparently need to have a "who's workspace is messier" contest because that's something I think I'll beat anyone at. It's been super fun working on this with you! Nice pants!!

Interloper from Katie's page. Way to go!! For first pants they are amazing! Dobby is indeed the little diamond pattern on the fabric. Its made on a different loom to other woven fabrics. Viscose is a bit of a tricky beastie any slippery fabric is so well done on getting great french seams with slippery fabrics.

I relate so hard to the "I have a deadline, but let me do these three to five other things first" procrastination mentality

I’m here from Katie’s channel. Now I’m a new subscriber here! It’s a pants off tie. Your reveal with the wind may be the winner though.

I’m here from Katie’s video, but I’m loving everything about you and your chaos! I’d love to learn new slang, just like I’m loving to learn Welsh from Jimmy at Welsh Viking! New subscriber here!

I came over from Katie's channel and I'm so glad you two did this challenge because now I've subscribed to your channel, too.

Love the video, and the pants look very comfortable.

Wow! Miss Giddy you are not an idiot that's for sure! I love the pants and they look fantastic on you. I came over from Katie's channel and I enjoyed your video so much. You have a great sense of humor too! We need that sense of fun because sewing, quite often, will lead to tears. No crying here! Oh. I also love the crochet halter top you made. Stunning!

They look amazing! I love huge pants!

Your pants off gave me the courage to try making my own culottes, and now in the last 2 well weeks, I’ve made them, 2 pairs of June pants from Helen’s Closet, the Reynold’s dress, and working on my 5th and 6th Ashton tank tops! Who knew a big reason I don’t like clothes off the rack is because there’s about 6 sizes difference between my top and bottom? lol It’s going great, and also thanks to the power of suggestion from you I think lol, I’ve become obsessed with French seaming (so much RU-vid research and watching to incorporate pockets 🙄), and otherwise making sure that all seams (finally got the waistband fully enclosed by the third pair of pants) are fully encased at the end.😊 And it’s so much more inspiring really, when you show what happens when things don’t work out exactly the way you want-turns out the world doesn’t end, and I’ve ended up with things I love and yes, are getting incrementally better, but all are wearable as far as I’m concerned. Sorry for the ridiculously long message, but just had to say “Thank you!!!”

Awesome!

Haha you got me with the "Katy and I have different styles (I have none)" 😆 The result looks amazing, and soooo comfy! 😍 This video was absolutely hilarious, you nailed the editing, I loved it! Thank you for making me laugh so many times! 🤭💕

New sub cuz you rock also! I loved the pants off!

Well done, they look great on you. Cheers Mary

That's a mess? That's the tidiest sewing room I've ever seen. I'm slinking away now to have massive tidy up.....😟

👓👓👓💙

Love a good sewing video! I’m always tempted to see clothes for myself, but I know I don’t have the patience to make them look nice. Plus I mostly wear jeans and t-shirts anyway. I think you are doing great despite all your comments of not knowing what you are doing. Everyone has to start somewhere right?

Amazing! Watching these pants coalesce from the raw fabric of the universe was enlightening... normally I just hear a lot of sweaty cursing from the back room, followed by wild-eyed, Doc Brown-style babbling about seam allowances or overlockers or whatnot!

Ok so here’s the verdict: she had 2 pet cameos instead of one Dave cameo, she used soft sunset footage instead of windy rough English weather and also she did happy dances instead of dripppng sweat over poor dobby (fabric)… I have to give it to you because she clearly cheated!!!!! 😂

Won't you get kicked out of the UK for calling them pants?! Just kidding. You did a great job. I wish I could even attempt anything remotely like that (or even know what a French seam is). I've made one small pillow on my machine and think I need therapy to get over my fear of using it again. Rock those awesome "pants" with pride!

Regarding “Dobby” (sp?). I’d suggest checking Nicole Rudolph’s Fabric 101 series. Very cool!! Cotton 101: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4DKwK1ohX8A.html Linen 101: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SUTA7L_LNFw.html Silk 101: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KpiTld4rKfg.html Wool 101: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Byu_Ry7ZVYE.html

I was super excited to see Katie do these pants, and just as excited to discover your channel because of it! With all the “I sew a whole summer wardrobe in four hours” videos out there, I really enjoy watching sewtubers who work a little more like I do: agonize over fabric choices, measure, stare, freak out, realize I’ve made a mistake and fix it, cut, stare, freak out, realize I’ve made a mistake and fix it, take a three day break, and knock it out because I’ve set myself a deadline and I work way better under pressure. Am I projecting too much? Maybe. Anyway these look AMAZING!!! The slash pockets came out great! And the finishing is really nice. I need to practice French seaming because my seam allowances always seem to be more a suggestion than a rule lol. You rock, and I’m now subscribed!

I’m here from Katie’s channel. Now I’m a new subscriber here! It’s a pants off tie. Your reveal with the wind may be the winner though.