The Serial Hobbyist GirlThese are some options for drafting your own patterns from the second half of the 19th century. You don't need any drafting training! This copy of the Diamond Cutting System has a Library of Congress stamp from August 1895, but I can't say for sure if that's the exact time of the switch. At least we know it was by August. archive.org/details/diamondgarmentcu00gold/page/n7/mode/2up
Books for Drafting 19th Century Patterns: Apportioning DraftingThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-10-07 | These are some options for drafting your own patterns from the second half of the 19th century. You don't need any drafting training! This copy of the Diamond Cutting System has a Library of Congress stamp from August 1895, but I can't say for sure if that's the exact time of the switch. At least we know it was by August. archive.org/details/diamondgarmentcu00gold/page/n7/mode/2up
Blog: http://www.theserialhobbyistgirl.comCashmerette Glover Jean Jacket Pattern ReviewThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2025-01-01 | Cashmerette Patterns' latest Club pattern is out, the Glover Jean Jacket, and it's so good! ------------------------------------------------------
Blog: http://www.theserialhobbyistgirl.comReview of the Pattern Fantastique Vali Dress. Not all good news! 4KThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2024-08-27 | In this video I show you my Vali Dress from Pattern Fantastique, give you a couple things to think about if you're going to make this pattern, and finally give a pattern review. While I love the dress, it's not all good news for this pattern.
00:00 Intro 01:15 My Vali Dress 04:43 Modeling the dress 05:36 Consideratios for making the pattern 08:19 Pattern review 13:45 Conclusion and outro with pictures
Blog: http://www.theserialhobbyistgirl.com10 Dress Patterns Perfect for Job InterviewsThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2024-05-02 | Have a job interview coming up and want to make your own outfit for it? I've got you covered! Here are 10 dress patterns that are perfect for job interviews.
Blog: http://www.theserialhobbyistgirl.comWinding a hank of yarn on my Lykke winder and swift.The Serial Hobbyist Girl2023-04-03 | How a hank of yarn is wound into a ball from which knit.Inside the fabric and garment-making section of a Vietnam market.The Serial Hobbyist Girl2023-03-12 | While in Da Nang, Vietnam, I stumbled onto the fabric and sewing section. Here's a look around.
Blog: http://www.theserialhobbyistgirl.comNew Look 6525 in two different fabricsThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-11-02 | I sewed New Look 6525 view D twice, in two different fabrics. I talk about the fit adjustments I made and how each fabric impacts the look and feel of the dress.
--- * Affiliate link.Bernina Large SDT Embroidery Module (with unboxing)The Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-07-18 | I upgraded my embroidery setup to a Bernina large SDT embroidery module. Here I show you what comes in the box and why I chose this setup.
0:00 Intro 1:10 Background info 4:40 Reasons for the upgrade 7:31 Bernina embroidery module unboxing 10:48 Thoughts and outro
--- * Affiliate link.Making an 18th Century ButtThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-07-11 | Sometimes you just have to make a butt, an 18th century butt more specifically! This is the Frances Rump from Scroop Patterns. Historical butts are big!
--- * Affiliate link.GiGi New York Alex Mini Tote UnboxingThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-07-07 | Unboxing a GiGi New York Alex Mini Tote from the summer sale.
GiGi New York is a small US brand that makes their bags mostly in Long Island, NY. -------------------------------------------------------
--- * Affiliate link.1890s Walking Outfit Pattern Review (Black Snail Patterns and Truly Victorian)The Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-06-08 | Here's my 1890s walking outfit, including reviews of the patterns!
--- * Affiliate link.Polène Numéro Un UnboxingThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2022-05-25 | I hadn't done a handbag unboxing video in a while. I got myself a graduation present so I thought it was as good a time as any to make a bag video.
The bag is the Polène Numéro Un, or Number One in English. I'm smitten.
--- * Affiliate link.Making an Appliqued T-ShirtThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-08-31 | Here's how I made an appliqued raglan t-shirt for my son from start to finish.
--- * Affiliate link.Making an 18th Century Embroidered PocketThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-08-02 | I made an 18th century embroidered pocket based on an extant pocket!
--- * Affiliate link.Sewing Room TourThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-07-28 | Sewing room tour! I finally have a dedicated space for my sewing related things again! I forgot to mention this but the plastic basket in the Kallax, near the spare serger, is where I keep my serger thread.
After I filmed this video I went ahead and fixed the cuffs on the sleeves. I removed them and replaced them with cuffs that are 2" wider and that solved a lot of the sleeve issue.
0:00 Intro
0:28 Pattern description 0:55 Fit adjustments, dress, and pattern review 12:22 Useful tools for construction of the dress 13:37 Outro
--- * Affiliate link.Tutorial for Collar with Stand: A better, neater way to attach it.The Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-06-22 | Here is a tutorial for a different way to attach a collar with stand that will give you a neater result in the most visible areas with no hand sewing or trying to fold straight edges onto curved ones.
--- * Affiliate link.Making a 1920s BraThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-06-15 | 0:00 Intro 1:24 Original plan and pattern 6:33 Change of plans 8:23 Cutting and assembling new pattern 14:08 Boning the back edges 18:40 Setting the grommets and sewing the straps 24:24 Finished bra 25:25 Outro
- 1920s book with the pattern I loosely followed: Clark's O.N.T. Home Sewing Reference Book, published in 1927.
--- * Affiliate link.NYC (Brooklyn) Empty Apartment Tour | 3 bed 2 bathThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-05-05 | We are moving! This is a tour of the apartment we are moving into. After 6 years, it was time for a change.
--- * Affiliate link.Inside a Ready-To-Wear CoatThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2021-01-03 | Have you ever wondered what's inside a Ready-To-Wear (RTW) coat, giving it structure? In this video, I cut one open and show you!
In the video I mentioned that I've had the coat for about 20 years, which is true, but, to be fair, I did not wear it much for 6 of those years. For the rest, I wore it pretty hard. By the way, I briefly mentioned FIT without explanation. It is the Fashion Institute of Technology, a fashion school here in New York City.
--- * Affiliate link.Pins! Pins! Pins!The Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-12-03 | Pins are the little things in sewing that you don't hear much about but make a big impact in the sewing experience...specially when they are so sharp they constantly make you bleed.
I don't know the brand of the first pins, and the pearlized pins I'm showing here are branded Prym and purchased locally, but you can get similar ones pretty much at any craft store.
--- * Affiliate link.Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway in FallThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-10-19 | Fall colors along the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway in New York. So many beautiful autumnal hues!
--- * Affiliate link.Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway in SummerThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-10-19 | Summer greens along the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway. How all this green can be real is beyond me.
--- * Affiliate link.Love Notions Lyric Dress (Mood Sewing Network)The Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-09-30 | Here is my September Mood Sewing Network project, for which I chose the Love Notions Lyric Dress and stretch cotton sateen.
--- * Affiliate link.McCalls 7969, or the Strawberry Shortcake Cottagecore Nap DressThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-09-07 | I managed to turn @McCallPatternCompany 7969 into a big pink and red fabric marshmallow peep, or maybe a Strawberry Shortcake version of a cottagecore nap dress!
I received store credit from Mood Fabrics to purchase fabric for this project as part of the Mood Sewing Network but all opinions and reviews are my own and I do not receive any commission from them. Use code MSNTSH2 for 10% off your order. Offer valid online only and does not expire. Discount applied at checkout. Not be combined with any other offers, coupon codes, etc. Excludes items beginning with PV, SUN, or AWG.#SewATop Love Notions Forte TopThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-08-17 | Here's my video for the #SewATop challenge vlog tour! - Pattern: Love Notions Forte Top lovenotions.com/product/forte-top-dress-xs-5x
--- * Affiliate link.Seersucker Dress: From Drab to FabThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-08-08 | In this video I show you how I transformed a failed project into a successful one. My seersucker dress went from drab to fab.
What I'm wearing: - Shoes: Sarah Flint Parker flats in navy - Sunglasses: Jimmy Choo (via Last Call)
--- * Affiliate link.Deer and Doe Myosotis Dress (Mood Sewing Network)The Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-07-29 | - Deer and Doe Myosotis Dress: https://shop.deer-and-doe.fr/en/sewing-patterns/65-myosotis-dress-pattern.html
I received store credit from Mood Fabrics to purchase fabric for this project as part of the Mood Sewing Network but all opinions and reviews are my own and I do not receive any commission from them. Use code MSNTSH2 for 10% off your order. Offer valid online only and does not expire. Discount applied at checkout. Not be combined with any other offers, coupon codes, etc. Excludes items beginning with PV, SUN, or AWG.Not All Dresses Should Have PocketsThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-07-25 | Not all dresses should have pockets. I said what I said! But that doesn't mean NO dress should have pockets!
--- * Affiliate linkDisappointing Mansur Gavriel Bag UnboxingThe Serial Hobbyist Girl2020-07-16 | UPDATE: Mansur Gavriel has allowed a return with refund after seeing the shape the bag is in. Their customer service is fantastic.
Well, it's a bag unboxing, alright. I don't know why I look so pleased in the thumbnail!