A Very Late (or early)

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@sew_So_beautiful 8 ай бұрын

Your blue floral dress is gorgeous! I love the rolled hem on the sleeves. That's something I still have to learn how to do properly.

@TheFrenchSeams_vlog 8 ай бұрын

That yellow fabric is just gorgeous Karen have a wonderful time with your sister and buy LOADS 😉

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

It will be hard Rachel but I will take one for the team and buy as much as I can! 😂 🥰xx

@paulamattsson8583 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful fabric,love your Zadie dress ,and enjoy London ❤❤❤❤

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Aw thank you Paula 🥰xx

@susanhealey6294 8 ай бұрын

Hi Karen, Have a lovey time with your sister in London. Hope you get some fantastic fabric, looking forward to see your next vlog. x

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Susan 🥰xx

@pamelafothergill6847 8 ай бұрын

Enjoy your time with your sister and the concert. Looking forward to seeing the fabrics you buy. Take care.

@margaretwilson6427 8 ай бұрын

Have a good trip.

@jackiecaine3220 8 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing your haul from Goldhawk Road, exciting!

@howardpennpenn 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great trip! Enjoy....❤

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Aw thank you - I'm so excited! xx🥰

@sherridynpistorius4910 8 ай бұрын

That elastic looks like the stuff they use on camis or inside garments so they stay on hangers😊 I use a stilletto to protect my fingers when I'm quilting. Have a wonderful time with your sister😊

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Ooooh I'll have to look out for one of them - I do like to hear about things I don't have in the sewing room so that I can have a little spend on line 😁 I think you are right about the elastic might think about putting loops inside my garments that slip off the hangers all the time 🥰xx

@rtblade4 8 ай бұрын

Have a wonderful time with your sister! I can’t wait to see your new fabrics

@robynlaszlo6128 8 ай бұрын

Enjoy your time away looking forward to the haul😊😊😊

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Aw thank you Robyn I am looking forward to it so much 🥰xx

@sweeky6855 8 ай бұрын

Have a lovely break Karen x

@andrearyan816 8 ай бұрын

How exciting, enjoy! Looking forward to seeing your haul when you get back.

@melaniekershaw5208 8 ай бұрын

Nice to see you pop up with another vlog Karen and I loved your Zadie dress and new fabrics. Enjoy your trip down to us in the south. I actually worked in a BBC building not far from Goldhawk Road nearly 30 years ago! I could kick myself now as I didn’t sew then but walked past the fabric shops all the time. 🤦🏻‍♀️. If for any reason you don’t make it, especially if public transport lets you down, then another alternative is Walthamstow market in the east end of London. on the Victoria Line. It’s full of fabric shops there too. Believe it or not, I lived there 40 years ago and I wasn’t sewing then either! I am tempted to have a trip back down memory Lane though and have a wander down the market. Anyway, enjoy your concert, safe travels and I look forward to hearing all about your adventure. Take care. X

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Hi Melanie, thank you so much that's really useful to know - I may persuade my sis to do both ?!? 😁 I went to New York with my sis a few years ago and we stayed in the Garment district and I didn't sew then either so I feel Ya! Mind you we spent enough on trips theatre visits and all the lovely grub so I can't imagine how much I would have gone through if I had sewed then - if I'd been you it would have been so hard to walk all the way down Goldhawk without spotting something so perhaps a good job you didn't sew either? Take care Lovely 🥰xx

@karenegan2640 8 ай бұрын

I’ve used a narrow clear elastic which stretches really well to gather. I think it was in one of the Advent Calendars from Beyond the Pink Door

@tinajenkins6342 8 ай бұрын

Have a fantastic time with your sister and enjoy the fabric shopping. x

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will indeed. Thanks for watching Tina 🥰xx

@shirleymatlock 8 ай бұрын

hi Karen I got used to sewing elastic when I made my daughters stash of fitted nappies last year - main tip is DONT CUT THE ELASTIC....I watched dozens of you tube videos before I got the hang of it. Cut it after you've finished. I also got used to stretching it hard before starting - it does 'relax' a bit - except for that wierd stuff youve bought....😉...not sure whats going on there! Always enjoy your videos Have fun Shirley x

@eileenturner9932 8 ай бұрын

Hi Karen hope you have a fantastic day in London with your sister looking forward to seeing your fabric xx

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Eileen it will be hard but I will try and buy loads of fabric 🤔😜 🥰xx

@evelynwatt8029 8 ай бұрын

Hi Karen your dress looks so nice looking forward to seeing you in it Lovely colour and you did a great job Have a wonderful week away with your sister and trip to London Good job you are taking a small case or question what you would come back with Hope you get some lovely fabric ❤️🌹

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Hi Evelyn, You are so right a small case is best 🤔 however a lady has just suggested I could always buy a bag!!!? I was thinking one of those 70s shopping trolleys on wheels? 🤣 Hope you are looking after yourself 🥰💖xx

@evelynwatt8029 8 ай бұрын

@@karensewsslowly That’s a good idea and easy to transport I have a hold all type bag and the handle slides inside so you can wheel it or carry it ideal for on a plane and acts as hand luggage I’m sure you will find something that works Bet you are excited to see all the fabric shops There is certainly so much more in the UK than we have in Australia I’m doing ok getting there slowly just set me back a few weeks trying not to let it get me down as you probably have been many times so understand it’s trying at times ❤️

@michturner179 8 ай бұрын

Have a lovely time look forward to seeing your fabric haul. Sadie dress looks fab 😊

@karensewsslowly 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊🥰xx

@amandah4834 8 ай бұрын

Hi Karen love your blue and orange dress and your smelly material is gorgeous ( hope the smell comes out in the wash ) have a lovely time with your sister at the concert and enjoy your fabric shopping I’m looking forward to seeing what you get , take care , Amanda xx💖

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Aw bless you Amanda - you say such lovely things. The door to the sewing room has been firmly shut whilst two sons and 1 girlfriend at home not a lot of time to sew but I went in this morning and went back in with air freshener - that fabric is going in the wash TODAY! Pooo-eee! 💓😂🥰xx

@Barefootsewer 8 ай бұрын

I love the fabric of your zadie dress, it's gorgeous 🥰

@Barefootsewer 8 ай бұрын

Could you please post the link for it please?

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

I'm hopeless with links but if you search Paper Theory, Zadie Jumpsuit - Dress extension pack it will /should appear. I think I bought mine through the Fold Line. Let me know if you have no luck. 🥰xx

@juliesneap3809 8 ай бұрын

Sam from Frugalisima has done a blog on gathering with elastic x

@sew_So_beautiful 8 ай бұрын

You need to cut a little more elastic than you need, and mark a line at the length you need, and pin it in place if you need to. That way, you have a little tab to hold on to as😂 you get to the end of the gathering point.

@houseinnorthcarolina9439 8 ай бұрын

Karen, Thanks for another wonderful video. I love the sweat shirt you have on. Did you make it? I would love to get my hands on that fabric. Enjoy your trip to your sister's. Suzanne

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Hi Suzanne, Eeee man no (Geordie saying) I bought this top in either Asda or Tesco (Walmart over there I think?) 🥰xx

@jackief7849 8 ай бұрын

Just to let you know, I always take a flight suitcase with me to the Gold Hawk Road, fabric can be heavy lol. Your blue dress looks fab. Happy sewing xxx

@karensewsslowly 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Jackie I ended up doing this and it was brilliant! 🥰xx

@clairec20 8 ай бұрын

I use the clear “elastic “ for shoulder seams on jersey fabrics (usually the thinner one) to stop them stretching . Yes I think I would be annoyed paying for basically rectangles to make the Zadie dress. Enjoy Goldhawk Road - I didn’t buy a lot when I went but it was lovely to see all the different shops.

@karensewsslowly 7 ай бұрын

I really could've bought more Claire but I had to get back to my hotel in Leicester Square and then the following day about 6 tubes to get to a station where my sis and me could be picked up so was painfully aware that I had to stop otherwise I wouldn't have been able to manage all the fabric.🥰xx

@clairec20 7 ай бұрын

@@karensewsslowly ❤️

@Julie_sews_her_own_clothes 8 ай бұрын

I do find it frustrating that pattern companies charge for add ons rather than just tell you the measurements of something so simple. Your Sadie dress looks lovely. You’ll have to make a few more to get your money’s worth out of it 😂

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Next one I make will be a nice stable fabric that doesn't walk off the table whilst you are cutting it! Happy sewing Julie 🥰xx

@kikdawson7722 8 ай бұрын

Hi Karen. Lovely newsy chat as usual. I bought some of that clear elastic too. Right little toad to work with! Obviously I bought a great big reel of it because it’s cheaper. Could I just warn you to actually trial it on a scrap before you ever have to use it in anger. I found that it ‘clagged’ to the pressure foot and I needed to use a Teflon foot to get it to move. No idea what I would ever use it for unless I want to test my physical and mental limits. Just had a thought that it might be for using to stop straps slipping off your shoulders etc but it would have to be next to your skin? 🤔

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

Hi 😂 I love that 'right little toad' - excellent! Can't risk it clagging to my new machine so probably just chuck it as you say, can't imagine what I would use it for and for the sake of what I paid for it and paid for my new sewing machine I'd rather not take that gamble. Take care and thanks for watching! 🥰xx

@the_nurse_who_knits_and_sews 8 ай бұрын

Great video, do you prefer the Zadie dress or jumpsuit now that you have made both? Still a Zadie virgin so wondering which to do first? Enjoy London and shopping, you could always buy another bag🤔🤣

@karensewsslowly 8 ай бұрын

My heart still belongs to the Jumpsuit - although awkward to go to the loo in when you're trying to keep the suit off the floor I feel safer in the jumpsuit and I haven't yet sat down in the dress so I'm not sure what the 'flap open' ratio is on it! 😂🥰xx

@the_nurse_who_knits_and_sews 8 ай бұрын

@@karensewsslowly Thankyou think I’ll just dive in with the jumpsuit😊! I’m still a beginner but very much I’ll have a go sewing person!