Making Victorian Cycling Breeches to be a Menace to Polite Society

[@bernadettebanner]

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[@cllovatt]

@@americandefender1861 did you ever play "Fallen London" back in the day? I miss the low-ad high-atmosphere mini games

[@cllovatt]

@@americandefender1861 oh, no I think it was a Steam game maybe? I'd have to go back and look

[@arifal-yousif]

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[@ons1m598]

Hey Bernadette! For your complaint at 14:20 in the video: My mom and I own and use a late 19th-century sewing machine as well, and what we do to "finish" the edges of seams is just stop the seam, lift up the needle and the foot and move the garment back 3/8ths or half an inch, and then go back over that area once before just clipping off the remainder. It's not a perfect solution and not nearly as strong as going back in and tying the threads off or going in reverse on a modern machine, but we've had great success with it for seams that won't receive too much wear and tear or that have too much weight on them!

[@PRISMADIC_]

Hiya!! I love your videos and I learned so much from them over the years as a non sewer. (Though have been practicing sometimes 👀) But I ask calmly and respectfully; WHAT IS THE MELODY CALLED @ 5:34?! I’m a huge music lover, especially for harmonious classical music! It reminds me of the music in fantasy games.

[@jonm7512]

The quote at the end “that was the scariest thing I’ve done all week” is really accentuated by the fact that her studio’s building caught fire.

[@parryyotter]

That was weeks prior to when she said that.

[@krissykriss328]

Looks like she's had her fair share of scares for the last few months. 😮

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

U know that how? And why?

[@adamk.7177]

Yeah but the bicycle is high and she's flame resistant

[@krissykriss328]

@@adamk.7177 😂❤

[@jadegreenleaf781]

2:50 victorians will use anything but metric to measure their pockets.

[@sanne157]

I came to the comments to make this joke lol

[@miahan8988]

Reminded me of Micarah lol

[@brianthesnail3815]

Its true. I live in a very early Victorian house and frankly I don't think they bothered measuring at all or used a dog or farm animal laid on its side. I had a tiler in my hallway almost in tears as he didn't know where to measure to and he was fitting Victorian tiles. He said hysterically at one point 'it will all be wrong'. I calmed him and told him just to take a breath and put the tiles where they looked right and stop measuring things with his metric measure. Things need to be as wide and long and deep as they need to be.

[@melissarey2973]

"If your pockets aren't big enough to hold at least two large rodents, then what, pray tell, is the point" ~~Bernadette Banner That's going to be my favorite quote of, at least, the weekend.

[@naominagata1127]

"What is a weekend?"

[@asyoz]

@@naominagata1127 Vale the great Maggie Smith...

[@ToriLynnH]

LOLOLOL

[@manythingslefttobuild]

Capybara?

[@MaryMPringle]

I just wish I had two large rodents.

[@sentienttapioca5409]

0:36 Reading the captions - 'Maidens With a Disregard for Convention' would be a sick name for a girl band

[@dagnolia6004]

?"biker gang" (cycle)?

[@thomaswrightson2230]

Or an Edwardian comedic novel.

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

Only if they open for the Ladies Cello Society.

[@Arashmickey]

Disregard The Constabulary! Emerging linea recta from the souterrain.

[@pyrpyr5Wolf]

@@thomaswrightson2230 *Takes notes* I already wrote a novel about a water nymph going to an Edwardian spa so this would be right up my alley😅

[@martywhalen3673]

I had a moment when I realized my breakfast burrito would fit in the pocket of a work dress, and then insisted on measuring all pockets by burrito capacity, but now I feel that guinea pigs are an even better pocket capacity measurement 😂

[@Senthiuz]

However, if you have a capacity for one guinea pig and one burrito, it rapidly metamorphs into a capacity of one overstuffed guinea pig.

[@tarbhnathrac]

😂​@@Senthiuz

[@thundercat287]

There was another video where someone commented about fitting a whole rotisserie chicken in a pocket to sneak into the movies. Might have been a pocket video or learning to hand sew

[@martywhalen3673]

⁠@@thundercat287well, now I am simultaneously extremely impressed and also slightly horrified by that pocket chicken (and also, apparently I need MUCH bigger pockets in my life 😂)

[@AndreaLyon-q4x]

@@thundercat287 There was actually a pocket vid in 2020 (early in the pandemic) where Bernadette said something about tie-on pockets of an earlier time could be big enough to hold a book or a chicken (I paraphrase). I didn't scroll down far enough to read that someone may have smuggled a rotisseries chicken into the movies (or merely imagined it would be fun-and-tasty to do), so can't confirm. But I'd like a pocket large enough to sneak a submarine sandwich or a burrito (or way too much candy) into my favorite movie theaters.

[@annbrookens945]

As one who actually got her 1973 maxi skirt caught in her bike chain while in college, I can confidently assert that this controversial bifurcated garment will, indeed, be safer for cycling!!!

[@emilyrln]

But a knee-length skirt will be safer than flared jeans 😂 I kept elastic loops on my handlebars to put around the cuffs so the chains wouldn't eat them and drag my ankles into the hub!

[@thoughtengine]

Not a lot. I ride a current-generation bike and have lost multiple pairs of slacks to the fact that the forward cassette doesn't have a guard over it (not even available as an aftermarket component). It's led to my habit of going to work in shorts.

[@herosstratos]

​@@thoughtengineE. g. Rixen & Kaul Klickfix Unidisc or Hebie Chainring 325/326 can be attached to various bottom brackets, including those with a hollow axle.

[@emilyrln]

@@thoughtengine My dad uses a loop of elastic (or a rubber band, in a pinch) on his right ankle to keep his cuffs in check. He bikes to work every day (except in rain or snow) and it keeps his pants safe.

[@gabriellehitchins9182]

Isn’t that why gents would wear those metal spring bands around their ankles back in the day

[@laurenbrinsfield2614]

I made a couple of skirts recently and wanted to make my own pocket pattern piece. I had to make sure it was big enough to fit my big graphing calculator. This is the intersectionality women in STEM bring to the world 😂

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

Nice, though I am surprised you use a graphing calculator - after exams are over anyway. I still have mine, but it doesn't get much use as to me it seems like the limitation of the graphic calculator are not worth dealing with when you can have more flexible calculating and computing horsepower available even in pocket sized form, I tend to use my regular scientific calculator so much more than the graphic as the only reason to use a dedicated calculator is button layout being quick to use for quick calculations. But as soon as you get into really using a graphic calculator's special features a real keyboard, even a tiny one is IMO nicer to use.

[@laurenbrinsfield2614]

@@foldionepapyrus3441 I'm in my junior year of engineering school, so it still gets plenty of use

[@K8sRyno]

I love it! I fully believe that Sewing is STEM also. It simply isn't often recognized as such.

[@laurenbrinsfield2614]

@@K8sRyno so true! I'm in aerospace engineering and my structures class talked about composites recently. I was super surprised when we talked about woven composites because a lot of the design principles are the same as sewing design principles. The composite will stretch on the bias but not the straight grains. You should seperate the fibers instead of puncturing them because that maintains the strength of the material, etc. A lot of stuff we talked about is the exact same stuff I learned about sewing from Bernadette lol

[@FlyinSparky]

STEM female here, and fabric arts have a lot they bring to higher research - fabric & composites, crochet & n-dimension modeling... I love it. It fascinates me. And crocheting during engineering finals in university was brain relaxation. ❤

[@gracewenzel]

0:34 “Maidens with a disregard for conviction” is not only a brilliant caption for a photograph but would be an excellent band name I wager

[@graywulf19]

Can we just take a moment to renew our appreciation for Bernadette's videography (/-er) considering how difficult it is to FILM sewing.

[@99heather99]

As someone who can’t access these videos without captions, I so super super appreciate how high quality they are and how I don’t miss out on all the little non-speech things like descriptions of the music and all the sewing noises :)

[@herzetty]

3:00: "Two Pig Pockets" can be the name of your Victorian clothing company

[@BrandiR713]

Watching Rachel Maksy and Bernadette Banner back to back is a great way to start a Saturday. Especially when they have the same sponsor. LOVE June's Journey, great game.

[@annbrookens945]

I've been playing JJ for 3+years and love it so much!

[@valariebrown3768]

Same!

[@ReneesatItAgain]

Faves!!

[@cinemaocd1752]

IKR...I just finished with Rachel's vid when I saw Bernadette uploaded. I LOLd when I heard the June's journey ad start....

[@amyward8861]

I'm hoping Bernadette is the upcoming collab Rachel mentioned 👀

[@user-OrchidLover]

This gives me so much nostalgia from Bernadette’s earlier videos and I really love it!

[@NeoNovastar]

it was very cozy ❤

[@Charlotte13118]

Me too!!! Love this

[@diamondperidot]

Me three

[@ilovethelittlepiggy]

Same! I was just thinking back on her videos in that tiny New York apartment. 🖤

[@Elvertaw]

Success comes from growth and change. I’m happy for her but miss all those seeing videos. Maybe Heathcliff?

[@piccalillipit9211]

*HOW TO BACKSTITCH ON A TREDDLE MACHINE....!!!* Sew to the end - STOP - needle in fabric in the down position - presser foot up - rotate 180º - presser foot down - sew 5 stitches Its the same way you do on a modern machine is you are topstitching to ensure the back stitch is absolutely perfect and does not form a thick line. *PLEASE UPVOTE SO SHE SEE THIS* EDIT: also - you DONT have to draw your seams on if they are all the same - just stick a MAGNET to your sewing machine the seam width away from the needle...!!!

[@EmL-kg5gn]

This is such useful information!

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@EmL-kg5gn THANKS - its how you avoid that ugly lump of stitching where your machine does not backstitch perfectly over the beginning and end

[@kb-ny3ln]

You mentioning this reminded me of back when I was first learning to use a sewing machine and would do a 180 rotation to finish stitching before discovering the backstitch button! :D (It's also going to be very useful information when I get the 1923 treadle machine I acquired back in action!)

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@kb-ny3ln I added this - it may help you: EDIT: also - you DONT have to draw your seams on if they are all the same - just stick a MAGNET to your sewing machine the seam width away from the needle...!!!

[@Kat_Andrews]

@@piccalillipit9211these machines came with a screw-in seam guide. I love mine, my seams are so much better now I use the seam guide. No magnet required.

[@m.maclellan7147]

The pigs need "wee" deerstalker hats, goggles for eye protection, and yes, PLEASE bring them on adventures !

[@CaroMary07]

love these breeks my Great Grandmother used to start her seam backwards for a few stitches then leave the needle down and turn the fabric round the right way and continue normally and she was born in the 1880's

[@JoSharpe-g4l]

This is exactly what I do with my 1903 jones machine, bury the needle and turn the fabric around to finishe and start each seam

[@JohannaDoyen]

Came here to say the same thing :-)

[@donnarn2727]

Your building caught fire and riding the tall bike is the scariest thing you did all week. That is saying something about precariousness of the bike!

[@ScottLuvsRenFaires]

Yes well, the standard bicycle that we are all familiar will was called the "safety bicycle", and for good reason!

[@thatHARVguy]

@@ScottLuvsRenFaires 🎶 We can bike if we want to 🎶 We can leave your friends behind 🎶 'Cause your friends don't bike and if they don't bike 🎶 Well, they're no friends of mine

[@silverrraven5349]

that's really interesting because i swear i remember my physics teacher telling us that a penny farthing is much more stable than a standard modern bike

[@winterwatson6437]

your physics teacher doesn’t seem like much of a cyclist -or physicist-

[@silverrraven5349]

@@winterwatson6437 it's also entirely possible i'm wildly misremembering or cramming like 3 different things together into something he never said. he was the smartest man i've ever met, so i must have been the one to get it wrong. what i do remember for sure is that the back wheel is like a little dog that has to move his little legs so fast to keep up with a big dog.

[@67jpt]

So my building caught on fire… COMMERCIAL! 😳

[@jule4772]

I appreciate it so much that you always include POC in your historic images/references.

[@sagenelson527]

Petition for Miss Banner to bring back more of the cozy sewing content-I love all the informative videos, but I miss the feeling of crafting with a friend these sorts of videos provide.

[@fiendishrabbit8259]

That high-wheeler is honestly the scariest type of high-wheeler given how close the handlebars are to the saddle.

[@rebeckaroy6790]

I found it fascinating when you mentioned that you found the fixed wheel of the high bicycle to feel similar to your treadle sewing machine. I had a very similar experience. When I was learning to drive a manual transmission car I had already been spinning yarn for a few years. I found the feeling of the clutch and that moment of the biting point to be a very similar feeling to my treadle spinning wheel when the treadles are aligned with the drive wheel to give the next push or change direction. My instructor mentioned how quickly I seemed to find the bite point in those first lessons. I told him that a spinning wheel had already taught me well :)

[@Grace-ms7un]

Oh wow! That is super cool. I always wondered how to drive a manual and nobody seemed to know how to describe how to know when to push the clutch. Thanks for that. Now i know what to feel for.

[@rmorine6394]

Thank you for the thoughtful diversity in your historical images. The image of Black cyclists was delightful. Also the comment "Not today, satin buttonhole twist!" is gold!😊😅

[@TheGypsyVanners]

So true. I was like "wow"

[@Ciara_Turner]

Watching these videos on this side of youtube always makes me yearn for pockets which can fit multiple pigs ... if only modern clothes could be so generous with their pocket sizes

[@happycommuter3523]

I’ve noticed the last few pairs of pants I’ve bought have pretty generous pockets. I think clothing manufacturers are finally getting the hint.

[@lenabreijer1311]

I had added volume to commercial pockets.

[@emilyrln]

@@lenabreijer1311 I do it regularly to shorts and pants if I can't find anything that fits that also has reasonable pockets. All I ask is that they hold my smartphone, but apparently that's too much 🙃

[@lenabreijer1311]

@@emilyrln one pair of pants had pockets so shallow that my little flip phone would constantly fall out if I sat down. Nothing would stay in those pockets.

[@tuluppampam]

If you can, try to find a tailor or seamstress. They will most likely accept to put bigger pockets on your clothes.

[@VictorianWaistcoat]

I assumed the cycling was going to make Bernadette a menace to polite society, but now I realize it's going to be her ability to fit ✨the pigs✨ in her pants pockets Also does anyone know the names of the pigs? I somehow don't know them yet and that is an atrocity

[@Yandarval]

Minerva and Lyra. Both are rescue pigs. I believe Cesario, "His Lordship" died in 2022.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

​@@Yandarval😢

[@kathyjohnson2043]

I believe he lived to be quite an elderly gentleman​@@Yandarval

[@VictorianWaistcoat]

@@Yandarval Those are all adorable. Rest in peace Cesario 😔

[@Yandarval]

@@kathyjohnson2043 I believe so. Average lifspan for a pig is 5-7 years.

[@axolotdraws9946]

help why did I read the title as “baking victorian cycling leeches” 💀💀💀💀💀

[@MyLadyLuna]

LMAAOOOO

[@jadegreenleaf781]

A simple home remedy

[@janellerowe609]

😂

[@10me20theoneandonly]

Girl dinner

[@alli_mode]

Go back to sleep and reset your eyes. ❤

[@Annie-ex3ge]

The pockets are everything! You could fit a book, a bento box, a mobile....

[@cllovatt]

...bento box, spare powerbar, sewing scissors...just the necessities!

[@kieransymes5121]

'not today satin' will now be my go to saying for anything trying to go wrong

[@asyoz]

This was amazing and lovely. One thing I'm extremely disappointed with is that there was no footage of pigs in completed pockets... Why, oh why, did you leave us hanging.... I wish I had piggies to put into my pocketses.

[@culbycove4963]

Imagining a Victorian Dale Gribble with those pockets: “POCKET PIGS”

[@Burning_Dwarf]

In my head this is with full sized hogs😂

[@hellethomsen8786]

Just here for the vibe i guess. I lost all function in my right hand 20 years ago but love looking at hands at work telling myself that I can no longer do this but I can still undersrand it- ,

[@evercuriousmichelle]

I’m just here for the vibes too!😊

[@lindabeauchamp4596]

It becomes a vicarious pleasure! 🤗

[@raxacoricofallaptoriusbloo4858]

There is nothing wrong with immersing yourself in the unknown. If more people were doing that, I feel our world would be a much more accepting and intelligent place

[@CWorgen5732]

I can try all I want, but my fine motor skills just will not. Bernadette makes this beautiful to watch and I only envy her lack of interrupting housemates.

[@katerrinah5442]

Excuse me where is the NSFW label for this SCANDELOUS content???? A woman???? In PANTS????? I am APPALLED and SHOOK 😡😡😡😡 (But they're so cute and I love the actual historic bicycle too! 😍)

[@lindabeauchamp4596]

😉

[@wolfe6220]

And I thought her ankle displays on her Only Fans site were scandalous!! 😮

[@littledragongirl10]

"Not today satin button hole twist!" -Bernadette 2024

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

Those little pattern weights! Adorable. I'm so glad you, the piggies, and your home are safe

[@howdy4504]

Bernadette Banner said "I'm going to create the most meme worthy thumbnail and proceed to educate people on historical athletic wear"

[@Annie1962]

sorry, I fell asleep, Nothing is more soothing than the sound of scissors cutting material and an antique sewing machine...

[@happycommuter3523]

Plus Bernadette’s marvelous voice.

[@wolfe6220]

​@@happycommuter3523 Came here to add that as well.

[@adaddinsane]

You should try Nicole Rudolph, she's excellent to watch but intensely soporific.

[@jojof8261]

Until she adds button holes...

[@pinkflames4447]

I didn't know I needed to se Bernadette on a penny farthing until today. Truely delightful

[@AfricanTransplant39]

My husband rode one of those this summer! He is one of "those people" who is just ridiculously good at riding/driving ALL mechanical devices. Congrats for being able to manage this!!🎉

[@mayalynn]

Back-tacking Thoughts: My mother learned in the mid-20th century, but she did have (and still does) a Singer single needle machine that did not backstitch. She taught me to just lift the needle and the foot , scoot back a few stitch lengths, and then sew over them again. In smaller pieces, you could also rotate the whole garment with the needle down and then sew forward over the end of the seam. (Would I do anything to avoid hand stitching? Maybe. 😂)

[@m.maclellan7147]

Makes me chuckle when Bernadette says "with relative speed', and Danni speeds up the footage......lol 😅

[@SibylleLeon]

The floofy cuteness of these pigs is too much *perishes* Oh, and lovely trousers, btw! ❤

[@cmac8154]

I've been technically "just here for the vibes" for 3 yrs and counting, but I have also learned a TON from your videos and accumulated MANY sewing projects that I will likely never catch up on. I adore your videos!!!

[@tj2375]

My aunts were seamstresses and they had a sewing machine just like yours ❤ Thank you for filming so well all the labour, skill, time, trouble, technique, knowledge, sensitivity, mastery and pure art involved in malking garments.

[@BlazeMiskulin]

I'm a carpenter, not a sewer, but I love your videos. It's so wonderful to see a maker with skills I don't have (I can run a seam through a sewing machine, and sew on a button, but that's about it) create such amazing things--and do so with high-quality narration, and an appropriate amount of silliness (I will, from here on out, judge pocket sizes by their ability to comfortably house large rodents). And... I love the new outro.

[@sharonkatope9885]

Freeze framing: diagonal buttonholes; pockets which hold pets and other necessities; casual mentions of errors and permissions to just pick up vibes; sharp chisels to make buttonholes; and make do and mend from stashes of other times. Well done!

[@TheMunchkinFromMars]

Every video, Bernadette's inner Missy becomes more and more apparent and I am here for it

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The classic cycling footage we see in dress history videos. We love to see it again

[@mattybob12310]

A Woman showing her ankles?! A WOMAN WEARING SOCKS???!!! ABSOLUTELY NOT!

[@herosstratos]

22:16 Sewing machines were probably the first complex technical devices to be widely used in households. Later, several sewing machine manufacturers also manufactured bicycles.

[@drew-z6n]

"Good heavens! It's that awful velocipedestrienne!" -- Hark, a vagrant! 331, Kate Beaton

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

😂

[@macswanton9622]

wow

[@lilaralston6314]

Came here to say this!

[@melissashiels7838]

My friend loves "Hark, a vagrant!" and brought up a cartoon recently without mentioning the name. I was searching around in my brain for that name, but came up with "Look, a harlot!" 😅😅😅 We went to Bath a few weeks later for the Jane Austen Festival, and we got separated by going into different shops. When we met up again I shouted "Look, a harlot!" and we fell about the place laughing.

[@joebryer]

After a day of airport work i get home tierd and to my joy find Bernadette making a new pair of pants and then going on a penny farthing. This is now a good day! And i got some of my energy back!

[@guacamojo]

i thought u meant like piglets and then u filmed them on the pattern and i was like wait a minute those are cats. i am not very bright

[@MinurielLai]

LMAO /pos

[@TiffyKimCat]

She means pigs as in guinea pigs. Those are guinea pigs not cats.😊

[@mrskirbylives2364]

19:42 love the closed captions "rain hisses and thunder rumbles" never through about rain as hissing but now i'm always going to think it.

[@helenversteeg4516]

And Bernadette sneaks in, without any further drama, "evacuated for a couple days because our building caught on fire". Nothing life threatening or dramatic at all 😂 Definitely glad to hear you got out unscathed. ❤

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

*“You can actually, like you can fit multiple pigs in here…..wait….yeah…look….I can totally just carry my pigs around in my trousers!”* 😂🐹 Superb work, Bernadette and Danny!

[@valariebrown3768]

Cozy, calm sewing, pennyfarthing hi-jinks, BUILDING FIRE? EVACUATION? WTF? Glad all are safe, but wow!😮

[@ssgtmole8610]

Very courageous of you to learn to ride the high bicycle. As someone who didn't learn how to drive a car until I was 27, bicycling was how I got around. 🚴‍♂ Being that high up on a bicycle would give me the willies, and I'm saying that as a licensed helicopter pilot. 🤣🚁

[@annabellekahle5230]

3:00 I wheezed when she actually put the piggies on the pocket pattern. They were so calm!!

[@MTG-u4h]

Squishy PIGGIES.!.!.! I love watching the living history of the process.

[@buggersgrips1977]

"Female costume is a great obstacle. Note that it is in the process of simplifying under the influence of sport; like the fantasy, yet prophetic, novel as great as that of Jules Verne, “The Twentieth Century” by Robida, who had foreseen this by thirty years. Bicycling has already renewed the graceful silhouette of our sisters and spouses in collaboration, moreover, with other sports in which they were engaging more and more. Aviation, for example, is developing and it is increasingly such that women denounce “the mysterious movement of the sacred robe” and, more or less, wear shorter and more adaptable clothing. One does not want to board or disembark from an aeroplane with trailing skirts which have a dangerous risk of snagging. Already the “walking skirt” is not only very wearable but also even rediscovers a practical simplicity of the most fashionable of clothes. But I am not writing of the future. Present costume, of which I speak, deprives women of the means of defence which would be best for her. For example, she frequently has legs at once both very supple and very strong; well trained she could make serious kicks ( not forgetting that even relatively weak legs are always stronger than an athletic arm and that the shoe that surrounds the foot constitutes a serious weapon). Several professors of boxing, Charles Charlemont notably, have young girls for students who, in salle costume, deliver truly severe kicks; I have known one, for example, who decisively took out with a single kick an ill-wishing buffoon who had made her fall from her bicycle; she would not have been able to accomplish this- clearly exceptional- feat if she had been in town dress and not in a divided skirt." JJ Renaud, 1912 “Defence in the Street”

[@cheekyb71]

I achieved my first sewing project yesterday!!! I sewed pockets into the sideseams of my favourite harem pants (pretty much the same shape as these cycling pants) and a new dress I bought last month! I felt so accomplished. And its only after watching 5+ years of Bernadette and 2+ years of Charlie from The Stitchery that I felt confident enough to give it a go! Huzzah ❤❤❤

[@KatherineGreyhunter]

I just love watching Bernadette sew, she looks so elegant while doing it... While doing anything, dare I say!

[@What_IsMyName]

The random cut to her building of fire is giving off Micarah Tewers vibes. 😅

[@Caguilar1988]

The pattern weights made from scraps of previous projects!! Perfection!

[@patrickwaslicki7958]

I think Sarah Chrisman and her husband Gabriel would just love this video Bernadette, especially Gabriel since he has his own cycling business

[@lajoyous1568]

Agreed. She also rides her own ladies version of vintage bicycle that looks quite interesting. A three wheeler if I remember correctly, one large one on one side and one small one in front and on the other.

[@briannenurse4640]

Pigs in the pockets!!

[@MTG-u4h]

I believe she may have just coined new term... ...PIGGY POCKETS... "Does it have pockets?" "Absolutely, piggy pockets." "Really? How many piggies?" "At least one piggy." "Oooo, SoLd!!"

[@Annie1962]

well a lot of pig pocketing in the 19tth and 20th century!

[@darleneengebretsen1468]

FUNNY!!!

[@DaniPhoenix1987]

My brain made me think that with an English accent "Pig in a Po'ket"🤣

[@fredericapanon207]

​@@DaniPhoenix1987 which made me think that it was some kind of savoury pastry.

[@LexVexation]

Whenever i need motivation to mend something around the house, i bring up these videos, theyre so soothing and aspirational I've prevented so many of my family's clothes going to landfill this way ❤

[@alessiacavalleri7833]

I have ridden a bike while wearing a skirt and can assure you the result is definetely not acceptable for victorian modesty... actually, had I not been wearing shorts underneath my panties would've been almost visible so yeah, cicling in a skirt isnt' the best

[@aridragonbeard745]

You should look up the old Lovely Bicycle blog

[@Floranova13]

As a Dutch cyclist I can tell: the best skirt for cycling is a short jeans skirt, they usually stay put. Any wide, flowy or long skirt rides up. The worst one is a wrap dress, which flaps open all the way to the waist. Maybe that's why tartan skirts used to come with a huge safetypin?

[@yhmkriek95]

@@Floranova13 I wear full length skirts and I never have this problem. I did have this problem with modern skirts but never with my old fashioned ones. I am also Dutch and cycle every day in all kinds of weather.

[@silver5515]

I usually wear shorts underneath skirts. When cycling I can easily tuck a little of the skirts into the bottom hem of my shorts, making it both safe and modest. When in trousers I eighter fold them to above my knees or tuck them unto my socks. I don't want my ankle stuck in the chain when going 35km/h in traffic.

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

​@@Floranova13 Oh god I wore a wrap skirt biking ONCE, never again. That was memorable, even four years on.

[@HarunoHime07]

The sheer brilliance contained in this video is amazing. Glad you’re safe dearie!❤

[@cactusthestupid7222]

I recently started my very fist sewing project, and hoo boy, I have so much more appreciation for the work you do! I have no idea how you get your hand stitches to be so neat and uniform, it's truly an impressive skill.

[@tinamagnuson9656]

An entire production team now! Wow! End credits are beautifully done.

[@malysyforethought1195]

When you are refilling your shuttle bobbins, if you turn the smaller wheel on the machine's flywheel (the silvery knurled one) towards you about 15 to 20 degrees, it will unlock the flywheel from the machine innards so you can fill your bobbins without the machine trying to run stitches. To start stitching again, just turn the it back again until it locks back up.

[@mitzisantos6675]

I love watching your videos evolve and become more and more entertaining and interesting. I even learned a bit about sewing from your book.

[@bunnybgood411]

Bernadette, you are exquisite. I love watching your channel because I feel transported to Victorian London (the Romantic version). Your creations are works of art.

[@maureenwilliford8985]

Seeing that footage of Victorian women riding bicycles in skirts, my first reaction was HOW? How did they not get their skirts caught in the bicycle chain when I remember well ruining my favorite pair of bell bottoms doing exactly that back in the 1970’s? It boggles my mind. Anyway, another great job, Bernadette. I just love these meticulous sewing videos and thank God the fire was only a temporary inconvenience.😊

[@yvonnevanwaegeningh-tiggel4577]

Depends on the bike maybe, perhaps I was lucky there... I always had a bike where the chain had a cover over it, so cycling with long skirts was no problem for me (From my first 'grown up bike' in about 1989 until right now...) It's more I had to keep it clean to prevent the skirt from getting dirty. Nowadays there's a lot of bikes with no chain cover, so I always be sure to select one that has...

[@m.maclellan7147]

​@yvonnevanwaegeningh-tiggel4577 Yes, with the advent of "mountain bikes," which only very few people actually take on mountains, the chain guard is a rare beast ! I DO appreciate the sturdier build of the hybrid versions that are meant for less mountain, more "potholes in the burbs" type rides ! Racing bikes are too easily broken going off turns, etc ! Since I wear blue jeans almost exclusively, I just keep an oversized elastic on my handlebars for jeans with too much 'flair'. A quick run up the flared leg will keep it out of trouble !

[@yvonnevanwaegeningh-tiggel4577]

@@m.maclellan7147🙂Don't know if that would work for my skirts, but I'm glad to hear your jeans are OK 😀

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

What a fun video. Your work is breathtakingly lovely. 🧡 I appreciate your detailed precision, and the wholesome and soothing sounds of making (even the hammering). Huzzah for Guinea pig cameo.

[@ainsel98]

2:50 this has to be the most whimsical way for me to find out you have guinea pigs

[@starshinedragonsong3045]

I don't know what it is about watching you make a garment, but it fascinates, relaxes, and inspires me.

[@sarahmattingly6971]

“Not today, satin” came out of nowhere! 😂😂

[@geraldinefields1730]

Fire in your building? What a horrible nightmare. You carried your pocket pets out.

[@m.maclellan7147]

Ah ! This is why the big pockets ! To save the piggies from fire 🔥 🧯 🔥 (joking. I love big pockets & own no Guinea pigs!)

[@DRPArtistry]

Always a joy to watch this channel. Love to you and the pigs (guinea pigs) I’ve been learning embroidery recently. 😊

[@donneverae3050]

When I was in Wiiamsburg VA, I saw women riding bicycles in full 18th century dress, voluminous shirts, panniers, and everything. They said it was perfectly safe, but watching them do it was terrifying with all that fabric flapping near the turning spokes.

[@aimeesampson2696]

at 14:50 - leave your needle in the fabric but lift the presser foot. Turn the entire garment around and sew back down the seam, now going the wrong way, for about an inch. I learned to sew on a old 1920's era White machine that, while electric, didn't back stitch either. It did do a vastly better gathering stitch than any I've ever sewn on a modern machine though.

[@landerryan1485]

Fun fact! The Ordinary bicycle (also known as penny farthing or high wheel) was one of the products manufactured by the singer sewing machine company.

[@arghjayem]

00:58 I can’t tell if Ms. Banner is taller than I had imagined she was or penny farthing guy is kinda short? 🤔🤷🤣

[@Sewcial-Anxietea]

Bernadette is taller than a lot of the people she does videos with.

[@JaySilva88]

I'm a grown man and I wouldn't climb on top of that bicycle. You lady, have a massive pair of courage. Yes, courage. :p

[@saberg1082]

19:50 I do not know why, but "Buttons all the way around" sounds like the title of a John Green book to me. 😂

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

Ahahaha "turtles all the way down" must be SOMEWHERE in your brain-attic!

[@sirronmitt]

You may be wondering why this old rancher from the U.S. has subscribed to your channel. Primarily, it is because my wife and I run a guest ranch here and we are very interested in what the pioneers in our area wore. Of course the "old west" (as we call it) occurred during the Victorian era in Europe. Hence much was imported from Europe and particularly the ladies' fashions (and furniture influences). It is wonderful to hear such well researched and referenced information on your channel. The humor is also well done. Lastly, I have not heard a lady speak so articulately in...well...forever. What a wonderful thing to hear. I listen carefully, and in this video, you only said "you know" once. So refreshing and one only can conclude...class. Thank you for your hours of research and effort you put into your work. Well done.

[@margaritagerman]

I am appalled to admit: I actually enjoy your commercials for your sponsers! I am in shock. I so enjoy your videos. You so inspired me i have made several "walking type skirts" by hand. Now that i have been wearing them for several years, i gave my sewing machine to my older daughter. It felt good to let go. If i were to ever have the opportunity for an antique Singer, well... I would grab it in a heartbeat. Your videos educate, inspire and make me giggle. Thank you for sharing. Edit: I took a screen shot of your pattern weights. It will be a "for me" project in January.

[@sharonrussell7933]

It is because of you that I always make my own button holes by hand ❤

[@kathyjohnson2043]

Honestly, garment construction should be called pressing rather than sewing.

[@caernavon]

I was thinking that divided skirts for horseback riding had been around long before the 1890s, which made me think it's strange nobody invented a "sidesaddle bicycle" for the delicate ladies of yesteryear.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

😮

[@lajoyous1568]

I can't imagine how the pedals would work on that. I do know that they made ladies bicycles with something more like a bench seat rather than something you straddle. I believe it has 3 wheels, a large one on one side and a small one in front and on the other. Sarah A. Chrisman rides one and her husband makes bicycles.

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

@@lajoyous1568 🤯

[@parryyotter]

How could you cycle with your legs on the same side

[@lajoyous1568]

@@lesliemoiseauthor There are pictures of it online. I think videos of her riding it also. The steering is done with two individual levers 😯 She lives a Victorian lifestyle so is in full length skirt and also corset.

[@chaoticbookworm]

The closures rant at 6:55 had me feeling so called out that it actually motivated me to go sew another hook and eye onto that damned petticoat that has been closed with safety pins since I completed the seaming..... 8 months ago.

[@gildedgitta]

My pocket measuring system is "if I couldn't fit my smallest cat in there, it's too small", so the pig scale made perfect sense. I also love black snail patterns! Their patterns are just fantastic for someone like me with no space to draft.

[@wessmith2761]

I came across one of Bernadette’s older videos of Goldhawk road in London and the funny thing was, I was there a week before when I sailed into Southampton.

[@therobertfaulkner]

I love these reconstruction videos. I’m informed, I’m entertained, I’m calmed. 😌

[@MrChief101]

Don't forget, Banner, britches get stitches. I used to use a unit of measurement for document carry bags-- two New York telephone books... sadly, that unit of measurement is now lost to the swirling mists of time. But Guinea Pigs are forever-- a 2 pig measure for pockets or any suitably soft enclosure sounds ideal! You should consider doing all your in-channel promotion from within underbrush. I think starting those bicycles up is almost straightforward. It is the coming to a halt that must be the harder. Plainly, one must pick the place most conducive to landing on your head. Praise be to the outro, end credits. Ms B., you are now a production house.

[@macswanton9622]

As usual, amazed and amused am I with each intimate foray into our recent yet ephemeral past, as you give it life and breath

[@paradoxwrappedenigma467]

I have watched/heard/read at least six explanations on how to do french seams, and this time it finally clicked. Thank you.