This video is SO helpful and interesting. I loved it. If you done others I wouldn't be mad ☺️ ♥️
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lele! I can certainly make more pattern drafting videos in the future :)
@josephinekromer28275 жыл бұрын
I've always changed necklines by pinning patterns together, this is cooler! ❤️ Thanks for sharing!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Whatever works I say!
@ME-ce7ik2 жыл бұрын
Nicely done, quick and informative. I know how to do this in my head but actually seeing someone else do it solidifies it. Thanks for sharing 😊
@roadrunnercrazy5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very helpful information. Any more videos on pattern drafting would be very appreciated. 😊
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Will do! :)
@celestialstorybooks2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing us (on blog site) how to turn neck and armscye facings into one! Very helpful!
@pammunford71023 жыл бұрын
So pleased I’ve found you . Very useful . So refreshing that you just get on with without unnecessary waffle 👍
@TheClosetHistorian3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Pam! I worry I usually waffle quite a bit actually 😅
@tiffanytomasino335 Жыл бұрын
I started watching your channel for your block/sloper series. This is still a lovely tidbit ❤ thank you for sharing
@amyahdocq88352 жыл бұрын
I just discovered you and love your video. This is something I love to do with my yokes but your way to explain it is really wonderful... thank you. My "problem" actually is that I had a double mastectomy recently so now I have to redo all my wardrobe (which was very thin) and patterns. My problem is that now my bust is flat (even concave) and not the same size as my waist (which have, sadly, a little bulge not huge but nevertheless). So I have to draw myself a pattern that would hide the little tummy and fit the yoke. Like you, before, I had 3 patterns of top/dress and 3 of pants/leggings/saroual that I was modifying at will. Now I have to redo everything again but with all my new "experience" and wonderful advices like yours, I am sure that I will be very nicely dressed soon. Thank you 🌹
@steffwyatt18622 жыл бұрын
Perfect! Thank you! So many of my questions answered in this one video!
@MissMVintage5 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS so much. Thank you. I changed the neckline on a bodice to a square neckline following your blog post and it was such a breeze! Other things I'd be fine with learning.... how to change a bodice block to a blouse; how to to a gathered neckline - how much is too much?; how to draft a skirt to match the bodice. I'm pretty sure that I am confused about how much fabric to remove in a skirt dart when I draft it myself. Yes. I am sure. I am sure that I don't know.
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I can certainly make more pattern drafting videos in the future :)
@jesinon3 жыл бұрын
Nice tutorial! Thanks :) You speak much faster than I'm used to (or maybe my ears are getting slower ;) ) -- in case anyone else has this issue, using the 75% speed setting fixes this for me.
@PandDaBaby5 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful!! I’m fairly new to pattern making, and I have been wanting to change some of the commercial patterns I have. Eventually I want to be able to make my own patterns from scratch. Can you please do a video on making a sloper? You explain everything so clearly and I love your videos!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Making a sloper is definitely a big jump from a simple modification like this one, but I can try to translate it into video! I do have a series of blog posts on the subject that can be found here: theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/06/pattern-drafting-drafting-basic-bodice.html and also here theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-to-make-bodice-block-pattern-from.html I definitely think it's possible to modify a commercial pattern into a sloper pattern for future use too, so I may end up making that video first before a true "from scratch" sloper video ;)
@gigiluna78995 жыл бұрын
I loved this! I have a purple dress that is a vintage style that I love. I want it in different colors and now I know I can make a pattern of it and get busy. Thank you! More please! How to modify vintage hemlines and skirts. Thanks for such a creative and informative video! 💛💛💛💛💛 Love from Los Angeles.....
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gigi!
@lucydisappears99135 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video❤ so helpful for my next project
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Happy I could help!
@gemmaghoukassian53505 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous makeup in this video!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Gemma!
@naomivandici49492 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you so much! You are amazing!
@TheClosetHistorian2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Naomi!
@athomewithkarmen5 жыл бұрын
Eeeeek! Yes! I have been hoping for something like this on your channel. I have been wanting to see your go-to 1940s top pattern.
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Karmen! I would say the top pattern I use most is just my "kimono" sleeve bodice pattern modified to button down the back, it looks a lot like this vintage pattern www.pinterest.com/pin/AcnNtJEgMxAeupsfYAEtlid1OIt2f3vwAcvsClGp5LH1PsPIFYb5lTw/ I can certainly show how I draft this from my bodice block sometime!
@athomewithkarmen5 жыл бұрын
@@TheClosetHistorian Thank you! As luck may have it, I just opened a Christmas gift for my a close friend that included Simplicity 2311 (a very old one.) It seems to be quite close to the pattern you noted!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
It looks super similar!
@StarspangledHeart5 жыл бұрын
A very nice tutorial! I have a couple of vintage patterns that for really well and I really need to start drafting based on those instead of always buying new patterns. 😂 Also, your makeup is so fun in this video!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stephanie! I am truly boring as I always use the same pattern with just a new neckline and a different sleeve ;) Different fabric changes the look of a pattern so much!
@eleanorwittering3126 Жыл бұрын
Yes! I'm back for a tutorial on how to modify a neckline on a pattern! I know I can do it... but need a clue! Thanks!
Sewing is not one my skills ...yet, but I really like the video. I always appreciate showing that things are not as difficult as they seem. I makes them more approachable. Also, you makeup is really cool in this one ;)
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Olga!
@karenharris22985 жыл бұрын
Have thought about being a designer for movies, commercials or plays. You draw patterns very well, measuring is accurate, and sewing is very neat. I am a tailor. The things you do are excellent. Stop hiding your gifts and talents. Your gift will open doors for you.
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Karen! Once upon a time I considered a costuming career, now I want to be a fiction author :)
@marieokamoto87913 жыл бұрын
I love the pin tuck detail on the black dress. Gorgeous feature. I’d love to see a video on how you did that. Also maybe it’s a British/ American English thing but you say edge stitching I’ve only ever known it as under stitching. Not a problem just something I noticed. And yes, I realize you did this video two years ago pfft!what is time anyway?
@TheClosetHistorian3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yeah I tend to use edge stitching and under stitching interchangeably oops! 😅
@ronhaydon3744 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video , extremely interesting . I would like to make the neck a little deeper . If the pattern already has a round neck bodice , also has a full facing with the the neck and armhole facing all in one . Do I just add in a inch or so to the old facing for the neck area ? Will it sit flat that way ? Thank you. Rosalie.
@ellawhomersley43405 жыл бұрын
Ooh this is very useful! I'd also love a video on adding a button placket (if possible!)
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ella! I can certainly add that to the list!
@Anna-qb3pv5 жыл бұрын
I would love more videos like this. I dabble in making my own vintage clothes, but would love to see some tricks on how to make them look more professional...and how to modify pattern for better fit!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Anna! I have more similar videos planned for the future :)
@eileentheequeen5 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your talent! I love creativity!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Eileen!
@knittabhavana5 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel and am binge watching! I'd love to see a detailed post on drafting the 'Lumberjill' red plaid dress: how the neckline and shoulder combine into that curved bodice piece, how to move the bodice fullness into the pleats at the top of each side of the bodice; the rest of the bodice construction. Also interested in how the dress closes: I guess it has a zipper, but do the buttons at the top function or are they only decorative? It's a fabulous dress and I'd love to make my own version. Thanks for your wonderfully interesting channel :)
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I could certainly do more detailed pattern drafting tutorials like that in the future, I need to get a better birds-eye view set up to film above my drafting table. That particular dress has a center back zipper, as do nearly all of my projects. Side zippers are often more accurate, but I find them both more annoying to sew and more annoying to get in and out of the clothes, so I never bother with them. The buttons on that dress are purely decorative ;)
@kerrymcilwaine3 жыл бұрын
Excellent as always x
@TheClosetHistorian3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@franny71052 жыл бұрын
super helpful thank you!
@Upbeatnow Жыл бұрын
Do you have any suggestions for how to make the neck higher? I bought a pattern to make my own shirt and it has that same "too low" design as all my other women's tops and the back of my neck is always cold. I tried making an extension to the shirt I made today and well it is really funky looking. (Keeps my neck warm though.) Would be nice to know how to make the neck line work for me.
@jeanneluddeni51595 жыл бұрын
Oh this is perfect for me most necklines are way to v cut for me, so I've been putting lace along the v neck so pretty, butttttttt this is perfect
@S.A.MCraftyhandsNailSalo-pw9nr3 ай бұрын
Can you show how to take my mockup to change the neckline for a cowl neck also to modify the pattern to do the cowl on one shoulder with stretch material
@tangorhumba37776 ай бұрын
Hi Bianca I watch all of your sewing vids as I think they are great. I have been learning pattern drafting since lockdown🙄and although I have made lots of progress I haven’t mastered a bodice that fits me perfectly. My aim is to be able to take my basic bodice and change designs with it but unfortunately I have a high round back and forward sloping shoulders and I cannot get the fit right. 😢I can do dart manipulation, change shapes of bodices and skirts, necklines etc but my shoulder seams are always too far back and I bin all of my muslins after trying form to fit them-in frustration!!! Any advice would be fantastic!! Many thanks.
@TheClosetHistorian5 ай бұрын
This channel has a lot of good fit tips kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3TPi4GwZa9sgMU Unfortunately I am not a fit expert as I have only ever worked on my own body or fashion school mannequins 😅
@StellaMariaGiulia5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, Bianca!
@annenorth85532 жыл бұрын
1 block pattern, a variety of necklines, a dozen different sleeve designs, button front or back, darts manipulated into different positions- different fabrics.... and we have 100s of different top designs, to add to a skirt if we wish. Perfect.
@gerriebell21286 ай бұрын
Watching this 5 years after it was made. My main question is how to know how low or wide the neckline on paper will be on your body. I assume it’s possible to predict by measuring from some point on my body to where I want the lowest part of a scoop or V-neck to be- but what point on my body do I use as the starting point? And what point on bodice front? I also have a problem with the width of a boatneck or other shape- I have narrow shoulders, and I have had both RTW necklines and me-made ones be too wide and showing bra straps and sometimes even falling off my shoulders. Thank you for the help.
@TheClosetHistorian5 ай бұрын
I like to use the apex as a marker to know how low things are getting, as it is the center of the bust, it's good to stay 4+ inches away 😂 You can also make a muslin of the block, mark your bra straps and how tall the cups are on the muslin and transfer that information onto the block pattern and/or keep it for reference.
@MarahHulse5 жыл бұрын
So helpful and fascinating! Are armholes and cuff/hem facings done similarly?
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! They are indeed, I have a blog post on that here: theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-to-draft-neckline-and-armscye.html You can also use bias tape as little tiny facings too :)
@jolineantheajammer5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. Your style is great... will definitely be looking out for your next videos to come out and certainly use one or two of your ideas for changing necklines in my bodices as I continue to experiment and learn. Quick question for you - I recently created a sloper for myself off of the Vogue shell pattern. It's in muslin for the time being but will transfer it to the hardcopy paper soon. Do you leave seam allowance on your sloper (for the side seams and shoulder seams in particular) or do you add it in when you draft new patters? I know you said it on one of your videos but I can't recall which one.
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joline! I leave the seam allowance on my sloper that way I don't have to add it unless I change something in the interior of the pattern. Usually I'm just moving darts around and for that I won't have to add and additional seam allowance which makes it quick!
@elizabethswan20404 жыл бұрын
Great, thanks so much
@hazelgeno5 жыл бұрын
This is SOOOOO helpful!
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tamra!
@sandrasandy51285 жыл бұрын
5-18-19 To Closet Historian please do a video on how to raise a v- neck on a pattern that's to low. Please do step by step.
@li-ly-li5 жыл бұрын
If I, or a professional, wanted to make a pattern of an existing dress then would the original have to be taken apart? I bought a vintage dress that I'd love to have multiple versions of without dismantling it - is that a realistic project? I don't really have the parlance to ask without sounding a bit dopey, sorry :)
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
It is definitely possible to take the pattern of a dress without taking it apart buuuuut it really depends on how complex the dress is. Something with lots of draping and swags and things is going to be nearly impossible, while something which is more simple will be, well, repetitively simple. I'm not sure if their are tutorials online, but I vote possible!
@clothingalterations Жыл бұрын
Great
@geministargazer98305 жыл бұрын
I don’t like facings so I usually change any facings into a fully lined bodice
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
Funny I am so opposite! I guess I just don't want to have to sew more darts ;)
@josephinekromer28275 жыл бұрын
I have this interesting sewing tool, called a fashion ruler, it's got all kinds of curves marked, hip curve and armhole curve. It's marked from the 70s and I've no clue how to use it. Do you? 😊 If so a video on that would me cool
@SarahBent5 жыл бұрын
It's called a French Curve. If you Google it instructions will appear. Lol
@josephinekromer28275 жыл бұрын
@@SarahBent thanks ❤️❤️
@TheClosetHistorian5 жыл бұрын
It makes drawing curves for any reason easier, especially armhole curves!