HOW TO MAKE VINTAGE CLOTHES BIGGER, how I size up a 1950's skirt from XXS to XXL || Make It Bigger

[@StephanieCanada]

I hope you enjoy the second in my "Make It Bigger" series. You can see all my crafting and sewing videos in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLaG2bBTXx7U7pyiejUIlugJrXqjVsnpXg

[@spiritualtruthseeker1947]

I love Stephanie’s vlogs. I have been sewing for decades and can still make crazy mistakes. I will fuss over cutting everything precisely on grain and then not notice that I sewed a section on backwards or some other such mistake that I feel even a first time sewer would never do.

[@StephanieCanada]

Right! We think we have it and then look again...

[@pixiedust7659]

That is something that is so simple! Using a different colour on the inside of a waist band! I think I will be doing that from now on!

[@StephanieCanada]

I am so glad to help!

[@teresaellis7062]

I like in the outtakes your husband mentioning "Murder is illegal." 😂

[@cargirljr]

I loved this video! I appreciate seeing that I'm not the only one who messes tiny things up every once in a while and I appreciate learning new ways to mitigate the little issues. Glad Liz Von Villas suggested you!

[@StephanieCanada]

Thank you so much! Oh I love Liz’s videos as well.

[@teresaellis7062]

Such a cool idea with the waistband. I wouldn't have thought of that. Thank you! 😊

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

I hope that sweetheart skirt found a happy home!!

[@twinnieschaal]

Love the new haircut 🥰💐

[@hazelgeno]

Good for you for tackling that project! Funny and informative!!!

[@StephanieCanada]

It feels good to have one more done, if only I didn't have two closets full of mending and upsizing to go...

[@diandra7476]

Wow, what a cool channel! Me and my gals will dig this! I found you in Sunny’s group! Congrats on passing 1k, you’re doing amazing. I’ll be watching💗

[@StephanieCanada]

Hello there!! Thank you for giving my wee little channel a shot. I am so glad you enjoy this video.

[@deebieg]

You are fun to watch. I could never make zippers look good using the method you did. I have been sewing since 1967. I found that pressing down the seam allowance first and teh basting in the zipper putting my stitches where my final stitchline goes to make it easy. Always use a zipper foot and never ever, ever sew next to the zipper pull. For a lapped zipper in a skirt, one side is pressed back at 1/2 inch and the other side is 5/8. The half inch side has the zipper sewed next to the teeth. Then pin the 5/8 inch side down and baste it in. There is a tiny pleat in the seam a!lowance of the 1/2 side to allow the 5/8 inch side to lap over the 1/2 inch side. Hope this helps.

[@pennydreadfull]

That was an adorable skirt! And thanks, I have some old skirts of my Mom's and I think I will try to do this to a few of them. She had a 20" waist.... I don't.. .

[@elizabethbare4208]

I love your channel so much! ❤️

[@jessicaneal8553]

"Murder is illegal" 😆 you got me there. I also really appreciate the 3, 2, 1, shit- gives me time to pause the video or skip over for the little ears around 😊

[@lindamann2113]

I love 💗 all your videos and adore your sense of humor it's really really great. You teach me a lot in sewing 🧵 keep showing us how to make things and how to make them bigger God bless

[@Becky_Theroux_Gockel]

I enjoyed that very much and it kept me laughing and kept my mind off my 70-year-old husband climbing up a ladder and going into the "attic" space for another project that he still thinks he is 30 years old that he can do.

[@StephanieCanada]

Oh my goodness! Well I am glad to provide some levity in stressful and "project filled" situations

[@christiconcus517]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm a victim of inaccurate eBay measurements 😢 and I have a corduroy skirt to let out in the waist--the ad said it was 14" flat but it's really, really not 😅 had no idea what to do until I saw your vid!❤

[@StephanieCanada]

Oh HOORAY!! I am so glad this helped you!

[@d011p4rtz]

do you have any vids like this but for the bust/dress???

[@mdmaybe]

I've decided to make peace with my seam ripper. It's my friend! At least that's what I tell myself...

[@linda.brotherton1689]

You are so funny and love the music

[@StephanieCanada]

Thank you Linda!

[@vanessajohnson1944]

Just found you and this channel. I have a vintage pattern that I would like to "draft up", if possible. Learning to sew my own clothes and thos video had some great tips. Subbing NoW! Happy trails..🤟💗💗

[@nadiasews]

Was the metal zipper original?

[@sienna0119]

this is amazing! good for you for making yourself uncomfortable:) also wondering how long this took you to finish😅

[@jenniferlindsay7053]

[@StephanieCanada]

You can do it!! Just dive right in. It feels so good to be done!!

[@ymottspice]

I like zippers a little better with a zipper foot. It makes a difference. Buttonholes can go to h- e - double hockey sticks. ☺

[@indrabalrajsingh6238]

Love you Girl 🌹

[@krism.9363]

What size did you size that up to?

[@divinethesunshine]

Yesss 1950s Fashion !! I love your personality too, you sound like you're from a vintage movie lol, stopping by showing support hoping you can do the same for a vintage sister:)

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

Double line of stitching for gathering the skirt does make for nicer gathers that are actually easier to sew to the waistband, as annoying as it is to gather.

[@StephanieCanada]

Ah yes, it would be. I was just being lazy that day. 🤣🤣

[@asilverfoxintasmania9940]

@@StephanieCanada we all have those days!

[@HonkyTonkSinger]

❤

[@bonniebelair8470]

I gasped when you cut the waist band😂

[@StephanieCanada]

Trust me, so did I. It was a very timid cut.

[@youvegotmel2844]

It went from 23 inches to what?

[@hairbeauty8083]

OMG i love your videos, I have a brain tumor that changes my mebolism from 23 inche waist to 45 inch and DDD boobs so I have clothes in every size, What a huge waist of money but you solved it

[@annettehauler1033]

Watching these on my TV so I am leaving comments via my phone.

[@StephanieCanada]

I have totally done that before for other content creators! Thank you for supporting a small channel like me.

[@mdmaybe]

I've decided to make peace with my seam ripper. It's my friend! At least that's what I tell myself...

[@StephanieCanada]

Right! I have had to as well. Especially for how much I use it.

[@mdmaybe]

Stephanie Canada Ha! Me too!

[@sunshinesmiles5386]

​@@mdmaybe several years later, just popping in to say that the best service I did myself was buying a wooden seam ripper handle at a crafter's fair. It cost $30 (wayyyyyy pricier than the standard seam ripper) and I have to buy blade replacements every so often that, again, are every bit as much as buying a plastic seam ripper from Joann or somewhere. But I love that thing and the way it feels in my hand! It's so fancy and luxurious. Even if I hate needing to rip out seams, I love actually using the seam ripper. It was a great investment for the added joy to a dull task.