Planning a ~casual~VINTAGE Capsule Wardrobe for Spring. New Year, New Wardrobe

[@arieldanielle23]

You're a youtuber now, you have a professional obligation to film a picnic in a pretty dress in a field of flowers on the first day of spring.

[@Marlenasewing]

Hahaha! Duly noted!😂 I shall set up a reminder for the first day of spring! 😃❤️❤️

[@AnniCarlsson]

She lives in Norway. As a swedish person I known that means it more a midsommar picture

[@heidiwatts1310]

I think the capsule wardrobe sounds great and not boring at all. As sewists we all fall into the trap of making all the pretty things and in real life do not always have the occasion to wear them. I look forward to watching your progress 😊

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much, Heidi!❤️ I'm glad I'm not alone in this attitude 😂❤️

[@rosieHolliday5887]

It's not basic at all, it's classic. I never wear vintage clothes. But I live in a vintage styled apartment & I listen to vintage music all day long. The problem is, I exist in leggings & hoodies lol. So I will be here for your next video when you start to make some of these garments. It might inspire me to actually buy my first sewing machine x

[@Marlenasewing]

Ahhh, I am jealous! My man doesn't appreciate the vintage home decor 🥲 I will keep my fingers crossed and hope you'll get a sewing machine and start sewing along with me😃❤️❤️❤️

[@sherylwickenheiser2582]

Years ago when I quit smoking and gained weight, I made skirts and unlined jackets with blouses so I could mix and match. I worked in an office and needed to wear skirts/dresses. That was back in 1990 before the internet and “capsule” wardrobes. I was just trying to be thrifty. Thanks for sharing your plans. Best wishes.

[@Dlt814]

I love that this is vintage-ish. I am not an exhibitionist so while I LOVE vintage clothing, it’s not something I can wear in the everyday life. I have to pretend to be normal-ish to fund my hobbies. This capsule collection hits just the right balance.

[@Marlenasewing]

Omg! Thank you!❤️ I feel the same way! I don't want to look like a spectacle every single minute of every day😅 I enjoy wearing a beautiful dress that makes me look like a princess sometimes....but not all the time! Sometimes, I just need a comfy pair of pants to put on my bottom and go run some errands in comfortable shoes🙈

[@Dlt814]

@@MarlenasewingYES!!! I love a good 1930’s bias slip dress but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t wearing leggings, a hoodie and wool slippers right now. 😂

[@fawntheresa5338]

I love the mentality of yhis video because so often we tell ourselves we are not good enoigh as we are and we should change this or that. Thank you for embracing yourself, because you're perfect!

[@stevezytveld6585]

I made that waistcoat. It's flattering because it's actually cut to my size (after getting through the multiple mock-up process...). "Dress the body you are in". Anything that you make will suit you because you've mocked-up the changes to have it suit you the way you want. Those exact capri pants are on my to-do list - I just have to get over being intimidated by the pattern pieces. Maybe you could match the lining of your jacket to one of your blouses (like a Chanel or a Dior suit)? Gardener pants for me to work on our own balcony garden is inspired. Thank you. I too will be attempting to sew an everyday wardrobe for myself this year. _Small tip for the waistcoat_ - Apparently you can spit darts into two if one dart is a little too large. This was an issue for me after finishing with the FBA on the bodice. You can do a pattern adjustment similar to a FBA to accommodate for tummy and tush. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for this comment, Cathy!😃❤️ I love the idea of using the same fabric for a blouse and a jacket lining!! It's going to be beautiful 😍 I will keep my fingers crossed for both of us to manage to sew our dream wardrobes this year! Perhaps I should plan a video at the end of the year to see what I managed to make?😃 Sending you a hug from Norway, Cathy😊❤️

[@stevezytveld6585]

Hugs back,@@Marlenasewing

[@caroler4297]

Binge watching your videos, Would like to say good stylish pieces, (vintage) are never out of style but become classic pieces which always are seen in high end defined collections.

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for watching!❤️ I hope you'll join our Sewing Gang😃

[@lisasimpsondietrick7160]

Thanks for this video! I’m starting a new job and have no money for new clothes but I can sew! You have inspired me to see what I need and make actual outfits. Have fun sewing, and I don’t think it’s basic, I think you will have a timeless wardrobe and find it easier to quickly get ready to go out on a regular day.

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for your comment!😃 you will soon be the best dressed person at your work, and for the fraction of the price! Sewing is the best life hack I know 😃💪

[@arielingallina]

Just found your channel and binged everything. Love love love all of it, can't wait to keep watching💌

[@Marlenasewing]

Yay! Thank you!😃❤️❤️❤️ welcome to our sewing gang!!💪❤️

[@janecheer]

Yaaaas this video makes me so happy! OK, I have seen your videos before but never subscribed because I'm not into sewing. But the concept of imagining and styling a vintage capsule wardrobe is fecking awesome and I loved it back when I saw Liz's video. I LOVE your ideas! Instantly subscribed, can't wait to binge watch every single video now ❤

[@kilodeltawhisky1504]

I think the circle skirts should be blue, green, and/or lilac. 😁

[@RetroMinnie87]

I’m very excited about this. I always end up sewing pieces that I like but that are not really practical for “real life”. I really need to sit down and plan something like this instead of flying (or sewing) by the seat of my pants.

[@Marlenasewing]

Haha! Thank you so much for your comment!❤️ I'm so glad to hear that I'm not alone in this😂❤️

[@rodentary]

And basics are building blocks to great looks. I cant wait to see this.

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much 😃❤️🙏

[@sewvintagebysunraedoll]

The best way to start dressing vintage is to make those Core capsule pieces. You can mix & match Make a facing for your pants instead of a waistband, that zip up the side. Also, you need some cardigan sweaters, to match with those blouses you envision. ❤ Happy Stitching ✂️🪡🧵

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for the tips! I will follow your advice for sure 🤓❤️

[@yeahweburnstuff]

Love this idea Marlena! Will be thinking about how to structure my non-vintage wardrobe!

[@Marlenasewing]

Oh, you watched it even though you don't dress vintage?😃 that is wonderful! Thank you so much for watching ❤️

[@KathyDicker-c7p]

I’m trying to sew slightly practical things that are also pretty too… ❤

[@samanthasurovec4639]

Looking forward to seeing your plans come to fruition. I'm guessing, from your self description, that you might veer off on tangents a time or two. 😉Looking forward to that as well! I wondered if perhaps some of the tops could be made from a printed fabric using the capsule colors? I'm a new subscriber and am enjoying your content. Just wanted to say I think you're lovely and I wish you'd talk a little nicer to yourself. People's bodies change over time and I'm wishing mine looked as good as yours!

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for your kind comment 🙏❤️❤️ I will definitely include some prints. It all depends on fabrics I find 😃 also, thank you for your comment about self-talk. I was never honest about that one negative voice in my head and what it's telling me. I'm now starting to talk about it honestly, and I hope it will help quiet it down. It used to tell me such disgusting things, even when I was MUCH smaller in size. Back then, I wouldn't even be able to look at myself on camera. I know we're supposed to talk positively about ourselves, but for some strange reason, laughing about myself helps me more than hyping myself up🙈

[@cosmoviespirit6052]

🤞for that picnic in Spring!

[@Marlenasewing]

yeeey!! Thank you so much!❤️❤️ I will try to make it happen! If you watch the new video, I went shopping and spotted a fabric that might be perfect for that picnic 🤓

[@VerbenaComfrey]

You have a new subscriber! Im working on a capsule wardrobe as well! I'm leaning slightly more 40s, but have a lot of similar pieces to your dream!

[@Marlenasewing]

Yuppie! Welcome to our Sewing Gang!!🤗❤️ keep us posted on your wardrobe progress!🤩❤️

[@dancetheaterofnewenglandvi7757]

I cannot wait to see your pieces and outfits. So exciting!

[@Marlenasewing]

Yay! Thank you!😃😃🥳

[@Handlehere256]

I LOVE vintage style clothing! I have a few things I’d like to make this year. I’ll never have a capsule wardrobe. While it makes sense, I, too, love all the colors and I just can’t. Also, don’t let the silhouettes on vintage patterns discourage you. Remember back then it was normal to wear girdles and other shapewear underneath to get that silhouette! I have to remind myself of this too.

[@wlammy4ever]

Can’t wait to follow this journey!!

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much! 🤓❤️ First part of the Capsule Wardrobe series is out now!

[@ankanyofficial]

😂Your video just reminded me, that I had the same plans last year and then abandoned it, since I sewed some fancy stuff. So I still have "nothing" to wear. This was my little reminder to get back to it. Thank you!

[@Marlenasewing]

Omg I feel like there is a 50/50 chance I will end up doing the same thing 😂😂 let's keep fingers crossed for each other!😂❤️

[@ankanyofficial]

@@Marlenasewing 😂 The good thing is, one can start all over again! I will cross the fingers for both of us! ♥

[@kdolguin]

I have only recently found your channel and am enjoying it immensely!!!!! Your hair color is beautiful!!!! I too love the vintage look and love to sew. Wanting to do a capsule wardrobe now that you’re doing one. Looking foreward to watching what you decide. I struggle with the right fabrics to use. I like some stretch in my fabrics and not all fabrics have that. Also learning how to modify a pattern to fit me. Ugh. How did you learn????

[@Bordena2]

I feel my best when I am going shopping in my very best fit, and funny enough, strangers seem much more cuteous when i am wearing my fav hat, might me the hat or my attitude i have when wearing it. My partner and i are regularly asked if we are going to a wedding or such but I learnt to love it 😊 looking forward to the waistcoat video, it has been on my want to do and want ti have list for a while

[@Marlenasewing]

Aww that's such a wonderful attitude! Thank you so much for sharing!😍 I imagine you going serenely down the street, in a beautiful hat, with a handsome man by your side. Wonderful image 😍 no wonder you get the best out of people!❤️

[@drekfletch]

At 15:40 you mention "simple tops" to go with the skirts. One of those should be a recreation of the Elizabeth Taylor dress top. Maybe if you find a floral with your three colors.

[@AndreaHee]

A capsule wardrobe sounds great - I'm forever collecting ideas and fabric and then never make anything with it :D

[@Marlenasewing]

Haha! I totally understand the problem! I have a whole stash of fabric that is saved for specific ideas, but I haven't gotten around to it yet😂

[@AndreaHee]

At least you have ideas for everything. I have fabric I just bought because it was too pretty not to buy 😅But you're very inspirational so who knows - I might finally motivate myself to get some sewing done. @@Marlenasewing

[@NanaColeen]

💯I love the colors together👍❤ This channel is so fun to watch. I can't wait till you have something made. The choices of clothing you want to make, and the amount of them, makes my head 🥴😵‍💫😮. I have faith in you darling. ❤Love and peace from N.W. Washington state☮

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much, @nanacoleen ❤️ I'm so glad to see your comment every time😊❤️ btw, I don't know why, but I imagined you with a southern accent 😅 sending you a big hug from snowy Norway ❤️

[@charlottec975]

Squirrel, here for the planning.

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@joannt2531]

🐿️ I can’t wait to see what you make!

[@Marlenasewing]

Aww, thank you so much for watching!❤️🙏🥳

[@Anna-jq2qi]

This is so amazingly fabulous!! Can’t wait to see what you make and how it turns out! I was good and planned a capsule wardrobe a couple of years ago, but got side tracked. When I went through my fabrics I pulled all the fabrics together that I had saved for the capsule. It WILL be made this year, and I can’t wait to see yours!! 😍

[@Marlenasewing]

Yeey! Let's do this together 💪😃 I've been meaning to plan a capsule wardrobe for years now, but it seemed too overwhelming before 😅

[@tbes2417]

Everything looks so cohesive, its going to be fabulous! I think i recognize that cardign- is that fabel knitwear's forest berry jacket? I have made that one i absolutely looove it

[@therosestudiobybarbaraandi9899]

I love the red hair !

[@Marlenasewing]

🙈🙈 thank you so much!❤️

[@lisascenic]

What a great project!

[@Marlenasewing]

I hope you'll stay along for the ride! 😃

[@dianabiernat6431]

I recently stumbled over your channel and love it! Your style, your humor, your energy.. *chefs kiss* Love to follow you on this journey (and was currently watching while making a skirt for my own Basic *itch wardrobe 😂, but more mod 60s & 70s ish) love from Germany!

[@Marlenasewing]

Oh my goodness!🙈Thank you so much!!❤️ I am so new on YT. It's still incredible to me that someone wants to watch these videos 😅❤️❤️❤️ you made my day! Let's sew our Basic B*ich wardrobes together!💪

[@kt7087]

Please go on a picnic in a pretty dress on the first day of spring in a field of flowers!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are these capsule wardrobe videos going to be a series?

[@Marlenasewing]

I promise I will make it happen this year!!😃❤️❤️ yes, I think each garment will be its own video, and we'll be crossing them off the list as we go😃

[@indiabilly]

I am English and I am laughing at your fantastic use of the language, but also very much looking forward to seeing you create these items xx

[@Marlenasewing]

I'm so glad you don't feel like I'm butchering your beautiful language 😅 thank you so much for watching, and I would love to have you here for the ride 🥳❤️

[@indiabilly]

@@Marlenasewing I subscribed with notifications the second I found you and then watched your earlier videos, definitely in it for the long haul xx

[@Marlenasewing]

You honestly made my day! Thank you so much!🙏😃 I am still surprised that anyone would like to watch me at all😅

[@espressogoblin]

OMG I just discovered you and I love you

[@Marlenasewing]

Oh my goodness 😍😃 you're so sweet!!! Thank you so much for your comment ❤️❤️❤️

[@bohemiansusan2897]

I'm looking forward to seeing the evolution of your capsule wardrobe. I have a few basics planned. Last year I ended up with abdominal surgery scars. Been 9 months since the last surgery but waistbands are painful. Also put on some weight, so a few things until I lose some weight and while the scars slowly heal. Almost everything I have is black because I still enjoy being a Goth at my age. For work, I also have navy blue, tan, and grey trousers and skirts. My clothes can be dressed up or down depending on accessories. So when off work, I do different belts, jackets, shoes, purses and jewelry. I don't have many clothes. I mix and match everything and am fine with the same things years on end.

[@Marlenasewing]

I'm so sorry to hear about your surgery and that the scars are still affecting you! I will keep my fingers crossed that 2024 will be your year of healing ❤️ I definitely need to make you my example because I was never good at using basics in my wardrobe. Time to change that 😃 thank you so much for watching and for your comment ❤️

[@bohemiansusan2897]

@@Marlenasewing thank you for the well wishes for the upcoming year. I see the very slow healing scars as small thing as 14 months ago I was admitted to the hospital and had 9 kinds of sepsis. The doctors were surprised that I was still alive the next day. It took a week of 7 different IV antibiotics for me to be well enough for the emergency surgery in my intestines. I had a less than 1% chance of survival and here I am 😄. I love really nice clothes but having them means that I have to sew them as well as not have so many clothes. It's fine though. I enjoy seeing others sew clothes and there is always something to learn as everyone does it differently. Now if the 1.5 meters of snow would go away...

[@Marlenasewing]

Oh my goodness! That sounds horrible! I am so glad you've pulled through!!🤯 you sound like a real fighter!💪💪💪 you're right. Scars sound like nothing compared to what you've been through. ❤️ we're snowed in here, too😃 it's problematic, but so so so beautiful when the sun is shining at all this whiteness 😍 I'm sending you a big hug from Norway ❤️

[@DeathByFashion1]

We call the same in Chile for overalls!jardinera

[@-miekeb-]

I like the basic outfits you choose and very curious what they gonna look like... but maybe another color for the gardenerpants? Greetings 👋

[@Marlenasewing]

What colour do you think would be nice for the gardener pants?😃

[@-miekeb-]

@@Marlenasewing Oeh so much choice....maybe a yellow/orange, very dark blue, one of the colors you already chose... This because your already making a beige pants and well a gardenerspants (In dutch we also don't say overall but (tuinbroek). is also a pants ....with a little bit more fabric.... 😄 but I'm sure which color your going to make it in, it's going to look beautiful!! 👋

[@faeeryn599]

Dyslexia team 🙌🏻 I'm so in for this video series 💖. I tend to make capsule wardrobes for summer and it's too much fun, and in reality it's a capsule wardrobe every year that works with the year before, infinity loop of capsules to make a big wardrobe that works together 🤣. Maybe you already knew this but in the 50s some companies made capsule wardrobe patterns 🧐, an I think are great for inspo, maybe you can find some there too for your summer plans (because they are usually summer oriented 😉). Mix- match weekend wardrobes are some of this patterns called 😃

[@Marlenasewing]

Haha dyslexics unite 😂💪 I have two patterns in my stash for a summer wardrobe 🤩🤩🤩 I am thinking of digitising and making them available in my store. I hope I will get it done before summer. You're right. Those patterns are absolutely fabulous and so cute! Buying one pattern to make a whole capsule wardrobe with sounds super practical 😃

[@joannemcmillan9201]

Overalls=Dungarees=garden pants.

[@thederpstate3330]

Don't feel bad about changing size. To live is to change.

[@Marlenasewing]

That's well said 🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@zornikzornuk3187]

NIce video, thanks for sharing

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for returning to my chanel ❤️ I'm so happy to see your comment 💗

[@slapperorange]

In Dutch we call overalls a tuinbroek, aka garden-pants!

[@Marlenasewing]

How fun that we have it in common!!🥳❤️

[@michellecornum5856]

I like all the color combinations. I sort of have a capsule wardrobe. I have a lot of jumper dresses (based on the Herjolfsnes dress) that I can wear with multiple tops. And I have a lot of circle skirts that I wear with the same tops. And I, too, dress very over the top. I am a Neo-Edwardian, and I wear all my floor length skirts to church.

[@Marlenasewing]

Oh my goodness! I think those Edwardian dresses and skirts (... and blouses!) are the prettiest thing ever😍 people must LOVE seeing you come to church! 😍

[@michellecornum5856]

@@Marlenasewing I have been known to make little girls squeal and find their mothers so they can see the lady dressed like a princess.😊

[@LisaOuwersloot]

We call your gardener pants tuinbroek in Dutch, which would translate to garden trousers (or pants).

[@Marlenasewing]

Awww! I'm so glad to hear our languages have that in common 😃❤️

[@emilysmith2784]

Have you thought about trying split side skirts so they are size adjustable? The stitchery and marriah Pattie have some great examples.

[@Marlenasewing]

Uuu! I never heard about it before 🤓 I'm going to check it out ASAP because it sounds like a great idea!!😍 thank you so much for the tip!

[@EowynDriscoll]

Im also doing this RN but without the planning. Well a little planning. The biggest issue is ive already got a lot of fabric for specific projects that arent capsule-wardrobey. Oh no.

[@Marlenasewing]

OMG, SAME HERE!😂😂 in some shots, you can see my fabric stash behind me. There are maybe 3 fabrics there that I'll be able to use in the capsule wardrobe 😂😂🙈 ommgg 🙈

[@EowynDriscoll]

Oh no we have to buy new fabric.... actually, fabric in Germany is stupid expensive so it is a little tragic. #IMissNYC@@Marlenasewing

[@Marlenasewing]

I feel you... Norway has the same problem, but I must admit that the quality of fabrics here is amazing 🤩 I guess it's similar in Germany?😃

[@EowynDriscoll]

Ive lived here for 5 years, and it can actually be really hard to find nice fabrics. It's getting easier - also caveat this with: I live in the countryside so I'm shopping online, maybe it's easier in Berlin or something - but most of the fabric seems to be craft quality cottons or like jerseys aimed at kids clothes. I can usually find cotton lawn or linen, but wools (Like tweeds, not suiting) has been difficult. Im starting to get served ads for more of what Im looking for, so maybe things are changing. @@Marlenasewing

[@TheEmeraldElf]

Perhaps for summer make shorts or a skirt in a floral print that matches your lavender, pistachio, and blue tops? Could be fun and more casual look.

[@Marlenasewing]

Absolutely!😃 that sounds like a wonderful idea! It would keep the capsule wardrobe in the same pallet, but add a little summer pizzazz to it 😃

[@thamansil]

I also don’t like the saying “kill two birds with one stone” so I say “feed two birds with one scone” instead! :)

[@Marlenasewing]

I'm going to use that from now on!😃😃😃❤️

[@CS-lk2ys]

Feed two birds with one scone :)

[@Marlenasewing]

Hahaha! I love it!!😂❤️ I'll use that from now on!

[@ladyelbinine]

Squirrel!! Looking forward to seeing everything you make. I too am planning to make myself a wardrobe, but its far less organized than what you are doing.

[@Marlenasewing]

Yay! Thank you for watching😃❤️! I will keep my fingers crossed for both of us to sew everything we envisioned this year!😃

[@yeahweburnstuff]

couldn't find the squirrel!

[@Marlenasewing]

Haha, there is nothing better than a cat in a box anyway! 😂 thank you so much for watching!❤️

[@Hausfrauenglueck]

Lovely video! Thank you! I would like to know what pattern you used for your blouse in the beginning of the video. Also what patterns you are planning on using besides the pussy bow blouse for your tops/blouses. Thank you in advance!

[@Marlenasewing]

I was actually thinking about making a video next week going over all the patterns I was thinking of using.😃 Would you find that interesting? Oh, and I was wearing a shirt dress I made in one of the previous videos 😃❤️

[@carissakirksey6606]

🐿

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for watching!🙏😃❤️

[@plumicorn]

I think with a circle and pencile skirt plus high waisted jeans plus a sweater, shirt and cardigan you can't do anything wrong

[@sannabengtsson3044]

A shirt dress, one pair of vintage pants, tops in general oh maybe best an average skirt, circle, girl, wake up skirt your option that you made advantage magic sorry English, not my first language to spell it wrong

[@Marlenasewing]

Don't worry, I sound like a donkey kicked me when I was little when I speak English, so I'm not here to judge 😂❤️ thank you for your comment!

[@hisketalstra199]

🐿️

[@Marlenasewing]

Thank you so much for watching 😃🥳❤️❤️

[@rodentary]

Do you not have instagram? I would love to see photos of your makes.

[@Marlenasewing]

I should start an account, shouldn't I?🙈 I'm just so bad at social media, I'm honestly a bit scared to start😅🙈 I will link it in the video description if I start an IG account.

[@kittybaumont2749]

hi, first 🤞for your spring pic nic, make it happends! for my own sanity i've stopped try to pretend to be a normal human being for ten yaers now, it's sooo refreshing, normal is sooo boring^^ you are planning a lot of work, i'm really interressed to see all that. bye 🐿

[@Marlenasewing]

Hahaha! I think that's probably the best way to go! 🙈 I should give up trying to be normal too, I guess. I don't think I'm kidding that many anyway 😂 thank you so much for watching!❤️❤️🙏

[@kittybaumont2749]

@@Marlenasewing thanks to you! you are making very delightful video 🙃

[@nopenahda8617]

It only takes one person wearing ballgowns to walmart for a trend to start....Seriously...why don't we wear stunning dresses often?