Someone Asked Me to Make Mushroom Sleeves, so I did

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A few weeks ago I got a message from @tinkstrong on Instagram, requesting a dress with "mushroom sleeves"... GENIUS (I went with making a top instead but still... GENIUSSS). If you know me, you know I love anything forest-y or nature-related so I HADDA DO IT TO EM. Along the way, I sweat, I sang, I sweat some more. I hope you enjoy :')
I love you all!!!
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1890's sleeves pattern: trulyvictorian...
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[@rachelmaksy]

THIS JUST IN: Mars is not, in fact, hot, and is, in fact, very cold. While I am severely disappointed in my own understanding of How Things Work™, I present my defense: MY BRAIN NO WORK SO GOOD WHEN IT HOT. I went to college not UNIVERSE-ity amirite, okay I'll see myself out 👉👉

[@becauseimafan]

Well I hope you don't feel bad about it, and if it makes you feel better, when you said Mars, I pictured the _candy bar_ and was _confused_ 😂😅 Honestly, my brain is melting out of my ears, and here in Montreal, Canada, it's a sweltering 28.5°C = 83°F 😂😂🥵🥵🧠💀

[@sarah17ssf]

😂😂😂👏👏and the award for funniest/ most relatable person of 2021 goes to Rachel❤️❤️❤️

[@annmorgan676]

😂😂

[@BarbiesRevenge579]

hahaha oh no i'm ashamed of how much that made me giggle!

[@curiousher4308]

As a previous astronomy student (I dropped out the one class) I can say with absolute certainty... that you are not alone, add me to the list of people who thought red = hot. But in all seriousness I loved this video, I’m also in the process of making puffy sleeves and now I want to paint them 😋 I always look forward to your videos every week and wish you all the best stay sane stay safe and make yourself a glass of iced tea. 🧋😎👍🏻

[@kimorourke9988]

"All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once." - Terry Pratchett (Do not eat your dress, it looks like a lovely outfit but a terrible snack)

[@isabellesyme7723]

It makes HER look like a snack

[@AnnaTalks-videos]

Hahaha that’s such a good quote!

[@yvonneburns2786]

The fly agaric mushroom is a hallucininagenic, sort of poisonous but still i wouldn't touch it, on the advice of that smoking caterpiller, he's so sage!!

[@NDH]

Another win for Sir. Pratchett!🖤🖤🖤

[@voidocringe3607]

TERYR PRATCHETT!!!!!!!

[@karismcconnellcoulsonlives7898]

Rachel has three moods: 1) “fuck it that looks close enough” 2) * screams in toad * 3) old auntie advice that makes me rethink my life

[@cinnamoony3996]

4) * self aware auntie humor *

[@a.munroe]

5) is extremely surprised and confused about how she accomplished her goal.

[@ashlyn6145]

6) emo rachel

[@lucie4185]

7) Bathroom karaoke Rachel 🎤

[@neaofunknown1033]

8) Stick me in the middle of the forest and let me bloom

[@SunflowerKidAugust]

Okay but the painted on spots look so much better and so much more like mushroom sleeves than a standard polka dot would have looked

[@TwentyThree-23]

My boyfriend is having a long day so I sent him Toad's "Chandelier" to make it longer. Also nice sleeves.

[@feliciamartin9771]

Hey that's off topic but could you tell me who's the artist that made your profile picture? I like it!

[@alexia3552]

"to make it longer" 🤣🤣

[@theodorerenniach8601]

The ruffles were a good touch, they don't read as stems but rather those frills on the underside of a mushroom, which works.

[@lauramathews3151]

Nerd fact they're called gills. Like on a fish. I don't get it either.

[@theodorerenniach8601]

@@lauramathews3151 See, I thought that, and then I thought, no that can't be right.

[@a_lethe_ion]

its not. its the velum. if its the underside of the head, then gills or pores- its called that way because it looks similar to gills. thats where the spores are released. more likely theodore means the velum- amanita is a species whose body at the youngest stage looks a bit like an egg- a closed round shape- the the stem and hat grow, rip apart the outer soft layer that stays at the bottom- the way to differentiate the toxic, deadly amanita verna, phalloides and ocreata from edible agaricus cametris ( they are the same family., but amanita have a velum. theres 2 types of velum, the types amanitas have is auniversal because its around the full shroom- and theres a partao velum that is only around the head of the shroom, that rips and usually hangs around the stem. (its called a ring or annulus. to annul is o end, so..) en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Veil_(mycology) en.wikipedia. org /wiki/Annulus_(mycology)

[@abbyb6958]

Yeah and her arms also act sort of as the stems so it works really well

[@BunnyRot439]

her arms are the stems :D

[@blossomvines341]

“Stick me in the middle of a forest and let me bloom” that kinda sounds like an inspirational quote

[@adedow1333]

Needs to be on a card. ...gonna steal it

[@lenabreijer1311]

"Bloom where you are planted " exists and I had a fight with my therapist about that. Because I didn't want to be planted where I was.

[@maryblaylock6545]

Actually there is a piece of music for bagpipes called "Flowers of the Forest". Traditionally played at funerals.

[@mandymckk]

You mentioned feeling like Miss Frizzle- a known fashion icon. I propose: *Miss Frizzle, but make it vintage!*

[@valerietheodore1688]

Yeeeesssss!!!

[@amandalashley3819]

Yes, please!

[@sadie4412]

PLEEEASE YES

[@_MrRain_]

OMG YES!!

[@annmorgan676]

YOU ARE A GENIUS! YES!

[@MorganDonner]

This. This is EVERYTHING. 😍 (IMA COME STEAL THIS FROM YOUR CLOSET KTHXBYE)

[@laurenking5080]

I was wondering how long it would take Madame Donner to smell the mushrooms. :D

[@drekfletch]

Now I"m picturing a bunch of costubers getting together after making their own mushroom sleeves, and the photoshoot is a fairy ring.

[@CharisBombela]

@@laurenking5080 same here! 😂

[@ushere5791]

ikr!!? i was stunned that it was rachel and not you making this, dear one!! xoxoxoxoxo

[@kathleenfleming7519]

I knew you would love it, Morgan!

[@jessi822]

selfishly wishing Rachel would open an online boutique because she's my favorite designer

[@leonapage]

I’d buy that!

[@pixiemeg]

Same!

[@WorldsFinestLila]

Or, mix and match panels and pieces so you could mix and match pieces she has already made.

[@lilianathehistorian2919]

PLSSSS we need it!

[@queenterraofarchrist344]

She'd make a fortune. I'd buy at least a few things.

[@TsurenaiYoru]

Rachel when sewing: There are no rules! Comment Section: PRESS YOUR SEAMS! Rachel crying in the corner with her iron: There's one rule

[@0meAcat1]

🤣😂🤣 unceasing, unyielding, with one great voice they demand

[@sourcedancer7079]

@@0meAcat1 😄 One rule to rule them all, one rule to guide them. One rule to bring them all, and in the light unite them. In the land of Sewing, where the garments lie.

[@joannakasper5486]

As someone who has been sewing for a really long time it's true there are no 'rules' as such but there are certain ways of doing things that will help you get a better end result. There might be three or four perfectly acceptable ways of getting the same result though so there's that. Pressing your seams will ALWAYS give you a better result though, so maybe that's not so much a rule as a strongly worded guideline??? That said, I'm always impressed at how well Rachel's projects end up. :D

[@cupcakejack7375]

@@sourcedancer7079 Fuck i understood that reference im such a fucking nerd

[@fridarefvik2538]

@@cupcakejack7375 tbf, i think you'd need to live under one heck of a rock to not get that reference 😅

[@SuperBlondenerd]

"I feel like Ms. Frizzle." *wears dresses made of book pages, mushroom sleeves and fun patterned Halloween dress.* The transformation has already begun.

[@XxAkatsxX]

same hair color too oml

[@livsterlove5681]

I feel like we were in a sewing class with Edwardian Ms. Frizzle

[@rachelmaksy]

MY FINAL FORM

[@acrossthestreetcaterpillar7239]

Now all she needs is the earrings

[@jovexin]

Now does anyone know any Creators who make earrings out of anything then?

[@Lisa_Flowers]

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your mentality towards sewing. As a perfectionist and someone who would beat myself up over absolutely everything, it's incredibly freeing to hear someone say I can just do something because it's fun and I enjoy it, even though it isn't perfect. Life is too hard already to find new things to beat yourself up over, and you are a great example of skill meeting self-compassion and not taking things too seriously! Sewing feels a lot lore accessible mow!

[@culthosmythos]

It's a very refreshingly healthy attitude to have towards all creative hobbies and interests.

[@GallifrAngel]

That ending message about just trying things and not being hard on yourself if it’s not perfect is SO necessary to hear at all times 🖤

[@marjoleinsmolders1630]

Rachel the Bob Ross of sewing ❤🍄

[@ronistitch6510]

In meny ways its not healthy to compair yourself but coorlippa , bernadet banner , abby cox thinking about it every sewing person i fallow on you tube makes a single thing or part of a thing per epasode its enough for their viuers but its also all about healthy ballences

[@missimmi]

The 5 year old I’m babysitting said, “That fabric’s awesome!” So he approves P.s. at the reveal shots, he exclaimed, “She’s like a princess! She’s wonderful!” It was so sweet😊

[@LoveForLudwig]

My five year old said "They do look like mushrooms, but why did she do that?" I said because she wanted to and that seemed to be acceptable to him. haha

[@adamreynolds9816]

Children speak the truth….

[@Lulu.G-61]

I am a dressmaker by trade, I own my own business and I have been sewing for about 40 years. That said, I feel like I am still in the middle of my sewing journey and there is always something to learn, you have to create in order to get better and you shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes. You are amazing and you get better every time you sew! Thank you for sharing your wonderful creations!

[@azrani2023]

beautiful comment, thank you for sharing your experience! x

[@JillBearup]

My sewing could best be described as “enthusiastic but haphazard” so...I get you 😁 Super cute sleeves!

[@sayjay198080]

I need a sword-resistant but comfortable corset top crossover from you two. Please.

[@PastelLePanda]

^^^

[@lapislazuli7835]

^^^

[@ariellerose-finn7102]

That's exactly how my baking is and it still turns out yummy, so whatever works, works!

[@plantlover3741]

Hey you’re the sword lady

[@katerrinah5442]

I feel like with each passing week Rachel is getting more and more like Miss Frizzle! Mitochondria-themed outfit next perhaps?

[@annmorgan676]

*YES!* To prove that Rachel is the powerhouse of the KZbin cell. 💜

[@Eloraurora]

Given her predilection for earth tones, I'd also love a geology dress. Strata! Fossils! Erosion!

[@sad_zene2362]

RACHEL PLEASE DO THIS AND MAYBE MAKE FRODO A SHIRT WHERE HES THE CHAMELEON!!

[@mljudd123]

"Seat belts, everyone!" ❤️

[@ilariaodinsdottir7312]

@@Eloraurora I second the geology dress! The mushroom one is already so cute and fun just leaning into the earthy aesthetic even more.

[@leahgroess5361]

The cream ruffle on the sleeves was definitely a good call, it evokes the frilly "gills" of the mushroom very nicely! I also feel you on that "press your seams!" stuff, because I always felt that the act of sewing them flattened everything out just fine, but it does make the actual sewing step so much smoother so I can see why it's such a "thing".

[@rebeccaelise3080]

I’m confused by your comment about pressing seams. You press the seam open after you’ve sewn it, not before. So how would it make the sewing smoother?

[@aurafluff]

@@rebeccaelise3080 it would probably make felling the seams easier

[@incognitoburrito7458]

Bless that someone who pitched the mushroom sleeve idea and may both sides of their pillow be cold tonight

[@allikillion3733]

rachel: * singing as toad while making mushroom sleeves * me: this woman is my role model.

[@annmorgan676]

Same

[@AgnetaOhneH]

"Who needs so much toe hair, Sir?" I mean... He's a Hobbit after all, isn't he?

[@rosemarylinalool3432]

Good point!

[@rhiannonthegrey17]

"Basically I want to take the forest...and wear it as clothing." Same, girl. SAME.

[@lucie4185]

And have that lovely cool forest air instead of hot swamp air.

[@HighPriestessSteph]

For what it’s worth, whilst I enjoy watching your creations come to life I’m not here for sewing/costuming - you bring so much more than that!! Personally I love your humour, vibe, (pets, home, reveal locations...) but the editor in me (of over a decade) LOVES your craft!! Honestly, every little cut I appreciate, from the titles to the music. Editing Rachel is truly a talent and a marvel! MUCH love to all of the Rachel’s ❤️ Thank you for creating 🙏

[@agimagi2158]

Omg this is literally the cutest thing ever! The little ruffle makes them look so mushroomy but like still wearable, it's just perfect! Marry me mushroom sleeves! I think one garment is perfect btw, this way we can truly admire every creation of yours! And I'd rather see you as happy creative tornado Rachel enjoying what she made than burnt out overworked self-doubting Rachel who has bitten off to much so I wholeheartedly support one sewing project per video!

[@RoseBaggins]

I wholeheartedly agree!! Take it one step at a time!

[@wolfennightsong]

"Who needs that much toe hair?" Well, he is named Frodo.

[@RoseBaggins]

Touche 😂😂😂

[@emilypadron9664]

Ha!

[@cherrylee1103]

😆

[@E_FoxSnowspirit]

Oh my- 😆

[@alejandrarodriguez8410]

Legend

[@irishlady5051]

Auntie Rachel is the Yoda of sewing: “If no mistake you have made, losing you are.”

[@LillyCharlotte7]

So thrue ☺

[@rachelmaksy]

LOL another voice i should work on PERFECTING ✍️✍️

[@malorarox]

After the reveal of the flipping adorable sleeves, she said: “Frodo, what are you doing?”…my brain immediately responded in Pippin’s voice…..”MUSHROOMS!” …..I’ll leave..🤦🏼‍♀️

[@deedeeisabelsdottir]

😂 same.

[@emeraldannabelle3320]

Rachel is a living ray of sunshine That’s because she’s such a fungi

[@jcreilly7200]

Don't you mean "fungal"?

[@LisEibh]

Honestly, I’m here because I just really enjoy Rachel’s humour and how it makes her content and editing style just so darn amusing. If she made one garment, or even tried out other activities e.g. cooking, decorating, art stuff etc etc, I’d still be here for her Sat morning uploads ✨ Also, ‘No Mock-ups Maksy’ is a kickass nickname 😎

[@Paurify]

I agree 100%!

[@cindymora6714]

Me too, here for the references! lol

[@CirceWasJustified]

When using an acrylic or fabric paint on cloth, a layer of gesso under the area you intend to paint on is great. It prevents the paint from seeping through the backside of the fabric, can prevent bleeding, and increases paint durability. It also stiffens the fabric a bit, which can be a downside. There are also great fabric mediums intended to be mixed with paint for craft purposes. The sleeves turned out so great, I love them!

[@cassiesevigny]

Oooo noted

[@pyswan]

I've used the fabric mediums mixed with acrylic. They are great and make the paint flexible so it is less prone to cracks. Just be sure to iron it on low (with some paper to protect your work) after!

[@hanna50000]

I realise I watch these videos like my dad watches sports. When you added the cream band around the base of the sleeves I barked “CUTE!” at my screen with the utmost focus and sincerity.

[@adeledesm8853]

Haha exactly !

[@percivallavoie4415]

Same I feel that

[@dmp1177]

This is so accurate wow.

[@beccadelong6496]

The cutest Herbology professor Hogwarts has ever seen

[@abigailmorrall9912]

I really want this to be a thing. Like we need a movie on the adorable forest wearing herbology professor haha.

[@evilpompom]

I know right?! I just picture her coming in to the classroom a bit late, stressed and disheveled with pine needles and moss in her hair and her glasses a bit askew 😊 All the students love her to bits.

[@Mortar-]

Petition to make this a thing, and have her be the actress? *(IF SHE WANTS TO SHE CAN, IF SHE DOES NOT I WILL YEET SKEET ALT + DELETE THIS COMMENT)*

[@theatrenerd6334]

Herbology is my favorite class! I wouldn't be mad if she were my teacher.

[@sadie2307]

yes.

[@pheebee6294]

Anybody else want Rachel to start her own fashion brand so all of her Whiskey grandpa's could wear such fun clothing? 🦊

[@theresethalsethkvande5888]

Heck yeah

[@the1band1wagon]

I've recently added 2 waist coats and 3 shirts with puffy sleeves to my wardrobe because she makes it look so nice and I want to look nice.

[@chelseaprater8821]

Yeeees

[@pheebee6294]

@@the1band1wagon amen 😻

[@nic0leslaw44]

The sleeves look so cute! The "stem" fabric you added I think really helps, it looks more finished and intentional. As usual, you are fun and funny and never change and I personally like a video where you just make one garment.

[@zsuzsipercz3888]

“I want to take the forest and wear as clothing” - you are really a hobbit 🤣🍄🌿🍁🍂😆

[@rachelmaksy]

Just wanna be a plant chillin' on the forest floor 😳😳😳

[@Castle_of_v1nes]

@@rachelmaksy _yes-_

[@shawnsisler3743]

Just when you said, "I'm going to be a little easier on myself." I was telling my hubby that if I ever met you I was going to tell you to be easier on yourself because you are an amazing person.

[@HumbleOddity]

Rachel: *complaining about the 93 degree heat* Me, a Scottish person: "aw I hate the heat too! hold up one second though let me just..." *converts to celsius* "OK I CAN FULLY EMPATHISE NOW I WOULD ALSO BE DYING"

[@elieli2893]

Yeah no kidding, 33 degrees???? :'D We were just complaining about the heat here in Finland yesterday, it was... 25 degrees out. Tomorrow's gonna be 15... xD

[@heathern8043]

@@elieli2893 hahaha 33 Celsius laughs in Australian

[@elieli2893]

@@heathern8043 Here, that's literally a yearly record temperature, happens in maybe one or two localities in the whole country once or twice a year, and it gets reported in the news :'D

[@larksie]

hey look, as another Australian, 33 is not record-breaking or anything (we usually cross 40 at least once each summer where I am, and that is horrifying) but it is *definitely* complaint-worthy! I will support all heat-complaints as soon as it's above 30! Especially if it's humid, UGH.

[@invadersin5203]

Oh yeah, I tap out at 24 degrees. This kiwi prefers the autumn cool :)

[@isabelladeane4885]

Man, it's so nice to hear support of sewing coming from a nice internet person. As I stare into my closet slowing filling up with dresses I've made, some of which I like, most of which I'd like to burn, it's reassuring to hear that it's fine to dive in. I wish many good bedspread/sheet finds to all the sewing people here (since real fabric is expensive and environment etc).

[@ashoakthorn369]

As a seamstress, I want to say that you are 100% correct with not being hard on yourself for your mistakes. ESPECIALLY when you are learning. If you are happy with the outcome, and if you made something you like and will wear, then you absolutely succeeded and nailed it. I love seeing all your projects, they are so creative, they inspire me to try more creative projects too 🙂

[@crowfaerymori]

I love how Rachel leaves in awkward outtakes to remind us you can be awkward and awesome at once!

[@alannabest-jackson9762]

You should totally start a series called “I sort of know what I’m doing” where you go back to projects you’d like to try again or do things you wanted to do but didn’t think you had the skill 😀

[@heathermayredetzke4245]

I'd love that.

[@bibliophilecb]

+

[@jbones6930]

Ooh yes!

[@alesswonderland]

Yes yes!

[@BettyAndersson]

I have just had a similar realization! I am a newbie, I started sewing for real only this spring because I've always been so intimidated by it. My mom sews a lot and she makes it seem so complicated, and all the sewing I've ever done has been at school where I was graded and there was so much pressure and you needed to do everything The Right Way™ or you would fail. But then I suddenly, on a whim, (or maybe after watching a million of yours and Bernadette Banner's videos) I decided to sew a dress based on a very vague description I saw on Instagram. I didn't really have a pattern, I just experimented, and that made me realize that I can do whatever I want, however I want. Does it always turn out great or the way I want to? No. But like, it doesn't matter? There are no rules. I can experiment and try and see what happens. I'm learning so much, I'm having so much fun and I have sewn a pair of trousers that is literally one of my favourite garment that I own. I think your approach to sewing is really inspiring, and I love the mushroom sleeves so much!

[@DVD927]

PS: Your channel is one my husband typically wouldn’t care about, but we both enjoy your sense of humor & you remind us in various ways of our twin daughters who are about your age. And we miss them. My husband especially misses a daughter who moved 250 miles away & I think he is more excited than I am when you come out with a new video. But don’t tell him I told you that! Shhhh

[@erikajones5295]

Oh my heart, this is so wholesome. Also my husband, who couldn't give two hoots about sewing or cottage-core, loves Rachel's videos. Some personalities transcend their ostensible communities.

[@quillpen815]

Sooo cute. 😭

[@q_nevermore]

*translates 93 to human temperature, nods* As an Aussie, that's quite warm.

[@ChelseaJeanBentley]

its really a standard spring day tbh

[@ajwilson7909]

Close to the proverbial boil, one might say.

[@frostyskeletons8950]

@Charlotte Surrey same

[@rosaliepicard7536]

@Charlotte Surrey Yup, 20°C is pretty much the limit (Canadian here).

[@CarynOMahony]

As a South African, I agree. That is quite warm.

[@romanticfox01]

Rachel in front of the blackboard, with her glasses, explaining the construction of the garment is giving me strong Evelyn vibes from the Mummy

[@froggybangbang]

Your being in the middle of the journey is what I live about your videos, because you have the same energy I have when I sew "I should do it this way to make it the correct way but.... I can't be bothered. Round corners it is!" And I love that.

[@ruthie_2990]

“I want to take the forest and wear it as clothing” is my ultimate mood. They say to dress for the job you want, and I would like to be a professional mushroom unbothered on the floor of a forest somewhere 🍄

[@adedow1333]

...until a hobbit gets you!

[@ruthie_2990]

That’s what I’m hoping for! So long as it’s Pippin, I’d die a happy mushroom😅🤷🏼‍♀️!

[@cannolicosplay]

Rachel: *names her dog after a hobbit* Rachel: "Why do you have so much toe hair?"

[@sorayaforest5659]

hahaha omg 😂👏🏼

[@moonymilquetoast]

i personally LOVE the "simpler," one item makes, whether that be sewing or crafting like the book nook video :3

[@raoul4free]

Here in the Netherlands we have a fairytale themepark, de Efteling. The oldest part of the park is the forrest where all the fairytales are depicted. All throughout they made giant mushrooms that play music. I thought of those mushrooms all throughout this video. Here is a clip of the mushroommusic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4m2kmujit6Me5Y

[@merulava]

Yeess! Me too!

[@CheshieD]

👁👄👁

[@saraergonot]

You have just given me a new reason to live, it being going to that park omg

[@venusxaino]

omg yes I love the Efteling!!

[@extraterrestrialelliot]

I was supposed to go to eftling before covid hit. Hopefully one day I will

[@CrowShayHook]

Projects like these where you aren’t killing yourself with deadlines are absolutely fine. Personally I enjoy any content you put out. 🍄🍂❤️

[@michellecornum5856]

I would like to give this a thousand thumbs up.

[@bryannagalarneau815]

"I want to take the forest... and wear it as clothing" Never before has anything resonated with me on such a spiritual level Also! idk if you already have ideas for your next videos, but something pride related would be so cool!

[@TealVT]

PRIDE THEMED OUTFIT

[@liv97497]

"I'm just going to make something" is my favorite type of content, so you won't see me complaining👀

[@emilycuneo42]

Watching a couple KZbinrs - you included! - who sew without necessarily following all the "rules" has helped me realize I can do the same, and I've made some things I love that would have been so much more intimidating if I'd felt like it all had to be done Right instead of experimenting and making stuff work. Thank you for your inspiration. It's a great way to be. ❤

[@TheGrimlyReaper]

your aesthetic is either whiskey grandpa or whimsy personified and i honestly love that

[@annmorgan676]

The little *”I sorta know what I’m doing”* slapped me clean across the face. I don’t ever come to these videos to be called out on how being a legal adult/my life in general is going, but somehow it always happens. 😭😂😂😂

[@SugiyamaHiromin]

Same. Why listen to instructions when you can trust your (half of the time tells you the wrong thing) gut?

[@lieeeleeee]

I love that the eggshell coloured ruffles look like the gills under a mushroom it really makes it read mushroom

[@kkeegan32]

Agreed. I think if she added another smaller sleeve below that it would look like the stem of the 🍄

[@jeanlinder1310]

I love how this turned out! Very cute! And as a (very much a) beginner sewist, it's encouraging to see the people I look up to on KZbin be real and make "mistakes." I really appreciate it and your humor more than you know.

[@alexisthetube]

I would just like to state my appreciation for the fact that you painstakingly make sure the captioning is perfect on every single one of your fantastic videos. you have grown so much as a creator, but you’ve had perfect captions for a very long, consistent time. thank you!

[@dahlia-jane]

ah yes this is so important!! even as someone who has no issues hearing, i still appreciate it so much to help me focus on the video and enjoy it so much more :)

[@ichinisa2583]

Rachel, you making random-ass projects is the content I'm here to watch, wholesome, funny, honest crafts, you could make literal trash bags and I'd be here with stars in my eyes

[@MartiasMuses]

Same

[@Applepopess]

Same

[@juliejay5436]

EXACTLY!

[@brandibrooks4089]

I feel like these sleeves could also make adorable jellyfish sleeves (why didn't Tsukimi think of this????). Either way, I loved this idea, and I love practically all of your content, even if it is another episode of "I'm just going to make something because I'm not clever enough to come up with any other kind of content" because it's just as beautiful!

[@adeledesm8853]

Yes ! Such a great idea !

[@laurenmitchell2544]

Literally your honesty about the mistakes or “could of been betters” made me think ahh I wouldn’t of seen that so maybe I’m too hard on myself…so I got a lot done in lockdown thanks to you and non-perfectionism!!!

[@gabbyraja]

I LOVE how you lugged that chalkboard out just to *electronically* draw on it.

[@rosalieevans9046]

*sees Rachel’s jack-o-lantern pillow* “Ahh yes, ‘tis officially the pre-autumn season”

[@dokiepkosa]

I was literally just telling my roommate that I like the way that you show sewing is a learning process and how it’s made me feel a lot more excited to keep improving my sewing over time AND THEN you dropped the solid auntie advice. I’d say you’re doing a great job and 10/10 can back you up as a fellow auntie

[@irishollestelle3819]

Yes, I totally agree!

[@sanbi4903]

Rachel:: “…because I like to make things a little bit harder for myself” My husband: “ME. That’s me. That would be me if I sewed.”

[@jenniferroyalty]

The sewing aunty advice made me feel so validated as someone who is really just getting into my own clothes making. It seems so impossible and the patterns are so complicated but you inspire me to just keep on trying because you have so much fun💙PLEASE never stop making videos. Also videos with just one project are awesome because we get to see a more of the process and your comedy

[@alejandrarodriguez8410]

Rachel: I sorta know what i'm doing. Also rachel: creates all the costumes for a fairy tale retelling broadway musical.

[@returnoftheromans6726]

That's our girl!!!

[@silver_valentine]

Ok, first: those sleeves are, as the poets would say, "stinking cute". Second: thank you for exposing my ears to "Country Toads". In a good way or a bad way? I still don't know.

[@danicakuharic8086]

This was flipping awesome... I absolutely MUST show this this to my husband! He’s a mushroom forager and tincture medicine man... and my dream is to design clothing that allows me to merge with the trees in the Forest...Now I know why I absolutely ADORE you!

[@bowenarrows7819]

I'm here and stay here because of your personality, humor, and down-to-earth attitude. I like that you don't try to make everything seem like it's going perfect when it's not. It brings realism. I'd rather see you do one project, small or no, or half of a project, than see you overburden yourself and stress yourself out. I want to see you enjoy making your projects and enjoy how much detail or work you put into it, than see you scramble and be unhappy at the end of it.

[@rvh.2023]

My new summer farewell must now be “May the swamp-ass be few.” I’ll be breaking that out like “peace be with you” in a Catholic mass

[@lunahymnpala3081]

And also for you-

[@Erynenchanted]

I’m half Finnish and hearing you pronounce “sauna” correctly made my life

[@jennia.2318]

I was going to say this! It's so rare to hear someone non-speaking so say Finnish words correctly. So sad to say this but it really made my morning better. 😄

[@emilia123zz]

I’m half Finnish too and this comment is so true! I hate when people mispronounce it 😂😂😂

[@elieli2893]

Haha just commented about it, it made me stupidly happy :'D Full Finnish here, hello cousins!

[@nandexnine]

I can't find it, now I want to know the right pronunciation

[@LS-ux2bk]

14:33

[@sylviamaike6866]

I DIED at the intro. Please, we need a Wes Anderson parody! I want to see a Rachel Maksy-does-Wes Anderson short film! (In every one of these videos, I'm always enjoying the high-quality details from your filmmaking education... I'd love to see what happened if you made a bona fide movie out of one of your projects...)

[@Goldenstar23]

"You are good enough, and anything you make is good enough, because you made it!" I did not expect the adorable mushroom sleeve video to come for my feelings like that 😭❤️️

[@leslikuyweski4576]

The dress is so cute! The toad songs, not so much!

[@Goldenstar23]

@@leslikuyweski4576 I LOVE The Toad songs 😂

[@brittanyjennings4236]

“There’s enough material in those sleeves alone to make a waist, I declare there is.” - Marilla Cuthbert

[@PatiNagy]

I instantly thought of Anne’s dress as well. Now I *really* get how much fabric went into those puffy sleeves 🙈

[@sinndymorr6358]

I was taken there too.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

@@PatiNagy there were plenty of sleeves in that time that used a full yard of fabric, each. Which shows just how expensive they would have been. Less than a yard for the bodice, two yards for the sleeves. If you were poorer, that’s a significant expense.

[@PatiNagy]

@@katherinemorelle7115 thank you for that extra bit of information!

[@rachelfirst8621]

I love how the titles to your videos have basically become like actual conversations to your viewers because we are all friends here💖✨

[@theresahoward7216]

Sewing is an art/ craft. It takes practice...you learn your own short cuts...but every fabric acts differently and I enjoy seeing someone else go through the learning process just like I did when I was learning. You are adorable and entertaining! Keep going...please and thank you

[@suzzanahbessette6989]

I feel like Rachel is slowly becoming the eccentric grandma that introduces the group to the murder mystery/D&D adventure we are all going on and I am here for it!!!

[@kat.a.l]

All I want in life now is for Rachel to be my dungeon master

[@jodoodlyboi2963]

Ok but a grandma dungeon master would be DOPE though

[@Essa_711]

This might have changed my mind about big sleeves, they are so adorable. Seriously though it was your videos that made me go "oh, that doesn't look nearly as difficult as I thought", sewing looked so intimidating but now I have a sewing machine and I'm attempting skirts so yeah, not being perfect makes it way more approachable so thank you!

[@hollyjordan3963]

I loved this. It had a bit of a nod to “Over the Garden Wall” to me.

[@cruckus20]

Loved the Aunt advice. I stopped sewing for 8 years bc I felt so insecure about my sewing. Also ironing sucks. And your vidoes are getting me thru a hard time right now. So thank you!

[@iheartmusic41]

"i just want to wear the forest as clothing" just cover me with leaves and leave me here to grow moss pls

[@asterismos5451]

that sounds like every other hozier song XD

[@insignificantramblings]

@@asterismos5451 you beat me to it

[@lake_hardigan]

"May the swamp-ass be few" to the tune of "and also with you" made THIS Catholic-raised person laugh HARD!

[@maria.skorik]

Oh that's a Catholic thing? I though it was a star wars reference 😂

[@mljudd123]

I scrolled through and liked every comment that suggested you make a Miss Frizzle inspired outfit in hopes that it would be known that this is an amazing idea! "But make it vintage" I second that! Seatbelts everyone! 👩‍🏫❤️

[@ExanthePRKL]

Other people: mushroom sleeves Me a Finn: SHE PRONOUNCED SAUNA CORRECTLY????

[@samseashell7592]

I was going to comment the exact same thing! 😂 It’s amazing!!!

[@sonja5058]

Timestamp?

[@lauriehoyte867]

@@sonja5058 14:40

[@sonja5058]

@@lauriehoyte867 thank youu

[@devathepinup]

I like the use of Bowie's "Fashion" because you know, at some point in his decades of interesting clothing choices, he probably would have worn these sleeves. They came out reeeeeeally cute! Also, I have a feeling I'm about to lose hours of my life to watching Toad singing videos...

[@KrisKrisKrissy]

I love it. The sleeves are ADORABLE. And yes, they totally read as mushrooms.

[@mrakoplasa]

rachel in a bob ross voice: paint those happy spots.. that will kill your enemies

[@samneilson903]

I like to watch the sewing craft ladies and after months in my humble opinion you are simply the best you are kind funny you care about your subscribers.One of my favourite things about you is how no matter what happens good or bad you show it as it was,. You have some brilliant ideas but you are not big headed.Keep up the good work and thank you x

[@MystraRavenwind]

It just needs a mushroom sunhat now lol. I love this.

[@Sarah-mh9fh]

I love what you said at the end about not being afraid to just go for it and make mistakes! I'm a professional seamstress and watching your channel has actually inspired me a lot. In the past I kinda avoided making myself stuff, or doing too much experimentation outside the structure or "rules" of what I knew was "the right way" to do things. I got scared of taking risks. Now I'm a lot more comfortable kind of making it up as I go along and I think it's actually improved my work a lot. So thank you!

[@alietheartist734]

“You are good enough, and anything you make is good enough because you made it.” Man it’s dusty in here! *sniff* Seriously, though, this is one of the most inspiring pieces of advice ever.

[@lauramathews3151]

I know the combination of Ms Frizzle and Mr Rogers. We dont deserve Rachel.

[@melissabarringer7685]

Oh Gurl, I absolutely love every video you produce. I'm a self taught crafter & sewstress, your videos encourage and inspire me. And even more so, I adore you, you have a genuine & fun air about you. We need more people like you in our lives.

[@justcallmeA]

We just buried my grandmother today and I am *feeling it* so I just want to say thank you for such wonderful, wholesome content which never fails to put a smile on my face, especially today, when I needed it so very much. In spite of how hard today was, I'm sitting in bed with tea and smiling, which I honestly didn't think I'd manage at all today. So thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️

[@JazzHandsMiri]

My condolences

[@ShelbyZealand]

The reveal was lovely! Sort of like Snow White and Briar Rose had a baby and that baby went Over the Garden Wall.

[@Romy-rz4zt]

I'm glad you're going easier on yourself--you're a really talented person and I hate when you tear yourself down! This project turned out great and you should feel great!

[@OrthodoxMidwife]

Rachel: mushroom sleeves Morgan Donner *peeking around a corner*: MA’AM

[@ann.addiction_to_books]

i love how rachel has been slowly evolving into mrs. weasley, miss frizzle, and a woodland fairy which is the best combination. also mushroom sleeves. definitely going to make them. yet another project that i NEED TO MAKE.