RE- making an 1890s walking skirt : A Victorian slow fashion sewing vlog

[@Skirt553]

I just want to say I'm sorry you had someone in your life who was not supportive of you when you were first learning, and I'm glad that you have found your joy again.

[@Sewcial-Anxietea]

Yay for twirly skirts and maintaining beloved clothes!

[@Sewcial-Anxietea]

I'm actually in the process of remaking a long wool coat I thrifted years ago. It was already a little threadbare at the shoulders, elbows, and cuffs when I thrifted it in 2020 and it's gotten me through several winters, but now the sleeves are too threadbare to be warm. The shop I get my machine serviced at had some lovely caramel colored 100% wool coating for a very reasonable price the last time I was in, so I bought a bunch and my beloved old coat is now a sewing pattern.

[@SnappyDragon]

I love when you can get a pattern off something! I have a couple pairs of pants set for that, and a friend is trading with me to disassemble some custom pants they had made so they can be reproduced.

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Congratulations on a lovely and satisfying new/improved garment! It flows so beautifully I've mostly been doing expansions (my "remakes"). I love being able to wear new clothes again. Recently, I took two identical half-my-size costumes: I took the skirts off & joined them together, making a huge full skirt, then regathered it at a comfy waist size. For the bodices, opened one if them down the entire side seams, including the sleeves, and cut the other at center of front and back; then, I pieced the other into the first one, adjusted the armscyes & sewed them together. It worked great. So liberating. I also breathed new live into disposable fast fashion clothes by hand stitching with theatrical visible stitches. (Not for everyone, I know, but, it gives me joy. )

[@feycompanion]

The one big remaking project I've ever done was on a skirt very similar to this! Sometime in high school I made a huge full length royal blue skirt for wearing to renaissance faires, sometimes over a hoop skirt. I had made the waistband with some vague notion of it being adjustable but it wasn't in practice, it just weirdly had both a wide static waistband and a drawstring, and I foolishly didn't put in pockets! At some point last year I looked at it and thought, you know if this were more wearable I would wear it all the time, not just to the faire (which I don't get to as often as I'd like these days). So I ripped off the waistband, shifted the gathers all to the back, added elastic and made it ACTUALLY adjustable, and added pockets. I'm so so proud of the reworked skirt, and I was right: I do wear it all the time now!

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

Your journey with yarn crafts mirrors my sewing experience. I was able to learn to crochet completely on my own terms without any adult interference, and it’s become a treasured skill that I genuinely enjoy. On the other hand, learning to sew has been a completely different path for me. Unfortunately, I had a multitude of negative experiences along the way that caused a significant amount of hurt to me. I honestly think at this point that my biggest accomplishment in sewing is not giving up on it.

[@lynndragon2536]

i felt a connection when you taled about your crafting trauma i had a similar crafting trauma with sewing with my grandmother on my dads side and now that shes gone i mentioned itto my dad and he said she 'didnt mean it that way' im like yes she did.... so im remaking one of the projects i trashed due to her feedback to reclaim my joy in it because looking back now even though it wasnt perfect it was not a complete fail

[@cassiopeia9187]

Seeing a seam ripper is normally upsetting for me, it’s so exciting to see someone happy about using one!

[@cenedra20]

Ripping seams is unavoidable, I grew to accept it as part of the sewing process, which brought me much peace. It can be therapeutic if you're in the right mindset

[@olderendirt]

@@cassiopeia9187 My grandma said great grandma used to say if you don't rip something out you won't live to wear it out. :) Grandma lived 95 years.

[@silmarlfan1]

Re made a red Christmas dress I had made to look semi Victorian. I saw pictures of me in it and hated it! so I took it apart and made a skirt and bodice. sometimes it is nice to buy extra fabric and horde it. plus making a pair of separates means I get to make the evening bodice and ballgown bodice for special occasions. silk is nice but cotton is cheap and I have a budget. so quilting cotton for fancy dresses for me! also sometimes if you like a skirt enough and have worn it out and still have the pattern, you can remake it- but better!

[@sewscience]

Quilting cotton is fancy if you look at it the right way! I love finding vintage cottons, they usually have really clean patterns and don't have issues with pixelation like many modern ones do

[@ragnkja]

Many of the quilting cottons available today have prints that would have put them firmly in the “too fine for everyday use” category because they would require too many printing steps that all had to line up nicely.

[@Olive-765]

I have some old yarn craft things that I adore for how awful they are from me being so new to it. There are others that I just don't use. When I start my next project I'm going to keep this video in mind! Maybe I'll make that too big hat into a mitten now that I know how.

[@vickymc9695]

Been slowly remaking some of my favourites t shirt into more fitted comfy knit dresses, with pockets, for a while now. My disability doesn't play well with jeans, but seemed a waste to get rid of all the t shirts I had. Very slow though lol.

[@lenaeospeixinhos]

The turtle wins the race! ❤

[@gouachegirl6115]

I recently made another Coquelicot skirt, my third. I love that pattern. However, since lost some weight, the first two one had become a bit large (which is something, considering it is an adjustable skirt! 😮). So when I made the new one, I decided to make it a size smaller and thought: „do I need to make a mock-up? Nah, I am just going one size down…“ Which went as well as can be expected… Turned out, it was way to small - I guess I would have needed to grade between sizes. The pattern comes in a four and an eight gore version. With some creative pushing around of the pattern pieces, I just about managed to wring the additional gores from the rest of the fabric and had just enough to freehand a new, fitting waistband. We‘re speaking of having just a few square inches left. :😮 I learned a lot from this and I don‘t think that without channels like these, I would have even considered trying to save the first version. So - thank you!

[@googlyowo]

There's something so pleasing to me that we live in an era where we can wear literally whatever we want and it can still be practical to our modern way of living (big pockets on a historically inspired dress, for example). I haven't yet the skills to upcycle my clothes, but there's shimmery button up given to me by my sister, and a vest that are too big for me that i'd love to modify to fit.

[@kirabowie]

I loved your outfit when you first made it and I love it even more with the swirly skirt update! It's so pretty!! ❤❤❤

[@FlybyStardancer]

Yay for new-old skirt, now with extra twirl! I have yet to remake anything. So far everything has either been worn to tatters (I tried patching some beloved skirts, but the fabric was so worn out and fragile that it immediately tore in other spots), or I changed sizes, or my style changed in a way that I couldn’t rework them… jersey dresses were very forgiving fit-wise, but don’t rework very well.

[@SnappyDragon]

Yeah, I really do wish jersey was an easier fabric to rework! The best I've managed is making undies out of t-shirts that got worn out or no longer suited me.

[@FlybyStardancer]

@ I’ve been saving the dresses to do the same. lol

[@roberthickman4092]

Have been working out a pattern for knit trousers with no inseam (only outseam) to address a sensory annoyance, and have also encountered the difficulty in reworking jersey. Ripping a seam, it is so easy to also rip the fabric.

[@saraquill]

I’ve done this with doll clothes. I don’t look at my old creations with shame, as I know my skills then were very different from what they are now. I still take pleasure in taking a seam ripper to them and say, turning an old t tunic into an apron.

[@sewscience]

One of my favourite alterations, espeically on jumpsuits or jackets with long sleeves, is adding gussets into the underarm seam. I find modern armscyes to be too big, and therefore too restrictive, much of the time. Adding a couple inches of freedom under the sleeves really lets me feel comfortable and able to move without thinking about or needing to readjust my clothes.

[@lenabreijer1311]

I have done this! I cut the top pf the sleeve and put it under the arm! It made such a difference . It is now comfortable to wear, I can raise my arms in it. Now I have to add pockets...

[@karamelbonbon7858]

Earlier this year my parents neighbor gave to me a jacket out of carpenter's corduroy that had belonged to her father. It was a wonderfully tailored antique piece. Thanks to my tailoring skills I learned on youtube, I was able to alter it to fit me, without having to give up on it's original style. And I love it sooo much! It has great pockets that I can actually put stuff in without looking like a marsupial. Plus by performing a major surgery on a garment like this, I learned a lot about ca 1970s tayloring.

[@azteclady]

I did not think it would be possible to improve upon that outfit, and yet you've managed just that. That's some dreamy twirl, alright. Most excellent work!

[@Celcey24]

This video popped up at the perfect time: right after I finished stretching outside. So I curled up in the corner of my cozy roof deck garden in my cozy layers of wool to watch this very cozy video. Normally I’m a double speed girlie, but today was a day for slow living and full enjoyment.

[@meganb4432]

Magnets! I've taken to cutting out the pockets from my many long full skirts, in favour of a hanging pocket. While I'm at it I'm removing the zippers I used to use, and sewing tiny earth magnets inside the placket, so my pockets close with a lovely line, but aren't visibly modern at all.

[@ChayatsujiKimono]

V, it's such a beautiful skirt, then ánd now! The color looks amazing on you! Though why only put one pocket in if you can have two 😄 we need ample storage for our snacks ^^

[@lenaeospeixinhos]

👏👏👏 snacks are life

[@dianetheone4059]

I-just-learned-this-year-to-put-the-red-ball-of-the-ripper-inside.-Try-it.-You-can-make-longer-runs.

[@jh5401]

i'm scared of getting bored of sewing and the executive dysfunction hits hard when i think about trying to learn properly- but i did fix a pocket in my jeans with some handsewing 💜

[@elfsemail]

I made a flannel robe a couple of decades ago. I had a thrift store dress that I was never going to be able to wear, so I took it apart and used it to line the hood. It is wearing out, but I still wear it as no one will else ever see it. So cosy!

[@Michellerosecusack]

A lot of people don't like the texture of crochet in the turn style because most things are machine knit. Knitting if you were not aware only creates a front facing fabric. But crochet is more versatile. The turn style of crochet makes a reversible fabric. But that also means that there's both front and back facing stitches on each side of the turn style fabric. Which to the modern eye looks 'wrong' and when asked why they didn't like turn style fabric they can't express why it's ugly. When really they're hating on the back side of the stitches on the right side of the fabric. You can create right and wrong sided fabric with crochet in lots of different ways: Tunisian -uses an extremely long hook Ambidexterity- switching which hand holds the yarn and hook(this has a unique grain pattern unattainable by other methods of crochet) In the round l- there's a spiral and row by row Or there's the Simple stitch method- after each row, cut from the yarn supply and always start the next row on the same side of the fabric. I mention all of these methods because I don't think this 'crochet is ugly' topic that is explained well, or how you can appeal to a more modern audience by avoiding the turn style method. Or really why most people feel like crochet is best left out of garments and should be reserved for grandma blankets. 🙄 If you pick up crochet again, maybe look at finding some older books of lace making because when and how to use crochet vs knitting and why used be more common. I often refinance older 1930's DMC needle craft books for fun, solutions and interesting tips I don't often see on the internet.

[@marybull3715]

Looks great well done for going back to this skirt. A small hint for using the stitch ripper, once you have opened up a seam use it with the red knob going between the fabrics, it is far less likely to cause damage to the fabrics as you rip seams.

[@ashenwalls3558]

This is so stunning, you did a beautiful job! I've also done a lot of refashioning, and recently found a picture of me in a dress I reworked in high school. It was originally a green boas-cut slip dress without much shape. I chopped it short and added something like 8 gores to make the skirt flouncy. I had no idea what I was doing, and that was one of my first experiments with such a drastic change to a dress's shape. I felt like a fairy.

[@Nessi-dances]

Yesss, adding the horse hair really changed how my wool skirt moved too! It's like wearing a blanket, so cozy! 💜

[@cenedra20]

I'm in the process of turning a lot of my old dresses into skirts, so this video is right up my alley!! It's cool when you can reconstruct and give new life to a piece that you still love🥺

[@agness6766]

Hii, I was strugling with crafts all my life, bcs as you said, I have watching eyes right behind me all time I picked up crocheting same as sewing in middle of quatantine and I'm so happy I did that, made many stuff since such as plushies, blankets, vests and many more. Sometimes I struggle with: "I should know this, my relatives taught me that." but you know, it is craft, it should be relaxing, you can pick it up any time again. PS: little advice for plackets and waistbands - when you doing a little closing placket, my advice is sew a placket (few cm in), turn it and adding to waistband, you don't have to worry then about not fitting the waist of the skirt on waistband

[@SibylleLeon]

Oh I love everything about this: the 1890s, this skirt, and maintaining/upgrading used clothes ❤

[@herballady4701]

My first try was to make a skirt out of a dress. The waistband could use some improvement still, so maybe I’ll fix that next!

[@Cryptid_Crow]

Such a delight! I am glad you have a much comfier skirt now. It's always fun to see how we grow in our skills. :)

[@mbuhtz]

I made a velvet, satin-lined very full cloak in highschool, but then rarely wore it as an adult. Last year I chopped off a few feet and removed the hood to make it a capelet, and was able to wear it out to dinner twice!

[@lucyannethrope7569]

Re making old stuff and make them better is so satticfiing at the end. I'm currently trying to re make my winter coat (my arms have grown a bit since I made it.....damn you heavy lifting). My problem was I couldn't find the same fabric again so I re made it with a mix...so now, my previously black coat is black and green......just have to get the new lining back in. And I feel great!! 😊

[@piatc4813]

I've went back to my earlier projects a number of time now, it is so satisfying to be able to wear and love them again - and see the improvement in sewing skills. Even though remakes are sometimes quite challenging it's worth it

[@jezmezz]

I made a Tudor gown 3 years ago that I'm in the process of remaking because I have learnt and approved so much over the last years that I know I can make it better. It was the first historical costume I've ever made so agree with the many emotions involved. I look forward to finishing it and turning it into something I'd be proud to wear. Looking forward to seeing the updated vest!.

[@marthaschwartz5031]

I had made a dress of a vaguely Celtic design printed wool challis. While the dress was stored over the summer it was eaten by moths--holes everywhere. After I dried my tears, I managed to salvage enough to piece together a narrow muffler. Even so, I had to back it with another fabric. I still have the muffler decades later and every time I wear it, I remember the dress it once was part of.

[@SusanneEtmanski]

Wow! The final look - you just SLAY! The added twirliness, the black blouse, the jacket, the hat... you look sooo beautiful and badass (in a classy way)! 🤩

[@jennarhodes2724]

I made a wrap cape a few years ago, but I learned that those things get incredibly drafty under the arms! So, because it was a ton of wool melton, it is in process of becoming a swing coat, staying cozy but acquiring sleeves and better closures

[@mudotter]

I added pockets and a waistband to a full circle skirt I made from a table cloth. My first skirt about 6 months ago. The original waist was made just folding the edge over facing and I added spiral lacing to the back. I used the piece from the middle to make a placket. I thought myself quite clever at the time. I ended up adding a waistband and pockets because the striped twill the original round table cloth was made of, is still my favourite material for a maxi length skirt. I find the weight and drape perfectly to my liking. If I could afford quality new twill like that, I would buy it and base my wardrobe in it 😍

[@bombus1340]

Victorians were so advanced, the pockets are big enough to fit modern smartphones while modern garments can't fit a Victorian handkerchief! (I know the benefit of sowing is that you can make the pockets as big as you want, but I had to get that thought out of my system) That's a most bafulous twirl!

[@KristiChan1]

How fun to revisit and to further improve a garment with new skills! I don't history bound, but I have gone back to my first jumpsuit and made a few tweaks here and there on it; thinking about visiting it again for a few more touch ups, and it's so satisfying to know I have the skills to rip it apart and put it back together without the fear of ruining it.

[@KristinaHoneyHavenFarm]

Lovely! I don't think I did any clothing remakes until I lost a significant amount of weight about 10 years ago, so I took in my favorite blouses and skirts. At least that meant when I put weight back on, I could easily let the skirts back out. The blouses, not so much, but since I have retired, I am usually wearing T-shirts instead of blouses. In high school, though, I did make myself a (poorly made) cape, sunbonnet, and prairie skirt. My first adventure making my own clothes; during the 90s I made most of my own dresses.

[@crystalkanaley6570]

I love how much more swish the skirt has now!

[@michellecelesteNW]

One of my favorite flips was a lavender sweatshirt. The stores make everything so boxy and oversized. I took in the sides and added that to the collar for something different and I still love wearing it years later. Btw that green looks smashing on you.

[@Rozewolf]

Your skirt was a lovely remake. The most common remakes that I do are usually a dress into a skirt, or a skirt into a short night gown. I had a lovely white cut work embroidered skirt. Lovely, but I don't do well with white skirts. So, I cut off the waist band, removed the pockets, and sized it up. I used some white linen for the top band, and straps. Then I did some embroidery with pearl cotton on the band and straps. It is one of my favourite summer nighties.

[@angelanice]

Once I make something I dont typically go back and change things, but I love a good thrift flip. My favorite is a skirt suit set that I turned into a caplet then made a matching beret ❤

[@SimpleDesertRose]

I'm totally loving the twirl factor! I have a couple of walking skirts that I made that I would live to remake because they are just way too heavy even with a proper corset. I may do that this year. After I make myself a corset. I have the pretty house made corset pattern and I really want to try my hand at corset making.

[@hotbecky880707]

Beautiful reworking of that skirt. Love the shoes, hat, and most especially those gloves 😍

[@susannekalejaiye4351]

Lovely remake! Gorgeous colour, absolutely fantastic swing and swish! I am nearing completion of something similar but totally different. It's far enough along to wear and test my theories. Your points about remaking are very cogent!

[@lucyj8204]

I've been working on a coat this week using very similar wool and a delicious swirly skirt, and I'm wearing my Edwardian walking skirt - goodness me, this video couldn't be more me today! Loved it, thank you!

[@grayeliwood3100]

It's such a gorgeous skirt!!! I'm in the process of altering a bunch of my clothes post top surgery, which is such an affirming process!

[@jessiuss_juiice]

im taking the elastics out of the bottom of some bed pants right this moment! i love knowing how garments are constructed enough to be confident about altering them

[@lnorlnor]

I'm currently in the midst of transforming a jean jacket that no longer fits my body size and also had been mended several times into a bustier/corset top thing. Very enjoyable!

[@protect_trans_lives]

Wow that turned out beautiful. Also it's my favorite color. Love it.

[@Tisiloves]

I need to remake one of my skirts as after a mere two decades of wear the fabric has perished. I have some improvement ideas whilst I'm at it

[@cursedseagullgames]

Maximum swooshage! It looks even better than when you first made it, the progress with your sewing really shows with it! :D I mainly like to carve into my shorts to make them cropped to give them more ventilation, or taking them in to alter the fit. I still have a dress I need to finish making that I traced and cut out from a few features of some of my favorite dresses. I'm excited to get it done, because the fabric is all grey and sparkly.

[@DinaRamse]

I picked up a Victorian outfit similar to this in a gorgeous dark green from a theatre sale, and I had to alter it to fit me. It's been my convention outfit ever since. :)

[@stitchwithbritt5922]

Beautiful skirt🥰 welcome to the crochet community 💕 while I have yet to sew a garment I have had to unravel some crochet garments that didn’t turn out so great.

[@iinalina]

This was such a comforting watch. Thank you!

[@Alex-Sews]

I've remade 19th century trousers after I needed more space in them by adding a panel down each leg to give me more room. Had to redo the waistband and adjust pockets but it worked quite well and the pants are wearable again. And from a thrifted button-down, I turned a long-sleeve into a short sleeve because I have rather long arms and sometimes long-sleeves aren't long enough on me. It fit quite well otherwise. I'm glad you're getting back into stitch-craft. I had grandmothers who tried to push me into it because "girls should know how to knit" as a child which added to my fun gender trauma but as an adult I did learn at my own choice and it's nice to be able to knit, though I prefer weaving and cross stitch. You crochet weirdos with only one stick intimidate the heck outta me though! 😆

[@ushere5791]

this is so great!! love the revamped skirt!!

[@aridragonbeard745]

WOW that is beautiful. I love that dark green, especially next to the black. I'm having a mid-18th century coat made for me that'll be a black wool twill, and there'll be a dark green/black changeable silk taffeta as an accent/lining for some of the parts

[@esthermcafee5293]

❤ from someone who also had to unlearn all the negative childhood messages around their crafting.

[@koroso31105]

Loved the music in this one

[@stephaniek2507]

Vi, where does one purchase wool flannel?

[@lynn858]

When I finally got a successful blind hem on my scrap, around folding attempt 6, I labelled it to save for reference. Left. Right. Top. Bottom with lines crossing the layers as it needs to lie going into the machine. Arrows in the sewing direction. I never wanted to have to figure that out again. The manual isn't wrong. And I don't know how I'd depict it better... but my brain wasn't having it. Super useful when you get it right though.

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I have a few garments in the UFO pile that need to be revisited. The first thing I think I did to correct something I'd made was when I made a peasant shirt thing (no pattern, I loosely based it on a shirt I already had), it ended up WAY too tight in the armpits AND the colour lilac made me look awful, so I took a 4" strip of black cotton and extended the whole neckline, so it dropped the sleeve bottoms out of my armpits AND put a dark colour between my face and the pastel colour that does not work at all with my skin tone. I made another one of these and added more to the neck but I think I needed to also add more to the sleeves to drop the armpits because I had the same problem, this time I remade it to work by adding armpit gussets, my new secret weapons for when stuff's a bit high in the armpit or too tight across the bust. I also made a shift/underdress along the same pattern and guess what, it's also too tight in the armpits, so I have cut some off the bottom and what won't go in as armpit gussets will be gores in the sides because I made it too narrow too. One of these days I'll get that right. Raglan sleeves can't be this hard :P I might actually have to make a pattern for this style though. I have multiple skirts I need to rework eventually because I discovered a thing about my shape: rectangular waistbands work their way down off my hips with anything less than two inches negative ease. Curved waistbands, however, try to ride up when tthey're not being pulled down, and so are less likely to result in ye olde "plumber's butt". So now as I'm mending my work pants, I'm adding darts in the waistbands to encourage them to not fall off! Currently in the UFO pile is a skirt made with some pretty fabric a friend brought me from India, and the skirt has a very unfortunate shape to it due to waistband choices but I never actually cut the fabric, so I've still got enough if I unpick a whole lot of backstitching to make something else entirely out of it. But the very first thing I think I successfully remade was in my early twenties, I'd bought a pair of jeans a size too small and they just got smaller compared to me, so I cut open the side seams all the way up from the cuffs to the waistband and I put grommets in and now they lace on. They're my concert pants and I have to wear a heavy belt with them to hide whether I am or am not wearing underpants. Some time before that, I tried to remake a pair of my dad's suit slacks into a pencil skirt but I think that's still rolled up in a bag in one of the fabric trunks because that was well beyond my skills. Unfortunately, I'm no longer 108 lbs so I'm pretty sure there's not enough fabric there for that, but maybe if I take everything apart I might have enough to do something with. I do still have the jacket to that suit. Dark green suiting wool, what's not to like? That won't be until after I finish setting up my craft room (which has been paused briefly for my newest hobby, soapmaking, but I should be done with that soon as it's all for Xmas gifts and needs to age 4-6 weeks. I also have a purple suiting wool cloak that I need to spread out and see what's useable (it's the whole piece of yardage uncut, however, I'd cut arm slits, and there's a bit of moth damage despite my best attempts to avoid such) and figure out what I can make with it. I've made a Walking Skirt from the Keystone book and after seeing what you were wearing with yours, I think I know what I'm doing with some of the rest of the wool I bought. I think I need a jacket with puffy sleeves. I was thinking a vest, but no, puffy sleeves. That's the second time I've seen puffy sleeves with one of those skirts and thought "I must have sleeves like that" so I'd better do it... Most recently, I took an aqua linen tablecloth, took off the matching crocehted cotton trim, and made a vest and a tunic shirt out of it, and trimmed both with some of the trim. There will be more of that as I've got at least one more linen tablecloth in the stash, but I think I may turn that into undergarments, as much as I like the idea of wool, having it directly on my skin makes me itchy.

[@olderendirt]

Really nice makeover and pretty outfit.

[@kobaltkween]

This was lovely and interesting to watch.

[@danhurl1349]

I've watched your initial green walking suit video so many times because it's so pretty that I think I might legally be married to it. So i'm very excited for this

[@HumanCatfoodDispenser]

The most recent thing I did was changing the hem on a pair of thrifted pants. The biggest fix I've done in the past few months was replacing a panel on a favorite blouse that my cat decided needed a hole (luckily I had the fabric to do so) Also, go you learning new skills! I cannot figure out how to knit for the life of me.

[@nataliesue2485]

😍 Gorgeous job! 😊

[@lesleyharris525]

Dear V, I'm so sorry to hear about your negative experience with fiber crafts, mine was difficult for me as I was encouraged to learn but lacked the co-ordination, it's taken years but I have learnt to knit,crochet, sew and most other crafts, ❤

[@mylena3086]

When I started sewing I decided to make myself a pair of leg warmers from a black velvet leggins and well somehow it worked Even though I would choose different materials, not as stretchy and slippery 😅 But I love them so much and will make another pair in blue from thicker velvet 😁 The original leggins had already been modified by a friend who cut into the waistline hoping she'd get a better fitting waistband but unfortunately she went a little to far and knowing I'm a sucker for black velvet she gifted it to me It was such a spontaneous move but worked so well and really got me into redesigning clothes Also gotta compliment that beautiful skirt redo , just magical and beautiful and soo twirly

[@winterburden]

Very cool!

[@BethAge95]

Such a beautiful skirt! I'm glad you altered to get more out of it! I had to alter a bunch of my Viking Age dresses, because when I made them 8 or 9 years ago I didn't have the foresight to accommodate to a changing body and they had grown too tight. It was very painful for me because I love these dresses and the alterations are quite visible and will be a constant reminder of the weight gain I'm not super happy about. BUT I have clothes for the hobby I love and they don't feel uncomfortably tight anymore. So I'm trying to see this as a win :)

[@Puppy52]

Love the vest😍

[@marieugorek5917]

was gifted half a dozen cholis to use as devotional clothing, but when I am wearing devotional clothing it often means hours per day serving in the kitchen, with the children, or in laundry and sewing rooms... so I was not eager to give up the entirety of the support I got from my corsets. I took several of the front-opening cholis and remade them into back-lacing cholis, so that I would at least have some postural support. I have since learned how to make cholis from scratch so that they are just as supportive but more comfortable (I should have used cording instead of boning to reinforce the part around the lacing holes) as the adapted cholis, so those will probably be remade again into something else entirely; maybe sachets or something patchwork.

[@DanielleStJohn]

Oh man, having a properly fitting boned support garment makes *such* a huge difference when it comes to the weight of skirts. My first year on cast at Scarborough Renaissance Festival, I made the Choice[tm] of making my court gown out of upholstery-weight velvet. Was the gown *actually* historically correct for late Henry 8? lolnope, but it was swooshy af, the drape of the velvet was *divine*, and the skirt doubled as a bludgeoning weapon 😁 And I wore a custom Victorian corset under it because that skirt was Heavy (seriously, the first time it rained, it collapsed the flimsy steel that came with my hoop skirt and I had to replace it with the good stuff). That corset saved my frickin' back.

[@penniecormier8770]

I recently made a costume skirt, but the waist didn’t fit me. Decided an adjustable closure would be best, removed the back zipper, closed that seam and turned it into a 1700s skirt with side ties. Bonus, I can wear tie on pockets!

[@nataliechaya02]

Hi, your video about antisemitism and witches on Halloween came up to my page and I found out you are Jewish. I am also Jewish and I’ve never met another Jewish girl who’s into Victorian + old fashioned clothes and things, I love these things too :)

[@Asvoria]

I have more plans to remake something (mostly dress shirts into 1890s shirtwaists) but I just have not gotten around to doing it yet. I have added a second hook to make a walking skirt smaller in the waist, and made that adjustment in the second walking skirt that I made. I do want to redo the hem of the first skirt as it is just wearing down and needs a little TLC and could also be leveled at the same time. It just becomes hard to take something out of the rotation of what I wear to adjust it when it is working right now. Also, where did you get the hem braid that you use? On my second skirt I just used some grow grain ribbon as it was cheep and easy to find and I had trouble searching for the wool braiding.

[@jennyekman4443]

😍

[@roberthickman4092]

Looks like that would make a very fun dance skirt, its so twirly now. Does the hem braid work by adding weight, or is the effect mainly from the stiffness?

[@dianetheone4059]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@littlecr3atur3]

💚💚💚💚

[@SplitDemonIdentity]

I don't "remake" things exactly, I'm more the sort to carefully deconstuct something and reuse the fabric for something different. I would like to figure out how to reuse my prom dress though since it's a completely useless garment that I love to death.

[@spencertrusque7966]

I found a child's dress in purple stretch velvet💜 But I'm not a child. So I cut it at the waistband and used... I'm not sure what the stitch is called, but it's stretchy. Skirt done👍Same hem on the other edge. Then I opened both sleeves along the top from the wrist (forearm actually, it's 3/4 length on me), across the shoulder, all the way to the neckline. I then made eyelets along all 4 edges and found a cool black cord. It's goth as fuck now🖤🦇🕸🤘😈

[@dexaria]

usually when I'm modifying existing clothing its to add pockets. Outerwear and lower body garments without pockets are an absolute travesty

[@thehadster7043]

I'm sorry that you don't have a good relationship with your parents. It is important for each of us to eliminate toxic relationships. As someone who is closer to 70 than she would like to admit, I have only this observation to offer - leave the door open, or at least unlocked, IF you can. I had a friend for almost 30 years, just about half my life, really. Over time, the relationship became more and more one sided. I let things slide because when my friend wasn't being a total bitch, she was fun to be with. But, in the end, I had to try and reestablish balance. I called my cousin to ask her advice because she is really smart about such things. The first words out of her mouth were, "You need to find your compassion for So & So." What!!?? Clearly I was the wronged party here, why should I have compassion for this person?!?!?!!!! But my cousin was right; I did need to find my compassion. Sadly, I was not able to heal the relationship. I have left the door open, but it has been 6 or 7 years now, so... I have to make peace with things as they are. A broken friendship is not the same as a broken parent-child relationship. But, I hope that, at some point in the future, you are able to have some contact, however measured, with your parents; for YOUR sake, not their sake, YOUR sake. Love your videos and the new skirt!