I used vintage DOUBLE KNIT POLYESTER to make a plus size Daphne Cosplay

[@StephanieCanada]

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[@smarttraveler8232]

I was Velma one year! I had a red cowl neck sweater from goodwill and a pleated orange skirt, all polyester. I was the Velma from the old cartoons from the 70's.

[@joiedevivre2005]

You had me at "Double Knit Daphne"! The groovy cool music made the creative chaos even better. ZOINKS & JENKIES! You look fab!

[@bravehearticus]

Were we supposed to be counting how many Scrooby doos we saw? I feel like I missed a game 😂

[@jeanne8042]

Lol I vividly remember that green. Mom and I were gifted a bolt of that when the boys were seriously hooked on teenage mutant ninja turtles. We made jumpsuits and then created turtle shells for Halloween costumes, they loved them! When they could no longer fit into them they gifted them to their younger cousins. Very long wearing fabric

[@TealCheetah]

Now go pin that pocket pattern to the board! LOL

[@karenkellyingram7362]

Kings Island!❤❤❤❤

[@orionova]

I'm dressing as Velma for Halloween. I thrifted an orange turtleneck sweater, red miniskirt, and orange knee socks. I already have glasses.

[@lizcademy4809]

My first few sewing projects were polyester double knit. [I was a teen in the early 70s.] I remember one pantsuit with a vest ... I was a perfectionist and people would argue that I could never have made it! Poly double knit is very easy to sew, and a good pressing makes it behave well. It's the perfect fabric for a 15 year old perfectionist using her mom's 1950s era Janome. The fabric was hot, but I lived in San Diego, didn't wear it in summer, and didn't bother with a coat. In college, I got my own sewing machine (Sears Craftsman) and switched from polyester to cotton velours and wools. In the decades since, my perfectionism has faded a bit, too.

[@obsidianrosestudio2663]

Jinkies you are so adorable!🥰

[@melissaegbertson9100]

Awesome job, Stephanie! Happy Halloween!

[@MiffoKarin]

You look fabulous! Never in my life could you convince me to wear double knit polyester, but at least you got some solid content out of it. 😅

[@itcouldbeanyone]

Happy birthday for next week 👻

[@roxiepoe9586]

I started college in a double knit bell-bottomed pant suit. I believed myself to be beautiful. Of course, most days were bell-bottom jeans or cut-off shorts and hippie tops - I was an art major. But, double knit meant that I did not have to iron dresses or 'pant-suits'. I also did not have to put them in the dryer as they would not wrinkle if just washed and hung. I wore lots more pants than dresses because stockings were not optional. Texas. Hot, hot, hot. By the time I dragged myself through to graduation I only owned one dress. I had another at Mom's house to wear to church when I visited her. It was double knit. :)

[@lenabreijer1311]

Yes I made myself a double knit hot pink bell bottom and matching long vest when I went to university as a reaction to school uniforms. However I lived in Canada and had a 20 minute walk to the train station and a 15 minute walk from the station to the Hall building in Montreal. Polyester worked well from October to March. Plus as you said washable and no ironing.

[@phonesallbroken]

Despite the challenges of the double knit polyester, it looked like you were having a fantastic time in the outfit!! Thank you for making your videos!

[@jacquieskipper4907]

When I was a little kid, Scooby Doo was a NEW cartoon!😅

[@Sayyadina42]

That turned out super cute! I've never sewn on polyester double knit myself but my mom used to and she says it was really easy to work with. Maybe not wonderful for wearing outside in Florida, but inside an air-conditioned con it might be great.

[@lindaanderson3366]

That came out so awesome. Which is saying something considering it is double knit polyester.

[@MartinMakes926]

Like, groovy threads, man.

[@susanstork8501]

That’s the best thing you’ve ever made!!! Though as a child of the 60’s and 70’s, I’ll admit I’m biased.

[@paperboundprotagonist]

I freaking love ScoobyDoo! This video is the best ❤

[@MarjenaSloan]

My grandmother got the bright idea to gather up all the leftover pieces from the sewers in the family and make quilts. The one and only twin quilt was 2 tied together layers and you only needed a sheet under it during an Iowan winter.

[@kellyngrey4950]

Double knit polyester is the reason why I'm relieved I wasn't born before the 1980s.

[@cherylhuot4436]

I’ve never used the big plate that came with my Bernina. I’ve had the machine almost 30 years!!! Those purple double knits are perfect for Daphnes costume! Double knits are super easy to work with. The light purple stripes hit in exactly the right spot!! Great fit!! Well done! I just remembered a fabric that was popular in the late 60s early 70s. Bonded double knits!!! It was a heavy double knit and on the back side of the fabric they bonded a Trico (sp) like fabric. Talk about HOT!!! That stuff was so heavy!!! And so thick!! I remember making culottes out of it. I wore them to school and roller skating. I made a pair of pants out of that stuff too. One of the bonded knits I used had an almost foam like layer bonded between the knit and the Trico. YIKES !!

[@Cat-dw3wi]

Daphne always needed a fashionable scuba suit

[@capabletrinket]

Daphne Squad! Daphne Squad! Daphne Squad! You're a spitting image of her!

[@atorres8760]

I hit peak chaos listening in my headphones to Stephanie look for her pocket pieces while I ran around the house looking for my mislaid phone. Found it and loved the reveal ❤. BTW my grandma wore her lilac double knit polyester suit only in the winter. In Iowa 😂 Absolutely love watching your content!!

[@nlkeyser]

Vintage Scooby Doo was 🔥. Also, I had no idea there was a Hannah Barbara land. Im so jealous that i never got to go

[@sharonrimsza7960]

Perfect Daphne! I love it! Although Scooby Doo is not old. It could be vintage. I love my OLD cartoons from the 40s forward.

[@mildredflemyng-middleton4795]

Jinkies, that’s a lot of polyester! Remember to hydrate!

[@nerdaccount]

That looks amazing!!!!!!!! You give me hope! I sew just like you do and your final products are awesome!

[@m.maclellan7147]

Bravo ! I have to say even though the fit was great, the stripes really MADE that dress ! It all came together SO well ! Points to you for wearing it in the heat ! 🥵

[@daxxydog5777]

I wore polyester double knit and survived!

[@m.maclellan7147]

Okay, only 6 1/2 minutes in, but I am chuckling away ! Lol. "Oh, sweet Moses" really got me ! Lol ! Yoinks ! Back to the video!

[@glendastaples9536]

What a good Daphne you are. The dress came out great. 😊

[@twylaostercamp2467]

I was in grade school in the seventies and remember double knits without any fondness. I remember wearing it, but I never sewed with it. I started sewing at age 9, but mostly cotton or cotton/poly mixes. My mother did, however, and she says it was easy to sew. I just can’t even think about wearing plastic now. Too hot, even for here in Iowa!

[@sandym7952]

Yes! Perfect timing, just woke up( it's 1:30am) and there you are!!

[@Nessi-dances]

You look so good! I love how the purples turned out! 💜

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

Stephanie, I love the colors, even the green scarf - VERY Scooby-Doo. I also love the groovy music. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 Former wearer of a red acetate double-knit mini-dress here, with a white stripe at the hem. I got the dress when I was in 4th grade, I think - 1968. Southern California does get fairly cold in the winter in Southern California. I most likely wore white tights with the dress. Girls weren’t allowed to wear coordinated pantsSUITS at my school until the next year; no uncoordinated pants & tops. When we moved to a different town, we could wear “non-pantsuits,” but NO JEANS for girls until high school.

[@CraftyMotato]

Zoinks! Nicely done! I always seem to make too-hot costumes for my climate, too! Though I feel like to get the full Daphne experience, you need to get kidnapped.

[@TheRustyTrike]

Love it. Really cute. ❤❤❤

[@nerdmom13]

I want this pattern! Looks great Stephanie!

[@annkoegel1595]

Love the costume! You did a great job.

[@rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282]

OMG!!!!! I have ALWAYS hated that polyester!!!!!! Even when I was sewing in the late sixties, I preferred just cotton!!!!

[@Downhomeherbwife]

Me too, same era

[@bigc8127]

you have all the stuff!

[@mcomeslast]

Ah yes, polyester. My grandma bought me a suit set, in the 70’s. Raspberry, it included a blouse, skirt, pants and vest. Looked ok but I was always hot while wearing it. Fine for a chilly third grade classroom but not the playground.

[@katecapek3116]

I bet the handsome Mr. Canada could make you a nice, smooth extension for the sewing machine...

[@marthamalone9791]

Looks good!

[@ShiningSakura]

You look awesome! I think it turned out fantastic.

[@alib8758]

Even in Alaska, there is a danger of making a too warm cosplay. Those convention centers get hot. 🥵

[@donnasanders966]

Awesome! Love it!

[@emilysickafus5875]

Love it

[@LuluRushCosplay]

I love this! 🎉

[@ginninadances]

14:12 new word for me: shiggles And I'm totally using it

[@masuahkokro8957]

Well done 👍🏾. Those are my favorite colors

[@jadakowers590]

You look darling!🐩

[@marlenejordan9442]

Bobbin Chicken !! 🤣🤣

[@sutarikun]

Now, I love my purple kettle cloth but I could have seen you stealing that for yourself instead of dealing with double knit polyester for it! (even though there wasn't a light purple iirc...)

[@roxannlegg750]

WOW - good job, i also grew up on Scooby Doo - also Bird amn and Dyno mut, JabbaJaw and the pussy cats ...love them all! I have turned a cartoon character into a real life costume for my husband...He desperately wanted to be Zapp Brannigan. Its really hard making a cartoon into a real life costume because there are no obvious seams, and esp the old school corny cartoon characters tend to have very basic costume lines. But I pulled it off and he was a hit at several comic-cons. Well done!!

[@detroitwillwinsuperbowl59]

Should have shown yourself being "danger prone Daphne". ;) Great dress... if you're in Michigan! LOL (Move here!!!!)

[@CandiceLemonSharks]

May climate change bring you Halloween snow because hot dang this is COMMITMENT. to the cosplay. Beautiful, beautiful commitment.

[@sabaahjauhar-rizvi3487]

I’m going as Velma this year!

[@dagneytaggart7707]

Looking great as Daphne, but your skulking was more Velma. Daphne would sashay through the woods.

[@kristenhurst683]

I wish I could wear double knit. It is awesome. But I'm at the over heated stage of life and can't 😢.

[@RoxyieRox]

That's so cool!!

[@constancevigilance1730]

Well done.

[@Avotts]

just a thought: the more northern indian reservatioons might would loive that double knit. they ask for help to get blankets every year. you can claim it as a charitablle donation...maybe.

[@crinolinegremlin]

I'm not saying you should scan the pocket pattern and post it so you can print it whenever you lose it but...... also, OG Kings Island was the BEST

[@subliminalphish]

Did ya make your pup a Scrappy Doo costume? 🤔😁

[@Downhomeherbwife]

Double knit polyester is why I refused to wear pants for above 30 years

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I would have pushed forward and played thread chicken also!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

😂😂😂 🤿❤❤❤

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

😂😂😂 It's ridiculous in the BEST way!

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

I love it!

[@m.maclellan7147]

Okay, I was trying to make some sense of when the "Scooby" image came on the screen, thought it was whenever you said, "But", then it came on once without it. Perhaps it is random ? Perhaps it is a test ? Back to the video....

[@sutarikun]

So who is your favorite Scooby-Doo relative? Is it a Scooby or a Doo?

[@teresababinat6004]

I kept saying pockets.