Hunting For The Ultimate French Girl Look | DIY Fashion Design Vlog | Thrills and Stitches

Let's start a new sewing pattern together! Filling you in on plans for my upcoming sewing pattern releases and starting the design phase of a new one. #diyfashion #design #vlog
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I’m Elisa and I'm passionate about fashion and trying to bring my designs to life on my machines. Attempting to show you how I make them here on KZbin, tutorial-style. Let’s learn together ♡ Thanks for watching!
~FAQ~
Where are you from?: I'm a London girl made in Austria ♡
How old are you?: Born in 1993
Where/how did you learn to sew?: I attended Fashion School from age 15 to 19 but stopped sewing after that - learned it all over again in the last few years
What machine(s) do you use?: Brother Innov-Is A16 sewing machine and a Brother overlocker
What camera do you use?: Currently iPhone 13 Pro
Music: Epidemic Sound
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Time stamps:
00:00 intro
01:52 The design
10:34 The pattern
13:12 Toile 1
18:32 Toile 2
23:15 Outcome, fabric options & upcoming plans

[@laetitiaproost7396]

French Girly here ! I really like to see the vision of the French Girl and the classic wrap dress reinvented by people ! I think the princess seams are a good choice ! If I may: one of the appreciated aspect of the wrap dress is the natural cleverage it gives (I think this is the "daring"/ sexy touch of a classic and simple dress that french women likes). The lapel gives to your design a vintage aspect I really like but I think it could look even more French Girl with a bit more cleverage. Can't wait to see the new pattern and the evolution of this one ! Love !

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Merci for your point of view and totally agreed! It needs more cleavage ☺️ I am working on that ✍️

[@faynaglam]

I also vote for more cleavage. I´m loving the design so far!

[@carolines2088]

That length of hair looks great on you. And I'm very excited to hear the projects you have for this autumn and am looking forward to your videos.

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@alishadavison245]

Very excited to see this pattern evolve! I really like how it looks as a top too!

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@lauranagel9978]

I love this, thanks for sharing - it's beautiful! Very random coincidence - I live in Notting Hill and go to the same hair salon as well 😄

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Oh fun! Love that there's people from the neighbourhood finding this channel :D Thanks for watching 🧡

[@KarenMcNeil-en2fn]

Love the design. Covers and doesn't hang open. You're so clever at pattern draughting 🙂

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you! 😊

[@tning95]

Always learning something new from your videos Elisa - today it's the tip about having more ease at the pit line for commercial pattern making :) Thank you! Also, the new hair looks so good!

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you so much ☺️

[@ameliaholland3441]

I'm loving your hair!!! That was the right call ❤

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@tracyfrost]

I really like this wrap dress design it’s totally different to what’s out there.

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you! Next installation of the vlog will be out next Sunday :)

[@chellywellies]

I’m only 10 minutes in and just know that this is a pattern that I am looking forward to seeing!!!!!

[@chellywellies]

Ok THIS DRESS IS IT 👏🏼 the lapel, the BUTTONS 😍 everything…. LOVE!!

[@ThrillsandStitches]

So happy to hear that, thank you 🥰

[@salsedavies]

I love a good wrap dress! I think leave the fitting to the maker then people with larger chests will have more fabric to work with as wrap dresses can be quite revealing if they’re designed for people with a smaller bust. I can’t wait for the next pattern to drop. I’m currently shopping for dress pattern to make my own wedding dress and I think this beauty could be a strong contender! Always love your videos and nice to see more behind your design process ☺️

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you so much, feel honoured that you consider one of my patterns for your wedding dress! 👰‍♀️ Agreed to to fitting approach, I hope I can find the sweet spot where there's a little more cleavage showing but still enough fabric for people with bigger busts :)

[@princesslea1433]

I will definitely getting the wrap dress pattern. So excited 😍🙌

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Yay! Thank you! This vlog will be a semi-weekly instalment until the release but fingers crossed it's going to be before November 🤞

[@bea6987]

Really enjoyed this video, both dresses look great, looking forward to seeing them come together and giving them a go myself when the patterns are out!

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thank you so much, happy to hear that! Next installations of the design vlog will be out next Sunday :)

[@kashishkukreja5904]

Hi! I love the way you walk us through the entire process of designing, also I love your style so much❤️ I had a question, I am an avid crocheter and I want to crochet garments that fit well and look professional, do you think using sewing patterns for shaping crochet garments be a good idea? Do you have any experience of crocheting?

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Hi, thank you so much that's very kind ☺️ I have no experience with crocheting unfortunately (although I'd love to learn it!). However, I do feel like if you use a pattern and manage to crochet individual pieces that correspond with pattern pieces, you should be able to join them in the according places and have something that works? So if I'd have to guess, I would say yes!

[@Gandellion]

I might have to get this pattern when it comes out!

[@Gandellion]

I’ve actually been taking a sewing class, which is really just to help me be less scared of my sewing machine abd more comfortable making abd rectifying mistakes, so maybe I could tackle a dress soon!

[@Gandellion]

I also really like these romantic styles of dresses, but I much prefer the classic simple look. Puff sleeves and ruffles are on everything at the moment and each to their own but I reeeaally don’t like them! So I’m excited to make these things I like without the bits I don’t like as much

[@ThrillsandStitches]

@@Gandellion Love to hear all of this! I hope you'll try a dress soon, and that's the beauty of sewing - that you can customise patterns as much as you would like!

[@Gandellion]

@@ThrillsandStitches I will psych myself up for it eventually!

[@ghayathmansour2954]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@laurenkartchner723]

What do you use to draw your patterns?! I’ve been looking for something like that! Thanks so much, also your hair looks beautiful!

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Do you mean the paper or any of my tools? I use a craft paper roll from Amazon. And thanks for the compliment ☺️🦋

[@PeachHoneyLove]

Can I pleeeeeeaaaase test for this pattern!!!! I’d love to see the neckline a little more open showing a little bit more skin.

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Hey! Yes definitely, pls follow me on Instagram where I announce it once I get into the testing phase - so pls message me there when the time comes!

[@tanyac9262]

I love the potential for customisation in the bodice! I always need to adjust the bodice of patterns anyway. I am picturing this dress in black with white accents. Do you think the pattern could be used to make a knit version, perhaps by sizing down? Love the design!😊

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Glad to hear you like it! I think it could work in a knit! Depends on how the pattern continues to evolve ☺️

[@maureencullen1008]

Really interesting to see how you develop a pattern.What is the brown paper you use?

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Thanks! It's a simple craft paper roll, ordered on Amazon :) It usually lasts me 4-6 months, I think there's 200m on it.

[@heyspeckle8782]

This might be a bit of a weird question, but where does the pronunciation of lapel as lay-pel come from? I have a degree in linguistics and am always interested in these kinds of variations :D I've had a look at several dictionaries but only found the other pronunciation you used (/ləˈpel/). Sorry if this is too far from the topic of the video; you, of course, don't have to reply :)

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Haha I love this. I honestly have no idea! It’s just me not being a native speaker probably! It’s most definitely ləˈpɛl and I just made the other one up 😝

[@testutmathilde4125]

The design is gorgeous, I could totally see myself making it. I might adjust the cleavage a bit to be more open.

[@ThrillsandStitches]

Happy to hear that and agreed! I am actually working on trying to get the cleavage to open a little more 😝 a little wouldn’t hurt