Another day in the life of my small upcycling business vlog! + an exciting business announcement
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27 күн бұрынWelcome to my little upcycling business world! Another little vlog showing the realities of owning a small business. You have a plan at the start of the day, but things change daily haha 😂
If you enjoyed meeting Bonnie (our gremlin kitten!), then you may want to watch this video!👀
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Hello beautiful humans!! I'm Scarlett, the coral-haired, secondhand textile obsessed gal behing AFRAYED Upcycling. Creating unique, size inclusive, snazzy clothing and accessories is something I am BEYOND lucky to call my full-time job!
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@michelenorine3621 26 күн бұрын
You are amazing at up cycling and really inspired me. Just a suggestion, wash your bias binding several times, it should take out the sizing and soften it up so you will be able to use it for the elastic casing. Hope this really helps. Your blouses are lovely.
@afrayed_upcycling 26 күн бұрын
Ohh that’s so lovely!!🥹 can I ask…how do you wash bias binding? Do you soak it?!
@jacquelinehorton9983 26 күн бұрын
Or maybe you could make your own Bias Binding out of your material. XX
@louisetaylor2889 18 күн бұрын
Hello, an ardent sew/crafter here...perhaps pop the binding in a pillowcase or one of those drawstring bags used to wash delicate things in, then pop in with your laundry? I remember, too, we used to get small mesh drawstring bags to use to hold laundry tablets! One of those would be ideal! Hope helps.❤ @@afrayed_upcycling
@ghostgummed9355 26 күн бұрын
Hi Scarlet(t). New to your channel, enjoying your vids. A suggestion…could you make the sleeve slightly longer, and sew an internal pleat/flap into the wrist/gathered area to enclose the elastic, instead of adding the extra satin bias binding? Then sew down the internal flap as you would bias binding. Best wishes, Lu x
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Oh I love this community…I would never have thought about doing that! If the handwashing doesn’t work too well, then this is definitely an alternative!! Thank you!🌸
@greenboots57 25 күн бұрын
Always interesting to see new ideas or updates to your designs. Love these day in the life videos
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Thank you! Hope to keep making them!🙌
@janicevisger497 17 күн бұрын
I absolutely love that little "Holly Hobby" girl on the fabric!! Adorable!!
@afrayed_upcycling 16 күн бұрын
Thank you!✨🌸💜
@jackietoombs8982 25 күн бұрын
You can source softer cotton bias tape, tends to be patterned and is lovely to work with. However it does rend to be more expensive and I’m sure you must use loads in your makes. If I had the amount of scrap fabric you have (not embarrassing at all by the way) I’d invest in a Simplicity bias binding making machine and make my own bias tape, making your garments and accessories even more unique.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Ahh I know the kind! I think if the washing tip doesn’t work…I may need to just buy the bias binding maker…
@ljshaw8516 26 күн бұрын
I just knew everyone would fall in love with your tie bottom pants!! I am knee deep in a quilt at the moment, otherwise I would have loved being a tester of your pattern. Keep on Creating! Hugs to kitty. x's lj USA 37.7778 celsius where I am today 🥵
@afrayed_upcycling 26 күн бұрын
Hehe, they’re fab aren’t they?!✨🙌 37?! Are you kidding me?! It’s 24 today and even that was too much!! Thank you for your kind words!
@alesswonderland 23 күн бұрын
That's why us Americans love iced tea. Year round tea consumption! Or we suffer through the hot cup. I love the way you patchwork. Thank you for thinking about the irration level of the materials you use. I don't get so many pieces of clothing due to its scratchiness.
@afrayed_upcycling 21 күн бұрын
Peach iced tea is my go-to in the summer!🙌 yeahh I can’t be creating clothes that hurt people 😂🙈
@arwenmoon9815 25 күн бұрын
26 degrees is usually Spring time here in Australia, which I can’t wait for. Our winter is around 20 degrees on the Central Coast NSW so it’s not too cold. For Europe that’s a nice Spring day. We have a 40 degree week in summer and that’s challenging but I love it here. I’d be a real cry baby in England or Wales complaining about how cold I am. I love your wonderful creations by the way. I think you’re amazing 🌸💕🥰
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
40 degrees?! I would struggle so much 😂
@inspiringsimple 24 күн бұрын
I’m in Melbourne and we have had some -2c days. I just wear my dressing gown over my clothes all day to save some money and not put the heater on 🤣
@she_she_solutions 21 күн бұрын
Beautiful work! I would love to see either a regency inspired dress similar to this or a more Victorian inspired steampunk skirt and blouse interpretation. Thanks for sharing your magic
@afrayed_upcycling 21 күн бұрын
Thank you!!! Not too sure if that’s my style, BUT I’m loving the victorian ruffle skirts!✨✂️
@jenniferbarlow4298 24 күн бұрын
Love your videos
@sueburton6920 26 күн бұрын
Very exciting 😁
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Sure is!🌸🙌
@missbellarubens5255 23 күн бұрын
Good idea in your studio to hang small patterns. Will do that too! Thanks for sharing
@afrayed_upcycling 21 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@solveiglysholmtorvanger8176 26 күн бұрын
Love your workshop 😍😍
@afrayed_upcycling 26 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@kelleyquinlan1553 26 күн бұрын
Can't wait to see the bright top next! Love your work!
@afrayed_upcycling 26 күн бұрын
Thank you! Once I have the bias binding, I can show these off!😂🙌
@perplexed2031 15 күн бұрын
Hi, love your videos. I'm also dabbling in upcycling thrifted fabrics and clothes... self taught sewist from way back. Re bias for elastic casing, maybe also try stitching lace or bias onto the right side of fabric. No scratches then. I am right now upcycling two pair of pants into one, jeans and cool boho pants... a bit tricky... a work in progress... 🤞🤞they turn out great! It's great to see other like minded creative people sharing their skills ...
@afrayed_upcycling 12 күн бұрын
Oooo that’s such a good idea! Thank you!
@jadefreeman8901 25 күн бұрын
❤❤❤ Love the clothes you create
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Thank you!💜
@emeljurd3231 24 күн бұрын
26 degrees is a nice winters day in Australia.🤣 You should try working on a 40 degree day. That’s hot!🥵 Being heavily pregnant on a 47 degree day was also a fun time.😖
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
47 degrees?! I’m telling you now, I could not breathe in that heat 🙈😂
@emeljurd3231 23 күн бұрын
@@afrayed_upcycling It was the hottest ever recorded temperature in NSW, Australia where I live and you’re right, it WAS hard to breath! Mind you, it’s all relative. You do get acclimatised to the heat. I wouldn’t be able to cope with the cold where you live. By the way, I love your channel and all the fabulous clothes you create with so many recycled fabrics. 👌❤️
@SueL-vc1lh 24 күн бұрын
Love watching your videos and chatting to us you have an amazing little busy life
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
I do count myself extremely lucky! Thank you!☺️✨
@janicevisger497 17 күн бұрын
Wales is so beautiful! Scotland, England, Ireland, as well!!
@afrayed_upcycling 16 күн бұрын
I’m so lucky to live so close to Wales 🥹🌸
@xXNekou 23 күн бұрын
Your kitten is so cute!!!!!!
@afrayed_upcycling 21 күн бұрын
She is! ✨🙌
@camilleschoonover4789 24 күн бұрын
Such cute blouses! You are so talented!🤗
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
Thank you!!
@evasaker2476 25 күн бұрын
I love watching your process when you create a garment! Very similar to my process when I make patchwork clothes! I really admire how you develope your small business, be proud! Looking forward to more videos like this 🤗❤️
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Thank you! Yaaay, patchworking is so much fun!☺️
@camp-vic6622 26 күн бұрын
New subscriber here! I love your day in the life videos. Thank you for sharing 🌸🫶🏻💜 Hello from California!
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Aww thank you! Will keep sharing!🌸✨
@lilly6766 21 күн бұрын
New here! Loved everything ❤ Why afraid? Its so negativ. And you are a positive woman doing a positive thing.
@afrayed_upcycling 21 күн бұрын
Thank you! It’s a play on words! I’m afraid of the negative impact fashion has on the industry! And fraying is an upcycling technique ✨
@Craftylisa69 24 күн бұрын
Totally in love with your designs . So glad to have found you 🎉 new Subbie x
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
So glad you found me! Thank you!!☺️✨
@quiltygal6981 24 күн бұрын
Loved your vlog, new subscriber here 😊 a suggestion re the bias for the sleeve casing, make your own, it's so easy. And you have plenty of scrap strips 😂
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
I know I can but my mum found ROLLS of the perfect size bias binding in a charity shop 😂 so thought it would be perfect to use haha!
@sabrinagoodson8151 25 күн бұрын
I love all your creations!!!! I am also an upcycled sewist.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Aww hello fellow sewist!✨🧵
@katlescraftpatch9605 24 күн бұрын
I L❤VE your business sneak peeks and behind the scenes stuff. I am in Australia in the process of starting my own upcycing business. Go you!
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
Aww thank you so much!!☺️✨
@dianehess3706 26 күн бұрын
Lovely video 😊. I think your creations are bright and beautiful, just like you ❤. It takes time to build a business and like everything in life it will continue to evolve and grow. Thank you for sharing! Your friend Diane ❤
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Thank you Diane!✨
@annikadannberg6792 24 күн бұрын
You are a true inspiration, love your creations. What about putting the bias binding on the outside of the sleeve? 🌸🌼🌸🌼🌸
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
That’s definitely an option too! I didn’t even think of that!🙈
@karentzn 25 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for making the music much softer. Really appreciate that. Good luck with your course. Sounds like you will definitely benefit from creating and selling some or all of your designs. Love your fabrics. Dont be guilty. I also have stacks
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
No worries, I’ve taken on the feedback 😂 and thank you!!
@dianegraydon1143 25 күн бұрын
hi from ontario ,,, this was fun.. i had a nightgown home business 35 years ago... made long good quality flannel gowns..and i never had a complaint about elastic, which every gown was finished with that. Dont be nervous ,... maybe stitch around twice if you worry....like you , i also had to keep costs down to increase a profit...advice to keep in mind your cost of handling a garment , adding more steps and materials must increase your final price....and im not sure about satin bias tape does it wash and wear well....good luck with your course
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Thank you! Yeah maybe I’m being a bit too picky 😂🙈 that’s very true, thank you for the advice!💜
@MicheleSimmons 25 күн бұрын
Just an idea, you could use several rows of shirring elastic on the sleeves, like you can in smocking creating like a honeycomb effect. That would definitely be more softer. Love the new clownish top and updates by the way 😘
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
That’s definitely a good idea! I moght try that for the next round of blouses!✨🙌
@katw2883 26 күн бұрын
I like to use scrap fabric pieced together to make my bias tape, its helps use up some of the smaller bits of a project. Although it can be tedious and time consuming, I prefer it to store bought bias binding because I hate having to wash the sizing out of it before I use it.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
I just did a test piece of soaking the biaf binding and it’s completely lost it’s shape!😂🙈
@demelza32 25 күн бұрын
I love coming back to see what creative loveliness you are making :) Have you ever been asked if you would do a class with one of your patterns and a selection of fabrics (or bring your own)? It could be a fun day of creating and connecting with others who have a love of what you do- plus sew and chat (and maybe afternoon tea with some cake😍).
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
I would LOVE that! I’m actually heading to a local charity shop who have asked about workshops, so maybe this can bring a thing soon!☺️✨
@demelza32 25 күн бұрын
@@afrayed_upcycling oh wow, that is brilliant!! Watch this space :) I will help put this out to the Universe for you :)
@dianaadams1495 24 күн бұрын
I’m loving your videos and your creativity. A beginner sewer’s question - do you overlock your fabric before you sew your seams? Thank you for your videos and looking forward to seeing the next one.
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
I depends on the garment/item usually! For patchworking I usually overlock then sew the seams ☺️✨
@dianaadams1495 23 күн бұрын
@@afrayed_upcycling thank you so much.
@ninetiesperson7980 25 күн бұрын
I love your update videos. Would you consider doing a pattern for your clown tops please? Thank you.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Wellllll! I was thinking maybe it can be my first pattern that I make myself!? So will take time, but it could be a good project!💜
@dorisamstutz5888 26 күн бұрын
I would love to hear more about your course and how easy it is to pick that but of learning back up
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
If it’s good, will definitely be sharing details!
@lauraleecreations3217 22 күн бұрын
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@cerwelt 26 күн бұрын
I’ll trade you. It’s 37 Celsius here in Texas today. Was thrilled to see your vlog today. Congrats on the new classes. Is it tax deductible in the UK to take further education to expand your business? It is in the US.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
It should be tax reductable!🙌✨
@grundfunkel 25 күн бұрын
the cotton bias binding gets infititely softer after one wash! it‘s not meant to be worn unwashed :)
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
See I never knew that! I’ve currently got the sleeves soaked in water!
@nellieolguin-davis1519 25 күн бұрын
Hello I have a question for you have you not ever heard of the simplicity BIAS TAPE MACHINE MAKER ? THEY HAVE TIPS THAT YOU CAN BUY STARTING FROM 3/8 OF AN INCH TO 2 1/4 INCH DON'T KNOW MM'S SORRY !!!❤GOD BLESS!!!WHAT A PRETTY BABY KITTY YOU HAVE !!!❤
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
I have been on a mission to but a secondhand bias binding maker for over a year now!!😂
@luna-bloom-designs 25 күн бұрын
I love the look of the sleeve. Very feminine and romantic ❤
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@oliviajohnson7305 26 күн бұрын
I haaaaaate when I end up using the wrong item for a garment. That sucks having to redo the binding.
@afrayed_upcycling 26 күн бұрын
Yeeppppp! I have these little mistakes happen a lot 😂 it’s a learning lesson each time, but an annoying one haha!🙈
@SiobhanJohnson 25 күн бұрын
Can I ask you where you source your bag hardware etc from? I want to start making upcycled straps for walking sticks and other aids for disabled people, but I only rarely find this kind of hardware in charity shops where I live right now. (Also, it was 35c here in Japan last week. You visited at the right time!)
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
35?! I would cry in that heat 😂 I get mine from Amazon - I don’t usually like using amazon, but the company for the sizes I want only sells on that platform 😅
@avrilriordan4219 25 күн бұрын
Hi Scarlett love your videos will you be releasing the clown blouse pattern
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Wellllll! I was thinking maybe it can be my first pattern that I make myself!? So will take time, but it could be a good project!💜
@elizabethdraws7844 25 күн бұрын
I have been inspired by your work, I have a question about pattern grading? My measurements are not as the patterns are and my top is one size my middle is another and then my hips are another. I would love to be able to order a pattern by putting my sizes in and the pattern be made to the sizes I give, I know there are systems like Luterlough (may have spelt that wrong) but I find it too complicated to grade the pattern as even then there is some grading required as it works off "Normal" proportions, and who is NORMAL! Keep up the good work Scarlet.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Ahhh you’re asking the wrong gal 😂 I swear there used to be a new software that meant you could input your measurements, and patterns can automatically be altered for you…but this was years ago!😅 i think you would maybe need a tailor to help with sizing?
@roseslacenlaughter7513 26 күн бұрын
The "sizing" in the bias tape should wash out during laundry. Then it should be softer.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Just testing it by hand washed the sleeves now!🙌
@joellenb8671 24 күн бұрын
Cant you make your our bias binding from yours scraps? It should be as soft as the material you use for the garment.
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
I definitely can and I might have to 🙈 but my mum sourced loads of cototn bias binding from a charity shop…so need to find use for it 😂
@sewdarn2770 23 күн бұрын
Cute pant.
@afrayed_upcycling 23 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@charlottewilson4680 26 күн бұрын
I love to see how you construct these. A break is important.
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Absolutely! And thank you!
@CathleendeOntiveros 24 күн бұрын
Please share where to find this course. I have tried to make my own patterns digital, so difficult trying to figure it out on my own
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
It’s by Pattern Workshop ☺️
@w.dossett3332 21 күн бұрын
Just wash the bias binding. Its just the starch from manufacturing
@afrayed_upcycling 21 күн бұрын
I soaked it and the fold came out 😂🙈
@w.dossett3332 21 күн бұрын
@@afrayed_upcycling thats why I wash the whole reel. Keep it packed in its reel, obviously gand wash it and leave the whole reel to dry on the radiator or in the sun. Good luck. Forgot to say I hand washed mine in a net bag. The other thing you could do is after you have made the top just wash the end sleeve bit and it will be soft
@lyndaholloway5469 25 күн бұрын
Can you not make your own bias binding out of self fabric?
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
I can! But my mum sourced LOADS from a charity shop in the perfect size, so hoped to use that instead!
@SewingwithElle 25 күн бұрын
What you tube editing program do you use
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
Powerdirect 360 ☺️
@recyclecouture 25 күн бұрын
Make a video the next time you go fabric shopping
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
But I’ve put myself on a spending ban!😂
@lindieinred 19 күн бұрын
What is the name of the digital course you are taking?
@afrayed_upcycling 17 күн бұрын
Pattern Workshop Pro ☺️✨
@fuzzles93 25 күн бұрын
Could you not just use whatever fabric to make a tube for the elastic to go through ?
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Yes, but my mum bought be stacks of the perfect sized binding in a charity shop so would prefer to use that 😂
@recyclecouture 25 күн бұрын
You know you can deduct your course on your taxes
@afrayed_upcycling 25 күн бұрын
Absolutely! Will do!
@samgretchen4108 24 күн бұрын
I love it, I just saw this video and your channel and I'm in love, this is the kind of things I like to do but everyone thinks I'm crazy, I'm suscribing to your channel. God bless you and gets rain where do you live. 🙏✝️🕊🌧🐑🌨🌦👱🏻🌟🦁☁️🐻🫂🌈💖♥️🌻🙌👸🏼🧚♀️👷♂️
@afrayed_upcycling 24 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you liked the video!!💜🍓
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