IF YOU WANT to see Part 2, and you still have questions you'd like answered, throw them below 💙💜💚💛

You’re Shannon *Makes,* not Shannon *Sews,* so don’t feel restricted to only making sewing content.

I would love interviews with your circus friends and their outfits!

"Being good at someting isn't about never making mistakes, it's about picking back up and figuring out how to keep going." Yes! Well said! Congratulations on 40k 🎉

The two moments that got me hooked on your adventures were 1. The circus test of a corset 2. The comment about the people you got scraps from for your hobbit coat (the whole thing was fascinating but the community/life thing was it) Your videos make you seem quirky, relatable and unique. I will say your work life balance is intriguing... Especially because you have to add the third job...just staying physically fit

Part 2 would be great, I started sewing at age 12. I took apart old clothes to make new clothes because we were rather low-income. I am now almost 65 and love seeing you sew with such fearlessness. I was always afraid to make a mistake.

Bring on the Circus 🎪 Bring on the monkeys 🐒 🙈 🙊 Bring on the sewing, the DIYing, the house renovations! So here for it all!!! 🎉🎉🎉

I love your content, you have a bit of a kind of mad inventor vibe, in the most positive possible way! Like you experiment and investigate and its so so creative, it's refreshingly different from similar creators.

Absolutely agree with your point on historical sewing. I love watching the content and keep thinking of what I would like to make - a medieval kirtle? A Victorian ball gown? - but I keep arriving at the conclusion that I want to sew clothes I can wear in my daily life. We can still learn from history, things like techniques or style ideas or how to wear and treat clothes in general :)

Crowd chants ::vintage patterns! vintage patterns!::

I love the idea of interviews around circus costumes! That would be amazing. I would also love in-depth discussions of the costumes you have made or wore before and how they are made and why. That is fascinating and has implications outside of circus costumes, I think.

I would absolutely love a part 2! Also, I absolutely love your channel. I love that you mix things up, show your mistakes and how you rectify them. Absolutely love all the ideas that you put out and the ones you settle on. Whether it's sewing, circus, knitting, history bounding, Canale, dumpster diving, fabric shopping, it's all a definite tune in for me. Interestingly I am 64 and absolutely can't wait to see what's on your channel, you are a huge inspiration to me. Keep it going. Also, I absolutely loved that blouse in this video, did you make it?

I would love to know more about how you adapt patterns to make them work for circus performances xx

😹😹I have been sewing since I was around 7-8 years old, I am now 60 years old, I still make mistakes, some of them so basic you end up slapping your face🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♀️ 😹😹anyone who says they don’t have mistakes are not learning. Lol like you have spent my whole life learning many different crafts, I have thus burning need to always be busy.

this is an awesome video, a week in your life video would be quite interesting, interviews with people on what performance wear needs would be very interesting and could be of beneficial to individuals who may wish to wanting to get into that niche. of course, pooch content is always a bonus

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. You inspired me to try sewing clothes for myself again!!! I knit, crochet, patchwork and quilt AND I dipped my toes into historical costuming, so your content makes me soooooo happy ❤

It always impresses me so much that you manage a job as a professional free-lance performer on top of your KZfaq content. Those are two really hustle-heavy jobs. Also, as someone who loves sewing but is chronically ill and also on a very tight budget, I always appreciate how mindful of expense you are and also that you make things that can be easily worn day-to-day. This kind of practical yet historically themed sewing is such and inspiration to me and it's also a relief. I love watching people sew full 19th cent ball gowns, but there is no way I can afford either the money or the effort it would take to make something that involved, especially as I would never wear it. Because of this, if the only content I see is like that it can feel isolating and very frustrating. So, I hugely appreciate the makers who focus on the potentially less flashy but more practical projects. I not only enjoy your content, but videos like yours also help me to feel OK watching the big-budget makers as well because I no longer feel excluded, just that I am choosing to focus my energy on other equally valuable things. (Also, I would love to see a Part 2, fyi :-) )

Would love an occassional Day in the Life vlog style even without a routine!

Have you thought about “historical” circus clothing? In terms of something you could perhaps actually use but would also have a vintage/historical vibe?

I think it is fascinating to se bits of life from other peoples perspective. The crafting content is *chef's kiss* and it is what made me click on that first video, but what you chose to share from your day to day life is very ~exotic~ 😄to an inveterate homebody like myself. I also started sewing because of want of a garment, much later in life but still. I was taught the very basics at school, but did not do anything else until I really wanted a nice skirt that actually fit me. And your sewing learning seems exactly like mine to be honest, the internet is a sewing library rigth at our fingertips! On another note ..two full time jobs seems like a recipe for burnout in the long run. Take it from someone that is still working on getting over burnout 5 YEARS after the initial crash. It is really not worth it, at all. The medical community know very little about how to fix the damage caused by chronic stress, the approach is 'get plenty of rest and pray that your brain and body is capable of reparing themselves'. I crashed pretty damned badly for little to no real gain, and now I can't really help but want to warn others about how serious effects burnout migth actually have. It is brain damage. If you are lucky, your brain heals to full fuctionality. If you are unlucky your brain has taken permanent damage. Avoid at all(most) costs.

Your grandma’s machine! Looks like the 301a slant needle i got as a graduation gift in 1976. Mom had a black one from 1952 For her own graduation. No zigzag but it never jams!

Shannon “it’s a lot to juggle”. Also Shannon, “Hold my beer, I’m about to get even busier and take on a HUGE new project” 😅 You are a work horse! I love the house episodes and look forward to them every week.

Well, from the list of places you've travelled to for work I just realized that I may have already seen you in person 🥳 You're such an interesting person, thank you for letting us get to know you a bit more! Part 2? yes, please! Video on vintage patterns? Also yes, please!

Wait, you're not a space pirate?

This was a delight! I really appreciate hearing your insights and learning more about the things that drive you. I love listening to people talk about the things they're passionate about - it fuels my own motivation to make things and inspires me to keep moving forward! A part two would be most welcome ^_^ Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself with all of us, and congrats on 40k subscribers!

I google everything and watch KZfaq tutorials ALL THE TIME. It's how I learn nearly everything craft-wise. I am a much more accomplished knitter than sewist, and even with a great deal of experience, I STILL google and watch videos about complex knitting techniques that I don't use on a regular basis. I found you through looking for "how to do" something sew-y! (I found your Hobbit Housecoat and OMG I totally want to make one..... ) I LOVE that you include mistakes. I'm all about learning from my own mistakes; in fact, being able to stay calm and patient and work THROUGH a mistake is a part of the reason I love craft - it is an excellent skill to cultivate - so it's very much about the PROCESS for me, although I love wearing/using my finished creations. BTW, I was an English major too!

I am here for all the circus. Don't be afraid to include it.

I especially love to watch you sewing, designing, dumpster diving, gathering materials from the sidewalk and woodworking. You are so creative and inspirational. You make me want to do more. I'm limited because I have a bad back. God bless you my dear friend. 😊❤❤

I would love to see your vintage pattern collection!!

I found you only recently due to your newest challenge: The House! Old architecture and trying to maintain or rehab said old architecture, especially when you do your best to be environmentally responsible is very interesting to me.

8:42 I don't feel for vlogs or a-day-in-the-life type of content, because I'm not interested in your private life =) And I say that out of respect and care for you. I don't think it's so good to show too much of one's life online, for mental health reasons if anything, and although I'm interested in a circus artist's and sewist's life per se, I'm mostly here for the nerdy sewing recycled fabrics content with honest commentary and cosy editing. Loving your honesty about mistakes ! They are PART OF SUCCESS, not the opposite of it ! More people need to hear this ! I'm a performing artist too (musician) and yes, it's really not about not messing up. I know I WILL mess up, no matter how much I prepare beforehand. It's all about how one deals with the mistake, how one handles the mess ^^ 32:41 Damnnn I feel that one ^^ "My life is chaos and everytime I [...] try to plan out a content calendar is goes to crap." Yep, yep exactly !

Shannon, the thing you bring to the KZfaq experience that NO other sewist has, is your circus work. I get being anxious about spending time on a product that doesn't make views/money, but it feels like it would be smart to take advantage of the thing that makes you utterly unique among KZfaq sewists. You really do bring something great to the table, so capitalize on that, both economically and creatively.

Being a good sewist means knowing how to keep trying to fix the mistake. Also a good sewist NEVER points out the mistakes.❤ enjoy your content.

I feel the same way about making something completely historical when I cannot wear it more often. I am working on figuring out history bounding for mr. 😊

I work in theater tech, and part of the magic of a live performance (for me) is the mistakes. There are plenty of shows I've done that I barely recall now, but I'm never going to forget the performance that one of the actors had to keep running off stage to be sick, or the time when an actor hung up the phone on set, only to have it fall off the wall.

Wow I had no idea that editing takes that long! I have far more appreciation for your lovely videos now.❤

I think interviews about sewing costuming requirements would be great.

Would love a part 2. This one gave me lots of ideas, going to roll three of your topics into me googling the difference between historical costuming and history-bounding to start 😊

I vote for the series of interviews with other performers about all the different costumes

With regards to interviewing friends and their experiences, you could see if Phil (sorry if this is spelled incorrectly) would be willing to go through a few things and maybe where mens' and womens' costumes need to differ depending on the performance?

I'm still catching up with your older videos. I really like all the different things you do. I have been wondering about the circus side of your activities. It seems like you have boundless energy and I am impressed with how you throw yourself into every project. Your Corgi is a cutie. Your thrifty nature falls right in with mine. I was raised on a farm and you had to watch every expenditure plus be very observant of your animals and crops. So I look forward to all your adventures.

It always happens, answering questions elicits more questions. Mine is, are there people who freelance at sewing costumes for circus performers and if so, is that something which you might enjoy doing when you are no longer performing yourself? It seems like you have amassed a great deal of specialized knowledge.

I am only 1 minute into the video, but would just like to agree that yes, a separate video about your sewing patterns would interest me very, very much! I never sew with vintage patterns and I am curious to see what they look like and what you like about them / how you use them.

I personally would live to see more of your circus stuff. Fascinating!

The perfect video to listen to while ironing meters of lining fabric

I have a circus coming to my hometown and I always think of you when I see the ads!

I still have that same old machine of my grandmas in a cabinet behind my couch!

When making adjustments to patterns it helps if you have a mind that sees in shapes. It’s really geometry.

Loved the bit where you got to the How Did You Get So Good?! section and the answer was literally just "This is skill built of a hundred screwups!" Also learning from google and KZfaq. I grew up with my mum sewing all our clothes, but she died when I was very young and then we were sent to our grandmother - who also sewed, but was a terrible person. So I either forgot everything mum taught me, or repressed the hell out of it because [[woo! unpaid child labour in my grandmother's uniform shop!]] ... reasons. And then a few years ago, I just got so, so sick of the horrible fast fashion crap I could afford and taught myself to sew again through a combination of fuckups and youtube lol It's a good feeling, having clothes I actually like and it feels like something my mum would have approved of :D Also, I've had a playlist of your videos running in the background while I was working on a coquelicot skirt, so thank you for the company :D And best wishes with the house! Ended up listening to those all out of order, alas, but it's a lovely old place, and from what I've seen you've got the determination to work through its challenges :)

Yes I love sewing, but would love to see what your circus life is all about. Yes to all those costume ideas.

Part two, patterns, circus - I want to see them all! Maybe not a day in the life of a circus performer but maybe this is how many hours a week I do this, this is how many hours a week I do that and give us an example of each.

I think the fact that you have so many varied interests and so many activities that you do in a day shows. Since you've described that you do have quite a wildly varying day every day it kind of explains why your videos are varied. I like the fact that one will be about circus and one will be about the dog and one will be about arranging a space and one will be about sewing. As varied as your life is, so are your youtube offerings. I like them all, I like them mixed, I like them when they're only about one thing. Keep on doing what you're doing and keep us guessing. It never occurred to me that this show was about sewing only after "meeting" you.

Shannon, a part two would be wonderful. The thing is, I came here to see your sewing content, but return for each new video because you are so candid about yourself and your process. We, out here in watching KZfaq land, begin to feel that we know you and that you are a friend. Thank you for sharing yourself with us!

If you ever come to cologne - please tell us 💜 I would love to visit a show you’re a part of 💜

Circus stuff would be great🎉 love your sewing, and of course watching you and Phil work on house.

I'd watch any thing you post. I personally like longer videos. I don't care about lighting or perfect angles. I'll watch sewing, circus, day/ week in the life. ❤ I've only found you foods a few weeks but i love your content.

Hi Shannon. I would be very interested in your life in a week vlog. And your wave makes me smile. Always be nice and weird at the same time!

Hi Shannon. I would love to see more of your circus costumes. I'm also interested in quilting and african Canadiens.

Ooh definitely make a part 2….. your channel is so very interesting 🎉😊

you absolute star! you are the first person I have ever heard talking so matter of factly about neuro typical privilige and I like you even more for it.

I would love to learn more about circus costuming!

Would love to see a series about the circus costumes with your friends and colleagues - that sounds fascinating!

Yes, a tour of your vintage patterns.

I love your channel. Thanks for letting us get to know you better.

I would like a part 2, I'm especially curious to see what you have to say about the recycling/finding/dumpster diving side of things! Also DIY stuff. I'm very much a beginning sewer (much more experienced knitter), and I haven't done much with power tools, but I want to learn to make all the things, and I would love some insight on how to get cheap/free materials without just getting discouraged/cluttering your home up with not-actually-useful materials.

I would love to watch a lil weekly vlog thingy if you ever felt like doing that

Yes, tour of vintage patterns please.

Oh also I never mentioned this but I love the purple wall in your crafting room. It is pretty much the exact same color as the accent wall in my bedroom. Undeniably purple is my favorite color :D

Loving all your content!! It's all up my alley. I crochet, sew, do remodeling, woodworking, recycle, upcycle and love old homes. Love the circus content too! Loved seeing you perform! It's amazing!!!

What I’m interested in is your circus stuff. There is no one on the internet talking about this. And I’m really curious.

Yes please I would like to see more of your circus routine. You are a great inspiration!!

You are so much fun to watch and listen to! I absolutely would love a part 2 and regular circus videos as well. I hope you have a wonderful day and get a lot of positiv feedback

Thank you very much for sharing. I have loved watching your other posts and I am just blown away by your creativity and gung-ho attitude. Thank you for your beautiful spirit.

I would like to see your vintage pattern collection. I would like a part two and I enjoy the history bounding, and whatever else you decide to conquer. I would like to know how long you and your performing partner have been working together? Did you just meet around the circus community and decide you would make a great act, or were you teamed up by a coach? Do you see yourself teaching other performers once you decide not to be a performer any longer?

I would love to see more circus content. I love the idea of the interviews with other performers about costuming.

I would definitely like to see a week in the life of a circus performer. I think you got recommended to me because I watch CosTube, but I clicked because of the circus

Love this deep dive! Idea: you could integrate some of your physical circus training into sewing project videos - i.e. for helping to segway from one part of the project to another.

Ooooooo vintage sewing patterns❤

Oooh and also YES to the interviews/collapse with friends! You could also have ASMR sewing videos, which would be the opposite, and you wouldn't have to think of things to say x (Also I'm guessing that with sewing leotards etc - stretch fabrics are a nightmare!)

I just thought of this when you described learning to sew expertly. As a computer programmer that worked for cognitive psychologists most of my career, I can tell you that brain research shows that error learning is the strongest type. Making the error, fixing it, understanding how/why you made it and how to correct the error encodes the information into your brain more strongly. So you learn better when you make your mistakes and correct them. It’s a good way to learn to sew. I’m trying to learn pattern making and alterations. I have “made” my own patterns for some things by combining features of other patterns but I have not yet drafted a pattern on my own. I am also trying to learn to make alterations. I can muddle my way through getting the changes made but I definitely can’t teach it to someone else. I usually end up making alterations in high stakes garments for friends and family, generally for weddings (not for brides). It’s always a bit worrisome but so far it has all worked out. I enjoy your content. I admire your skills at a young age working with 4-way stretch. I still try to avoid those fabrics. I’m looking forward to more of your videos.

This was really fun, you are incredibly entertaining, so thank you for doing this ☺️👍

I would definitely like to see the part 2 video. I originally came to your channel to see the sewing content. However I continue to watch because I enjoy your cheerful presentation.

I learned so much! Thank you for doing this. It may not get as much traction as some of your crafty videos, but there's a good group of us that appreciate it. ❤

I love every aspect of your channel and look forward to each new video!

It’s so cute the way you say, “Y’all”.

So excited for part 2.

Thanks for answering my question! I can totally relate to the evolution towards more wearable things.

I wanted to also add, that if your historybounding is inspired by a historical garment, that is still partially true for the "historical costumer" title, since you still need to deep dive into it. Besides, anything earlier than 1980 I would consider to be "historical". Especially your WW2 knit vest and other wartime series garments.

Congrats for hitting 40k, I like your videos no matter what they're about, to the point where when I see there's a new one it jumps the long queue of stuff I wanna watch when I have some time to myself. "Up until I'm fed and watered" Aaah, horse barn lingo right there :) I did gymnastics as a kid but I'm not sure why I didn't continue with it, probably parents didn't want to drive me there (we lived out of town), also did cartwheels and stilts and pogo sticks and all kinds of things kids aren't allowed to do in playrounds once I took the swings off the swingset A frame... started riding at 12, took up Aikido at 25, medieval armour and combat in my 30s, started learning some ballet in my 40s, learned how to do a handstand at 45 when another friend got into gymnastics very late (in his 30s). I still do all of it (not so often with the stilts but I did get on them in full plate armour a few years ago, still got it), just slower and more carefully these days cause I do physical labour for my chaotic day job and literally can't afford to get seriously injured. Hehe, a week in the life of yours sounds as chaotic as mine, yay for irregular schedules. I'd be interested in seeing your physical training stuff so I can live vicariously through you since I'm way too broken to do it myself these days! :) Started "sewing" as a kid trying to make doll clothes, refined it a bit to make stuff badly for my pony in my teens and twenties (she was hell on winter blankets so there was always a lot to repair too, and my barn also did a costume contest every year), started making my own stuff mostly adequately (I've made several Hakamas for martial arts) and am now refining that to make things for myself less badly! I used a lot of stretched crushed velvet in my early sewing, it's pretty forgiving. Love the idea of hearing about costuming requirements and how you accomplish it without compromising the look or the structure. Making (and fixing) mistakes is learning. I have found this to be accurate to all crafts and trades I've taken up, though the consequences of making mistakes with fabric are generally less risky than the consequences of making a mistake in martial arts (though it's my Sensei who tells us, "Make mistakes! Make big, glorious mistakes!"). I try to judge my sewing and armour mistakes by "can I live with this or does it have to be corrected/redone" and try to be gentle with myself in that it's not a waste of materials if I have to redo something, it's a learning experience that had a cost. I also now know where I make the mistakes and what steps to take to not do it again. And I totally hear you on the "brain doesn't like to justify costuming because reasons", same here. I have too much stuff in my house already and cannot justify making something I'll wear once or twice, I need stuff to be part of my wardrobe (exception for the medieval costuming I need to get more done on so I've got stuff to wear during events when I'm not armoured).

I love all of your videos, am always learning from them and getting new ideas.Keep doing it your way.

You are great , more exciting stuff to come I’m sure! ❤

I would love to hear about the costume situation. I was a belly dancer for 20 years in a local part-time professional troop and some things look the best with sleeves that dangle down and spin with us when we go around in circles. Some of them cannot have sleeves with any kind of loose thing because Especially when we are balancing canes on our heads and whipping them around in the air they catch on the sleeves and the dance can’t go on as expected. We almost always danced barefoot, but if we were doing an outdoor festival and the stage was black we would actually burn our feet, or if we’re in a parade it’s not safe. Some of our dances require a large, baggy dress. It’s too long to wear, standing still. The dress is part of the moves we do, and we have to hike it up in different ways, and even drape the sleeve on top of our head. balancing a basket or a cane or a bottle on our heads requires some kind of a head wrap, so our slippery hair doesn’t create danger, especially using the glass bottles. And even when using a cane, which is one of my favorite props, some moves twirl, over your head or to either side of the body, and some moves accentuate the hips or a torso undulation.

This was so interesting! Thanks fir dharing, looking forward to the next psrt!

Thank you for the video. A part 2 at some point would be great.

I am age 65 citizen of Uk. Clothes don't fit me. So I want to make my own. Bras, pants, dresses, knitted socks all on the cheap. I have not been out for over 6 months. So it doesn't really matter how imperfect they are. I like hand sewing ( I have no machine) I like knitting and making multimedia greeting cards but I don't get much done. You have very informative videos. Some of the history bounding clothing are very practical. I enjoyed listening to you talking your personality comes across. I find you are genuinely you and very multi talented so I will be binge watching your videos. I would like to know what you look for in thrift shops. I got sheets from eBay to practice. Looking forward to seeing more of you ❤

Enjoyed this!!

I-demonstrably, as I’ve watched all your videos-will watch whatever you post. Not sure that’s helpful, but that’s what I’ve got. Chatty videos are nice companion videos when you are doing other things, I watch specific videos-or creators so I know I can listen and won’t feel like I’m missing out if I’m not actively watching. Thank you for sharing and congrats 🎉

I also love that your channel is eclectic - keeps it fresh and opens my eyes to new things. 👍🏻 🥰

Thanks for a very interesting and enjoyable video. I love listening to people passionately talking about things that interests them. Please make a part 2.❤❤

Would love part two and also a tour of your vintage patterns!