Ah, yay! So glad you found my video Raphaela! 🥰

Ah, thank you so much!

Aw, thank you so much Kamryn! Let me know how it goes!

Thank you so so much Cassie!!! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

That's one of the next things on my project list!

Ahh, thanks so much Taytum!!

Yay, thank you so much Anna! It really is an approachable technique!

Thank you so much Felicity!! I really appreciate that-- I'm planning a YesStyle DIY soon!

Thank you so much Tammy! 🥰

Thanks so much Jane!

Thank you so much Allison!! This is the sweetest comment!!

Thank you so much Jessica! That's exciting that you want to learn to sew! I hope you give it a try!

Thank you so much Janie! I really appreciate that! 😊

Loved how your top turned out Madison, and that pink dress as well!

@@LaurenJohnson Thanks!

Thank you so much for watching Noel!

Aw, well I'm glad you can make it now! Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much Nicola! I hope you give it a try!

@@LaurenJohnson Your welcome ☺️

Thank you so much Malini!

Thanks so much Cathy, hope you enjoy it!

I’m so glad!

Amazing, so glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much! I think shirring is my new favorite technique! Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorites-- I think I'm due to rewatch it! :)

@@LaurenJohnson Like wise to both. haha. x

Thank yo u so much Annie!

Aww, thank you SO much Monica! I'm so glad everything was clear!

@@LaurenJohnson you're welcome! :)

Yay, thank you so much Karen! Hope you love it!

Thank you so much! ❤️

Aw, thank you so much for watching! 😊

Thank you so much! I'll have some styling videos coming up this month!!

Aw, thank you!!

Aww, yay!! Thank you so much for using my tutorial!!

Thanks for watching!!

Wonderful! Happy sewing!!

@@LaurenJohnson Thank u🙂

Thank you so much Lauren! I'm planning to do a dress in this style as well! I hope you give it a go-- I'd love to see the result! :)

Thank you so much!

Ur welcome

Thank you!!

So glad you enjoyed it!!

Great suggestion, thank you so much!!

Thank you so much! Yes, I’ve always wanted to learn how to smock! My mom used to have heirloom sewing books that I’d look through, but still haven’t learned- one day! 🤗

@LaurenJohnson so easy! That is, if you can hand sew, embroider, or cross stitch, you can smock. It helps to be able to count. LOL! Smocking Arts Guild of America is a great place to start.

Hi Stephanie! Thank you so much for watching! I made a dress using this same technique, and I have a full video of that process- I believe it’s called summer sundress on my channel. 😊 The way I made that dress, I doubled the bust measurement for the main part of the dress, so after shirring you’re left with quite a bit of fullness for the waist and hip area. I hope this helps!

Thank you! Yes they do!

Hi Jenni, I don't remember exactly, but not more than one spool! Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you Jennifer! On my machine, I turn the tension to around 1, but I always experiment with the individual fabric to make sure the elastic thread is laying flat. ❤️

Hi Robyn, thanks so much for your comment! I really appreciate it! I haven't seen the water spraying technique, but I'll have to look into that for my next shirred project. Thanks so much for watching!!

Hi there, thank you so much! There are a couple of ways you could do it, and it doesn’t have to be super precise! You can trace the underarm from an existing garment, or measure your underarm area and copy that onto the paper. I also have a ruler which had an underarm shape that I sometimes use. The main purpose here is for the sleeve to sit farther down so that it doesn’t fall off of your shoulders. I hope this helps!

Thank you for your very prompt response. Will try asap

Hi Ember, thank you so much! They are in inches!

Thanks so much for watching Cristal! My longest stitch is "6" on this machine-- it's an old machine, so it might be different on yours, but I hope this helps!

Aw, thank you so much for subscribing! It's just quilting cotton! 💖

@@LaurenJohnson your welcome ❣️ more video to come💛

Hi there! I hand wound the elastic thread on the bobbin, and loosened my tension a little bit until my stitches were even. Hope this helps!

Hi Kyla, that's totally fine! I'd love to see what you create!

Hi there! You would want to make the shirt front and back piece a bit longer, and cut the armhole a bit deeper!

I'm using my overlocker machine at that point in the video, but a zigzag stitch on a standard sewing machine works as well!

Hi there! Thank you so much for watching my video! I know sleeves can be so tricky! For this pattern I measured across my shoulder from where I wanted the front and back neckline to sit. I added a seam allowance to that, and that number became the top the width for the top part of the sleeve. Since the shirt has that underarm shape cut out, I transferred that same curve to either side of the line drawn from my first measurement. This will allow me to sew the sleeve to the shirt. Next I chose a length measurement for the sleeve, measured down from the center of the top of the sleeve, and marked this measurement. Using this marking as a guide, I drew a line across what will be the bottom of the sleeve. I used a curved line for this which gives a little more fullness in the center of the sleeve once it's sewn up. To help add a little more puffiness, I extended the bottom line a little past where the top ended, and connected the top and bottom of the sleeve with an angled line. This just means that now the bottom of the sleeve will have more room to gather up than the top! I know this is a lot of information, but I hope that it's helpful. There are also a lot of great basic sleeve tutorials on KZfaq that might be of use also-- something I'm hoping to add to my channel in the future! If you have any more questions, please let me know!!

@@LaurenJohnson Thank you so much! This helped me a lot! Definitely going to get started on this today 😊

I haven't tried it, but I bet it would be so cute!

2 inches to the hem, which according to Lauren's you tube this is after you have created your little hem, hope this helps

Thanks so much for answering this Janine! Sorry I missed this question Maybritt!

I just used regular all purpose thread on the sleeve! 💜

@@LaurenJohnson thank you so much! This video was amazing ❤️

@@alesims2384 Thank you so much for watching!!

This is quilters cotton!

Hi there! Mine is a vintage Kenmore 1352!

Hi Sanisha, my length was 9 inches! Hope this helps!

I hope you can find a tutorial that works for you-- I wish I could speak more languages!

Hey Rachel! I've actually found the same problem with the sorts of tops, and I find the best solution is to make them a bit looser, so add a bit more ease-- Also make the rows of shirring a little farther apart, and stop the shirring at the waistline. This helps the top to skim over the figure a bit more without clinging everywhere. Take a look at my most recent video for a fit comparison if you're interested! 💕

Hey Addie, thank you so much for watching! Sorry for my delay getting back to you-- you've got it! I wanted the distance to be nine inches after it was gathered, so the 3.5 was some extra room for the elastic. Let me know if you have any other questions! ❤️

@@LaurenJohnson thanks so much. This tutorial is really easy to understand me great for beginners (like me), but for some reason I just couldn’t wrap my head around that part 😂 Also, thanks for responding in the first place! Most of the time I ask anyone a question it gets lost in the sea of comments haha. I have just subscribed to you!❤️

@@addieh5791 Aw, thanks so much for subscribing! ❤️ Totally understand-- the same thing happens to me when I read sewing instructions. 😂

@@LaurenJohnson ok so... I ran into something new lol... should I make the sleeve hole a bit larger than I think, because the shirring will shrink them? Or does nothing really happen when shirred? I don’t have a curved ruler like you, so I am eyeballing it, too.

Hey Addie, sorry for my delay! 💜 I didn't find it needed to be wider since the elastic stretches when I'm wearing the shirt!

Hi Amal, I used inches! Thanks so much for watching!

@@LaurenJohnson it's owner me😘💕

Hi there! 17 is one half of the bust measurement! We multiply it by 1.5 to add extra room for shirring. You can plug in the bust measurement to this equation: Bust ÷ 2 x 1.5 + 1. I hope this helps!

Ok so after using this equation What do we get? Is it the total width of the cloth?

@@goldykarana8749 It's the width of the bodice piece, so you will want a front piece that is that width as well as a back piece. :)

I do depending on the fabric! If it's going to shrink in the wash, than it gets prewashed!

Hey there! You just continue in loops, and each loop is a row!