She's basically draping on herself and I love it. Also all pattern making is controlled chaos, not matter how nicely and calmly they edit it.

I came across this today and I love the dress ❤

You should check out Micarah Tewers! She has similar chaotic sewing energy. She usually explains all her measurements by animals and they’re hilariously nonsensical, like “cut a piece of the lining which is the length of 3 small cats and the width of one very big cat”

This made me giggle. It is kinda the way I roll too. And seeing it gives me the confidence to not give a hoot and just try!

OHHHHHH, especially if you kept the patchwork look. That would be really cool!

Wedding dress? This one? No way

Brilliant idea. I just uncovered a stash of old white linen napkins. They're really beautiful with interesting weaves. They would be fabulous patch worked into a wedding dress.

I was thinking what a beautiful wedding dress that would make, in the bride's favorite colors. I'm a great believer in making a wedding dress that becomes a lovely evening gown/dinner dress afterwards.

I was thinking the same thing. Would be gorgeous!

I've never made a quilt in my life, but I love my rotary cutter, rulers, and mats!! ❤❤ I don't recall if I got mine before or because of this particular project, but I had to make 2 dresses for my oldest daughter for a trip, and I had 4 days to do it in. Mind you, I had 5 children at home at the time, we home schooled, and I cooked our meals. So I didn't have a lot of time. I chose one pattern, and two fabrics that were ok with one thread color for the two of them. I did everything twice: each instruction on the pattern was done for dress 1, then dress 2. But cutting them both out at the same time with my rotary cutter saved SO MUCH TIME! It ran through 4 layers of fabric and the pattern like it was nothing, and I was sold from then on. I wasn't always able to sew with the same color thread, but I often saved time making two of things by cutting both out at once.

I cried a little when she said it took 4 hours to cut the squares!! 😭

This is so painful to watch :s

When she said, "There has to be an easier way...". I was saying, "Yes, it's called a rotary cutter and a self healing mat!" And I don't even quilt.

I watched her do that with my jaw open and asked why are you not using a rotary?!

When she did the first twirl in the reveal, that was my first thought, too! Beautiful!

It absolutely looks like a folklorica dress!! ❤

This comment screams Rachel Maksy. :)

Ooh, this is cool! Thanks for sharing

Excellent suggestion.

Yes, if you're doing a regular pattern, sewing strips is a must! Most of my quilts have no repetition in them, so I rarely get a chance to use this trick, but I did a baby quilt that used several different repeated stripe blocks cut on the bias and it was SOOOO FAST in comparison 😂 I also wasn't spending a bunch of time laying out individual rows piece by piece to get _just_ the right color gradation… 😅

This.

I don’t understand

same!

Me too! I tried to reverse image search it on Google, but nothing came up. Booo.

Those were not fat quarters

@@Saskatchetooner Yes they were. What are you talking about?

She did say fabric quarters I think, but I’ve never heard that term and they look like fat quarters to me. 🤷‍♀️

Right? No idea about ASD, but a lot here feels like ADHD 😆

There were so many moments where I was like "I know exactly what she's thinking"

SAME!!! I was thinking the exact same thing!! Having discovered I have ADHD in my 50s, her process is soooo familiar!!!

MADNESS

That's so awesome!

I have a vintage one in the same style. Its called a 'swing skirt' or a 'salsa skirt' its for dancing and twirling without showing your underbritches. My hem is only 40 but yeah. Its a going out dress from the 40s. But yours is PRETTY!!!

Haha, I used to pay my sister per inch to hem for me!

Oo I love that so much!! Themed patchwork Miss Frizzle all the way!

What a great idea!! I want to have some Ms. Frizzle clothes too. You gave me a great idea!! Miss Frizzle dresses are coming up for this school year!

I want to see your christmas themed dress so badly now!

that's exactly how I gather--zigzag over a cord

Thank you! It weighs exactly 5 lbs!

I'm feeling a little faint just thinking about ironing that dress 🫣

@@raraavis7782same here I have 4 cats and I can just see them climbing into the skirt while it’s under the ironing board, nope would send it to the dry cleaners instead 😹😹😹😹

Haha all good, that's a great suggestion! I got a steamer a few months back, and yeah, I would definitely use that over an iron on any giant dress.

I think patchwork - either skirt, dress, or shirt - would look striking in black with different white designs, broken up by just enough of your other favorite color(s) to make your heart happy. Black / purple / chartreuse would give excellent Maleficent vibes! Or dashes of red for a Night Circus effect! Or galaxy because galaxies are gorgeous and it's an excuse for glitter thread accents... the possibilities... dang it. Now I need something like this for spoopy season. 🤦🏻‍♀️😆

I don't know how they would play on the bias (I'm a newbie to sewing) but I could totally see that with the squares in more of a diamond orientation

​@@annikahstebben4425 I see two options for this. Cutting the squares with the grain would make the seams easier but then having the squares on the diagonal would have the bias running vertically and horizontally. I think the skirt would stretch too much over time. Cutting the squares on the diagonal would mean needing to be careful with the bias seams. However, then when the squares are turned on point, the grain will run vertically and horizontally. I think that would be much easier to gather and the skirt would hang and wear well without stretching.

Yes very B&B also macintosh rose

I was thinking the stained glass window in the animated version. :)

@@thebookwyrmslair6757 Are they not the same? I thought Charlie had got the design from a screenshot of the movie.

On second thoughts, maybe I was misunderstanding your comment and you were agreeing that it had made you think of the same image (albeit my mind went to the embroidered version because I don't think I've seen the movie).

I had the same thought! It reminds me of the stained glass windows that tell the story at the beginning

Have you seen Morgan Donner? She does a lot of history bound clothes making her own patterns. She has experimented with different backgrounds shapes too - rectangles, circles, tailored. Watching her doing rather than reading might help you get your head around it. It's the process, not the style that's relevant.