Definitely the blazer, it will look stunning☺

The blazer with a big patch on back will look amazing !

I love both your dress and jumpsuit - the green is such a gorgeous colour. Thank you for the tips on working with stretch velvet - I may have the courage to try using it one day XX

I like the Martha dress. Using lots of pins and sewing slowly really helps.

omg the jumpsuit. your velvet would look so chic in the jumpsuit! ❤️

Love both of your makes, Rosa! Both colours are beautiful. Great tips and pattern selections. A black velvet blazer would be lovely and could be a wonderful wardrobe staple. Anything you choose to make with the black velvet will be gorgeous.

Your advice is good. I love the colours you have chosen are beautiful.

Hi Rosa! I've made the Martha in a stretch velvet (from Goldhawk Road!) with a friend, instead of sizing down we took out the zip in the back and sewed the back seams together and left a keyhole opening at the top under the collar/fastening so it can just slip straight on! It looks amazing in this stretch velvet which is royal blue! I think you should definitely go for a black velvet blazer! That sounds incredible :)

Someone just gifted me 5 huge bags of fabric. and there was some stretch velvet and lots of satins. I really need to do something with all my treasures. lol. thanks for the tips!

Love your garments, and your tips for working with stretch velvet. I have found a seam roll very handy for pressing the seams, in my case a rolling pin under a towel works really well!

Great video. I love stretch velvet too. Feeling inspired. 😊

Go for the blazer! I have a little velvet blazer and LOVE it. The Martha dress too would be stunning.

I don't know if you've seen the Grainline Morris jacket pattern? That's a wonderful pattern - I made 2 last year and wear them all the time. It's for wovens really BUT I've seen lots of them made up in ponte - it's unlined, no buttons - just a pull-on. I think that would look fabulous in your stretch velvet - for a dress I love your Deer & Doe the best :) Really helpful tips! I would use clover clips rather than pins myself but I use those most of the time anyway. I just like how they really HOLD and no holes to worry about either. The other thing I've read for wraps is to use clear elastic to hold the wrap part stable. You can pull it just slightly as you're sewing it on so the wrap will sit nice and close to your chest. Just some ideas :) Thank you for another great video!

Loved the dresses. With any velvet you should always cut to the nap(the way the fibres lay I.e.: smooth) .The reason for this is ,if you cut against the nap(the way you've cut)when you sit or lean against (e.g. A chair back ) you crush the pile and it will give a marked effect.This is because you'll be pushing against the nap and the light will hit the fibres differently. Also.a pressing cloth should always be a tight weave cotton,preferably white,so you don't get any dye bleed.This is because otherwise you can press the pattern of the weave of your pressing cloth into the fabric,especially with velvet.Another tip is when pressing your seams,inside out,fold another cotton cloth until the height is the same as your seam.you then place the cloth against the seam so ,when you press ,you won't get a seam mark on the right side.You can also instead of pressing the seam just hold your steam iron just above the seam(still inside out) and just shoot a blast of steam.Keep the iron hoovering for a few seconds to allow the heat to set the seam. Many years ago I made many outfits in velvet,including cotton velvet.I made trousers,coats etc.that I had for years without any change in the pile...I love velvet and I hope these tips will be helpful.

Definitely the blazer; it would become a wardrobe staple which you could dress up or dress down - winner! Great video as usual.

Out of the two I would choose the blazer, but I would absolutley LOVE to see the New Look 6469 swing dress in the black. Oooh STUNNING.

Gorgeous makes. I can highly recommend making the Tilly Martha dress in stretch velvet. I did this for my Xmas day dress in a lovely floral stretch velvet and it worked so well and is a stunning dress. I vote for the blazer in the black velvet - think that would look amazing!

Thanks for sharing your beautiful makes and all the tips with us. A black velvet blazer is a total staple imho. I don't think you can go wrong with that. I have a green stretch velvet in my stash that I hope to sew up for the next autumn/winter season. I plan to make the McCalls M7349. It's a stretch dress with raglan sleeves and princess seams so it should go together easy enough and also be easy to grade between sizes - I'm a pear shape, I can always use more volume around the hip. In the fabric requirement, the pattern also accommodates for a nap which sounds promising for stretch velvet.

Thank you for sharing- great work! Also you have great taste in art :)

I love your pattern ideas, and think the jacket would be ideal. One of the things I like to do with fancy fabrics is make basic things, I think a slouchy black sweatshirt would be fantastic!

I was taught to have the pile going upwards as in your emerald dress. But for curtains have the pile going down or the pile will fill up with dust. Love both outfits.

Black velvet bell sleeve top:) love the patterns you suggested for stretch velvet

I fell in love with the Martha dress as soon as I seen it! I would love to see how you get on with it in a stretch and what you think of the pattern in general.

I’ve collected several yards of stretch velvet in various colors, but never knew what to make. Once I buy enough yardage in one color I’m going to make bellbottom pants!

"I would drape myself in velvet if it was sociably acceptable" (George Constanza, Seinfeld). I loved this! I wanted to make myself a velvelt dress/jumpsuit using the very easy Vogue v9075 pattern for New Years's but I didn't have the time. Next year I will for sure! As for your black velvet, I'm also in love with Purvis' blazer and would love to find a pattern I could hack to maybe recreate it!

I've worked with stretch velvet for the first time last month and the 2 tops I made look beautiful - I'm converted 😉 Out of the 2 I would say go for the blazer, however who doesn't need a little black dress so I thought the last pattern New Look 6469 would look beautiful!!

I think the blazer would be amazing 👍

I used stretch velour for the first time late last year and thought a walking foot was the way to go! Ha how wrong was I. Once I swapped to a standard foot everything was fine - I made the TATB Agnes top just the basic one in a steel/ silver colour and love it. Thanks for the tips, I have a long evening style dress on my make nine and I have a gold stretch velvet that I plan to use for it 😁😁

Lovely makes and pattern picks. When necessary, you could use a steamer on velvet instead of risking damaging it with an iron. The New Look dress or Tilly dress in your black velvet would be awesome.

Hey lovely, I don't have a cutting table either, but what I've just acquired is a fold-up cardboard cutting mat. It's brilliant and completely stops my fabric from slipping and sliding when I cut on the floor because I can pin drawing pins into it, over the fabric and pattern when cutting. :D Hope this is any help to you as I know what a struggle street it can be to cut fabric on a shiny wooden floor. Your velvet skills are amazing btw. I need to build my confidence with stretch velvet because it is just so beautiful and must be a very satisfying make. Thankyou for your tips! xoxo

Thank y love velvet great colors

Gutted. I made a Nettie dress with low back in stretch velvet recently. Didn't realise till i left the house and got on the bus that it rides up A LOT!! THE DRESS WAS ROUND MY WAIST😣😣 So going to stick to loose fitting outfits from now on. Because tights and tight stretch velvet outfits do not mix:/ FYI

Great video! I love stretch velvet- I like all of your pattern choices and you would look great in any one of them but have you thought about the Tilly and the Buttons Coco dress, maybe with the collar? Not many pattern pieces and could easily be done with the two meters.

I think a Victory Patterns Jackie dress would be perfect for Stretch velvet but I haven’t been brave enough yet. Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for the tips with the stretch velvet! I have some in my stash and now I know better what to expect. About the patterns... Have you considered the Kielo dress by Named? I think that might just look amazing in stretch velvet.

that black velvet could make a stunning evening dress if you sewed a long slipdress with it. Like ankle long. very chic.

Nice new filming setting. What is the color of your wall paint? For sewing on stretch knit, do you think a walking foot would be helpful? Would you explain again attaching the neck band? Did you zigzag the neckline first then attache the band? For your new stretch velvet pattern I like the blazer or slip dress, they are young and fresh looking. However if it were me I'd choose the last dress. I really like flared bottoms, in a dress or a blouse, and I like both neckline versions. With it being cold the high neck and long sleeves would be perfect.

The New Look with the polo neck in black velvet :)

Thanks for this great advice except that I hate Burda patterns. I have some corduroy in my fabric stash and I am looking forward to making it up now.

I loved the stretch velvet. However I can't open the fabric website?

I can see the black velvet in one of the slip dresses, specifically the one that "double layers" down the front to the waist(?)

What about the drops dress gabberdashery just made thanks for the tips

I'd like to suggest you check out McCalls M7331 for the black velvet jacket. Beautiful and less complicated than a blazer jacket. Your green is heart melting it's so pretty! And your red dress is special!

Do you thinks you could do a cocoa dress in stretch velvet

Hi, did you pre wash your velvet? 😊

Love your makes, but did you find the velvet too warm for parties?

Black velvet Martha dress!

You said you didn’t have room for a cutting mat and I had the same problem. Then I realised that I could fit an A1 cutting mat under my sofa! If you don’t have central legs on the sofa , you could do the same? Then it’s hidden and it will fit as it’s is slim. That is only if your sofa goes down to the floor. Just. A thought.

I really fell in love with stretch velvet this winter and made a top and a dress. I wolud like to point out something regarding the pile. Because I liked the look of fabric when the pile was turned "the wrong" way I made my top that way. But then when I was wearing it under a coat or anything else, over time everything over it started to travel up my body - the way that pile was smooter....It really isn't fun to wear that top, so I made the dress with pile turned "the right" way. So, has that happened to anyone else?

You can get 100% cotton stretch velvet, more expensive but more comfortable to wear.

Brittany J Jones actually made that last swing dress out of red velvet. It came out great! instagram.com/p/Bc--PNIFExG/?taken-by=brittanyjjones

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