A couple of moss embroidery tips if anyone is interested: -wool thread works better because it has more texture and is easier to bulk up. Tapestry wool is quite thick, crewel wool is a but finer for embroidery. -for the turkey stitch (the one where you make a loop and then trim it) you can take a wire brush or even jut the tip of your needle and fray the ends of the cut thread and it will get really fuzzy and soft and gives great texture and contrast to just the knots -generally dont work with pieces of thread longer than you arm, that will help decrease the tangles and getting caught on things. Hope this is helpful 💗 obviously feel free to do whatever you want, there are no rules 😉

Rachel's final form is going to be a D&D hag and I'm excited for her to ruin some adventurers day by giving them "gifts" that will slowly ruin their lives until they come back for revenge that they're incapable of dishing out

To sit on a porch swing surrounded by nature and embroidery in the rain = life goals ❤

I really love the fact that rachel is totally honest about not loving the final product, but put it out there anyway. I’m such a perfectionist, especially about creative projects, and I’ve had to learn how to just say “good enough” to get anything done! I feel like it’s so important for us to love the process of making, even if we don’t always love what we end up creating. Then, it never feels like time/resources/money were wasted! It’s just really refreshing to see such a talented maker feeling the same way. It takes vulnerability, and it’s really cool!

~ let's get whimsical ~ is my workout vibe of the summer. no more hot girl summer, I'm doing moss girl summer

Rachel: owns a million clothing patterns also Rachel: “I’m gonna make my own pattern”

Rachel: “I don’t how I feel about this” Also Rachel: *makes the prettiest corset top ever*

My grandmother taught me to never sew with a thread longer than my arm. It’s fiskn annoying to take a new thread all the damn time, but sooo much better than the tangling shit that just make me leave a project to die. Lovely vid as always! My dog Buffa sends black and purple hearts to Frodo, she knows a thing or two about wearing socks… 🐶💜🖤

We demand more videos with Rachel just sitting on her porch swing talking at us.

The camera almost falling down and Frodo just casually passing by with his emo sock pant leg is just 100% Rachel Maksy immaculate energy. The embroidery looks truly realistic as well. Love your channel so much!❤

Whether or not a project goes to plan or not, I can confidently say watching Rachel doing her thing (being a goblin whiskey grandpa witch) is one of my favorite things on the internet. To Marie Kondo, this channel brings me joy

I'm a simple lass, I see moss corset, I click video😌 Rachel always providing what we didn't know we needed

You know regardless of how successful the final product was this video ended up being a comedy masterpiece

You are a warm hug, if a human was a warm hug. Thank you for encouraging me obession with making random outfits/costumes

Honestly, I love the final product. Painting it was a stroke of genius, it also still retains its diversity. It's adorable.

I really like how she casually switches between eras and styles and still remains herself and still looks natural in all of them... (esp. comparing to myself feeling like an alien most of the time without even slightest changes of anything :D)

did... did Rachel thrift an entire workout outfit just for a pun? because godDAMN I am here for it. petition to make "let's get whimsical" into a recurring bit on the channel. Also, Frodo's sock is peak y2k fashion, how trendy. like mother, like son: fashion icons.

Rachels Whimsical Power Hour 🌟

Her editing is more... joyous ???? And fun with her new schedule and I am so here for it 🎉

I've never been so jealous of someone more than when Rachel was sitting on the porch swing while it rained.

Becoming a moss maiden, emo Frodo, tiny frog… this video is art that speaks to my soul!

When I was around 4-5 years old, after a super rainy summer, the tadpoles had begun to turn into bb frogs. I had handfuls of them. I would sneak them inside and let them free in the house. My parents couldn't figure out where these hundreds of frogs were coming from, and they finally caught me with LITERAL POCKETS FULL of them lol

Can I say how nice it is to watch you sew on the swing? It looks and SOUNDS so frickin beautiful and peaceful. Thanks for sharing those vibes.

Ok so I think this top turned out suuuuper grogeous! It's like you dressed up as a watercolor painting of yourself as a background character from a mindsummer night's dream. I love how the sleeves have a different texture, the whole thing kind of looks like its a patchwork made of different fallen leaves by fairies, and the sleeves are woven from skeleton leaves. Maybe you could sew two extra strips of reinforced fabrics to the back to make it fit you more comfortably but honestly I don't think anyone would notice. And fabric painting the moss was a great idea, it looks super realistic!

Psssttt…if you mix single embroidery threads together…you’ll get the gradient you’re looking for when trying to combine 😘 LOVED this project ♥️♥️♥️

Every time Rachel says she's cursed, I wait to see if she's going to turn into a vase. 😂

Doing the turkey knot stitch and immediately forgetting how it’s done is so extremely real and relatable for me EDIT: the regretting using multiple colours of floss also extremely relatable

I love how the creators I watch have decided to go into forest whimsy. Alt Knots, without meaning to, made a moss blanket. PricklyAlpaca covered her mirror with mushrooms. And now Rachel made a moss corset.

Oooo. I love it! This would be so cool to revisit during spooky season with some black and darker greens! Like... i think Bog Witch is the ideal aesthetic.

It’s gorgeous. The paint really pulled it all together. I don’t know how you did all that, my fingers hurt watching this. Also, thank you for frogs.

Like somebody else said: no matter the end result, I'll watch for the comedy. Rachel makes me laugh out loud every time and leaves me with a feeling of happiness for the rest of my day ❤

I think the bodice is delightfully mosssy! You could shorten the front and add a skirt, then add boning to the back. It has great potential for a theatrical, mossy dress! ❤

The Reveal gives me...🧝‍♀Wes Anderson does Lord of the Rings vibes... And I'm LOVEING IT!!!!!! 🍃🥰🍃

Next time you can probably use lace weight boucle yarn, has a texture similar to moss & usually about as thick as embroidery thread. Love your style! Actually helped me get over my shyness.

It’s funny how critical we are of ourselves. This is amazing girl!!! I love the final results!! Amazing!💚

Gah. I really appreciate the mornings where I, too, can sit outside while it’s raining. I usually enjoy reading, or working on some sketch work… watching this while eating breakfast really boosted serotonin and motivation! Always a pleasure! 💚💚💚

i love the almost cinematic progression of this video. the spliced scenery shots, the natural sound, the music, and the *vibes* invoked the perfect mossy feel! it's rare to feel so transported by a fun lighthearted video

You’re not going to see this, but when embroidering close to the edge I just clip it into the hoop, and then stitch a loop of thread in the fabric and pull it tight around the edge of the hoop to hold the fabric taught. Basically just send the needle and thread through the fabric once, take it off the needle, and then tie the ends together around the edge of the hoop.

I don't know how to word this so that it sounds like the 100% compliment it is, but it is always a huge breath of fresh air to come over to this channel from Bernadette Banner's, because after watching her perfect tiny stitches and exact-to-the-millimeter garments, I'm always like huh maybe I'm not good enough for crafting, and then I arrive here for the Chaos and I am reminded that joy is the most important part of a craft. Bernadette gets joy from things being perfect, and I love her for that, but I feel like Rachel (and I) get joy from the trying. It's just very comforting! Now if only my finished products looked as good as Rachel's...

I think you actually did the embroidery fairly quickly. My hands hurt just thinking about all those French knots. Great job!

I do think the different base colours under the paint add to it, natural moss patches aren't perfectly uniform in colour either! but it might have looked better if you'd mixed the colours instead of doing seperate patches I think it turned out cute either way :)

I have all the time in the world for emo Frodo. 🖤

Tip to reduce tangling/leg looping problems: never work with a thread longer than your arm reach, that way there's not enough thread in play to get tangled easily. Working with longer lengths may seem faster, but you add so much de-tangling time! Thank you for being inspiring to this old lady!

I started making costumes when I was 12, waaaay back in 1973. Everything was from scrap and cobbled from thrift. There was no cosplay then. Then I danced in a ballet company and learned a little more about costuming . Fast forward to the 90s when my kids discovered video games, animae and cosplay. You thought I died and went to heaven. I had an excuse to make 6 foot dragonfly wings,battle mage/ monk, and superhero outfits. Alas, they were all for kiddos & teenagers. In my 60s now and I see folks making outfits that just make them happy- cuz. Just cuz. This makes my heart sing. Anyone who thinks they can’t make amazing clothing and costume pieces, that’s a lie. They don’t have to be perfect, or have a reason. MAKE IT- don’t wait. I love you all for your fierce creativity.

I actually really liked the varying shades of green. I thought it looked like different kinds of moss all clumped together. I also think it would look great if you did this on a brown fabric to make it look like moss growing on a fallen tree in the woods! Then again, my ideas are usually kind of sketchy, lolol😂

I know you weren't feeling this one, but I LOVE it. Even before you toned everything together, I was thinking of how pretty it was, and adding the fabric paint only made it better. Also, it's good to know that I'm not the only one whose internet is just GOBLIN MODE (with a side of dragons for me)

That 50s dress! 😍 Your moss top is lovely too! I love the different colors. (And broccoli is bomb, lol) The second "frog" is actually a toad! Toads are generally "warty" and bumpy while frogs are smooth, and the teeny guy was a toadlet or froglet. Suuper cute little dudes! And emo Frodo is so cute. Hopehis hotspot gets better soon!

Quick Tip: I have found that when hand sewing/embroidery when you first prep your needle & thread if you don't cut your thread no longer than one full arm pull from your center mass you will have less tangles and less hooking onto random stuff/body parts. Hope this helps ☺️

The rainy day aesthetic shots are EVERYTHING!

Can I just say Rachel IS real life tinker-bell. No one can tell me otherwise this woman should have been born at pixie hollow and they would be blessed to have her💕💕💕

I'll say it again. Just so glad I got recommended your channel in 2020. Been a wild three years and each project has been so much fun to see. And keeps me inspired to stay creative too. Even if you don't end up thinking your project comes out how you envisioned Rachel I can say it's such a honor to watch each piece. By far loved the mural you did I dreamed of doing that in my room as a kid and my parents didn't want that. Hope it's not as wet and humid in eastern Massachusetts for you as up here in the Greens of Vermont!

11:27 I've never wanted a porch more than I do in this moment right here. Ohmygod that's beautiful. I took the deepest breath I've taken today just watching this.

Honestly, the way you re-cycled the gathered waist band to be the sleeves was GENIOUS! 10 out of 10 approve!

I see a new rachel upload, I click. Could be her making a lamp, a dress or a moss corset! And yet I'm never disappointed 😊

I’ve been futzing around with embroidery lately as well and my suggestion to achieve what you were going for with the different shades of green is the even more time consuming process of dividing the embroidery thread and mixing different colored strands. I’m still early stage in my learning process but embroidery thread is typically 6-7 strands of thread combined, so if you make your own color blends you can achieve more “natural” blending. Definitely gives your pieces more dimension! Just something to keep in mind if you want to keep playing with it too!

I...kinda love & appreciate how you too use random small, heavy, often brass objects as pattern weights. One of these days I will either buy proper set of pattern weights, or make my own, but for now it's random porcelain crab decorative box (?), brass four leaf clover paperweight, fancy wooden pen case for skinny pattern bits, & any moderately heavy book I can lay hands on.

I didn't know this was “a thing”, but I did it over the winter. I took over one of my husband’s Army thermal tops, but it was covered in oil stains. So I embroidered little things over every stain. Now I get so many compliments every time I wear it.

I actually really love the texturing you did with the bodice fabric! It looks more worn and taken over by moss; like that type of really thin, faint most that you see before the moss grows large and fluffy. Plus it adds depth and dimension!

"Let's get Whimsical" bit. Worth it's weight in gold. Chef's kiss.

Rachel’s bits will always be my favorite. So quick and short but so extra 😂😂

The absolute urge to tell you to put tension on your thread for the french knot to be tighter (i was literally pinching my phone screen) but you absolutely killed it anyway like always!!🤩🤩💯💯

The embroidery looks pretty! I think if you reinforce the back and make some new sleeves it could be very cute!!!!

This is so cute! It definitely has "i have emerged from the forest after centuries" energy

Ah God the amount of vibe from crocheting outside in the rain *chefs kiss* so good

To easily thread a needle with any string, run the end through a bit of wax! Then you can easily flatten it and slide it through! Plus less random things in your mouth >.> AND if you sometimes just let the needle on the string hang down it will spin around and untangle so less snaggling! This is amazing, (the fact there's like 4865163 French knots is the amazing part holy crap), your videos inspire me!

As a person who also strives to be able to recreate all the nice expensive things I want but could never afford, you are my inspiration to start and actually finish things~ ❤😂

I grew up in North Carolina with a twin-bed sized porch swing, and you doing embroidery on the swing in the rain makes me YEARN!! My current porch isn’t deep enough to sit and enjoy the rain as we get spattered

WHAT EVER mama! 12:36 hand-on-neck-with-round-glasses-and-curtain-bangs is giving 90s heartthrob and i love everything about it

Would I be too much to ask for a full "Let's Get Whimsical" music video? Because that genuinely slapped! 😂❤

I actually have a matcha green corset top I got from Hot Topic, and I think I wanna do this with it!! I would just need to buy some fake moss from the craft store and some fabric glue, and I should be good to go!! I can't wait to see how Rachel's turns out, because her creations are always so stunning!! 💜💜💜💜

Watching the embroidery reminds me of when I worked in commercial embroidery. I started as a machine operator on a 15 head Barudan 9 needle machine. Then I went into the CAD department and created stitching files for the logos and designs. When we did something like moss or bushes/trees, we just did a random kind of squiggle. Draw lots of overlapping loops of straight stitches. Try to keep it as random as you could. Figuring out how much was enough was the trick. The machines we had could just do straight stitches or satin. At a second place I worked as the shop manager, we had “puff” foam to add bulk. It came in different thicknesses from 1 or 2mm to about 6mm. The stitches would cut through the foam, and you pulled the excess away. I haven’t worked in the industry for many years, but I thought it would be fun if I could go back someday and work part time in semi-retirement, maybe just enough to get health insurance. On a good day, it was being paid to color pictures. On a bad day, it was typesetting text. That got boring fast.

Even the things you don’t entirely love the final product of, are pretty darn cool! Sometimes the act of creating is more important to our souls than the final result! 💚🐸💚

“I’ll take you to hot topic later, I swear.” 😭😂😂😂 That was too precious.

Ah another episode on Frolic Fridays. I would love to see an episode called Maksy Mondays!😂

I would love to make something like this when I get the chance. Most of all wanted to say that Rachel seems to be getting more and more beautiful as she does more of what she loves and just has fun. And love seeing more Frodo!!

This is really cool! A while ago, I found some green textured scrubby yarn at a craft store that I meant to do moss effects with, but I mosplaced it somewhere in my craft room before I could get around to it. (Yes I saw the typo but it’s too funny to go back and fix) I really do need to try the felt layers trick to add bulk to my embroidery projects, that looks like fun

I absolutely love it! It's so interesting & looks like an adorable forest fairy.

This video *chef's kiss*! I love your willingness to experiment and try new things, it's really inspiring! (Also I don't know why, but the reveal made me think of Tinkerbell...but like mossy)

Growing up very emo-goth core the moment with Frodo has been sending me and has been living rent free in my head for the last 14 hours

When I’m doing hand-stitching like that I wax the thread to prevent it knotting and getting tangled. It’s really worked for me, I dunno if you’ve tried it, but I recommend. You can find it with the notions in craft/sewing stores. 😀 Hope that helps!

Ahhh this was so soothing and cozy that I drifted off to sleep and when I woke up from my accidental nap, I immediately watched it again. My sleep has been weird lately. I hope you take it as the compliment that is meant. Lovely video as always!!!!

Oh my goodness the little frog is so cute! Painting the bodice helped and it looks like moss, great job Rachel!

Don't be so hard on yourself! That corset is absolutely beautiful and you should be proud of it, especially with all of the hard work and love put into it!

The mossy corset is gorgeous, the cute frogs are suiting the whole bog witch vibe 💚

Your outfits in this video were PEAK. 🥳 If you put the floss on the little cards you can get it helps with the tangles just so you know, might help the frustration factor. 🤪

I love Frodo's emo arm. What a dark brooding boy. lol. Your corset turned out so cute I love it. You did an amazing job. So many french knots I couldn't have done it myself.

NO RACHEL, IT'S ACTUALLY SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! I would so love to see this with some kind of fluffy, layered tulle skirt in varied shades of muted green like a mossy ball gown!!

Rachel, I understand if you don't like it, but I think this is absolutely phenomenal. Incredible work and it looks so natural! I love the piece as is, but if you wanted to address the issues you discussed, perhaps a quick dip in a very watered down green dye to tone the whole piece and bring the sleeves in a bit more? Your toning with the fabric paint worked SO WELL and perhaps an overall tone job would work as well. Green is SO difficult to get different shades that mix well because there are so many different undertones and shades to work with. I do a lot of floral embroidery, and getting complimentary greens for my pieces is the bane of my existence. Also if anything, to help with it looking wonky, you are a master of painting illusions onto cosplay pieces and the like, so I bet you could give it a bit of an illusion of being straight. I know I'm watching this 9 months late, but DAMN girl you really did that.

Let's get whimsical, whimsical 🎵🎶 Yes, the outfit was worth it for the bit. 😆 Love the embroidered moss, too! 💚

Now I can’t get that song out of my head. ❤😂 love whimsicalness (is that a word) 🤷‍♀️ Also I love how it came out, just add a leafy skirt.

moss is just peak! highest quality. moss art? moss clothing? just moss moss? amazing!

Loved the whimsical work out at the start, was excellent. Seeing Rachel sit on the veranda on a swing seat in the rain was calming.

This is exactly to my interests. I've been making (i.e sitting in my unfinished project box) a moss covered cape for years now. This video might just give me the inspo to actually finish it. Especially since one of your earlier videos was what gave me the idea in the first place.

You look like a whimsical fairytale main character as usual and I'm OBSESSED!!! I need to try this now, because this is by far one of my favorite projects of yours!! 💜💜💜💜

Rachael my dear, with all the kindness and love in my heart, PLEASE iron your fabric before tracing and cutting your pieces 😩 I use to do exactly what you do until I worked with a seamstress. It actually makes a huge difference with the fit of the final product I promise 🙌🏼

Rachel! Thank you for your amazing videos! Your reassurances that project results don’t have to be perfect to be worthy of pride and usage have had a profound effect on me. I was putting off altering my bridesmaid dress from a friend’s wedding because I have very little experience, no sewing machine, and zero confidence that I could pull it off. Because of that the dress was just hanging in my closet collecting dust and taking up space. Your videos inspired me to do some research and give it my best shot! Many days and waaay too much hand-sewn chiffon later, the dress is altered and beautiful! Not perfect, but beautiful, and I’m going to wear it in a couple weeks! I’m so happy and proud!!! Thank you for giving me the courage to try my best at something new.

You can easily fix the corset by adding thicker straps and removing the sleeves, and doing more more moss coming down the shoulders. Love you to revisit this if you want to! Awesome idea ❤

I got here so fast for this. Yes cool niche corsets!!!

I love your honesty regarding the gap between the result and what you expected Too many creators try to oversell and fake it

I love the Let's Get Whimsical bit, and Emo Frodo, and the frogs, and this quote- “I quite like embroidery. I think it soothes the chaos of my inner being.” -Rachel Maksy