WEBVTT 00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:05.590 Today I’m going to share with you the coolest things that I sewed in 2016 and some… not 00:00:05.590 --> 00:00:06.930 so cool things. 00:00:14.030 --> 00:00:17.900 So this year I decided that I wanted to get really serious with sewing, and learn lots 00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:19.600 of new skills and techniques. 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:25.000 I wanted to learn how to sew more difficult things like lingerie and pants and to master 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:29.300 stretchy fabrics, and because of that I’ve ended up making some REALLY cool stuff things 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:32.739 year that I am really proud of, that I haven’t yet shown you guys on my channel. 00:00:32.739 --> 00:00:37.539 But of course, trying out new techniques, I've also made a lot of mistakes, and I'll 00:00:37.539 --> 00:00:38.729 show those to you as well. 00:00:38.729 --> 00:00:41.339 But, let's start with the wins first! 00:00:41.339 --> 00:00:46.670 So because I wanted to master using stretchy and knit fabrics, I've made some really cute 00:00:46.670 --> 00:00:51.219 t-shirts this year, basically because I made a pattern that I really liked and then I discovered 00:00:51.219 --> 00:00:53.829 that I could whip up a t-shirt in just a couple of hours. 00:00:53.829 --> 00:00:59.539 Like this floral one, and this robot one, and this kinda... emo one - "you're planet 00:00:59.539 --> 00:01:00.709 sucks, man". 00:01:00.709 --> 00:01:05.509 And this pink one with candy hearts all over it - you've probably seen me wearing this 00:01:05.509 --> 00:01:10.560 a couple of times in my videos but I never actually said how I made it - basically I 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:16.200 made the t-shirt in the exact same way as in my alien ringer T-shirt, and THEN I used 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:19.380 my t-shirt transfer tutorial to do the hearts! 00:01:19.380 --> 00:01:24.759 Something I made just 2 days ago was this really cute pink bodysuit. 00:01:24.759 --> 00:01:30.140 The bodysuit is based on a pattern that I made myself, using a singlet top and a pair 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:31.450 of boyshort underwear. 00:01:31.450 --> 00:01:34.140 I've been practising for a future tutorial for you guys. 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:39.540 But I love how it turned out and it was also my first time using fold-over elastic around 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:44.840 the neckline and it turned out so well and I'm going to be using fold-over elastic all 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:46.179 the time in the future now. 00:01:46.179 --> 00:01:52.200 So the bodysuit looks really good when I'm wearing it ON my body, but when it’s just 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:58.539 hanging there… – uhhm I accidentally made the legholes on the fabric a little bit too 00:01:58.539 --> 00:02:02.920 small, so I wasn't able to then stretch the elastic as I was sewing around the leg holes 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:08.879 which made them look all like - weirdly ruffled - that look perfectly fine and lay flat when 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:12.620 they're actually stretched over my legs, but if you saw something like this hanging up 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:16.440 like on a rack in a shop you'd probably think twice about buying it. 00:02:16.440 --> 00:02:23.820 And while I thought that the boyshorts would add this cute 40s, retro detail, in the end 00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:27.659 they actually actually kinda made it look like this weird... wrestler’s outfit. 00:02:27.659 --> 00:02:32.900 It still looks really cute and is totally wearable as long as I am wearing it underneath 00:02:32.900 --> 00:02:35.400 something like shorts or a skirt or pants. 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:37.520 So, I still count this as a sewing win. 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:42.980 So my number one favourite thing that I have made this year is this halter-neck holographic 00:02:42.980 --> 00:02:43.980 swimsuit. 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:48.730 I had a bit of leftover fabric from when I did my holographic sleeves tutorial, and because 00:02:48.730 --> 00:02:56.069 the material is a waterproof stretchy lycra I thought, "hmm this could be made into a 00:02:56.069 --> 00:02:57.379 really cool swimsuit!" 00:02:57.379 --> 00:03:01.980 It is the COOLEST thing, like I light up like a rainbow when I go into the sun! 00:03:01.980 --> 00:03:07.980 For this I actually used a free pattern which I'll link in the description, it's by Madalynne. 00:03:07.980 --> 00:03:13.379 The pattern doesn't cover a large range of sizes but you probably could hack the pattern 00:03:13.379 --> 00:03:16.120 to upsize it if you needed to. 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:21.870 But, it's free and taught me how to make this cute halter neck top, and it also came with 00:03:21.870 --> 00:03:24.590 high-waisted bottoms as well. 00:03:24.590 --> 00:03:28.689 The pattern was a little bit difficult to understand because I wasn't sure how to attach 00:03:28.689 --> 00:03:34.040 the swimsuit fabric to the lining so what I ended up doing was just basting the pieces 00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:37.680 together and then sewing it like in the instructions. 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.860 Oh, and recognise the ring on the back? 00:03:39.860 --> 00:03:46.200 It's that weird ring that I took out of the dress on episode number 1 of the Style Pile! 00:03:46.200 --> 00:03:50.480 Something I've really wanted to learn this year was how to make pants and leggings, so 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:55.840 I started first with leggings because they seemed easier, and this was the first pair 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:57.480 of leggings that I made. 00:03:57.480 --> 00:04:03.230 And then I hacked the pattern to add bellbottoms, much in the same way as I did with my bell-sleeve 00:04:03.230 --> 00:04:08.880 top except I added the bells to the bottom of the legs instead of the sleeves, and they 00:04:08.880 --> 00:04:12.189 turned out SO cool and I love them so much. 00:04:12.189 --> 00:04:15.939 I definitely have to be feeling very confident to wear them because they're a pretty out-there 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:21.170 thing to wear, but when I am they're just the coolest, most eye-catching thing. 00:04:21.170 --> 00:04:23.740 And then I made an actual pair of pants! 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:26.260 Like, how frickken professional do these look! 00:04:26.260 --> 00:04:28.020 Look at the pockets! 00:04:28.020 --> 00:04:36.570 So these pants were actually made with a commercial pattern from Colette and they're the "Moji" 00:04:36.570 --> 00:04:37.570 pants. 00:04:37.570 --> 00:04:43.390 And can I just say that Colette patterns are amazing, they actually make SENSE which was 00:04:43.390 --> 00:04:48.380 a revelation to me as I've only used really confusing patterns in the past where you just 00:04:48.380 --> 00:04:52.590 had to kind of figure everything out for yourself - *Burdastyle* - they have a couple of free 00:04:52.590 --> 00:04:55.150 patterns as well that you can check out, so - yeah! 00:04:55.150 --> 00:04:56.530 Go Colette! 00:04:56.530 --> 00:04:59.770 Hashtag-not-spon - I just really like Colette. 00:04:59.770 --> 00:05:03.840 I've also made some really cute things this year which aren't clothes, the first was this 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:09.560 necklace and brooch set that I actually made on a Patreon live-stream. 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:13.990 I love this so much because I wear them together with the brooch here and the necklace here 00:05:13.990 --> 00:05:19.730 and then I can pretend to pour people a cup of tea and I'm a massive dork, so that's like 00:05:19.730 --> 00:05:22.270 the best thing ever. 00:05:22.270 --> 00:05:27.820 Okay so not everything that I have made this year has exactly worked out. 00:05:27.820 --> 00:05:33.430 The next things that I'll show you I consider to be "semi-wins" meaning that they were still 00:05:33.430 --> 00:05:36.820 wearble in particular contexts - you'll see what I mean. 00:05:36.820 --> 00:05:41.920 Okay so this is the first one-piece swimsuit that I tried to make - and when I made it 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:46.500 I was really proud of it and I thought it looked awesome and so I immediately took it 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:51.650 to the swimming pool to test out - and I jumped in the water and I discovered that the material 00:05:51.650 --> 00:05:53.350 goes totally see-through when wet. 00:05:53.350 --> 00:05:56.850 And had I lined the swimsuit - no, absolutely not! 00:05:56.850 --> 00:06:01.120 So there I was, stuck in the pool with a totally see-through swimsuit on, kinda just hiding 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:06.070 down in the water so nobody would see me and I was miles away from my towel. 00:06:06.070 --> 00:06:10.720 Luckily Luciano had also come to the pool with me and was able to grab my towel for 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.100 me so that I didn't flash the entire populace of the pool. 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:19.340 However, just like the pink bodysuit I'm still able to wear it like as a singlet top when 00:06:19.340 --> 00:06:24.930 I wear it under pants or shorts, with a bra underneath just in case it rains. 00:06:24.930 --> 00:06:27.450 So that's why it's still a "semi-win". 00:06:27.450 --> 00:06:35.270 It's just not functional as an actual swimsuit, which is kinda what it's supposed to be. 00:06:35.270 --> 00:06:38.730 And finally, the part that you've all been waiting for - some of the stuff that I've 00:06:38.730 --> 00:06:41.270 made this year has just flat-out failed. 00:06:41.270 --> 00:06:47.680 I'm actually a bit sad because I have cut up or recycled or donated most of the failed 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:52.560 things that I've made this year without recording any evidence of their existence. 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:58.030 Like I have on my list here to talk about: accidentally pornographic swimsuit top and 00:06:58.030 --> 00:07:03.380 the boob-squish crop top from hell - but I couldn't actually find these pieces anywhere 00:07:03.380 --> 00:07:07.440 and I think I must have gotten rid of any evidence of their existence. 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:11.690 But I CAN show you the couple of fails that I did hold on to. 00:07:11.690 --> 00:07:16.650 So remember a couple of videos ago I showed you all how to turn dresses into rompers? 00:07:16.650 --> 00:07:21.990 Well, this one was actually the first attempt I made at that. 00:07:21.990 --> 00:07:28.210 I accidentally made the crotch way too high up and - I'll let the video here speak for 00:07:28.210 --> 00:07:29.730 itself. 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:32.220 Yeah. 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:33.220 I know. 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:39.270 I think I'm going to try and salvage the top part of it though by just cutting the skirt/shorts 00:07:39.270 --> 00:07:41.910 part off and then just having it as a cute crop top. 00:07:41.910 --> 00:07:47.330 So when I first decided that I would try and be less scared of using commercial patterns 00:07:47.330 --> 00:07:49.410 I made this. 00:07:49.410 --> 00:07:52.530 It's sooooo unflattering! 00:07:52.530 --> 00:07:53.530 Just so unflattering. 00:07:53.530 --> 00:07:59.550 It was made from a commercial pattern - a Simplicity Quicksew pattern - but I don't 00:07:59.550 --> 00:08:04.670 know what I did wrong or IF I did anything wrong, or if the pattern's just really, really 00:08:04.670 --> 00:08:05.670 ugly. 00:08:05.670 --> 00:08:10.640 I kept it because I want to salvage the fabric and make like, you know, a pillow or something 00:08:10.640 --> 00:08:12.910 out of it, 'coz it's really pretty fabric. 00:08:12.910 --> 00:08:14.470 Oh yeah, okay. 00:08:14.470 --> 00:08:15.470 This makes me sad. 00:08:15.470 --> 00:08:20.370 So when I made my tutorial with Print All Over Me, on making patterned clothing, a really 00:08:20.370 --> 00:08:26.190 cool artist contacted me and said they made a store and I checked it out, and they had 00:08:26.190 --> 00:08:31.250 the COOLEST designs and I asked if they could make some of their designs into fabric for 00:08:31.250 --> 00:08:35.719 me so that I could make clothes out of it, and they did, which was awesome, and then 00:08:35.719 --> 00:08:37.839 I just totally butchered the whole thing *laughs*. 00:08:37.839 --> 00:08:42.409 I tried to make this high-necked sleeveless shift dress type-of-thing, but it just really 00:08:42.409 --> 00:08:47.329 didn't work out and it's really really unflattering and it doesn't fit properly and kinda looks 00:08:47.329 --> 00:08:51.029 like - a bit like a nightie, but it isn't even good enough to be a nightie, but obviously 00:08:51.029 --> 00:08:55.440 I've kept the fabric because it's amazing and after making that pink bodysuit a couple 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:00.431 of days ago I've decided that I'm going to turn this into a bodysuit - and I think that 00:09:00.431 --> 00:09:02.970 will actually suit the fabric really perfectly. 00:09:02.970 --> 00:09:06.769 And hopefully I can show you guys how it turns out on my social media channels in the next 00:09:06.769 --> 00:09:07.839 couple of weeks or so! 00:09:07.839 --> 00:09:13.800 So I'm embarrassed that I still make pieces that look this bad, but um - this is something 00:09:13.800 --> 00:09:15.910 that I also made this year. 00:09:15.910 --> 00:09:25.189 It's meant to be um, a crop top with actually like a criss-crossed neckline, like this or 00:09:25.189 --> 00:09:29.660 something, and I actually made it on a sewing machine which isn't really suited for stretchy 00:09:29.660 --> 00:09:34.450 fabrics, um so that's my excuse for why this exists. 00:09:34.450 --> 00:09:38.880 God damn it, it actually doesn't look as bad on camera as it does in real life - but trust 00:09:38.880 --> 00:09:40.769 me, it looks really atrocious in real life. 00:09:40.769 --> 00:09:46.220 But I would like to still try and make something like this properly sometime soon. 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:50.790 Okay, this is the last and most embarrassing fail that I have had. 00:09:50.790 --> 00:09:56.550 Soooo um this was actually meant to be a Make Thrift Buy episode, and I was trying to recreate 00:09:56.550 --> 00:10:01.019 these pencil case earrings - I think they're from Shop Inu Inu - and this was my version. 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:05.301 I was too embarrassed to even make a Make Thrift Buy episode out of these because they 00:10:05.301 --> 00:10:07.470 were just SO, so bad. 00:10:07.470 --> 00:10:16.249 I made the items inside the pencil case out of polymer clay, which snapped immediately 00:10:16.249 --> 00:10:17.279 as you can see here. 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:22.050 I then painted them with acrylic paint which came off when it came into contact with the 00:10:22.050 --> 00:10:27.860 glue, and the glue is what I used to seal the edges of the pencil case together, because 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:32.220 I used PVC and I was a bit worried about using heat to seal the edges, because I actually 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:34.930 think that's kind of toxic, so I used glue instead. 00:10:34.930 --> 00:10:38.310 And the whole thing is just such a trainwreck. 00:10:38.310 --> 00:10:41.160 I'm very embarrassed that I made these. 00:10:41.160 --> 00:10:43.709 But hey, you can't have wins all the time! 00:10:43.709 --> 00:10:48.980 So I hope this video can provide you all with some encouragement if you have ever had a 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:52.070 sewing fail or even if you frequently have sewing fails! 00:10:52.070 --> 00:10:58.240 I've been sewing since the beginning of 2012, so, almost 5 years, and I still completely 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.389 screw up things which should be pretty basic. 00:11:01.389 --> 00:11:04.880 But if you don't try, you also won't end up making anything cool, either. 00:11:04.880 --> 00:11:10.950 So don't be afraid of making mistakes - or slicing your thumb with a rotary cutter which 00:11:10.950 --> 00:11:14.699 is why my thumb is bandaged up here if you were wondering - thanks for watching, check 00:11:14.699 --> 00:11:19.069 out my beginner's sewing resource on my new website if you haven't already and I'll see 00:11:19.069 --> 00:11:20.649 you all in my next video. 00:11:20.649 --> 00:11:21.649 Bye! 00:11:21.649 --> 00:11:25.660 Thank you to all of my supporters on Patreon for making these videos possible. 00:11:25.660 --> 00:11:29.560 To become my Patreon supporter, go to Patreon.com/annikavictoria!