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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.54,0:00:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, welcome back to my YouTube channel!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.28,0:00:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm starting this video with showing \Nyou this amazing shirt that I thrifted today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.74,0:00:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my gosh! Juggling. Pochi! MERR.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.64,0:00:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this hat that I crocheted -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.50,0:00:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the second thing I've ever successfully crocheted. I've only just started crocheting in the past month
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.17,0:00:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I LOVE it! It's so much fun. And this hat turned out really really cute and I was made from Fairtrade
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.72,0:00:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wool from Uruguay, so... yayy!\NAnd I'm also sitting in quite a dark room
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.36,0:00:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm still having troubles with migraines and light sensitivity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.34,0:00:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if this looks really dark
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.00,0:00:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's why. If it looks nice and bright then future Annika has done a really good job on post-production.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hopefully it looks good! Whoo!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.76,0:00:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the other day I was browsing through different patterns for clothing that you can buy online
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.12,0:01:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was like wow, these are really prohibitively expensive for someone who's maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.50,0:01:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just getting into sewing and doesn't have that much money. I've also been looking at
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.32,0:01:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fabrics recently and thought the same thing...So I wanted to make a little list of all the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.82,0:01:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tips and tricks that I have learned while being someone who is relatively broke
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.35,0:01:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to sew, because fabrics and classes and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.16,0:01:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,books and textbooks and all of that stuff... Sewing accessories, you name it are all quite expensive
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.23,0:01:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a pretty expensive hobby to just pick up on a whim,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.81,0:01:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't even know if you're gonna like it or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.88,0:01:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this video is gonna be how to get started sewing without spending a fortune.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.54,0:01:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first tip is to go to thrift stores to find your fabrics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.02,0:01:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to be buying especially fabrics for your first ever projects from places like ...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.14,0:01:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spotlight and Lincraft are the big craft stores in Australia,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.14,0:01:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you've got Joanne's in the US is that one called Michaels - or am I making that up right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.62,0:01:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway fabric from these places is expensive and you're probably also gonna honestly mess it up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.92,0:02:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're learning how to sew and sewing is a little bit hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.90,0:02:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I first started sewing I used things like old bed sheets -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.47,0:02:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can actually find old bed sheets in quite cute floral patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.40,0:02:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got one which was all like cute vintage looking teacups that I made a dress out of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.18,0:02:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually that I used to make the first tutorial on this channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.24,0:02:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This orange one here was floral bedsheets!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.27,0:02:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This pinafore was an old bedsheet... Bedsheets are great,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.66,0:02:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if it's for your first projects and you just mucking around with things. Another thing that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.52,0:02:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bedsheets can be useful for is for making prototypes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so before you use the really nice fabric,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.62,0:02:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're using like a light cotton or silk or something like that as your final
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.15,0:02:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fabric, then you can use a bed sheet of the same or at least similar sort of fabric to make your prototype.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.80,0:02:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I know that a lot of you say that you don't have good thrift stores in your country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.24,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately that might be the case you might be able to shop online instead - places like Etsy or eBay
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often sell secondhand fabrics.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.09,0:03:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you do live in a country that has pretty good thrift stores then you can definitely find good fabrics,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.94,0:03:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though if you're someone
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.56,0:03:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who thinks they never have good luck thrifting then you're probably looking in the wrong places.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.42,0:03:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm actually going to link to a video on how to thrift which is very applicable to finding fabrics -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.93,0:03:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though the video I made was about clothes. Aside from thrifted bed sheets
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.37,0:03:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might also hit the jackpot and find a craft section at the thrift store. I found these today:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.60,0:03:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two metres of gingham, 3 metres of sweater fleece fabric
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.98,0:03:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 metres of wool tartan, 2 meters of this nice drapey
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.29,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chiffon pattern material it's really pretty
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.64,0:03:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4 metres of this really nice drapey tartan for $4! Thrift store prices!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.04,0:03:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just fabrics like often there will be a little craft haberdashery section in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.56,0:03:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different thrift stores like today I also found a handful of zippers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.30,0:03:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I probably got all those fabrics and zippers for the price of maybe one or two
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.07,0:04:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,metres of fabric in a normal craft store.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.72,0:04:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing that is great from thrift stores - sewing textbooks, so
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.64,0:04:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a woman's day complete book of handicrafts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.42,0:04:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a giant, hardcover, like, tome that I got for $3.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.92,0:04:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that today at the thrift store and while it's from the seventies the instructions and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.83,0:04:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,step by step photos
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.81,0:04:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do all of these different crafts are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.03,0:04:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really well detailed like I've learnt quite a lot of stuff from it just from reading it today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.76,0:04:35.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a whole section on metric equivalents. So I don't have to google it I can just use this as a reference.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.93,0:04:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got how to measure every single part of your body for different
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.40,0:04:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clothes a sewing guide for the thread you should use and how many
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.63,0:04:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,machine stitches per inch for different types of fabric,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.95,0:04:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this whole thing is just on how to iron fabrics like this thing is awesome, and it includes a bunch of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tutorials of how to make things and patterns so like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.64,0:05:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, this might be a 70s design but a lot of the patterns that they give you are fairly timeless besides seventies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.71,0:05:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stuff is fashionable anyway! I found this awesome one from the 80s a while ago for 50 cents,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.48,0:05:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is also a really good step by step guide
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.38,0:05:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to following patterns and making clothes and this thing I got today as well, which is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.38,0:05:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the summer of 87 to 88... You would see people wearing this today!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.40,0:05:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I'm pretty sure seeing that girl on Instagram recently. So don't discredit older sewing guides from thrift shops
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.40,0:05:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because of their age they are actually often really well-written,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.95,0:05:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially if there's something like women's day if you can find women's day books,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.76,0:05:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two of them - they're really well written. Another good place to get cheap fabrics and craft supplies is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.64,0:05:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places, like estate sales and garage sales... Estate sales,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.66,0:05:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be able to score with fabrics because often it might be an older person who has passed away who has
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.74,0:06:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoarded fabric their whole lives. That is definitely going to be me in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.96,0:06:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pity the person who has to go through my fabric stash -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.52,0:06:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you know people who have relatives maybe like their grandma
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.90,0:06:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recently moved to a nursing home and left all her fabric stash
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.43,0:06:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they might be like, please please take this off us! I have had three different people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.92,0:06:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,give me huge like roomfuls of fabric that they didn't need anymore because
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.02,0:06:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they knew I liked so that brings me to another tip
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let everyone in your life know that you like sewing! Make it be known that you are now the sewing person
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.72,0:06:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because not only will you find these people who might have stashes that they want to unload.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.48,0:06:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might just be like, oh, I'll buy this person a present. I'll buy them a sewing machine for Christmas.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.48,0:06:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.48,0:06:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed an interest in sewing and for Christmas that year my dad
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.58,0:06:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,noticed that there were sewing machines on sale at the post office and he was like awesome
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.68,0:06:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna get that for Annika and the rest is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.40,0:06:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talking about sewing machines - if you're going to be spending any money
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.34,0:07:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is where you need to spend it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.44,0:07:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't wanna be spending your money on fabrics, on patterns, on classes, on books...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.52,0:07:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be spending it here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.10,0:07:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you have a bad sewing machine, if you go for like the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.54,0:07:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cheapest worst type, your projects probably won't work out and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.82,0:07:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're probably gonna think that it's your fault that you're a bad sewer when it's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.61,0:07:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually the sewing machines fault. It can totally put you off sewing for the rest of your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.88,0:07:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a good idea, and the benefits to investing in a good sewing machine is that you will have it for years
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.71,0:07:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can save money in the long run because you're able to make all your own clothes. If you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.90,0:07:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,improve a lot and really take to it, you can even make money selling things.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.83,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just really think this is the one thing you really should invest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in if you're getting started sewing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.94,0:07:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said, there are some really decent sewing machines out there for beginners that are only around
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.24,0:07:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$100 - $200. I can only speak from personal
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.78,0:07:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience, but I really like my Bernina machine it is a beginners, but semi computerized machine
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.10,0:08:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant that it has let me do a lot more intermediate stuff not just beginners only stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.18,0:08:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I can work with swimsuits really easily or I can work with denim and I've had it for -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's four years at this point - and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.52,0:08:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's I've never even had it serviced and it just works perfectly like the day I got it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.98,0:08:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course I'm also going to mention free sewing tutorials on the internet!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.14,0:08:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you're just learning to so I actually compiled a whole page
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.92,0:08:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of free beginner sewing tutorials on my website.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.50,0:08:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course all of my tutorials are free and I have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.56,0:08:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whole beginner's playlist that you can go through which is ranked in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.93,0:08:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,order from easy to hard. They're all free. Please use them!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.47,0:08:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My last tip is that there are plenty of places to get free sewing patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.79,0:08:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to be linking some of my favorites down below.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.30,0:08:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colette does a couple of free patterns, Peppermint magazine has a lot of free patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.26,0:08:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tilly and the buttons has some free tutorials,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.50,0:08:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are all quite beginner friendly and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.98,0:08:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ones like Tilly and the buttons and Colette
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.85,0:08:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually teach you how to sew while you use them if you do spend any of any money on them
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.28,0:09:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's kind of like a class and a pattern all in one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.75,0:09:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's quite a lot of value for money, but I'll put the links to these
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.98,0:09:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some are in the description box down below,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.50,0:09:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can find some good quality beginners patterns that are free.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.62,0:09:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also make some sewing friends!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.50,0:09:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who is friends with me and shows even the slightest interest in sewing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.26,0:09:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like load them up with a bunch of fabrics to take home.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.68,0:09:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the answer to this one...become friends with Annika?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.02,0:09:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, but I think you'll find that the sewing community is really passionate,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.94,0:09:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eager to help and teach others to learn so making friends who love sewing and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.12,0:09:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting the world know that you love sewing is definitely
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.51,0:09:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a bad idea! Speaking of making sewing friends
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.88,0:09:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been like a week since I launched the make thrift try
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.58,0:09:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community challenge and there have already been so many photos on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.12,0:09:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instagram who have taken part in the challenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.60,0:09:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they've gotten started on the challenge or what they're like posting works in progress,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.88,0:09:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been so cool to see. Um, thank you so much for posting them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.37,0:09:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so excited to see more throughout the month. Remember it finishes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.88,0:09:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.05,0:09:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,31 days after?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.82,0:09:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My last video was posted
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.17,0:10:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you want to join in get started with some sewing - it doesn't have to be super professional!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.52,0:10:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a beginner you are more than welcome!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.46,0:10:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then please join in!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.80,0:10:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have any more tips or tricks on how to get started sewing without spending a ton of money
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.70,0:10:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on places where you might be able to find cheap craft accessories
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.94,0:10:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you have any favorite free pattern websites that aren't linked in the description box below!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.80,0:10:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please leave a comment! When I witness like a nice friendly interaction in my comment section,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.86,0:10:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get so happy and I'm like.. FRIENNNDDDSSSS!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.48,0:10:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It honestly makes my day. So please do that. I hope you've enjoyed my little
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.14,0:10:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skater beanie, Emo hair in this video. I think it's very cute. I love this beanie. Anyway, thank you for watching
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.47,0:10:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope this video was helpful, and I'll see you all next time. Bye!