1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,540 There is a box, in the corner of my sewing room. 2 00:00:03,540 --> 00:00:07,259 It is a box whose contents have not seen the light of day for many a month. 3 00:00:07,259 --> 00:00:10,670 Many crafters will be familiar with this box, in all of its forms: 4 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:14,030 There’s the ever-growing amorphous lump that lies underneath your desk… 5 00:00:14,030 --> 00:00:18,760 The monster underneath your bed… The stuff you vacuum-packed in a fit of organization 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,199 and stuffed into your garage in the hopes that you’d never have to deal with it again… 7 00:00:22,199 --> 00:00:25,480 This, my friends, is the UNFINISHED SEWING PILE. 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:39,590 Hi! So I’m starting this new series on my channel. I have this box here, sitting in 9 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:43,690 the my bottom of craft room, that’s filled with half-finished projects and a bunch of 10 00:00:43,690 --> 00:00:49,800 thrifted clothes that I bought... some... years ago, that I had all the intentions of 11 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:56,460 fixing and upcycling and making cuter, but then kind of just threw them in here and forgot 12 00:00:56,460 --> 00:01:03,559 about them and have been ignoring them for a long time. But, as you can see – it’s 13 00:01:03,559 --> 00:01:08,340 turning into a little bit of a problem. So, in each episode of this new series I’m 14 00:01:08,340 --> 00:01:13,299 going to be taking one item out of this box and finally fixing it, until the box is empty. 15 00:01:13,299 --> 00:01:16,590 This series is mostly going to be focused on simple fixes, so the videos are going to 16 00:01:16,590 --> 00:01:21,080 be quite short little episodes, but hopefully they will teach you some more simple sewing 17 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:25,200 techniques and cover a lot of the basics, and at the same time help you to make your 18 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,310 clothes… cuter! Anyway, I’m really excited about this new series and I hope that you 19 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:32,430 enjoy it too. Alright, let’s get started on the first project! 20 00:01:32,430 --> 00:01:36,869 So this is the first item that I pulled out of the box. Now, I’m sure that some people 21 00:01:36,869 --> 00:01:41,970 would be able to pull off a dress like this with a big ring right in the centre, but I 22 00:01:41,970 --> 00:01:44,920 am not one of them. It's… definitely not my style. 23 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:49,420 So, first thing that I did was to get a small, sharp pair of scissors and carefully cut the 24 00:01:49,420 --> 00:01:53,369 ring out. Then, I also cut off the loops that held the 25 00:01:53,369 --> 00:01:54,969 ring in place. 26 00:01:57,300 --> 00:01:59,300 Now, I’m going to sew the remaining bits 27 00:01:59,310 --> 00:02:03,909 back together, like this. I thread a regular sewing needle with some 28 00:02:03,909 --> 00:02:07,579 black thread to match the colour of the dress. To do this, I push the thread through the 29 00:02:07,579 --> 00:02:14,890 needle’s eye, pull it through, double the thread over and tie a knot in the end. 30 00:02:14,890 --> 00:02:19,060 This, in my opinion, is the easiest way to hand sew because you don’t run the risk of losing 31 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:23,120 the thread’s tail! Then, I push the needle up through the back 32 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:31,450 of one side, and then down through the front of the other side. Then I repeat this, literally 33 00:02:31,450 --> 00:02:45,370 about 50 times, to secure the two pieces to eachother very firmly. Then, with the thread 34 00:02:45,370 --> 00:02:47,810 on the inside of the dress, I tie a knot in it and I cut off the excess. 35 00:02:55,269 --> 00:03:00,709 When I’m done, it looks like this. And you can’t notice the threads at all unless your 36 00:03:00,709 --> 00:03:07,780 face is inappropriately close to my boobs, so… success! I really like how this turned 37 00:03:07,780 --> 00:03:12,099 out, and now I have the cutest little black dress, with an interesting cutout feature, 38 00:03:12,099 --> 00:03:13,209 to wear out at night. 39 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:28,640 And a super BIG thanks to Julia Elms for doing the amazing artwork in the opening title - didn't 40 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:29,769 it look amazing??