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So

the flames

on my t-shirt are just basically

indicative

of this crazy heatwave

that we've been having in

Mumbai

right now.

Hi guys and welcome back to my channel.

So it's the 1st of October right now as I'm filming, by the time you see this it might

be the 2nd or 3rd.

And it's time for us to recap everything that I've loved in the month of September.

I'm in a really chipper mood right now because I'm out in the garden & this is like my favorite

place to film.

I just enjoy the fresh air, I like the greenery and I think it looks good on video also.

We're at the tail end of monsoon right now, everything's trailing off & we've gone back

to having dry weather.

Although, it has been so hot, we've also been having a heat wave but I can power through

this because we're going to be like... our version of winter soon.

But in case my face looks a little extra sweaty, you guys know why.

So I did not test a whole lot of new products in the month of September.

I know I've been saying this line a lot in favorites but I still have been using existing

products and I do have some nice things to show you guys.

The good news is, I have just recently, like a few days ago, started testing so many new

products like serums & lipsticks & all that so hopefully you'll be seeing a lot of beauty

related blog posts and you might be seeing some new things making an appearance in next

month's favorites so without any further wastage of time lets just move into the favorites.

So I always start with skincare because that just makes sense to me and the first thing

that I have is a pretty new product from Lakmé, it's their Argan Oil Radiance Oil in Cream.

So this is like- a cream but it's oil based, it's from their newest range that was released

at the last edition of Lakmé Fashion Week & I unboxed a bunch of these products in a

vlog on my vlog channel.

So they do have new lipsticks out also that are called the Lux sorry Luxe Matte Radiance

Lipsticks.

I did try them and honestly I feel like it's a hit or miss formula, I have friends that

like the range, but, I did not like the lipsticks that much, but I really liked the skincare

products in this range, there's also an oil serum but the thing that's caught my eye the

most is the argan oil radiance oil in cream.

So this is a really rich cream but at the same time it's not oily.

Though it has oil in the name, it's just a thick, nourishing cream.

Currently since I have oily skin and it's hot, I've been using it most often at night

time.

If you have dry skin, I think it would make like a good day cream as well.

And even once the weather gets colder, I will start using this during the day.

It has a fragrance, a light fragrance, I do not know how to describe it, but it's not

too overt or too overpowering, it's just there and I enjoy it.

You need very little of this cream every single day and your skin gets super nourished with

it.

So that way I feel like it's value for money because it's going to last so long, even with

daily use, even with maybe a couple of people at home using it, it's just going to be a

good bang for your buck.

It doesn't make any high promises or claims, it doesn't so- oh it's do this... in 15 days

or this in 20 days, which I like.

It's a good nourishing cream and it's so important to keep your skin moisturised & hydrated and

this does a good job of it.

So... even though I've just started using this, definitely giving it a thumbs up.

I think they've hit the nail on the head with this one and I would recommend it completely.

Next I have a haircare product and this is also something that I've had a while & I think

I've used up one of these creams in the past.

It's the BedHead by TIGI Afterparty Smoothing Cream for Silky, Shiny, Healthy Looking Hair.

So just as the name suggests, this is a cream that you put on after you wash your hair,

it makes your hair shiny, soft and more manageable.

I have really frizzy hair, it's been chemically damaged also so I've been trying to give a

little bit of extra love and I heat style it, I've curled it today.

So I just put this on everytime after I've washed my hair and it makes my hair like super

soft and manageable and yeah it's really really nice.

Totally does the trick, smells good, almost forgot to mention- I like the pump packaging,

it is super efficient and yeah, packaging is also important for me, dispenses the product

well and you can travel with it also, no wastage, it has the cap.

And I think it's not too expensive, it's maybe not the cheapest but it works very well and

if you have coarse, problematic hair like mine that needs a little bit of extra hydration

and love, I would recommend trying this out.

And if you've looked at TIGI's packaging & you've wondered that... it looks a little weird...

it looks like a sex toy, let me tell you guys that it is completely intentional.

It's not by chance, it's just clever marketing & I think the trick of like totally grabbing

eyeballs.

Now we move on to a nail polish, the one that I'm wearing right now, it's the Lakmé Absolute

Gel Stylist nail polish in the shade Gold Dust.

Pretty sure I've featured this in one or more favorites videos even in the past, but every

time I wear it, I still get so many questions, so I try to pop it in to my favorites regularly

just to answer your questions, it really is one of my favorite nail polishes, it's a super

metallic colour, and I'm really into rose gold right now, so this is the perfect rose

gold nail polish.

(I'm) wearing a rose gold watch also.

I have rose gold cream shadow on my eyelids, don't know how well you guys can see it, and

the nail polish goes perfectly with that, it's easy to apply, and you can even like

get a nice wash of the metallic colour with one coat, but two coats is the sweet spot,

I have two coats, no base coat, no topcoat because I'm lazy like that and I change my

polish often, it's very easy to apply and it has good lasting power, I've been using

this for over a year I think and I've probably reached the halfway mark of the bottle or,

or less than that and even then I don't feel like the quality has degraded, it's not gone

thick or goopy on me.

And it's not very difficult to remove because it's not a glitter polish.

It is maybe a little more difficult than a regular cream one, if you are looking for

stuff to match your rose gold accessories, rose gold polish!

I like everything from Lakmé's Absolute Gel Stylist nail polish range, I have a few colours

& it has never let me down.

It's a little more expensive than Lakmé's regular polish line, but I think it is worth

that extra price because it's really high end quality so would totally recommend this

polish.

Now onto the last few products, I actually have two makeup related things from Sigma.

So...Sigma is a US based company and they're most well known for their makeup brushes,

at least when I first started blogging, everyone was talking about their brushes, now they

have makeup and all also that's really good, but their cornerstone product is still their

brushes.

I've been using the Sigma Flat Top Kabuki Brush, arguably one of their most cult brushes

that everyone talks about, I've been hearing about this brush for years, and I finally

decided to give it a try.

You can use this in many ways, it is a face brush but you can use it for cream products,

powder products or liquid products.

I've tried two of the three.

I've used it with foundation & I've also used it with powder, it works really nicely with

both of them.

I'm actually wearing foundation on my face today, after... after forever because I just

felt like wearing it.

And my makeup details are in the description bar.

So it is a very very dense brush so it's more prone to giving you a slightly like, a thicker

(fuller) coverage.

But since the foundation I used was a lighter type of foundation anyway, I don't mind, but

if you like that little bit more full coverage look, but still an airbrushed finish, this

is the brush for you.

It also picks up powder really nicely, because I topped my foundation with the Lakmé 9 to

5 Powder Foundation, so, it does a good job and it totally feels like something very good

quality when you hold it in your hands, again not the cheapest brush maybe but still cheaper

than MAC and stuff and really really good.

I'm so glad I have this in my makeup bag because I think I'm going to be finding a lot of ways

to use it.

Another thing from Sigma that I've been using to keep my brushes clean is the Sigmagic Brushampoo.

Like, that's what they call it.

They don't say Brush Shampoo, it's like Brushampoo, one word.

As the name suggested, it is a product you can use to clean your makeup brushes.

You can clean your makeup brushes with so many things, you can just use baby shampoo,

I sometimes just use anti-bacterial hand soap, and they all do the trick, so lets not get

that twisted, they all do a good job, they clean up your brushes, so there's no harm,

you can 'jugaad' (improvise) with multiple products.

But, when you use a product that's formulated especially for cleaning makeup brushes, it's

going to do the best job of cleaning them nicely and at the same time conditioning them

and removing all the maybe the dirt, the makeup dirt, any germs that might have built up while

at the same time being gentle on your brushes.

Especially if you've invested in better quality brushes, I would say, it's nice to have a

specific product to clean them up, so this brushampoo is 100% natural, doesn't have any

harmful or harsh soapy chemicals, it's just mainly water and virgin coconut oil and it

cleans up brushes so quickly, I usually use some brush cleaning product, I really like

the Real Techniques pink brush cleaning thingy...

I've forgotten the name, but I'll list it below, so I'll use that to clean the brushes,

spray a little bit of this inside, it makes quick work of cleaning brushes, I've really

been enjoying that particular combination.

Those were all the beauty things that I have for this video so I also have one fashion

favorite this month & it's a Daniel Wellington watch, technically two fashion favorites because

it's the watch & the cuff.

I got this watch early in September and I unboxed it in a vlog that was an exciting

vlog.

I think this is about my 5th Daniel Wellington watch but it's my 1st fully metal one.

All of the others had the leather strap but this one has the metal mesh strap.

It's just a thing of beauty.

Rose Gold Watch & I got the matching Rose Gold Cuff as well.

And today I've paired it with a really casual outfit but I feel like it elevates a slightly

more formal outfit so much more.

Like of course I can wear it with a casual tshirt & ripped jeans and it goes nicely,

it looks really delicate and feminine and beautiful but at the same time Daniel Wellington-like

so very minimal and not like over the top feminine and not like very girly, simple how

I like it.

It looks like Jewellery.

I have an outfit post on my blog where I paired this watch with like a simple sun dress, it

works very nicely.

And the cuff also just adds a little something to the look, a little bit of dainty layering.

It's easy to put on & remove.

And it says Daniel Wellington in very subtle lettering on it.

And I have a discount code that's valid till the 15th of October so you can go onto Daniel

Wellington's India website & use 'MAGALI' for 15% off any purchase on the website.

And I've mentioned this before - Daniel Wellington is a Swedish brand but they have an Indian

website.

So if you order from their Indian website, the cost is in Indian Rupees & it will reach

you from India so you won't have to worry about long delivery times, it'll come in maybe

3-4 days, depending on where you live, there's no worry of customs, nothing because it's

coming from India now so that is making shopping on the website even quicker & even safer.

The website is the only place that you get original Daniel Wellingtons because this brand

has worked so well, there are also a lot of fakes out there, if you want an original,

go on the website.

It would make a very beautiful gift to someone you love also, if you're willing to part with

one of these, like if I order one I'll probably keep it for myself because I'm a little selfish

like that I guess, but, really been enjoying wearing this one.

I wanted to talk about one TV show, really really quickly, and it's this TV show that

I've been enjoying called People Of Earth.

If you are in India, it's on Amazon Prime (Video) so it's really easy to watch.

Guys, look for it, I feel like nobody's talking about this show & it sounds like a weird show

on paper when you read about it, it just like.. uuuuh... this sounds strange.

And I just found it one night earlier this year when I didn't have anything else to watch.

It's sort of like a comedy but it's not like ha ha ha laughs per second sitcom kind of

comedy.

So it is about this group of people and they are all alien experiencers, so it's an alien

support group & everyone in this group has had some experience with aliens.

So all of them have very different and you could say conflicting personalities, they're

of different ages and they behave in different ways, they sometimes don't get along; but

I really like the way that the show has handled all of the characters because they've not

made them into caricatures and even the ones that seem the most nutty, I want to say nutty,

not in a bad way, but there's just so much of a human element in the show and they way

that they've handled all of the characters, it's just lovely to watch.

And it's not very fast paced but it's just the right pace to keep things interesting.

Season 2 just finished, we'll get season 3 next year, but I've recommended it to a few

friends also who also thought like... umm... what is this show? but they enjoyed watching

it so I'd highly recommend watching 1 or 2 episodes and giving it a try, it's just been

one of my favorites and again, I feel like it's so underrated that people need to talk

about it, it's so much sweeter than any comedy I've recently and it's still very enjoyable.

So those were all of the things that I have enjoyed in the month of September, I know

that in the last two or three months I haven't all that regular with videos, I just quickly

wanted to address that, I have every intention of making one video a week but in the monsoon

it was just really really challenging to get that done and something or the other kept

on coming in the way, or I ended up getting sick or having technical difficulties and

it just wasn't ideal.

I don't want to just like idly blame the weather, but it really came in the way of me making

very regular content, I'm not going to make any big promises like 'oh from now, I'm going

to do one video a week' but believe me, I'm going to try my very best to be regular on

this channel, and now with the dryer weather, I see that becoming a good possibility.

Thank you to those of you who have been very patient & have stayed with me through this.

I do have a vlog channel also where I would say that I'm much more regular because I make

like really casual, simple videos there but for this channel, I like to maintain a little

bit higher visual quality so videos take a little more effort to produce but I do want

to be regular and I do have so much of stuff just lying at home that I want to make different

videos on, so hopefully those will all get done soon.

Thank you for your patience & your love, nonetheless.

Even though I haven't been very consistent.

So if you enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel

for more.

Thanks for watching & I'll see you guys next time.

Bye!

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Vlog: A Busy Day In Fashion Designer's Life | A Day Of Meetings | Arpitharai - Duration: 7:22.

good morning everyone, Today I am going for full day meetings.

this is regarding the Wayanad clothing collection.

We are finalising the designs. we are going to meet production unit and fabric place.

It is 7:45 in the morning.

I'm going to meet Rob and Hannah in a while. then from there we all are going together

I'm hoping there should be less traffic

so I can reach on time. I'm supposed to reach by 8:00 but I am already running

late. today I'm going to take you along. I'll show you everything I am doing. the

whole day. let's go... Jacob's Well is an established Fairtrade fashion production

house in Bangalore. they provide empowering opportunities for vulnerable

women. this fits really well with Wayanad's vision of empowering rural Indian women.

so Wayanad chose to join hands with Jacobs well to reach same goal of

empowering women. I will leave a link of the website in the description box.

please go and check that out. we met Theresa there and discussed about

measurements, fabric consumptions based on the designs. you can see the

sampling unit there and that's Teresa. I had an opportunity to meet hard-working

women there.

so you do the cutting and you give it to the girl store and you instruct them to

stitch do you know how to use that's nice

thank you

so I think it was started about 20 years ago as like a charity initiative and

Brenda who wasn't there today but it's like she came over from the UK and was

on like an assignment was with Levi's that's their that was their first major

contract and the idea really was that I went into this air I think it actually

started in Mumbai that made its way down to angle the idea has always been about

giving people within women particularly within the garment industry better

working conditions better levels of pay so although that they're you know twice

as expensive as regular garment factory it's all about the standards of work

there and now so then after they had this contract with Levi's I come and

what to produce basically they've been working over the years to kind of move

away from the charities become more business and operate like a business but

I still rely on a lot of work that the charity brings in to them so they're

kind of bound by these rules actually of the charity set up set up initially I

think that's really the the main core of what they do

and it really works with that brand also exactly yeah we can tell their story as

well yeah then people find the clothes will yeah we just finished our meeting

with the Jacobs well we are going to thering anywhere we are going to decide

the fabrics that's Hannah and Rob you be a developing prints for our brand

collaborating with Theron Guinea Theron Guinea is home to some of the finest

blueprint artisans I leave the link for their website in the description we

finalized Donbass fabrics for all the designs

start with white Henry died black but the base died has to be reactive so

that it responds to this fellow yeah and then you take the demographic

and you convince the solute powder okay two days two days then you block print

with it so the print process remains the same but after the printing is one and

that's wherever that beast since at life that'll be the kind of reaction

tankini has great library of blocks this one here is a 70 year old brass block I

just reached home when I got in the post this one is for one of my DIY that video

very come soon the day was very productive we went to the manufacturing

unit and then we went to Turin Guinea which is a block printing place I didn't

know there is a beautiful place located in Bangalore it's like there's no

traffic's it's like a in the houses or in between the forest it looks so

beautiful if I have a choice I would stay there forever

such a beautiful place it's time to go make a tiara thank you for joining me on

my day if you are new here consider subscribing there will be very exciting

fashion related videos on this channel you can click that face below to

subscribe and watch other videos on this side of the screen until next time bye

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Sewing Today's Fashion Trends in Tunics (One Sewing Knit at a Time) - Duration: 26:48.

- Make a fashion statement when sewing knits.

Concerned about the process?

Not to worry.

I'll show you that the "less is best" principle

applies to stitching comfy fashions.

During this program,

get the inside scoop on choosing fabric

and stitching a flattering tunic.

You'll soon see that sewing knits are enjoyable

and how notions can streamline the process.

"Sewing Today's Fashion Trends in Tunics,"

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- I hear from many of you as our viewers.

You're a little concerned about getting back

to sewing fashions, especially knits,

because it's been a while

since you've gone through the process perhaps

or you've never started before.

The "less is best" principle, which I stated earlier,

is the best because you need a simple pattern.

And this pattern has just a few elements to it.

It has a collar.

It has a little faux camisole inset.

The front piece has three options.

It has a side and then this element in the front.

Three panels, I should say,

and then you can see it's overlaid with a little trim.

There's a set-in sleeve,

but the back has a great deal of interest and fun,

again with an inset and an overlay of fabric.

The one I'm wearing is totally of one fabric.

You don't have to worry about a different type of fabric.

But the sec-- the third option has

a contrasting insert,

and this is the other right side of the fabric.

Basically, the wrong side of the fabric.

And I'll show you those options.

Knits have stretch.

They have the greatest amount of stretch in the crosswise,

and you need to

kind of test that out.

Find your pattern.

And after finding the pattern, flip it over to the back

to make sure that the little stretching guide

works for you; that you have enough stretch.

You can always go beyond,

but you cannot go within the area.

You have to go beyond the stretch.

So this definitely works, and a little hint:

a single knit, a jersey knit,

will always roll to the right side,

so you know right side from wrong side

so that you're always consistent.

Some fabrics-- if you want the contrast,

like this is one of the samples we have.

Has a lot of stretch to it.

By the way, lengthwise doesn't have as much stretch.

But you see the other side works almost as a contrast

so that we're going to use that as one of the inset options.

Or you can definitely work with an overlay.

Here I have a cotton knit.

And then I used

a polyester lace as the contrast.

And two layers were used

in the cream outfit that you just saw.

Most patterns today are multiple sized.

The days of single-sizing are practically gone.

So embrace it,

and choose which size you'd like.

This is an extra small through a large.

And trace off the size that you need.

I rarely cut along the lines

because then I'm destroying all the other size options.

Perhaps you'd like to share it with a neighbor or friend,

and they, too, can pull off their size.

When laying out knits and all their pattern pieces,

here you can see a close-up of how we're starting

to lay out our next tunic pattern.

I like to keep all tops point in one direction so that--

it's called the width map layout.

Just make it all in one direction.

It makes it a lot simpler

when laying it out.

And follow on the guide sheet--

there's always a guide sheet--

where each pattern piece should be laid.

Sometimes the hemlines and the collar

need a little extra stability.

And we like to use, on our Sewing With Nancy staff,

knit interfacing.

It's called tricot, T-R-I-C-O-T.

And we cut it

3/4" wide.

And because this pattern has 3/4 of-- or excuse me--

5/8" seam allowances,

on the underside, we put it around the collar,

the hemline, and the shoulders,

the areas that would have some stretch

and you want that hemline to lie flat.

So simply-- on the wrong side of the fabric--

This is the collar.

I'll just show you a small part of this,

and that is to lay the fusible side down.

Find it in a minute here.

It's lightweight, and you'll find

it has a light coating of fusible.

And fuse it to the raw edge.

This makes life so much easier.

Whoop! I kind of went off the edge here,

so I'll just try to get it the right way

and fuse this-- lightly fuse.

And it's because it's a knit as well,

it drapes, but it just gives it

that little extra stability when it's time to hem

or in the shoulder seams

so that you're not stretching those shoulders out of shape.

My patterns over here have the interfacing

at the shoulder, neckline--

shoulder, neckline, and then here

you can see the hemline of the sleeve.

So the high contrast shows that fusible interfacing in place.

So you're going to cut it out, add some interfacing,

and then for some basic seaming techniques which are next.

There are two basic seam options that I like to use for knits,

one using a serger or your sewing machine.

But before we talk about the seams,

probably the most important notion that you need

for this process is a new needle.

Whether it's ballpoint

or stretch, do choose that.

I like to use a medium size, like a size 80,

for the sewing machine or possibly a 90.

And the difference

between a ballpoint and a stretch needle

isn't much difference,

so use one or the other.

So put a new needle in your machine or your serger.

Then for serging,

I'm just going to show you on a partial sample,

this is the same pattern cut out of another knit.

I've made it a little bit shorter so I don't

have so much seaming to do,

but I have the front and the panel--

the front insert pinned together.

And when I show you the pinning for serging,

the pinning is going to be parallel to the cut edge.

And this makes certain that the blade of the serger

does not nick the pins.

So I have the pins

holding the edges together.

And my machine is set up for a four-thread overlock,

the most basic of all stitches.

So I have four threads,

and you'll do a test, set your test,

but it's the standard width,

the standard length for knits.

And on your serger, you will have a guide.

It will have an L and an R,

and the L stands for that you've used the left needle,

you have thread in the left needle.

So you can just guide it along that edge

and serge.

Now, I always do a test seam.

But truth be told,

when serging,

when serging on knits,

this four-thread overlock stitch does the trick.

And you can see the stretch that goes right with the fabric.

The sewing machine is next,

and if you would like to build in stretch,

don't over-sew it.

This is what-- where so often I see a heavy seam in knits.

Here's a zigzag stitch,

a traditional zigzag stitch.

Well, we're going to lengthen it to 2.5 millimeters

and then shorten the width,

because this certainly would give a flat seam.

So we'll make this what we call

a wobble stitch, a wiggle stitch,

so it's just a little bit askew of being straight.

And that little bit of a zigzag will give with the fabric.

Now, the serger is the optimal choice for this fabric,

but since we have

5/8" seam allowance,

I'll just guide this along the 5/8.

And then you'll see what

is accomplished here.

And I always pull out those pins right before we get to them.

And you can when you're working with a sewing machine,

you can reverse the stitches.

I didn't do that to begin with, but I should have.

So lock those stitches when you begin,

and then as I hold this up,

you'll be able to see that it has built-in stretch.

So here we go. It has give.

And do test it that you don't have popping of stitches.

Now, when we do the pressing,

it's very important to always set your seam.

Set the seam flat,

and regardless if it's a serger or a sewn seam,

I press it the way it was stitched

and then we'll do the serger as well.

And you're not going to use contrasting thread, of course,

but let's put it here.

And then press-- I always press over a seam roll

because it will prevent the edge of the serger in particular

from leaving an imprint on the edge.

And I'm going to hold this up to press it,

but you'll see that you're just pressing the seam,

not the edge into the fabric.

And if it's a traditional seam, you'll do the same thing.

So knit fabrics do roll,

so take a little time to finger press in advance.

Those built-in pressing tools work great,

And with a serger to lock the thread,

since you cannot do that with a serger,

just put a drop of a seam sealant at the end.

And then to dry it quickly,

put it over a paper towel or a tissue that's been folded

and then give that tip just a touch,

and you will be set

to have your basic seams.

So these are the basics

of working with seams and knit fabrics.

For some details of this top, we have insets.

Insets at the back where we've used

the wrong side of the fabric as the right side.

Nice complement.

And as well as in the front

where we have the camisole-type inset.

With this fabric, we just overlaid a lace

on top of the knit fabric.

And you-- these are going to go in a little bit unconventionally.

Now, granted I'm making

a specific pattern,

but you'll find in a lot of knit pattern pieces

that you can apply some of these techniques

to a variety of styles.

This is the sample that I stitched

with the serger and a traditional seam

just a few minutes ago.

And the seams have been pressed.

And this is the inset piece,

the camisole inset piece

where we had the fusible interfacing,

that 3/4" wide strip,

pressed to the edge.

It's kind of maybe a little tricky to see,

but it's that white on white.

Pressed under the edge

and then use a wobble or a wiggle stitch,

not in contrasting thread,

but in the same colors

so that you can see it gives

but yet is a stable seamline.

When sewing, you usually say "right sides together."

And this time, I'm going to say "wrong sides together."

You're going to say, "What is going on?"

Well, it's not going to look just perfect yet,

but I'll show you what happens, and that is

I've notched the center.

Just fold the inset piece in half

and clipped off that center fold.

I did the same on the garment front

so that I can meet those wrong sides together.

And you just align these two pieces

and do a little stitching--

little pinning first before you do some stitching,

and align these two pieces together

and sew the neckline.

Now, this may not look too perfect

because you have different curves

dealing with each other, but let me show you

what happens after you stitch it.

Here's the seam allowance,

and it's on the outside.

Well, it's not going to be that way when you're finished,

but right now, that camisole piece

is sitting in there so nicely.

So just keep that in mind.

That's all you need to do.

And you have to get the back piece ready.

So I will show you that piece right now.

And this has a very unusual little V shape.

You may have seen this

on the pattern before.

The pattern piece underneath

has been stitched just like that V

with a wiggle stitch, wobble stitch.

You clip to the corner,

the V point.

And I'll just finger press this.

You could easily press it with an iron,

but finger press this open.

And you don't have to finish seam allowances

because the fabric does not ravel.

Press this open.

And presto.

You can see what is happening on this sample.

You get that shape already formed for you

just by the shape of the pattern.

Now, that inset piece.

How do you get it to set in here?

You just overlay it.

That's all there is to it.

And this sample has been pressed,

and I have the underlay already established here.

And I would overlay this and match the seam allowances.

Pressing probably is paramount.

I'm going to align the cut edges and press.

And just align-- peek underneath and get them aligned.

A couple more pins.

And then I would set my machine for the wobble, wiggle stitch

and stitch equidistant around the edge.

And to help, you can see as I'm topstitching this

that I have-- I'm stitching

using the gauge set at 1/2" or 3/4",

oh, about a 1/2".

And just topstitch around the edge.

We'll go back to my sample that has the inset already sewn.

And you can see in the front--

here's the front inset created.

And the back piece has that inset

with just simple stitching, very simple stitching.

Now, what's next is the collar.

And we'll do that at the sewing machine.

Next is the collar, a cowl collar.

It's a large pattern piece, drapey, single layer.

There aren't two layers to this.

And when we look how it's attached to the top,

you'll see that the seam is on the top of the tunic

rather than on the underside.

The collar is going to be stitched

with right side of the collar to the wrong side of the top.

But when it's complete,

then the collar itself will drape over that edge

and you'll see that little camisole-type inset

is already in place.

Now, this is a little bit tricky to show

because it's a lot of drapey fabric.

But I want to show you that you can kind of break the rules,

not always sew with right sides together

to achieve the correct look.

Here is the collar piece,

one of the collar pieces of the fabric

that we've been working with.

We've turned under the edges along the hem.

Did a little zigzag wobble stitch.

And before we did that, we did the seam.

Here's the center back seam.

So you have with this large piece

that's been hemmed,

and it's ready to insert into

our fabric, only we did it

with the turquoise and white shades of fabric.

Now, I'm going to--

Even if you like to use a serger,

I would sew this first of all,

and then you can serge it afterwards.

But I have-- here's the top.

The collar is on the inside.

You're seeing that the right side of the collar,

which I'm pointing at, meets the wrong side of the top.

Now, when you make-- meet this together,

matching the center points and the notches,

you'll find that you'll have one layer

that will be slightly longer than the other,

and that's normal.

Happens in knits all the time. The ease of the fabric.

So when you have this with your pattern,

make certain that you always stitch

with the longer layer to the feed dog,

the little teeth that bite the fabric to--

not really bite it,

but ease the fabric to stitch in place.

I have reset my machine for the wobble stitch

and then I'm going to stitch.

This has four-- 5/8"-- excuse me.

5/8" seam allowances.

And when you get to an area that is just needs some easing,

I like to just kind of raise this up,

just hold it up a little bit,

and that allows the machine

to ease the two fabrics together.

Now, just take some time

and stitch all the way around the collar

to attach it to the neckline.

And I'm coming to the starting point.

And I'll just overlap the stitches.

Cut the threads.

And when we bring this up to see what happened,

here's the collar, the wrong side

of the collar.

Let me just insert this hanger

so that you can see what's happening.

And get this smoothed away.

And it overlaps after you've trimmed

or serged that seam allowance,

it overlaps onto itself.

This is the back of it,

but you can see how well that drapes,

and it does the same in the front.

If we look back to our finished top,

you can see the front piece,

how the collar is draped down, that little insert is caught,

and that's all because we had the right side of the collar

meeting the wrong side of the fabric.

The main things left to finish on this top part

is set in the sleeves and to do the hemming.

And the sleeves again will be stitched

comparably to the way we did the collar.

The sleeves are going to be

slightly a bit larger than the armhole.

And so you'll sew the sleeve

to the underside of the next feed dogs.

And I'm just going to lay this on here.

Here we have the front and back.

And here we have the sleeve.

And you'll set it in flat.

And I'm not going to go through all these details.

We've done this on several other Sewing With Nancy programs.

But you'd meet the armhole to the sleeve--

This is the sleeve. That's the armhole.

And you pin right sides together again,

and then you just serge or stitch the edge.

And if you put the longer layer, which will be the sleeve,

next to the feed dog, it will be perfect.

Stitch the underarm seam and do some hemming.

The hemming is just like we did earlier,

by turning up the edge along the hemline

and using that wobble stitch or zigzag stitch.

And I'm just going to pull this up, the hem,

to show you that we have

the hem stitched, turned up and sewn,

not difficult at all.

So with some basic sewing principles, easy seams,

learning how to use the right and wrong side of the fabric,

you'll have a fashionable tunic.

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When a child is seriously ill or going through trauma,

the gift of a handmade doll often represents love

while providing comfort.

Please welcome Jan Householder,

the founder of the Giving Doll project,

a remarkable organization

that provides encouragement to so many.

Welcome to Sewing With Nancy, Jan.

- Thanks for the invitation to come

and share the Giving Doll program with your viewers.

The Giving Doll is a nonprofit

that I established in May of 2006.

Our mission is to give faith, love,

joy, hope, and comfort to children

at times of special need in their life

by giving them a handmade doll.

- These dolls are so comfy looking

and cozy,

and their hand-embroidered

or machine-embroidered faces.

And tell us a little bit about how this started

and then how you make them.

- Okay.

The inspiration, really, was a little 11-year-old girl

who was the daughter of one of my student teachers.

I'm a former family and consumer science teacher.

And in December of 2005,

she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.

In 2006, she was--

went into a program at St. Jude's,

and she came back in March and said,

"Jan, the kids are so sick there.

Is there something you could make that I could give?"

- Sure.

- So we came up-- together, we came up with this doll.

And it has pockets.

The girls have pockets in their aprons

and the boys have pockets in their cuffs,

because she wrote poetry.

And she only wanted 12.

So I made 12, thought I was good to go,

and she came back and she said,

"Um, Jan, the kids are so sick there.

Could you make some more?" - Sure.

- So that's when I knew I needed help.

So as far as the construction, yeah, they are all handmade.

The faces are embroidered, and some of my groups,

I do have groups now in ten different states,

they hand-paint the faces.

They're all-- there's nothing

that a child could get injured on.

Everything is child-friendly.

- Now, you mentioned you have ten organizations

that stitch-- volunteer sewers that stitch

and cut and embroider as well as possibly paint.

And you've made-- in this short period of time,

a remarkable number of dolls.

Share that with our viewers, please.

- Yeah, well, since we started,

we're now approaching 39,000.

And these dolls have been given to children

in every state and 64 foreign countries.

So it's just a remarkable program.

- And it's not just for the children in hospitals,

because, as I mentioned, children going through trauma

or their parents are deployed--

you also have dolls for them.

- Correct.

We made them for Katherine for St. Jude's

until she became an angel 11 months later.

But because she wanted so many,

I started a group at our local senior citizens center.

- Mm-hmm. - And we started networking.

Because people would come in and say,

"Well, there's a little boy in our area

whose father's being deployed."

Or there was a house fire

and the children lost everything.

So we networked and then once Katherine became an angel,

we decided our mission needed to continue.

So it's basically, "Does the child need comfort?"

And that is a whole scenario of different events.

- Sure.

And you have some-- that you have on your--

I know in your office right there,

you have a doll that has pink hair.

- Right, right.

We have a doll that has pink hair.

And these are given to children

whose mother is going through breast cancer treatment.

- And then you also in that--

you also include a quilt and a tote

so that they have a little place to carry the doll in.

- Right.

The program expanded,

and we have included a little quilt.

It's just 24"x24".

Can be crocheted, knitted, or the no-sew.

And then also there's a little tote bag.

So the doll and everything

fits right in the tote bag with the blanket.

- Now, Jan, you have a mission,

and that is to have a chapter in each state

or to have 50 chapters.

- Oh, we would love that.

Right now, we have ten.

We would love to, you know,

be able to give dolls in certain areas,

you know, have that chapter established.

We have been able to give dolls in every state.

One of our programs was, we made dolls with red feet

and gave them to at least

one Ronald McDonald House in every state

in memory of the kids that became angels at Sandy Hook.

So we made 12 girls and 8 boys,

and they all had red feet because Ronald has red feet.

And the other chapters in the other states then

were able to cover their Ronald McDonald Houses.

And at the end, we received notes and messages,

and I put together a scrapbook,

sent it to the principal at Sandy Hook,

and she goes, "Thank you for thinking of our angels

in such an important way."

- Well, Jan, this is a remarkable program,

and you give all the dolls away.

They're never sold.

They're very specifically given to children who need them,

and what an admirable organization.

Thank you for joining us.

- Well, thank you.

Thank you very much for having us

and letting me tell the story of the Giving Doll.

- And I hope--

I'm sure you'll reach your goal of 50 chapters.

Thanks, Jan.

- Well, thank you.

- Thank you for joining us today during this program

"Sewing Today's Fashion Trends, Making a Tunic."

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For more infomation >> Sewing Today's Fashion Trends in Tunics (One Sewing Knit at a Time) - Duration: 26:48.

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What goes into making what we wear? Introduction to Coutures | FASHION AS DESIGN - Duration: 4:26.

Welcome to Week 4.

This is Silhouettes.

It's Coutures.

[LAUGH]

We're going to be talking about coutures this week, and that's coutures with an "s"

very specifically.

And I'm going to ask our resident fashion, historian, and expert to talk about why we're

talking about coutures, and with an "s".

Why is it plural?

What does even couture mean?

So many of us have probably heard the term "couture" applied to different aspects of

fashion.

It is a French word that translates into "dressmaking" or "sewing."

And I'm sure some of us have heard it applied to probably like an expensive piece of fashion,

something that was handmade, or even one of a kind.

And all of those descriptors are in part true, but the word "couture," as it applies to fashion,

really originates in the 19th century with the establishment of the Chambre Syndicale

de la Haute Couture, meaning the couture syndicate.

It was essentially a governing body that was established in order to protect designers

in France from piracy.

It still exists today.

And in order to be considered couture, you have to essentially abide by some very strict

regulations put forth by this body.

Very extensive, but a few examples are you have to have your atelier located in Paris,

every garment needs to be one of a kind and made for a specific client and have multiple

fittings, and most of the garment needs to be handmade.

So that's sort of the technical meaning of couture.

But, you know, the idea of couture, something being handmade, exclusive, taking a lot of

craftsmanship can be applied to many, many fashion items, including humble masterpieces,

which is why we have chosen to call this week coutures with an "s", because we're going

to look at all of the different ways of making fashion items from actual haute couture items

to more humble masterpieces.

So as part of this week, we'll talk about crafting.

And one of the things that we'll talk about, and you'll actually get to see by going into

the studio, is how a bespoke suit is made.

And so our team went to Anderson and Sheppard.

It's a tailor in London.

It's been on Savile Row, a place that really is the heart of suit-making in London, and

actually really worldwide.

It's globally known for its production of suits.

They've been there since the turn of the 20th century.

And you'll see the process, really from the very, very first picking of the materials,

the measuring of somebody's body, very precisely the measuring out.

Then onto paper patterns and then onto fabric, the cutting, the sewing, every single bit

of painstaking labor that goes into creating a suit.

We're then going to look at...

What's our next topic?

Stephanie: We're going to go from crafting to what we're calling producing.

So we're going to look at some examples that perhaps at one point were made by hand, were

made for one person, but due to their rising popularity, have been made in more of a mass

assembly-line manner.

And so a few examples that we're going to look at are the clogs, the Aran sweater, and

then we're going to look at the leather biker jacket.

A lot of us look at the biker jacket and think of it as the garment of the cool kid that

Marlon Brando so famously wore.

But it's actually a wonderful example of a garment that is made very intricately, but

on a bit of a larger scale than perhaps a Panama hat or a suit for one client.

Leather is not like a regular textile, like polyester or cotton.

So it really requires very highly trained craftspeople, who also know how to work fairly

quickly in order to produce more than one a day.

So it's an interesting example of the transition from crafting into producing.

And then we'll also think about growing, actually cultivating as a means to think about couture.

So everything from cultivating pearls to thinking about bio coutures, so the idea of being able

to grow from living cells to other types of living organisms, and making that into something

that's a fashion garment or an accessory, and then also thinking about growing through

3D and 4D printing.

So additive processes like those, the design, things like...

We have actually now a MoMA's collection, the Kinematics Dress.

We hope you enjoyed this week, and perhaps you'll look at your clothes a little differently

now that you know how they're made.

For more infomation >> What goes into making what we wear? Introduction to Coutures | FASHION AS DESIGN - Duration: 4:26.

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The Show: Episode 20 – The Fashion Fix - Duration: 3:24.

(upbeat music)

As winter approaches, one thing that makes me happy

is adding some new knitwear to my wardrobe

to make sure I'm wrapped up warm even on the coldest days.

But is it possible to feel cosy and still look chic?

One woman who can help is InStyle Magazine's Maddie Spencer.

Welcome Maddie. Hi.

Nice to see you again.

So what are the key things to consider

when you want to look stylish,

but you still want to dress and be cosy?

There are three things that work really well.

The first is layering.

So the idea is to go from something that's thin,

like a thin wool, to a thicker, chunkier knit.

Patterns work really well, too.

Patterns and bold flashes of colour.

The other thing is to play with size a little bit.

So let's say you're wearing a big, chunky cardigan.

Put that with skinny jeans, it looks really chic.

Nice, do you like cosy clothing?

I love cosy clothing and I love layering.

I think that's key.

And I love winter dressing, actually.

I love big winter coats, and I've got

one of my favourite things actually at home

is a big chunky knit, which I just layer over thin knits

and different textures. Yeah, makes you feel...

I get quite excited when the weather starts to turn.

I think, "Oh I can get my chunky knits out

"and invest in a new one."

This is one of my favourites at the moment.

I love the fact that it's got this metallic detail in it

if you have a look, but it's so cosy and so warm.

This really is, like, really snug.

I love monochrome, so anything black and white

is so easy to wear from day to night, isn't it?

And with the metallic going through it,

it dresses it up a little bit.

Yeah a slight bronze, but the good thing

about wearing the monochrome as well,

is that you can then add a flash of colour, so I've got

this nice skirt that I'm wearing with it as well.

This is very bang on trend, this colour, this season.

So yeah, I like my little outfit.

It's great, and also the pattern

draws your eye up slightly so you

can get away with eating a bit more at the pub.

(laughing)

Well talking of going to the pub

and being all cosy with the girls,

or with your other half, whoever,

we're gonna talk about outfits

that you could wear on a cosy night in the pub.

So this is ideal. Love that.

It's great, isn't it?

And the cold shoulder cut outs just are so chic,

it elevates it slightly, makes it look more dressy,

and if you want to take it up a notch,

just add some really chunky jewellery.

Yeah, nice with earrings. It's such a nice way

of an evening to feel

a bit more dressy, like you said, isn't it?

Yeah.

So you can still feel warm and cosy,

but you've got a little bit of a

flashy skills. And with the heels.

It's a great neckline as well.

Those earrings are amazing.

Yeah they look incredible.

And again it just makes it look

more eveningy and more going out.

Yeah, and big earrings are so now, aren't they?

Yeah.

And they look really light as well.

You know sometimes if they're big

they can feel a bit too heavy,

but they feel nice, they look nice and light.

So we've got the cosy night in the pub sorted,

but what about when you're at home

and you're just lounging around,

you still need to look stylish don't you?

You really do.

You want to wear something that's

like your pyjamas in comfort, but chicer and still cosy.

So what colours are we looking at for at home?

Greys are great, and if you get this nice band of white

it looks fantastic, really comfy, really cosy, and chic.

Again that's a really nice neckline

and also, that detail on the arms is great.

And then are those-- I love that sleeve.

I love that flare sleeve as well.

And those, are those sweatpants?

Or like a jogger?

They're jersey.

They're a kind of thin jersey, it's really comfy.

And so soft aren't they?

So soft.

Really nice for lounging at home and--

And the colours together are so nice

Particularly I like those shoes as well,

those trainers, they're really nice.

And I like the, it's kind of like a bow detail,

which makes it a little bit more interesting

than a normal training shoe.

Yeah, if you have to nip out for some milk you're fine.

Yeah, absolutely, that's a great look.

Thank you so much.

Thank you Maddie, Rachel.

That is the wardrobe sorted.

Next, how to turn your home into

a warm, cosy haven this winter.