@priscillazietsman1300
@Evelyn_Wood - I am not sure whether you will be seeing this🥰. But I have to share with you and all our worldwide friends, before I continue watching this video. What I have learnt since I discovered your channel - if I get stuck, whether it is a purchased pattern, a self created one, or just a general problem that I can't figure out - I stop before my brain burns, and check whether your channel has a video about it (which it normally has😊) . The second thing, which I only recently saw in one of your videos about planning, is to write each step down. That lesson has hit me hard. I recently made a set of garments for a photoshoot, figuring out as I went along - making notes here and there ... but on pieces of paper🙄). Now I have to make more of each, and cannot remember how I managed to constructed certain things (some I made more than a month ago). And now my brains are tired. But this time around, I am writing everything down, even small things, to make sure that if I have to make it again in 6 months' time, I can have it done in much less time. Or even share with the less fortunate people in our community who are trying to earn an income.
@edwko
Ouch, I had already forgotten from your school that cotton, wool, etc. are fibers and not fabric. I need to go back to the fabrics course. Thank you for publishing this subject.
@geraniumzanzibar
It's always such a pleasure to see what you have to say, Evelyn.
@bandana_rathore
Another thing beginners do not realise that satin, twill etc are types of weaves and not a fabric. I came to know this recently when on an online website they gave options for various types of satin : cotton satin, silk satin, poly satin, Japan satin etc. And I had no idea there is cotton velvet and synthetic velvet etc.
@johnwhitley2898
Excellent 👍 on the information. Brief and thorough. My moment💡 was realizing that even woven fabric will not "act" the same if on the bias. I cut out one of my regular bags, but was a "panel" short. I had enough left if I used it on the bias, and I cut and stitched. NO. The stand up, open zipper top bag, would "not", and had No shape. I wasn't using a light weight material. This was 8oz. denim. Yes. Get a correct bigger piece, rip out seams and re build. 🙄. Great fun 😊.. not. 💡 I learned the hard way, that individual types of fabric will act differently depending on how they are cut and sewn! Spot on information! 👍
@suz8041
my lightbulb moment was the bias and the thought that I can use some of my husband's construction tools for sewing. I feel blessed to have found your site! You are fun to watch and so knowledgeable.
@l18807
This is an excellent explanation tutorial!!!!!
@stephaniefeddock776
Great video and explanation. My light bulb moments for this topic was finding out when sewing with knits to use a ball point needle and then realizing after making a knit garment, I prefer natural fibers and woven fabrics . I ended up donating my knit fabrics, patterns that called for knits, and my unused ballpoint needles :)
@grammykcutter6374
I have some very stable knits that don't have much stretch at all. I find that they can be used with a pattern for a woven fabric. There are so many variations of knits and woven. I'm still learning and I have been sewing for years.
@nadiasews
Great video, thanks for the education! I’m a quilter and work with woven cottons, well over the last few years Ive been working on developing my garment sewing skills and finally want to make something for myself vs. costumes for my kids. I bought a thin stretch knit for fairly simple dropped shoulder top. While wandering around the store I found a neutral camo print fabric I liked too so I bought it and when I got home I realized it was a woven and not a knit like the other fabric and because I usually only work with woven cottons I completely forgot that bias and stretch is super important, now I have 2 meters of a medium weight woven garment fabric I don’t know what to do with. Love your channel.
@lfitz3545
Evelyn! Beautifully explained. This was something I was kind of aware of but, this tutorial was quite superb. Thank you so much. Lu x
@hakapelika7024
I am joining class at first snow fall...prepped, supplied and tidy.
@BYBabbra
I have done that thing of doing a pattern for woven with a stretch knit, now it did work but only because the pattern is so simple. It is basically a one piece pattern with bias binding (simplicity 1133) now it is not something I would try again. If you could do a video on a not so crash course on fibers and fabrics would be lovely.
@judyjennings-gunther4022
Although it as been awhile since I used a pattern for knits, I love that there is a guide on the envelope showing you how far your fabric needs to stretch for that particular pattern.
@sueswingler8259
Another beautifully explained topic. Thank you Evelyn. I always look forward to Sunday mornings 😊
@walteraddie7925
My light bulb moment was when you showed the warp moving when you stretched on the bias!
@Sparkle-ButterFly
Beautiful necklace! I kept looking at it the entire video lol. It’s like you are reading my mind about the bias cut because I am wearing a charmeuse satin bias cut lingerie that I just finished replicating. The bias cut added a little bit of drape but it didn’t add the stretch I was looking to achieve. Oh well I tried lol. The lingerie is wearable so I happy about that. Finding the right material is hard when you can’t find it in the store and have to shop online.
@1packatak
I do a fair amount of quilting, which can result in bias cuts. To minimize the bias from stretching during construction (and making fraying less) I was taught to lightly spray something like Ellen’s Best Press or a light starch, then iron. It works beautifully and washes out.
@theplussizecostumer
I was hoping you would talk about why one needs to hang a garment, particularly skirts, to "hang out the bias. How long should it hang, how do you true up the edge, how much should be cut off when truing up the edge, that type of thing.
@Evelyn__Wood