Making Dresses Out of Household Materials! || Recycle Retro

Recycle Retro: FABRIC STASH EDITION, lol
I figured it was about time to dig into my fabric stash again, and finally bust out some of my vintage patterns that I've been dying to use! I ended up choosing a thrifted tablecoth and some curtains for these two projects, and then using some 1940's/50's patterns! This one goes out to EDNA.

TikTok: @rachelmaksy

PO Box 1819
Plymouth, MA 02362

I was supposed to sew myself some stuff to wear but you know what, I'm just gonna watch you do it instead cause it's easier and more satisfying 😂

[j.whittingham]

Patterns were made to be used - imagine how sad they must have been, stored away for decades unloved and unused, jealous of all the other patterns who got to be turned into beautiful things. Don't be sad, they died doing what they were made for! :-D

[MicarahTewers]

Your thumbnails are always so beautifully satisfyingly perfect

[nancyreid]

I’m teaching my neighbor to sew; he’s just a hobbit lad of 28, and I’m an old lady. He is making a shirt, and we get together every Sunday afternoon; I started him with hemming and buttons. I have gotten him to watching you and Morgan Donner, and the 3 of us are having quite an impact on him! Thank you.

[okiedokie]

“I have a tendency to bite off way more than I can chew and then panic, and stress, and cry”


Felt that, spiritually

[MikalaMetalnurk]

*aggressively smacks the like-button*
DO NOT YELL AT RACHEL, SHE IS THE PUREST BEST BEAN, AND SHE IS DOING HER BEST <3

[kendrag]

anybody else just going to start whispering "edna" in an accusing tone whenever something inconvenient happens or goes wrong?

[ItMeSinamenRoll]

Because everything else matches, the sleeves on the dress look like a design choice.

[theladyinthetinymanor]

I love both results, but please, the gingham dress, with the red hair and the hat... MAGIC.

[keziahherman]

Rachel: uploads. Me: excited noises

[josephinehogg]

at 4:30 - that's the way ALL patterns used to come before the 1960's. Printed patterns are only younger than 'sliced bread' by a few years! LOL Imagine what it felt like, being a pre-teen trying to learn how to sew - literally without any guide lines? it was not easy. trial and error LOL congratulations of a job really well done. Your body will change it's shape, all through your life. and if you have children! OMG. that's a whole new barrel of fish. Every garment you sew will always be about adjusting the pattern to fit you. Great work! keep it up. I have loved sewing for nearly 60 years now. I don't ever plan to stop <3

[emoryrubyg]

"Why do you have to make my chaotic reckless lifestyle have consequences?" 😂😂 I want this on a t-shirt.

[sabrinalorraine]

the patterns that just had holles are intentionally like that, that's how pattern companies used to make em

[mothersuperior]

Quote.
“Why do you have to make my chaotic life have consequences?”

I think this just became my mantra.

[GinnyDi]

Ahhhh, that green gingham dress came out so lovely!!

[smolmanth]

My mother used to wrap towels around my head when I got out of the bath as a child and exclaim “babushka” just as you did with your pup. Always amazing to see little mannerisms like that in other families.

[clyn]

"you're not going to step on my patterns, deal?" and that, my friends, is called foreshadowing

[bonlessmangoes]

Poor Edna she doesn't deserve this judgement 😔

[ashoakthorn]

Because of this video, whenever anything goes mildly wrong, my 11yo son whispers "Edna" in an accusing voice.

[jsutherland]

When working on the floor, spread a tablecloth over your cut out project to protect from dog feet. 115 lb rottweiler taught me that.