What does 'Finish in the Usual Way' mean? | Historical Winter Wear

My winter wear needs a historybounding makeover! This time it's the 19th and 20th Centuries. Check out my whirlwind tour of the last two centuries (1800 to 1950) through the lens of cold weather gear. I've created a Union suit, a wrapper, a pair of slippers, a pair of gaiters, and a flannel petticoat!
I'm so excited to share these items with you!

There's a little peaking on the audio and I have no idea why. Sorry!

I forgot to mention the fabric store in the voiceover. It's Rick Rack Textiles!
I got the brown rib knit, the red flannel and the Cardigan pattern from Rick Rack!

Cardigan Pattern:

Gaiters pattern:

Slippers pattern:

***Edit: November 2021***: While nothing I said in the video regarding the Foundations Revealed Competition was untrue, and my experience with the site and the competition has always been positive, I am making a note here in retrospect to say that I fully agree with creators such as @MiahGrace and @NamiSparrow that there is real harm being done by the founder in regards to her personal projects as well as aspects of her business model and treatment of contributors.
Please do not take this out of date endorsement of a singular event as an indication that I condone the behaviours and actions of CH or her fans and stans. ***
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Music:
"Winter Solstice" - Gavin Luke
"Astonish" - Million Eyes
"One Less" - Howard Harper-Barnes
"I Know These Birds" - Howard Harper-Barnes
"Impressions of You" - Gavin Luke
"Pretty Little Moments" - Airae
"Whisper of the Pines" - Howard Harper-Barnes
"Broken Pieces" - Gavin Luke
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Equipment:
Camera: Canon G7X Mark II
Microphone: Blue Snowball Pro
Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition

[misswazzra]

“It’s like reading Shakespeare, while being a little bit drunk” -oh, how I can relate 🤣

[katybradley]

I’m giving this video a thumbs up because that’s how we finish in the usual way ❤️

[katherinemorelle]

I didn’t know that I needed a philosophical treatise on “finish in the usual way”

I was wrong. I very badly needed it. Thank you.

[evaweir]

I can imagine a butt flap on the union suit might come in handy to rescue from a very cold and tricky situation! haha

[kathleenanneoconnell]

“Fancy-cozy” is the best sort of aesthetic. Thank you for sharing this winter sewing adventure. A wrapper might have to be on my to sew list.

[nurmihusa]

“Finish in the usual way” goes to the heart of the greatest challenge in writing an historical novel. One line in the video jumped out at me - “Can you give my car a jump?” We understand those words. But somebody not of this current century would not. How do you have a character deliver a line like that in a way your reader might have a clue as to what is meant? How do you explain what a car is - how do you explain what jumping is? Lots of technology needing to be explained. And explained in a way that doesn’t feel like a lecture happening.

[siameseire]

oh, fabric swishing bliss. Best modeling of union suit (and any clothing item) in the history of the world. Happy dance! 😊

[paulinedunne]

Looking at the red petticoat makes me think of the railway children!

A great example of that kind of knowledge that seems so commonplace no one who ever define is in recipes. When I read a recipe for cake it might read 'eggs, plain flour, butter, granulated sugar etc.' I know that the eggs in question are most likely chicken eggs, usually large ones. If I need to swap the eggs for medium ones, depending on how many there are, I might add an extra one. I know that plain flour refers to a particular type of wheat flour. I know that even if I need to make an adjustment to make it gluten free, it is better to search for a specifically gluten free recipe than just making the swap. I know some gluten free flours (ones with chickpea flour) can add a weird shellfishy taste, and I shouldn't use them in a dessert. I know butter mean butter derived from the milk of a cow, and I know what a cow is. I know that a stick of butter is an american thing, and the recipe doesn't want me to put what looks like a stick of butter here sold in whole pound blocks in. I know sugar is derived mostly from sugarcane and sugarbeet, and most white sugar available in shops is close enough to granulated that it makes no odds whether or not they put granulated on the packet. I know what a measuring cup is, and and I keep a little chart of conversions handy because sometimes weighing things is easier.

And it's the same with Roman concrete!

[Vialsofscience]

2020 has been the year that I realized how much I want to be fancy and cozy and how much this aesthetic is utterly lacking in my life.

[stevezytveld]

*One* - I need those gators and fingerless gloves. Thankfully the public library is cooperating and the American Duchess book is waiting for me on Monday. Yay.

*Two* - I have been working my way towards the Foundations Revealed competition since the beginning of the year. It's what's been guiding my steps through YT U - finding out what techniques are actually called and then actually learning the techniques. The game. She is afoot.

Now all I have to do is finish drafting my bodice block. Because I'm teaching myself from scratch, no patterns. Because I'm apparently a maniac. Le sigh.. Typing as a double-F, I knew it would take a while. Just didn't know it would take more than 9 drafts...

I will not be distracted by sewing a black pirate shirt for myself, ... or a pilgrim's bag for my husband, ... or teaching our 14 year old Goddaughter how to sew her first pirate, ah-hem, 18th c men's shirt...
Do the thing, yeah, sure, absolutely, ... problem being - I want to do All The Things...

*Three* - All the absolute very best for you and your partner (and your little dog too). I hope the season is calm and restful and everything ya'll need it to be.

And may 2021 be Thee Most Boring Year in all of our collective lives.
Amen. (pssst, past the butter...).

Seriously. All the best, Woman. See you around the universe...

- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown

[phyllismccord]

When I started to quilt, the final phrase of the pattern was almost always "Quilt as desired." Yes, but HOW do I quilt "as desired"? There seemed to be an assumption that if you were a quilter, you only needed the pattern to piece the top together and of course you'd know how to finish. As usual, indeed.

[ReneePowell]

“Fancy cozy” is basically what I got from making the Poiret cocoon coat pattern in a pretty floral fleece I got at Joann. I have described it as “wearable blanket, but make it fashion”.

[rd]

A) you need another layer for covering your elbows because just seeing armskin peeking out made me feel cold.
B) The usual way in Canada in the winter: 💜😆💜
C) I find myself coveting a union suit now! Looks super cute!! Maybe you can use a couple of neckline darts to close that gap?

And lastly) thank you, as always, for your lovely content.

[cincocats]

Yes please to a video on dress reform!

Cozy-fancy is officially my dream aesthetic. The Kyoto Institute has an 1860s wrapper that I drool over and am working towards recreating someday.

And I've decided that gaiters are making a comeback. They are the perfect alternative to winter weight tights to wear with dresses. Tights are the bane of my existence: they never fit right, are expensive and usually rip after no more than two uses. But 24 buttons are too many, so alternative fasteners are a must.

[laurenthomas]

Oh man, as someone who was in Marching Band, those spats gave me a visceral feeling of dread lol

[elenakennedy]

Revisiting this video a year later feels so nice. "The usual way" isn't scary at all anymore. It gives me confidence that I have that instinct to give things the finish they need.

[historiansrevolt]

Very cozy video to watch during our first legit snow in 2 years. Now to go work on my flannel petticoat.

[zuriagaski]

Just watching this and love watching the journey, I have been contemplating a tea gown for some time

[Grapefruit_cosplay]

Fun Fact! I wore spats every weekend in college because they were a part of my marching band uniform ! Band uniforms are an interesting mish-mash of military/historical/modern clothing types. But, I can confirm spats are wonderful to wear, and people are still wearing them 🥰🥰🥰

[lillytalmage]

your bit at the end about how all these things we love to marvel at being in the background made me so emotional! idk what it is, but the security of knowing that people have always been people and always will makes me warm inside!! we live and make do and we always have and always will!