I made a CHANEL SUIT (from a $10 blanket) | WITHWENDY

if we had more fabric i should  be making a little pillbox hat hello welcome back to my channel my name is wendy  and this is our series called kanji diyat where   i just take stuff i find on the internet and  see if i can make it this is kind of my way of   like learning and creating at the same time today  we're going to be doing luxury which is especially   intimidating because it's really all about the  details we've tried to tackle louis vuitton gucci   valentino prada sort of you can check those out  in the description today it brings us to another   french fashion house chanel last year i turned  a little thrifted blanket into a cecily benson   inspired wrap coat so i have thrifted another  blanket just this green thing oh my gosh   i chose this because the mixed yarn tones there's  like some green some blue some black it kind of   gives me that chanel tweed vibe and in that  spirit we will be making a two-piece chanel   suit this is the jacket that i've chosen as inspo  this is jenny from blackpink if you don't know and   then this is the skirt or like something like this  hopefully they'll look good together this video is   also sponsored by squarespace who is all about  empowering individuals to create their online   web presence as well as launching their passion  projects i've been using squarespace for years so   i'm super excited about the sponsor  because we've been friends for a long time   okay let's begin to help me out some of you may  recall from a previous video where i tried to   draft like a perfect fit bodice i'm going  to be using my letter low system which is   basically a kit where it takes one two two of  your measurements and from there can extrapolate   a pattern piece for you but if you don't have this  kit you can always copy from an existing item you   own in the case of this jacket i feel like a dress  shirt is a good fit because it has all the right   seams and for the skirt you can use almost  any mini skirt or pencil skirt that you have   i think that would work well too the kit  uses a system where you pick a look from   their booklet and on the back there's  a mini template of the pattern pieces   for bottoms all it needs is my hip measurement i  still find this crazy to believe but i put a pin   into the special tape and then i poke it through  the mini template at all the marked spots   after that i swing the tape around drawing  dots wherever the mini template tells me to   and then i just cut it out since the pattern i  drew is for a knee length skirt i did cut it a   little bit shorter to create a mini skirt honestly  i still can't believe all it needs is one hip   measurement but there's a link in the description  of the first time we tested this on petites and   on plus sizes and it worked shockingly well we  plan to use as much of this blanket as possible   so to make cutting easier julia fused the entire  thing to interfacing to eliminate the stretch   this also gave a nice weight that hopefully will  pay off in looking expensive as a jacket because   a chanel suit can easily run you for figures so  you could say we've got our work cut out for us   here are the pattern pieces cut for the skirt  this is the front and it's got a little dart   and this is the back also with a little dart i  thought it'd be nice to put in pockets if we're   trying to go with luxury the front pattern is  folded out of the way everything between the dart   and the side seam can be used to make a flat  laying pocket that's hidden on the inside so   these are the two little pocket pieces that have  been cut out and i think i need to do the zipper   first this always happens with invisible  zippers and pockets my brain is just like i've decided i might just put the zipper into  the back middle because i don't i can't i   can't wrap my brain around invisible pockets and  zippers today the pockets have been pinned and i   think first i'm going to sew the dart in place  just going to do a straight stitch from up here   all the way down to this tiny little black dot i  think i have a plan for the pockets unfortunately   i did not i actually wasted a lot of time doing  the wrong thing and was so confusing that i even   celebrated look at this woman she thinks she's  doing so well bless her heart all right before   we get back to doing the pockets properly yes  she is correct here in sewing the back darts as   well as adding a blanket stitch on the pockets  straight edges to prevent them from fraying   all right what i should have done was open up the  pocket and pin the side that doesn't have facing   to the skirt front i sew about 15 centimeters  down from the waist or basically whatever width   fits your hand comfortably then lay that  sleeve open flat with the raw edges stacked   under the pocket side and add a little under  stitch to keep that pocket from flipping out   where the pocket is not attached to the skirt  i added a small cut so that the pocket and the   skirt could lay flat and then this lets me sew the  pocket to the skirt below the pocket hole with a   straight stitch as well as along the top edge  now the back can be sewn to the front along the   side seams just be careful to make sure the folded  pocket hole edge stays out of the way when sewing   flip that whole thing right side out  and this time we can celebrate for real   so much mental gymnastics but we made it  through but then the joy was short-lived   i went ahead and made another mistake probably  because it was getting really late at night   but i cut the front open when i meant to cut the  back open down the middle don't sew while sleepy   that idea i tried to fix that issue and then here  comes the lining with all its darts and the side   seams done the skirt and the lining are joined  right sides together at the waist and then flip   that open so that you can add an under stitch  onto the lining i've mentioned under stitching   quite a few times and if you don't get what it  is there's a link in the description that really   helped me out with understanding its use somehow i  was still not done my sleepy sewing and i decided   installing the invisible zipper into the back  would be a great idea so first it gets sewn to   the shell and then i flip down the lining and sew  the zipper to the lining i'm still getting hang of   lining on invisible zippers so there's a link in  the description for a blog that always helps me   out last time i did invisible zippers i saw a lot  of comments to use a special invisible zipper foot   this one right here it works great so thank you  very much about that front opening i ended up   sewing it together on the slimmest of margins  and then after pressing it like you almost   cannot see this having one of those god is  real moments like i've been spared today   today we're finishing up the skirt also i shared  this on instagram to show my progress and i got   a dm from someone that told me that this is an  ikea blanket we just didn't know because the tags   were cut off if you have one of those blankets  sitting around i guess this is now an ikea flip last night i also successfully  put in my invisible zipper   with lining this is a huge step up for me the  last step to finish off the skirt is to cut   a ruffled trim for the bottom i ideally wanted  to do like a circle skirt shape but we don't have   a lot of fabric left i think we are just going  to make it if this area is the skirt ruffle and   this area is for the sleeves the general  rule for ruffles is to have two times   the amount that you're trying to cover so this  in total is roughly 38 inches sorry for briefly   doing american but sometimes our brains just work  that way and so julia helped me cut two shorter   pieces that roughly add up to 38 and then we have  enough room to make one long strip that is 38   so these three joined together is gonna make one  huge loop that is two times thirty-eight so i   did a blanket stitch along the entire bottom  edge of the skirt and this is only because   this fabric is thrifted so it has been through  a little bit of a beading and i've noticed   the fraying is pretty legit so blanket  stitch is the closest my machine gets to   replicating a serger if you have a foot  that came with your machine that looks like   this this is the one that's capable of a blanket  stitch i also blanket stitched the entire top   edge of the ruffle that's going to touch the  skirt since that will be an exposed edge and i   just don't want it to fray over time  especially in the wash or anything like that   and then finally i hemmed the bottom i folded it  in once did a straight stitch then folded it one   more time for a straight stitch so all the raw  edges are totally gone and now finally i'll do   the two parallel stitches so i can cinch it all  up to be the perfect fit for the skirt and then   mash them together i'm planning on adding some  finishing touches like the inspo that we were   going off of has like some chain or like  if we have leftover buttons but the skirts   made it bringing it back today sponsor from  back when i just needed a little plain website   to now having a website that's an online  blog i sell items i even have an exclusive   membership community i've been doing it all on  squarespace the entire time it really doesn't   matter if you're just getting started or an  established brand squarespace is an amazing   choice you can sell products and services you  could share your portfolio you can let people   book appointments with you online all of that can  be done on squarespace and it's super easy to use   and it looks professional i feel like it's pretty  self-evident why i've been using them this whole   time i can easily upload images i import youtube  videos and i can pull my latest instagram posts   here in the footer so visitors can always know  what's new squarespace handles all the image   scaling so everything always looks good if you're  picky about 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their support but they do offer   24 hours a day seven days a week email support  all of their customer care team is real people   actually in the squarespace offices so you usually  get a response within one hour if you're feeling   ready to give it a try head to squarespace.com for  your free trial and when you're ready to launch   just go to squarespace.com with wendy and  you will get 10 off your first purchase   of website or domain thank you squarespace for  sponsoring and also for making my website possible   it is jacket time so just like with the skirt i  used my letter low kit to draft a cropped jacket   with tops all it needs is your bust measurement  here is julia helping me cut out the pieces she's   part of the reason i'm able to work faster and  make more videos so please give her some love   she's so great oh this interfacing is kind of like  woolen and it just feels so good the letter l kit   produces all the pieces we need for the jacket  and so this here is the front she's got a little   dart up here at the top as well as a smaller  dart here down at the bottom to cinch it in a   little bit and then there's the back has slightly  smaller darts since the back typically doesn't   have as much curvature as the front of the body  and this straight edge was cut along the fold   so that it could just be one symmetrical  piece and it also produced a lovely little   sleeve pattern i have the front darts  in and the back darts are in as well   no longer two-dimensional we've entered the  three-dimensional usually it's good to give   them a little press so i'm gonna go do that  i know i've gotten many comments about how   people love my teeny tiny iron but just  so you know we have upgraded look at that utter destruction to finish off assembling this  jacket shell i'm just bringing the shoulders of   the back and the front right sides together right  here straight stitch and then also bring the   sides together straight stitch so that we'll  basically have a vest that we can try on and   see if it all fits if we had more fabric  i should be making a little pillbox hat   oh my gosh we're also leveling up on facing for  this jacket you might remember there was a video   recently where i made a jacket and we just made  an inner shell that was identical and cut to the   outer shell the downside is that there's still  a chance that if it flips open just a little bit   you'll see a lining and so we're gonna do facing  today the spacing plus lining all together   is identical to the size and shape and darts  of this piece but once it goes on the inside   you like flip it open you still see a little bit  of that fabric and the lining is just a little bit   deeper inside since we haven't ever really covered  lining with facing i don't think ever i wanted to   get into it a little bit more on the front bodice  pattern what i didn't point out is this curved   drawn line it's kind of arbitrarily drawn we tried  to make this part two centimeters wide so that on   the back it would also match this two centimeter  wide strip you still put the darts into the lining   just like you do with the shell then the lining  and the facing get sewn together with a straight   stitch and the last closure to make it look really  nice is this little skinny stitch this one's   going to go on the left there's an identical but  symmetrical one for the right and then the back   has just like a little sunshine curve so just like  the outer shell it's all going to get put together   at the shoulders at the side seams to form a  separate vest so excited to learn new things   i can now sew the sleeves straight edges together  straight stitch to turn them into a little tubie that's a good tricep workout oh my gosh  all it takes now is a straight stitch to help with a chanel look we have five to six  meters of this pretty chain thirteen pretty   buttons and five to six meters of ribbon while  i was sewing julia used a twist tie to weave the   ribbon into the chain loops this alone took easily  over two hours and is such a reminder to me that   clothes do not make themselves i know that sounds  silly but so many hands touch our clothes in the   sourcing production selling and packaging process  and when it's sold to us for cheap that is because   someone is getting underpaid in this chain it  is a lot of work which brings us to our first   little embellishment we're adding chest pockets  julia helped cut this outer layer and a lining   the lip of the outer layer can be flipped inside  out to add two little small straight stitches   once it flips back it neatly hides away the  raw edges from the pocket opening julia's been   working so hard on putting the ribbon through the  chain there it's just i'm gonna work on pockets   um this is where the pockets stand right now look  how clean they are from the front i just got to   add a top stitch to seal this down and i'm going  to use the green matching thread instead of the   black that we've been using this whole time so it  blends in really well before sewing the lining to   the shell i did add a blanket stitch along the  lining's bottom edge and then sewed it together   along the front opening and collar as pinned  i've cut these corners as well as along curved   edges good to give it a couple little slices  so that it flips easy now for under stitching   we're pushing the raw edge towards the side that  wants to be hidden and then i'm just going to do a   straight stitch to hold it in that position we've  got here the front left flap and like the plan   went i'm attaching only the bottom straight edge  of the pocket and then we're going to flip it up   and hand sew up these sides so that the stitches  are all hidden in the ditch stitch in the ditch and now for buttons this is my special  little buttonhole foot i have to   lower this lever back here there's a sample button  that tells it how far to go it's the same size   as the button i'm going to use it's just flat  which makes it fit into the little cradle better to give an extra clean finish on the bottom  i flipped up the bottom edge of the shell and   did a straight stitch and then i turned the entire  jacket inside out using one of the armholes to sew   the lining to the jacket edge flipping that back  and giving it a press you can see how it looks   super crisp and the lining is not visible from the  outside all that's left is to stitch the lining to   the armhole probably should have done a lined  sleeve but i'm really not ready for that yet so   here is a blanket stitch for now i will get  there someday and now i give you wendy in paris remove it somewhere one okay i will put more photos on my instagram at  with wendy if you want to see more detailed photos   or different angles or different styles this was  just me trying to channel some emily in paris   to action with like coordination and the colors  but i don't know if normally i would wear it   like full matchy matchy all green i feel like  this video had a lot of links in description so   don't forget to open that up and check that out  especially squarespace our sponsor for this video   thank you so much squarespace if you follow any  of my tutorials and make something of your own   don't forget to use hashtag made with wendy so i  can find it and love it and if you made it all the   way through this video and you haven't subscribed  just subscribe hit the bell notification you'll be   back here together with me the next time i embark  on another sewing adventure i'm so happy that i   tackled chanel as diy look look at these details  and thank you all so much for always feeding me   inspiration giving me good tips when you see  me mess up and you tell me to use invisible   foot zipper instead all that kind of stuff i  super appreciate it see you in the next video you

Channel: withwendy

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Keywords: withwendy, diy, chanel, thrift flip, ikea flip, thrift, ikea, flip, suit, suit set, jacket, skirt, tweed, jennie, black pink, paris, emily in paris, budget, blackpink

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Length: 20min 35sec (1235 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 21 2020