Q&A While I Do Stuff!
Added 2024-02-21 14:59:15 +0000 UTCHaallooo Fellowship! I've been a bit MIA this ol' month of Feb-Rue-Ary, so I wanted to do a bit of a longer, chit-chatty video!
I answered some of your questions, cleaned up my set from the last video, and got ready to film another video (also stopped for some Frodo kisses in there)
Get cozy and get your hot beverages of choice ready, LOVE YA!!
Comments
I need to learn the wizardry of cleaning (and de-hoarding) whilst being a neurodivergent person!
Fran H (Siigii)
2024-04-21 09:01:08 +0000 UTCAgreed!
Isabelle Johnson
2024-04-06 05:07:57 +0000 UTCI'm okay with watching you clean videos :3 I have ADHD so cleaning is very difficult for me, I use body doubling as a technique to help me clean. My brain is mean so I can only watch the ones that are actual messes and not someone's immaculate house where they just wipe everything down:/ but not the ones so big that I feel overwhelmed! I need a goblin stash, not pixie dust or a dragon's hoard! So thank you very much for making these videos! Clean with Me videos are a whole genre on youtube X3 (also very helpful for motivation for people with poor mental health/neurodivergentness that make it hard to tidy things)
Cara Elliott
2024-04-03 15:40:56 +0000 UTCThat was cozy and just what I needed. I love long form videos like this!
Megan Burleson (@CreatiivityandCode)
2024-03-23 22:54:27 +0000 UTCI would love to see a "mod-ieval" style video!! Also makes me think of your potential Knight's Tale build 😍😍
Heather Jones
2024-03-07 14:09:50 +0000 UTCI do enjoy some short form content, but I find it is too much of a time sink. I uninstalled tiktok years ago for that reason (and most other social media) but still have YouTube for long form videos, and it pushes shorts so much they're hard to avoid! I do have a YouTube timer (from the settings) now that interrupts me regularly, and if that happens whilst I'm watching shorts I close the app, Vs ignore it for long form.
Kim Wheeler
2024-03-06 18:17:23 +0000 UTCBinx’s green eye 😍
Emily Dick
2024-03-06 17:09:57 +0000 UTCYou wore a deautiful Green tank that was crocheted I. Deeply curious a aboutit pattern and materials Help
Katia
2024-03-06 08:05:42 +0000 UTCI watch a lot of video essays or D&D campaigns, so long-form content is an absolute yes for me.
Anna O.
2024-03-04 04:26:41 +0000 UTCI love your long form. I manage to avoid the attention sapping short form stuff by not being on social media. But my serotonin gets a massive boost when I see one of you videos on you tube or patreon because it's time for a cuppa and watching something beautiful being created out of the chaos. Thank you for all you do.
Hayley
2024-03-03 23:41:12 +0000 UTCA mod-ieval (mod-evil?) video would be so great! And I'm also tired of the short-form content, I never liked it, I'm happy you're still focusing mostly on long-form!
Marjolein de Raat
2024-03-02 18:41:59 +0000 UTCHonestly really love the clean up video, it's cosy, and a great opportunity for me to get some stuff done ♡ a lil body doubling ♡ really chill and cosy video!
Nina Luna Faxøe
2024-02-27 09:28:59 +0000 UTCFear not! We love the cleaning up videos. If you make it, we shall watch it.
Miranda Hinton
2024-02-26 23:03:41 +0000 UTCI just took my mom’s oldish Bernina sewing machine in for a tuneup. Need to take lessons on how to sew with it because I learned on a machine that went forward backward and zigzagged. I also wanted to mention that when you made your set, I love that you used cardboard and duct tape. Those are my two favorite mediums to use when creating. Years ago I did prom for my daughter’s small alternative high school. I looked through dance catalogs and figured I could make most of the ideas with my husband‘s help. They had this fun balloon tree that everyone was standing in front of for photos, I thought that is the easiest thing to make and so I made it and it was beautiful. Unfortunately I made it 8 feet tall and so when the kids stood in front of it to get their pictures taken lol all you could see was the tree trunk.
Lisa Bartl
2024-02-26 20:39:42 +0000 UTCoof feeling burnt out about social media, I feel it. I've been enjoying longer form videos too
Beebe Doe
2024-02-26 01:35:54 +0000 UTCyesss for the long form content!! you’re so right and it’s so important to make note of 🤍
Victoria
2024-02-25 21:39:27 +0000 UTCdef one of my fav videos
Bri
2024-02-25 16:07:31 +0000 UTCGreat Q&A. I appreciate you showing the clean up as it’s a real representation of the creative cycle. It’s like watching those lawn transformation videos. Chaos to clean! Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
Matilda G.
2024-02-24 12:26:50 +0000 UTCYou now have an airbrush. Book dress. But make it better! Oh! To add to what I was doing while watching the vid; I have a cell phone holder on one of my cabinet doors in my kitchen (in case I'm making a new recipe from my phone!) And I just put my phone there and was watching your video while making dinner!
Vanessa King
2024-02-24 01:47:45 +0000 UTCdon't know if it's really the most appealing option for a "but make it better" but i'd love to see any more wizard of oz stuff from you; i seem to recall there were struggles(TM) with the dorothy dress...
zanna zannolin
2024-02-23 22:53:22 +0000 UTCThank you for the extensive answer! I definitely do recognize soms of the things you mentioned, like having a tough time getting started because of the worry it's not going to work out well. I have to admit it's one of the main reasons why I just make stuff for myself now, to take the outside pressure off at least. Revisiting old projects would be super cool, it would also make it really clear how much you have learned and grown over the years. Very motivational!
Anneke Caramin
2024-02-23 18:19:29 +0000 UTCThe book dress aka trash can corset might be a fun one to revisit. The first was beautiful but as you stated it wasn’t the most comfortable or flattering, it’d be nice to see how you might approach it now. (Plus more opportunity to possibly paint book spines).
Silly Ellie
2024-02-23 13:25:27 +0000 UTCSuch a lovely, relaxed video, Rachel. I almost got all teary eyed when you said Frodo is the light of your life <3 <3
Suzy Turner
2024-02-23 12:52:52 +0000 UTCI totally agree with you on preferring long form content! And I hope more people get back into it soon because I love all of your videos and will play a mix of them while I’m doing my own creative projects and it makes me happy to feel like I’m being crafty with someone else. Bring on the longer projects!
Elizabeth✨
2024-02-23 03:09:53 +0000 UTCMy tip for confidence, both in wearing cosplay and fashion: the first day, PRETEND you're the sort of person who wears this stuff like it's nbd. Then, the next time you wear it, guess what? You've already worn this, you magically now ARE the sort of person who wears this like it's nbd!
Heather Hofshi
2024-02-22 22:11:53 +0000 UTCThanks for answering my question! I love a chatty cleaning video 😊
Molly O
2024-02-22 18:08:05 +0000 UTCMy husband and I are going to Iceland in September! It was so great to meet you at Megacon, looking forward to the Zendaya armor video! 😁
Chelsea Hanah
2024-02-22 17:05:14 +0000 UTCFor the questioner who asked about plus size Victorian/Edwardian, try Black Snail Patterns (on Etsy); Rebecca Posey (Pocket full of Poseys) is really good, she is plus size, and uses a lot of Black Snail patterns, does Victorian/Edwardian clothing.
Catherine Rowley-Williams
2024-02-22 12:34:34 +0000 UTCI get it about not drawing attention. I love to have blue hair, it makes me so happy, but I wish it didn’t draw attention to me.
Tricia
2024-02-22 11:54:15 +0000 UTCI love being able to see you as a real person! It’s so nice! I was thinking for the “but make it better” I wonder if you have any projects that you started and the aborted. Like you were really excited about, you were going to make a video on it, and then were like “nah.” I’d be interested in seeing those projects, or see you come back around that project with a new perspective that makes you excited to come back to it. Like a revisit? A remix? Also, please do make a video about the modeval style. I am intrigued. Also interested on how/where to find my own of that style. Love you forever
Sam
2024-02-22 11:02:03 +0000 UTCPersonal style is not something that happens over night, you evolve... like a Pokemon, into a new form every now and then. I started in my 20s with 40s/30s vintage things but make it goth, later played around with Victoriana and Steam Punk, had a Regency phase and now in my 40s I dress like it's 1760 and I'm a peasant. Just wear things, even if they feel weird, at least one, twice to make sure, a third time of you like it(to paraphrase Mae West). I was sure I did not have a hat face, wearing a hat for the fist time was SO WEIRD, and I did not feel confident at all, nor the second time, but it was a look I wanted to go for so I wore it and now I feel kinda naked when I find myself out and about with a hat. So yeah just wear things for a bit see if it works for you, if not you've learned something. I still don't think I've reached my "final form" but that just means I have something to look forward to ^^
StellaSapiente
2024-02-22 06:29:34 +0000 UTCI have loved watching your sewing journey. I remember watching your earlier videos and the struggle of pattern reading. As a mostly self taught sewist with an obsession with historical costuming it has been great to see you persevere to the point of being able to offer advice to others.
Ciara Neiger
2024-02-22 05:17:19 +0000 UTCThank you so so much for answering my long af question thread. I had so many and I know so many others asked a lot of what I did but man the suggestions for plus size stuff is a god send!! And the suggestion to start off small and work my way up! It definitely helps with having a good place to actually start now!
Jessica Weber
2024-02-22 03:41:32 +0000 UTCThank you so so much!! It’s been frustrating since I had so many simplicity patterns just to find that size 18 is really like … a size medium or large like yikes. I definitely would love a tailors dummy will have to try and find one second hand or cheaper since I don’t have too many funds for that and my sewing machine is 30 years old and needs serviced so should probably just buy a new one lol
Jessica Weber
2024-02-22 03:39:58 +0000 UTCThank you so much!
Jessica Weber
2024-02-22 03:36:37 +0000 UTCReally appreciated everything you said a out just throwing yourself into the thing and waiting for the courage and confidence to follow. My first ever proper sewing project is currently all pinned up and I'm justing waiting for the chutzpah to sew it. Well, I will wait no longer!
Emily 莉莉
2024-02-22 03:33:57 +0000 UTCWould love to see the book dress again!
Lauren Dodaro
2024-02-22 03:28:03 +0000 UTCRight? She's got all the skills to make this happen. I can totally see it!
Lo Lla
2024-02-22 02:55:30 +0000 UTCWatching with my dog on my bed, Korra, she would loooove Frodo and drinking honey chai turmeric tea The perfect ending to my 4th day of being a librarian. My goal is to dress half as whimsically as you with all the aesthetics <3
Heather
2024-02-22 02:22:38 +0000 UTCI’ve been around since the early hair tutorial days with the much grainier camera haha but you were still cool to me 😂 I went through a very similar pin up to cottage core / npc pipeline so your channel has always been a vibe. I even moved into a 160 year old house a year before you did which was hilarious to my husband and me. Keep up the great content in whatever form it comes!
Laura Garcia-Cervantes
2024-02-22 02:12:13 +0000 UTCloved your pics of your niece!! Too Precious! I know your sister more than anyone will treasure those sweet pics...I'm pregnant and feeling lots of mama love right now! You are the best sister and Aunt!
Ashley Clinton
2024-02-22 02:12:00 +0000 UTCSpecifically content you don’t get to sit with a while and process properly
Laura Garcia-Cervantes
2024-02-22 02:03:38 +0000 UTCThis motivated me to clean my kitchen while listening 🙏 100% burnt out from consuming content
Laura Garcia-Cervantes
2024-02-22 02:02:06 +0000 UTCThat is beautiful! Definitely up Rachel's alley!
The Haunted Pirate
2024-02-22 01:26:58 +0000 UTCThis was so cozy and inspiring, thank you.
Ellie C
2024-02-22 00:29:12 +0000 UTCRe: social media burnout, I have become extremely anti-internet lately, and Rachel is basically the only "influencer" or creator that I keep up with anymore, so all of my internet knowledge is now filtered through her and late night hosts. It's a better way to be, let me tell ya!
Rose White
2024-02-22 00:01:58 +0000 UTCDefinitely interested in seeing more Mod- ieval
Elise Day
2024-02-21 23:43:17 +0000 UTCWatching while winding yarn, let’s do this!
Katie Kelley
2024-02-21 23:00:27 +0000 UTCBaby Frodo is just the cutest!!!
Samantha E.
2024-02-21 21:48:34 +0000 UTCYay! Thank you so much for answering my question ❤️
Emma-Rose Colk
2024-02-21 21:20:47 +0000 UTCOMG I WANT YOUR SHIRT
Avianna
2024-02-21 21:15:24 +0000 UTCTotally get what you’re saying about social media burnout! The reels are so exhausting.
Bridget
2024-02-21 21:11:08 +0000 UTCFor getting started with sewing especially as plus sized girlie I would highly recommend charm patterns by Gertie. Her patreon is amazing and is how I taught myself to sew. All the oatterns have full sew along videos and she had a great size range as well as cup sizes on her patterns!!! An absolute godsend for busty babes who want to not have to modify everything to accommodate their bust.
Rose Reynolds
2024-02-21 21:00:09 +0000 UTCsame!! i hate the way it's crept into every other platform. i want photos and long form content back on their own separate apps, not everything needs tiny video snippets with horrendous auto-playing audio 😞 it's exhausting
Hannah
2024-02-21 20:45:12 +0000 UTC*Butt Naked Betta? Love the idea of revisiting your old work. Maybe revise the mushroom hat? Have you looked up "japanese glowing mushrooms" ? Just MAGICAL. Jellyfish of the land! Add LED's, crystals, moss. Nightshoot? The following isn't the actual mushroom, but super cute. https://i.etsystatic.com/12709031/r/il/1f2f2e/3231080606/il_fullxfull.3231080606_enek.jpg ETA: So psyched for the Zendaya Armor 2.0
Lo Lla
2024-02-21 20:22:55 +0000 UTCA suggestion for "But Make It Better," I'd be very interested to just see how many of your "regular clothing" items that you've made that you actually still wear regularly. Like your pinafores and dresses and blouses. And for ones you don't wear, what is it about those items that keep you from wanting to wear them and trying to fix those issues.
Sacha Wells (Edward.Insane)
2024-02-21 20:08:30 +0000 UTCbackroomfinds.com has a variety of sizes in vintage patterns including some plus size.
The Vintage Queen of Everything
2024-02-21 19:33:25 +0000 UTCI find it difficult to find a personal style. I have things that look nice and things people have liked, but not really a style. You make it look effortless, and I liked your talk about wearing what makes you feel confident.
The Vintage Queen of Everything
2024-02-21 19:29:53 +0000 UTCThank you for everything you do! As a side note, that mushroom sweater you were wearing is SO cute! And the mushroom knitted bandanna you wore in your last video, I have the exact same one 😁🍄
Shayna Adams
2024-02-21 18:36:02 +0000 UTCAbsolutely delighted by the concept of modieval
Madeline Myers
2024-02-21 17:49:30 +0000 UTCi feel the same way about everything being a video! i intentionally dont use tiktok because i dont like it, and every platform has just become tiktok :')
kate
2024-02-21 17:25:55 +0000 UTCJust pausing to say, cause there was a mention of what we're doing while watching this, I am also cleaning. I'm cleaning my kitchen, haven't gotten around to doing more than the bare minimum lately and having someone be doing the same as me helps me actually do it! ^-^
erikka platt
2024-02-21 17:19:06 +0000 UTCI felt this video in my soul. Maybe I too should clean up my creator space… 😅😅😅
Laurel Boss
2024-02-21 16:55:50 +0000 UTCAlso to the person who asked about sewing plus size, if you can, get an adjustable tailor’s dummy. It has made all the difference for me trying to make clothes that fit
Judith Phillips
2024-02-21 16:53:53 +0000 UTCHaha, thanks for following along!! 🥰
Kaynath
2024-02-21 16:53:34 +0000 UTCIt's not really a redo but thinking of your Starbucks dress - do you feel like you're finally up to the Marie Antoinette movie costumes now? I'd love to see you tackle those
Jamie Vassar
2024-02-21 16:49:23 +0000 UTCCanadian eh... I'm dumb. Following and can't wait to delve into the pictures. Thanks.
The Haunted Pirate
2024-02-21 16:48:08 +0000 UTCI love Tiffany Lamps! I've repaired a few, but I've only made a few light-like items this far. Aww, thank you for the well wishes! It might take a while, but I think I'll eventually get where I want to be 💖. You can find me on IG @midnight.rose.rebellion
Kaynath
2024-02-21 16:42:34 +0000 UTCHow sweet of you to take time out to share this information with everyone. Not only do I get to enjoy Rachel on here but knowing that kind, generous people who enjoy the same things and will lift and help one another out is a blessing in this cracked out world we live in! I can't wait to see how the community grows and I look forward to everything it has to offer! Love to everyone here, Ryan.
The Haunted Pirate
2024-02-21 16:36:51 +0000 UTCFor those getting into sewing, I would recommend looking for sew-alongs! A lot of youtubers or indie pattern makers will do multipart videos/blogs that show you how to make a pattern.
Eliza Barger
2024-02-21 16:35:43 +0000 UTCMod-ieval (lol!)
Melissa
2024-02-21 16:34:12 +0000 UTCI have nothing but Tiffany inspired lamps and know how daunting but rewarding making them can be even though I've only ever seen the process, so time is not a friend especially whilst trying to make viral content as well. Sad that you may have to lessen the time for your passion just to survive in this crazy overpriced world we live in! Sending you good vibes for a hopeful turnaround! Where can I find your work if you don't mind me asking? Thanks, Ryan
The Haunted Pirate
2024-02-21 16:30:00 +0000 UTCWAIT, but how but more, "But make it vintage!!!!?"
Jenny Rose
2024-02-21 16:25:21 +0000 UTCOoof, I FEEL the burnout around social media. I went full-time as a stained glass artist three years ago, and at first it was great! I had more commissions than I had time fo,r and my shop updates sold immediately. But as time has passed, it's become harder and harder. There seems to be very little middle ground. You either make it big or you don't. I had more engagement at 3K than I do at 15K. So now I'm on the path of back to full-time office work in order to save for school so that I can be half therapist/half artist. I'm hoping one will support the other and that I can free myself of the algorithm and just make the art that I wanna make, how I wanna make it 💖
Kaynath
2024-02-21 16:23:28 +0000 UTCIt's always fun to see the behind the scenes of the normal videos, and see that Rachel must also Tidy Up! Also, grade A Frodo content right there!! Love to see the Frodo!!
Leigh
2024-02-21 16:19:46 +0000 UTCI personally enjoy the clean and chatty videos, I find them motivating since I am also a crafty person that constantly creates clutter. I've even rewatched your closet purge videos while cleaning out my own closet. It's easier to do it that way 😅🤷♀️
Flora's Fiber Farrago
2024-02-21 16:15:58 +0000 UTCI feel the exhaustion of short-form content. I've always preferred long-form and I wish there was more space for it on current platforms. I say feel free to make even longer chatty videos (or w/e tickles your fancy) for at least Patreon! Always love when a creator I follow just casually chats about other things that they're into/thinking about!
Kismet Creative
2024-02-21 15:58:53 +0000 UTCThis was exactly what I needed today! Not feeling well in my third trimester & I'm snuggled in bed with some herbal tea ❤️ Now to binge watch some older videos and dream of making matching whimsy outfits for me & the upcoming baby!
Diana✨
2024-02-21 15:57:45 +0000 UTCYou are just the best! I'm currently catching up from the beginning with every video you posted on YouTube and I wouldn't mind seeing you redo Belle as she's my favorite Princess from my favorite movie. Your Mod-ieval (very clever) style is epic and those new pictures on Instagram are some of my favorite most beautiful ones of you. I'm also glad to hear you're doing well! Now go kick that Roboticas arse! Much love to you and your family. Your obedient servant, O. G. Ryan That stands for Opera Ghost btw lmfao!
The Haunted Pirate
2024-02-21 15:51:29 +0000 UTC"mod-ieval" made me chuckle
InAnotherCatsle
2024-02-21 15:51:22 +0000 UTCI feel the same about always having to scroll videos. Trying to have a decent crochet insta and all the advice being “make reels” and “make TikToks” is like 😵💫😵💫😵💫
StardustTradepost
2024-02-21 15:47:35 +0000 UTCThis is everything I needed today <3
Kate Kayton
2024-02-21 15:42:14 +0000 UTCHuzzah! It’s warm beverage and blanket time.
Ashleigh Ann Gardner
2024-02-21 15:27:36 +0000 UTCHi!!! To the person who asked about plus size patterns - use the site Sewist.com - it allows you to generate any pattern you want in your EXACT measurements. I'm plus sized and started sewing for myself and quickly realized commercial patterns weren't gonna work for me - but this website is a GODSEND.
Brayden Alexis
2024-02-21 15:27:32 +0000 UTCI have that t-shirt! The amount of confused looks I get when I wear it out is worth every penny spent on it
Amy
2024-02-21 15:09:01 +0000 UTC
