 Hi you guys, Lindsay here. Welcome back to my channel Inside the Hymn. I know that I was just here with some new patterns from Butterick, but it looks like simplicity has their spring patterns out as well. So I am going to review those with you guys today. We're going to skip through all the kids and babies and men and get to the women's patterns. And the first one we have here looks like casual sportswear. They're calling it like a lifestyle or a wardrobe pattern where you have top, pants, dress, jacket maybe something all in one pattern to help you make up like a little capsule wardrobe. So it looks like this one has pants, two tops, and a dress. And I'm not totally loving any of them if I'm being honest. The line drawing looks better. Maybe this is bad fabric choice. What fabric is that? It's just not super flattering on her to be fitted and then have I mean literally your pleats open up at the widest part of your body. That is like the least flattering thing I've ever heard of. Okay, I mean certainly you could open them higher and that would help a little bit. But there's no waistband. It's got a button, front, the top is pretty basic, long sleeve, same and this is just a basically yeah a t-shirt dress with a belt type tied around. So I don't know. It's also strange to me whenever they use the same model and like overlay her on herself. It looks like triplets. Maybe it is triplets. Yeah, just pretty basic and this is just I don't even know what's happening. Maybe if you have like no hips that would be flattering because it would like give you the illusion of hips. But for those of us that have hips, no thanks. Six to 14 in one size and then 14 to 22 in the other. Alright, what's next? We've got a little top. Okay, this is cute. Cute if not kind of maybe already been done. But okay, we're gonna keep an open mind. So this is like another one of those wardrobe patterns where you've got a dress jacket and pants and shorts and top. Okay, here are the line drawings. This is again what is happening with the shorts. I mean on her they look okay because she has like no thighs. Oh but look at this. No wonder I like that dress so much. Double vertical fisheye darts, side seam pockets. I mean I can even get behind the doleman sleeves. For this shaping, oh yes, let's look at the dress. Super cute. The fabric is a little little on the stiff side in my opinion for the for the doleman. You could go a little bit draper, a little bit softer but it's cute. Here's the okay so this is the dress unbuttoned, worn like a jacket. That's kind of fun. The pants are cute. I do like this little detail on the pants. I don't love a scoopy. This scoopy pocket doesn't do well for anyone with hips slash pockets are better. Well they're kind of in the middle of slashy and scoopy. So just depend on how curvy you are and how good of a fit you can get on them. They look curvier on her than they do in the line drawing. So I'm gonna I'm gonna say the sample is more accurate. But even the top is super cute. The top room, oh look at her fishtail braid. I love that. Um uh what was I gonna say? The top reminds me of, is it the McCalls one? McCalls are simplicity where it had all those pleats right here you know. This is a little bit draper. Maybe like a linen rayon blend or something and so I'm getting more intentional um bubbles and wrinkles and puckering and all of that than the pink version. But still I could never wear those shorts. But if you can, more power to you. The dress is really cute. A little plain up here but really cute. Sizes are 10 to 18 and then 20 to 28. So that does go into the larger size range there. All right we've got a Mimi G getting all sexy up in here. Okay we've got a jacket and dress. The jacket's cool. It's like a shortened trench. Right that's that's kind of fun. One button, drawstring waist. It's got the little like uh what are those called gun flaps? Uh and the shoulder. Oh applet is that the right word? I can't remember. Um so very traditional you know trench styling but it's just short. That's fun. The dress though well god I don't know it looks good on her. I would think it would be a little slinky dinky and like maybe more suited for bedtime um but I don't know she lives in Miami. You know if you're going on a vacation somewhere I could see you wearing that out and not looking like you were in a nightgown. The back is really great. This scoop and how it fits that's spectacular. Yeah it's like uh gathered or something. Oh it also has adjustable straps that's that's thoughtful. I gotta say I'm digging this. I'm digging this whole look. Um what is let's see what the so cotton types. So the jacket would be Dupeoni, lightweight denim, satin, shantung, tapeta, and twill. I mean lightweight versions of all of those for sure. Be in shally, crepe, and silky types. Yeah that makes sense. That's kind of fun. Good job Mimi. Oh the sizes I'm sorry I keep forgetting to do that. Um it's six to 14 and then 16 to 24. All right our next Mimi G new pattern release for spring are these pants and this top. All right who's getting Cali shirt dress from the top right? Cute on her. Cute on her. And then the pants are very interesting. So you've got pocket flaps with a button, button fly, and side cargo pockets also with a button. Maybe it's the fact that the buttons are a contrast color but look how she gets this fit. Okay curvy girls who've ever made Mimi G's pants patterns. Are they drafted for a curvy girl or is she making significant alterations to get them to fit her butt and waist because this that's happening that you can barely see underneath her top is me. You know how it's super small here and then very wide here. So is she making adjustments or is this how her pants are drafted? Let me know what you know in the comments. The top is cute but if any of you have ever sewn indie patterns before we've seen this. Yep here's the line drawings. Okay yeah I'm thinking that the pants could be cool with different buttons. Pants could definitely be cool. All right sizing is six to 14 and then 16 to 24. All right oh the pattern hacking patterns. Okay these are always fun depending I'll say with a caveat depending on what the hacks are. It is not a hack to shorten something. Okay so number one is to shorten it but they also have hacks for flutter sleeves and lapels and a higher neckline with a cap sleeve. So okay those are decent enough differences I guess. Here they are. In general the basic pattern is kind of cool. I like this center panel then with the gathers. That to me seems flattering. She certainly looks comfortable and they did get a good fit. They're not going to show us the back though. What does the back look like? We have the princess seams. Okay so I mean it's a little on the basic side. I wish they showed even illustrations though of these other guys but it's kind of cool and I bet you'd learn a lot from like redrafting all these sleeve options. The neckline is like obviously you just omit that you know but extra extra small through extra extra large just the one size. All right here's their other pattern hack. It is so you add a drawstring you shorten it and then you oh there's a cold shoulder option so you cut open the seam. Okay not too impressed with those options. There you go. I also don't really like just love a kimono that's just really not my thing. Cute here though. Right and it's wrong of me to feel offended that they put the Asian girl on the kimono. Okay fabrics are batik, burnout, shali, cotton lawn, double georgette, blah blah blah. Yeah we got it. All right here is something called the pocket skirt. Oh okay well she looks very young. It's oh is it cool? Is it not cool? I can't tell. Let's look at more pictures. It's kind of cool. I don't like that top though. That's very distracting. I want to see the waistband. I mean if you're selling me a skirt show me the freaking skirt. Like just tuck a t-shirt in you know. Okay well there's a portion of the back of the waistband thanks. I also think this fabric is too stiff. It'd be cooler if it was like way draperier and these little pocket openings just kind of fell closer to the body. Let's see what these line drawings are like. And I know you're also thinking this is going to add width to your hip so it won't be flattering but I actually think it's the opposite. If you can show your waist which she's not doing so that's not a great illustration but if you can show your waist and your waist is like a narrow part of your body maybe not for apple shaped people but for pears or hourglass or even like boy boy shape the straight up and down one it can distract from the hip. But so even if you weren't into these like buckety pockets which I think are quite cool you have these ones too. I don't know I think this I think it's cool. I think it's fun and hip and different but I just would never style it this way like ever. Then maybe too long. I don't know I don't know how I feel about this. Now I'm second guessing myself. All right sizes are 6 to 14 and then 14 to 22. All right now we've got skirt and pants okay basic which is fine basics fine. Shallow, crepe, double door jet, lightweight denim okay we get it and then there's a waistband not a waistband waistband not a waistband and then different lengths one dart but it is rather long in the back. Um see you sell me a skirt you tuck in a top is that so hard? I don't know it feels very like a-line-y and that that's tough for me. I still would have to do a full seat adjustment on a-line. I do dig the pants though the pants are cool. The pants are really cool. I love how wide they are. Yep same fabric for both sizing is standard. All right now we've got this like a retro-y pattern look at that hair wow all right well we'll flip through quickly look at that shaping this one's cute okay oh okay got it. Sizing starts at 10 10 to 18 and then 20 to 28 all right we've got a top pattern this looks a little interesting got several options this is different scallop sleeves so if you've never sewn scallops before this would be a good way to try it and then also like this whole piece is one so it's technically a dolman sleeve with a princess seam this is kind of cool I'm liking this they only made the one version square neckline too you don't see that very often super cute with the styling of the jeans and the white sneakers although what is that but look at all these options so you've got a tie like a almost like a trim recording and then maybe even like a pleat here something's going on here and then you've got this little inset of trim and maybe lace and then the little openings a little slits have been moved to the side here's the version we've been looking at the blue version you've got one without sleeves you've got one without sleeves and this cute little asymmetrical ruffle then you've got one with these huge ruffle sleeves sewn in I mean that's completely different than all these other ones cool and then all the backs have these two little button this is fun to me I like this and I mean the the princess seams in the back are basically the long fisheye darts so you have stripping you can get it to fit you here are the other versions in illustration form I think this is super cute very wearable very practical very versatile love it the sizing goes from six to 24 and well I'm sure you have all your standard let's see batik, chambray, cotton, gingham, linen, satin, shirting, silky types yeah all the the basics for a top cute we're gonna skip Gertie oh look at this zoom and okay so the peasant style is a trend it's back the 70s are kind of back this to me is kind of late 70s but still cute a little short uh so young but cute right do we like this I think that's adorable I would totally wear that and I need more tops here are the other line drawings so you have one with the bishop sleeve you have one with a ruffle sleeve no sleeve and then this little super peasanty sleeve and then you also have a fitted bodice and a flared bodice so I would probably go for the flared bodice simply because I like to eat oh and then this is what the backs look like cute I like that one too good job same fabric applications as the previous top your sizing goes from six to 22 I love that all right the origami dress this is the same sort of uh what am I trying to say it's the same thing as the pocket dress the same like segment of simplicity patterns why can't I think of that word but what does the origami dress mean I don't know that you can tie it or untie it okay well let's look at some pictures maybe it'll explain it better so it looks like a dress with a coat over top dress up a little coat over top and then this is just the dress I'm confused do you guys get it it's cute I just don't understand I don't understand what's the difference between this and this anybody out there seeing something I'm not seeing why isn't there like an explanation on here for what's happening what is the difference between A and B I mean on here B is contrast for the dress part I don't get it you guys get it it doesn't even explain I don't get it what's the origami dress mean if you know leave it in the comments help us all understand what's happening here it's cute and I feel like I would wear it and make it and just missing the point like why isn't this just like a regular pattern why is it the what's origami about it can you take this little top thing off is it a separate coat and dress are these all one what is going on one size pattern extra extra small to extra extra large details simplicity sewing pattern misses dress like literally no details oh here's the envelope bag we already looked at that and from back view is where you looked at those so I don't know okay now we've got dresses and tops okay these are kind of cool definitely getting a bit of a vintage II vibe oh here's that damn top with the pocket skirt I like this little thingy that's cute uh here she is it does seem super simple to sew dolman sleeve basic neckline other than this little detail pockets and a big wide hem what's the back look like oh the back of the gathers wait what this is the origami dress line drawing and why is that there oh man okay let's figure out what's happening here weird did they make a mistake eight eight seven eight eight seven eight eight seven eight eight seven eight you guys help me what am I missing the sizes are even different what happened maybe it's called the simple shift and it's that same um type of pattern as the origami dress so are they telling me that this can be converted into this in no way okay well I have to skip these because either something's wrong or something's wrong with me or something's wrong with simplicity so it has to be a mistake something's going on there so we'll come back to that in a few days when they get it figured out okay now we've got a very large kaftan a reproduction of this 9608 from maybe the 60s oh yeah look it's a square with arm holes or a rectangle with arm holes so I don't know are kaftans your thing do you like kaftans sure does look comfy here are the line drawings I mean I'm sure it has its place in a wardrobe I'm just not sure where in mine I wish it said from which year it was inspired that would be fun but I mean I know that people wear these out in public and they look super chic I just don't know if I would look super chic one size fits all then we've got a vintage I'm gonna skip over uh what is this okay interesting little dress pattern again I don't know how flattering it would be on me but let's see what we think of it so empire waist with the little bust gathers button front and then this little curtain this little gathered um panel I guess you also have this version with the ruffle that becomes your sleeve this one also does not have the button front but has these really beautiful darts and then you have just a shortened version without that little panely thing all right here's our model I mean it looks good on her I just I can I'm just imagining it coming in here on the waist and then wide on the hips and then wide on the bubble on the hip on this panel thing you know I don't know how flattering that would be this literally tells me nothing about the dress it's a beautiful picture of her though but shows me nothing about this dress all right here are the line drawings you know see how this is just so sort of straight yeah I don't know if it's for me but it is really cute and I love the like nod to the 40s it's giving me 30s 40s um this one is sizes 10 to 28 I'm loving her version look at how cool her hair is fun okay so it is basic bodice center front seam skirt is this a knit dress pattern um you have sleeves sleeveless scoop neck high neck and then this little tie sleeve uh very flattering as this knit that's what I wanted to find out yes size for stretch knits only so comfy and cute right it actually looks way better on her I think the curve her curves I don't know it just looks cuter love it I love this little sleeve detail too fun fun fun it is a little basic I mean there's not much to it interesting that there are bust starts in a knit pattern though I don't see that very often um but yeah you could make this in a thousand different versions because you know knit prints and solids and all that are so varying um it would look like a different dress every time and I have them with this little um waist seam in the center front seam and really cute really comfortable let me get the sizing already yeah 10 to 28 okay skipping Gertie all right now we've got this pullover dress this looks cute again a little bit uh for the prairie trend but I like it so it looks like waist seam with darts notched neckline with either like a lace detail or a inset with a tie or trim with a tie and then you've got these bishop sleeves which I love you've got this little I don't know cap sleeve thing regular short sleeves sleeveless then you've got a this panel on a knee length version the panel on a maxi version then you've got this like non-gathered panel I mean there's so many options so so many options I love that they've just got the one picture of her though cute I mean look at all this guys let's just look at the fun fun fun oh look at the scallop on this one that's cute and obviously you could put this here um swap all this stuff interchange interchange all of this that's cool I like that chambray cotton lawn cotton types double legit lightweight linen types yeah I mean I'd also add um crepe to this cool sizing is four to 20 four to 20 okay wrap tie dress okay hold on hold on so we've got a square neckline bust darts different sleeve lengths and then this contrast like patchwork something I don't know I don't really like it yeah it's just maybe I don't know why I don't like about it but it feels weird to me woven and then you go out and you find this contrast band thing but even if you don't let's say you made it out of all white fabric or all the same fabric even still it's just not maybe special I don't know it is very large tie though and they're sewn into the side seams I don't know it feels a little strange and fussy four to 20 on that okay now we've got a gown which I'm not going to spend too much time on because who really wears gowns I mean it's pretty though look at this little drapey action and I'm sure there's boning holding this up uh look at this version look at B where it like drapes down and then there's a sleeve attached fascinating oh look at that that's cool huh how fun how fun those are really cool I wish we could have seen more of them made up look it's one of the triplets pretty they did a good job pretty very pretty okay like I said you're not going to spend too much time on this uh so these are more like prom tops and skirts crop tops do I need to look through the crop tops with everybody wow please don't wear that to prom his suit super cool oh here we go oh it's just the tops not the skirts interesting all right well maybe sew a skirt onto the bottom of these I don't know I know it's young and cool and hip to show your midriff at fancy occasions like this girl but meh I can see why little girls would want that though all right well that is going to do it for spring simplicity spring there are definitely a few that I will be grabbing like 8872 but let me know what you thought were there any that really stood out to you what will you be adding to your stash which ones did you love or hate um and honestly those questions that I asked like what an origami dress is if you have the answers please let me know in the comments but until next time I will talk to you all very soon bye