 Hey guys, October has come to an end, so that means we are sharing with you things that we have been loving in the month of October. I actually have some really good signs this month. Me too. Good. I don't know anything about what you have, so September was a little boring, but October I think makes up for it. Make up for it, yeah. Yeah. So how about you get started? Okay. Okay. I should start with my most excited one. I'll leave that for last. So I have been struggling lately with remembering the care instructions for the different garments that I make. Oh my gosh. And I think that that is just kind of a derivative of trying new fabrics and not using the same ones. And so when you branch out into different kinds of fabrics, obviously the care instructions are going to change, they're not always going to be, you know, wash on cold and dry on low. So I didn't do like that. So I said, oh my gosh, it's because I'm just thinking this too. It's like, I got, well, I also got that huge order from Stelminger fabrics. And so I was going on her website and just making notes of how things to, you know, need care for. So I'm really excited to see what you've got to show me. So I went on Etsy and surprisingly, I had a really hard time finding tags for everything, but I ended up finding some from Shushu style. And I'm 99% sure I got every one that they have. So I have a dry, clean only one. I have a machine wash, cold, tumble dry, low remove promptly. I have one that talks about laying flat to dry, hanging to dry, whatever one she had. So those were pre-selected that you could, you didn't like customize this. So pre-selected, I remember them being pretty affordable and they come in packs of 50. I mean, good Lord, I probably have them. So you have to buy 50 of all the same thing? Yes, 50 of all the same thing. Do you want to see all of them? Or I just pulled out one, but no, but I was just thinking we could totally split this. Oh my gosh. I'll pay you for half. Maybe we will. Will you ever make 50 things? I need machine wash, cold, tumble dry, low remove. I don't think so. I don't think so. So yeah, that's something we can arrange. I think we just, sorry Shushu style. I was trying to get you a new customer, but anyways, yeah, it came really promptly and they're, you know, the same quality you would find in your range. Wear garments. So yeah, care instruction tags are my new jam just to help me. So have you been putting them in? I haven't ate anything since I got them. Yeah. But I will. Yeah, yeah. Very cool. Yeah, two of my things that are coming up for the November makes video. One, they're two different instructions, so I'll be able to use two. Very cool. Two out of a hundred. Awesome, awesome. So my first thing I want to talk to you about is the IndySo full winter fabric and pattern release. I've always been a huge fan of IndySo. I get to blog for them, but this release just went above and beyond for me compared to all of the releases. I don't know. I was never really excited about a lot of the releases, but for some reason this one just really was all about me. So I just loved every pattern. I also think the way they styled things, the photography was so nice. It just really drew me in. So I got four of the patterns. So the Chaitown skirt, I'm going to be making that. And I also got the expansion pack to make the Chaitown Chino pants. And what I'm wearing right now, the Toaster Sweater by Sohouse 7. I really, really love this one. This was a nice, quick, kind of easy sew. And then the Lone Tree vest. Well, it can be a vest or a jacket, but I'm going to be making a vest. So I also, this fabric is not from them, but I ordered a bunch of the fabric from the collection. So I got some of the corduroy and the twill. I got the striped. And I also got something to make the pants. And I love how everything all coordinates together. So everything that I'm making out of the collection is all going to like match together. Exactly. Yes, which I'm not, that's really not my thing. I love everything and I'm not very good at, you know, capsule type wardrobe. But I think that everything is going to just look so good together. I'm really, really excited about that. Yeah, it's really cute. Look for that sweet coming up. Cool. My next one is, well, it's library books. I don't know how else to say it. Basically, I have been daydreaming about making a tailored like pico trench coat for a few months now and was really kind of overwhelmed with all of the techniques that go into making something like that. So I went to my local library and I checked out the tailoring for jackets book and took it with me on my trip to Quebec and read it on the plane. People were giving me funny looks like why, what does she do? She seemed so interesting looking at her sewing book on the airplane. It was really kind of weird. But after that, you know, I really started to look at it as like a test run of the book because now I want to go buy that tailoring book. I know that it's really good and, you know, check it out with my library for free. Yeah. So I went to my library, a different one, a different branch that has a bigger one, and I found two other books. They had probably five or so that I wanted, but, you know, I was just trying to keep it simple. So I got one for surger shortcuts because that sounds cool. And then I got one for 101 sewing secrets. So I thought both of these would be something I can kind of just flip through on sitting on my patio enjoying our 90 degree weather. And just so you guys know, we are wearing sweatshirts, sweaters today. My car said 88 when I got out to come to Lindsay's house. We just love them so much. We're trying to like be with all of you guys that are in the north, but I mean anyone in the south. I saw Blinks like patterns was talking about how it's still so hot in Texas. Yeah, but anyways, yeah, these are just kind of just flipped through and I don't I doubt I'll buy these. But you know, yeah, so your library is like a really good resource. I've never thought about that for sewing books. I mean, it's not a huge selection of sewing books, but I mean, they have a bunch and a lot of like really popular brands have written sewing books. I went with our friend Amber to the library has an annual book sale. And we picked out probably 15 sewing books from that sale sorted through them all. We only ended up buying about eight. That sounds like a lot, but for each. So, yeah, I mean, they just have so much stuff there. I just thought it was really great. So I'll look through these and I'll return them and I'll get something else and very cool. Yeah, make my way through all of them. Yeah, I totally will. They have all the ones that have all the patterns and supposedly there's some like within the checkout process. That when they check the books back in, they double check to make sure the patterns are still there. So technically, you could trace off the patterns and, you know, an advanced sewer that knows how to make things without instructions or keep the book long enough to make it. Anyways, you can make, yeah, you can use the sewing patterns. They're all still in there. That's really cool. Yeah, I thought so too. Good. Yeah, sewing books. Okay, so my next thing kind of goes a little bit with previous topic of Indie Sew new patterns. So a lot of the projects that I'm wanting to make require materials that are hard to source vocally. There's lots of different things that are hard to find. So specifically the materials you need for the loan tree jacket and vest. So, do you remember going to Pacific Trimmings? They have a website. I didn't know that. Did you know that? Well, they have drawstring cord in a million different colors. The jacket requires the drawstring cord at the waist, just like your Kelly Interest jacket did. So I really wanted it to match. Sonny, there's no treats in here. So it's still a little tricky to pick the exact right color online. But it's so cheap. It was like $2 or $3 for the drawstring. And I make tons of sweatpants and sweatshirts. So if it doesn't match, I figured, well, I'll just use it for something else. So I got navy because I'm going to be making the navy vest. And then I have dark olive like yours. I can't be sure. So this didn't match. That was the fail. The fail. But does it have to be a perfect match? No, but this is a shade of green that I actually thought looked really nice with it. Because it's like a goldish green and I'm going to use gold snaps on it. So I kind of thought that would look nice with it. And then I ordered cream just in case. Cream matches anything. Well, and you have your cream and gray sweatshirt fabric. Yeah. So I bought Terry and all that. Because I thought of that gray sweatshirt fabric. So in case I decide to make sweatpants with it, like I said it might. Yeah. I got gray. So, and it's really nice quality. It's cotton. You can order the exact yardage you want. So I got two yards of each. So I just thought that was really cool. I have never seen this at Joanne's. I don't know why they don't carry drawstring cord. And they sell. They do. But it's very like three colors. Yeah, it's not. Yeah, you're right. And it's that shinier, more sporty one. I've seen the, what I've seen has been the shinier sporty one. And the other option is cotton twill tape. They sell like cream cotton twill tape. That's it. Yeah. So that's unfortunate. Anyways. Too bad for them. To go with the drawstring. Yeah. These things I want so bad. Yeah. So at the end of the drawstring, you know, you can put these really pretty little metal. I forget what the exact term for them is. I want to call them stock. Stockwood? Cord stockwood? I don't know. Cord stockwood? Or is that the other one? Cord end. It might just be kind of like a cord end. Look, you go on. Yeah. I got the receipt in there. So they have cord ends. I got metal bell cord end. Metal bell cord. They come in different sizes, different shapes. So I got gold, silver and antique brass. They're all falling on the floor. After being in their store, this is a really surprising looking invoice to me. I know. It's like very professional. Well, you know what, though, they, I hate to say this, but they forgot the black. So I'm going to have to call them. I ordered black. They forgot it. Yes. But I'm sure their customer service will be correct. They do have phone numbers. It was super fast shipping, too, guys. I came in like two to three days from New York City. So I know where I'll be doing today. Yeah. So they have all the cord stoppers and they look really nice. They're so cheap. They're reliable. So how did you know? Because I struggled with knowing which size of a hole. Okay. So this I knew was four millimeter. So I was like, well, I guess I need the four millimeter stopper. You do. But you do have to look the ends first, you know, to get them together. Oh, good idea. Or use your spit like I have to. But they do fit. So the four millimeter fit. That's cool. The four millimeter hardware. Did they have different? I'm sorry. I'm like obsessed with your favorite. Do they have different looking ones? No, that's kind of those. Yeah, those were really the only shape of those. But they had a couple different of the cord ends. Okay. Besides the bell. And did you need a tool for that? How do you get it to snap around? I was assuming you just tie a knot and then pull the knot up through and it would just stay. Oh. Yeah. Oh, that's cool. And everything matches. The antique brass. The antique brass. I'm the one that's already made the jacket. I think I need them for my jacket immediately. Well, I would need this one and the thing that matches it. You could use this right now and then we purchase it. Yeah. Because I need the gold right now. Sweet. Thanks. I'm not going to ask for that twice. Anyway, so yeah, obviously it's a great favorite. This is awesome. Yeah. Check out Pacific trimming. They have a ton of other stuff too. Yeah, because there's so many jackets out there that you need this stuff for. There's the Kelly Interrock now. There's the Indyso, what's it called? Vest. The Lone Tree. The Lone Tree. Yeah. The seam work. No. The, the, gosh, the collection that came out. Pacific collection. Who did that? Oh, she's now not doing it. Yeah. What's her name? Soholyx. Soholyx. And she's got a jacket in there that had a drawstring. So yeah, so many of these like sporty outdoorsy type of patterns are coming out and this is stuff you need to make them. Yeah. And it's cheap. And it looks good. It doesn't want cheap at all. Yeah. I am getting the closet case kit as a really, really generous thank you for testing. gave all of us testers the kit in addition to the pattern it was really above and beyond. So I'm interested to compare what that looks like to what this looks like and kind of see. It is different because I looked at hers and her hardware did look different than this. So yeah I'm curious. Yeah me too. Where do you get your goods? Yeah yeah exactly. Yeah all right that's cool. Okay so my last one is sewing related but it's not something you use to sew and it is these really awesome nail decals sewing nail decals. If you follow me on my personal Instagram I posted a picture of my manicure where I was able to put a sewing machine and a needle and thread on my ring finger. I really wanted to put one on every finger but the boyfriend vetoed it and my manicurist was like yeah no I'm not gonna let you walk around like that you look like you're five years old. But on this person's website they don't just have sewing ones. She has probably hundreds. She has sunny, multi-snail decals. Did you get it? 100% yes. It's a little sunny with a little blue color. Oh gosh. And then I got another one that it's almost like your nail look like it's a Christmas gift like it's a red strip with a bow something kind of more simple but I would have I mean I would have gotten so many of them I was just wanting to see what they would be like and how you'd be able to use them and if my manicurist was gonna do it for me I wasn't sure if he was gonna he was hesitant but once we got into it he was real excited you could tell he thought it was pretty cool. Anyway so yeah it's just something fun and kitschy and nobody's noticed it or said anything. No but I look down and I enjoy them. They make you happy when you sew too. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So in addition to the sewing machine and the needle and thread there's also scissors there's a pin cushion and then there's a couple safety pins so yeah they come in two sizes and they were really easy to apply I thought I could probably do it on my own if I didn't go get my nails done so yeah that's an October favorite. Cute. So my last thing is once again kind of related to everything else I've talked about in this video we have talked about the YKK color card before but it was like so long ago and it's really coming to use lately that I feel like it's worth revisiting. Yeah. Because also with all these new patterns that are out right now they require a zipper down the front yes and Joanne's carry is like blue black white and there's you know what else I don't like about there's how heavy the zipper part is like I want a light weight yeah well lightweight metal so this is from zipper stop zipper stop also sells a ton of zippers yes so you get this color chart and then you can match your fabric up to their little strips yeah because the Indy so jacket does not have a zipper is it called a placket yeah the Kelly jacket does but you would still see it if you had your jacket open you still see that one side yeah I'm really funny about matching zippers like I really wanted to be a good match so zipper stop carries a ton of zippers they don't have everything like I wanted to use the brass hardware for my navy twill vest but they didn't carry the navy zipper in the brass finish but they had the navy zipper in the gold so I went with the gold but they did have it in black and some other colors is just a limb more limited selection with the brass but they have a ton to choose from and I thought it's just really helpful to help you match up a zipper I got I went ahead and ordered all my zippers for my chitel skirt I'm gonna make and machinos so now they're gonna match I don't have to use funky ones from Joanne's are those zippers when you order them like sort of custom like this are they very expensive no they're so cheap yeah cheaper than Joanne's yes my six-inch zipper for my chitel skirt cost 50 cents 50 cents and then the big zipper for my my vest was 350 it's like really affordable and the shipping wasn't bad either the shipping was like 3.99 because you know sometimes the prices are like $10 I'm like it's a zipper yeah but yeah it was 3.99 I just got notifications today that it shipped and I ordered it like a day or two ago so click shipping way bigger selection and I figure this is what I told my husband the other night we were talking about it the gas money would take for me to go out to Joanne's to buy a zipper that doesn't even match equals the $4 shipping from zipper stuff and it'll be arrive at my doorstep in a few yeah that's true interestingly enough I have been putting off finishing a skirt because I need olive topstitching thread and I keep telling myself okay I'll go to Joanne's okay I'll go to Joanne's in that time that it's been I could have gotten my ruderman thread card and matched it perfectly and just ordered it would have been here by now and I would have finished up selling my sweet skirt yes so it's also that it's just like you keep putting something off because it's like 30 minutes just to get out there yeah cuz the traffic pretty much I mean it's only like really less than 10 miles yeah traffic and Charles was awful horrible so and that's last time selling instant traffic right and isn't like family owned or something a woman did call me because I tried to order the navy zipper in the color I wanted and I just wrote in the custom number which I thought I could do it apparently can't you have to order 25 of them if you do that so she called me she called me on my phone and you know told me you know that we couldn't do that color and was willing to you know pick a different color that was similar yeah so that was good customer service I mean that was the I ordered that night she called me the next day yeah that's awesome yeah I don't mind supporting them cool we'll see I told you or Abby told you our October favorites were awesome I don't know if I hope they help you out I'm so happy your favorite yeah 100% so so yeah thanks for watching our October favorites let us know something that you've been loving this month in the comments below subscribe to us so you never miss an upload give this video a thumbs up if you found it to be helpful and follow us on our social media that would be so awesome so happy so um yeah we've got a lot of videos coming up so we'll see you guys really soon bye