 hi you guys I am back for another big four pattern review this time it is new looks new collection. This is their spring I think it's I think the ones I've been reviewing lately have all been spring collections and then we'll see from some of them in early summer and then summer from everyone hopefully but let's take a look so new look is the one that's at Joanne for $3.99 every single day no coupons none of that they also sell them for $3.99 online here I don't know if these go online on sale oh wait I don't know if these go on sale online I don't think so but during the times when they say all brands does that include no look I'm not sure so either way the only difference most of the time is is your shipping costs so I love shopping the wall of new look when I'm at Joanne just because I know I'm going to not pay a fortune and it doesn't matter what day of the week it is but let's take a look at the new spring collection see what we think and I also am interested to see about sizing for new look because from what I could tell even as recently as their last collection it was still only misses so this one is sizes 10 through 22 and I also want to say that they always put all of their sizes in one envelope so we'll have to see how that shakes out in terms of sizing but all that to say let's take a look at this new knit dress easy to sew pullover dress has front inset elasticized waist and narrow hem bodice options include loose fitting bias cut surplus or sleeveless with scoop neck designed for moderate stretch knits so we have I don't know what this inset is that they're speaking of but it's a you know mock wrap with a shoulder gathered shoulder detail and just a long grown on sleeve there's an actual separate pattern piece here just a long run on sleeve into a pretty substantially wide elastic waistband it's interesting to me that the waistband is not gathered but it's gathered above it and below it how are they doing that the casing maybe you gather up this dress first then apply the casing oh I don't know about that I don't know that's that's stumping me at the moment but you have this long maxi link and then you have a midi link and then the sleeveless with a crew neck so you're going to get two bodices with this pattern that's a pretty good deal for four bucks um and then like just a basic skirt that you can make whatever link you want here's a look through the illustrations alright here's the back okay so the back does have gathered on the waistband so maybe there's only elastic through the back and the fronts are just gathered above and below the casing here's the back of the envelope they give you little to no information but the size is 10 through 22 which translate into a gosh none of it really matters it's all very loose and the waist is the fitted part but that's just from the elastic so I think you should just face it off of the finished bust measurement and then get your elastic to fit but at least your bust you will be swimming in the in the bodice they're not going to give us finished garment measurements for anything other than the length so this looks to be the last of the big four that is adopting some of the rules that they have put in place for simplicity mccalls and vogue all right that's disappointing that also doesn't give me very much hope that there's going to be women sizing in this collection either all right so we have a bodysuit a long-sleeved bodysuit has either a deep v-neck wrap front or a mock neck bodysuits are a staple okay I don't need you to tell me that all right so that's how you're getting into this one this one oh I can't see there must be a zipper in the back so here and brave choice to not put her in any pants with this I mean I guess how well it's supposed to show that it's a bodysuit I don't know but kind of reading like swimwear to be honest and also you're telling me this is not sewn down there's no way this has to be sewn down you can see this is taking such a strong curve here there's no way this fabric will be holding that by itself so I want to see what other kind of shenanigans are going on I will say that in terms of fit they did a really good job making sure we've got some negative ease throughout so that it's nice and fitted oh good she put on pants how cute there's wait yeah no that's not a zipper so that just must be some really stretchy fabric what about the mock neck there's no way you're getting in that mock neck without a zipper oh the snaps duh I'm not losing my brain very much right now you guys are all probably screaming at your computers my bad so yeah you put it on over your head duh I don't know what I was thinking but I'm pretty sure the wrap is also sewn down even more so now that I'm thinking of the snaps on the bottom okay duh so we have extra small to extra large in this pattern it translates to size six to 24 that gives us a bust of 30 and a half up to 46 and you can see here finish garment wise there's five inches of negative ease so and I know that sounds like a lot but I'm telling you guys if you want something super fitted this zero ease one inch of ease that's why I keep talking about on some of these other patterns where they look like fitted to the body like the fabric is stretching to get around the body a little bit and there's one inch of positive ease I'm like there's no way it's going to fit like that there's just no way you have to have negative ease and they're not talking anything about percentage of stretch they have this pick a knit rule but I imagine this fabric they're requiring is going to be 100 stretch and also possibly four-way stretch and if that's the case if you find a fabric you love but it's not as stretchy like a jersey you absolutely will have to size up to create less negative ease which seems like contradictory but anyway stretch knits such as jersey spandex blends stretch lame okay stretch velvet and then two-way stretch for your crotch lining you need a little like the littlest amount of treco and then there's elastic for the leg lines and also probably that front neck line one and almost two yards of this one and seven eighths I think that says of three three-quarters oh I can't read the numbers that are this small also for b1 invisible zipper well maybe I'm not losing my mind there is an invisible zipper back here oh okay okay so you do need that to get in I would have thought you'd been able to just pull this over your head if it's stretchy enough your fabric I would try I would make up the little mock neck and try and pull it on over my noggin and if it goes over I'd forget about the zipper if it doesn't go over though if your fabric isn't stretchy enough then yeah you will need that because that's not even gonna go over your head next we have a pleated skirt now these little like you know little schoolgirl skirts with the pleats all around are definitely a trend um the little tennis skirts you know all of that really really making a strong statement in fashion right now I think the way that they're doing it is so modern and updated you can see she even has this little like penny loafer but it's like chunky on the bottom you know what I mean and like a monochromatic like they really are making them seem a lot less like a schoolgirl and more just like a really feminine like cute look um I kind of really love them I've been trying them on at Goodwill but haven't found one that fits yet um so maybe I will be making my own it can't be that hard it just can't be well it says easy to sew short or midi length pleated skirt has a side zipper opening an optional ribbon detail so I love a side zipper I don't know about a midi length on this that could get a little bit frumpy but the shorter you go the cuter it is I'm just gonna say um they have done theirs here in like either that's an actual twill or it's printed to look like twill the ribbon trim is a nice detail I've been seeing them just in like white twill um so you can go super simple with this too it doesn't have to be like a printed fabric at all there's a little floral one there's a longer one and there's your little side zipper I love that they did it in orange let's see the back are we gonna get this tank top or this t-shirt that's cute um oops I did that a bunch last time I think the way the website works now is a little bit different than it used to be and it's very sensitive to the scrolling but yeah it's cute right you guys have to admit that I wonder how the hem is done is the hem in here somewhere let's see if it's noted on the line drawings it is not so six to 16 on the size range yikes that is a waist measurement of 23 to 30 wow um that's pretty limiting they're not giving us spinach garment measurements but I imagine it's only like one or two inches larger than these so like 25 to 32 is what I would guess it is that's really too bad I mean that's way too small for me um I don't know how difficult it would be to uh like uh grade it out or like you know create a bigger size it's probably starting off as something like a square and then you put all your pleats in I don't know I don't even know if that's really worth it man okay um suggested fabrics or cotton blends gabardine crepes and satin and you need a little bit of interfacing there's a zipper and the optional ribbon trim six to 16 come on I guess maybe because it is such a trend among like Gen Z they're thinking that it's like a younger trend and I hate that okay easy to sew pull on tops feature pleated bodice and square neckline with elastic gathers at shoulder short sleeves are either flutter or gathered with ruffles so we're still we're still doing this this big sleeve thing the square neckline thing all of that is still happening now is this the same as these because this oh you know what they might have done they might have like pinned this back to give her a little bit more shape and then you can see it in the pictures no oh how embarrassing if that's the case either way there's no waist seam these are all just like pleats that release into the peplum I got to see the back of this because that does that looks like there's a waist seam it looks like there's an obvious v there and in the line drawings they are straight a line here is this yeah it's hard to tell what they've got going on but they have given her a waist somehow and I'm just not getting that from the line drawings at all like the line drawings are definitely a line which is adorable I don't need every single thing I have to be like a fit and flare I don't need everything to have a defined waist sometimes it's just enough to have like a loose flowy top and have a pretty you know neckline showing and that's enough for what it's worth lengthening this into a dress would also be super adorable and really easy to do super easy to do the sizing on this is 8 to 18 that's going to take you to a bust of 31 and a half to 40 finished that's 36 to 44 so I will say there is four and a half ease inches of ease in this bust which is kind of a lot I bet you anything that's why they're tucking her in this is not four and a half inches of ease it's just not I mean that's like maybe one um so I think they put it on her and it was just too big and they needed to you know not have it look like a potato sack so they did they pulled her in you can even see under here how some of that's happening um hey okay so yeah I think I think that that's what's happening I stand corrected they can prove me wrong but you can even see through here how big this neckline is um yeah I think it's just it's too it's grayed it out too much there's too much um design ease so with that said though that probably means you if you are a size 20 or maybe even a 22 you could probably make this the bust is the most important part if you have a smaller bust you can you know make up your own sizes out here because there is so much ease in that bust if you're confused about how I'm getting there you can download my fast fit worksheet on my website inside the hem.com um and that's sort of how I think about sizing for all my projects um all right but fabric wise they're they're suggesting batik, shali, cotton blends, crape machine, dotted swiss, lightweight linens and silky types yeah so all of your woven lightweight to the lighter end of midweight you need elastic for your sleeves if you're doing that option um also for a oh elastic for the shoulder seam too for the strap I don't know what you call that the top of the sleeve um and then bias tape I do think it could be really really cute I do love the design but I think the sizing is going to be way off on this one okay now we've got this mrs top similar to the one we just saw um but instead of having those pin tux or those pleated darts that are released it's just little pleats in the waist seam anyways this is how they describe it easy to sew peplum top with front and back inverted pleats have three quarter or short all in one sleeves and invisible back zipper closure okay so as I was saying you have instead of uh closed pleat closed pleat closed pleat that releases in the bottom here you just have it literally like tacked down just this one little area um and it is a peplum a true peplum in that it has a waist seam so you do have to pay attention to where this hits on your body this looks a little long wasted I think her natural waist is probably up here somewhere and here's where the seam is so keep that in mind also it is a grown on sleeve so keep that in mind too there's no sleeve seam here so you are going to get some bunching you got to pay attention to your fabric when you're doing that if your fabric doesn't drape well and create like a pretty fold it's going to look funky on your body also that said it can't be too drapey because then it won't hold these it's a delicate balance a fine line that we um that we walk when it comes to picking fabric for our projects it is sweet it's giving me um like banana republic like I'd see you making it out of like a silk or like a crate back satin or something and having a really pretty like layering piece for like workwear I don't know about it so much for like casual that feels a little I don't know I don't know that I would like just wear it you know as just like I don't know is that it feels uncomfortable to me and I can't explain why it should it's not going to be uncomfortable but it just feels like it would be something that I would be like tugging on a lot I don't know just that's that's my initial reaction but it doesn't even matter what I think because the sizing is size six to 16 and I cannot wear that I mean a 30 inch waist that's just like oh my gosh even in the stores like you look at jeans a size 30 is equivalent to a six right it's eight maybe so you're meaning to tell me you're only making clothes up to a size eight and women's ready to wear that's just wild all right so shali charmeuse crape de sheen double georgette mat jersey knit and silky types and then yeah finished waist is 32 and a half inches I will say two inches of ease is a lot in the waist not a lot but a lot for this no it's not I'm moving my talk what am I talking about it's not that's just the sizing is just not acceptable there's just no way around it like you can't tell me that more of your target demographic has a waist of 25 inches versus 32 and up there are people that have 25 inch waist and by all means they should have patterns that fit them too but if you can only pick six sizes which is a problem in and of itself if you can only pick six you're meaning to tell me you're going to include the one that has a waist of 25 inches I'm just saying pick the median pick the middle where the most people are most people are not but 25 inch waist I don't know that's just how I feel about that I I knew the sizing on new look was bad I didn't know it was this bad yeah all right this is mrs shorts and pants easy to sew loose fitting shorts and wide leg pants have front waistband and pleats elasticized back casing side front pockets and stitch seams I already have patterns like this this is nothing new in terms of design not I'm thinking about the last two really are nothing new in terms of design either those other tops it's maybe a bit of a minute since I've seen them but I definitely have pants that I've made that look just like this I will say the leg on this is super super wide that might be a big difference in the ones that I have it's not a hard change for me to make but if you're not into making alterations I can see how that would be overwhelming but you do have a little curved pocket some pleats as they said a nice big waistband the waistband looks curved on her and flat on the line drawings that's concerning to me I'm interested to see what these look like in the back for her but nice big wide leg oh they're not even going to give us a picture of the back of her well there you have it that explains it all I don't need to know anything more than that if you're not showing me a picture there's a reason right especially when all the other patterns we've looked at have had a photo gosh I know that I'm sounding so like critical and nitpicky right now but I think I'm just like it's 2023 like I'm over these problems like I don't know maybe tonight we have to film this but you're getting a true reaction that's for sure all right size 10 through 22 so it's two side they remove two sizes from the smaller end and added three to the upper end that just makes so much more sense to me it just does okay so the waist is a size 25 up to 37 finished they're not going to give us the finished waist but you got to imagine well it has the elastic in it maybe that's not maybe that's why because it's so loose fitting everywhere and then you have the elastic in the in the back I would still check the front part of the waistband maybe and make sure that that wraps around you comfortably and then leave the back but the fact that that because it has to be straight in the back the waistband has to be straight in the back because of the elastic the fact that that front is curving so much that makes me feel like something's wrong with the rise maybe I don't know something's not right there that should have been straight across her body you're not going to have a curved front waistband and then a straight back one so that I'm leery that would that would that's a strong orange flag like not quite red I think we could fix it but it's you don't know what you're doing like if you yeah that that's going to be a problem fabric requirements are light weight to medium weight woven fabrics such as gauze shali crepes and crepe to sheen now I will on a positive note say I love it when they do this lightweight to medium weight woven fabrics and then they give a few suggestions I don't know why we're not doing this and this goes for McCall simplicity everybody I wish they all did this little bit here such as these three or four that way you could look up those three or four see if you like them maybe you don't and if you don't then you know that this category is much more broad and you can find something else that's not one of these in this and it's just this is so limiting to someone who doesn't know a lot about fabric so I like when they do that I wish they did I was across the board they did that more often and I'm happy to see it here just wish I saw it more okay next we have this top and skirt this easy to sew sleeveless knit top with bias tape finished pairs perfectly with the midi length skirt that has side front pockets side invisible zipper and front slit are they both knit knit so the most basic knit tank top you can think of this is borderline this looks really good here in terms of shoulder length this one that does too but maybe it because it's not cut in at all that's what it is and that's okay that's a design choice you just have to you know really look and make sure that it's not too big at the shoulder this is a design choice that's fine if you want it to be a little bit more feminine you can always cut this in a little bit more and then it hits at the high hip and then you have this midi skirt with a little front slit I think the skirt's got to be woven otherwise there wouldn't be a zipper oh that's not true there would be oh there it is tucked in oh good so we can see the waistband thank you for doing that so you have a pretty decent like one maybe one and a quarter inch waistband you have the pockets that look to be squared off but on the inside and I think they're topstitched either and then your side zipper and the back with it so they are doing a lot of things right here just not necessarily the things that matter most like the priority list is a little bit out of order um but I talked to you guys about this a lot when it comes to waistbanded things and that is this little guy right here you guys all see that bubble right there right that just means that there and you can see there's a drag line here and here and here and all of that is pointing to where her bum so what's happening is there's not enough width there's not enough it's it's technically too small through here but this way she needs more fabric to go up and over her butt if it were a width wise problem these would be a lot more horizontal because they're all pointing downward she needs a full seat adjustment which is just where you slice through right here and add a little wedge and that wedge is going to cause all of this to even out and then you won't have this and you won't have any of these none of those just a little bit more room for like it's the difference between a bubble butt and like just wide hips so if you carry most of your if your hip measurement this circumference of your hip is mostly in your bubble butt like it sticks out front to back more than side to side that adjustment is going to help you get a really good fit okay 10 to 22 again that looks to be pretty standard for anything that has a bottom I'm guessing so we have the hip for the skirt hip for the skirt has yeah two and a half three inches that makes sense for a fitted skirt they're not giving us waistband measurements which is a little frustrating but um the bust for the top has one inch of positive ease that makes sense for a top like that and you can tell the difference right between how this top fits versus how that body suit fit right and why the body suit would have so much negative ease whereas this one is not super like like tight to her body okay fabric wise they're recommending interlock jersey ity bamboo modal and then for the skirt you get chambray cotton blends linen blends pk satin seersucker stretch wovens double knit and paunty yeah couldn't agree with more with all of those options lightly fusible a package of bias tape for the arm size and your invisible zipper for the skirt okay next we have this dress v-neck dress has flared skirt sleeveless or three-quarter length sleeves and optional self belt dresses have back invisible zipper and back waist darts v-neck dress flared skirt this is just like a fit and flare okay again it's very long wasted this last time it was like an inch or two this time we're talking like three or four inches too long um and it could be an issue with how she's got her hip pops but we do have a bit of a neckline issue here that i do think the arm side looks really beautiful how it's cut in it might be too big it might be too big it's like i would be when we get to the ease i'm gonna be guessing that there are four inches or more in this bodice um and then it's like a maybe half circle skirt they have attached and then you can make this little belt to match this is very much what was for sale in patterns when i started sewing like back in 2010 um interesting that it's coming back like this i mean i had a gajillion patterns just like this one i loved this little princess seam detail so flattering in a circle skirt you cannot go wrong with the circle skirt okay here's the back again too big you can see it pulling away from her body here and also even creating this bubble which is just like and look how wide it is here like this is like two sizes too big for her and you can also really see through here how long the waist is like her waist and maybe it's here three inches but this could all be raised like a lot and then of course it'll make it shorter too but pretty simple classic design these types of dresses are just they go back decades and decades and decades women have been wearing them for the longest time and everybody looks fabulous in them all right size 8 to 18 that gives us a bust of 31 and a half to 40 finished is 34 and a half so there's three inches of ease i bet there's three inches of ease and that dresses a size too big for that model so just just double check get the fast fit worksheet maybe size you know reduce the ease in the bust to two inches um and then double check the waist you know should only have about two inches of ease too and then the skirt is negligible because it's just so full they do have like suggested ease charts if you guys have my ultimate sewing garment guide of guides it's like a free guide on my also on my website um in there is a like suggested ease chart based on the fit like fitted loose fitting semi-fitted and also like the part of the body that you're trying to fit so that can help you kind of figure out how much ease should be in a particular garment at a particular place on your body okay this one's sweet again we've kind of been here done this right we've seen a lot of these like um almost like corseted belted types of designs for a few seasons now um this is an easy to sew button front dress with short or long sleeves fitted bodice with front midriff back yoke and gathered skirt with side seam pockets so i do love a beautiful under bust seam i mean when it's gathered it's just so sweet so feminine deep v here deep v i mean it is going a little bit past her bust apex even um some gathers up here the sleeves a little wide like the length here is a little bit long you know i take it back to about here um i'm getting the the the i'm getting the impression though that for the most part these aren't pattern design issues these are size issues i think all of these dresses are too big for this model this one's way more forgiving than some of the other ones but i think you can see it in places like this um and then if they are like nipping and tucking her in the back with pins or whatever like we could see in that last the other photo then they're just lying to us that's how i feel i feel like i'm being lied to when they don't show me the exact fit that they got using the exact fit model sizing or however they do it anyways here's your little yoke and then some more gathers into the skirt a ton of buttons going down the front um and then you do have a sweet little um kind of lantern sleeve with a band here the size i don't know if i like a seven eighths inch length on a sleeve it just feels like somebody made a mistake that's just me personally i'd rather see it all the way down to the wrist or half i don't even know if i like three quarter sleeves with a band to be honest but that's just me yeah it's a great dress you could do absolutely anything in this dress you could go to church go to work you know go out with your girlfriends go on a date depending on your fabric and all of that you could i mean this dress will take you everywhere so there's the back really nice back i don't see any too many problems length wise i mean again maybe maybe with the waist but even that's not too too bad i love the little gathers here the sleeve again you can see how her her shoulder is or even better here actually you can see this is where her shoulder her arm is actually attached to her shoulder right here um so this is where the sleeve seam should be and then it kind of that little bubble that's right there is supposed to go bubbling over her sleeve cap over her shoulder cap not it should start way up here and go up and over she shouldn't have this bubble at all in other words so okay so six to sixteen again um finished bust is 34 so again another well this one wow that this one has three and a half inches of ease again probably what is explaining the shoulder fit um and it's hard to tell how i mean it's hard to tell if this fit on the i mean i don't see how else you get those gathers there unless someone's pulled it up in the back and has it pinned this also does not look like three and a half inches of ease to me so just i guess just know that like three and a half inches is not technically a fitted garment it's closer to loose fitting um and that when you have a dress that's supposed to be fit and flare even if it has a little bit of blousing to it you still shouldn't be going much more than two and a half or three inches of ease i know a half inches that sound like much but i mean it can make the difference between looking super frumpy and like you're drowning in your clothes versus not i mean i would err on the side of a for the dress that this design for a two inch bust ease for sure and then they give us the hip measurement which is like why like we don't need the hip measurement on this we know it's a full skirt give us the waist man you guys comment a lot about how they should hire you you should so if ever there's been a time or need for that i feel like it's now so new look call me up my phone lines are open let's figure this out together my goodness i don't know is Mimi just like like new looks on their own for now she's done so much so much good positive progress for the other collections and it's almost like now that those have caught up this is even more strikingly not good you know what i'm saying that they you can tell just how behind the times they are before it was kind of like well you know how big four is they're kind of all like this but now that the other ones aren't and this is the only one that is it's like man man you guys are missing out all right this is a wrap dress with length and sleeve variations features romantic ruffles and long sleeves or sleeveless options um so wrap dress and i'm assuming this is a true wrap dress um it has it does not have gathers here but there is something happening there is a little bit of a pucker here it's pointing to the bust it looks like maybe it's pointing actually to the shoulder and there's too much fabric here i don't know hard to tell because just how she's standing let me take a look at some more pictures you also tell that it's too long through here because when you do a wrap right and you're tying it around your waist like there is a string around your waist on the inside like and you're pulling it kind of tight like there's if there's if it's too long and there's too much fabric there it is going to bunch up um it's kind of the least forgiving in terms of length um fit issues but it's pretty this reminds me a lot of the orange dress that i just did for the sew along um that one is a true wrap but we do a button there's a button on the inside and here and it still had this is a little bit shorter right it feels like almost the exact same design just a tie instant and lighter weight fabric instead of a button okay here's another pose again she's popping her hip a little bit so it's a little bit hard to tell but yeah you can definitely see that her waist is closer to around here and we still have this happening hmm yeah i don't know it's got to be in the if like the shoulder because this does look okay right where the sleeve is hitting but if that's close fitting and it's fitting like really tightly to her bicep and her shoulder cap and then this is too long and like writing up on her neck that would create that little bunch there rather than but it yeah i don't know that one is not as common to me this one here it's not pointing to the arm side it's pointing to the shoulder so it's got to be something in the shoulder length the same thing's happening here oh here's the another dress and another oh same dress and a different girl okay i wish i could see her from the front because then i would be able to compare the two girls but i can't but there is still i guess this happening yeah interesting okay so size is 10 to 22 and we have three inches of ease in the bust because it's a wrap it's a little bit more forgiving because you can just pull it tighter um so three inches is probably fine for a wrap it's it's borderline though it's definitely like maybe two and a half would be better but i'm not going to go through that much work just to take out two and a half we're just take out half an inch although that really only translates to a quarter of an inch more seam allowance on the side seams which is easy enough to do but you have to remember so i don't know okay shally charmous cotton lawn crape crape machine double door jet gingham silky types and wall so yeah all of your lightweight woven for sure uh cotton blends lining fabrics and interfacing and then elastic for the sleeve and they don't say anything about twill tape for that um bias neckline they do say lightweight fusible interfacing but only seven eighths of the yard well that is actually quite a lot so maybe that's what they're having you do um oh and a lining so the bodice is also lined and seven eighths of the yard of interfacing so maybe they're yeah contending with the stretch factor of the neckline with interfacing instead of a tape of some kind maybe that was causing that bubble the lining maybe somehow when the lining was attached to this it didn't go together right that could be it okay look at this top and pants this is going to be the best seller of their entire collection unfortunately it's in sizes zero to four i'm just kidding it is in sizes extra small to extra large oh gosh all right so easy to sew off the shoulder cropped top has elasticized neckline and waist with long gathered sleeves loose fitting pull-on pants have elasticized waist and side seam pockets i could probably do without the pockets on this pattern but nonetheless i think i'm super picky about which of my garment i used to put pockets in everything like the pockets make everything better nowadays they get on my nerves sometimes and i just rather not have them i mean i have a purse almost all the time all right so you have this off the shoulder top with elasticized opening elastic at the under bust and elastic at the wrist as well what makes this so cute and flattering is this big wide sleeve i just love that so much what i want to know though is does this stay down off of your shoulders there's nothing i hate more than tugging on that all day long to keep those down um not to say that you couldn't just wear it on top of your shoulder too that's also fine but i think that there is a sneaky way for you to put something in this underarm seam to prevent that from happening uh or i don't know maybe it's there's some way some people's designs are able to keep them down like in some ways they just pop up every single time maybe it's like the strength of the elastic i don't know the quality of the elastic i'm not sure but something and then you have these basically pajama pants um pull on elastic waist pajama pants sort of a wider leg at the bottom it's a good balance you know with the whole look together um super cute you could lengthen this right to make it come down to your true waist if you're not a mid-drift girly but i think this is really cute for like beach or pool or the Caribbean vacation or cruise or like wherever you're going i think this would be really adorable the sleeve is really really amazing if the fact that she has her hands in her pockets right here and is not having any issues is a good sign there's there's a plenty of ease in the pants and even this crotch curve looks amazing yeah these are some well fitting pants on her can't say they'd be the same for everybody out of the envelope but on her they look really really good that's what we should all strive for all right so extra small to extra large that's equivalent to their whole range so six to 24 um that gives us so your bust obviously is super loose fitting you're really fitting the top based on all these elastics that are happening so there's a lot of wiggle room there the hip of the pant is the most important thing which is that is the finished government measurement that they gave us thank you very much and it looks like there are roughly five or six inches of ease that's perfect this is the best pattern hands down through and through fit fabrication all of it that i've seen so far they should have led with this one um and i hope people give this collection enough time or they give it enough like they look through enough of the patterns to get to this one to see the diamond in the rough the diamond amongst the rough um now i will say finished hip wise only goes up to 52 um and considering it's supposed to be a loose fitting pant that is still you know only 48 inches or so of hip circumference um not nearly enough um but it's the best that they've got and i guess under those circumstances that we just have to be okay with that um if you're getting me your entire size range fine if you're getting me like three sizes out of your size range i'm gonna have a problem with that especially when it's already so limiting all right so gauze crate shally and stable knits yeah i think you can get away with some heavier weights too like um like chambray some cotton cotton blends you know i think even like a like a rayon twill rayon blend where's linen like this would be great for linen um so i think there's a lot more options here than just this okay a bunch of elastic and that's it a ton of elastic okay now let's see was that what's next all right now we have this unisex outfit and then that's going to be it or unisex top i guess mrs and men's sweatshirts yeah it's just a sweatshirt and a hoodie okay easy to sew sweatshirt with or without hood top width hood has contrast lining drawstrings and side seam pockets fit based on men's sizing so it's a men's sweatshirt that women can wear oh gosh so she has on the sweatshirt wow that is that is like up on her neck i would be tugging on that whole bunch uh i gotta imagine they have the same neckline that's really weird maybe it's just being pulled down in the back also why is it so long huh oh because it's a men's stuff okay and then his i don't i don't love hoodies with a hood lining how do you guys feel about that um and then your little drawstring the fit looks okay on him on her let me see there's more pictures of her yes yeah i don't know that it's like a tunic a sweatshirt tunic so page into the link for sure this is still bothering me why it's so up high i doesn't need to be much lower but like half an inch or something maybe yeah yeah no no no that part of the 1980s is not coming back mom jeans plus this long sweatshirt covering your butt no they could have done like a cut here for women's cut here for men's line on the pattern pieces small to two x so they gave us one bigger size for the guys no didn't mean to rhyme they took away the extra small and included a two x so that's going to give you a chest of up to 52 um finished it's 40 at 58 inches so that's six inches of ease for a sweatshirt okay i mean you can have closer fitting sweatshirts for sure if that's your preference um but i think well this is probably borderline oversized sweatshirt so i would find the middle ground maybe four inches for a standard fitting sweatshirt so so yeah wow okay i know i had a lot of like gripes with the whole thing for the most part but um on the whole i think that the designs are cute enough right um it's just too bad most people aren't going to be able to sew them because they aren't going to fit anyone um yeah there are some cute stuff in here on the surface it all looks really good when you get down to the nitty-gritty of it though there's fit issues there's certainly sizing issues so but if i'm getting any of them if i'm at joanne and i remember i'm going to be grabbing this one for sure i have nothing like that in my stash and i think it'd be a really fun scrap buster with this little top although the sleeves probably make it not a scrap buster anymore but you know what i mean the rest of them i would be buying this skirt if it fit this one um but it doesn't so anyways i this one too this one too i would probably grab that one um and make it to a dress but anyways i'd like to hear what you guys think um you don't have to you know double down and join me on all the griping that that i made i think we can all universally agree that there's a problem there um but let me know what you guys think about the designs and if you'll be grabbing any of the patterns but that's going to do it for me today y'all thanks so much for watching i will see you all very soon bye