 Hi you guys, Lindsay here. Welcome back to my channel, Inside the Hymn. You guys, McCall's Spring is finally here. I am so excited looking at just this little cover image collage thing has me so excited. If you've been watching my other first impression videos then you know we've had a few dud collections. So I'm excited to see if this spring collection is going to give us what we've been waiting for almost all year. Okay, so our first pattern is the David Tuterra collection. He does bridle and this is called a special occasion dress. So as you can see it's got a deep V with some like shoulder pleats maybe, waist seam, probably a center front seam here and a really beautiful dramatic slit. And look at this gorgeous train. Oh my goodness. I know there are a lot of you out there who are engaged and making your own wedding dresses. So this could be an option. But also look how cute this is for like a mother of the bride or like a rehearsal dinner or even like you know how sometimes they wear they like I'm not someone that could get married. How sometimes brides that's what I meant will wear one gown for the ceremony and then another gown for the reception. This is a totally cute reception option. They've added a little inset panel here for some modesty. So if you like that, I think it's beautiful. I mean obviously I have nowhere to wear this but like New Year's or I don't know any kind of other special sparkly occasion. The longest sleeves are really nice. There she is again. Fits her beautifully. Very nice. Fitted lined dresses have deep plunge V front with or without inset gathered forward shoulder and invisible back zipper with link sleeve and fabric variations. I wonder what fabric variations mean. Do they teach you how to work with sequins or something? A and D are semi-fitted skirt. B and D are full trumpet skirt with front slit and train. Wrong side of fabric will show A and C have contrast overlay. What's interesting is the front cover of this doesn't have all of the other options. I can't remember. Does Nicole's normally do that? So here's a uh sorry contrast overlay. Okay okay so it just has like a lace overlay over some like I don't know solid color fabric and then here's the one with the trumpet skirt and the train. Look at that. Beautiful. Oh and then they have another trumpeted skirt version without the inset and also the overlay. I'm curious to know why these are separate pattern pieces. Very interesting. Same with this. Like what is it about the the overlay that makes the pattern pieces different? Maybe it doesn't. They just wanted to call that out. I don't know. Really nice though. Okay um let's see size wise we've got a 4 to 12 option and a 12 to 20 option and then crepe, crepe back satin, charmeuse and then for the overlay lace or other shears and then lining fabrics for the lining. Very nice and look it doesn't even oh that's the little one. Oh my goodness gracious. More than five yards for the uh trumpet skirt one. I guess that makes sense for like a gown. Very cute though. Just wish I had somewhere to wear it. Okay here's another special occasion dress. This one's from Nicole Miller. Hmm okay well not loving it um my initial reaction is not great but it could also just be the fabric. I know that this like nude under the white is very on trend and just not really feeling it. Oh look at that. Okay dress is fully lined. Fit it through bust and hip with separating back zipper for bodice which means the zipper comes completely apart like a vest. An invisible back zipper for mermaid skirt. Back is open and yoke is single cut on scalloped edge of lace meaning this does not have lining. This part um all of this I'm guessing. No provisions provided for above waist or hip adjustments wow. I think because of the lace they must tell you how to how to lay out the lace to get it on the scalloped edge. I mean this uh what do they call it mermaid skirt is not for me this would just definitely highlight my um my pear shape like in the wrong way uh but it could be really cool to like learn you know how to lay out the pattern pieces uh now obviously I imagine uh depending on which lace you chose would determine you know how wide all of this stuff is. I'm going to get the sizing really quick 4 to 12 and then 12 to 14. I wonder if that's going to be um across the board normally it's 4 to 14 and then 14 to 20 but now they're including 12 in there is that new I can't remember but I feel like 14 is usually the smallest anyways um okay let's look at what they're what they say you need for fabric so double edge scalloped lace lining fabrics and crepe to sheen double edge scalloped lace gosh I don't even know and then a separating zipper an invisible zipper hook and eye and some seam binding no idea what that's for dress and lining fabric so so double edge scalloped lace what is confusing about that to me is that what's confusing about that to me is the this must be a seam that must be what it is okay I think that's definitely what it is because I was like this to me looked like a you know six inch wide like lace trim piece where you had the scallop on both edges of such a narrow piece so how could you use that here and also everywhere else but what they've done is they've just cut a few inches of the selvedge edge and then sewn it to like an inch or so of the other selvedge edge does that make sense yeah this is probably incredibly wasteful in terms of fabric I bet you have like a large chunk of the middle of your fabric that is just completely unusable it'll be interesting to see I can see some of my fellow bloggers and bloggers out there making this and looking great um this is just you know their style and like I said the lace you know origami is very intriguing but the cut of the dress is just not for me all right here's another one special occasion dress again this is a created I actually do like the creative patterns because they give you separate pattern pieces for the bodice and the skirt options and then you just like mix and match them so you can create a bunch of different looks with one pattern and I have to say although if you guys have been watching my first impression videos for a while you know I don't love an asymmetrical vibe here but this one excuse me actually don't mind because it doesn't go under the arm it actually goes over it so it actually camouflages the part that I hate about strapless dresses that little like I don't know arm under arm boob thing that like you know it's just not very flattering uh to me if you've got like little rolls of fat or whatever you guys know what I'm talking about that that little bit of something that shows whenever you're wearing strapless or anything that kind of goes under your arm like that but this is lovely um this cut out detail is very trendy right now very very trendy um so that's right on point um and I actually really dig this uh use of the fabric I've seen this fabric before it's like it's not sequined it's almost like it's almost like a stretchy lame that's terrible description um but it looks really beautiful here I actually would make this and wear it to like a date night or you know a special night out with the girls or something like that so so far so good on that one here is the true asymmetrical one which I would never make but I do love this and more often than not you can hack the pattern to copy this and do another one that goes up and over I wonder if that's an option they're going to show us later where you'd have like this little crisscross do make it happening but I do love this little mini cape that's really nice and then here's another bodice version that's what we just saw but it has just one strap coming out lovely and then this is the like close fitting skirt with an extra little panel with slits I imagine maybe both sides and it's asymmetrical so it kind of ties into the line here this is what I think she's wearing yes that is what she's wearing so you can see there's a little no this is not what she's wearing this is yet another bodice variation so you've got the little cape thing sewn in there's not there's not a cutout it's like what she has on but with a cutout and then this is what she's wearing I mean can't I mean if you didn't make this in a shiny special occasion fabric I think you could wear that to target which is which is the threshold for me as to whether or not something is wearable like would I wear that to target if I had to run into target for an emergency something on my way to a fabulous dinner then yes I would definitely wear that to target okay there she is again this does seem a little low I'm not sure if it's meant to be I mean all of these make it look like that seam line is right at the waist so they missed the mark there a little bit the look at that skirt is so full are we gonna see the back oh lovely I love when we get two versions and this woman they've had her model for them before she pulls off a body skimming garment so well I wish I wish I looked like she did in these I don't know I just don't and is that leather I mean hello but see how it's not as fancy as this girl's I mean you're not wearing it everywhere but maybe out of like a lovely floral ponty or something could be really cool and thank you for photos of the back I've been complaining about that all season I feel like look at her that looks great again kind of low on the waist though her waist is right here so that's something to keep it oh hello oh goodness I didn't really realize that it did that okay so yeah see how you have two skirts no three skirts maybe I don't know if this is considered an extra skirt or not um yeah it is this is skirt number six this is skirt number five this is skirt number seven and then you have one two three four bodices I love this this will probably most likely end up in my stash this is just so versatile to me um okay so okay so on this one we have eight to sixteen and then 18 to 22 on the size range um and I didn't outright mention it but this is designed for knits um which is why I was suggesting things like ponty like this stretch it's like liquid something in the name maybe oh I can't remember but um any of those like stable knits I think would be great I would stay away from things like jersey and it well it y could be okay definitely more fluid like this one is this I don't even know what fabric this is this is must be like a stretch it's got to be a stretch pleather of some kind but it looks great on her okay uh fully lined very close fitting through bus with either pencil or circle skirt I love it asymmetrical bodice features one shoulder strap sleeve and cut out variations pencil skirt has either stitched him or shaped him with band and slit for your own design with mix and match pattern pieces and here there are the line drawings it's knit so you're not going to have any darting all of the shaping is built into the side seams and then stretched around your body super super cool I don't know which one I'd start with I love them all um okay so we've got moderate stretch knits yeah I mean they recommend jersey I don't know I don't know maybe that's just me because I like a thicker knit around my like lower body interlock velvet that's nice novelty knits which I'm assuming both of these are novelty knits and then try caught for the lining yep or try treco is that how the branch people say it treco um and no notions how cool is that I don't think I've ever seen that before all right and they've broken it out bodice and lining for pieces one and two you need this much bodice and lining for variations three and four you need this much so if you're making bodice one with skirt seven you take three quarters of a yard and add it to this three and one eighth of the yard make sense they break it all out for you which also means you could totally take this bodice and add it to any pleated skirt that you have or I mean make sure it's designed for knits if you didn't want a full circle skirt you could do a gathered skirt you know what I mean you can take these bodice pieces and match them with whatever you've got maybe a jumpsuit and you pair them with some pants that's an adorable idea I really do like the created patterns I like how they break it all out like that okay so I found one M7926 will be going in the stash oh I'm already in love okay 7922 oh this is where I'm going to spend all my money this year but I've saved it from the other pattern collections because they've been so unfortunate okay so this little twisty thing if you saw my style maker fabric spring tour sweatshirt this is what this is a similar design feature mine was just kind of offset to the side but you've got one right in the center front creating this like almost radial here this is a better view creating almost this radial kind of thing from the small well the smallest part of me very camouflaging guys anything you've got going on under here or you know if you've got a fuller bust is going to be camouflaged by this and I also feel like even though I don't typically do close fitting skirts like this because this one does have so much uh it's not really bruising just so much I guess ease through the center front we have to look at the back but I also I feel like that would also make it more flattering through the hip does that make sense here is a dolman sleeve version also very cute if you don't like spaghetti straps here is I guess is that a tunic or is this knee length um twist front dresses have facings invisible back zipper back darts applied front band detail bodice and length variations so it doesn't say necessarily how long that is that could be knee length and then this could be like a little bit below the knee yeah with a shaped hem that's flattering cute for a wedding and then there's the back I mean I would have to do like a maybe a little small full seat adjustment or something like that but that could that could work I don't know how I feel about the spaghetti straps but it does look like you could like it looks like they're just separate pieces just sewn in and so you could make them wider which would help this is cute that twist front thing is very very trendy and you'll have some funky looking pattern pieces which is also just fun okay okay I like it even more after seeing the line drawings because we have our shaping darts I didn't notice that whenever I looked at the back here let's zoom in you know that I know I can look guys see we always give ourselves such a hard time about making our invisible zippers truly invisible and even like the expert sewists at McCalls don't get it right every time but yeah so here are the darts it's lovely it also looks like a little facing and not a yeah facings so not lined which I don't even know what that means for the front what I want to know what it looks like on the inside but I know it's too much to ask them to show us pictures of the inside I would never ask them to do that but you could drop a little lining into there you do have a waist seam in the front so that you can make this little naughty doodad and then is this like a band look how good that looks guys um applied front band detail what does that even mean applied front band detail I don't know what that means you can't even see it though I guess you sort of can huh yeah you can barely see it and does it get I don't know it's hard to tell too hard to tell all right so gingham yes pop blend cotton blends crepes uh I was also thinking um satin would be nice if we're a little dressier look um yeah lightweight woven not not lightweight and drapey but a lightweight structured woven would be killer cute I really like it I really like it the sizing is 6 to 14 and 14 to 22 I wonder how they determine which patterns get one size range and which ones get the other you know does anybody out there know is anyone ever worked at McCalls okay and then here is our yardage chart it doesn't even take that much fabric you probably have this stuff in your stash cute all right oh we're only three four of them okay we've got to pick up the pace here or else I'm going to have you guys here for two hours adorable okay mrs petite dresses and belt button front dresses are semi-fitted through bust with facings and body darts and length skirt and pocket variations topstitch pockets self fabric belt side seam pockets okay it's cute it's so cute perfect fabric application and for the sample I like this new model they found to you she's really nice looking okay there you will have it in your little gingham this is some version of a circle skirt with bust darts and front band and a little dolman sleeve which is so cute and I'm seeing them a lot more uh like in ready to wear than I have in a while uh here's a pencil skirt variation with uh tops uh what are they called patch pockets and then you have your little skirt dart there it is without the pockets and extended length cute all the same necklines yeah adorable it's a bracelet like oh and then there's the back lovely yeah I would make this in a heartbeat this is right at my alley and her sleeves I mean it looks a little bit longer than the sample does here but I still like it I think it's cute very cute do they have um is that a uh like a carrier for the belt I think so isn't that what that is perfect so they do have the floppy pockets that I hate um I don't like these teardrop pockets because they just flop around on the inside and never lay right I like it whenever they're extended up like this and are stitched into the waist seam which is not a hard alteration to make it's just like I wish I'd prefer that they did it like that from the beginning but it is what it is I think this is adorable I like both of the lengths of the skirts you know this one isn't really my jam but um they're all very cute and you don't have to set in a sleeve this is actually a really great like for those of you that are participating in my um sew along this would be a great second pattern I think I mean maybe this is a little much with the buttons okay maybe not maybe it's a little bit advanced beginner very cute seven nine two zero is added to the list oh my goodness um okay now we've got a long sleeve maxi dress button front dresses are fitted through the bust with a neck band inset midriff and sleeve and skirt variations elasticized sleeve purchase piping elasticized sleeve tie ends encased in side seams okay well that's cute I wasn't getting any of that from this this is very busy fabric and hello unbuttoned this looks to be like maybe in a more stable like cotton type fabric than the sample that they made here's this one oh that's the piping that they're talking about this little ruffly skirt thing is still happening that was popular last year's patterns these like tiered ruffles and here it is with a flutter sleeve this is one of those that I feel like well what happened was see here sort of tiered ruffles I couldn't even see that the first time um I think what happened is the fabric that they chose for the sample just doesn't highlight the pattern it's not that it makes it look bad like we've seen bad fabric choices that just make the garment look terrible this doesn't make the garment look terrible it just doesn't allow me to really see the style lines of the garment I also feel like this is very very voluminous I'm not a fan of that I would want it to be a little bit narrower because you have all just a lot of fabric there's the back this looks a little funny yeah oh when it got stuck in her heel but thanks for still showing us the back view even though it's not a perfect photo so I don't want to knock it too much because I want to encourage you know positive reinforcement oh goodness okay this is like I don't know maybe this is a maybe this is like when they go one sale at Joanne's for 99 cents I would grab this one it would be definitely fun to make with all these details I like this shorter short sleeve version the best I don't really do this I like ruffles but I don't know about these feels very heavy to me all right here are line drawings did it say anything about whether it was lined no it doesn't I wonder what's going on on the inside because with this piping and everything there's a lot of there's a lot of seams in there there's that version I think some people will make some really beautiful versions I can imagine do you guys know oh god Kyra I can't remember the name of her Instagram handle now um or her blog Kyra pros or pros or anyways I can see her making something like this and looking fabulous but she's very very very into the trends okay cotton blends eyelet linen and crepe yeah what's interesting is that this fabric isn't any of these this is some kind of like satin maybe polyester silky type yeah eyelet I mean you'd have to underline it they didn't be very heavy maybe for this version a would be okay okay um all of the notions you need a lot of stuff for this and then here's yeah the longer it gets the more fabric you need that makes sense and then sizing is six to 14 and then 14 to 22 all right that was seven nine two five oh okay mrs tops and pants I mean I know some of you out there are like what the heck but like honestly she wears it really well this is a very good model you guys need to keep her around because she makes this crazy hot mess look great I mean even with the pattern matching on the fabrics she's just killing it she's pulling it off um okay so what we what do we have we have a strapless sweetheart neckline like crop top with this like a little attached sleeve with a ruffle and then a peplum and then we've got fitted pants with a ruffle bottom I mean this by all accounts like on paper this should be like a hard no but she really does make it look super cute if I were like I don't know 10 or 15 years younger maybe but I don't like strapless but here's the crop top with straps and I do appreciate the bustier quality of this design the little tie front tops that they did last year the year before that were really unsupported and so a lot of the more fuller busted women had a hard time with that I mean I didn't I don't even have a full bust so I like all this seeming to help keep everything where it needs to be um some of these have boning side seam boning too which also helps there it is without the twist front or without the little you know tie in the front and a thicker strap I think oh no maybe they're the same no they're the same okay here are our pants options so we've got cigarette pants no waistband just some front darting the machine is being cute there's the back yeah so we really just have one back dart one front dart and then ruffles or no ruffles and then three bodices the tie front crop top you could also attach this little peplum thing to any of these and I'm assuming this is a separating zipper here's our yardage so we've got six to fourteen fourteen to twenty two on the size ranges cotton blends linen gingham lightweight denim like chambray yeah separating zipper covered boning and then your yardage for each individual piece which is also nice um you could also I mean if you're like what am I gonna do with a crop top remember you can add skirts or pants or whatever to this seam here you know just make sure to extend it down to your natural waistline if it's not there already and then attach whatever you want to the bottom so if you like these tops you know consider adding a skirt or whatever kind of bottoms you want this is this is killer like I just I'm shocked that I'm not like what the heck is this I'm probably not going to buy this though I do want to say but I can see how this will sell this is very marketable that's what I'm trying to say okay that was seven nine three seven this is oh we'll learn to sew for fun this is this exact same kind of pattern that I'm using for the sew along um it's a really cute romper or jumpsuit which is interesting for a learn to sew for fun because of the pants you have a crotch seam you know there's a lot a lot going on in when you go to make pants so interesting to me that that is an alert to sew for fun I imagine they don't have like extra um clarity on how to get this to fit so that could be a obstacle for a first time sewless no doubt that you will sew it up beautifully but whether or not it will fit would be the question but either way we have a another doleman sleeve it looks like a v-neck center front seam here a little belt are those side seam pockets and like a tapered leg that color is awesome here's the little shorts version yeah it is a doleman sleeve almost um like kind of loose fitting kimono style but it has this little band there too just has facings and no zipper so I think that this is big enough that you just step in loose fitting jumpsuit and romper have oh front invisible zipper that's kind of wild neckline facings all in one sleeve and length variations side seam pockets it's purchased purchased belt or a self fabric belt which is what that is and there's your purchase belt okay so the zipper goes up the front wild also an invisible zipper for a beginner I don't know about this this is a stretch in the learn to sew for fun category and then no to this this right there on the like on your thigh basically who is that gonna be flattering on and then here it is without the belts so that's what you're dealing with it has no side seam I mean no waist seam this is so interesting to me look wait that's a necklace oh they're covering up the zipper I don't know about the zipper pull right there right I don't know I mean it's definitely cute and she is seems very happy to be in her little outfit here's the back I think they you know that that belt will hide a million sins in terms of fitting won't it cinch it all in babe um yeah I don't I don't oh man I don't not like it but I'm also like I don't know about this I think what's happening is I don't want to like it but seeing it on her I'm like well it is kind of cute on her but would it be cute on me would you know she's you know holding her hand in a certain way she's holding this pocket a certain way you know you have to remember that they are noticing things that look strange and then figuring out a way to have the model disguise them I know that's very cynical of me but in my that's what I would do if I were trying to sell something I'd be like oh let's hide that zipper pull because it looks really weird in the center front and oh your pocket is poking out because it's a side seam pocket on a fitted pant like you know put your thumb in there and you know disguise it a little bit better you know what I mean okay so that's what I have to say about that these line drawings are also very unfortunate right like they're not doing anything to help sell the garment which is again bringing me back to she is the only thing that is making me feel like this is not terrible yeah that looks those drawings look wild um here's the yardage so oh no and it comes in lettered sizing extra small through medium and then large and extra large oh man okay uh linen twill crepes and shally I don't know about crepes and shallies crepe okay this I think would be too I don't want a shally over my bum I don't want a shally like with a crotch I also feel like that seam would just get destroyed you know that fabric is not super durable and like the crotch seam is very uh it's pulled on in a million different directions you know I would never make it at a shally but linen sure twill yes crepes maybe that's what this version is I think yeah I mean any kind of utilitarian fabric is also going to be great because it kind of looks like a work jumper I don't know what do you guys think about this one seven nine three six all right next up no man okay Laura ashley this is surprising okay so we've got a sweetheart neckline a little bit of gathers this little like poofy sleeve situation and a fitted bodice the length looks great and then we've got a crop top version oh it looks like there's a seam here too but again crop tops aren't for you just lengthen it a little bit to your natural waist and then add a skirt or pants or whatever if you like the rest of what's going on here see this is basically that they took that crop top and they added a peplum to it yeah there this is like a fashion revisit we've done this before like 10 or so years ago cute though the styling of this whole collection has been on point I don't know who they have doing it for them but it looks that person's worth every penny um like a little high-waisted skirt is also a cute option for a crop top we're just like an inky bit of skin shows oh and the back has a little button up that's cute I don't hope that's not like exclusively how you get in and out of it though how would you ever button that yourself I bet it doesn't I bet that's it I don't know how you button it look at all these back views so happy all right lined button back tops are fitted through the bust and waist and have gathered upper bodice front and length and sleeve variations purchased by his tape casing for elasticized sleeve yeah no zipper I don't know how you guys are gonna button that maybe you like put it on and button it up front ways and then twist it around your body you know I guess I don't know I really have no idea but I think that it only buttons here and then this is like open and loose you know this is not a closed scene here but look at this beautiful y'all know I love that all right yardage wise we've got 6 to 14 14 to 22 size ranges lawn cotton blends crepe gingham perfect and then in the lining fabric I think this is not supposed to be bolded the lining fabrics wall and lining fabrics okay all right next up we've got another little top 7 9 3 0 okay again with that like little home on the prairie hippie dippy kind of vibe loose fitting pullover tops and tunics have neck band slash front sleeve inset and sleeve fabric length and trim variations okay yep there it is and like a striped linen look thing there's a sleeve variation and a longer like tunic length I mean you can obviously keep extending this and have a dress and then the sleeve has this little scene here yeah oops here it is with all the different like trims and whatnot lace overlay I guess or maybe that's sheer and then the laces just applied over here and then hoarding and yeah a lot going on this has the little skirt ruffle but the you know raw edge or whatever of this skirt is on the outside the seam is on the outside yeah but that is comfy I do like a good woven top here's our back view we've got a lot of extra fabric here though so that makes me I mean it is a you know all-in-one dolman sleeve so to be expected but that still seems like a lot yeah okay so yeah I think the reason why it's so much in the other dolman sleeves we've seen don't seem to be that much is just simply this scene here so if it were a little bit narrower I mean that's obviously going to affect the width of the sleeve or you can cut it in like this and reduce a lot of that bulk I think it'll depend on what fabric you're using if it were draper than this chambray like at this chambray had a little bit of rayon in it or something it would probably just fall more naturally um but that's my only concern about this one other than that it's cute it's trendy it's fun you'd have a lot of fun you know matching all this stuff or just making a plain version okay we've got letter sizing extra small through medium and then large and extra large which makes sense I mean nothing about this is fitted so you really don't need you know to have super specific sizing um gauze yep linen cotton blends pop blend yep place and then all of your notions that would be the hardest part look at this one package of water soluble mesh stabilizer or one bottle of liquid stabilizer what is that what are we stabilizing this lace so that we can so it lays um it doesn't shift around and you get it to lay flat that's a fun little skill set to learn yeah never seen that before oh machine embroidery courtesy of genomics see guide for instructions so all of this is embroidered where is her oh I thought that was lace well there you have it it's embroidery that's annoying I don't have an embroidery machine I mean you don't have to have one to make this but that's cute so that's probably what that stabilizer stuff is for all of you who embroider is up with that is mesh stabilizer or liquid stabilizer okay next up is a fun little skirt pull on love that asymmetrical knit skirts are loose fitting through hip and worn one inch below waist and have elasticized waist front elastic ruching shaped hem and length ruffle and fabric variations wrong side of fabric will show on all views and that seam they just surged it but you can definitely see all of your stitching there it is here's our elastic ruching it's fun fun little skirt here it is with a contrast band and then yeah we're gonna get a back view yes give me one second taking this one in there's our back view it's hard to tell are there any seams it's hard to tell but yeah looks good on her I like the fact that this does seem to be more of an a-line um I'd have to do some fitting through the bum but I don't hate this I like the shorter versions best but I don't know just looks like fun to me like where's a there's a I don't know a is fun in a cute little fabric let's see what kind of fabrics they recommend moderate stretch knits and that really just means like not sweater knits not ponting it not you know any it's a sweatshirt fleece anything that's like kind of like a stable knit that doesn't stretch that much wouldn't work for this which you wouldn't want to make this skirt out of any of those things anyways um but they're suggesting cotton knits jerseys and interlock yeah I mean that really kind of covers the like runs the gamut of stretching it's that any of them would work um even uh shoot that double brushed poly that everyone loves that would be I don't know though maybe that isn't ideal for a like kind of fitted skirt because it is a little clingy but like I said I don't hate it sizing six to 14 and then 14 to 22 you just need some elastic and like a ton I mean if you're making do you see oh no contrasty ruffle yeah a little less than three yards for all of them which makes sense because this is this is a beast of a pattern piece and of a baby him in a knit so keep all of that in mind I did want to see this zoomed in again can you zoom in again no um yeah they just folded it under twice and top stitched I would probably use my cover stitch machine right it's just a lot it's a that's a beast well the gathering and everything's a lot that that will take a minute all right next up oh that skirt that we saw with the crop top a few patterns ago this is seven nine three one skirts are fitted through hip and have facings invisible side zipper narrow or very narrow hems and length and overlay options it doesn't say that they're bias skirts although that's kind of what I mean it's fitting her so well I just assumed yeah it's just a no waistband a-line skirt this one has a slit I think that's just maxi length I mean again it looks really good on her there's the back view I mean I mean it is simple but I mean she looks like a million bucks interesting so I imagine the pattern pieces are a little bit more a-line and then they fall in close to the body based on the um fabric recommendations and there is a slit in this one side zip I do like a side zip there's this is two pattern pieces plus facings satin crepes crepe to sheen and shally yeah 100% um like I said the pattern pieces are probably a little bit wider and then they fall in which is what is giving her like all this beautiful kind of like draping interesting all right six to 14 and then 14 to 22 are the size ranges yeah I don't know how much where I would get out of something like this but it looks like it's drafted really well so there's that all right next oh oh you know I see the appeal of these but I mean it looks like a little basket for her boobs right you know it's just like a little bowl for her bodice to sit in this is like considered a paper bag waist you don't have to make it this big I guess but anyway it's a fabric super cool she seems to like it in her face okay knee length border print midi length maybe messy oh no it's the midi this is what she's wearing maybe the stripes too aren't really helping I don't know here's the back yeah one big pleat I mean it's like a that's gotta be two or three inches on either side loose fitting skirts have drawstring paper bag waist with applied casing self drawstring side seam pockets and length and fabric variations contrast lower band border print fabrics scalloped edge fabrics all skirt all skirts cut crosswise right probably because they're so big yeah I mean you have to style this with a closed spitted top there's no other way around it what do you guys think of this one too trendy ills it's not flattering do you think it's flattering I mean I always think if I mean these girls have like beautiful bodies where everything they put on should make them look stunning so if it makes her look big wide you know like then it definitely is not going to do me any favors um it doesn't look terrible on her but it doesn't look great either I mean think of all the things you'd catch in there you know like you're having a chip or something it falls in yeah I don't know I want to like it but I don't think I do not enough to buy it anyways all right now we've got some little shorts and pants oh we saw these earlier with one of the crop tops I think so shorts and pants and when it says misses and miss petite that just means that they're like on the pattern paper there are lines that if you're petite it'll tell you where to cut or where to adjust it doesn't necessarily mean they're just for petite people but if you are petite I would try one of these patterns because you will be surprised at how those alterations will improve the fit okay so a little cropped flair is this a center front invisible seam pants are fitted through hip with fly front okay waist facings slash pockets okay slash pockets here we go this is what I've been talking about when I say I don't like side seam pockets I like the side seam pockets the least I like slash pockets the second least my favorite kind of pockets for pants are ones that you get when you buy jeans which are like scooped out like this just so you know fyi um leg pocket and length variations a and b have a tapered leg and cnd have a flared leg so here's our short here's our long pant tapered front dart here oh a very flared leg very trendy and then the cropped flare here's our back oh one patch pocket in the back one dart okay not awful oh there's two patch pockets in the back that should look worse on her than it does you guys there is not a pocket there there is definitely not a pocket there what is happening oh there they are okay when I was like I was in my mind okay yeah I mean they're just like slim fitting which I'm not slim through the hips so I mean this would be more like this which they do say exaggerated flare legs balance out a larger hip but I don't know not for me but again they don't look terrible on her so depending on your figure okay um let's look at sizing is 6 through 14 and then 14 through 22 denim 12 cotton blends corduroy yeah like bottom weight bottom weight fabrics I kind of like that it doesn't have a waistband to just have the facings it's just cleaner you know all right and then we're that's it I think yeah little girls in costumes all right well you guys I am feeling very optimistic about this there were a lot that I loved especially in the beginning I loved 7 9 2 6 7 9 2 2 7 9 2 0 this one isn't terrible this one was cute if you added a skirt and not just I mean for me I'm not going to leave it as a crop top this is the big question mark I think right the front zip romper maybe if you converted that into a exposed zipper that would improve the look I just think a front invisible zipper is so strange mostly because that little zipper pulls like right there anyways um and then it kind of started to fall apart for me but these dresses in the beginning are adorable so let me know what you guys think all in all this is like a vast improvement over anything else that we saw for spring am I right I mean the early springs were like okay and then things really went awry so I'm feeling hopeful that at least McCalls um is giving us something to look forward to in terms of new patterns so kudos to them kudos to their designer Jackie a lot of really cute fun options here that I'm excited to buy and make so let me know what you guys thought um let me know which ones are your favorites which ones will you be buying um yeah oh these are cute though if you're sewing for little kids um okay yeah so that's gonna do it for me today thank you all so much for watching and I will see you all very soon bye