 How you guys welcome back to first impression Friday where I review an entire sewing pattern collection either from an indie pattern designer or a seasonal collection from big four today. Since we have no big four new releases, we are going to take a look at winter wear designs. All right, so the designer behind winter wear is named Suzanne three a mom of three kids who grow fast and always in need of something new design clothes that our kids can play in make them feel special. She also designs for women because as a curvy gal shopping in stores can be frustrating and sewing up clothes designed for a different body type can be even more frustrating amen designs for curves but also includes fitting instructions to get the perfect fit for your body based on shape and measurement. She studied costume design designed for main stage shows learn patterning draping and the art of translating a sketch into a garment that fit any member of a cast not all actors have model bodies taking classes on digital pattern grading and drafting and constant can't talk and constantly self teaching through reading books online tutorials and watching a youtube videos. All right, so that is all about Suzanne winter wear designs. She describes them as classic designs of easy to wear clothes for women and kids even though it's called winter wear. She designs for all seasons. I think it's funny that she had to point that out. But all right, let's shop. So we have a couple of different sections here. We have women. We have women size five x. That must be some of the that must be the patterns where she's extended it to a five x. I guess that's what that means girls boys wardrobe builders bundles projectors the wanderer collection freebies and a gift card. So we're going to look at women from what you need for the office to the weekend. They all include detailed instructions to get the right fit for your body shape. So we're going to be paying a lot of attention to fit here and attention to the model bodies and see if we can notice some positive things about designing for curvy win. Okay, we're going to try she has got a lot of patterns actually wait does she have yeah she has a lot of patterns. So we're going to try and eliminate some of these accessory type things and then I'm assuming some of these also are bundles. So we will skip over those. But the first one we have here is the amuse boho top relax fit raglan pattern design for woven fabric front yoke that can be used to show off a great fabric design or fun embroidery large scoop neckline two sleeve links. There is a length in line for the three quarter sleeve so that you can address for your arm length. The top hits at mid to low hip for women five four to five six and can be paired with jeans skinnies leggings or pencil skirts. The top hits right at mid hip where the tunic length hits just below the bum. So top top tunic. Okay, that's a little confusing two links right shouldn't say okay both have curved shirt tail and have the option of vented hem at the side seams lots and lots and lots of information in this description. I really love it. So after we read this wait there's really nothing left to wonder about. That's great. Here's some options for the dress mini length above knee and knee length and then some ways to style it. So scoop neck front yoke back yoke sleeve links dress links top links. Okay, great. And then this is what her pattern covers look like it look I don't know if that's her I guess we'll find out over time but they also have how difficult it is this is an advanced beginner project how much fabric you need one and a half to three and a half yards and then your printing formats all right here on the front cover sizes extra small to two x so we're going to see here shortly what exactly that means. Here is the line drawing so this is the front yoke raglan sleeve super simple to execute the easiest of all the sleeves and then the back you have either just your raglan or you can include a back yoke as well so if you're doing like some kind of I don't know sheer fabrics some kind of contrast here you might want to add in the back it also provides additional width through here because you have the gathers so that's cool and then here's the links and the sleeves and all that jazz all right so this is your body measurement chart 31 inch bust up to this was to only a 2x I thought boho top and dress she says it is up to 3x so bust is either 31 to somewhere between 45 and 50 and a half depending on what size this one actually is and then waist is kind of negligible on this one and then your full hip is 31 and a up to as much as 54 but a 2x is 47 that's a big difference I wonder why all of these are single numbers and then this one's a range hmm okay and then finished garment measurements kind of are what they are so that's good the ease in the full hip is roughly five inches five to seven inches that's decent oh that's the bust bust is roughly five to seven inches and then the hip is same four and a half ish okay happy with that oh hey ladies those are all the different lengths that's pretty cool and then here we have some lovely tester photos this must be her right that must be susanne see how you can put in like eyelet and stuff that's so fun love this for like a country western you know like boho I guess isn't this the boho top yeah I'm getting strong boho vibes yeah totally totally I get that a little lace trim that's cute okay so we've got oh I can't get any bigger than that I can't get any closer than what I'm at now and I think this is the curved hem she mentioned that's lovely all the gathers through here really nice this is the raglan doesn't seem to be pulling too too much meaning the arm side isn't too long no gaping at the neck no pulling none of that stuff so does seem to fit her really well she's also got I don't know if this is the fabric or her actual arm but she could possibly have kind of a fuller bicep so we're getting a nice shape through the shoulder here and then it kind of billows out and then comes in close again to the forearm yeah it's kind of like a loosey goofy little top so fit is a lot easier to achieve all right this is the aviator pant okay aviator pants are knit pants designed for fall winter but with the right fabric and fun modifications perfect for all year round no button or zipper super comfy they have a knit waist yoga style waistband and include an option for drawstring with elastic or just elastic make the aviator capris so you can shorten them so sweatshirting french terry heavier knits and then your waistband needs to have 60 stretch or more and kind of goes into explain stretch and recovery that's nice 2x up to 2xs up to 3xl all right i'm a little nervous but we're gonna we're gonna check this out this is well i'll reserve my opinions as we can look further okay so they're pull on a little curved scoopy um pocket and then uh cargo pockets and then they're also like cinched in at the ankle this makes me believe that you can do contrast so to me especially in this photo it seems like a lot of styles going on at once like it wants to be dressy it wants to be casual it wants to be functional and maybe it can be all of those things um here's the size chart so we've got high hip hip and out seam so she doesn't even give you the waist which is fine with me because it is elastic so you should be able to adjust that accordingly i i can't tell whether i think i like that she gives the high hip that is not common or normal but i think because she designs for curvy people this is where our biggest difference occurs my high hip and my full hip are usually two different sizes so i appreciate that she's got both of them there because you can assess how deep the curve is between these two all right so it is a full hip of 31 and a half up to 51 and then for whatever reason this got switched upside down 32 and three quarters for the 2xs this is finished hip up to 52 so only one inch of ease now it is a knit pant so one inch of positive ease makes a lot of sense if you have a fabric that's like super stretchy you could even size down one but this is our capri length i've never been a fan of like tight bands around the fullest part of my calf personally oh okay this is like a whole different vibe she used like gauze or something and made like beach pants here is the contrast version yeah i'm a little bit like hmm trying to think about how i would actually wear a design like this i don't know about a knit cargo pocket it's like a lot of work for something you're gonna put in like let's say you put your phone in there right or your keys or whatever i mean you've only got like a knit waistband to hold these things up so inevitably the weight of that is going to pull it down on one side that's not great so i think if you just like yeah and a lot of people are like dressing these up i don't know about that for me personally i think just stick to a lounge wear situation and yeah it's just giving me like mixed messages like i don't know what it wants to be really you know like i wouldn't wear it this way but then if i think about it like just sweatpants then it's really just another pair of joggers so i get why she wanted to do a little something extra with the pocket and with the contrast so i would want to lean into that and you know honor that but then i'm like but then when i wear that or would i use those pockets you know i don't know all right so next up we have skip over the bundle and go to the balloon sleeved sweater sizes 2 xs to 5x cute all right oversized dolman sweater with a lax fit design for sweater knits and french terry pattern features multiple links looks like four of them with a slight high low hem to pair perfectly with your high waisted jeans and skirts there's also straight hem that hits about mid hip what sets this pattern apart is the voluminous balloon sleeve in long and three-quarter lengths you can do a bound or faced neckline and hem finishes facing on a knit i don't know about that i guess it is simpler to execute so in that way it's like yeah okay high low hem in the four lengths straight hem and one length regular back or low back with bow balloon sleeves and two lengths fitted sleeves and two lengths okay two to two and a half yards i think it's nice that this is included right here on the front cover because if you're someone who prints out your pattern instructions and like stores them in a folder or something and you're trying to decide what to make and you pull that out you can see right there on the cover do i have the fabric i need for this so i appreciate that all right so we've got a dolman sleeve there's nothing exceptional about fitting a dolman sleeve sweater it's going to be loose it's going to be oversized the fitting's going to be fine the one thing that we need to look at or the few things are the neckline it looks to be drafted beautifully no gaping she was able to execute doing the binding just fine all good signs then we have this seam here that it what creates the bubble the length of the sleeve looks really good the length of this straight hem looks really good she did a little branch talk super cute another one where she did a contrast sleeve and this is the straight or the fitted sleeve so you can see kind of what that looks like that's the low version with the bow super cute and also the three-quarter balloon this is really sweet looking here are all of our line drawings and then body measurements and finished measurements so again she really only gives you the things that matter so you're not over analyzing too many things we've got a bust we've got a hip the ease in the bust is what is that nine yeah nine inches the ease in the hip is 10 so it is a very loose fitting top feel free to size down one or two sizes if you want to remove some of that volume just know you're going to like kind of miss out on some of the like this is probably a sized down version where the other ladies had one that's much looser I think it depends on your fabric if your fabric is super drapey keep your size because the fabric is going to fall into you but if it's a little bit less stretchy less drapey maybe sized down one or two sizes cute love it I love the strike because you can really like really highlights the doleman right I do want to see some more these curved hem options here we go some high lows love the contrast there do we ever get to see any of the backs see this version here maybe a little bit too big can you see the difference it's like kind of drowning her maybe she I don't know if it's an angle of the photo or maybe she's a little bit shorter petite person but this feels a little bit long and a little bit oversized for her so yeah this one really just comes down to picking the right size if you don't know I have a fast-fit worksheet and or work book that explains how I choose what size to make on everything that I make I'm going to put up a QR code here but you guys can also check the description box to grab yours you can buy the worksheet from my website and then the workbook is sold through Amazon okay we've got enough photos of that okay now banded hem add-on or I don't know what oh banded T okay little five dollar funsy here banded T semi-fitted knit top meaning you'll highlight your curves about being too tight or clingy actually despise banded T's I don't I they're just not comfortable to me maybe like back in the day I wish they had like copyright dates on each individual pattern so I could know like when what date it was released because some of this stuff feels a little bit dated I mean this is like if it were early 2000s 2010s all day long we would be wearing this like tunic length with the leggings and the little you know cowl neck that was all we were sewing right I think things have been updated a little bit since then but for five dollars she's probably really cute and comfortable here are some of the tester makes you can do it hooded you can see that there's a little band for your sleep oh whole on chicken okay well holiday version yeah I just don't love for me being curvy being as this is like the widest part of me to have like a bold stripe going right across the bottom of my body like that just not a fan but before I knew any better I was rocking the heck out of some banded T's this is the Bato garden dress so perfect anytime anywhere dress for women of any age classic silhouette features the boat neck scoop back for woven fabrics you can choose from the flattering pleated circle skirt or a sleek streamlined pleated rectangle skirt and there's a petty skirt for additional poof yeah this is very breakfast at Tiffany but it looks pretty good even from these first few photos I like where the waistband is sitting love a circle skirt you guys know that by now princess seems look decent there's a little bit of pulling there but that honestly could just be the bra that she has on that day versus the bra she was wearing when she took her measurements it's such a little thing can make a big difference on fit and flare dresses again though this is kind of like a style I mean I guess everybody well now her waistband is super low but she's also petite so I guess she just didn't make the adjustment for that but um everybody needs a fit and flare dress right I mean look how stunning this is a little concerning um she probably needed a small bust adjustment there um but look I mean so flattering on everybody like everybody if you do not have a fit and flare dress already in your stash somewhere this one's as good as any of the others um but once you have one you kind of have them all you know like the only real differences are going to be your neckline shape um and then whether or not you've got darts at the bust and the waist or princess seams um and you can easily adjust between both of those okay you see now we have blithe blouse and dress okay a little collared action um will fit your casual and business needs full collar and collar stand front and back yoke three sleeve lengths figure flattering and sizes extra small to three XL mix and match your fabrics keep it all one color gather back provides ample ease for a relaxed fit kind of what I was mentioning in the first version with that yoke um the pleated back is more fitted and hugs the curves a bit more there's also an option of a less flared back simply turn on the narrow cut line layer turn on the narrow cut line layer okay um because of these variations on fit I had a recommend making a muslin for the pleated back and or narrow cut line versions okay seems like she took something relatively straightforward and made it a little complicated but I like having options so it's like I guess I'll just deal with it um all right let's take a look at these photos here's our line drawings super cute straightforward classic shirt dress right everything from the button cough you can even do a turned up little tab you've got front yoke back yoke pleats gathers collar collar stand all the things and then this has got a little half placket which I adore a half placket I think it's so sweet um these are our body measurements I think it's the same chart we've seen pattern description we've already seen okay so what I'm seeing here is that this is the this is a pleat and if you've ever seen the men's shirt which I'm sure you have um the pleat is not supposed to be pulled open like this there is supposed to be some ease through here and she's got hardly any um so I don't know if that's a sizing issue a measuring issue on her part um it's really hard to say the front looks decent I'm hard to tell what this is coming from maybe I bet that's coming from the back because the back is too tight so it's just kind of twisting as she's like moving around and taking her pictures this version harder to see the drag lines they are still there not as bad and that that might be the gathered back this high angle is again hard to see but it does look a little bit looser just in general that one at an angle is kind of hard to see too but I do love the denim and eyelid that's so sweet that one also looks pretty good right amount of ease going there yeah the rest of these are coming together really nice this is the design the little um half-plugged shirt dress such a classic love it see how the gathers are kind of just elegantly draping down her back that's what we're looking for even with the pleated version cute I like this I like this um the more that I'm getting into the tester makes the the better I'm feeling about fit lots of photos of the back on this listing too which is really nice it seems like everyone was able to execute on the collar really nicely so the instructions must be pretty good so yeah okay like this great good option for another classic design um that is a bundle this is the boulevard skirt um perfect piece for all roads of life pattern for woven fabric features a contoured waistband and a semi-circle skirt a little interesting to me that as a curvy designer she put in a contoured waistband I would be interested to see how contoured it is because a couple things one this is a high-waisted skirt so this part of your body is pretty straight the curves start to happen down here that's when you would need a contour like a deep contour this might be just a shallow situation I don't know I would have to see the pattern pieces um front button plackets optional waistband extension and fly shield to create a great fit with no fears of gaping optional waistband extension and fly shield I don't know why you would need that to prevent gaping that's a I don't know that's confusing and pockets big pockets okay nice deep um like a wide waistband too this is oops this is exactly how I would wear it this is way too low aka too big she's got it on I mean this woman this is one of those things whenever I meet with you guys during the fitting consultations that I do so many of you are afraid to pull your waistbands up to where your natural waist is so many of you are like so shocked when I tell you your waistband is higher your waist is higher higher higher higher and they're like really and but the further up you go the narrower your body gets so even if it is closer to your boobs than it is to your butt it will be the most flattering if you can get it right to where it sits at your natural waist okay so here are our options she actually I mean it's hard because these designs are kind of cartoony uh or yeah the drawings are kind of cartoony but this actually looks like it sits where the top of the waistband is at your natural waist whereas the photos were looking like the middle of the waistband was at your waistline so that's the case and the top of it is at your waistline then a little bit of a curve does make sense so you'd have to just check the instructions on how and where to measure that just looks so pretty kind of odd though that it doesn't just the button placket doesn't just extend all the way down like this stops right here I don't know that I've ever seen a skirt with like a half placket situation here's a great shot of the back though it almost looks like it's a um circle skirt in the back which I'm totally here for it does fit her really well through the back might be a little bit long which is why you're getting this like kind of bubble situation and it is kind of falling down in the front so that could mean either yeah it's falling down in the front and there's drag lines here so I'm getting the impression that it's kind of tugging um through her midsection so I think if she pulled it up these would go away but how to keep it up would be probably to cut a different size in the front than the back or just double check the size of the waistband in general cute fun that was the one we saw before that was a little low but I mean beautifully executed like her this should be up here for for this design but you know one of the beautiful things about sewing our own clothes is that we can wear it however we want we can make it however we want I just think the intention I always like to point out what I think the intention of the designer is she is wearing this exactly how I would wear it way up here at her natural waist super super small makes her look like boom boom boom hourglass she looks like a million bucks all fun version so many different personal styles too I guess that's the fun part of looking at tester makes oh that one's sweet super cute sitting at the exact right location on her body all right we got it that's been talking a lot about just like such a basic skirt okay I just get so excited when things are really cute all right next we have boxy tee I think we can probably skip that right and I think that that is the banded hem add-on for the boxy tee simply because she's got the same little decal we've gotten a button up for women which I think is very similar to this just top versions that are the dress versions so we can skip that this is the chomp selly chomp selly say gosh please help me if I butchered that french people crossback blazer that's fun now we did go through a phase in like 2015 of like crossbacks were everything we were loving a crossback but I don't know that I could say ever saw one in a blazer how fun designed with princess seams and the option of a gathered sleeve or straight sleeve I think gathered cap is what she means three different sleeve lengths all of the internal seams are Hong Hong's um you can dress it up or dress it down all these fabric options consider the weight and drape also love that little bit of information okay let's look at these pictures xs to 3xl so it does look like it's fully lined does not have any closures in the front is that right it's meant to be open so cute I love it as like a little option for spring like a little lightweight spring jacket wait some people have a little notched collar now I'm confused to be seen line drawings yet look at all those beautiful Hong Kong finishes so I don't think the jacket is not lined there's a facing here but I do feel like something was happening here because I could see some other something peeking out maybe that was certainly there's a facing here oh maybe she did contrast facings that's probably what it is and she definitely has it turned back on this one maybe that floral one I just couldn't see it very well so sweet I love the little short sleeve that's adorable it's just really hard to take a photo of a fitted blazer with your hands on your hips like I think that's where everyone's comfortable posing but like it's never gonna look great through here because that's just not how it was designed you know like it's not designed to be able to you know look great with your with your arms up she is just serving life though see hers is okay so there must be options and we never saw a line drawing for as far as I can tell right oh way down here okay I was close no that's not a line drawing that's a croaky so no line drawing on this one which is a bit of a bummer because I'd like to see the neckline options did she talk about that up here I don't think so all right it is cute though it is cute I just I can't tell if this is a two different designs or some people are just pulling it back and some aren't this is the classic cardigan yep it really is open front we've got some vents staple with a variety of lengths this is like the one cardigan you to ever need if you don't have a cardigan yet might as well get this one large patch pockets optional split hem optional banded bottom on the shorter length and then three different sleeve options I kind of like this a lot again it's not like rewriting you know nothing special or exceptional about it but it just is an idea I hadn't considered and I appreciate that about pattern designers who give us an option that may seem obvious to them but to the rest of us we're like oh yeah that is a good idea all right so yeah open front cardigan there's literally nothing more to say about this that is what it is so we'll go to the next classic shell which again is just like a basic woven top we've got classic shift dress we've got a sleep set a little like button down top with your pajama pants and like a little cuff situation you can also make this into a dress that's really cute there's a bundle here's a collared shirt dress this one is a little bit more difficult but look at these results little elastic waistband there's a yoke a collar the tab sleeve similar bodice to what we've seen in some of the other patterns but she just added a fuller skirt and a little bit of elastic to cinch in at the waist super cute so if you liked those other kind of collared versions this one's really cute too I love that I love how she utilizes princess seams almost exclusively I don't think I've seen a single dart yet I love a princess seam I think they're so much easier to fit than darts I think you just get a better overall looking garment with princess seams all right got a little pair of knit comfy shorts I'm here for some of these for this summer I don't feel like I have a lot to just lounge around in summer wise I have a lot of like sweatpants and like joggers and yoga pants and stuff like that but not a ton of these like just little casual situations but look how cute right all day long a little low in the rise but that can be adjusted it's a little pocket a little bias binding love these they're also a little bit long in the inseam which I also really appreciate yeah love these I mean you can make them shorter and little booty shorts if you want cute right oh see two length options shorter inseam and one is that it that is an inch longer love that and this goes up to a 6x on these shorts too this is comfy shorts bundle and then just the comfy shorts I don't know what else was included in that just look oh wait knit shorts with trim and pockets and two styles and then a kids maybe like kids and adult bundle I don't know that's why I'm not even looking at the bundles creative cap sleeve top and tunic some knit dolman style cap sleeve top bump up your basic t-shirt variety of options yeah look at all this banded or invisible binding to finish the neckline classic front and class and back or front and back yoke options gather back option be back with cross straps which is so pretty sleeve cuffs front tie regular shirt tail back regular scoop back him regular or vented side him and regular long tunic links so it is an elevated t-shirt but they're all really long and I'm just not into tunics anymore so I would be shortening mine and then I think at that point like what's the point okay there's that um another bundle cross hem tee this is um oh free with code this must be through her facebook um free pattern found here pair the cross hem tee with freezing night hmm get this pattern for free with the facebook group okay love that so this is what it looks like great little basic tee from the waist up and then waist down it's just kind of little bit of a detail here let's see if anybody did anything super fun with that yeah you can do like a little peekaboo something else even lace something sheer that would be really fun and then it does look like a lot of people made these into little pajama pants and because she already has these drafted as tunics it's not that much more fabric to make it into a little night dress okay here's the cross roads sweater this is a fun little option to like for a layering piece totally get it favorite stable knits make your sweater an all-in-one or max or mix it up with contrast fabrics designed to be layered I think it's very slimming I think yeah as a layering piece it's really really really great I'd like to see it over a dress even if you made it a little bit shorter so that it hit your dress right at your natural waist here's a virgin in the dress right I just think that's so sweet this one's also classic very teenage appropriate yeah lots of options here this I think is a great little staple that I don't see very often all right double tank tank double tank tank that's hard to say little racer back tank top this is endless summer shorts we've got cute comfy cool woven shorts the wide range of woven fabrics including quilting cotton not my favorite to recommend but rayon blends lace and sear sucker add pockets a front drawstring and trims to make these a one of a kind creation two and a half inch inseam front pockets elastic waist pocket detail lace trim cupped hem drawstring or lining oh for the lace I guess a little one-yard wonder love that let's look at some of the photos to see how we are doing on fit yeah the crocs looks really good there up there too okay so elastic waist little curved pocket cute yeah you guys this looks pretty good on everybody I'd love to see these in like a tensile twill oh here's the lace with the lining love that how you can kind of the line is a little bit shorter cue the lace being um yeah all of these look pretty good impressive yeah love that what else do we have fashionista jacket okay this is like a take on a jean jacket look how cute um designed for non-stretched denim and twill fabrics perfect layering piece designed to hit at a short length between the natural waist and the high hip and ensures an amazing it ensures that it looks amazing over dresses rompers tunic tees and everything else cough sleeves are designed to hit the widest part of the hand front placket and coughs can be closed with jean shank buttons metal snaps or regular buttons okay yeah she's got lots of pictures of her self in this one we've got yeah her standard looks like around five inches of ease in the bust which makes sense for a layering piece for sure and then the length yeah because the hip doesn't really matter but all of these fun little details here I'm wondering how hard that is to sew great denim uh little princess seaming in the back great top stitching a little welt pocket yeah this seems like way advanced compared to some of her other patterns oh there is in corduroy yeah a little denim floral hot pink yeah my only thing that I've noticed with the back views is that this scoops down pretty low I don't know why it's not just kind of coming across the back like this but it looks like a great little entry-level denim jacket because it's like all the things that are hard about denim jackets except for the collar so it's like one less hard thing all right we've got the oh i'm governey governey governey um it is a blazer so shorter length princess seams optional front pleat oh that yeah hmm here's our line drawings let's assess from there so you've got your princess seam again single button standard sleeves so this is like a standard blazer or you can do this uh gathered cap and ruched hem a little tab or you can do this little belt situation yeah it feels very vintage or the vintage gals out there getting a vintage vibes from this is that where the name governey comes from it's not like gibbon she's giverney is it giverney do i sound super fancy um oh a hair turban love that not sure about calling it a turban but oh she called it a wrap i called it a turban my bad it is a hair wrap okay love that free with um a facebook code i guess hetburn henley love a henley they're like the little t-shirts with the little pocket which you can see best here a little bit difficult to sew in my experience but yeah this is a good one nice deep scoop but maybe there's other options let's see narrow henley faux henley or plain neckband there's your lengths sleeve tabs semi-fitted somewhere between potatoes second skin tight so this neckline is the same for every oh no there's a v and a scoop okay different levels of modesty layering and face removing gotcha yeah i love a good little henley it seems like all her patterns too have lots of sleeve options neckline options and length options so that's nice this is the journey tunic also very boho e boho vibes look how cute though you know me i'm a sucker for a ruffle and this one has a bunch of them look how sweet i mean a little high up here were they all like that how they are high collar oh then you have this little slit let's see if we can find one with a slit and see if we like that any better slitted dress yeah super cute i'm wondering if this is hitting in the right place this definitely is that looks great i wonder is this supposed to be at your high hip maybe yeah it has a little bit of a dropped seam there oh that's cute with one little layer fun i like this one okay lecroy cross back top again just our little knit with some crossover details i think it crosses in the front and the back i think low spitting top with drape in the cross to give an elegant and flirty flair depending on fabric just up just down cross over and the crossover and delicate neck line bring interest whether made in solid prints or mix so i think it does cross in front and back nope front does not cross back does cross with ruching through the back although does that say front this is all too small that says front that says back this says something i can't read this says something something front maybe no idea what that says something something front cross front so i guess you can cross in the front or the back i don't know now i'm confused we have a plain front cross back yeah i guess you can just mix and match the fronts and the backs i do like that ruching detail sexy yeah there's a lot of cute options in there next up bundle bundle okay bundle bundle bundle necktie top again necktie tops were like having a moment a few years ago this one with all the contrast fabric i don't know about that this is how i imagine a modern version of a front of a necktie top this is like an ity knit or something lightweight drapey fluid all that then you've got this little sleeve band here making sure you have like a fitted thing through your wrist little bubble sleeve and then she's tucked it into a little skirt perfect perfection sorry just looking through a whole bunch of these to see what else jumps at me these are the line drawings and they show that you have a few sleeve options stove pipe sleeve gathered poet sleeve with cough three-quarter length and a bishop sleeve which is the one that we just looked at again i like this especially for those of you that are going back to work fabrication is the name of the game on this one her whoops her her color blocking looks better to me but i'm just not a super fan of color blocking and also something interesting unintentionally she cut out one wristband from like this portion of the fabric and then the other one got cut out of the flower so even more just like a lot going on but with her like you know slim figure maybe that is what is aiding in the you know not looking too insane on the color blocking but like you know you could go super dramatic with like a cotton jersey you're just going to get like a massive bow not a bad choice just a choice do you know what i mean all right now we have outer banks tee that's in north carolina so i'm so happy to support this little boat neck t-shirt you don't need to spend a lot of time on this one this is another one of those pattern companies that has 85 million patterns but once you get down into them you can start to see that they're all like little versions of each other to a certain degree um this one's a little one of the same tank tops that we've seen already same little sleep shorts we've seen already this one just has lace inset through here the shorts i don't are the shorts supposed to be like really wide like are they flared i guess maybe a little bit um comfort and style light knit knit stretch lace um vintage flared leg yeah so that's fun i think we can absolutely add like a vintage vibe to her just overall style this is the Parisian night pant which i think was free yeah okay good um free comfy wide leg lounge pants made for knits i mean she's calling these pajamas you guys but like i think we all know that these days you make these in the right fabric and you can wear these right out of your house i'm not feeling as confidently about the crotch design on these as i was the other little pair of shorts and there's no real good pictures of them either it looks like because they're so loose there might be a little bit too much room through the crotch here just like too wide of a crotch depth but tell me you couldn't put on a like knit waistband with like a gauze um and have like a super fun pant the other thing i might consider i it's hard to let me see if i find a picture before i speak too soon yeah i don't see any body's waist so it's hard to tell how high up these go um but that would be something to consider as well like where the rise is but yeah free pant pattern this is the fresh with a ph blazer i had that fabric i made a dress out of it that's so fun and that tells me how old this pattern is that was like oh yeah that was a while ago seven years ago maybe let's go to a line drawing because i'm seeing ruffles yes okay so we've got the same blazer bodice that we've seen already with the single button welt pockets similar to the denim jacket you see how she's like piecing together parts of other patterns the same little gathered sleeve we've already seen a whole bunch of and this one inside the princess seams you do have the option of a little ruffled situation or not but this is what it looks like a little shaker tail feather but in the best way i also wonder hmm part of me thinks this is too long part of me thinks this is hitting exactly at her waist where it should so maybe for the petites out there you just remove a ruffle or something i don't know about ruffles over the bum is i guess is what i'm getting at and nobody else showed the back she did that's the plain one though more hong kong finishes oh here's a ruffle bottom yeah see this one feels like the appropriate length and whatnot maybe the other lady linked it i don't know it's hard to say but i think that that's fun you know me though it's hard for me to say no to a ruffle we've got a province p coat yeah legit double breasted notch collar p coat again with the princess seams welt pockets this feels like a similar western design as the denim jacket a little waist band in the back great coat is it fully lined yes yes it is so you've got a nice deep facing and fully lined also looks like it's maybe top stitched cute this is a racing short so i feel like this is like those little knit shorts we saw but for woebins yeah i have always wanted a pair of shorts like this but anytime i go to you know any store that sells active wear they are not made for curvy girls they just aren't i mean the nylon fabric obviously has no give no stretch to it whatsoever and they just were either like suffocating my thigh suffocating my butt you know or falling down so this would be something fun to try i actually have some liberty of london um what did they call it like it's like waterproof probably not made for a design like this actually now that i think about it it's more like a board short situation i don't know why i got it it was when i lived at the beach and i thought oh it'd be so fun for stand-up paddle board which i did one time um but you know maybe i should try to get some of these to fit i think that i would wear them a bunch it would be a good option to go with other than just leggings all the time i mean look how cute that is yeah love that okay this is the radiant roost top semi-fitted meaning that will highlight your curves without being overly tight or clingy designed for knits with 30 stretch and good recovery yes asymmetrical roost shoulder and side this feels so freaking chic look at these line drawings i mean like very expensive very chic very like just i love this it's got to be so comfortable it's got to be so flattering on everybody let's pull up some tester photos and see look at that tell me she doesn't look like a million dollars love it in this like lightweight like jersey situation maybe some kind of blend look how her waist is like boom waist hip love that some close-ups i don't know about all of this and the ruffle sleeve it looks better with her arm down that one looks incredibly well sewn look how even her little gathers are teach us please teach us your ways yeah i can see it as a little athletic piece with some wicking fabric for sure yeah i think it just elevates a jeans look where you can wear jeans to somewhere nice or like a panty pant i mean even tucked in look how good it looks oh i love this animal print but look at these bodies you guys everybody's got a waist everybody's got a waist of course naturally maternity yeah i think i like the plain sleeve option better and then asymmetrical or otherwise i don't care i like them both love this love this love this this is the refined raglan so we've seen a raglan this is the woven raglan i think one of the first patterns we looked at was a woven raglan this is that i refined i don't know oh gosh she said break out the champagne and put on your happy music because you are in need of at least a dozen of these large scoop neckline optional open front don't know what that means open front has two lengths so like a cardigan let me see what she means by open front oh this and then you can do this little um i guess pin tuck version as well but at its core it's still just a raglan a woven raglan top riviera romper advanced beginner pattern designed for ease and comfort summer loungewear that's also appropriate for date night might become your favorite outfit ever shorts have a loose straight cut and small leg slit while capris gave you a wide range of finishing options for different looks the elastic waist should fit at your high hip not your natural waist not my favorite design choice because again that's a lot wider than this is so i'm always just trying to nip and tuck to find the smallest part of me um a little unfair to look at a straight sized person hold on we've got people putting belts on them like i could never wear a belt there it would just ride up right up right up right up because the curve there is so like deep yeah i guess if you made sure that the bodice portion was long enough that it really kind of like doubled over itself through here where it looked like a shirt tucked in well that looks like a shirt like this where it looks like a shirt tucked in i think that would be your best option for keeping it flattering what i don't like is when it's pulled i saw one example when it's pulled down and like hold on like this this is not flattering to me and i hate the word flattering this to me is not going to make me feel my best just like i would never wear shorts that low with a shirt tucked in so just because it's a one piece doesn't change my mind about that either um so here for a romper that sits at your high hip and not your natural waist that's fine i think we just have to like be a little bit careful about lengths and making sure that everything is long enough um where it creates like the best proportions for us make sense um and then it looks like to get in and out of this thing it's just that little tie in the back and a deep scoop neck so easy peasy to pull on and off another option would be to just not put in the elastic um where you could have like a see like almost like a onesie you know which is a single piece um i don't i'm assuming that yeah obviously there's two seams because everyone's doing different tops than bottoms but you could even just remove that seam and just have like a full one piece again double checking links along the way um this is the satara skirt why is this three dress forms difficult oh it's a dress shirt dress oh i thought it was a skirt i can't read okay i thought this said skirt um like because again she's like really going all in on all of her versions with um color blocking i mean pattern fabric mixing and matching but look how sweet this one is let me see a line drawing i mean look at this one it's so cute it's like cute little Nashville vibes yeah look so sweet shirt dress similar to what we saw before with the shirt dress this one just has a uh sand collar and no like pointed part and then like a fuller skirt and obviously wasting but she's cute um where are we we're down here at the adult split hem top another knit top will work real quick um semi-fitted scoop neck i mean she didn't bother with the description that's how basic this one is um here's our line drawing but you can see knit top little sleeve band v neck or scoop and then you've got your splits on the sides oh this was in 2019 so we can see how old that one is this one is sporty skirt um midi bologna mini length double scoop or regular hems separate casing for waistband optional drawstring based turnt hem or bias hem optional pockets easy peasy little design believe it or not this little like tennis court chic tennis court cute is like have in a moment um all of those little like remember those little tops from the 90s that were like knit and a little grown on collar like pointed collar or like the little like um skirts with the shorts underneath squirts all of that is like living living living again so this reminds me of that a lot i think you could be very very on trend with a sporty skirt of your own look at some of these versions i mean couldn't get easier to make throw on super easy super comfortable you could even just add all of this like just tack not tack on but like use this scene and a bodice scene put together make a little sporty dress right i mean everybody looks great cute cute cute and yeah they're her 10 bucks is mostly what all of her patterns cost here's a little denim situation very cute does she live in texas i need to know where she lives she's got western she's got vented she's got cute like her style is very um very like all inclusive like something for everyone you know that okay jeans skirts are really not a complicated so aside from the zip fly and even that isn't really hard once you get the feel of it i need another closed parentheses here um take a great working skirt it's all the fit in the details jean thread okay blah blah blah blah mid rise that is fitted at the top of the hip and then has a straight a line to the desired length and i will say for a curvy girl the fit of this that this is not poking out we're not getting any weird drag lines in the front does look so so so good so these are the versions that she was able to make love love she did say mid rise so we got to keep that in mind my inclination is to put everything high rise because that's where we've been kind of style wise for so long but this is a mid rise skirt you could absolutely make it a high rise skirt if you wanted you just have to add some length maybe to the yoke oh she did not put i'd rather be sewing embroidery on her pocket oh my gosh that is so cute it's our a little oddly placed right they feel really close together and also very short or just small in general like no that is not where this their her pockets belong they need to be like here like through the i'm going to i don't know this is going to be controversial but like the meat auger bum that's where they need to be these are way too high way too close together for her for some people it may be okay she just left hers off altogether the fit on that is exceptional cute mommy and me yeah too high these did get spread out further they just need to be a little bit lower like two inches lower okay yeah cute little denim skirt starting point tank again basic knit tank this is the summer dress i'm here for a cutout warm weather staple perfect for vacation outdoor picnic or all around lounging and frolicking the days away fitted knit bodice crossover back keyhole cutout two options full back or a crossover back how fun and then a whole bunch of different lengths okay let's look at some of these oh wait already did that okay um i think that's the crossover back version i see i see so it's it does have a seam obviously for the cutout on the back but i think it would be interesting to make this with the front all like one piece but then you'd lose a little bit of the flair i don't know there it is a peplum top the crossover super cute love all the sass so sweet gorgeous fun love the um border print yeah i think i would be living in this see like her for example her waste is way up here so if she had sewn this seam up here her the hourglass would be like like booming dress that's like a perfect wedding outfit like dress it up dress it down do your thing or wear it to target so many cute options the way that she got this ice cream and took all these pictures before the ice cream melted that is pro status modeling trust me yeah i love it i love the flutter sleeve i love without the sleeve love the crossover like look how good that looks i want one i want one um okay last page and we've got a little clutch real deal jeans that's a cute way to put it full length capri and three lengths of shorts wow um three inch five inch and board short length ideal fit of these jeans is to have an average rise that is fitted through the rear and thigh and then go straight down from the knee i think that's also called no i was going to say stove pipe i think stove pipe goes straight from the hip this might be boot cut um this shouldn't feel as tight as skinny's they aren't that kind of gene however you can use a tutorial here to make them skinny jeans okay let's check out we've seen some throughout this series we've reviewed some jeans some real deal jeans as she calls it and we've seen some bad versions so let's check these out based on everything i've seen about all of her other pants i think will be fine um the rise didn't she say average rise so it's a little bit between mid and high i like that just fine this one obviously it's a little bit big through here but very straight side seam for someone who's so curvy i think she's more of an apple though so she's gonna have a lot of fullness which is what's showing through these two areas that looks really good nice and straight this feels really low though like your yoke should not be through the biggest part of your bum there's a little short those pockets look in a decent place maybe a little bit lower maybe an inch those are appropriate so the yoke here seems okay see it's just hard to tell because i don't know if people are making alterations or not those look great but she did make hers into skinnies here's a little short is that this pattern wow hands in pockets like people just can't help put their hands in a pocket whether it's the back pocket front pocket who knows yeah those look great good yep for a full thigh woman full belly i think i think she did a great job the more i look at this the more i am a little bit concerned about sort of the the deepness of the waistband and yoke and then how that is affecting everything below it like some people this is sitting up nice and high where i think i mean if it were me the like the point of the yoke should be like close to the top of your crack oh god i can't believe i just said that on the internet but for some people i don't know maybe they're like shorter through here i don't know what's happening um but i want i just want to run up to her and pull this up her too some people are definitely wearing this at their high hip which is lower than intended again i don't know if she's shortening through here um see this is what i'm this is more close to what i was thinking where this yoke ends higher up on the bum therefore the pockets are a little bit higher and then you get a longer leg line yeah that one looks really good too so all things considered we've got some really promising photos here it's not super consistent throughout which again is just one of the downsides of using tester photos you're going to get a variety of alterations none of them are very clear as to what's been altered so you just don't really know but across the board consistently there are more good-looking genes than not good-looking genes so that gives me a lot of hope and promise and plus for ten dollars i've tried that little gene short for sure okay now we have the tidewater tea which is the last little cutout tea but the cutout dress but with the cutout at the back yoke instead super cute super simple we've seen this um little t-shirt already in this video she just put a yoke on it and then did a little scoop that's it you could hack a t-shirt you already own into this it's not hard or you can just pay the ten dollars here is a robe right oh tourist tie top tunic and dress for women i thought it was a robe my bad my bad um yeah okay so it has this little thing which isn't actually a belt it's okay i need this how does it work how do you do it curiosity first and foremost of how this is executed has got me then i'm like how comfortable does that look like i want to wear that all summer long and third it's so freaking cute it's like the trifecta yes there's a little tunic version i guess maybe and then okay the little top is i'd make all three give them all i mean right wear that to work wear that to a date wear that to a wedding depending on your jewelry and your shoes you are good to go need need need waffle knit love i love everything everybody who's watching this video needs to go buy this dress it will look good on every single body type there is whether you would know i don't care what kind of fruit you are all the fruits it's great for every lifestyle it's great for every age it's great for every i can't think of a situation where even if you sat around a in the home all day long you would this would still be great for you i mean with the little hat i love this she is perfectly illustrating my point look at me in my wedges and my bag with my little scarf ready to go to work and the next day or later that night she's like it's time to go to the baseball game i got my hat on i've got my cross body and my flip flops let's go right i mean look look at the attention to detail with the red hair tie i can't so good so good it makes me so happy oh yeah this top is great this top is great need one need one need them all need them all it goes up to a 5x no excuses 10 bucks great love that tourist tie top and dress this is the traveler t again we've got a raglan t scoop neck that's really i mean that's what we've got here are the line drawings maybe better better to see this one does have a little square doodad um this square the front center panel is made of woven material the sleeves in the back are knit so that is actually really fun because scrap busting right you can go into your stash mix up all the things even if they're woven and knit i love that or you can make it all out of one or the other so great little scrap busting option five bucks um then we have the trendy tank again another tank top this one happens to be v-neck free code we have the twin peaks cardigan so we had sort of the like basic open front cardigan how is this one different i guess this yeah we've got a little i don't know i'm getting like superman vibes or a straight across back yoke too give me a line drawing give me here we go thank you um okay plain yoke back or this little superstar version and it's open front hip length or thigh length and then all the sleeves are the same but the little back thing is really kind of different again great little scrap buster on that too um this is the v-neck dress and hoodie so you guys came for me the last time i talked about a hoodie dress many of you apparently live in climate where a hood is literally appropriate on every single type of garment that there is and putting a hood on a dress was not weird to you guys at all but for me i don't know it just felt like am i really going to put on a dress you know where it's like you know all the air is circulating and then be like oh i'm cold let me put on my hood but to each his own i guess maybe i would need to live where you guys live to fully appreciate the hooded dress but nonetheless here's another option um this one also happens to have a banded tunic version as well we've already talked about my aversion to banded tunics but you can leave it off you can leave the hood off instead of the hood there's this shawl collar or just a v-neck band and then you have the kangaroo pocket and then also like two part sleeve thumb holes there's lots of options in this so it is a little sporty there's some questionable pattern matching print mixing options here but like this one i love right just the right amount three different fabrics um just the right amount though some of these not my fave but there you go be the v-neck vivacious v-neck dress and hoodie waterfall cardigan this one is free um it is banded so you can see or is that a facing uh oh so fast so by limiting the facings in color so you need to make sure that the underside of your fabric is also pretty yeah not a lot of options here but for a free little pattern not bad here's a cutie little sleep set love for sure this will be included in february so together 2023 when that rolls around yeah cute very cute very cute love the kind of drape of the top the shorts fit great you can also make a little slip dress which obviously yes for night wear but also as a slip revolutionary right no line drawings on this one but a lot of really great tester makes it looks like the fit looks good on everyone she really i think has done a good job on the pants fitting for curvy figures if that's who she's designing for i really do feel like all of her bottoms look look um more good than not good which is which is great all right that's the end that is all of the patterns from winter wear all the women's patterns anyways let me know what you guys think i think we saw some kind of trends emerging like boho vintage um a little bit of western in there a little bit too sir there are some repeats as with any you know indy designer with this kind of volume of patterns um but some really cute standout stuff for sure let me know which one was your favorite are you going to be buying anything hopefully all of you will be saying you're going to go buy that little already forgot the name of it but the top with the twist in the front like we need everybody needs to make that um but there's also some really other cute options in here as well she does have some of these things on sale um so looks like most of the bundles are what is on sale but anyways um i have linked to the last uh first impression friday that we did i don't even remember who it was for but it is linked here at the in the insulate the bottom right hand corner of your screen just click on that leave a comment let me know what you think of winter wear designs uh that's going to do for me today though i will be back next friday with another episode of first impression friday and of course i will see you in the meantime bye