 Hi, you guys. Welcome back to First Impression Friday. If you are new here, this is the series where I review an entire sewing pattern collection, whether that's a whole seasonal release from the Big Five or a whole indie patterns like entire catalog. Today, I was browsing Simplicity's website and way, way, way down here, I saw that New Look had some new patterns out. So, let's jump right in. New Look has, I think it was like five or six maybe women's patterns. They do seem sort of fallish. I don't know when these actually came out. I don't feel like I get many alerts about New Look, so I'm glad I stumbled upon that little banner there. All right, so the first thing we have is a Mrs. Jacket and Coat unlined, wrapped coat and jacket with asymmetrical stand collar, a relaxed fit and have tie belts and dropped sleeves. Easy rating, size options are all the sizes are in one with all New Look patterns. Extra small to 1XL and they are $3.99 online, same for in Joanne. They're $3.99 all the time. I don't recall what they are at Walmart, but maybe somewhere around there too, or I know Walmart likes a $29, maybe they're $3.29. I'm not sure. Leave a comment if you know for sure what they sell for at Walmart. But I love a New Look pattern because of all the sizing in one and they're always affordable and if there's not a sale you can still get a cute pattern and sew something that weekend. All right, so this is the little asymmetrical drop shoulder that they mentioned. It is a very boxy fit and then you tie it all up with this belt to give yourself a little bit of waist definition. They did this really cool treatment with like leather binding here to make this look like really expensive. I mean this is like high end, right? Here is a line drawing also. What's different? Is this one shorter? I don't know. Maybe they're the same. And then here's a longer version. You can see that it buttons up here and when you leave this little part open it kind of gives you a little bit of neckline exposure. Princess seams. This is a nice little easy basic coat you guys. Here's the back. Side seam pockets it looks like but you could also convert those into patch pockets if you wanted. I think this would be a great pattern for quilt coat because there aren't many seams to it and yeah I think it would be great with lots of different fabrics. They're recommending, wow this is really blurry for me. Is it me? My eyes? Shouldn't be. Wool types, denim, ponte fleece, scuba and pre-quilted fabrics. Okay so yeah definitely a pre-quilted situation was the very first thing my mind went to. They had some really cool um was it Sherpa lined fleece maybe at Joanne but it was like mega expensive like $50 a yard or something. So for sure you want to wait for either a coupon or sale or something but they have some really cool interesting garment fabrics at Joanne. I feel like every season they're doing a little bit better a little bit better learning what we actually want to sew with and finding good quality and all of that. So um so yeah check out your your local store for that but also these indie fabric stores are doing an exceptional job. I've seen so many beautiful wools and plaids um from Style Maker. You guys saw them too if you watch the swatch video but um yeah lots of good options for this little simple basic coat and you can learn a lot about bias tape and bias binding too. Yeah this one's kind of fun and inspiring. I'm surprised just right off the gate I'm just so into it. All right finished garment measurements. Man I cannot read that uh bust 38 and a half to 53 so roughly an eight inch ease in the bust and then in the hip 30 another seven or eight inches in the hip as well. So nice and roomy and boxy and easy to fit. You will need a magnetic snap five and a half yards of binding or braid trim and if you wanted to do the leather look I'm 99% sure that Style Maker well I know for sure that they used to have leather bias binding and I'm pretty sure they still do um so you can check Style Maker fabrics for that um if you wanted to do I remember I got some black for like a vest that I was doing so anyways um or DIY bond binding with non-ravelling fabrics such as lightweight leather or suede okay cool yeah that would be a fun little adventure in bias tape okay great start oh we didn't see line drawings there they are so there you go all of them are finished with a bias binding because it's not lined but you know if you wanted to line it it wouldn't be that difficult you would just make you know a facing did I say it I had princess seams that was a lie there's no princess seams um the you would just make a facing that is roughly like I don't know like half of this thing up into your shoulder and around and down the other side and then fill in the rest with lining fabric like one to one it's really simple to make a lining okay next we have what's it gonna be a little dress a mini dress tubular shaped that doesn't sound great tubular shaped mini dress comes with short or long sleeves and a zipper on the side view a has sleeve cuffs view b has sleeve bands view c is a turtleneck dickie wow okay I'm here for a dickie I do love a dickie but okay so this is what we've got she's wearing the dickie and the dress right nope a b c so I'll have to confirm that b comes with the turtleneck already attached but they use two different fabrics here one's a little bit draper and one is a little bit more structured gathering into the wrist gathering into this and then this little band is at your low hip asymmetrical yeah this is just hard to pull off for a lot of body types if you're an apple like it's going to highlight this feature if you're a pair it's going to highlight this feature you really basically have to be a rectangle rectangle ruler for this to work in my opinion but I bet it's really comfortable maybe it's because I don't really see it as like a going out thing maybe like this one feels like I could lounge around in it but then honestly I just leave the band off and just have a sweatshirt that's really long you know what I mean okay so there they are there you some ribbing on that one it looks like here's a little zipper I don't know why you'd need a zipper though unless it's just aesthetic yeah I mean can you imagine that on my pair shape that would just be like hello here she is the biggest button all the land okay so she is wearing the dickie in that picture and um it doesn't come with a a turtleneck already attached okay so we've got fabrics are stretch knits such as double knit fleece ponty sweatshirt fleece and tearing it yeah I guess in theory those aren't super stretchy but the rib knit should be so you have this contrast for stretchable rib knit um and then the turtleneck can be sweater knits I do I have lots of things pretty much any any knit that's a little bit lightweight drapey um and then a 14 inch zipper okay so what I was saying is the band is done in the rib knit so in theory that should stretch out a bunch yeah I mean I don't know if you necessarily need the zipper I would try it without unless you just like installing zippers and then by all means go for it um but I don't know if you need that to get it on and off you know um okay and then no oh we have finished normal measurements for the bus it's really remain the bus though so they really should have provided hip measurements but I guess it's probably negative ease in the hip and they're worried that that would confuse people I get that but see how it's such oh it's b but they didn't also mark the little c normally they would have like c up here by her turtleneck and then b down here b and b okay got it oops line drawings again nothing new to see there and then if you want to make a dicky but you don't want to buy this pattern I get it you just take a turtleneck and you just chop off the sleeves and square up the like hem you can make it as long as you want but you put them underneath things so it looks like you have a turtleneck or you can even do it with like collared shirts like go buy them from the Goodwill or the thrift store and then just cut it up and hem them and then you have like what would be like a faux collar underneath your sweaters all right we have this mrs skirt very holiday looking um geez okay average sewing rating mrs skirt with link variations has tucks on skirt yoke front of skirt has box plates with side seam pockets and invisible side zipper yeah this is going to be like a lot of fabric and it feels a little bit like high school chorus choir to me and honestly like I wouldn't have really styled it any differently either she's mean mugging she's upset and I don't know that I blame her like she's like what is this I know like the concept is that I don't it's tough because it doesn't look bad but it doesn't really look good it just feels it feels both like old like old like you would find this in Goodwill like someone discarded it because it was like you know 45 years old or something that's not even that old I don't know it just feels like not right I don't know how to say it also I'm not even entirely sure that would be super flattering having these horizontal bands going across your well it's like your narrowest part but also down to your high hip so mine's a pretty dramatic curve here maybe it's the pose of course the line drawings don't look terrible there's a little high low version and then I think that's a similar version to what she's wearing and then there's a shorter version maybe it's a combination yeah this is a different pose that does look a little bit better right other side seam pockets also maybe it's yeah maybe it's a combination of the fabrication I like it with the white crisp button down but I'm not entirely sure maybe it's the color I don't know this I don't love because I'm gonna look like a friggin turtle or a duck waddling waddling down the sidewalk if it enhances her derriere this much can you imagine it's like a shelf of pleats right there okay let's see how much fabric it takes yeah five and a half yards for the long one for the largest size and the longest one yeah that makes sense so they are recommending sort of fancier fabrics because it's kind of like a holiday type dress or a skirt crepe crepe back satin dupione jacquard satin satin tapeta but that floral one could have easily just been a cotton or a linen or I mean genuinely just about anything it is also lined partially I think just this little cumberbump part is lined and some interfacing yeah that's really it you need an invisible zipper to get in and out of it okay yeah like this version that they made up the sample or the illustration that they did could have easily been cotton or something and this you do want to use those kind of fabrics that they recommended because you want to make sure the right side and the wrong side both look the same I hate when a fabric is printed and then the underside is like white or some other color and then that's what shows that I don't know that just bothers me so much but this one you could use a print as well and that would be fine because you can't really see it maybe there's too many of these little doodads at the top I don't know something about it though feels off proportions fabrication color something okay now we have this little number this feels fun misses two piece dresses trendy for sure two piece dress set includes a crop top and matching skirt tops have one shoulder or two straps option with side zipper skirt has waistband and slit in the front average rating sizes six to 18 okay basic sewing here this is not like rewriting anything this is a simple little top with princess seams straps like sewn into the lining or you have this one shoulder design as well you have a little bit of a bust dart simple one inch waistband princess seemed skirt where one seam is hemmed or like half of one seam is hemmed so again not anything I don't even know why they're calling this average unless maybe with the zipper it makes it a little bit more challenging but if you don't like a crop top skirt but you like this silhouette just attach them extend this down to the waistline remove the waistband you have a waist seam instead and you can just make a little simple little dress see how it top here she is in this window she likes this she feels cute she looks cute she should be smiling okay so here are all the things yes yes yes yeah I don't see anything wrong with fit or anything like that again it's pretty basic you know it might be nice to have just these as like simple little blocks I don't know that I have anything that is just like this simple in terms of just a bodice I'd have to look at the pencil skirt is not really for me I don't love love love them on myself but I could see myself using both of these little tops a bunch okay so fabric is cotton blends crepe x satin satin tapeta velvet novelty sequins leather like fabrics for sure I could see like yeah stretch satin they have in here any of the like you know fancier bridal type of stuff any of that would be really pretty in this too if you wanted to do like a wedding look um okay so bust has three inches of ease that feels appropriate waist there isn't really a waist unless they're counting the skirt as the waist oh they're not giving the waist okay cool and then the hip is 30 yeah close fitting hip to two and a half three inches so yeah close fitting all around on this guy but that little tops the both of the tops are little one-yard wonders I love that great little scrap buster you can wear the high waisted pants or jeans or whatever and you know if you're uncomfortable having it be that high just extend it by a couple of inches it's not going to add that much to your the fabric requirements cool all right so that's that cute I love the sample that they made good job not really here for the hot pink but the hot pink is supposedly like the new millennial pink so okay now we have a little um unisex cargo pant okay I mean let's get into it unisex cargo pants include bellows pocket with flap and drawstring at waistband view a has front patch pockets flat webbing with plastic parachute clip and cord stoppers at the bottom of pants view b has side seam pockets patch on front and nylon webbing plastic snap buckles so these are very utilitarian you tell is that the word utilitarian they're not just like pockets for the sake of having pockets like they intend for you to fill them up clip things to them like go fishing you know like do actual activities no other than just wearing them but you know you can make them pink they can still be cute um so yeah drawstring this is the after you get what they called the pocket hold on let me see um bellows pocket is what that is called seen them before but never knew what they were called so that's when they're like 3d like they stand out from the garment then you have these flaps this is the little flat webbing they're talking about and then the um cord stoppers at the ankle they look really cute on her and then you have view that's view a what she's wearing then you have view b which is what he's wearing and you just have side seam pockets and like patch pockets with the webbing little long on him yeah super cool i don't know how i feel about this long thing like dangling down off my body but i would make them like this and maybe leave the patch pockets off you know that looks really cool maybe do elastic instead of the ripstop i just don't like things like just willy nilly hanging off lying around i guess because i'm pretty clumsy i think that's what it is and i can just see myself like that getting stuck in the door or somehow magic somehow magically me tripping on it um even though it's not touching the floor i would figure out a way that's a cute top are we gonna be able to make that there's the back of you b2 with the patch pockets okay so yeah the measurements on this are going to be a little bit interesting for women's wear simply because it's made for men and women but it looks like a eight inches of ease in the hip well six to eight i don't know how there's a range how is there a range when you go to cut out your pattern you're not it's one it's one measurement i don't know um okay so they're yeah flat nylon oh wait fabrics are cotton blends nylon ponte sweatshirt please tearing it oh sweatshirt please and tearing it so yeah you could absolutely use these as just like a little jogger pattern too and just leave off all the pockets of course i don't know why i didn't think of that um but yeah like a ripstop situation nylon for sure and then a little bit of fusible interfacing and then you need like a ton of webbing and clips and snaps and twill tape and all kinds of things to make them the most usable okay here's the line drawing yeah very accurate to the sample i think they're really cool not sure i have like a need for something that useful but they are cool i'm not mad at them okay this is a mrs top they has self ties ruffled collar buttons and self loops both tops have puffed sleeves and two links average rating this already feels right up my alley but it's like a more like a jacket than a top because you can see through it but it has that big oversized collar we've been seeing a bunch with the ruffle in it then this um raglan sleeve with elastic in the hem this one comes all the way down with like an actual sleeve cuff um and has loops and buttons whereas this one just has little ties that's more of like a blouse i think you could probably wear that without anything underneath it yeah i'm kind of look at this and think of it as just more of like a layering piece i don't know that this yeah i don't i'm not sure about the styling but as a layering piece especially like as we come back around into where like the weather is a little bit more transitional i can see that being useful in like a linen or something just throw on over your sun dresses over i mean i don't mind it with jeans i just feel like it's a little bit those i didn't like those jeans i guess um but they're saying cotton types poplin wall silky types lightweight denim lightweight linen you know what it could also be something to consider for a winter wedding or like a holiday party i'm not entirely sure about the collar and the ruffle with that but you could make some alterations there um and make a cute little just like throw on piece for like an event um um and then yeah it's really boxy really loose fitting everywhere um elastic buttons bias tape there's usual notions that you would need okay gosh i wish i could make this little honey thing go away but on this website it shows up on other websites it doesn't show up at all i don't know it's just simplicity um but yeah so there's our line drawings pretty versatile considering like you could make this a top you could even like sew up the center front and then just leave it open from here you know what i mean and finish this the same way as instructed so then you'd have like a true blouse or i mean by all means you don't have to wear anything under this one you could be necky under there show a little bit of skin i won't judge okay that is editing these are kids patterns here on the bottom yes all right so what do we think of this small um but sort of mighty mighty in some areas collection from new look i think some things that were good were really good and the things that were not good were really not good um but all in all i think that there's there's not other than this one i and maybe this one um that i just think i don't i don't know how to right the wrongs there but these four i think are very doable and maybe not appeal to the same person um but all look really good and the design is fun and like you know purposeful within a wardrobe but i want to know what you guys think so leave a comment in this comment section below let me know what you guys think of this collection if you're going to be picking up any of these um patterns like i said four dollars everywhere always so i always check out the new look patterns but that's going to do it for me today y'all thank you so much for watching i will see you all very soon bye