 Hi you guys welcome back to another first impression pattern video where I review all the new patterns in either a collection or a new release from big four and Believe it or not. We are cranking through the summer sewing patterns from big four. This is simplicity's New collection that we will be reviewing today. If you are new here, my name is Lindsay. Welcome to my channel I'm so glad you found me. I hope you love these pattern review videos as much as I Love recording them. We just get to do a deep dive into each of the patterns and kind of overanalyze them really and just have a lot of fun talking about fit fabrication and overall design so sit back grab a cup of tea a snack whatever you need and Let's take a look. So this first one is a Dress obviously this is a sewing pattern for an easy-going pullover dress with curved waist seam And gathered skirt with side pockets. These sun dresses feature a v-neck with stitched facings Okay, two length options Mid-knee and lower calf includes roll sleeve long sleeve with button cuff and a sleeveless option So let's take a look. It is quite a deep V if I do say so myself I imagine her bust apex is somewhere in this area So this is hitting pretty low if you have a fuller chest lots of cleavage That's definitely gonna show on this guy, but you can see here You see that little stitching line going through the red stripe. That's the stitched facings that they are talking about So you're gonna make a facing turn it to the inside and then you actually stitch it down So it's not gonna be one of those ones that can flop out Which is a really nice detail. It does make it a little more casual a little more sporty, which is fun All right, so then we've got the curved hem here with the gathers not a very Extreme gatherer either. It's not even like a two to one Maybe a one and a half to one and then your side seam pockets and then the full link This is the mid-calf version easy breezy lightweight loose fitting very very casual Dress that we have here and I didn't even notice that there's a center front seam So if I had this striped fabric, I would be cutting this on the bias So that you'd have like a fun little v shape here with your stripes and then all of these be Vertical little missed opportunity there I think but Nonetheless, this is I think she's wearing the sleeveless version. This is the sleeved version with a cuff, which I absolutely adore That would be so cute in so many fabrics. Here is the long sleeve version No reason why you couldn't wear this in spring summer fall. I mean, maybe not summer but at least where I live but um You could definitely make this pattern Throughout the year and be able to wear it non stop Um, yeah, so no closures. It just pulls on. I think they do have a little funny punker here with the with one of their gathers That's what's creating that interesting fold But yeah, you just pull it on And you're good to go. It is very low in the arm side. You can see That you can see her bra really under there So probably okay for the sleeved versions, but for this sleeveless version I would consider shortening that which means you shorten the facing Um, and you just get a little bit of coverage there All right, there are our line drawings And let's see the Wait, where's the back of the envelope? Hold on There's no back of the envelope on the website anymore You guys Okay, I hope that's not the case with all of them Am I missing something? No, it should be right here Oh, no All right, let's see if it's like that with the next one Because normally at this point if you've been watching these videos You know that we'll talk about different types of fabrics. We'll talk about the yardage you need if there's finished garment measurements Um, there's still lots of information to unpack about these patterns This one doesn't have it either What the heck? All right. Well, I don't know if that's a mistake Like they just forgot to put it on the website Or if this is like some new thing they're trying Either way, I don't like it And I imagine you don't either. All right. Well, real quickly going back to that first pattern I imagine the fabric suggestions are going to be something along the lines of like the mid-weight cottons So all of your cotton blends something in a linen Um, something with a little bit of structure, but also still lightweight and breathable You could definitely make it in a lighter weight fabric like a rayon or something like that It'll just you know hang a little bit closer to the body and not give you kind of that structure that you're looking for No closures. I imagine you need interfacing for your facings Um And then that's all I can really hypothesize the rest of it yardage. No idea Um sizing no idea. Um Hey, I cannot believe they don't have those All right. Well I guess we'll just make do with what with with the information that we do have here Okay, so the next dress is or it's actually a top and a dress Tiered shirt dress has length and sleeve variations view a blouse has long sleeves contrast yoke and collar band shirt dresses come in knee and midi lengths and collar and collar band variations So seems to be like a lot going on with this one um All right, so this is obviously one of the dresses and You've got a front yoke. You've got a set in sleeve that gathers into this pretty. I mean, it's really pretty little sleeve you've got a Like full collar with the collar stand and everything button band all the way down Uh, I don't know if this is supposed to be a waist seam or not. Obviously the where the belt is that's her waist So is this a drop waist? It didn't mention that um, so this could be just like a long bodice where you might need to alter that by Like several inches three four inches or something And then you have this lower tier here, which also has even more gathers and the button band continues all the way down Here is the shirt version Where they have left off the collar but left the collar stand They did contrast. I imagine this is supposed to be like a some kind of lace or eyelet or something in the yoke And then your long sleeve with elastic and then here is That does look to be a pretty dropped waist, right? That does look a little bit lower than where the waist would normally sit Is this a dress still or is this like a tunic length if we go back to Yeah, it's just this first one here. I got about her knees like somewhere around here So it's about a knee length. It looks really short. The proportions look a little bit funny Um with this being so long and then this being so short, but yeah, I imagine this is knee length And then you've got a sleeveless version again without the collar just the collar stand Um and no sleeve but everything else about the model version is the same Here's the back So you can see the back yoke You can see that dropped waist stops pretty much at her high hip And then you've got the the third ruffle as well So again another option that obviously is great for summer but You can make this to wear year round. Um, I imagine for summertime they're suggesting like she's wearing eyelet I think this had some kind of combination of eyelet and cotton But you can also make it out of lightweight and drapey fabrics too because it does have that ruffle It just will lay closer to the body. So like see how this is kind of like floating away from her All of this will be just kind of Closer in draping closer to your body And I don't know this starting with the belt is okay But I like to lean in when something is like loose like this and just You know let it flow, but maybe like in the fall and winter I would consider belting it But yeah, you get one two three four sleeve options And then one two three length options and then of course you can mess around with the collar as much as you want Here are the line drawings Yeah, that this looks to be better proportion than that illustration the short length Classic shirt dress with tears. We've been seeing it for a few seasons now. It's nothing revolutionary Um, but that trend is Very still very much happening. You're seeing it and ready to wear all over the place So if you don't have a shirt dress like that yet Um, I think and you think it might fit your personal style and something you might You know be able to wear in your like regular lifestyle Um, definitely grab it because I know I wear mine all the time Okay, here's another top and dress pattern. This one has a ruched bodice and shoulder straps I think that bodice is so pretty and elegant Vue B has a ruffled peplum and elasticized puff sleeves Vue C is a midi dress that has a ruched bodice puff sleeve gathered skirt with a ruffle and Vue D is a long gown With the same bodice and shoulder straps So here is a close-up of that ruched bodice so pretty Do we think we have like a set of tacks going like how are we doing this? This is not just like your regular Gathers right like that looks That looks difficult. I don't know if it is means mccall's patterns. We can't be that hard, but Yeah, how are they getting all of this to stays? There's some a bunch of stitching lines in here that keep it all together That's so interesting to me Never sewn up anything like that before so that would be fun just to learn how to do Just you know technically But then it gathers into this really pretty sweet gather here this lightweight fabric ankle length And this is like some kind of crepe So like a lightweight fabric. Here's the top version equally cute. It doesn't have the ruching, but It does have princess seams and this little peplum and then this squared off neckline Um elastic here on the shoulders and in the sleeves the sleeve hem Then you get just the ruched top So if you just wanted to learn how to do this You could just make the top that would also be really fun And then this version also, I love this one. I love this pattern This is like lots of different options lots of different Um places where I would see you wearing this like this seems a little bit more casual like picnic brunch Whereas the first one could be like a wedding guest dress And then it all kind of gathers into this invisible zipper in the back Yeah, I think this is super cool And i'm curious to see how it's done because again, I've never done it before But yeah, all these options are like For at a different occasion Which I think is so cool Love it. Okay. So again for fabrication. They use like a rayon crepe for this one, which is really drapey For this one here truly like the world is your oyster You could probably make this out of a gajillion different fabrics anything light to midweight Um because we have the gathered peplum and the gathered sleeve. I wouldn't go anything heavier than like a midweight um But so many options live here and for the ruche bodice. I do think you probably want to stick to The lightweight fabrics and or like the lightweight side of midweight So instead of like a midweight linen think of your lightweight linens think of your linen blends think of Cotton rayon blends things like that because you do want the ruching to still be highlighted and not be Really, I don't know if it gets if your fabric is too structured. It can be a little bit funky But for this one, especially you still have this ruffle tear um, and so you would want That to have a little bit of structure to it But you can kind of tell I mean you gotta use your imagination a little bit But can you see how this is just like totally falling in on her body? Whereas this one's like poofed away a little bit. That's going to be the difference in structure Here are your line drawings I just love how many options there are you know what I mean And I imagine I don't know because I don't think we have the back again. Yeah, they there's still no pattern back But I imagine this is fully lined and like this is the lining of this So like you have a Everyone makes a little shell like this and then if you're doing the ruching You cut another piece of fabric that goes over this. I think if I had to guess that's what I would assume There's some kind of lining here and then obviously your zipper um But I don't I don't think the bodice would be interfaced I don't think there's a you know a lot other than the zipper the elastic Mining and your regular yourself fabric Okay, next we have This fun little shirt dress Mrs. And women's so we're going to have an extended size range here that goes from 8 to 16 18 to 24 and then the 26 to 32 and this one here is the new one that was just implemented earlier this year so Some of the McCall's patterns are coming in three envelopes now wish hallelujah. Thank you lord Tie front shirt dresses wrap around the waist for a cinched waist dress has collar Short and long sleeves view a is midi knee length views b's and c are midi length with shaped hem So you can kind of see that curved hem here um So It looks like The bodice has this like extension of a wrap to it So interesting so cool For all of you that are hourglass or pair or anything where you want to accentuate a waist This is how you can do it all in one garment. Love it. I love the shape of the the Collar as well is really good How it's a little bit longer. I guess maybe it's a little bit bigger here. I don't know I love the shape of that We have like a little bit of a grown on like cap sleeve situation I'd be interested to see this from the side to see if you can see in there See how low it drops and then this is the shape 10 that they were talking about Really great and sweet Yeah, shaped him. This is your long sleeve version Love it in this like striped cotton perfect. It but any kind of shirting would work for this That's it with the short sleeve And the straight hem Here it is from the back Looks great Yeah, looks really great. I just love all the shape that it gives So good This is a great. This is a great classic with a twist basic with a twist, which is just totally my personal style Um, I love to take basic patterns like this They have a little something going on with them find unique fabrics for them And that's pretty much my formula for designing My wardrobe Oh, one thing I didn't see but love is they have fish eye darts in the back That's what's adding even more to that great shaping probably why the back of her dress looked so good very little commentary from me, which Which as you guys know when we get to the back sometimes, you know, that a lot of bad things can happen in the back Um, but yeah, it's just really really cool I can like I said see in a lot of different cottons and shirtings and fabrics of that nature I would be a little bit careful About the wrong side of your fabric does show Um, maybe they could have done a little bit better job of tying this so that it didn't show But it would show here and they would also show a little bit on your hem as well So just pay a little bit close attention to the back of your fabric make sure it's not, you know Too egregiously different than the front All right, and I think for closures on that one you just have your button band your yeah your button band So interfacing for the collar interfacing for the button band And then buttons for that and then the buttons for the sleeve if you do the long sleeve version And this one comes in extended sizes, which is great. I think that will look so good on so many different body types All right, we have a couple of vintagey looking patterns This one is a 1950s Vintage reissue views a and b have fitted sweetheart bodice With tiered gathered skirts dress includes sew in shoulder sash That can be tied multiple ways I don't even know what that means Vuby has contrasts for print mixing or color blocking Uh I see Okay, so you've got your sweetheart bodice center front seam A bit of a french dart here because it's at an angle And then your three tiers for your skirt So so far pretty similar to whatever we see normally like in these sort of tier Dresses, but this one has this little dudad up here that sewn in at the like peak of your um, sweetheart and then You can Tie it around your waist You can tie it up on itself. I bet you can wrap it around your neck Like all of this little belt looking thing is loose and you can tie up this Almost shawl like any way you want Here is a one shoulder version where they pulled it around the back and then pulled this one down the front and then brought it around You can see that there as well So that's pretty cool, right? Both off the shoulder also pretty that's what The first version we looked at that's what it looks like from the back And again, they were talking about um color blocking print mixing. Here are some different sized ginghams I mean this is the gingham kind of makes it like very 1950s because I think back then it was like very Casual fabrics mixed with Sort of fancier designs, but I can see this more as like a wedding guest situation In a bit more of an elegant fabric imagine like dupioni um, some kind of You know correct back satin something along those lines um To I mean, I think it would look like a million bucks They probably also have some sort of petticoat or something under here making it Really fluthy. I think you could probably illuminate that and have and just modernize it a little bit But the idea of this is really cool And fun Yeah, I quite like that Yeah, so you can really see here what's going on I imagine that there's no boning or support in this at all So you couldn't just leave it hanging which is an interesting idea But you could just tie it like a halter and have these hang long So many different options even more than the ones that they showed I love it Super cool. All right And that just came in the misses sizing Here is a top-end dress that's getting me vintage vines, but it doesn't say that it is But if this doesn't look like a throwback, I don't know what does that collar is something else Um, and when I say misses, this is what I mean 6 to 14 and then 16 to 24 is the size range and the misses If it says women's that's when they have the 26 to 32. Is that what it said? Tops and dresses have pointed and ruffled collar variations Sleeve variations include short and long with elastic at hem three-quarter sleeve has narrow or wide cuff High waisted button down dresses are knee-length with and without flounce Okay, so this is the dress with the flounce. This is the three-quarter sleeve and the pointed collar You can see we have some gathers here to create fullness for the bust The sleeve gathers into a little cuff And there might be some darting through here and then into our little flounce at the bottom and the buttons stop Are these just two totally different buttons than the rest? Like they ran out of buttons and so they're like, well, let's just put these two on maybe no one will notice I Always notice I will always notice Geez, okay. Um, and then here's the top the top is kind of cool So you've got your I guess this is like elbow length sleeve into elastic the pointed collar again This is like a drapery or fabric. Well, the first one was two actually Both sort of like in the crepe rayon world Here is the ruffled collar, which those were like, I feel like might have hit their peak this time last year They're still around Um, I'm still seeing them But maybe not as much as I used to but I still think they're really fun You just have to be careful of your fabric because you could go clown territory real quickly Here's the dress version of the ruffled collar and you can see that there is a side bust dart Um, and then those gathers that I was talking about and then two sets of pleats on the front And then this long sleeve has a wider cuff and no flounce on the bottom here Here's the back So the back has a set of gathers as well and then also another set of double darts It is still pretty fitted very like mermaidy, you know, we're still getting the mermaid situation happening here um But yeah, this is definitely some kind of crepe-ish type of fabric that they're using kind of long in the shoulder Especially to have a sleeve head that pronounced But yeah, this just feels very like nine to five the movie Oh very 1970s early 80s working woman, you know, like this is what Boss babes wore the version this version. This is a little bit better um But there's not enough versions of this that I would wear often enough for me to buy this pattern A little too specific, but I can see some people really pulling this off Yep, so I think we found all the little Design details on that Next we have this jumpsuit and romper Yeah romper jumpsuit and sash It is mrs. And women's so that's going to come in the three size ranges flowy jumpsuit Comes in extended sizing which includes mrs. And plus sizes jumpsuit has gathered neckline raglan sleeves and hook and eye front opening View a includes a sleeveless romper views include flutter bell and three-quarter sleeves sash is also included Okay, she is so young and youthful Okay, so What did they say raglan sleeves? You have a like neck band Some kind of hook and eye happening somewhere Um, they're I don't think there's a waist seam. I think all there is is this sash to kind of cinch it in This does look a little Long in the Rise to me But the flowiness of it that's a three-quarter sleeve as well the flowiness of it is really cool Okay, so here's maybe a little bit better of a picture. This is the this is a what a raglan sleeve looks like when it's sleeveless In case you didn't know you finish off the neck band and that becomes like your shoulder strap But there are buttons up here, right or are those all hooks and eyes I don't know if they come all the way down Then there's your sash again This is the flowy sleeve or flutter sleeve Okay, so yeah, here's what it looks like without the sash This I feel like is a little bit more Trendy right now to have these jumpsuits that are very loose fitting Lightweight flowy and not show any waist definition, but I like that they have this sash Just in case you wanted to like have a moment where you're showing off your body a little bit Here's the back really pretty in the back Yeah, I don't know about the fit on this on her and feeling like maybe she might be a little bit more petite um than what they are used to Because it's just dropping down really low in the back. Normally it would be like up here ish So it feels like something's happening there where they're having to pull it down and I don't know if it's because Like the rise looks okay here, but it's just hard to tell because of the flowy-ness of everything There's just so much fabric here. It's hard to tell It's just hard to tell what's going on But I do like how all these gathers kind of gather into this belt Yeah, I'm gonna need to see this one on more bodies in order for me to be able to tell If I really like it or not Here are the line drawings. Obviously they used like a drapey fabric Which I'm sure that's what the envelope recommends like rayons and stuff like that, but You could use Cotton types cotton blends things like that. It would just stand further away from your body Um and be less flowy and like a little bit more structured I want to love every single jumpsuit that's out there, but Sometimes they're just more work than they are worth Then this might be one of those But the raglan the raglan is something unique that I haven't seen a lot of in jumpsuits So, uh, yeah, I don't know now we're into pants. This is gonna be an interesting one um shorts and pants High-waisted gathered wide-leg pants and shorts have yolks with front pockets Um, yeah they sure do So I don't know what I think about a pant with a Super pronounced front yoke like this into gathers Mostly because if you have any semblance of a pouch if you've had a child if you've had Even a lot of weight loss and you just have like anything extra going on here other than just a super flat Tommy I just feel like this is going to extenuate that it's gonna look like a little pouch for your pouch Looks great on her. Obviously she works out and you know, it was very lean through this area I can't say for sure that she works out. She might not lift a single weight. Who knows But she is very slim through her front belly Yeah, I mean, I just can't imagine this being super I hate to use the word flattering, but I you know what I mean like I just Yeah, I don't know that this is going to Make all of our bodies look the best that they possibly can That said if you think this is super cool Go for it, but there's a little pocket there You do get into it through a front fly, which is also really interesting I wonder how hard it is to match up this seeming That's the version she's wearing and honestly in the line drawing it looks pretty cool, but I just can't see that translating The back looks nice enough They use some kind of like rayon chambray type of fabric for this I don't know about this deep wedgie that she's got though. That makes me a little bit nervous plus also This is twisting into her Bottom that's all very weird So Yeah, I'd like to try things that are unique and different and this is certainly a basic with a twist But this might be too twisted A little too twisted for me um I don't know but you know what is going to happen. I know some people out there are going to make this and it's going to look Freaking amazing and I'm going to have FOMO Um, because it will look really good on some people. I can see them like totally rocking that Yeah Okay, now we are into tops This might be close to the end We have a learn to sew. I love the learn to sew patterns. Um square and round necklines Have darts for better fit tops have slay lists short puffs sleeve and long elasticized sleeve options Tops have side invisible zipper It's not really necessary and then view heat view c has a collar Okay, so we've got The square neckline that looks to be a little bit big on her The darts seem a little long, especially the side dart But you can see the beautiful shaping that you do get through here. The dart goes all the way to the hem Um the hem extends to your almost your low hip And then you've got the puff sleeve with the cuff Sleepless And then your long sleeved version Even under illustrations the darts look long Oh, and then the you had a little peter pann collar version too I mean, I quite like this outfit the way they styled it. I can't imagine it styled any better Than this certainly I can imagine it styled a lot worse Um It's fine. You know, it's fine Certainly if you like fitted tops like this I imagine you're gonna love it. There's a really pretty back dart as well No doubt about it. The shape of the bodice is truly beautiful If it's her really really well, and I imagine it would fit all of us really well too I just don't know about the um I just don't know this feels Like early 2000s Cool, like we're bringing it back or like you dug this out of the clearance bins at Goodwill So and you can see it's a little bit wide for her which is why we're getting this little Fold through here Just a little bit big through the um from the bust upward on her But this bodice looks really good And then I think you just have a whole bunch of facings here Um Neckline with a collar invisible side zipper square neckline and darts for a better fit So yeah, you certainly would learn to sew a lot of different skills on this one. This is also level two. They have one through three Here are your line drawings Again a season list pattern summer spring fall winter Only in the mrs. Size range on that And then we've got some tween And little girl outfits. We've got some stuffies costumes accessories But they calling this an apron Wait, what tunic is this a top? What's happening? What are we making here? You've got a top with rips in it You've got a skirt That looks like a men's shirt wrapped around your waist, which that's actually pretty cool. You've got a Headband, what are they? What is this called slouchy knit hat? You've got gloves A belt and two bags. Is this like a costume? I'm confused What is this Like why Why why are all these things packaged together like that? Here's the skirt though That is pretty cool, right? I don't understand why all these are together like that I do love her here though Um, and then you've got some other bags. I think you've got aprons Oh gardening items. Okay, then you've got kitchen decor and apron And you've got nursery stuff And that's it. So a lot of accessories here at the end with some costuming and teen and tween and little girl stuff, which I don't review because I don't make that stuff So I don't really know like for example, is this a costume because if so, that's why I'm confused But yeah, that's why I'm like why who is that supposed to be just like grungy girl Anyways, I could my mind is like spiraling thinking about that. Okay. Anyways, those are our patterns from mccall. It looks like we have about nine women's patterns One of them being vintage curious to know what you guys think There's really only a couple of them in here that I'm going to add to my collection First of all, this one for sure just to see how that ruse top is done And then this little shirt dress here. This is a maybe A maybe, you know, maybe if they go on a nine-cent sale or something But I'd love to know what you guys think, um, which of these patterns are your favorite Which ones do you just do not understand do not get it all Um, uh, but that is gonna do it for me today. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you all very soon. Bye