Hi you guys, Big Four is starting to release their spring collections. You remember maybe a month or so ago they did a bunch of early spring and now we're getting spring spring. So I'm really excited to see what they have. But this is simplicity and before we get into this too much I do want to call attention to those of you that may have missed it. But Mimi G who is like the vice president of something or another over there hosted when this collection was released a couple of big news items regarding the Big Four. She talks about extended sizing that they have increased their sizing to a 34 and they will still be increasing it even further but we're not going to start seeing that until their summer drop. So I don't I think the already increased to a 34 is what we will see in the spring collection and then the increasing beyond that we will see in the summer collection. So that's very exciting. You can see they have this beautiful gorgeous model here and then they also she said worked on changing the pattern envelopes to include finished garment measurements on the back and increasing the amount of sew-alongs to go with their patterns. So again I'm not entirely sure how much of that is involved in the spring collection. We will find out shortly I think but some really really exciting exciting news coming from them seeing as we have all been saying this for so long now more sizes more like teaching type of things to help us through the patterns and by gosh finish garment measurements on the back of the envelope so that we can properly identify our size while we are shopping for the pattern know which pattern size to know how much fabric to get on and on. So I just wanted to point that out in case any of you are not on Instagram or don't follow Mimi or whatever because it's really exciting. So let's take a look at the new collection starting with I guess a Mimi pattern. So this is a Mrs. Dress also is anyone noticing like different fonts and this thing here and this looks different right? This looks different to me too. Can we zoom yet? Oh Jesus take the wheel! You guys! Oh my gosh I can't believe I am freaking out over this. Okay I don't know if you remember you can go back to any of my previous simplicity pattern reviews but you always had to like it was a really odd zoom experience to see the photos you had to like move it up and down manually it was a mess and it looks like they have updated that she did not mention that in that post but that is major major okay that's very exciting it's just the shopping experience was so bad before oh I'm thrilled okay so back to this dress it is a Mrs. Wrap dress with a pointed collar shaped side tie and front drape ankle length dress view a has long sleeves with wide cuffs knee link dress view b features contrast collar short sleeves and bodice pocket is by Mimi G follower pursuing tutorials then we have our line art if you just keep scrolling and I don't see normally they have line art but also like pattern envelope nice and big here but that's not how they've designed this okay so here is gorgeous photo you can even zoom in even further which you couldn't do before and then you can scroll up and down manually if you want oh I'm so happy okay so like she said it is kind of like a wrap front big kind of oversized collar if I do say so especially here at the front and the point drop shoulder pretty large like billowy sleeve there is some drag lines here which I can only attest to it just being twisted maybe it's like too small on the wrist or something where it's buttoned I don't know why it would twist like that I don't think she maybe would not have sewn the cop on wrong that just doesn't sound like her at all but very wide cough she also always wears her coughs really long in my opinion I would like it to stop more here she wears hers really long though but you've got your breast pocket here like surplus and then it wraps and ties and then the ties themselves have a little bit of shape to them too which is really cool and then this is the midi length version a little maybe just a regular five eight inch hem there too love that some more views here side view yeah this sleeve is draping to the front too and I think this is just because she's turned to the back she does that pose a lot like the over the shoulder thing let's see if she does any straight on the back it doesn't look like it so um yeah so here's this and then she has her sew along there I guess here's the line drawings and then here is the back of the envelope so it would have been nice to have this even bigger I don't know but suggested fabrics or silky types cottons linens poplin and then a little bit of lightweight fusible interfacing so yeah going for sort of that like lightweight but structured kind of vibe um some elastic that it must be elasticated in the waist somewhere then right um three quarter yards of grosgrain ribbon for the inside tie so it is not a surplus bodice it's like a true wrap um so the elastic cannot be in the waist less than a yard of quarter inch I don't know where that goes but anyways this one goes from size four to size 22 here are our finished garment measurements for the bust we have a 36 and a half up to 51 and I can't read that maybe an eighth and then the hip is 37 and a half up to 52 so clearly this is not one of the like extended sizes but still pretty decent and I feel like maybe Mimi has always done a decent job of that yeah so I mean it's cute it's not anything I think I'm gonna really remember it's certainly not something I'm just like oh my god I have to have but it is really cute oh this must be the plus size version okay yes all right great so this is the plus size version the exact same pattern we can take a look at it on her body you can see a little bit of cleavage but that neckline is a lot wider on her right doesn't seem like so much more open and then the sleeve looks decent in terms of length but still doing the drags to the front I cannot make heads or tails of why that is happening obviously it's very loose fitting it's not like it's tight anywhere do y'all have any ideas yeah really pretty I love this waist seam there must be elastic in there even though it's um like a true wrap there must still be something in there causing that sort of blouson effect but yeah the neckline on that being so wide open is actually super flattering I love that same line drawings and then this is the extended sizing remember so we have an 18 up to 34 which equates to a bust of 46 up to 62 and 48 up to 64 amazing amazing now are we gonna see this in every single pattern I don't know and then this one the notions are different this says you need a button you need a full yard instead of the 7 eighths of the elastic and then half a yard of the grow grain ribbon but everything else is the same okay cool this view be the more than I look at the line drawing it yeah of course it's like you know that 70s vibe I'm getting um kind of retro which is cool again but yeah again I don't know if that is really something that I have to have but you can see here on Mimi's neckline much more covered up here much more wide and I'm not obviously sure because I can't look at the pattern itself but I'm not sure if this was drafted at like a steeper angle you know it just seems like hers may be filled in a little bit more but you can also tell like what a drapery or fabric looks like and then this is more of like a cotton pop lint something a little bit more structured okay now we've got a little matching sets sets are still happening matchy matchy sets top and bottoms that are made in the same fabric sometimes they are mid-draff bearing sometimes they're not but this is another Mimi pattern obviously since she's the model pull over top has puffed almond sleeves finished with elastic at hems and back button closure view be top features short cuffed sleeves elastic at him and open back with self ties so two different tops and then mid calf skirt and mid thigh shorts have back zipper hip yoke and sash so it's two tops and either a skirt or shorts okay got it so this is the puff sleeve with the elastic I was picturing something small but it's actually really really wide elastic and then I think there's elastic in here too kind of blouses a little bit also I'm not sure if it's intended to have this like high low situation but maybe pulling to the back then you have this really wide waistband which is nice and then is this gathered in here I'm not sure and this is the short right isn't that the shorts yeah I think it is cute very wide opening on the short the back is definitely longer than the front am I right is that just me and then here are our line drawings interesting that they didn't even put an illustration of the skirt and the other top on there I mean granted they're nothing like super exceptional but but this top I actually kind of like even more I like both of these tops I can imagine them being made in a variety of fabrics we'll look at fabrication that they suggest you're in a second but yeah I could see myself making this one for sure but yeah looking at the line drawings for sure my imagination is kind of going a little bit wild right now but um so 60 wide 60 inch wide fabrics only so you cannot use quilting cotton I mean Joanne sells um fabric that's or like fashion fabric that's 45 inches so you have to stay away from all that but cotton gauze linens and silky types um for sure for the skirt and the shorts I get that for that waistband to be able to stay on top stay up but I think the tops you could really make out of even knit fabrics right I mean there's nothing fitted about them whatsoever maybe size down but you could make it out of cute sweatshirting and then get some kind of like sweat pant jogger type thing and have a cute set that way um or if you find don't they have like uh like the art galleries and all of those folks who have the same print in multiple substrates that could also be really cool where you have like a sweatshirting top and then like a rayon bottom but they're the same print that would be so fun okay so you need one inch wide elastic and then for a okay two okay a lot for a not as much for b one button for a because it closes in the back and then c andy both the skirt and shorts have an invisible zipper in the back um what else these are the body measurements oh that looks nice here one thing simplicity is still missing from the back envelope is the description um maybe they will have it like on the flap in store and of course on the website you have it like on the front page of the website but when you're like after you bring this home there's no description anymore so you kind of have to either remember all the details yourself or you know go find the listing again um but so get your body measurements here and then we have finished measurements here we have bust and hip so 38 these are finished so this is going to include design and wearing these just like it says here so 38 inch up to 52 and a half it's just a loose fitting garment same thing with the hip 53 and a half up to 68 and a half i mean very very loose fitting probably also why they have the body measurement chart on here as well which goes from 29 and a half to 44 for the bust and 22 that's the waist which i guess is still very important the waist is the only part that's fitted so interestingly they didn't include finished waist down here okay um and the hip is 31 and a half up to 46 and then the length of the top okay it's cool right i like it it feels fun i don't know that i would go with the print this bold maybe that was what was initially not having me like owing and awing over it but then i'm thinking back to that simplicity collection a couple years ago where everything was a solid i don't want it to be that way either oh okay so this is this the same pattern we just looked at in the extended sizing um so let's take a look at these photos i mean her the way it fits her here is much straighter across although we can't really see the back so and oh and this is the skirt version so maybe that's what they did they put Mimi in one top in the shorts and put her in the other version of the top in the skirt you know i i see both sides of the of having them separated oh but it would still be nice to be able to see them side by side that way i'm not looking at Mimi's listing thinking something's missing and i'm not looking at this listing wondering about Mimi's listing you know like maybe if they still had them separate and separate envelopes but and like sold them separately but in the online listing had all the photos together i don't know if that's a good idea or not i'm just thinking out loud but yeah the skirt is really cool also does the waistband on this look a little bit oh wait that's the waistband seam there and this is the belt seam okay got it as you can see the belt carrier kind of ends here love that there's a belt carrier there and yeah the back is definitely like hanging lower oh i love that detail i prefer that over a button closure any day any day and then you have that pretty facing too okay got it so and then this sizing body measurement wise is 40 to 56 in the bust and 42 to 58 in the hip and then obviously the finished garment measurements it goes you know a foot or so beyond that because it's so loose fitting okay cool cute so those are the two Mimi patterns for this release now we now we move into in-house designs this is a button front dress with tux on the bodice bust starts and pleated skirt lace trim is sewn on top of garment with underside of fabric trimmed away that's an interesting thing to call out here dresses come in two lengths with or without trim and with two sleeve variations so yeah it's the like little oh that's why they said that it's not very clear the way that they verbally explained it but what they're trying to say is that all of this lace trimming is see through maybe there was a better way to say that i'm not sure um but yeah it's still very much that kind of prairie vibe um i guess that's still happening i don't know have you seen a lot of that out and about it's got the ditzy little print and then yeah all the little white lace trim that's the version that she's wearing lots of details here so we've got the drop shoulder pin tux bust dart button placket square neckline waist band and then all the like tears or whatever you want to call them there's a little short sleeve version which is really the same it's just doesn't have that other sleeve attached just the grown on part skirt pretty easter dress maybe and you just get the one view with or without the sleeve with or without the trimming there you go oh and then back of the envelope chambray cotton blends cotton lawn gingham linen blends poplin and shirting yeah they're going for like more structured fabrics i think both to hold up to the pleats of the skirt but also to hold up to the sort of the lace with no backing you have to be able to sew the lace into something that's going to hold the lace there if there's no backing behind it so finished measurements ab bust waist hip amazing um so the bust is fitted 35 to 45 and a half there the waist is 27 and a half up to 38 then the hip is very full so that's almost negligible love it 11 buttons seven and a half yards of two inch white lace trim five and a half yards of three eight to one half inch trim to accommodate all of that fun trim gets expensive though that's the only thing i hate about it and because they're putting it on the hem of that skirt that's why it takes up so much okay so i'm thinking that only me needs patterns have the extended size range and i'm wondering if the for the summer collection it's still only going to be her so i mean yes although she represents simplicity i kind of was under the impression that i mean what does it say exactly vp of the big four was to extend sizing so it made it seem to me that it would be extended across the board but it doesn't look like it it just looks like they allowed her to extend her sizing but in house wise it's still the same but i guess progress is progress you know and i know everything in the big four is slow moving so maybe we will get there um but a start is a start right all right midi or knee length dresses have front boat neckline and gathered shoulder straps at back fitted drop waist with optional decorative top stitching and gathered skirt and two lengths front bodices are lined bodices are lined nice i'm interested to see this gathered shoulder strap that they speak of that's hard to tell with this little print but i love a buttoe neckline so much pretty little shoulder line it's got like a lot of like volume and ruching and then a gorgeous like under bust seam and then from here all the way past your belly button to your upper hip really um is a big wide waistband and then a gathered skirt into that i think that could be really beautiful especially in a fabric like a sateen or something um there are shaping lines through here i guess technically you could add boning into that and make it more of like a corseted take on it um but also you know if you made it in a fabric that was like sateen where you it like held you in but it had some give to it it could work similar to like how spanks or something does you know what i mean like i don't know maybe a little bit more slimming i don't know i think initially were or if you would have tried to explain this to me i would have thought oh no that can't be good but i could be convinced otherwise i think there is the same thing in a print i think i don't see a difference oh the neckline so the neckline that back is gorgeous no all the necks are the same so just maybe different lengths that's what it is look at that stunning back i'm really i like this this is different to me you know i'm always talking about basics with a twist right and this is one of those that you don't see very often you know and at this point am i sewing like i have been sewing for so long i have so many iterations of dresses and nothing that looks like this so here's the optional top stitching that they talked about that would reinforce that seam as well again you could find some really lightweight boning to put in there too which would also again act more like a corset but i love the back of this and even if you didn't want to do this band you could take everything from here and leave it the same or drop this line down but then that might affect this i was thinking maybe you could hack it it would actually wouldn't be that simple i don't know i just love the back so much i love how the front is so covered in the back is like not okay batik calico chambray cotton prints gingham oh gingham would be gorgeous linen blends poplin there's the satin i mentioned and seersucker and then lining so the remember the whole bodice is lined so depending on like what kind of lining you chose that could also act as a little bit of a i don't want to say it's like shapewear but you know what i mean it also might be cool to do like the bodice and skirt in like your one of these fabrics but then do the midsection in like a ponte or you know what i mean like it'd be contrast but it could still be really cool again this one has my creativity going um one 14 inch invisible zipper seven yards of elastic i don't know that you need a 14 inch zip well maybe from the middle back you do body measurements and then finished measurements for the waist only 26 to 35 and a half but they have body measurements for throughout the skirt is really loose fitting so you could fudge that but it only goes up to an 18 6 to 18 that is like very restrictive sizing considering the other ones went up to 22 but you do have the princess seams and the side seams so you could i mean you could make it work but again that's not the point right all right next up we have oof this little number um again i think maybe they're going for like an easter vibe mother of the bride vibe dare i say i don't want to make this sound like it looks matronly but it kind of looks looks very first lady so we've had a lot of young first ladies um um and not so i'm not so young it's very like yeah presidential um fitted line jacket has asymmetrical closure with contrast binding in three quarter along sleeves full skirt with front pleats has high low hem and back zipper straight skirt has back vent and zipper okay so we've got a crossover asymmetrical jacket three quarter length sleeve beautiful little fitted sleeve here with a little baby sleeve cap love that heights or bias bound situation in contrast fabric we'll see if they have any darting of any kind when we get to the line drawings then you have some kind of skirt with a high low hem remember the wrong side of your fabric will show so keep that in mind so there is princess seams through here there's a printed version here's our skirt as pleats and then a very very small narrow waistband and then also a pencil skirt it doesn't help that you know they put her in a bun with these like you know stud earrings and like she's not she's got to be in her 20s still pearl necklace you know what i mean like they were they were going for a vibe and i think the vibe is mother of the bride type thing here is now this looks very similar it is very similar so is this maybe i spoke too soon earlier when i said only Mimi had the extended size range because this is the exact same so this is the long sleeve version of the jacket with the pencil skirt and it just occurred to me that we didn't even look at the back pattern envelope on the last one nor the line drawings for that matter oh also have fish eye darts in the back okay so this one is 18 to 32 so yes okay i did miss speak earlier i apologize i got a little ahead of myself which i've been known to do that's fine fabric suggestions are linen poplin crepe cotton blend silk and brocade and then you have your lining fabric as well a little bit of lightweight fusible interfacing shoulder pads which don't be scared they're only half an inch that's what created that beautiful shoulder line i was mentioning before two buttons and one invisible zipper if you're going to make one of the bottoms so the finished garment measurements for the top or the jacket is 41 and a half to 55 and a half the waist of that skirt or either skirt is 35 to 49 and uh that's the waist of the of the jacket which is a little bit more loose fitting the waist of the skirts or the bottoms are 33 to 47 and then the hip is 44 to 58 for d but they did not give the hip of c because i guess it's kind of negligible like it doesn't really matter i get that okay so 18 to 32 on that one so now i have to go back to the other one this is this is what i mean when i say get the little bit complicated to have them separate but again i see both sides as to why it's nice to have both um what was i doing oh yeah go in here and then here and then here so this is remember the other one was eight started at 18 so this does overlap a little bit granted the extended sizes start at a different block so it's going to fit differently than like an 18 fits different than an 18 w but this is six to 24 sure would have loved to see that on that last dress we looked at um but for example the waist or the hip measurement on the skirt the fitted skirt is 36 to 51 versus uh 36 to 41 versus 44 to 58 so again definitely some overlap if you're like if you have a hip of you know 41 to 44 what are you supposed to do that's like two inches of people i guess you size down that could get complicated so that's an interesting thing to consider plus two you know if you're like deciding between two patterns you have to go back and forth like i just did maybe it would be nice if they just had like a little link to say check out the other size you know just something to make it a little bit easier all right you guys have convinced me to start looking at these vintage patterns even though i'm not 100 certain i'm ever going to sew one and they normally always trip me up in terms of like how they're constructed or how you get into them but they are fun and cute to look at so we're going to take a quick look at the like really re-released it's like the tailors version of simple city patterns if you know Taylor Swift you'll know my reference okay back zip sundress has boned fitted bodice trimmed with bias fold trim four gourd mid calf length skirt and large flat pockets wow um trimmed with bias cuts bias trim cut of dress fabric sundress has matching belt and can be made with or without shoulder straps short bolero with single button closure the neck has short kimono sleeves with bias cut cuffs okay so mostly here we can see this little bolero with little curved situation happening cuffed grown on sleeves and your one button and then you have your belt and then there's supposed to be gores in this skirt i'm not necessarily seeing them and then these humongous pockets look at her that's the strapless version but look at this seeming center front seam and then this is where your bust starts live how cool was that what is this on her hand 1950s yeah i'd say so i guess by gores they mean panels right if there's center front seam and a center back seam and side seams is that what i thought a gore maybe i'm getting a gore confused with something else i thought gores were like triangle shaped or does it not matter yeah this is really pretty i have a one of my very first dresses had this little detail very vintage very sweet i made it in a purple gingham it was awesome okay so chambray pk linen gingham seersucker lightweight denim shantung fa fail tapeta and crepe interfacing with lightweight fusible or muslin zipper hook and eye boning oh i forgot it was boned rounded shoulder pads are optional yeah a lot of fabric up to four yards six to 22 is the size range and finished bust is all we're going to get here 32 to 45 and a half for the dress and then a little bit roomier for the bolero right next we have these also 1950 blouse and skirt now this i could get behind fitted blouses have a side zipper collared blouse has v neckline short cuff sleeves and optional necklace applique with beaded and embroidered details that sound did we make that ourselves baton neck blouse has three-quarter sleeves with elbow gathers and ribbon trim side zip full tiered skirt and mid calf length has waistband with hook and eye closures and optional ribbon trim okay i mean you pretty much have to buy like a crene to wear with this right then all we get in front of pictures wow we get that and then that okay either way here are the line drawings so gorgeous very fitted top i mean you have these darts here and like sort of modified not total fisheye darts but like curved darts what would that be called in the back i love the cuff and how it kind of flares away i love like look at the neckline it's like i don't know flat overlapped like that looks really cute and then this is this not purchased we'll look at the notions here in a second but yeah very very fitted and then this sort of looks like a criminal and to be honest i've missed this but that is such a cute detail you know i love bows should i start just jacking on bows wherever i can um and you can tell how gathered this is because there's center front scenes in both well this middle tier is four pieces but this one i think is two four six so yeah lots and lots of fabric i'm sure let's take a look the blouse is one in seven eights and the skirt is four and a half yeah saw that coming okay cotton types round types silk shantung linen types also and shally and crepe for the skirt lightweight fusible or muslin zipper shoulder pads literally beads and embroidery thread yes you literally bead that necklace on yourself that is incredible i want to get this i guess just for that i don't know what i'm doing i would not know i didn't order either anything but it sounds like a fun adventure ribbon zipper hook and i we already went through those more ribbon okay finished measurements a and b so this is the bodice of the top 36 to 49 and a half the skirt waist is 26 to 39 and a half and then the finished width of a and b of the top can sort of somewhat act as a hip measurement even though it doesn't go down to your full hip um you can measure yourself at your high hip and compare it against this which is 34 and a half up to 48 how fun that was a good one to bring back all right now we've got oh another one mrs blouse direct from simplicity archives it's 1940s pullover blouse with underarm gussets has elasticized neckline and tiny puff sleeves trim options include ruffled lace or eyelet and ribbon bows or flat braid or ribbon blouse can be worn on or off the shoulders so yeah we've seen this a thousand times and ready to wear here is the pattern version the bows are a little you know mary had a little lamb but it is cute that slave is adorable okay oh was not expecting the line drawing to look like that but yeah i guess that's what it looks like these arm gussets are so interesting again construction wise on these vintage patterns is always stomping me because i didn't grow up sewing so i don't have any knowledge of a sewing pattern prior to like 2010 maybe so some of this stuff i'm like i've never seen that before when back in the day i guess it used to be super popular i don't know um cotton types linen types shally gingham calico dotted swiss although it would be so sweet um a lot of elastic bias tape and then uh yeah all your trimming if you decide to do that um it's really kind of like less than two yards for every size so that's nice and then bust it's pretty loose fitting so 45 and a half up to 60 inches on the finished bust and four to 22 so they get the extra size on the low end on this one okay now look at this cute top so cute v-neck pull over top in two lengths has options for puff sleeves sleeveless or long sleeves with elastic at elbow and wrist top of bodice has gathered detail an optional purchased trim okay and i think this is the purchase trim how do you get that to match this you're buying it all in white and dyeing it together interesting okay also i have a thought about this this little gather detail that's here theirs looks pretty good i have a pattern is it that jumpsuit that i made um where it has like a detail like this and it ends up pulling the arm side over as well this doesn't look as bad like there was enough ease to get the gathers like it was supposed to um but i see that and it makes me think of that other one and i kind of get annoyed that it pulls the sleeve so much but either by this seersucker super cute little puffslee is adorable with the band on the bottom and then yeah i'm pretty sure either they found matchy matchy fabric like this or obviously you know uh what's it called uh border border print or border eyelet whatever um but it said purchase trim so we'll see about that we also have this sleeve here and then that's got to be a border print maybe this is what they meant by the purchase trim let's see what they say about fabrics it's a cute little top for sure um i don't i think i kind of thought i was over peplums but maybe i'm not so by teak chambray cotton blends gauze gingham linen blends poplins and shirtings those are all normal not one mention of a border print or anything notions elastic elastic braid and single full bias tape so the purchase trim is just the little quarter inch trim we saw on the neckline so they just chose to use these border prints or these like border embroidery stuff and then just didn't say that which i know what that is and maybe you do too but there's a lot of people out there would be like how did they get that to be like that they wouldn't know what to look for finished measurements also i mean top a with the sleeve has you know kind of a bit of fabric but if you go down to little bitty c here it's like a one yard wonder um finished bust 37 and a half to 49 and then the width which again you can kind of use as a hip measurement but also wouldn't really matter because it's so loose fitting 58 to 69 and a half i would have liked to see her from the back i mean you got her there oh wait here she is jk oh goodness um okay yeah it actually does fit pretty well through the back i was concerned because there's no dirt or anything but it's fine looks good okay i'm going to focus and pay more attention to the next one i promise is it this lady where are we yeah okay we're here oh this one's real cute baby doll i'm getting the baby doll vibes again i feel like we were just there and then they all went away like yeah this one's cute pull over tops and two links are gathered into tucked yoke shorter top stops at high hip and offers ruffled neck and sleeves longer top has loose gathered sleeves above elbow length both have tie front bow oh i see i like this with the little trim detail that's cute and then this one this is the shorter length but i i like it i like the shorter length a lot this is cute and then this one's different too this what's going on here are these the gathers and then you just have a longer sleeve i love it i'm getting um that's the version she's wearing so the sleeve is different and this must also be the longer length too i wish they gave some indication of how long long was you know like they don't even have them side by side it'd be nice to have the fronts up top and the backs on the bottom so at least you could have some reference for how much shorter but i don't think it's a lot shorter and how cute would it be to extend it to address anyways love that all right batiste chalet cotton lawn crepe machine gauze gingham lightweight linen types silky type soft sham break all of the this whole spring collection mostly all the fabrics have been woven and somewhere in that light structure light drapey light side of medium weight situation um then we have again top b a little one-yard wonder you can eke out that quarter of a yard somehow i might even say an eight i can't read it's way too small um finished bust very loose fitting we have the four to sixteen size range which i don't even understand but 52 to 60 and a half inches and then the width for a which is the high hip version 53 and a half to 62 and then the b width is smaller in the lower sizes and larger in the larger sizes that oh no it's a half inch narrower why would that be maybe these got swapped on accident or oh no a is the long one okay that makes sense that makes sense a is the long one b is the short one so it makes sense that a would be slightly larger than b at the him okay got it i guess that's how you guys can tell this is truly a first impression and i'm not cheating in any way because i get so tripped up on some of the small details sometimes okay this is top and tunic top and tunic have gathers at front neck and sleeve caps that closure has buttons all the way down the back blouse has sleeve and hem variations i mean upon first look it's not super impressive it's very long in the shoulder and then loose all through here like she has no shape from her waist up that she could we have no idea it does not look like these drawings the drawings even say that there is a bust art but i don't know what it's starting the linen version with these little okay that's kind of cute i like that sleeve it just feels really big in the upper in the from the waist up on her maybe it's just the sample that was made maybe it's trapped in that way i don't know but then here are the buttons all the way up i get the idea of buttons all the way up but i don't ever know how you get yourself buttoned into this thing maybe if you just leave the bottom then we start the top one undone you can slip it over your head and then button the top yourself but certainly if any of these other ones come undone you're kind of screwed but what are the bust arts for like what are we we're not providing any shaping so you know what i mean it's almost too loose fitting to have bust arts shally crepe wall cotton blends double georgia so yeah lightweight silkies um buttons buttons elastic finished bust so this goes from six to 22 and the yeah there's five and a half inches of ease in the bust alone that's very loose fitting very loose fitting and then in the waist 10 inches no a foot no 10 so pretty good at math 10 inches plus um in the waist and then they don't say anything about the they have the body hip but oh wait is this it here yes okay sorry so hip 32 and 36 so three and a half inches there and these are all obviously on the low end but i think it matches on the high end too so six 10 and then three i don't know i'd rather see something like three ten six um so yeah that one might just look they might be one of those that you know how they get a lot of criticism for making patterns you make them and then they you're just like drowning in it this might get a lot of flak for that and then this is the extended size version of that same top doesn't look any better on her i mean that sleeve certainly helps because now you're just getting like an all around loose fitting situation i think i don't know again even she who probably is very curvy you still can't help make heads or tails of what's happening underneath the blouse and yes i get that some people want that but that is not what is pictured here i mean this you can this has a shape to it and those other ones do not so when it doesn't match when the sample and the illustration don't match that's when i get a little bit like frazzled also why it's important to have illustrations but also to have models wearing your clothes too i mean sometimes we see these big four patterns and they only have drawings like the vintage patterns for example we don't know how those fit regular people but all the same line all the same line drawings same design um she has a longer version on and it looks like you get an extra button or two on the longer version and then i want to see if the ease is the same bus is 40 to 6 and f the f 40 is yes the same it's the same but it does go up to a 16 and a half inch finished 18 to 32 okay next we have Mimi and her husband Norris unisex shirt in two lengths this is kind of cool relax fit button front shirt into links has banded collar and oversized front pockets back has yolks box pleats and loops so i'm getting like you know if jackets were gonna be around in spring this is what they would look like it's like a spring jacket i love his raw hem that's so cool and he did his pockets on the bias well as did she so i'm guessing it's designed that way also this back yoke is done on the cross screen so lots of fun details that you can do with stripes and fabrics here that's exactly how i would wear it with leggings and sneakers you know yeah super cool it could even really be a dress i mean it could yeah it would be a fun for a into shirt making because just when you've like reached your limit in terms of patience with the collar and maybe even the front band with regular shirts now you have to contend with sleeves but this one you don't it also reminds me of isn't there a closet core pattern similar to this i'm getting kind of those vibes from it too oh shoot what's it called closet core i feel like i've made it but i can't remember so alphanumeric sizing on this one um we have size 30 up to 52 that gives us finish bust and chest measurements of 40 up to 60 and a half so it looks like in this kind of sizing yeah i may be like medium large extra large i may be going to something like this so kind of right smack dab in the middle yeah that's cute too i like that one too Mimi's killing it this time around i think we are almost at the end we have a mrs top and skirt look how cute this is not for everybody i get it but let's take a look lined crop top has princess seams button front straps and separating invisible back zipper wrap skirts have flounce variation large side front pocket and button closure i am big on tiktok right now big into it i mean i'm not big on it but i watch it a lot and somehow i have found myself following a ton of gen z like fashion tiktokers and they would just flip for something like this if it was sold at a boutique for a hundred dollars you know what i mean um so why not make it and if you want to be a little bit more modest you can always lengthen this top no big deal add a little peplum do your own thing but the design of it is actually quite cool you have princess seams these act as kind of like um overall type closure that's fun you've got a decent size waistband asymmetrical with the buttons asymmetrical with the one big pocket and this huge like flounce or ruffled skirt on the bottom i think it's really cool there's the back i mean i think that was supposed to be an invisible zipper maybe they just kind of rushed to get it done i don't know it looks a little bit sloppy but um yeah fits her well i don't know how i would fare with this pencil skirt here but um you could always swap it out for a full gathered skirt too i guess but it's cute i think it's cute try not to be like totally distracted by the crop top like i said you can lengthen it or make adjustments or swap it out for t-shirt or whatever the skirt is really cool i forgot to look at everything again um this okay so chambray cotton blends gingham lightweight denim linen blends satin seersucker and stretch woven did have denim in there yeah denim would be super cool um buttons separating zipper oh separating zipper duh that's how do you zip that you have to i guess you put it on toward the front and then turn it around and flip it up ew i don't know about that i don't know about that maybe those gen z girls wearing the crop tops are more flexible in their shoulders or something i don't know that i could do that hold on let me sit up you know you can't do that yeah i can barely unclasp my bra which is why i wear bralets now that ain't happening i don't have a dresser you know i don't have somebody coming putting these clothes on me oh goodness all right um yeah well doesn't take a lot of fabric as you can imagine um the pencil skirt doesn't either and then the one with the ruffle obviously a little bit more but oh we have separate bus kites bus cops on the crop top which that's nice so you have like 32a up to 48d 48 and a half d so that's nice the waist on the skirts 24 and a half to 40 and then the hip is 37 to 52 and a half so because this goes up to 24 i could technically make this um i'd be jumping all around sizes but um the 24 well i fit into a 22 so as long as it has a 22 i'm good but if i wanted that extra wearing he's i probably would need a 24 so good big chunky size range there and then we have this which you guys know i'm gonna flip for because i don't know what it is about like a loose fitting jumpsuit but they just have my heart they do i just they are so comfortable i know every single time i mention how much i love jumpsuits you guys are like i'm not getting naked in the bathroom well like i just mentioned i wear bralets bralets are basically tank tops they come down to my belly button so i don't feel naked in the restroom ever um i have no problem no problem disrobing if i need to um but the good news about this one is is a dress or a jumpsuit so we have a band collar button front dress with three quarter length batwing sleeves love that for spring and elastic elastic gathers at the wrist mini dress has curved him with wide hem facing that's this here and midi dress has straight hem ankle length relaxed jumpsuit has side seam pockets okay so we've got the whole like safari vibe going right with the pleated pocket and the drawstring and the little mandarin collar batwing loose fitting love everything about it a little funny in a floral i'm not sure if i would have added the pleated pocket in a floral but nonetheless um here's the mini skirt version with this curved hem so cute i love the deep hem band and then you have your jumpsuit there i kind of hope the jumpsuit would be a little bit wider in the hip i mean not impossible to make happen for yourself but let's see how different the um you can just i kind of tell by looking at it how much wider the skirt is at the hip versus the pant batik chambray cotton blends gauze gingham lightweight denim and linen blends for sure linen blends also like um uh rayon twill and things of that nature for the jumpsuit elastic buttons all right so the hip that what they're saying the hip for c and then not giving us a hip for b oh they're giving us a width for b not the same as you can tell because it's 91 and a half um um yeah not the same so but c's hip the paint the finished hip of the pant has five and a half inches of ease i thought it would be cool to have like double that which again you can make happen no big deal but when i saw the skirt i kind of thought that's how it would be drafted this is just a normal this doesn't this jumpsuit is not what i imagined i imagined it to be loose like if this were shorts and it had this much width in the thigh i'm kind of thinking back actually to Mimi's little crop top and shorts pattern and how wide those short leg openings were something like that which i guess you could mash them together but the dress is cute the mini dress is really adorable did we ever see her with like shoes did they show her style that way no they must have hated them yeah no they must have not liked however that came together okay so last couple here another jumpsuit dress and jacket this might be more like what i had in mind this is also giving me like who was it the um first impression we just looked at nd pattern wise and she had that enormous jumpsuit it had like a little bit of a fitted situation like right at the upper bus but it was like super loose everywhere else this is also elaine high goal have we ever heard of her before i don't know it might be new let's see if we can find out any information about elaine so she's used to making accessories and toys interesting okay the easy fitting jumpsuits have andress have elasticized back crop length jumpsuits can be made with wide straps and packed pockets or tied shoulder straps super cute knee length dress has tied shoulder straps kimono style jacket has wide elbow length all-in-one cuff sleeves and a high low hem okay so let's see what we've got going on here um well center front obviously seam here big patch pockets maybe not the best fitting through here i don't see a dart maybe that's why and then it's hard to tell but it might be a little long in the crotch it's kind of what i had in mind this one looks a lot better for some reason the drapery fabric maybe or also i bet they tied up the straps so this is a little bit higher up on her let's see the necklines look the same the necklines are totally different so yeah maybe the adjustable straps of it all kind of helped with that this is kind of cool a little fun thing to throw on this is the elasticized back yeah you know again it's like close but not well like i said this one's a little bit better what is this set maybe it's like she has a studio that's separate from where simplicity normally takes um pictures i don't know but it's like the grass carpet for me that i'm just like wait what um who is this for is this being marketed to the same customer as the rest of simplicity or is this like a little bit younger like preteen teenager type the line drawings do make it look super cute so maybe it's worth trying and nipping and tucking here and there to figure out how to make it look it's best i don't know uh cotton types linen types rayon and shali um the dress jacket jumpsuit yeah all reasonable in terms of yardage finished bust has oof nine inches of ease the and then they only give us width so only getting the finished bust okay well if there's nine inches in the bust and it's kind of like an a-line shape you can imagine it only flares out from there that could be part of the problem the nine inches of ease in the bust that's a lot um that's a lot okay so that's where i would start reducing the ease in the bust for sure um um now that makes me wonder though are they including the cinched in part of the elastic in the back maybe not and so then naturally if you don't have the elastic in there obviously it's going to be really big so again more questions than answers after looking at this um okay not right it is what it is you know again want to love it but it's it's just not happening for me this on the other hand it's just yes okay yes here for this okay relaxed with pants with smocked waistband literally i've been having daydreams about this i want them in linen i want them in rayon i want them in all the things they are everywhere in all of like the boutiques and everything like that and of course that stuff never fits me um so i need to make my own definitely definitely getting this i don't even care what the pictures look like i will make it work maybe not maybe that's too extreme i'm getting over excited all right smocked waistband have draw ties rolled cuffs and side seam pockets shorts and midi skirt pants shorts and skirt have smocked waistband and pockets attached at waist and side seams okay so let's zoom in oh so it is a fun little pocket also something cuffed here wow that is a very interesting pocket okay so cute look at that that's fun it's like one two three can you slip things in all three of those sections not as effective on the skirt i mean but honestly it looks really good on her and look at the crotch looks great like the length is you know decent um this crotch curve looks really good it's like an elasticated elasticized waistband without being so clunky you know like whenever you do like the smocking it's just a more delicate elastic situation okay love that genuinely love that did i miss the oh no here they are okay so those are the line drawings yes and then here's the back boutique chambray god it's getting them linen blends pop blend soft cotton blends you got same pretty much same fabrics throughout uh lightweight woven and then elastic oh it's a faux smock no oh i mean i guess that's better than nothing but or is it would it be easy just to wear the where the casings are drawn in to do the true smocking so annoying that's not smocking uh so late gosh it's like they think that we're not smart and we don't know what is happening when we see that oh man man oh man okay well either way i'm gonna figure out some smocked waistband if you know of an indie pattern or anything else or maybe you know what i bet there's even like a free tutorial somewhere it cannot be complicated it cannot be complicated and you know what else i'm thinking of that would be so cute that dress that had the really lot really large midsection thing that only had like the few sizes what if you um cut out that center thing and smocked all that that'd be really cute too all right anyways finished garment measurements we have sizes 6 to 18 so this wouldn't even fit me anyways this pants and shorts 36 and a half up to 45 and a half in the hip that ain't happening even the skirt won't fit so there that says a lot about how restrictive and i am not plus size i am still wear straight sizes and ready to wear um so that's just sort of wild but i'm glad that's the last pattern because these last three haven't been about to send me over the edge but that is it i'm curious to know what you guys think i feel like we started out strong and then started to taper taper taper taper taper taper had a mini little bump up and then kind of fell flat toward the end but i honestly Mimi's patterns are the best of the bunch i don't always say that but they look good they're very on trend very cute very wearable very sewable all of that um but i'm curious to know what you guys think leave a note in the comment section below i'm going to link to last well it wasn't one last week because of the sew along but the most recent um first impression that i did linking to that here on the insulate so click that if you want to watch another collection but that's going to do it y'all thank you so much for watching i will see you all very soon bye