you guys welcome back to first impression Friday where I go through a new pattern company every single week and we kind of discuss all of their patterns or their women's patterns for fit fabrication overall design and a lot more girls are obviously going crazy right now so please bear with me until they can calm down but real quick before we get into Ellie and Max patterns and then a little bit as a company I wanted to go ahead and tell you to like this video so other people will find it subscribe and click the notification bell if you want to be notified of all of my first impression Friday videos if you're new here I'm Lindsay I sew all my own clothes and I love sharing that passion with you please introduce yourself in the comment section below so I can get to know you a little bit better but let's get to know Ellie and Max so the coolest thing that I think about them is that it's owned by a woman named Lindsay and she spells it with an E which is amazing she's got a great little like story about how she became a pattern designer and the name Ellie and Max kind of where that comes from then she has listed out her entire team and each one of them has also left like a really sweet like bio and you know how invested they are into sewing or DIY and all of that so that is really nice and looking at their sewing patterns I also wanted to point this out because this is something that's a little bit rare but look down here how they have their patterns listed by fabric type I love this there are so many times where I'm like I have a fabric in my stash and I want to find a pattern suitable for that fabric and you have to go through the entire website and analyze for yourself is it woven knit but she has them all broken down for you even down to where it's like a little bit of both which I absolutely love alright so they have a ton probably hundreds of sewing patterns we are not going to be able to go through all of them today so we're going to be a little bit selective I'm gonna try and find the ones that are not necessarily unique but you know something that's just like a dolmen top there's not much to analyze about a dolmen top right it's two rectangles sewn together at the side seams and finished off a neckline so we'll skip stuff like that obviously kids patterns we will skip and men's patterns we will skip as well probably going to skip over anything that looks like an accessory or like a you know like a swimsuit underwear lingerie anything in that category but you guys feel free to go to ellieandmack.com yourself and look at all the patterns that I'm not looking at today there are just seriously so many this video would be five hours long all right so we have the staycation tiered peplum and a dress pattern also at the time of this video all of their adult patterns are half off first of all $10 is not that much that's on the lower end of the price point and then half off is less than five bucks so that's really nice all right so product description oh look at these beautiful cute little line drawings I wish they got bigger but they don't it's also one of those companies that has a ton a ton a ton of tester photos so you can see it on a whole bunch of different body shapes a whole bunch of different sizes different fabrics and all of that great stuff so oh and they have a cute little video let's watch this. Hi friends it's Vanna here today we're working on the staycation dress and top so it looks like a sew along for the staycation dress so that's great you can get step-by-step video instruction on that all right the staycation tiered peplum and dress pattern has you covered the whole year around whether you need a casual outfit for the beach or a stylish outfit to go out to dinner a tiered peplum or dress is suitable for every occasion this pattern is loaded with options to allow you to make the peplum or dress that you want tiered skirt and peplum length knee length and maxi length options and short three-quarter and long-sleeve options I think you will love this pattern so three links and three sleeves am I getting that right and then this is their size chart again it does not get bigger than this so that's a little annoying and then she has a fabric recommendation of 50% four-way light weight drapey stretch knit fabrics they do not advise stable knits again this is really little it doesn't get bigger and then here are the features we went over what's included in the pattern which includes AO or a copy shop files as well as a projector file for those of you that are getting into that and then there's some information about Facebook okay so little disappointing that all of this is just like landing in the sidebar here and we can't get any of that information it's not even listed as a photo oh I correct myself the this chart is but it doesn't get any bigger than this I'm double tapping and everything it's not getting bigger there's no magnifying glass anywhere but from what I can tell is their size range goes from 2xs up to 6xl and that means that their bust goes from 29 inches to 63 inches and their hips go from 33 and a half inches up to 67 inches and this one must be centimeters okay and based on a well curvy fit patterns are based on the average height of 55 I don't know about the straight fit patterns but alright so let's look at some of these photos did say yeah lightweight knit so you've got your bodice and then optional number of tiers depending on how many you want to do this bodice is a little bit long on her probably like a couple of inches maybe but this is also the short sleeve she also made well I don't know if she made it to be a little bit more roomy or if that is the design I guess we'll get the idea of that as we move through these but we have to click on one and then scroll back up so please don't get dizzy so this is a little bit more close-fitting and the waist is in the right place so that's actually the downside of tester photos although it's great because you get so many different options you're really relying on the skill set of this person who may have been sewing for one month may have been sewing for their entire life you just never really know what you're going to get but here is the three-quarter length knee length it's super cute I mean yes of course it's a little bit basic I mean it's really just like you know a t-shirt bodice with some teeters but you know there's some room in my life for something like that as much as I've been loving wearing that other the a lawn address this should be no different yeah I'm getting the feeling that the fit on this one on her she just made hers a little bit big because everybody else is fitting a little bit closer in the bust and the waistline is hitting in the right spot too so again we're gonna just look at a bunch of different knit fabrics you guys get an idea of the fit and the different styles that you have this was the one on the cover I do like how people are making it in these different fabrics that kind of go together but aren't the same that's really fun here's a belted one in my opinion you could really make the bodice needs to be like a jersey but this stuff can be anything you want just like she did this like I don't know stretch lace or something I feel like the peplums can be really anything so it's a cute take on a little t-shirt right alright so that is the staycation dress next we have asymmetrical cinch top sorry that did a quick view didn't realize asymmetrical cinch top pattern this one is described as features raglan sleeves a pretty side cinch and three neckline options cowl crew and v-neck again there is a sew along and fabric recommendations are lightweight knits that don't have a lot of structure and do have a nice drape like rayon blends brushed polyester I don't know about brush polyester in terms of do not have a lot of structure I feel like there's some structure to brush poly but either way jersey and it y so this is what we're working with cute right so it is an asymmetrical like high low to the side and then you've also got some ruching here on the side I think that's what she means by cinch we'll see if we can find some side view photos but I'm looking at this cowl I am I love cowl necks in the fall and winter I think they're so nice oh and the cowl even has like a little bit of a drawstring situation too so that's kind of cool here is that ruching so this is really that same detail that I fell in love with this summer do you guys remember that center front that's like um burgundy sweater I posted it has the center front ruching it's done the same way as this but that's the crew neck oh here it is from the back you know I'm not in love with this like dramatic tail thing I just feel like that's gonna get stuck in the door and like just be really annoying but this cinch thing does it does pique my interest I do like that detail a lot there's the crew neck again what's it is it crew V and yeah and cowl so here's the V neck very high V neck very conservative I think everybody has no there's two different three different sleeve lengths too so yeah maybe more of like a layering piece I was gonna say layering piece but you'd have to like size up and yeah never mind that's silly that should just be a top it should just be what it is right okay cute for yoga all right I'm here for this as an athleisure vibe that's kind of cool right because it does have raglan sleeves that's a little bit sportier yeah what do you guys think about this little dramatic swoosh great with leggings I think I think that that would be the way to wear it best because it covers all your parts in the back and the front but still gives you like a leg line you know somebody like you you have a figure you know with it cute and different right we don't see anything like that very often and I have to commend that when we do see it even though a lot of even though sometimes I'm like it's too much I appreciate that it's there to begin with alright so here's an oversized t-shirt you guys can go check that out straight fit jogger pants there is an adult romper pattern bundle so maybe we'll look at the bundle I mean 24 dollars for how many patterns vacation romper cold shoulder jumper summer nights romper south shore romper and off the shore off shoulder romper that's five so five times five is 25 right yes so it's essentially the same price is buying them individually so that's kind of annoying but we'll be able to look at all five of them in this one thing it's not going to be confusing maybe we should go through them individually yeah let's let's ignore the bundle for now we'll come across them here shortly and go through them that way so we're gonna forgo all of the bundles and capsules here's an oversized T you guys can go check that out twist up top pattern bundle more bundles bundles adult crossover top and dress pattern alright let's take a look at this one so we've got a wrap top right doleman crossover top awesome rounded hemline or pencil skirt dress adding a fun strap to the neckline is optional okay alright so it looks like she has chosen to style hers a little bit off her shoulder but you've got the doleman sleeves it wraps and then is sewn into a skirt or is this the same thing because that looks like two different patterns to me right I love when that happens yeah so you have this little wrap top which is so cute here's the little what did she call it strap so if you're worried about it falling off her shoulders you can sew in this little strap it does look like it's just top stitched though but nonetheless it's an option it does look quite cozy right I don't mind like an off-the-shoulder thing if it just happens to casually fall over you know that's kind of like sexy without being too much cute that's like a shorter sleeve yeah the top and the dress looks so different but really really cool I like it a lot I was hoping to get more of the here's another dress but she no I was I thought she maybe she made hers a line but she didn't so cute little sweater dress right even though it's fitted through the hip it's very voluminous in the top which kind of balances that out nicely you know it doesn't come across as you know being too much because they're balanced so well yeah I like how big the top is I get some of you were like no that would be so annoying having that fall off my shoulder all the time so all right cool I don't really understand how that is a twist oh no was that not the twist what was that oh crossover top okay more bundles here is a puff sleeve peplum dress and body suit pattern we'll take a quick look at this I wish these were bigger they look like they put so much work into them and you just cannot see them all right so amazing options a wrap peplum top and dress with more or less covered neckline what that means a body suit with three neckline options wrap scoop and turtleneck and three sleeve lengths okay let's get into it oh okay so that's how they're getting the puff sleeve it's more of like a ruching detail then it is like a gather well maybe it's both that sleeves cute so you gather it into the arm side and you also ruch through the top of it so it's like double the double the fun double the fun she made hers into is that a leotard or body suit she's just showing us by pulling her pants down I don't know what's happening there that's the peplum again the waist seam looks spot-on that's really nice to see yeah a little bit hard to tell with this fabric because it is so like kind of splotchy but yeah is this have a yeah body these glimmer making these body suits they look so good this is nice I really like this I really like this one I was trying to get a view of some of the different necklines there's the little turtleneck how cute is that I love that outfit trying to find again some more necklines is this the V or that's the wrap oh it's like more of a proper waistband I missed that part yeah it's more of like a waistband that's interesting I don't know that that's necessary color blocking okay fair enough I'll give you that this is like the circle skirt dress let's find a jumpsuit come on nobody made a jumpsuit no one made a jumpsuit well bummer I would make a jumpsuit but what did it even look like there is no jumpsuit what am I talking about peplum dress and body suit good Lord there's no jumpsuit there is a peplum a dress and a body suit and that is it this one's cute that would that would go on my shortlist for sure I love that sleeve I do kind of hate how we have to keep scrolling down here alright so bundle bundle there's that dress reversible bundle bundle bundle I wish the bundles were separate like you know here is a cuddle tunic it's just a little knit tunic bundle bundle bundle bundle bundle Chapman bundle bundle bundle bundle okay straight fit raglan unisex it looks like so you can get a little raglan tea tank any be invincible scorched pattern this looks interesting so we've got no description oh wait just just out of order a little bit I fell in love with the idea of a high low hemline skirt with built-in shorts underneath I love the comfort and ease you can make an open skirt that reveals the short or longer shorts or you can make a wrap front skirt that hides the shorts this is very interesting so you can see it here open front so the shorts show are the shorts just like biker shorts though or the wrap that completely hides them again very different and unique I'm trying to see fabric four-way fifty percent stretch fabric so that's pretty stretchy stuff especially four-way I mean how cool is that there's shorts under there you genuinely would never know it has like a nice deep waistband I love that she made a matching tank top that is just the coolest outfit like you win lady like it's awesome here okay so this is a win okay okay not my style but I definitely see where she was going it's definitely fun and I'm sure lots of people comment on it cute polka dots a roller skating outfit Wow okay okay here it is from the side I bet when she skates around that skirt just like because look it's like a full circle skirt so it's got some movement you know here it is and a lovely little like rayon print I will say for me and just because I may be the only one in the world that notices stuff like this but I would have to find a fabric that was not printed because seeing all of this white underneath would just drive me bonkers it's not hard to do but you'd have to find one where it was actually knitted and not just printed on a knitted fabric which also means usually that it's a little bit more expensive but it can be done so this is I always talk to you guys about drape this is a less drapey fabric compared to a more drapey fabric falls closer to the body right and the more stable fabrics stand away from the body that's a really good comparison next to each other she's sitting down so I can't see anything I want to see a more of the open ones hold on let me find some well yeah the open one is a little bit of a look so I can see why not a lot of people chose to make it but yeah if you're going on a cruise actually this is the wrap one if you're going on a cruise or you're doing something like tropical or like South Beach or you know something like that make the open front one I think it's super super cool all right next wait we were at the top of this I think yeah slow Sunday top and dress pattern it's your basic tank dress it does have a little bit of flair in the bottom of the skirt cute comfortable this will be another good example to add a shelf bra to if it doesn't have one already the occasion bundle there is a cardigan pattern look at that little cutie there is the so scrappy top this one I've seen a couple of different versions of these not at the five dollar price point but you can see there's all these different little pattern pieces so you can sew up some of your scraps which is really nice for me though my scraps are always so like different they wouldn't necessarily coordinate but it might be a fun challenge should to dig around in there and find some and maybe they're not perfectly coordinated but it would still be fun it looks to me like a lot of these people bought their fabric for this oh that one's really pretty I feel like I have this fabric or had something like that and then because that's not super matchy matchy but she made it work is this part of the design these little slave bands they are that's cool and then hooded or not fun all right transformer jacket pattern does of the jacket transforms to a bag look that's amazing okay I know that there are those of you out there who are like maybe it's just like a southern thing with like the humidity but like when it starts to I don't know I don't which season it is but you go into these restaurants or stores or whatever and they have the AC blasting and your skin is like a little bit dewy from the moisture outside and you're just instantly freezing but who likes to carry around a jacket this is literally a backpack that talks into a jacket like you just bundle it all up that is really really smart I mean not that I'm super in love with the design of this jacket like this square here not the biggest fan of that but the just like practicality of it all just I'm like I don't even really care what the design looks like it's just so cool that you can just pack it all up talk about traveling you know all that stuff I'm sure she has this in a kids version too those of you that have kids and they're always losing their jackets not anymore not anymore all right here is the summer nights romper and two-piece set pattern we have optional front slash pockets for sleep options capri or full-length pants options you can make a top and pants set or a romper how fun is that fabric is knit I'm assuming yeah 50% four-way stretch knit fabrics all right so let's see if we can tell what's going on here that photo yeah I don't know are we gonna be able to tell what is a romper and what is the two-piece you do have this like roughly top though or like a more fit is that the roughly top I can't tell these fabrics are gonna be all a little hard to see that's probably the romper right here's the backside that looks really good and in this drapey fabric this little off-the-shoulder thing is so nice look how cute it does pop up onto the shoulders they do that so yeah this is the romper version I think I don't know hard to tell that's the two-piece set okay the top is super cute oh here's like the without the ruffle what that looks like I mean I guess that's the whole point that you can't really tell what's a romper and what's a two-piece set but if you're someone who likes the look of like an all-in-one set but just cannot fathom getting naked in the bathroom well she has solved that for you how cool is that right like she's like still by my romper pattern but I will show you how to make it two pieces I think this is the two-piece you can see the band right but everybody basically made it in coordinating fabrics which again I guess is the whole point but I think with the two pieces you get a band on the bottom of the top and a band on the top of the pant oh no she hurt her leg I mean the two-piece set well maybe not quite like pajamas but these got to feel a lot like pajamas those pants right alright what is next we have the not so basic pants pattern because they have this little ruffle hem we do talk about quite a pants quite a bit here so let's take a look at some of these photos are they knit pants wide leg Capri wide leg full length wide leg ruffled wide leg non ruffled in both lengths legging there's just a lot of lengths and a lot of ruffles yeah your four-way 50% stretch fabric again so leggings with ruffles what do we think about that I mean real cute on a pregnant person here she is in the shorter version I feel like I had some ruffle legging Capri's now that version is actually I think what you have to do with these ruffles is lean in like lean in deep so making cheetah or leopard whatever animal that is that's a look it just looks a lot more intentional and then here it is without the ruffle obviously just like a normal pant what is the waistband look like is it just a fold over waistband anybody gonna give me a crop top yeah it's like a sewn in not fold over but like a knit band a knit band yeah yeah like I said leaning in and going full on is the way to go it's also a little bit mid-rise it's not fully and maybe this is just on a heart but it's not fully at her waistline it's a little bit below that she's sitting you're gonna be able to see anything there and hers well hers goes up to somewhat of a natural waist she has a straighter figure more of a triangle but I don't see anybody else's waistbands I don't think yeah the lighter and draper you can make them the better you just run the risk of it being like clingier through the butt and a tunic is really just kind of like a lot for this the styling of this is really really cute you know with the tight t-shirt and then like the ruffle cardigan but you're like your bomb is all the way out you know and it's like a close-fitting pant so alright so now we're at the forever flounce pattern this one feels very ready to wear I think we've got some sleeve options yeah long sleeves short sleeves or tank top quick and easy to sew I'm assuming that the because this is a knit pattern I think maybe all of her patterns are knits you're not finishing this this is all raw or maybe you do like a rolled situation what do we think about the asymmetry of this I know you guys know I don't like a one shoulder pattern but this one has a shoulder and also just a detail on the side does that look like off-balance or weird I don't know I kind of think I like it or you can put them on both but then you start running the risk of looking like a power ranger right weren't they the ones that had the like princess seen costumes the one with a long sleeve is kind of nice the one ruffle with the long sleeve that feels a little more intentional I wonder if anyone did like one ruffle and one long sleeve like if you did the ruffle here no sleeve and then a long sleeve here would that be weird here's one that looks really cute just out of like a cotton like how cool is she right with her little reflective sunglasses and just a white tee love that here's a color block situation standing out fun I like the bands in the color block I would have done this in the fashion guide break though just me here's a color block version to nice a little little batwing ask but listen there's nothing wrong with that oh and she did hers was just like a little bit of lace yeah you really could use any fabric you wanted for this it doesn't necessarily have to be even stretchy so that's something interesting to think about all you could do like a tool or I don't know something really different alright next we have wrapped in love dress pattern I think this is just a basic wrap dress maybe not hold on oh the skirt is a wrap but the bodice is not sexy leg slit classic boat neckline yeah all of her necklines are for I guess I should say all of her like not well even her be next are kind of high she makes very conservative necklines so those of you that are concerned about showing any cleavage I think that you would like all these so yeah this is a regular bodice knit bodice a little something funky going on here with the sleeve going so high on her shoulder but then the skirt is a wrap so do you still just pull it on because it's stretchy I guess a lot of color blocking oh that's actually quite pretty the velvet on top and then whatever this is on the bottom that's nice I wouldn't have thought to do just different textures but the same color yeah so I'm guessing you just pull this on it's got to be comfortable and you only have the one length too I think alright next up we have adult athleisure capsule something to check out pull over shawl collar sweater pattern that's super cool then you have although he doesn't look very happy about it pattern capsule book club top pattern what does that mean book club it was Pinterest inspired make your own amazing color blocked tops to fall in love with well I don't know why it's called the book club top pattern oh cute yeah three different yeah yeah yeah I totally get it this is happening because her differential feed on her serger isn't set up right so check out your manuals do I have a video on differential feed I can't remember I know I cover it in my serger basics class on skill pop cute right like it is pretty simple and straightforward but you can make like really really cute designs this will be another really great scrappy project maybe it's called the book club pattern because you can sew it up so quickly that if you have a book club meeting that night you can have something new to wear to it okay all right now paperback pants I think I'm gonna have a lot to say about this see pulse pan on trend have you feeling your best comfortable elastic waistband design and knit fabric come together to make easy pull on pant with cut with cut sash detail that's a cut sash pants can be complete length or full length all right so again it gets a little bit weird whenever we're looking at tester makes especially with pants hers look great this is that same little no it's not the same the bodysuit earlier that's what I thought that that was maybe she's the bodysuit girl so hers are very close-fitting a good fit through the crotch though here's the front yeah she made hers more like a legging a lot of a lot of hands in the pockets hands in the pockets make me nervous as someone who's looking at these photos because it's making me think that they're trying to hide something like they're pulling the pants crotch down because maybe there's some camel toe or they're too tight and so they're like pulling them away from their body a little bit you know what I mean here's a cute pair a little bit of wrinklage in the crotch but I do feel like the ease is closer we don't get a back view more hands in the pockets I'm not gonna look at any more photos with hands in the pockets hands in the pockets are like a tell-tale to me yeah just hard to tell with her pose here's one so she made hers very loose-fitting yeah it's just kind of hard to tell are they supposed to be like a jogger style or literally everyone has their hands in their pockets oh my gosh jogger style or like a legging hand in the pocket hand in the pocket hand in the pocket and in the pocket this is hands-on hips I think yeah this one's a little bit hard because it's just I don't know or it's hard to tell whether we're doing like what the ease is supposed to be and without knowing that it's hard to tell what's really happening in the crotch plus we're not getting a lot of back views the only back views we got are like three of them but I will say sometimes with high wasted pants especially paper bag it can look diaper-ish and these do not so I really do appreciate that out of everyone who was brave enough to show us their backsides you guys are never gonna look at photos with hands in the pockets the same again maybe I'm just like not that trustworthy of people I don't know but I see those and I'm like you're trying to cover something up you're hiding something all right so we got another bundle up there this is a men's short pattern or just an active short pattern I kind of like how she doesn't refer to men's or women's she's just all adults like a woman could wear that a man could wear the hoodie you know what I mean all right be creative hoodie pattern if you want to check out a hoodie capsule here's another romper this is the off the shoulder romper again made out of knits so and the oh that got bigger so it's the same bodice raglan sleeve the little knit band across the shoulder and like sewn on to a jogger that can be either a short or full or tall I think she's calling it that's when you're saw she's sitting down shoot right very very cute very on trend very fab lettuce if you know that brand adorable perfect hands in the pockets though yeah this is like cool casual she did dress hers up though I appreciate that as well again this the same woman that had the the leopard print earlier okay here is the back side she is leaning into one hip so it's a little bit hard to tell but it doesn't look bad it doesn't look bad at all there's no like what I would be fearful of in these knits is that there would be like sagginess but there doesn't seem to be that much on there so that's good sunflower field how cute this is too long in the crotch for her she's probably petite and so she would have needed to shorten the bodice and probably the rise to get everything sitting straight is that the same pattern wow it looks like a top and pants cute let's see if we can find some other really nice ones yeah yeah really good really good I do feel like this is sitting mid-rise so just keep that in mind if you would prefer it to sit at your natural waist where you get more definition you would need to increase the rise but I do feel like that's also reflective of the line drawings it does look to have a long line bodice so that's good that they they match up all right they're all getting close to the end of this page another swimsuit a tray bell wrap pattern so this one has the bodice wrap and in the gathered skirt paperback skirt pattern in a few links anticipation dress pattern I wonder what that means sleeve flounce option no flounce option features a high front neckline with a sexy plunge low neck in the back lace overlay or not cascading sleeve flounce or elbow length sleeves again with the white of the fabric showing it just that's cute with the boot and like the wheat grass it's like a whole mood it is a very close fitting you know no getting around that but the scoop is low but it's not like aggressively low the lace overlays really cute all right girlfriend you go to the park with your dog barefoot in your fancy dress right I mean it's low but it's not super super low you can't even see her dress there's the elbow let's look at some more of these droopy sleeves okay yeah see she looks really nice really nice for whatever event this was for when we had events or I'm just gonna scroll to the bottom and then scroll up from there we have to be getting close to the bottom of the page I told you she had a lot of patterns we still got like four pages to go um petal top pattern with nursing access so you can get up into it from the bottom cute um tank a basic tank pattern spaghetti straps we have the Monday morning dress pattern which is a skater dress chile hoodie Miami wrap top yeah let's take a look at this one so it is a wrap top with different sleeve options so short peasant double flounce or exaggerated belt sleeve options crop or peplum length options and wrap around body ties you can make this so many ways so there it is with the little peplum so sweet right and little flutter sleeves so nice here's the crop which I actually prefer well not with low-waisted jeans for me I would wear with high-waisted pants instead of tucking it in you make the crop version tucking in for me right now is just not not comfortable I I doesn't feel as flattering even though it's the same proportions it's just I'm just not a fan so I'd much rather make a crop top than wow look at those sleeves yes queen she is owning everything about this she's just like got the right personality for these sleeves I bet those photos came in to the ellie and mac team and they were like jumping up and down look how amazing it's like um Selena right doesn't she have one of the singer the the jay low did the movie on doesn't she have a body suit with these big huge sleeves here's some more modest little flouts shorter flouts you guys get the idea here's some more crop patterns see how it just it's just flatter even though you're not showing anything nothing's being tucked in there's no bubbling or anything weird going on under here it just all lays flat which I really like and she made the dramatic well I guess she made the double flounce short peasant double flounce or exaggerated bill I don't know it's hard to tell which one she made here it is from the back cute really cute um we are still scrolling all right so bundle the genuine which has the shoulder cutouts which I don't see a lot of people making those anymore um this is the jersey skirt pattern it's just like a circle skirt with an asymmetrical hem south shore romper take a quick look at this just to get all the details looks like a wrap top and then sightseeing pockets four sleeve options and three pant length options that's the shorts super cute a little bell sleeve love that there's a sightseeing pocket a little color blocking I like the bell sleeves bell sleeves are annoying to wear but they do look really cute yep I feel like a lot of see you recognize a lot of these fabrics from Joanne oh well that's freaking cute I like making it look like two separate pieces that's fun and different but all one fabric looks really great too nice it even has like some design some kind of gathering or pleat or something in the uh in the pants let's see if I can find fans in the pockets no maybe it's all just gathered in or to tell all right if I had seen Ellie and Mack patterns two weeks ago maybe this is what I would have that pattern is what I would have used for the ity knit I couldn't find anything to do with this one is the twist it up top so we've seen a few designers do this little twisty situation but again are people still wearing like do we see that in stores still this one also feels really long like I don't want to twisty thing right at my crotch so I would have shortened it a little bit um but I don't where does that thing supposed to hit I don't know this is confusing yeah it's not quite like the other twisty ones um it's more of like a I don't know how to explain it but the length of that well hers is better hers is better this in the same place with the other ladies I know I know and for me with my belly this just feels like this would accentuate it but I do love a cowl neck but I think I'll just go for a plain straight hem this was the last one right okay so three more pages to go we have a high hopes dolman so you've got your dolman sleeve with a band on the bottom this one is a be dreamy dress which is just your basic bodice it has your flutter sleeves and a maybe quarter circle skirt maybe half that you can do high low pay attention to how your fabric is printed or full length long sleeve skater dress maybe higher waistline there um okay here's a jacket let's take a look at a jacket so products well fancy the duchess um the boutique style silhouette is classy and chic not only has incredible twirl factor but it keeps you warm while looking elegant at the same time so not much about the details fabric made using sturdy woven fabrics the first woven pattern we've come across medium to heavyweight woven for the exterior like jacquard cashmere wool lens wool tweed mohair corduroy velveteen faux fur silk satin etc for the lining okay so it's double breasted it has a bit of a like stand collar and then I guess the real gem of it all is this circle skirt like bottom so a thousand percent you can wear it like a dress which is what I think she's done here I mean so high fashion or you could yeah wear it over leggings yep there are some things that those of us who have sewn jackets sewn with woven's we know that having a lining that goes right to the edge is not normal normally there would be a facing there your hem would be turned under so this is like a beginner basic you can see how it's literally just sewn right to the edge so that's not my favorite um but only because you know I've sewn jackets where it's done right way better way preferred way however you want to word it it will be simpler a lot of set in sleeve issues on these testers yeah if you're going from knits to woven's it's gonna be a tough ride you know um this is uh speaking of the designer um it's gonna be really difficult to get that just right it's not in the line drawings and almost everybody has puckers and some weirdness at the top making me think that her sleeve cap of her sleeve design oh this is did she make a matching umbrella or did she make a matching umbrella let's get some more of these photos amazing they got the this part matches her lining um so yeah good of her to try this sleeve looks amazing but you want a few and far between that we've seen like that right so again is it the sleeve design or is it the sewest hard to tell hard to tell those photos are amazing look at this one wow so cool yes give me that sass she's really feeling herself I love that and that's all that matters right is these people make these garments and they love them okay lucky one top and dress pattern just has the little shoulder slits you got a little panties pattern a color block um t-shirt basically with buttons down the back this one's really cute the adult everywhere with the little yokes love that very ready to wear um I feel like you would see that in the stores good vibes jogger this is a bundle a zip up hoodie bundle bundle bundle autumn spice another color blocking situation we're starting to see like kind of the same silhouettes now you know you can only do a t-shirt so many different ways um this around the block hoodie is cute with like it's like a cowl cowl plus a hood maybe or just straight up hood features an angled color block bodice and sleeves the wrap around hood with core detail is the perfect touch you'll love how you feel on it wrap around hood oh it wraps around and and and ties on the side that is very interesting cute and again when she says color block these testers really go for it I didn't know what she was holding up at first yeah the the one color block is really nice three is hard to pull off finding three fabrics that coordinate but doing the one that's really cool hers look really good because they're all like the same tone you know they're all in the same sort of family tone wise um but yeah there's a lot of variety in terms of ease some people size down some people sized up um it really just depends but I like the little angles and getting that it does seem like can I just take a hoodie pattern and slash it through and do my own yes you can but I've tried to do that before and getting it just right on the sleeve is actually way harder than it looks do you remember the valentine's day dress that I did had the pink and red and burgundy that's the one I'm talking about for those of you that have been around for a minute a zip up hoodie a to the point tunic so it's the same silhouette as some of those other fit and flare dresses this one actually doesn't have a waist seam though right and just has the point in the front what do we think about the point in the front especially on the tunic length um what's it pointing to and also just seeing this with the boots and the leggings is it giving us um star trek vibes star trek is that the right one it's got to be beyond comfortable super cute I just don't know about the point what do we think about the point the point in the tops is a lot right like all I see is what the point is pointing to and it's not pointing to anatomy or anything but like it's a little bit distracting oh look at this version I see versions that I like but I also see versions I don't like and so that means it's a bit of a risk you know which side of the aisle is mine going to fall on I do like it in this lighter weight so the point isn't so obvious it's more of like a drape but a center front point man that is that's a bold design choice bold design choice all right so next up cardigan love this is a very straightforward cardigan um they are doing the long line which is very on trend for this fall in particular but not much to it right open front does have this little bit of a cascade that's a really pretty fabric um but it's very straightforward yeah long line vest a thousand percent such a cute outfit so fabric hog yes but maybe something that you will reach for over and over again all right at this point you guys are glad I'm kind of speeding through these as best I can all right adult luna jacket pattern so this is interesting it's a zip front gathered waist like peplum jacket that is partially lined and also color blocked with this band lightweight hooded jacket has two length side seam pockets double banded hem and long fitted cuffs okay not a fan of it with jeans I don't think but maybe I just don't like jeans anymore oh the lace is cute on that one see this yeah I think fabric choice is a little bit critical here let's see at the knee highs it's kind it's like a dress and a jacket had a baby so it's a little difficult to know how to style this where it just feels right yeah I guess I guess I'd lean into the hoodie casual aspect like she did and wear with leggings make this out of like a real casual jersey knit and just have like a really girly fancy frilly hoodie and trying to make it look like clothes I think is where I'm getting a little bit lost trying to make it look like like something more than it is you know what I mean cute idea though really cute idea all right now we've got the ruched tee okay so this is almost nearly identical to the one that I sewed earlier this year with the ruching up the center front I think mine was a big I know was a big four pattern I can't remember McCall simplicity butter I remember who it was so it looks like we've got ruching up the back ruching up the front slim fit fitted and relaxed all three in one pattern that's cool tank short and three quarters and long sleeves or long sleeves with thumb holes so that's five sleeve options there's the three fit options and crop or shirt length okay so let's see where we can so the ruching in the back with the ties down at your bum I don't know about that as a choice but that looks a lot better when she tucked it in see not tucked in tucked in tell me I shouldn't be a spy that's cuter I think because she has it tightened like it's shorter so it's sitting like in the small over back a little bit better here's one oh that's super cute as a little crop top for the beach or for working out love that idea here's one that has oh she ruched it up a bunch cute so you really can do is it reversible is it meant to be worn front to back like that it doesn't say but I mean depending on how the sleeve and the armholes are drafted see how there's all this extra room here I think that's because she's wearing the backwards think I like the ruching in the back now that little thing comes untied nothing happens it doesn't like fall off of you but then you just have these dangly strings so that might be a little bit annoying um I think I would be inclined to just like tie it off into a really tight knot and then cut off the strings and just leave it as is and not adjust it make it not adjustable but cute there's a lot of people decided to make this into a little yoga top that's more relaxed which is also nice for yoga you don't always need it to be skin tight nice not what I was expecting all right this is a really cute pattern adult reversible dress with these princess seams we're getting into our older patterns I think which is why they're only going up to 4x at this point um once I get sturdy you can turn it inside out and you're good to go fantastic vacation dress yes so is it just fully lined is that the trick yeah and doing that just makes a real funky him it's just really hard to do that so okay so you made the black version of the same fabric that's a cool idea yeah it's just a pretty basic skater dress pattern that you just sew a full lining to and now it's reversible but there are no line drawings for this one you can't really see I don't think everybody has princess seams so now I'm really confused about that one side is princess seams and one side is not yeah I wish there were line drawings so I could tell no my drawings hmm that's feeling weird to me all right next up so many patterns flounce tee so again we've looked at lots of t-shirts today this one has a flounce sewn in um like what would be a yoke ish here's another day tonight tunic and dress pattern oh sorry shirt tunic and dress pattern again it has those ruffle sleeves fitted tee you guys got that by now bat wing dress so this is basically two rectangles and then you um sew in this little I don't even know if it's elastic or a drawstring or what and that's what gives you a waist but it also pulls up the corners of your rectangles and gives you this really pretty um asymmetrical hem here's another hoodie hidden pocket drawstring waistband oh I see the pocket is hidden in this seam here okay adult cold shoulder pattern again I don't know that a lot of people are making those this one is a 24 seven top another take on a t-shirt another take on a fitted knit dress right this one just has the tulle of hem here is a knit skirt sunny day tunic and dress pattern again fitted into a gathered skirt multiple links beach cover-up pattern cute deep be in the back a strap to hold it in place but other than that it's kind of like a um oh shoot captain all right good sport tank top pattern shark bite top pattern let's take a look at this one so is funky and on trend it features shark bite hemline did we know that that's what that was called because it looks like the shark came in like this is the shark's mouth I did not ever think of that um short or three-quarter sleeve options and optional color blocking of the sides I fell along with this design like so many of my testers and I hope you will too yeah I love the idea of um well she just tied hers all up didn't she is is okay everybody says the same link do you only have a color block option or not so that length is not my favorite um this to me oh gosh but it is supposed to be like a tunic I don't know I have a hard time with that I do like I guess this is gonna sound terrible but I do like when a little bit of the cross shows oh that sounds awful proportion I think that's why I like it better sheer sides now that is a really cool option but this just looks a little bit sad a little bit sad right it's like long dog ears what's that dog that always looks sad and has the long floppy ears but I did want to see this woman here where's hers is this that her no they had the same similar color bodice all right I don't see her but hers looked the best I think yeah I think proportion is key here and figuring out sort of where it should hit on you lengthwise I think it's critical if the little things are going like I know in the line drawings they go down to your knee but in my opinion that's just a little too long all right pen ultimate page basic t pattern cute little swimsuit pattern this is the same knit top that we've seen over and over again off the shoulder top sewn into a skirt different lengths little muscle t how cute is that you've got a vacation romper pattern bundle so we already looked at the vacation romper didn't we maybe we didn't this is actually reminding me of that black crinkle rayon jumpsuit that I made that all of you hated yes that's exactly what it is I told you guys that this thing was cool nobody believed me oh man but this is just like a mommy and me version okay maybe the crinkle rayon wasn't the best choice of fabric but that pattern is so comfortable you got to try one like this maybe this one at five dollars oh oh wait it's the bundle so if you just buy the woman's version for five dollars you've got to try it you just got to try it is hers in nits yeah she recommends a knit so mine was not mine's woven so maybe that is another thing that would make it um a little bit better and in this one too you could sew in a shelf bra just exactly how I showed you last week here's the regular vacation romper you guys got to try it it's real comfortable all right feel pretty pants so they're just elastic waist shorts capris or pants different rises so that's kind of a good basic if you don't have a pattern like that swimsuit tunic top and dress pattern again with our off the shoulder with the ruffle we've seen it a thousand times you can either do elastic waist you can belt it or you can do a button front so lots of options there but we've seen that design already a bunch same with this one this is the same as that dress that we looked at earlier with the kind of waterfall off the sleeve this is the shark bite basically with an open front called the free spirit shawl pattern super great to just throw in your car or in your bag it's like wearing a blanket adult everyday t pattern um that's a bundle t dress pattern adult be greater be greater top all right let's be greater okay is a huge trend it features a high-loam hemline in varied front link options including crop top tunic and dress the sleeves can be tank short long or long cut so many ways yeah so this she's not wrong this super high low situation is was a thing i don't know how much of a thing it is still but i would wear this even if it's not on trend again it's the idea of it like covering your bum so you can wear it with leggings i don't love it with jeans but um um with leggings does she have like yeah leggings and and thigh high boots a thousand percent look up to you it is as a dress i mean it is a simple design right there's no seams here um you just got your set in sleeve there's some shaping through the waist which is nice this woman is a pair to a t um so if you're a pair like i am and you see a fellow pair and they look great in their dress you're like yes yes i could definitely wear that um but yeah this is it this is the look you know leggings and booties and this little like i don't know like tux tails for lack of a better reference but then you can even go a little bit higher and hat and show off a lot more of your leg line oh and she just put on these little shorty shorts it would be really cute too if you put on boxer shorts not boxer shorts biker shorts boxer shorts would be a little bit strange but biker shorts would be really cute here's another good legging version so think of it as like a tunic dress thing right just has a little bit of something something which as we've said that's me basics with a twist and a lot of you too i see your comments where you're saying oh my gosh basic use with a tis that's me that's me all right so we've got a regular plain old cardigan this one does have a waist seam with some gathers so i bet it looks really cute in the back um adult half pipe tee because it's split right down the middle and you can do a little heart design that's cute be captivating dress this is a fitted dress with a wrap top sewn into a pencil skirt all variations on the same thing she's just mixing and matching tops and bottoms and calling in a new pattern uh going home i don't really know what that means going home okay just it's a raglan sleeve shirt dress with a cowl actually if you made this you would wear it all the time it's a great wear it is do they have the cowl dress i need a cowl dress for this um fall oh we'll get this picture cute she's so happy i don't love a band on a top but i do love a cowl neck um and so what no one made the cowl neck dress or but cowl neck dress will really like cover all your bases for the fall cool cowl neck lengthen it to whatever this dress length is here you can wear it with boots with leggings bare legged whatever you want be really cute okay this is an adult wrap skirt pattern so you have some options for adding a ruffle really really sweet this would be more ideal i think for spring i can see myself coming back i'm making a version just like this well maybe not just like that but the idea is right the fabrication has got to be um spot on something lightweight and drapey also a little bit low sitting on their waist a little bit low look how cute this is again sitting right on her hip bones though so or maybe a little bit above her hip bones so i would lengthen the rise a little bit just for me in my shape you know us pairs we gotta we gotta find a small curb in there somewhere okay all right so this is cool it's a poncho pattern nice deep cowl neck and then it buttons up the side that's really nice lightweight sweater knit you can even make one for your kiddo how cute is that there's the didn't we look at be adventurous already game time hoodie just has contrast sleeves another like we see oh this is the legging pattern all the way urban legs pattern shorts capri top regular long and tall leggings okay i bet her leggings are really good considering how much experience she has with knits uh designing i bet her leggings are awesome hipster dress pattern this is a dress with a hood i think is that what makes it hipster is that a hipster thing yeah it's a sweater dress with a cowl or a hood cute so maybe this is the one i should make and not the other one but this one doesn't have a waist seam or anything it's just a straight shot she doesn't look like she likes it very much but also i can't tell she's just giving us attitude well she looks confused but yeah yeah i don't know about that on a pair not that i'm thinking about it cute on these girls though i'll stick with my original okay we have bundle watch and see so this again is another knit t-shirt dress this one just happens to have a side angle bundle fairy jacket pattern waterfall cardigan basically an open front cardigan be graceful again we've got our same knit bodice with a gathered skirt this one just happens to be long in fact a lot of these are starting to look the exact same i can't even really tell the differences i love the 90s is nice because it has at least a higher waist seam we haven't really seen that yet so like a baby doll dress basically those are really comfortable in the fall because there's nothing constricting your belly whenever you go eat Thanksgiving dinner fall in love sweater kind of a basic sweater by your side has like a drop shoulder and then the true crush cardigan is the same cardigan design really just has a hood sewn into it fully aligned to which is interesting all right this is our last page we've got the dashing dress top which i think a lot of people may be sewing for Halloween are these Halloween costumes it is a fit and flair dress with a little collar but this is a top with a collar so these are pretty much the same thing they just attached a gathered skirt onto this i don't know then there's i love the 90s again oh here's a hooded cape that's cute stay cozy jacket pattern let's look at this fall and winter must have oversized hood optional belt and pockets what else you can tell by the floral with the stripes like how old this pattern is all right here it is on a mannequin so it's just a shawl it's just a shawl jacket shawl cardigan all right that looks like a robe all right there's a bundle here's a t-shirt that i mean didn't we just see that t-shirt a couple pages ago here's the traveler top pattern which has that shark bite hem but this one is made out of like sweater knits and has a shawl collar instead that's a bundle go exploring cardigan it has a nice hemline detail right it's like squared off in the front and then scoops down the back i kind of quite like that and then the pockets are contrast yeah yeah i mean fabrication is top i think she did the best job with fabric it's got to be kind of stable to hold up this right angle and i think with some of these other ones you're getting like i don't know kind of weird right angles weird definitely weird sagging pockets that's pretty much impossible to avoid in a knit unless you're just stabilizing it like crazy but interesting nonetheless something a little bit different all right bundle Chapman cardigan so this is the same thing that we just looked at it just doesn't have the lower part um and also no hood so an open front cardigan with these little patch pockets in front happy dance romper again you guys it's the emcee hammer romper but is good don't knock it until you try it this is the be confident pattern so it is a fitting flair fitted bodice with a circle skirt peplum and then you have a beach dreaming crop top patterns this is a cropped t-shirt breezy top and dress again skater style fitted through the bodice and then kind of like a quarter circle skirt or something like that now this is a swing top so this is beautiful little silhouette but has no waist seams or anything like that so you can see it's all one thing swing tops are so comfortable to wear especially in like a little bit of a cropped length it can add like here's one it can add like i don't know just like a a cheekness to everything hers is like two different i guess you color blocked it but it's hard to tell or both of those nits i'm not sure but a swing top or dress they are really cute anybody make the dress does this even come in a dress no it's just the top you can lengthen it into a dress easily and have a swing dress although they probably sell a pattern that is that design that you could just buy and not have to worry about um hacking the pattern yourself there is a lot to be said for that i'm not knocking it you know like there are people out there who were like i just don't want to touch a drafting ruler i get that um so this uh ellie and mac has something for you certainly you can find a t-shirt dress that you like here they have about a dozen to choose from so i would love to know what you guys think of all of these patterns um were there any that really stood out to you are there any that you're going to buy um leave the leave your notes in the comment section below um otherwise that is going to do it for me today all i will be back next friday as in every friday with another first impression friday video who will i cover next if you've got any suggestions leave them in the comments as well and i will add them to my list but i will see you all very soon bye


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And we're all going to be walking out and having to face the world. These guys are armed with an amazing amount of ammunition now to go out and attack all the issues they face. You said some different angles of attack because all the speakers are distinctly different. It wasn't just the echo chamber for the past four days. Right. We had guys that were completely into the whole pickup thing. Multiple women, all nine yards we had guys that were married monogamous like myself and Hunter and everything in between. It was a fantastic line of Anthony to a stellar job putting this together this year. Yeah, it's a well-oiled machine this year. It really is. I find that this year is probably, I think one of the most diverse years as far as attendees is concerned. There are people here who've been in the men's support community for many years. There's guys that needed to be here as a result of some kind of trauma or something that happened in the past month. The last few tickets that were sold may have been from a guy who just was told by his wife that she no longer wants to be married. He went through a breakup and this is kind of like emergency intervention in a sense. And then there's guys who've been just chugging along for many years. What type of men have you seen here? Because you've interacted with a lot of guys. Absolutely. I've seen guys that are in college. I've seen one man that came up to me. I was bragging about being married for 30 years. He's been married 47 years. He's in his 70s. I said, what are you doing here? He said, yeah, we're doing pretty good. He said, but I'm here for my grandsons. I want to get this nailed down so that I can help raise them better. That's fantastic. That's powerful. That is powerful. That's amazing. I know the guy you're talking about. I wasn't the oldest guy in the room, which I really thought I was going to be when we got down here. It worked out really well. What is your main message for men in general?  Everybody wants to blame everybody else.   It's cause and effect. You're experiencing all these effects. What's the cause? Almost in every single case, it's the guy looking back at the mirror every time. That's powerful. That's true. I just tweeted today. There's this phrase, the struggle is real. And a lot of people tweet that and hashtag that and I'm contrarian in the sense that I said the struggle is real. But the reality is you probably orchestrated that struggle yourself. Right.  Good, bad or ugly. Everything you've done to get you to this point today are the life choices you've made. You can't blame it on anybody else. Once you get past that shifting the blame off on everybody else and putting it back on yourself, now you've got a roadmap for what to fix. How does a person create a roadmap for recovery or to write the ship? How do they do that? I think they just have to analyze what causes their problems. What particular events, what particular decisions that they're making. And once they've been able to at least identify the cause and effect, here's my problem. How did I get there? And then you can start writing that one down. What's my next problem? It's trust when we all have a million problems, right? And they're almost all of our own making. So map that out and draw it out and figure out which one is causing me my most pain today. Get rid of that one. It's kind of like credit card debt. Find the one with the biggest interest. Knock it out first. So find your biggest pain today. Work on that one first. Don't work at all 15 at once. Work on one at a time. Get that one knocked out. Go to the next one. Powerful. Very powerful. What would you say is the most common problem or the most recurring problem amongst men in general that you've observed in your lifetime? They give away their power. They spend their entire life saying, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. They absolutely don't lead themselves. They expect other people to follow them, but they're not even leading themselves. And so they just have to work in that direction. That reminds me of what Hunter Drew said. He says, look at yourself in the mirror.  Yeah, I actually mentioned that in my talk today. When I was drastically overweight, I did the same thing.  And look in the mirror like, I can't blame her. I find that if we don't talk about the hard issues and get a little course sometimes, I think that we're not doing men a favor. I think a lot of times, many times our language can be, what's the word? Can emphasize issues. And I noticed that your talk, when I was in there, you would lower your voice. You would raise your voice. You would use different types of words to describe things, to emphasize points. Did it tastefully? And you shocked a few people as well. It reminds me of what Ryan said when he said he had a speech written, ready to go. And then someone said to him, don't tell them what they want to hear. Tell them what they need to hear. And I feel that your talk in there was what men needed. You weren't coddling anybody. No, no, no, no. Thank you. I had thought about how should this talk go. I asked a wise, one wise guy which direction I should take.  And I thought, well, that's a good question. And I never answered it either, did I? So I was doing either. I don't think. I was just, I was trying to help. I just want to help. I think everybody in that room wants to help. That's the thing. And that was my, my call to action to the guys in that room is to help somebody else. You know, you're here, you're getting all this knowledge. Implement it and use it. But if you're just using it for yourself, that's cool to start with. But look around, man, guys are falling out left and right. Pick them up. Everyone is a student and everyone is a teacher. Absolutely. What do you feel that the generation of young men today, I won't. And over, I hear everyone just ragging on millennials all the time. I just like to say young men. I don't want to fall into that echo chamber of hammering millennials. I have children that are millennials and I don't want them to feel like I'm hammering them in any way. With young men, where are they lacking? What is the direction they need to go? I had the benefit of having a father who probably was winging it most of his, his life. But I had a father. There's a lot of guys who don't have that presence. What advice would you have for them? Because they're going to be watching this. Find a man that you admire. Somewhere around you. And try to hang out with them. If you're trying to find a mentor in life, phrase your questions carefully.  Actually have a legitimate question that you need answered. And that person will see that you're serious. And they will often spend hours trying to help you out. Just because you approach them with a great question. If you don't have a dad in your world, your dad's not a masculine man. Or maybe your uncle is. Maybe your dad's best friend's a little more masculine than he is. The three of you can go do some stuff together. But you find that guy out there that you admire, that you want to be like.  I was talking to my son's 28. And we were talking about his friends from high school. Dad said we're the generation of the lost boys. He said there's no direction. We don't know where we want to go. Most of them are playing video games 24-7 as much as they can. A lot of them have moved back home. They're living with their parents still in their mid to late 20s. And he said there's no direction. They don't have any goals. And I guess they've been allowed. Maybe part of it is the parachute parents that come in and try to take over and do everything for them. A lot of these younger folks have not been allowed to fail. They've just been rescued all the time over and over and over again. They've only learned by fire. Trailed by fire is how you learn these things. So I think putting yourself into some situations that challenge you. Things that are hard. Stuff that's easy anybody can do. Find something that's hard for you. Figure out what you want to do. I know one young man that decided he wanted to make a knife. And he got online and he gathered the parts from an old bone yard, automobile yard. And he made a forge in his driveway to be able to hammer out a knife. You know, with scrap parts by costing less than 50 bucks. And now he's working on becoming a blacksmith. I mean, so that's just one challenge that a man can take on. That's incredible. That's fun. Dr. Jordan Peterson came out with a book called The 12 Rules for Life. I love it. I love it. First rule is make your bed. Simple. And I thought it was going to be, honestly, I thought there was going to be something more profound. And I was like make your bed. And then I thought that's your first chance in the day to take chaos and make order out of it. It gives you something to do. It was an instructional thing. What are Texas Dom's first things that a man should do? First things first. I love Peterson's book. I got to address that. I know that not everybody agrees with him to say that and the other, but I think the man is legitimately helping an entire group of people. Created a conversation that didn't exist before. Thank you. Thank you. He's doing his thing and he's doing it pretty well. I've got hats off to him.  You've got to accept your own faults for what they are. You've got to start to improve. Making your own bed. Clean up after yourself.  Those are legitimate things that everybody should take care of. I think dressing nicely. There's no reason why you shouldn't. Nasty t-shirts and gym shorts are not going to get you anywhere in life. Sorry. You want to go bum out after a workout and sit in those for a while. It's fine. If you're with an LTR, you're with a wife, that kind of thing. You come home from work or you've got your decent clothes on, keep them on. Let your kids, let your family see you dress nicely. You don't immediately go throw on the old Led Zeppelin shirt and some jams. I just think you just need to work on, God, you know, get in shape, work out. It's the same men's fair advice you hear.  If you can't be the master of yourself, how can you be expected to be the master or the leader of anybody else? And men thrive on respect and men and women alike do not respect somebody that doesn't take care of themselves. I think many times how we look communicates more than what we say. You express, we're getting into Tanner, Gussie's area here, but you're expressing yourself and the image that you put out to the world of who you are and what you're all about is expressing your clothing. And as I sit here in a very casual shirt and some blue jeans, but that's who I am. I got boots on in the whole nine yards. But as you get into other situations, there are times to be able to put on a nice sport coat and to be able to dress up. And it's all about the environment that you're in. And like I said, Tanner does his way better than I do, but it is hugely important.  People don't want to give that much money to us. And so I just closed a big order the other day that was just under a million dollars. And the same thing suit and tie when I walked in and made it happen. But I'm talking to the governor's office. I'm talking to state senators and that kind of thing. And I had a huge audience. And guess what? The context, everybody in there had a suit on. You better play the part. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes you have to play the part. Yeah. Sometimes you have to play the part. But you know what they say about that? As they say, you know, OK, I want to be this guy, right? How do I get there? You say, OK, well, I'm going to pretend like I'm that guy. Right? I have this box of stuff and I'm going to write confidence on it. And I know that that box is empty, but I'm going to put it over here. I'm going to pretend like it's full. And every day I try to be more and more like that guy that I want to be. And eventually some point down the line, you quit trying to be that guy and you've become that guy. And then eventually you open that box of confidence and it's full.  Right? You have to work to get there. They say, fake it till you make it and all that. People like to hate on that. But I'm telling you, it is true.  Quit talking negative to yourself. You get into that.  He's just reinforcing it over and over and over again. Yeah. Build yourself up.  I'm a big fan of Guerrilla Mindset. It was one of my favorite audio books from about a year and a half, two years ago. It's a tremendous book. It's good stuff. It is. You know, it's interesting. We train ourselves by our words. We like to say that if you say, if you're saying things like, I don't know what I would do without her, that when she leaves or if she's gone, you won't know what to do without her. And you're training yourself to not know what to do without her. What are some of the ways a man can verbally train himself in excellence and not make himself weak and vulnerable? Good question. I think you look at a situation, and I think the very first thing when you encounter something that's difficult in your path, you tell yourself, I've got this. You keep telling yourself that over and over and over again. And eventually you're going to start to believe it. You're going to start to quit worrying about that type of thing. You just have to have a little bit of this self-talk. I've got this. I can do this. Sure, I can. I'm a man, damn it. I can do damn anything I want to do. I like that. TexasDom.com is your website. Tell us what that's about. I started TexasDom.com as a blog. My girl has a submissive, mostly female submissive community that she wanted to start with WordPress. And so I decided I better start a little WordPress blog to figure out how this whole thing works. And then I posted a couple articles. People seem to like them a little bit. I don't monetize it. I don't make it. There's no ads. There's nothing like that. I don't sell things. But I just started putting my thoughts into words. I talk about dominance and submission. I talk about masculine things. I talk about picking up fallen brothers. That whole gamut that we talk about here this week. And it's giving me an outlet to get the words out of my heart and onto the paper or on the electronic media. I'm thrilled to death with where it's gone. And I actually, people always talk about, hey, I turned 30. I'm going to do 30 things at 30 years old, right? Well, I did 57 thoughts at 57. I just turned 57 a while back. And I think I titled the post 57 classic. And most of my stuff is 500 words or less. This one's a little longer because there's 57 things. But it goes with the territory. But yeah, stop by and take a look at it. If I can help, email me. Click on the link and email me if I can help you. That's fantastic. What would you tell the one guy who's watching this who needs change in his life? He's hurting right now. He doesn't know where to go. What to do? Is there a change in his mindset?  How does someone own their shit? Admit that they're in the situation that they are in because of themselves.  The other thing is if you're miserable, get to the gym, start lifting. Richard Cooper talks about lift heavy things. Pick them up, put them down. You start to release endorphins in your body. You start to feel better.  And there is no substitute for it.  Don't sit there and feel sorry for yourself. It's easy. It's a trap.   And I know it's take the first step.    If you're suicidal for God's sakes, call the suicide prevention line. There are people there 24-7 that will talk to you at any time. They live to help you. But don't make that mistake, that tragic, tragic mistake that I see a lot of people making. Everybody wants you to do well, but you have to take the first step to doing well. And then when people see you starting to improve and starting to do better, guess what? They want to help. They want to chip in. They want to do everything they can to help pull you along. Mr. Swift said the other day.  But I got a latch over here. I got a handle on my pack over here. You feel free to grab onto it and hang with me for a while. I'll pull you along. So yeah, just take the first step. Do something to quit analyzing everything. Once you've said, okay, it's my fault. I've gotten here because of this, this, and this, and this. Okay, put it to bed. Don't look in the rear of your mirror. You're not going that way. Start to take your first step in the next direction. And figure out what that step can be. It can be as easy as going on a bit of a diet and start to walk around the block every day. Start to put away sugary drinks, things that are poison to our brain. And once you start to make those first couple of steps, they're contagious. The brain starts getting to feel good chemicals and then everything starts to multiply, multiply exponentially. It just goes up around them grammatically. So, how's that? I really like that. I'm going to start doing those things. George Bruno from the 21 Report, talking with Tex from texastom.com. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.


Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia based on the play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribe Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke and now Claudia Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum Oh David, I'm glad we have to see the tree surgeon today, but we wouldn't have come up here today, would we? We would not I Don't seem to get any work done anymore. It's good Roger's so understanding yesterday, Julian Hartley today, the tree surgeon Everything's so wonderful up here in Eastbrook, David. I couldn't bear it if things started going wrong What is there left to go wrong so far everything's gone wrong? Honestly, if these are the more we do the more there is to do Are we uncovering things David? No not yet There's been so much that meets the eye. We haven't had time to uncover yet sound kind of depressed about it Do I don't mean to Actually, I'm in love with this place. I love every bit of work I put into you probably be terribly disappointed if it was all perfect without your wooden too I think you have said something very profound darling. It's a nice place the trees are beautiful and useful too Those oaks and and maple maples over there along the edge of the meadow That's so the herd can lie in the shade while they while they're tired and grazing and these great maples around the house The apple orchard over toward the barn are four trees and orchard are three people a family. You're right They're an orchard What other kinds of trees have we know those elms over across the matter by the brook? Hey, don't forget the Christmas trees by the driveway hemlock. I think they're my favorite. Well, that's because you can recognize them Oh David, how can you tell trees apart? Tell them apart. They look completely different Christmas trees do hemlock Darling their leaves are different there their trunks their branch formations. They look as different as you or I I'm so embarrassed. I don't even dare look a tree in the trunk I wish that tree surgeon would get here Paradiso said to meet him here at 11 o'clock. It's now 11 20. I'm glad he's late It's nice standing here talking about our land Especially with winter thawing and spring in the air. What's more our trees don't need a surgeon. They look wonderfully healthy Oh, there. Oh, Mr. Tucker. Hello. What are you doing up here today? Wasn't expecting you to come Saturday Paradiso call told us he ordered the tree surgeon today So we came up tree sir. Mm-hmm. What kind of a newfangled doctors? Hey, uh, you and the missus feeling sick No, no, we're fine. Mr. Tucker a tree surgeon is a doctor for trees the tree says Trees ain't feeling well since when well, they're fine. Mr. Tucker. At least I think so and why call the doctor Doctors is good for when you're getting set to kick the old bucket. Goodbye David says the doctor is just in case the trees aren't feeling well and can't say so Oh trees can tell you all right. They just start dropping their leaves and breaking their branches here You don't need any doctor to tell you that I know mr. Tucker, I don't expect him to tell us anything except the what kind of spray we should have and when we should have it done Sprays you say last time I had the sniffles until I'll call the doctor He wanted to spray my throat with some pink stuff. I wouldn't let him touch it So it got better the next day my cousin Harry got himself sprayed all the time He just died right away one night been sprayed just that morning, too. No, I don't believe in sprays doctors Any snow David, what do you think? Well, I I think mr.  That's your what? No, I'm being honest. I'm just warning you look around here Look over your trees. Where have you seen a nicer bun standin so tall and straight and strong? Ain't never been one that caused me any trouble none tall none tall now Every now and then one of them nope nope. They're all fine It never hurts to make sure mr. Tucker make sure what hey these trees are all healthy trees going fine worth the whole price of the place Counting trees. I I should have charged you more well there a handsome lot I was just telling Claudia then leave well enough alone son leave well enough alone trees have been standing a couple million years You've been standing well lesson 30 tree surgeon. He's been business lesson 20 trees must know best of all Of us whether it's well or not when dated it'll drop drop. I don't want any of our trees to drop darling stop worrying This place hasn't got a bit of disease on it You can tell by by just looking at it our trees are beautiful and healthy and good glad to hear you appreciate it I'm glad to hear it why you can field in your bones when a place is reeking with health and this year farm is reeking My dad never had a doctor. I never have one when I'm conscious and our trees Would be an insult to that would that's a car pulling in now isn't it? Yeah, but this must be the man Can you see his face? What's he look like? I don't like him. I know I didn't know it David he looks like a salesman Hello, mr. Mr. Thondake. Oh, hello, mr. Thondake. I'm mr. Norton. I do mr. Paradiso said that you'd get here Yes, sir. Well, let's get started Got a lot of trees. I'm Tucker the trees are all fine young man We bought this farm from mr. Tucker, and this is my wife. Mrs. Norton. I do Well, and which one's the worst off where'd we start as mr. Tucker says I don't think we're going to have very much trouble But how about taking a look at these Elms right over here, right? You realize cost mr. Norton They will have to spray have to spray right away for the tree starts leaf you shave remember what I was telling your son Yeah, we give the dormant spray in spring, and then we spray a game when the trees are fully foliated Foliated. What's that David in leaf darling? Why didn't he say so? You noticed any signs of Elm disease? Elms have a particular kind of disease. Is it catching highly epidemic Bacteria sets in trees start looking bad defoliation sets in Very serious sounds like getting bald. I don't think I like a bald tree David Here we are Hmm white young card. No looks good. Look bad What looks bad decay set in gone bad for the deep. Yeah, I see it That's uh, that's the cave it brought it all the way down Have to clean her out. Just hope it's not worse than it looks decay doesn't always show up on the surface David he sounds just like a dentist. She's um, she's really bad. See that bad spot right here on the side Down here on the side Just hope it's not one continuous involved area. Well, what happens after you dig out the decay You put in an inlay. I fill the cavity with cement would pop asphalt or some such substance Depending of course on the condition of the cavity Hmm Yep, here's another elm similar condition Take it all this way. Well, what do you think cost all of this? Mr. Sunday upset diet hasn't been adequate their diet trees have been eating the same thing for 50,000 years Maybe a hundred thousand mr. Tucker. You're making a very common mistake The earth is not yielding as balanced a diet these days as 50,000 years ago I thought science in advance. This is noton We robbed the earth We're all but every day. Oh David did you know that? Well, I I didn't realize it was so serious doctor I mean mr. Thorndike, would you please take a look at this oak tree across the drive hmm? Tell you from here that oaks disease the old tool notice that bark on the trunk notice the scars All the way deep into the cambium mr. Tucker. You never had those scars tended to did you well? I uh, I ain't never noticed him the tree was standing fine been standing fine for a hundred years If it fell out of put a new one in but I ain't wasted no money on sprainer bandage in her coddling these trees They they ain't window boxes. They're bigger than me and stronger Well mr. Norton I can well imagine the condition of the rest of the trees You consider yourself fortunate if you have one of these standing in three years your elms disease White pine probably blistered these oaks here covered with parasites your apple trees probably not even bearing possible our beautiful trees Deceptive remember the chestnut blight. No, I don't remember. Well, you weren't even born darling Every chestnut tree on the continent of North America died not one survived Not one has been able to survive sin. That's not possible I Merely remind you the chestnuts to tell you that those things do happen. You stand in danger of losing everyone in your trees If you don't do something radical about it and immediately Well, I'll get my instrument there in the car That's what you get for neglect mr. Tucker. Oh sure. Oh David. I feel terrible Look at our place While I go it's so beautiful. And now I feel as if I were walking through a hospital ward cheer up I feel as if we were walking through a graveyard Imagine pretty soon if things keep up this way our land will be completely naked. There won't be a tree on it I am imagining to tell you the truth. I I don't like it I never realized before that Anything could look so good on the outside.  Tucker It's all your fault. You didn't care enough about those trees I cared enough about them young woman there to keep them going while could an apple tree went bad on me I spiked the roots with a nail next season.  I twisted her twisted her next spring She bloomed good as new next fall.  Then then you think that maybe look here young woman you too son These trees will be standing here long after you're not here to look at them even I Maybe you're not going to be here. Maybe you heard that there highfalutin a boreal medico talking He says nature has a way to find your balance. He said that one true word. No, that's a consolation Especially since we've so beautifully disturbed nature's balance Well, what I'm trying to say is cook nature 50,000 years to get where she is give her another 50,000 and she'll be right back where she started from all nice and balanced out And then our trees will probably be as beautiful and healthy and strong as they look David. Yes, darling They'll last with the time David. I feel better already. This is a beautiful place The trees need us darling. We love them all the more for it. Yep 50,000 years and everything will be fine is around red apple again. Now ain't that a cheerful thought to think about? Yes, very cheerful very funny Does your family gather round to see what you've brought home from the market? They're probably looking for that familiar carton of Coca-Cola And if you've brought home a whole case in the car a whole lady is that a red letter day the phone buzzes with party Invitations when there's plenty of coke on ice and the whole family falls into a gala mood Isn't it nice that you can rouse such festive feelings for so little money? Coke is just five cents a bottle, you know Mr. Tucker before you go Well, just thought I'd like to ask how you like your new neighbors the mountains. Oh nice young people I was kind of hoping they'd be up here this Saturday But they've got to visit some fancy friends on Long Island Long Island, huh? Hmm sounds like tomorrow David and Claudio will be packing to go visit Reggie Finch Well, thanks for the news mr. Tucker. So long I'll I'll see you when the thaw's off the ground so long boy. So long mr. Tucker Every day Monday through Friday Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time And now this is Joe King saying or if war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be When you think of refreshment think of Coca-Cola or ice-cold Coca-Cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola


So, if practically everything around us is designed, can every designer design everything? Of course not. Most designers have their own domain expertise as we showed in the tree of design. Each discipline has developed its own skill set, tools and design process, not to mention super specializations within disciplines. Meet my colleague Professor Mika Chakravarti, a product designer on our faculty here at IDC. He will be joining us for some of the modules. Welcome Professor Chakravarti. Thanks Nina. And cheers to all the design enthusiasts out there. Design mediates across several disciplines. Design creates access, design enables and design facilitates. It does this through a process of identifying needs and solving problems to enhance everyday living. At its core design is concerned with the user and so we say that design is human centered. Let's explain what we mean by design being human centered. Take this office chair. Professor Chakravarti will explain what makes this piece of furniture a designed object and what went into creating it. Who doesn't love a good chair? But what does a good chair mean to you Nina? A chair that is kind to one's back. Yes, comfort is of major importance. The user doesn't want to end up with aches and pains so the core requirement is being able to sit for long hours without discomfort. The office chair is a pretty good example of user centered design. Let us trace the design steps that must have gone into creating this office chair right here. First of all, the designer would have determined the overall dimensions for adults who will be using this chair. The anthropometric data in other words is the data of the human body so as to benefit the maximum number of people because here the challenge is that the chair is going to be mass produced and people with different dimensions should be comfortable using it. How can it then be useful to different human beings? Some short, some tall, some hefty and some slender? The answer lies in the concept of adaptability. At the outset the designer of the chair would have calculated the various adjustments needed to fit all sizes. The seat height is easily adjusted by this pneumatic adjustment lever on my right. This allows the user to have their feet flat on the floor. I will do this you know just for you to show how this works. My foot is on the floor and my hands are horizontal to the desk. Now my thighs are horizontal and this is a very comfortable position for working for long hours. The next important parameter is the back support. Please adjust my chair. Would you turn Nina? This chair has a wonderful lumbar support adjustment. The knobs over here allows the back to take the curvature of the lumbar and this way you will be able to get the right contour at the back. Wow, it is quite restful. The seat cushion is also a very important feature. Chair has to be taken so that it is not too soft and at the same time it has to be firm so that you can actually move and your posture will then be better. It should not be hard either because if it is hard it can hurt. Did you see this chair has this wonderful netting at the back? This netting lets you have air circulation and it also molds to the contour of the upper back. Now let us sit down and examine the accessories which give us the additional comfort. The armrest which reduces strain in the arms, the swivel, the wheels which let us move the chair forward and backward. Why do these office chairs have so many legs and all these wheels? All chairs have at least five prongs in the bottom because these makes the chair very stable especially when you reach out for something you could easily fall down. The wheels are very important because when you are working your posture is very good to come close to the chair and when you need to get up you need to move backward and get up slowly like this. Thanks that was most enlightening.