Retro Claude
Exploring vintage crafts like, knitting, sewing and crochet! ✨
Hello! I'm Claude a costume maker, sewing teacher and dress historian making my own vintage wardrobe. I share tutorials to help you learn new sewing skills and share making logs of my projects so that you can see how those skills work in context.
I love sharing my sewing adventures with you all; whatever they may be. I love to experiment and try new things so I'll be sure to share all of that with you too.
My personal style is usually around about the middle of the 20th century. The 1940s is probably my favourite era to wear but I love to sew styles from all decades. My master's degree in Victorian studies has given me a passion for historical costume and I am looking forward to many 19th century outfits to come.
So welcome! I hope you will find something here to inspire your own creative journey and I look forward to sharing my work with you.
Retro Claude
Hello team!
If made a public playlist of all the Sew in 20 Rain Cape videos for easy binge watching.
Thanks for your support as I take a break 💖
Hopefully I'll have more to share with you soon!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI...
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Thank you all so much for your kind comments on my Sew in 20 series! I'm loving reading and replying to them all but I've run out of spoons for the day and so will have to get back to you lovely folks in the morning.
See you soon! And thanks to Woody for taking this cheesy picture of me :)
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And just like that Vlogmas is over!
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Sorry this one was supposed to go up last night but I got delayed by symptoms!
Enjoy episode 10!
Claude x
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Just to say, no Vlogmas today!
No need to panic just filmed very little yesterday and today as I spent most of it resting and didn't have much to say. Plus we've been sheltering from Storm Darragh. I'll do a round up in the next episode.
Thank you all so much for your support this week 🥰
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Retro Claude
Hi Team!
Just a note to say no video this week because I'm trying to be sensible with my pacing. I have a very busy few weeks ahead so I'm trying to batch some relatively low energy videos now that I won't disappear completely for a month.... because I've never done that before!
Anyway, I realised recently we've never done a Q&A on this channel. So I thought now is the perfect time.
Comment your questions below and depending on how many there are I will try and answer it in the video.
And if you're wondering what I'm up to that is taking me away from you for so long. Well I'm making a 3 layer tear away trick suit for an onstage quick change where a character has to go from 1970s US police man, to wannabe John Travolta, back to 1970s US police man in the space of a single song!
By a weird twist of fate this is not my first 1970s US police costume but it is my first 1970s disco suit. Wish me luck!
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So at the end of my last video I left you a bit of a cliffhanger. So finally, here it is! Me attempting to make an 1830s day dress in a week! Will I make it?
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Have you seen my next compilation?
If you're craving some historical content while you wait for the next part of my 1840s series can I tempt you my1820s project?
Hope you're all doing well. Thank you for all the support I've received as we set out on the next part of our journey together 🥰
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And finally! Last of all in our January trip down memory lane..... The start of Stashbusting!
This is my most watched video EVER. And I'm still trying to figure out why? Maybe it's just super relatable?
Anyway I'm sure it's how many of you found my channel so I'm so glad it's done so well and we can all hang out here together ❤️
Thanks for coming on this trip down memory lane with me ☺️
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No Retro Claude video is complete without a bit of silliness and so I present to you:
The Silliest Video I Ever Made™️
This Halloween costume was supposed to be quick and easy but as usual it didn't actually work out that way 😅
It's quite an early one, so I hope you'll forgive the sometimes dodgy quality, but it's a fun one. Hopefully it'll bring a smile to your face 😁
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