I've been sewing. First pillows, and then aprons, and now clothing. (Aprons are a nice training-wheel piece -- no fitting, nothing too complex
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I'm impressed by the sewing. I used to sew. Then our house was broken into and my sewing machine was stolen and I took it as a sign from god that I was meant to buy my clothes at Saks. Then we moved to Iowa. So much for that plan.
It was amazing. (It's, um, probably a good thing that the store closed at 6 pm and I'm flying out this morning. Or I'd totally have given in and bought a couple of yards.)
I don't have the patience gene for crafts. I deeply admire people who do. I can imagine that working at a craft is a great way to percolate book ideas.
What kills me about most mass made clothes is how ugly the colors are. I just hate them. Hence, I wear the same clothes for years and years, literally into rags, with occasional splurges at high-end clothes on sale. Lucky for me I work at home!
There's this weird gray-grape shade "in" this season that's just hideous. Fortunately mint green is also coming in, and I like mint green, so at least I can find things to wear, but....
I have drooled there. Also Denver Fabrics and e-quilter. *grin*
And yes, definitely, let me know if you want to have a sewing bee! (I so do not need more stash. What I need to do is use up the "good" $3/yard fabric from Sewfisticated and get good enough to justify buying the truly good stuff.
When I started spinning, my whole concept of life in times of hand-industry slid over a step. People who were homesteading or something had NO free time.
Also, I know why (despite the crap workmanship/materials) there was an Industrial Revolution. This struck me when I realized I could never make enough yarn to support myself, even aiming for a few hundred dollars a month to cover my Mother's Basement Housing lifestyle...
Yes. There literaly isn't enough time in the world to keep everyone supplied with hand-tailored clothing in the quantities first world countries are used to, either. Which I get. But I'm still hoping that I'll be able to make some stuff that really fits.
Currently I just alter stuff I've picked up at thrift stores into something else, and it's amazing how easy it is to make something that fits you if you can keep putting it on and taking it off.
When you get to some point you want this, there's a way to make a dress-maker's form to your own body with a T-shirt and duct tape. I wanna do that just to have done it...
I've never achieved more than sewing curtains and shortening trouser legs. Whenever I tried something more complicated like real clothing, I miserably failed. I can only do straight seams, it seems...
If you're still interested, do they have any classes in your area? I learned at least the basics from my mom and from Home Ec in middle school, which was hugely helpful. (Although sometimes not helpful enough.)
My mum was a home economics teacher, and I learned sewing from her. She's really good at it, and I basically grew up in clothes she'd made (or fitted old clothes from cousins to my size), so I could get help from her if I wanted.
In theory, I know how to sew clothes, but I lack the talent to actually turn this knowledge into decent clothes. But this is ok, I don't feel a strong urge to sew a lot anyway. When we moved last year, I was sooo glad to put the sewing machine away after finishing to sew curtains for the whole house :o)
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That fabric sounds lovely.
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What kills me about most mass made clothes is how ugly the colors are. I just hate them. Hence, I wear the same clothes for years and years, literally into rags, with occasional splurges at high-end clothes on sale. Lucky for me I work at home!
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We'll have to get together and have a sewing bee. Also - you are welcome to come and raid the fabric stash.
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And yes, definitely, let me know if you want to have a sewing bee! (I so do not need more stash. What I need to do is use up the "good" $3/yard fabric from Sewfisticated and get good enough to justify buying the truly good stuff.
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When I started spinning, my whole concept of life in times of hand-industry slid over a step. People who were homesteading or something had NO free time.
Also, I know why (despite the crap workmanship/materials) there was an Industrial Revolution. This struck me when I realized I could never make enough yarn to support myself, even aiming for a few hundred dollars a month to cover my Mother's Basement Housing lifestyle...
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Currently I just alter stuff I've picked up at thrift stores into something else, and it's amazing how easy it is to make something that fits you if you can keep putting it on and taking it off.
When you get to some point you want this, there's a way to make a dress-maker's form to your own body with a T-shirt and duct tape. I wanna do that just to have done it...
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In theory, I know how to sew clothes, but I lack the talent to actually turn this knowledge into decent clothes. But this is ok, I don't feel a strong urge to sew a lot anyway. When we moved last year, I was sooo glad to put the sewing machine away after finishing to sew curtains for the whole house :o)
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