Have you finally done a thing that you have been putting off for long? Figuring the invisible zipper? Putting sleeves on correctly on first try? Conquered a new fiddly fabric? Created the most perfect fit?
It has been downhill since the stripped dress I’m afraid, but that dress has the most perfectly matching stripes all around and that makes me very proud! (I have also finally brought my machine to the repair shop and it’s running much more smoothly, huge improvement)
I’m a newbie sewist, and this week I finally sewed with jersey fabric!!! It was just a simple dolman sleeve top, but I feel I’ve overcome a mental hurdle because it turned out fine!! Now at some stage I have a jumpsuit to attempt in the same fabric…
I made my first item of clothing! I had an old pair of PJ trousers that were really comfortable, but they were falling apart. I unpicked them and used them as a pattern using some jazzy material.
It was a learning curve, particularly the pockets and elasticated drawstring waistband. But I figured it out!
nice PJs are a perfect beginner project ! and PJs with pockets sounds much more luxiurious than it has any right to be.
This year so far, the best thing was learning to confidently sew buttonholes with my machine. I’m finally at the point where I can just put the foot on, get the settings right, and go; without doing a test run every time.
When do I get the superpower of confident and correct sewing?
Matching stripes is a great accomplishment and so satisfying! Mine is attempting a set of 3 maxi dresses (mom, daughter, doll matching set) with a fabric I have never worked with before: rayon jersey. It took a lot of adjustments before I got a decent stretchy seam without the machine eating the fabric. I won’t say I’ve conquered it completely and it’s about as frustrating as working with wet spaghetti, but the dresses are slowly coming together. I do need to replace my needle often; does anyone else have problems with rayon dulling the needle quickly?
Saturday, I drafted and made my first top block, and it did fit almost perfectly on the second try (first one did have a big error in measurements)
Do you mind sharing the drafting method you used?
I made my first item of clothing. I had an old pair of PJ trousers that were really comfortable, but they were falling apart. I unpicked them and used them as a pattern using some jazzy material.
It was a learning curve, particularly the pockets and elasticated drawstring waistband. But I figured it out!
I made a piece of cloth for over the shoulder and finished with biaisband. It is to catch any throw up from my baby after feeding.
I made pockets at each end to catch throw up from pouring over the edge. It’s not really how I intended it to end up. But I will test it and improve it with the next few.
Working with biaisband is new for me. It’s time consuming, but gives a nice result!
I hope you found a solution that works for you! I can recommend hemming skirts with bias, I find it a lot easier and faster (maybe it feels faster because I am not struggling, which I would not mind)
I find locking it with my overlock a lot faster and easier. The result looks less finished though. Maybe locking with a nice colour thread could give it a nice touch.
I’ve also seen a biasband foot, made for stitching with biasband on my sewing machine. But maybe I have a tendency to solve problems with machines too much…
