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| harmonyfarm |
Posted - Apr 28 2009 : 3:44:53 PM
I like to make my own clothes. I prefer to wear no frills clothes and then snaz them up with jewelry and scarves. I've re-traced so many patterns onto blank newsprint over the years to keep wearing my favorites. I also love to take garments that aren't real great and re-make them into something unique. Any one else do their own home sewing of clothes?
Debbie
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - May 03 2009 : 04:32:03 AM
i wish i had time to sew these days. when i was pregnant with my last baby i made myself a great nursing wardrobe using Elizabeth Lee patterns. i loved it and got tons of compliments.
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| Niamh |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 10:22:53 PM
I've been toying with the idea of making my underwear for a few weeks. My sister just started making hers and she loves them.
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 7:00:09 PM
hehe that must be nice Terri.
Ive yet to find a place that makes underoos that fit just how I want. :)
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Jessie
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| 5 acre Farmgirl |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 6:52:05 PM
I do!!!! Have made all of my clothes, including "unders" for years....
they fit that way....
     
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 6:30:08 PM
ooh that is so exciting, Kristin!! I can't wait to see pics of the wonderful things you will be using it for!!
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Jessie
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 12:48:38 PM
I don't know what kind it is yet. He said he bought it years ago to hem pants and never used it. It's still in the box. So it's probably 25 years old. I don't even know if it will work. I'll see next week! Thanks for the help, though. If it does work, I'll be asking for it.
Kris
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| yarnmamma |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 10:43:28 AM
Hey gals..I see blouse patterns at the fabric stores that are the same design and cost a lot less. Some are $2.99. It is a modern and popular style.
Linda
in Scranton, PA
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 10:16:30 AM
Thanks - I missed that one. Very cute - I think I may have to give it a try. I love long tiered skirts and that would be cute with one.
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 09:48:08 AM
It's called the Romanian Blouse #103
http://folkwear.com/103.html
It only goes to a size 16 but it is easily sized up if larger is needed.
Sheri |
| mikesgirl |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 09:28:29 AM
Sheri - looked through the Folkwear site to find the peasant blouse pattern, but I must have missed it. Which section is it in?
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 08:42:31 AM
Kirstin - I love my serger and have had one for over 20 years. The thing to remember when sewing with a serger is that you can't pull the thread like on a sewing machine - you must run the thread out with the foot pedal and then cut it off. Don't use pins anywhere it could hit the knife and nick it. I pin at least an inch from the edge when serging. Let the machine feed the fabric and don't pull it when working on knits or you will get a lettuce edge. What kind of serger is it? If you have any serger questions I will be glad to help if I can.
My theory on sewing directions is that they are written by and large by men and we don't think like they do!! If there are any questions I can answer for you if you get stuck I will be glad to help.
Sheri |
| yarnmamma |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 08:37:29 AM
Cool..happy for you Kristin! Take the lessons, you will be glad you did.
Good luck!
Linda
in Scranton, PA
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - May 02 2009 : 07:57:35 AM
When my mom and step dad come up next weekend, he is bringing his old serger machine for me. I have never used one before, so might have to take a few lessons. But I really want to learn how to make skirts for me and dresses for the grandkids. I can sew anything else, but when it comes to things like that, it's hard for me. I cannot read directions. I have to see it done first. But I am looking forward to getting that machine and using it!
Kris
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 4:22:40 PM
Debbie I have been storing my patterns that way too. I just number the manilla envelope and then put a corresponding number on the pattern envelope. I store my pattern envelopes in a three ring binder in clear sleeves. Then when I need a pattern or am just shopping for ideas I can consult my binders without having to look for or take out the actual pattern.
Sheri |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 4:14:39 PM
Jami I wear the petticoat under my skirts all the time but then again I am known to wear Edwardian tea gowns to K-mart! I own and wear button shoes or lace up boots even in summer. The camisole makes a great substitute for a tank. The drawers - well that's not my cup of tea but I have made them for others. I have made that particular pattern hundreds of times - it was the first historical pattern I ever made more than 30 years ago. I really like the gibson girl top as well but for modern wear it must be lengthened to stay tucked in.
Having a tucked, lacy petticoat showing beneath my skirt is my trademark look.
The shift thing you mentioned is a chimese and everyone wore them night and day. Past patterns has two patterns available and Folkwear has a nice off the shoulder version that makes a great dress.
Sheri |
| urban farm girl |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 4:07:08 PM
Debbie your tidbit on saving the patterns..Great...now why didn't I think of that!!:) Thanks..I love it. |
| harmonyfarm |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 12:53:54 PM
I made a Civil War ball gown a few years ago. Took me three months. Rhett Butler would have died an old man in that jail waiting for Scarlett to make that dress out of her draperies. Anyway, I got a pattern for a petticoat that had a "shift" looking thing with it that had lots of pleats and stuff and wouldn't ya know it makes a great summer dress, if you use the right fabric. I wear petticoats under my skirts all the time. I feel like I can be less lady like and people won't see my undies and it makes my skirts hang farther out and make my larger body look more balanced....
Debbie
Debbie
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| Jami |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 12:43:44 PM
Carrie, thanks for the link. You gals are going to have to answer a question I've been dying to ask for a long time about these sorts of "retro" patterns and in particular the petticoat ones...
Where is one to wear clothes like this? Are they indoor clothes like loungewear or p.j.'s or meant to be undergarments? Or is the thing to wear them to town? Heck if I know anything besides the old movies where ladies wear those as under-things.
Thanks for being patient with me...I'm kinda backwards when it comes to fashion but I do know not to go outside in my undies--but now if YOU gals are doing it, I might just give it a go.
Jami in WA
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| harmonyfarm |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 12:11:25 PM
Another tid bit that I discovered years ago. I used to get so frustrated trying to get all those pattern pieces back into those little envelopes. Well, what I did was to cut the pattern envelope apart and glue the front to the front and the back to the back of a large manilla envelope and store them all in a bankers box. Makes it soooo much easier! Glad to see there are so many people who still sew their own clothes. I thought I was the only one!
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
| Carrie W |
Posted - May 01 2009 : 08:12:58 AM
I went to Folkwear and did not find what I was looking for, but did find this pattern which is sooooo like the knickers pattern that MJ shares with us. For anyone who doesn't want to try to reproduce an enlargement but want to make this kind of underwear, this might be the ticket!
http://www.folkwear.com/203.html
Carrie M
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| electricdunce |
Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 1:19:39 PM
When I was young, and then at art school, I made lots of my own clothes. it was the sixties so i got to play dressup all I wanted. I even made my clothes by hand when I was at art school. I still make a lot of my clothes. I have made costumes for my kids for Renaissance fairs and costumes for the local theatre company. My son wanted a kilt when he was in high school, I couldn't figure out the pattern so I winged it. He still wears it occasionally....I love to sew clothes, but I don't do it so much now, I'[m too busy making messes in my quilting studio...
Karin
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 12:33:18 PM
Hi Jami, the opaque will work, however, they carry the clear plastic and I highly recommend the clear. It is easier to see the details, the opaque is like working with the tissue paper. Usually, it comes in a brown card board box that is 3 feet long and maybe 3 inches high.
Joanna #566
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| Jami |
Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 12:15:53 PM
Sheri, my Pyr abhors T-storms too and shooting, etc. We have some goofuses moving out here too...I won't start those stories here.
Laurianne, sounds like you are going great guns. I too would love to see some pics. I got a new digital camera (my old one completely bit the dust...waaaa) but I can't download pics onto the old computer yet..gotta upgrade some software first.
Like the plastic pattern idea. Do you mean the landscape type plastic? Kind of opaque?
Jami in WA
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| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 11:54:21 AM
Folkwear makes an excellent peasant blouse pattern - designed for casings/elastic or with directions for smocking if anyone is into that.
Like Jaime I will be home keeping my animals calm as my neighbors shoot off fireworks even tho they are illegal in this county plus fire watch. We have a lot of forest around here with tall grass that grows beneath the trees and all the newbies who have moved out here aren't always too careful in that regard. For a big bad guard dog, my German Shepherd freaks out over loud noises - esp fireworks and thunder.
Sheri |
| JojoNH |
Posted - Apr 30 2009 : 11:09:18 AM
Londa,
I know what you mean about the instructions, pictures are truly worth a thousand words! One way to help improve your skills is to do some simple childrens clothing. . . even if you do not have children, you could sell them or donate them. . . then as you feel you are doing better, try again making something for yourself.
Joanna #566
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