Hey Peeps: I'm going to be a bit inactive blog-wise this week, not because I don't have anything to say (trust me, it's exciting times here), but because I've got a major work deadline that all happens on Friday. It's the culmination of months of work, and I'm optimistic it's all going to land well -but now the push is on.
Let me say, though, that I will post about my fab forays into fabric/sew shopping and actually making something. Yeah, I know, it might have been prudent to wait for my many books to arrive by mail, or my sewing basics course in mid-Nov., before I started to make clothing... But I didn't say I was careful :-)
Word to wise: My 1-hour Easy! pattern - took 15 hours.
(And yet it was a great learning experience.) But oh, my neck and shoulders.
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The sewing will get easier and more relaxed.
ReplyDeleteIt took me one year to knit my first garment, a simple vest (yes a vest) size 6, so not big either. I'm all for enthusiasm.
Can't wait to see what you made. As you may have read on my blog, I can't even sew patches on a boy scout shirt. I can, however, do buttons. Il faut!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the work deadline, and can't wait to see the finished sewing project!
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I'm sure everything will turn out well.
ReplyDeletei also finished up with a huuuuge deadline yesterday. i'm with ya on the adrenaline push of the home stretch!
ReplyDeletei've been taking a weekly evening sewing class at make workshop in nyc, and i feel like i've learned so much already in only a month! i highly recommend her book; it's called "s.e.w." and includes a ton of patterns. definitely the best sewing book for beginners.
i'm in the middle of making a dress and can't wait to finish it in two weeks :D sewing is definitely up there with cooking as my favorite indulgent 'me-time' after a long day of work.
It would take me 15 hours to sew on a button. So I am VERY impressed that you managed to make something. Pictures please!
ReplyDeleteGood for you. It can be v. fulfilling to make your own clothes!
ReplyDeletei hope you meet the deadline and that your project is a great success!
ReplyDeleteand those "easy" sewing patterns are rather deceiving, no? hahha. hang in there. it will get better and easier!
Mardel: great advice. I can't believe it took you a year and yet you kept on. Very committed!
ReplyDeleteTessa: Buttons are hard! I don't care what anyone says.
Sal: Thank you. It's over now, thank the universe :-) And it went pretty well, all things considered.
Wendy: It did! Thanks for the good vibes.
Miss Sophie: The similarities are eerie! I have heard of that book and I'm going to look into it online. Thanks! And good going with the dress...
Bel: Photos coming. Promise.
Miss C: On a good day :-)
J: It is entirely deceiving! Thanks for your well-wishes. Project came together in the end.