Sewing disaster....

Rikki

I have just made a jacket. No problem .:rolleyes2

Nice pattern. No problem there.

Lovely fabric. No problem there either.

But the jacket made up in that fabric just doesn't work.:undecided

It fits okay, it just isn't me. :sad:

superpup

Sorry, can't offer any words of wisdom or help, I struggle sewing buttons on

My daughters get their sewing ability from me. Eldest made a dress to wear to her prom in gcse textiles. Cost me quite a bit for the material, about 5 times more for something she could wear to the prom without being a laughing stock, and even the dog doesn't want it as he shoves it to the end of his bed so he doesn't have to lie on it...

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Rikki

I just keep looking at it on the hanger and it looks great, but when I put it on it looks horrible. Just not me.

Is your dog still looking for a new blanket?

whatatwit

Are you going to post a picture of the jacket....maybe you can e-bay it....."A one-off Rikki design"

kunekune

I gave up dressmaking for a similar reason. Whenever I made something, even if I liked it, DH would sniff slightly and say that "it would make a good table cloth". After a while you lose confidence in your fabric choosing ability!

Twinny99

Rikki, your nightmare might be someone elses dream.......you should post a pic of it or stick it on ebay.....

Dont let your hard work go to waste....

Rikki

I may alter the style of it and add a contrasting colour.

I need to think on it for a while before I admit defeat. :think:

wendym

For my daughter's wedding I bought a Vogue designer pattern for a trapeze-shaped jacket, which I made in silk dupion, struggling with the vilely behaved fabric - I had to cut my own facing for the hem to make it hang properly.

I hated it on me. I ended up making a second, much simpler jacket. The first jacket sat on a hanger glaring at me (me glaring back) for months. It is now off the hanger, folded up, and at some point I shall have to decide what to do with it. Expensive silk dusters, anyone?

Rikki

wendym wrote: »

For my daughter's wedding I bought a Vogue designer pattern for a trapeze-shaped jacket, which I made in silk dupion, struggling with the vilely behaved fabric - I had to cut my own facing for the hem to make it hang properly.

I hated it on me. I ended up making a second, much simpler jacket. The first jacket sat on a hanger glaring at me (me glaring back) for months. It is now off the hanger, folded up, and at some point I shall have to decide what to do with it. Expensive silk dusters, anyone?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Thats just how I'm feeling about this.

Expensive material and it looks like an overall. Well on me it does.

wendym

I think you have to put it away for at least a few days, but your instinct is, sadly, probably right.

The tricky bit is not losing your nerve, and making the next garment. I was really rattled by so mis-judging my ***ing jacket that I made a tried and tested pattern before getting back to choosing a new pattern and fabric.

Mrs_Flittersnoop

Oh Rikki! I'm so sorry, it's so upsetting when that happens. I think wendym is right, though, try putting it away in the wardrobe for a week or two and then have a look at it, you may decide you like it after all.

Or maybe experiment with the length/sleeve length/buttons, etc, maybe a small change will make all the difference. Or maybe you may just get completely hacked off with it and throw it in the recycling bin - the American sew-ers call this a 'wadder', because you wad it up in a ball and chuck it - we've all done it, I'm afraid

Good luck with the next venture, don't get too downhearted.

Mrs F xx