Does anyone else make their own clothes

Mrs_Flittersnoop

kittie wrote: »

Its amazing how a draught in the nether regions is far cooler

This made me :rotfl: but how I agree with you!! Hope you get a chance to make your skirts soon.

caleo if you're sewing when you have a two year old and a baby, I take off my hat and worship you... I don't think I had a second to even thread a needle when mine were tiny. I'm sure you're bored with hearing this, but it will get better, and you will regain a few precious minutes one day.

Well I haven't got anywhere today other than idly flicking through my new Burda magazine. Maybe tomorrow....

Mrs F xx

champys

Mrs_Flittersnoop wrote: »

Might be too warm to sit in the sewing room today though as it's the same room that the computer lives in and the heat from that plus the sun through the window makes it a bit uncomforable. Might just sit out in the garden with a book or two and the cat instead

My plan is to set up a small but sturdy table in a shaded part of the garden, with an extension lead to connect my sewing machine! Not sure how practical this will end up being, but I can't bear being indoors while the sun shines, and my fingers are itching: I received my Loes Hinse patterns, and on Saturday I took a special trip to the fabric shop and have come back with lots of goodies...... can't wait to get started now. Sadly I am off on a work trip tomorrow, so no chance until Thurs at the earliest.

caleo

Mrs_Flittersnoop wrote: »

caleo if you're sewing when you have a two year old and a baby, I take off my hat and worship you... I don't think I had a second to even thread a needle when mine were tiny. I'm sure you're bored with hearing this, but it will get better, and you will regain a few precious minutes one day.

Well, attempting is a better way of putting it! They are very good though! I have an 11 year old and thought my days were going to be free, but 3 years ago, things somehome changed!!!

I love every minute though, and tend to sew in short sharp bursts!:rotfl:

caleo

An update!!!!! They finally emailed today to say they have refunded me for one of the patterns, and are sending the other one, so should be with me soon.

They are "sorry for the delay"!!!!!!! :mad: 3 months of non response?? I should think so!!

I think I will try the pattern review site for future patterns though. It would only have taken them a minute to email me months ago to sort this out!!!

X

Mrs_Flittersnoop

caleo, that's good news, at last!! What a shame though, they've lost themselves a customer (and probably more have been put off). Patternreview is much quicker although Deepika only sells the independent companies really, not the Big Four (as they call them). I got my newest Loes Hinse patterns from her yesterday (yay) having ordered them last week.

champys, that sounds like absolute bliss. I'm far too messy a sew-er to even attempt to set up the machine etc outside though, I'd be forever chasing scraps as they blew all over the garden. I hope you get your sewing day on Thursday. I've found the LH patterns to be slightly tight on the sleeves so you might want to check those if you are at all 'normally' sized. I really like her jacket patterns, they fit so well on the shoulder. When (!) my fabric arrives I'm going to make my third (or is it the fourth) Bistro jacket out of linen.

I'm about to flap a duster vaguely in the direction of the dust around the house and then dive into my collection of cottons and linens I think for some inspiration.

Mrs F x

littleowl

Mrs Flittersnoop

I see that the Loese Hinse patterns are marked XXS-XXL - does that mean they are all multi-size patterns like Burda? I imgine it is best to buy directly from her website?

Mrs_Flittersnoop

littleowl wrote: »

Mrs Flittersnoop

I see that the Loese Hinse patterns are marked XXS-XXL - does that mean they are all multi-size patterns like Burda? I imgine it is best to buy directly from her website?

Yes littleowl, they are multisized. You can buy direct from her website, or several other places - the pattern review one already mentioned, Timmel in Canada or the sewing place spring to mind. I've never actually bought from her website as there are usually one or two other things I have my beady eye on on the other sites :rolleyes:

Might be cheapest to buy from Julie in Canada at the moment, thinking about it, www.timmelfabrics.com as the exchange rate is so poor?

HTH
Mrs F X
Oh p.s. just ought to mention that Loes appears to be quite a petite little person and as the independent designers tend to design for their own body types it might be as well to double check the fit before cutting anything precious out. I usually have to lengthen the patterns A LOT not to mention widen the sleeves as I mentioned above to champys. HTH.

littleowl

Mrs_Flittersnoop wrote: »

Yes littleowl, they are multisized. You can buy direct from her website, or several other places - the pattern review one already mentioned, Timmel in Canada or the sewing place spring to mind. I've never actually bought from her website as there are usually one or two other things I have my beady eye on on the other sites :rolleyes:

Might be cheapest to buy from Julie in Canada at the moment, thinking about it, www.timmelfabrics.com as the exchange rate is so poor?

HTH
Mrs F X
Oh p.s. just ought to mention that Loes appears to be quite a petite little person and as the independent designers tend to design for their own body types it might be as well to double check the fit before cutting anything precious out. I usually have to lengthen the patterns A LOT not to mention widen the sleeves as I mentioned above to champys. HTH.

Thank you - that is really helpful

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sewing can be SO frustrating at times. I made a lovely linen/cotton skirt this morning from a trusty pattern, whizzed up and down and round and round with the serger (overlocker, only I have so many serging books that I prefer to call it serger now) and I finished with the sewing machine. Pressed and hanging up all in all from start to finish in 1 hour.

So I have been spoilt!!! Then I cut out a pattern for a tunic from a different material, with a bit of shortening alteration and ok that was fine. Then I got to sewing and grhhh, it has taken me all afternoon. Freying material with too many corners and a 1/4" seam so serging anywhere was difficult and often impossible. Then there are the underarm gussets, little squares that freyed like mad. So it is all put together and I have had to use frey check all over the place. Almost there now and just the sleeve and bottom hems to do. It is going to be a cool (as in not hot) tunic and will match the new skirt and I long not ever to do another one but the price of patterns!!!! I`ll have to do some more and I guess the best time is soon but the only suitable material in my stash is left over linen/cotton which, you`ve guessed it, freys even worse :mad: :mad:

Mrs_Flittersnoop

Ack kittie, poor you! I hate fraying fabric too. Just a thought -could you overlock the fray-ey bits first before you sew them, or how about fusing a tiny bit of fusible interfacing to to the corners of the gussets before you sew to prevent the corners shredding? Or another tip is to use spray starch just along the seam allowance/edges to minimise the fraying a little.

Might also be worth cutting a larger seam allowance if you have fray-ey material too, you can always serge/overlock it off after you have seamed it.

HTH
Mrs Fx