Does anyone else make their own clothes

Savvy_sewing

I shall have to have a quick look on Amazon and see if I can find that book Mrs F. I am looking foreward to a new life very soon, and dispite my spondylitis I am hoping that I might be able to do bits of crafts when I am having good days. But today, its time to down size my wardrobe so I better be off and get the black sacks ready.!!

Rikki

Mrs_Flittersnoop wrote: »

Hope it works out OK! Strangely enough after years of believing that I couldn't wear trousers with side pockets I made a pair the other week and I love them! I'm hoping to cut out another pair this week if I get time. I can't believe what age is doing to my body though :eek: my measurements seem to change every time I cut out a new pattern and something very strange is happening to my hips and bum!! :eek: :eek:
Mrs F xx

Not just yours.

Something I was taught with trouser pockets was to sew down 1" down the top gap of the pocket. This allows your weight to fluctuate and not pull on the pocket.

Rikki

Mooloo wrote: »

I shall have to have a quick look on Amazon and see if I can find that book Mrs F. I am looking foreward to a new life very soon, and dispite my spondylitis I am hoping that I might be able to do bits of crafts when I am having good days. But today, its time to down size my wardrobe so I better be off and get the black sacks ready.!!

Make sure there is nothing you could alter or make into something else. Recycle the fabric for other projects maybe.
Not being much help with the throwing out am I, sorry.

I listed a a free site for craft pattern in post # 811 . You might get some ideas from there.

I did pay £2 for a fake fur coat from a charity shop to make a cushion cover. :cool:

Savvy_sewing

Just about to start, got side tracked with the Amazon site and my food order, mmm.
Yes I will look at mending, altering, but I do have to down size from 3 wardrobes to 1, so its got to be more ruthless. Only good labels will be kept!

Rummer

Oh I am so excited to have found this thread as I have been thinking of making my own clothes and soft furnishings for a while and now I have a good place to start. I have an ancient singer that I was given as a gift so I am going to see if I can find out how to set it up as it looks quite complicated. Then I am going to start with some really simple projects. Prima has loads of patterns so I may give some of them a go!

Mrs_Flittersnoop

Rikki wrote: »

Not just yours.

Something I was taught with trouser pockets was to sew down 1" down the top gap of the pocket. This allows your weight to fluctuate and not pull on the pocket.

Thanks, Rikki, that's a good tip. I usually strengthen the top and bottom of the pocket opening with seam tape or similar but hadn't thought of actually stitching the top down. Although as my waist and hips are becoming one :rotfl: anyway that might mean my pocket is about an inch deep :rotfl:.

Mooloo, I think I would see if your library can get the Nancy Z book for you before you buy it, you may not feel it's very helpful to you after all, and I would hate you to spend a load of money on my say-so. Good luck with the wardrobe downsizing, I find it's easier after you've been on OS for a while and become addicted to Twinks' hobnobs - nothing fits after that :rolleyes:

Mrs F x

Savvy_sewing

I found a second hand book at £1.51, with £2.74 postage, from america. It is a book published in 1992. But it will just give me some incentive to start again.
If I dont get much use out of it, I can always sell it back on Amazon.
At the moment I am not a member of a library. Not very MSE of me. But I move around so much I havent bothered. Perhaps once I am settled in the cottage I will think about it.
When I dropped the clothes off at the charity shop, my friend and I went for a drive into a local Farm, with mini shops. There were hand made bags, all individual and different ones. I thought I can do that so easily.!! I cant remember what they were selling for. But its something that I may just do for gifts anyway.!.
I used to sew for a business, so if I can give advise I will do my best.
I still need to learn how to get photos on to posts? I have never managed it as yet. I knitted a handbag the other day.
Know that its not clothes, but its going to be a start. I know that I have still got plenty patterns lurking in the boxes under the stairs. They will be out when I get to the cottage... I cant wait until I get there and get the machines out!.

lainey_stardust

hi, can anyone give me some tips on turning a mans shirt into a womans shirt please?
it's the shaping and bust darts i'm thinking of in particular, otherwise the shirt will still look like a mans shirt if i just take it in at the sides.

Ishtar

Hi
I wondered if anyone could help? My baby boy has just gone into cloth nappies and I'm having a bit of a job finding trousers that will fit - apart from the very nice, but very expensive ones I've found online. I'm happy to sew for him, but just wondered whether anyone knew of any patterns available that had already been sized for cloth nappies?
Many thanks in advance.
D

flea72

Ishtar wrote: »

Hi
I wondered if anyone could help? My baby boy has just gone into cloth nappies and I'm having a bit of a job finding trousers that will fit - apart from the very nice, but very expensive ones I've found online. I'm happy to sew for him, but just wondered whether anyone knew of any patterns available that had already been sized for cloth nappies?
Many thanks in advance.
D

i would say all pattern companies allow for cloth nappies, its just the ready made items in shops, that are cut ultra slim in the rear

However, most trouser patterns for children do tend to be the baggy pant style, rather than fitted, so perhaps thats why all patterns seem to fit so much better

Tbh, ive always found that going up a size in shop-bought clothing helps where cloth nappies are concerned, and then its just a case of shortening the legs accordingly

Flea