From: Vintage Sewing and More
From: Sewing with Miss Dandy
From: Mumsy Craft
From: Blended Splendid
thankyou to allow the lovely Etsy.com sellers who make these available - I think these will keep me busy for a long while yet.
...how to become a seamstress, on the internet...
Sunday, January 30, 2011
a revelation.
So, Christmas Day arrives and with delighted screams I unwrap my brand-spanking-new Singer Tradition 2250. It has 10 gorgeous stitches, 4 stitch lengths, a zipper foot, a buttonhole foot and a normal foot. I open it up, place it on the table - and realise, forlornly, that I have no fabric, no cotton and it's a public holiday.
2 days later - an excruciating wait, like getting a toy without batteries, we're off to Lincraft (hubby also signed me up for their loyalty club, ah bless) to stock up on all the things I assume I'll need - tailors chalk, dressmakers pins, scissors, an imitation antique Singer sewing tin, and about 6 metres of lycra and 6 metres of brightly coloured cotton voile.
I start to research my first project - a 'simple' circle skirt. It has 4 panels, waist band and a zipper. Never in my life have I sewn a zipper. I put the skirt together (with my hand drawn pattern - another post all in itself, key point though - make sure that it's symmetrical - it's hard to join seams that are different lengths) and get ready for the zipper. After staring at it for a while, trying desperately to will the instructions to make sense - I give up, and Google it - About.com - How to Sew a Zipper. Thank you Lynn Reynolds, your cheesy video saved me from throwing my sewing machine against a wall - after 3 tries, I finally got the hang of it.
The skirt was wonky - but I'll get there.
2 days later - an excruciating wait, like getting a toy without batteries, we're off to Lincraft (hubby also signed me up for their loyalty club, ah bless) to stock up on all the things I assume I'll need - tailors chalk, dressmakers pins, scissors, an imitation antique Singer sewing tin, and about 6 metres of lycra and 6 metres of brightly coloured cotton voile.
I start to research my first project - a 'simple' circle skirt. It has 4 panels, waist band and a zipper. Never in my life have I sewn a zipper. I put the skirt together (with my hand drawn pattern - another post all in itself, key point though - make sure that it's symmetrical - it's hard to join seams that are different lengths) and get ready for the zipper. After staring at it for a while, trying desperately to will the instructions to make sense - I give up, and Google it - About.com - How to Sew a Zipper. Thank you Lynn Reynolds, your cheesy video saved me from throwing my sewing machine against a wall - after 3 tries, I finally got the hang of it.
The skirt was wonky - but I'll get there.
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