I'm a newbie sewist, and this week I finally sewed with jersey fabric!!! It was just a simple dolman sleeve top, but I feel I've overcome a mental hurdle because it turned out fine!! Now at some stage I have a jumpsuit to attempt in the same fabric.....
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This year so far, the best thing was learning to confidently sew buttonholes with my machine. I’m finally at the point where I can just put the foot on, get the settings right, and go; without doing a test run every time.
When do I get the superpower of confident and correct sewing?
I made my first item of clothing! I had an old pair of PJ trousers that were really comfortable, but they were falling apart. I unpicked them and used them as a pattern using some jazzy material.
It was a learning curve, particularly the pockets and elasticated drawstring waistband. But I figured it out!
nice PJs are a perfect beginner project ! and PJs with pockets sounds much more luxiurious than it has any right to be.
Matching stripes is a great accomplishment and so satisfying! Mine is attempting a set of 3 maxi dresses (mom, daughter, doll matching set) with a fabric I have never worked with before: rayon jersey. It took a lot of adjustments before I got a decent stretchy seam without the machine eating the fabric. I won't say I've conquered it completely and it's about as frustrating as working with wet spaghetti, but the dresses are slowly coming together. I do need to replace my needle often; does anyone else have problems with rayon dulling the needle quickly?
Saturday, I drafted and made my first top block, and it did fit almost perfectly on the second try (first one did have a big error in measurements)
Do you mind sharing the drafting method you used?
I made my first item of clothing. I had an old pair of PJ trousers that were really comfortable, but they were falling apart. I unpicked them and used them as a pattern using some jazzy material.
It was a learning curve, particularly the pockets and elasticated drawstring waistband. But I figured it out!
I made a piece of cloth for over the shoulder and finished with biaisband. It is to catch any throw up from my baby after feeding.
I made pockets at each end to catch throw up from pouring over the edge. It's not really how I intended it to end up. But I will test it and improve it with the next few.
Working with biaisband is new for me. It's time consuming, but gives a nice result!
I hope you found a solution that works for you! I can recommend hemming skirts with bias, I find it a lot easier and faster (maybe it feels faster because I am not struggling, which I would not mind)
I find locking it with my overlock a lot faster and easier. The result looks less finished though. Maybe locking with a nice colour thread could give it a nice touch.
I’ve also seen a biasband foot, made for stitching with biasband on my sewing machine. But maybe I have a tendency to solve problems with machines too much..
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