| Last minute gift idea for your traveler friends |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|02:09 pm] |
My sister-in-law visited a while back and she had the most adorable little "panty traveler" as she called it. It was a little bag for in your suitcase for you clean/dirty undies. (I don't really love the idea of United Airlines staff opening my bags and finding my underwear on top, especially worn pairs!)
Sorry for the bad pictures of the original - sis-in-law doesn't live here so the pics were all I had to work from. Someone told me they saw these at Gap Body so they're probably not expensive, but it's more fun to make your own, I think. And a good use for little scraps of fabric.
So, I thought it would be easy to make and a great gift. I invited a few of my girlfriends over for a sort of craft workshop and let them know they could do whatever they wanted, but if they wanted to make a "panty traveler", I would help guide them. It ended up being a really fun day and everyone had a great time and some of us even finished our projects.
Here's my friend Mel with her finished bag:
So cute! Mel AND her bag.
Anyway, I plan to make a couple for gifts and I think it's probably pretty easy for all of you to figure out how to make them. I keep meaning to make tutorials and never get around to it. Sorry.
More pics of the event, and lots more of what I've been up to, sewing-wise, at my journal page.
Happy Holidays to all my Sew Hip friends!!! |
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| Cotton Sweatshirt Fleece? |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|08:24 am] |
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I cannot seem to find navy blue 100% cotton sweatshirt fleece anywhere so I can make a Yule hoodie for my husband. I've checked my local fabric stores and so far Google hasn't turned up anything.
Does anyone know where I can find this fabric?
Edit: Does anyone know where I can find this fabric for less than $11/yd? |
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| Free pattern software |
[Dec. 12th, 2009|05:09 pm] |
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I was insipred by the hat post a few days ago and decided I'd make a hat for my brother for Christmas. I was looking for a more newspaper style hat like my husband has and in my googling for free patterns I came across Wild Ginger. http://www.wildginger.com/
It's a free download and it includes patterns for a lot of simple projects, like aprons, ponchos, capes, shawls, 5 kinds of belts, slippers, booties, 9 different hat styles, and a whack of different pockets.
I haven't made up any of the patterns yet, the newspaper hat I was looking at is not quite the lines I need, but I'm thinking I might try a few after the holidays. Any one else used these patterns and could give a bit of feedback? |
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| Barbie Clothes Patterns |
[Dec. 11th, 2009|08:46 pm] |
Anyone know of a cool site to find Barbie clothes patterns? The clothes that you can buy are stupid expensive and I want to make some for my daughter.
Thanks!! |
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| Pattern question. |
[Dec. 11th, 2009|08:42 pm] |
EDIT: Thank you! Resolved!
My bff is a larger girl, but is losing a lot of weight. So, I'm making her a tunic style shirt that she can keep cinching as she gets smaller. It's McCall's 5757(style "B") http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M5757.htm?search=5757&page=1.
Whenever I make clothes, I usually follow the finished garment measurements. I think her bust size is 44" and on the pattern sizes, it sys she's a 22w, but the finished measurements say that she is an 8. I was expecting a slight difference, but nothing that extreme. 22w is the second largest size they offer while 8 is the smallest.
Does anyone have experience with this pattern? I know it would be really easy to just take it in because there's nothing to it, just 4 pieces, but we don't live close to each other and it's supposed to be a gift.
Thoughts? |
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| Jeffrey Campbell for SALE |
[Dec. 11th, 2009|02:17 pm] |
Hey everyone!
I am selling a pair of unworn Jeffrey Campbell Asti wedges, US size 9!
They are brand new with the box because I ordered them too small ;(
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| making a pattern |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|02:22 pm] |
So I have this dress I bought at a thrift store years ago. It's obviously homemade and fits me like a dream. But it's a little threadbare and I'd love to make a new one. I've scoured Simplicity and McCalls for a similar pattern with no luck.
It's a fairly simple sleeveless A-line dress with princess seams. Is there a decent pattern-generator thing I could use to draft it, or should I just lay it out and try to trace the individual pieces? It's 5 parts: front panel, two side panels and two back panels, with a zipper up the back.
My dressmaking experience is confined to Renaissance gowns with fitted bodices, so princess seams are new to me. |
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| I made another hat |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|12:54 am] |
This is the third hat I've made from this pattern. I love it a LOT. I shaved my head 6 weeks ago for charity, and haven't gone hatless since (bald? COLD. You have no idea how cold you can get until you have no hair).
So, I finally found a hat pattern I like, that I can make myself easily - I kind of went to town.
But on this, the third iteration, I added something...
( now with EARFLAPS ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 9th, 2009|09:55 am] |
I want to make my own Coraline doll.
I dont even know how to go about that. I have pictures of it and everything but what kind of fabric should I use? |
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| Hunting for Fashion Design, Patternmaking, etc links |
[Dec. 9th, 2009|04:35 pm] |
Hi everyone! I am on the hunt for great fashion design, patternmaking, tailoring, etc type links to add to the Fashion Students Online link directory. I really hope to build this directory into a fabulous resource. There are some great link resource sites already, I know, such as costume.org but they do not cover the topics we hope to cover (schools, manufacturers, freelancers, tutorials, suppliers, and more).
If you have only a few links that you would like to submit you can do so at this address, but you need to be logged in (I can not override that unfortunately):
http://www.fashionstudentsonline.com/submit-a-link
If however you have ten or more links to submit we have just set up a new multi-link submission page (you do not need to be a member):
http://www.fashionstudentsonline.com/multiple-links
We even accept exported favourites / bookmark files from your browser!
Just export your bookmarks out of your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc) and send the file to us and we will do the sorting and adding. It couldn't be easier!
This message has been x-posted to advanced_sewing, corset_makers, sew_hip, and craftgrrl
Thank you! |
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| Quilting |
[Dec. 8th, 2009|02:27 pm] |
I'm making my cousin a quilt for Christmas. This is my first ever attempt at quilting, so I was hoping someone on here with some experience could help out. I am either going to straight line machine quilt it (probably in diamonds, but I'm open to suggestions) or hand tie it. Could someone please go over the relative merits of each method in terms of effort, speed, and durability? The top is shirting flannel, I have warm&natural batting, and the backing will be some somewhat but not very heavyweight stuff I got of the $1 rack at Walmart. I had a picture of the completed top that I would share, but it won't work. Also, I don't know if it makes any difference, but the top is 12.5 in squares in a 4X5 grid.
Thanks
x-posted to advanced_sewing |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 8th, 2009|06:07 pm] |
Does anybody own a Janome Ezy-Lock 304 Limited Edition? (Or, I presume, a 304D or similar)
I bought one without a manual and while I have successfully threaded it and used it for regular overlocking, I want to figure out how to do a rolled hem, etc. I was hoping someone might be able to scan or photograph some pages of the manual for me? |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
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Tell me about potholders! Would it be sufficient to just put quilt batting between fabric and quilt it together, or is there some sort of flame-retardent material in potholders? Should I just buy some cheap ones and cover them with my fabric? |
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| Hi! I'm a newbie with two bad questions. |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|08:57 pm] |
First of all, hey, I hope this is the right place for these questions... I'm Jenx and I sort of suck at sewing but it's fun so I'm learning anyways. Nice to meet you all. As for my two questions....
1. Pattern-making. I kind of suck at it. Currently I'm playing round with ragdolls, but I've run into a very stupid problem very early on. When you're making anything that's one big piece that wraps around, like a cone with one seam, and then a piece to sew onto the bottom of that to close it up- in this case that's the foot and the bottom of the foot for this doll- how do you know what shape and size to cut the bottom-piece? Do you just eyeball it? Is there some kind of measurement you can do? I've been eyeballing it but it always comes out horribly lopsided.
2. Ok, so this one is REALLY dumb. Being a broke college student who doesn't do really heavy duty sewing anyways, I got a cheap sewing machine. I got a Singer Pixie. Yes, I hear the groans from the audience, but it was cheap on Craigslist and it worked fine for about a month, until I dropped it and the bobbin assembly fell out of place. I opened it up and it doesn't look like anything is broken, but I cannot figure out where the bobbin assembly goes anymore. =| There is a pink plastic ring that looks like the bobbin assembly could fit in it, but if I put it there then the needle can't go all the way down so that's obviously wrong. Help help? I can post pictures if you guys need a visual. And I know I could take this into a repair shop, but that'd probably cost more than the machine, and I get the feeling that the bobbin assembly could fall out of place again in the future (crappy machine is crappy) so I'd like to learn to fix it myself if possible.
EDIT: Fixed it! Amazing, the things you can figure out when you don't want to do homework.
Thanks guys, and sorry that my first post here has to be begging for help! |
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| Holiday Gift Ideas? |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|04:58 pm] |
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So, I haven't sewn in months because my machine broke and I haven't gotten around to getting it fixed.
My mom recently got a new machine though, and is going to let me borrow it so I can make people gifts.
Does anyone have any good ideas for somewhat easy/quick (but still cute/cool/useful) things to make for people? I've thought of tote bags and purses so far...
Thanks for your help! |
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| Notification System |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|01:15 pm] |
**FINAL EDIT Thu Dec 10 02:15:47 UTC 2009**
So there is the final update... Over the past day we have processed around 11 million jobs out of the 12 million that were in queue at that time. Please bear in mind that over this past day, more jobs for notifications are also created. So while the queue has been dropping, we are still not fully caught up at this point, due to backlog and new jobs. We have roughly 3 million jobs still pending that involve the notification system in some manner. We had hoped we could have fully cleared the queue in a day, but unfortunately we can't clear it too quickly, since we need the rest of the site to operate normally. From our current perspective on the amount of jobs that are left in queue, and how many it has processed thus far, we believe it will take around another 8 - 12 hours to process everything.
And finally some answers to some questions:
( Read More and Get Some Answers... ) |
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| Just quick question.. |
[Dec. 7th, 2009|11:44 am] |
Is there a no-sew (apart from hemming etc) way of making a half or three quarter circle skirt, with no side or back seams? I just can't get my head around how you might be able to do it by folding fabric etc.
Any tutorials or tips would be much appreciated! |
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