#Sewist

[contemplatingsaudade]

*stops sewing*

"...what did you just say?"

[deeply-winter]

the one upside to the quality of clothing taking a nosedive is that my homemade clothes don’t look glaringly homemade anymore.

my handknit cardigan (my first) is miles above the cardigans I saw in my last trip to the mall. It feels deliciously heavy. It’s cozy and soft and so warm. Above all, it fits me perfectly.

anyways, I’m thinking of sewing some pants in the new year, fully inspired by the crooked crotch seam I saw in Abercrombie.

[kinzplush]

i remade the graphic from the iconic “dan and phil made me gay!” t-shirt and then made a tote bag for 18in dolls :-) it’s also coincidentally the perfect size for photocards lol

[strangekaleidoscopesewing]

Just wanted to share a hanfu I completed recently!

It consists of four pieces: a long overcoat, a sheer pink inner coat, a solid pink top inside the inner coat, and a black mamianqun (pleated skirt). The overcoat has patterned cuffs and a patterned collar made out of the same fabric as the mamianqun (if you look closely, you can see the pattern on the collar and sleeve cuffs on the mamianqun itself). On the back of the coat, I hand-painted a dragon and phoenix that was based on the design of the front panel of the mamianqun. (I do Chinese painting and calligraphy, so I just used fabric paint and some Chinese painting techniques.) The sheer inner coat is made of a sheer pink fabric with blue bias tape finishings on its collar and sleeves. The pink top inside the collar has an embroidered collar (jiaolingyouren, closes on right as per traditional Chinese garments) and ties on the inside and outside (not visible here because they are covered by the skirt and by the shirt itself). The mamianqun arguably took me the longest to complete: it has seven front-facing pleats and seven back-facing pleats on each side, which took me way too long to iron lol. It has ties that wrap around the back and tie in the front. All fabric except from the pink and blue solid colors is from Taobao, and the bias tape is from Joanns.

This is a pretty untraditional combination of garments; I've seen the mamianqun worn primarily with a square-neck top (not sure what this is called, but I think it was from the Ming dynasty period?), and never with a top with a jiaolingyouren. I modified patterns from the book "Traditional and Modernized Hanfu Pattern Making" by TT Duong, which I highly recommend :) The entire project took a total of 30-40 hours (conservative estimate) and the fabric painting took 7 hours.

Overall I'm really proud of the entire project! I created this so that I could enter it into the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards under Fashion (I'm a high schooler) and I had a lot of fun making it :) I'm thinking of making a green one next!

[iridessence]

I’m just curious about the level of changes people feel comfortable making to their clothing

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

Sewing Class Support

New year, new sewing classes!

As some of you may know, last year I started teaching a sewing class at a local community centre. It has been an amazing experience for me. And it's been a great way for people in the community with low- or no-income to learn.

However, over the past year, our stash of donated fabric has started to dwindle, and our thread is down to like one spool of mustard yellow basting thread from the 80s. Which is why I do this little outreach every new term.

With the support of viewers like you*, I've been able to purchase fabrics for my students who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it. And because of that, they were able to make garments that they would be proud to show off.

I'm hoping to collect at least $100, to have 10 for each student. If I reach that goal, I'll post one of the detailed tutorials for one of the group projects we work on!

You can support the class through my ko-fi

https://ko-fi.com/tigerintheflightdeck

and I also have a wishlist of general supplies(Thread. Thread.) that you can check out as well.

https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/L5ABEUG4P5PX?ref_=wl_share

As always, if you aren't able to contribute, reblogging so this gets a wider reach is a huge help.

I'm looking forward to sharing their projects with you!

*I'm sorry, I had to...

[castrian-cosplays]

Tim Drake Red Hood

Finally got to wear my full cosplay! I have the main breakdown over on my main as I’m now trying to change my cosplay stuff over here!!

Inspired by the art of Tim Drake Red Hood by @notholaenas !

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Who knew sewing an elastic waistband on a skirt for 2-4 hours would give you a hand cramp and hurt your fingertips? :o

[neopronouns]

flag id: five flags with 6 stripes. the top flag's stripes are brown, soft brown, cream, dull blue, medium dark dull blue, and dark faded blue. the middle left flag's stripes are dull pink-red, yellow-orange, off-white, cream, dull light brown, and brown. the middle right flag's stripes are faded blue, light faded turquoise, cream, light faded orange, faded pink, and medium dark faded purple. the bottom left flag's stripes are red, light red, light yellow, tan, sky blue, and indigo. the bottom right flag's stripes are silver, light silver, very light silver, light green, faded blue, and dark purple.

each flag has a symbol in its top left corner. the top flag has a symbol of a clipboard and pencil with a partially-completed checklist, which is dark faded blue with a cream outline. the middle left flag has a symbol of a pencil writing a curved line, which is brown with an off-white outline. the middle right flag has a symbol of a needle and thread, which is medium dark faded purple with a cream outline. the bottom left flag has a symbol of four paint swatches fanned out, which is indigo with a light yellow outline. the bottom right flag has a symbol of a hand holding a microphone, which is dark purple with a very light silver outline. end id.

banner id: a 1600x200 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting. those on my / dni may still use my terms, so do not recoin them.’ in large white text in the center. the text takes up two lines, split at the slash. end id.

organizer writer | sewist artist | speaker

organizer: one who presents in a cotermine way

writer: one who presents in a cotermine and feminine way or whose presentation is feminine in a cotermine way

sewist: one who presents in a cotermine and masculine way or whose presentation is masculine in a cotermine way

artist: one who presents in a cotermine and neutral way or whose presentation is neutral in a cotermine way

speaker: one who presents in a cotermine and gender nonconforming way or whose presentation is gender nonconforming in a cotermine way

[pt: organizer: one who presents in a cotermine way

writer: one who presents in a cotermine and feminine way or whose presentation is feminine in a cotermine way

sewist: one who presents in a cotermine and masculine way or whose presentation is masculine in a cotermine way

artist: one who presents in a cotermine and neutral way or whose presentation is neutral in a cotermine way

speaker: one who presents in a cotermine and gender nonconforming way or whose presentation is gender nonconforming in a cotermine way. end pt]

comuniterm presentation terms in the style of various other neogender umbrella presentation terms (ex: these techrobai presentations, these kenochoric presentations)!

i based the terms on different creativity-based ways one could participate in the community. here are the symbol sources: organizer, writer, sewist, artist, speaker!

tags: @radiomogai, @liom-archive, @macchiane, @genderstarbucks, @sugar-and-vice-mogai

tags cont: @p-rtyboy, @pawsibell, @dragonpride17, @en8y, @presentationflag-archive

dni link

[rlgowther]

What if I documented my Avrille craft process here… the process Ive barely started…….

[sewfastdyeyoung]

Where can I buy patterns for plus sizes?

So the big 5 patterns companies are basically all now owned by the same company. They have never had great plus size options, however this year the Know Me by Mimi G line has started and it not only has some awesome interesting plus size stuff it also features bipoc designers. So far these patterns have not been on extra sale which is annoying, but hey the other good plusize patterns out there and not going to be cheap either.

Mostly you want to look for independent pattern companies and makers. Places like Etsy are great to get pdf patterns in all sizes. Below is a link to a plus size site that has links to other patterns as well and the link for the website I've used to get patterns printed from pdfs relatively affordable. You also can invest in a projector and set up to trace your patterns directly onto fabric even. However steer clear of the ditto, because for everything I have read it only let's you use proprietary patterns.

[genna-riggins]

Repost from TikTok. If you’re looking for a grip surface to add to your sewing/quilting/crafting rulers I love the Odif Grippy Non-slip coating spray.

[be-nice-2-me]

y'all fw the jean bag. the jag if you will

[strangekaleidoscopesewing]

as my first post on this sewing blog, i figured i'd post my 馬面裙 (mamianqun) and 交領右任 (jiaolingyouren) that I made!

i made this as a muslin so that i can figure out if i need to adjust anything before i do the top/mamianqun combo with better fabric. the red/gold fabric is from Taobao and the black fabric is a cotton from Joann's! i'm planning to do another top/mamianqun combo with a black/blue/pink/purple patterned mamianqun and a pink or blue top

the mamianqun took me approximately 8 hours (this is a conservative estimate), and the top surprisingly took much less (at most 3 hours). this is because pleats take FOREVER

as of right now, the outfit fits me really well; there are a lot of threads that I need to cut that are hanging off the top, but they're covered by the mamianqun right now :)

I'm very proud of this project, and when I wear this set I feel like a cdrama princess or female lead!

[willowmaidsworld]

Bit late to share my Nanny Astoreth cosplay, but here we go! More info under the cut.

To all the folks who attended the Talent show and/or submitted: loved seing your creations! Can't wait for a next year!❤

The main part of the cosplay- the coat, was made by me. From black wool, satin and burgundy nylon lining. I sewed by machine and by hand. The pattern is roughly 1890s. I wanted to make a coat that is also wearable for a normal day, not only a cosplay. (It will have it's premiere in about a week when I go to see very good production of Hamlet in the theatre.)

I always wanted to have a coat like this, so I added a little Nanny Astoreth magic to the mix and made one of my dreams come true.

Edit: I was asked about some sewing info, so there you go! Warning: I'm not a seamstress, I start and complete my sewing projects only by the inaffable audacity I posses, usually by the method of trial and error. So if you're a seamstress, please don't execute me or burn me at the stake for this, please.

The pattern is from Black Snail Patterns, it's their Victorain 1890s coat. I made few alterations: I combined the two patterns you get (with the skirt or peplum). I picked sleeves from the peplum variation but kept the skirt. (More about the skirt later.)

I made no mock up. That's it, you can crucify me. I just went for it and hoped for the best. Probably don't do that.

This was my "first" in many ways: first time using pattern with included seam allowance, first time working with interfacing, first time doing an overcoat. There were some easy part and some hard ones. I won't go over the whole process, just share a few tips I found helpfull.

Here's the whole coat with the inside. (Colours are a bit brighter then in real life, I had quite a different lighting. It also isn't so shiny.)

Before I even started sewing, I ironed in interfacing. This makes the coat stiff and strong. (I sadly have no pictures.) The pattern will tell, where to do that. I used baking sheet, so it wouldn't stick to the iron.

To ensure I have the bodice pieces all lined up, I marked the waist-line by thread. Chalupa wouldn't hold and thread made it so easy to work with the pieces. Over all, sewing the bodice together wasn't a problem, but here comes the hard part...

The satin lapels. I had a breakdown over these. I'm not kidding. First, I just sewed them in, and to make them all nice and smooth I ironed them to the ineterfacing on the wool outer layer. That turned out to be a disaster. The seams were showing on the corners because there was more fabric. I had to carefully rip it apart and think of another solution.

I decided to iron in new Layer of interfacing, sticking just to the satin. This was achieved but putting baking sheet between the two fabrics, so it doesn't stick together. There are some photos of the interfacing pinned and not ironed and then when I ironed it. (It was honestly going back and forth, trying not to overheat and melt the fabric whilst making it stick. It took forewer.)

(As you can see, the collar is stitched on with red thread. That was just to hold it in place, I later handstitched it with black one. I used the same "two interfacings" method for the collar as on the lapels. You can also see a tiny bit of the interfacing in the upper left corner of the second photo.)

Sewing and sewing in the lining wasn't much of a trouble. The sleeves took a while to figure out, but it was mainly my thread ripping while I gathered them.

The skirt was the easy part. I pinned it on and tried it, saw the waist was too low and made my proportions weird. I just moved it up and trimmed the rest of the fabric. Here you can see how the inner seam is done. It was pretty easy.

About the additional stuff - buttons, buttonholes and the buckle and belt. Buttons were made by me. I wanted them to match, so I bought a little box for making custom fabric buttons. Easy and fun! Buttonholes were supposed to be easy. First two were. The third was a disaster. What can I say? Check your foot and settings. You don't want to be undoing that. I bought the buckle in the shop, sewed the belt. The wholes for the buckle were done by sewing tiny buttonholes. I did the same for the prog of the buckle. Worked surpridingly well.

That's probably all the tios I have.

Last but not least, I have a tiny fun detail. I embroidered a little star for the starmaker! And I love it dearly!