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[looking-at-the-deiwos]

Préwyos

Préwyos (also called Wenéspotis or Yḗros) is the god of fertility, gardens, summer, love and beauty. He is characterized as a jolly deity who embodies simplicity, the rustic, and pleasure. He focuses on the essential aspects of life, like sustenance and pleasure.

Préwyos can be invoked for fertility and abundance in gardens, farms and livestock. This can also be translated to giving a central place to pleasure and your natural needs in daily life.

He is also understood as the brother, consort and/or male version of the goddess Priyá. Together, according to this source, they are the parents and rulers of the Amséwes, a series of minor gods who rule over more rustic and down to earth domains compared to the déiwōs, who are often times more celestial and beyond human affairs.

Préwyos is a phallic deity, a symbol of fertility and pleasure, as shown by the representations of his descendants Freyr and Priapus.

Offerings

Fruit

Flowers from a garden

Depictions or imagery of fruit

Depictions or imagery of gardens

Depictions or imagery of phalluses

Devotional acts

Gardening! you can devote a garden space to him

Do activities that give you pleasure

Eat fruit

Help out at a farm or with livestock

Associations

Gardens

Fruits

Summer

Love

Phallus

Pleasure

the feast of Beltane

Descendants in later pantheons

Freyr (Nordic)

Priapus (Greek)

Mutunus Tutunus (Roman)

Frawjaz (Germanic)

Jaryło (Slavic)

[hulloitsicy]

Ah damn it. I forgot to sew in pockets. 😩 #AmSewing #AmUnpicking https://www.instagram.com/p/CniC7bdBUxO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nightengaleneedles]

Drafting. #patterndrafting #amsewing #selfemployed #jobnothobby #customplush https://www.instagram.com/p/B-TGe8epYkS/?igshid=2f4fhtm28q32

[gloriaglamont]

The Perfect Shirt: Why it isn’t a blouse

NEW ON THE BLOG: The Perfect Shirt: Why it isn’t a blouse #sewing #shirtmaking #covid19sewing #amsewing

Image by Karen Arnold from Pixabay

The good news: today is the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. The bad news: covid-19. The less said about the latter the better. So, I’m moving toward my holy grail: the perfect shirt. I have the perfect fabric and I’ve created a pattern for a shirt that fits me perfectly. What more could I want? Isn’t it time to make that final shirt? Not…

[caseykayb]

Want to know what’s great for sewing motivation but terrible for your back? Batch cutting, though the terrible for your back part probably only applies when you cut on the ground. This month I am narrowing down my focus even more from “finish my WIPs” to “finish my sewing WIPs.” But before I started that I decided to add more to the pile. Two pairs of pajama shorts, two pairs of shorts leggings, a shirt, and the follow-up to last year’s swimsuit that I am still wearing. [Image description: Six piles of fabric pieces of varying colors. Clockwise from top left- gray knit fabric and gray knit fabric printed with rainbows and donuts, gray knit fabric and light blue fabric printed with white flowers, black and neon green and blue knit fabric with a white lining fabric, blue cotton fabric printed with pink flowers, red fabric with teal lining fabric, gray knit fabric and blue knit fabric with rainbow dinosaurs.] #Sewing #WIP #AmSewing https://www.instagram.com/p/CfplheRJ-Ij/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[phoffman1974]

Man, quilters are tough! #handstitchingsucks #amsewing #quiltbinding is no joke. (at Faribault, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoE5toTnaxM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14rykk1njlcj4

[courtcat]

Drinking beer and sewing at the last minute again - almost like back in the SCA days! It's even a period pattern, though very much the wrong period. I sure hope the kid appreciates it. #crafty #amsewing #diy #bellsbrewery #oberon (at Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan)

[beccacsmith]

Sometimes I look over at my coat rack and have to laugh! #crazybags #amsewing #sewing . . . . . #dragon #dragons #supernatural #impala #buffythevampireslayer #unicorn #velociraptor #raptor

[colorjoylynn]

Progress on my jumper/pinafore. I finally believe this will be completed. #amsewing #sewing #sewistsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-G7-_oJMXr/?igshid=kh1ddv0mrwrk

[thehappymediumsteapot]

Ready for new #historicalsewingadventures ! This is my haul from Monday's trip up to the #newyorkgarmentdistrict Buttons & ribbon from @mjtrimming plum sateen, cream lace, and black cotton twill from @moodfabrics and lavender satin from Day to Day Textiles. Can't wait to show you what I've got planned for these beauties. #amsewing https://www.instagram.com/p/B27FMQKHAct/?igshid=19l7aask71tfb

[domjaehyun]

https://twitter.com/xneojunx/status/1516066574523899908?s=21&t=KjGD8dWFHdQSKl-k-AMsew

Mark biting his lip at haechan… yeah he’s just like me fr

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mark and i are gonna scrap……… fr……..

[hchewittauthor]

It’s here!! Finally! Mary Poppins fabric! Already making my quilt!!! Kits will be available #hchewitt #quiltshop #hannaalberta #marypoppins #fabric #amsewing #quilting #quilts #sewing #quilterbydayauthorbynight #hchewittauthor #hchewittquiltpatterns #hchewittquiltshop #classic #bestdayever (at H. Corinne Hewitt Quilt Patterns & Fabrics) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btw24qxnzQw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d77sdzerl8gh

[authormirandakdarq]

#amsewing Working on an #etsyshop restock! #wolves #cardinals & more #winter prints to come! Shop link in bio! Enjoying #coffee in my new #supernatural #chibi #mug from #redbubble ! #moosegirl #spookygirl #werewolves #projectbags #knittersofinstagram #crochetersofinstagram #randomrandi #ansearhandmade #etsyfinds #etsygifts #sewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BqIQ3pVAT99/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bx5a7txujj4r

[mariaarnt]

Now that my pattern block is done, I know that I should really be working on #foundations but I'm just too impatient to work with the wonderful fabric I got last month! Since shirtwaists are loose-fitting anyway, I'll start with that. Since I wanted a nice straight collar for the dicky, I had to adjust the block, which has the seam at my natural neckline. Rather than make whole new front & back pieces for a >1" change, I made this handy adjustment guide, with back & front in one piece so they don't get lost! #historicalsewingadventures #patterndrafting #amsewing — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/32xntgX

[nightengaleneedles]

Just finished: #httyd #Toothless hood! This is going to #Katsucon - unless you snag it from my #etsy first! https://www.etsy.com/listing/203781229/toothless-hood-how-to-train-your-dragon #httyd2 #amsewing #selfie #handmade #smallbusiness

[gloriaglamont]

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a planner. I plan weekly menus before I go to the grocery store. I map out an entire two-week road trip months in advance ensuring that all hotels are booked for the right days and I know the precise driving time between stops. I write outlines for everything I write, and writing is what I do in my other life (in this one, too, you might well respond – I don’t outline blog posts, though, which is probably obvious!).

To be clear, when I started my writing career many years ago, I learned very quickly that to sell a non-fiction book to a publisher, I’d need to learn to write a book proposal which is nothing short of a complete outline among a lot of other stuff. So, I learned the process of book proposal writing well enough to sell seven or eight books that way. So, when it comes to my sewing and design life, I pretty much take that same approach.

Remember my cruise collection? That started with an actual inspiration board, moved on to sketches, then I created original patterns, chose fabrics planned for specific projects (no fabric hoarding here). My Little Black Dress project? It progressed the same way as did my three Little French Jackets. So, I have no reason to think that much of my work will be on the fly. Well, you know what they say: “The best laid plans…” Let me back up a bit.

When I returned to fashion design and sewing a few years ago, much had changed in that world. For years my sewing machine collected dust between jean hemming and costume sewing projects. (I’m happy to say that the costume sewing for children’s theatre actually resulted in a child who grew up to be successful in the performing arts.) Then, the muse struck and I finally had the time to devote to a return to something I had loved as a young adult. But, as I mentioned, there were many new things.

This is the one I have. I use it infrequently. 

First there was the rotary cutter. When I first saw one, I thought, Doesn’t anyone use shears anymore? I soon learned that, yes, shears are the way to go on most projects for me. I use a rotary cutter mostly for interfacing and muslin cutting. Otherwise, they’re not my thing – dreadful on silk, wool, bouclé etc. Then there were the patterns.

I had never before heard that McCall’s, Vogue, Butterick and Simplicity were now referred to as “the big four” and not in a good way. What was that all about, I thought? This led me to learn about the new “indie” pattern companies. That sounds very democratic, doesn’t it? What I found was an avalanche of half-baked patterns, generally for tent-like bags that would fit everyone and no one – I’ll leave the rest of that rant for another day to equalize out all those rants from sewers who seem to dislike the “big four” with a passion. I happen to think they do very good work. But that’s for another day. Anyway, I finally found a legitimate one or two whose patterns interested me. Style Arc was one.

An Australian company, Style Arc’s sketches were what really drew me in. And I loved the fact that not all of their patterns are for knits which means that they really do have to know how to create something that fits. That being said, I decided to try one that was for a knit first.

What’s not to love about this sketch? Well, I should have look more closely at the version on the right. 

The other thing that had changed was that not all patterns came in little envelopes anymore. Some of them were pdf downloads. Who knew? Well, just about everyone but me! Everyone has to have a first time, though, don’t they?

Style Arc produces both hard copy patterns and pdf’s. I decided to try my first pdf and my first indie pattern all in one fell swoop.

I used to have a cardigan sweater I loved so much it was actually worn out by the time I finished with it. t hadn’t been expensive, either, but was black (a must for a sweater that will serve me over the long term) and instead of buttons, it had a half-waist tie. It looked terrific with collared shirts, T-shirts, just everything.  It had a lot more style than the average cardigan. So, when I saw Style Arc’s Terry Tie Cardigan pattern, I was in.

I downloaded it and printed it out. Then, of course, I proceeded to tape it all together, as one must. Interesting. I cut out the pattern pieces and looked for some fabric.

Wouldn’t you think that something called “sweater knit” would be great? I did. But…well, stay with me.

There were just so many things wrong with the pattern in my view. It has these shoulder tucks—too many of them and way too small for the fabric I’d chosen. When I went back to Pattern Review to look at other people’s versions, they were all in flimsy jersey, so the tucks worked – but they were hideous. They were shapeless columns of jersey even with the belt tied. If I had looked at them first (lesson learned) I would never have chosen the pattern. But onward…

Okay, the first problem was the tucks, as I mentioned. Then, there was too much overlap at the front – and neither the centre front nor the waistline was marked by the way, a real problem with trying to get it to fit properly. The ties were too close to the centre front resulting in an odd look which was very evident on the ones done by others as I found out. Oh, and the seam allowances: you have to be very careful not to assume that they are standard 5/8 inch. They are not. The sleeves were too long (of course, this is an easy fix, but do women really look like orangutans?), leading me to think the sketch is quite misleading. So, what to do?

  Back to the drawing board I go to try to rescue the project.

First, redraw those shoulders without the tucks.

Then, move the belt so that it is farther away from the centre front (which I had to find).

Then, as I went to sew it, I realized that the belt was going to be butt ugly so I ditched it.

Ditched the belt and took in the waist darts, extending them to the hem for a better fit.

Put it on Gloria junior, and began to redesign it on the fly.

Actually, I really enjoyed the “semi-draping” process. I redrew the pattern and it no longer resembles the original in any way.

It’s not at all what I had originally envisioned, but I’ll love it on cold days next winter. I left all the edges serged only. 

What I learned about myself is that designing on the fly might not be such a bad approach, and that I think I would enjoy learning draping as a design process.

I love it when I learn something from every project!

Designing on the fly…or how the first pdf pattern I ever used morphed into a GG Collection original #amsewing #indiepatterns #StyleArc #diystyle Anyone who knows me knows that I am a planner. I plan weekly menus before I go to the grocery store.