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Inspired by this post and a comment I've just realised it may be helpful for people just learning to sew and make clothes what's easier to start with and what's harder.
So offering my opinion as a cosplayer who's sewn a lot of things.
(Baring in mind this is as the most basic version, not taking into account pleats or collars etc)
Starting with easier.
- T-shirts and tops, fairly simple, you could literally a square/rectangle and leave bits unsewn for the sleeves and head and it'd still work, for the sleeves, it's just more rectangles.
(Will help to curve the holes though, especially for the neckline)
- Dresses honestly pretty similar just long rectangle, just means you're using more fabric.
With both of these if you want to take it in anywhere to make it more form fitting it tends just to be like a curve inward, just make sure it's all flat or you'll catch some fabric on the side you're not looking at and have to go over again and possibly have puncture holes depending on what fabric you're using.
-Skirts again pretty simple, it just depends how you want to do the waist, and making sure if it doesn't unfastened all the the way down that the top of the skirt can go over your hips.
- Trousers (pants) are hell, I know people that have degrees in fashion or costume making and still despise making trousers.
Important to remember that you're probably gonna need the back to come a bit higher up, if you find it riding too low add in a long triangle, you'll often find bought jeans with this done on purpose.
The inseam? Honestly I have no tips it's why I hate making trousers.
If you're using an elastic waistband pretty sure the rule is elastic the measurement of your waist, fabric to the measurement of your hips/the biggest oart it has to go over. Elastic will stretch but not all fabrics will.
- Jumpsuits/Dungarees, I haven't made many but the issues here is again the inseam plus making sure you don't give yourself a wedgie cause it needs to go over your shoulders as well, so probably like give extra length than you would for top + trousers and then take it in.
- Gloves are a nightmare, would not recommend, I only tend to make them for facepaint characters if I can't find some online that are long enough. You will have to unpick some thread between your fingers, I don't know what else to offer.
Almost anything that fits you when on and is just a pain to put on can be fixed with a longer zip, I have a dress that fits perfectly when on but because its fitted at the waist it won't go over my hips or shoulders unless the zip goes all the way to my hips, but it works.
Will eventually do like a proper guide to making stuff as simple as possible, I have both a top, trousers and cloak to make for an upcoming cosplay so that's gonna be fun.
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Since November 2023 i have been designing, patterning, and making my own clothes from scratch. I have made 5 articles of clothing including a shirt with giant sleeves, skirts, and dresses. But today i bought my first real sewing pattern! I have never even looked at one. Any tips?
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figure skating set right now please. thanks
#project sekai#pjsk#prsk#emu otori#proseka#tsukasa tenma#nene kusanagi#rui kamishiro#wxs#wonderlands x showtime#GUYS I AM PUTTING OFF WORKING ON MY COSPLAY SOMETHING STUPID. im tireddddd i like sleeepingggff i want to play and drawwwww#after work I literally ate a giant bowl of mac n cheese and climbed into bed. lifestyle choices of a 9 year old#anyways i want figure skaitng set. bad. PJSK HAS A WEIRDLY LOW NUMBER OF ACTUALLY WINTERY SETS... like 3. kind of.#i have some thumbnail sketches but im kind of stumped on composition for them. my idea was a nene focus set#(IF HER NEXT FOCUS ISNT PHANTOM OF THE OPERA THEMED INWILL DIE. BADLY. THEYRE GOING TO AN OPER AHOUSE. PLEADBR)#originally my idea was for nene to be biting a medal i was very sold on it bc i love nenes competitive side#however her outfit is so nice i want it to also be part of the art .. its heavily inspired by that one iconic eunsoo lim dress#from her somewhere in time program iirc. im really undatisfied with emus dress tbh my origimal idea was to give it a phoenix look#but a lot of the firebird/phoenix skating programs have very sleek dresses and i want emus to be fluffy. the balance is hard ..#and since i want her program song to be once upon a dream from sleeping beauty i swerved to make it look a bit like auroras ? but again#it definitely feels like the weakest of everybodys ... maybe i just love her too much and want her to look the best. sorry wxs.#tsukasas outfit is supposed to look like a shooting star. easy. program music moonlight sonata 3rd movement like from dazzling light. easy.#actually i like takahashi daisukes moonlight sonata program its a medley of the 1st and 3rd movement.. i think the calm at the beginning#is best. maybe smth like that.. for his card inhad him doing a haircutter spin but again. the outfits good i want the outfit visible. damn.#ruis the one im very set on even now. girl why are you so phantom of the opera.#it has a lot of beautiful programs to reference but the outfit i didnt really have any solid reference i kind of just balled#my main idea was to make it look a bit like both christine and the phantom.... gender Fluid.#my yapfest... i should be SEWING!!!!!!!!#despite my yapping im not that well versed in figure skating i cant really distinguish jumps i just like it . and medalist#i only do normal skating. bc i played hockey for like 7 years LOLLLL inlove skating though Heart.
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AJDJSOAJW I MADE MY SPAMTON PLUSH THE DEFRAG OUTFIT
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I'm so normal. About. This comicc
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Defragmentation by @zarla-s go read it if you haven't rjkwsjdkdhkash
#a#im gonna use the tags to just gush about defrag#like#you dont uunderstand#i dont even know hwy i like the comic so much im not like this about other deltarune fancomics n stuff#im just so rabid about it aa#i remember when i first found the dub i was just glad to find a comic dub that was longer than 5 mins#little did i know that this was the beginning of a defrag fixation which lasted for like a month and a half#i think defrag is like 70% of the reason why my spamton obsession has gone on for so long lmao#god i used to read it so much there was a time that i could quote it word for word up to the like 20th jesus#im not quite as insane now#also GOD I HATE SEWING#im so bad at it#i had to get my grandma to help me since she is good at sewing#she did most of it lmao i did some of the stitching tho#aa im so normal about him#oops nearly forgot to do fandom tags lmao#spamton#spamton deltarune#spamton g spamton#deltarune spamton#defragmentation#defragmentation au#spamton plush
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ladies on some sewing rulers.
#i continue to flex my tailor’s era#sewing rulers#french curve ruler#neckhole ruler#a classmate of mine have these really fancy rulers that works perfectly for bigger body proportions#compared to the ones we were able to find in the beginning of classes#those were licherally made out of cardboard (i already accidentally bent my hip curve in half *cry*#instead of buying some online..we traced the fancy ruler on thick sintraboard and cut/sanded those out#our instructor requested me to paint her rulers#specifally with some anime on it 😂😂😂#im just gonna print these gorlies on a vinyl sticker and stick em on the rulers hahahah#im struggling what to do with the thinner curved rulers#anyways this is my lil parting/graduation gift to her
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It Begins
#sewing#this is going to be a button up shirt#eventually#this is just one of the front sides#still have to piece the other side the back the sleeves the collar#then i can cut stuff out and begin assembly
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#Last au post before I begin shitposting again 🤞#SALS CRK AU??#cookie run kingdom#shadow milk cookie#pure vanilla cookie#white lily cookie#I’ve been on that au grind#art#it’s like taht one trend#sewing streak ended ??#more like au streak ended
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FIRST THREE BUTTONS ATTACHED LETS FUCKING GO
#normally this would herald the beginning of the end but in this case it really doesn’t#I still have side seams to do and I gotta refit the sleeves in the proper fabric before doing THEIR buttons#but EYYYYY BUTTONS#sewing#medieval reenactment#green cotehardie saga#merry words indeed
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Swordfish Scissors by Kelmscott Designs. Sold by Subversive Cross Stitch and others.
Untitled (Art Nouveau) by Emmanuel Jammas. Not for Sale.
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I may not be a professional but I am neurodivergent and have watched at least one (1) YouTube tutorial video
So I will DIY it even if it kills me
#this is how i acquired most of my craft hobbies#i will begin doing upholstery this year and noone (not even god) can stop me#bookbinding#crochet#knitting#sewing#crafts#my diy mentality#buying something new is expensive but spending 2x money on supplies is definitely not
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Hey y'all! I was thinking about trying to share how I create my own plushie sewing patterns, and I'm sure I'll figure out more things to share, but the first thing I start with (once I decide what I want to make) is figuring out what the limiting factors are for the final product
Frequently, the limiting factor is minimum size; there is a minimum amount of width each piece has to have to be able to be turned right side out, so for things like the ant and the giant frog, the narrowest part of the ant legs and frog toes were drawn so that they could be turned right side out, and the rest was scaled to fit Sometimes, the limiting factor is maximum size. For me, this is usually because I have a specific fabric I want to use for the project and only have so much of it left, and must make the pattern small enough to fit the fabric I have. Occasionally, though, the limiting factor size-wise is the construction technique I am using for the plushie. If I am creating something with a fairly flat pattern made of the same pattern piece cut out twice, like the eel, Fred the Fish of Minimal Effort, or either of my frog patterns' bodies, where I am not using darts or gussets to create three dimensions, my size is limited by the stretch of the fabric. It's totally fine to use the stretch of the minky/fleece/other fabric to create the 3D shape, just make sure to take into account that it will only stretch so much, and that to get maximum stretch you'd need to overstuff it (making a plushie less soft). Also keep in mind that depending on your fabric, stretching it in one direction might make it smaller in the other direction One final thing to keep in mind is that your seams will not stretch as much as the rest of your fabric. With stretchy fabric, you can sometimes choose where to put your seams so that you can shape the finished plush as much by where it doesn't stretch as by where it does (this is a thing I know I have done but I can't remember off the top of my head which plushies I used it in, I'll take a look and share a picture of them if I remember)
#the person behind the yarn#long post#the pattern making process#idk if this is something y'all want me to share more about? let me know if you do#I'd love if more people created their own sewing patterns#and would happily share the things I've learned over the years so you can skip a few#'reinventing the wheel' type steps that tripped me up at the beginning lol
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Some updates from this week 😊 I caved and got myself a sewing machine!! I found one second hand very cheap, so I went shopping for some instructive sewing books to start learning and I found a few! but I also found ..all these other books 😔💦 I keep buying repeats because of the pretty editions or different language but..these editions of classics have embossed covers with metallic details, gilded edges an glossy pages ��� I also found this travel journal from Charles Garnier when he travelled across Spain in 1868 with his wife, painter Gustave Boulanger and architect Ambroise Baudry and documented everything they did in little verses and sketched the buildings and people and it is so funny, it even has the whole itinerary with travel times, hotels and more all in his handwriting and with a transcript, I love it so much 🥺
#Nips Photos#personal#my sewing adventures begin!! next month probably because I have work to do tho kjashfgfh#also the weather is getting warmer very fast!! time to swap to spring wardrobe and go on picnics#nips blogs
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I started sewing for the first time last year, first thing i made was my "dream dress", the dress i made last November for renfare. I imagined building it my head stitch by stitch, watched a couple youtube videos, and just made it. It changes colors in UV light and has pockets so big that i can fit my sketchbook (8" by 5") in them. So many people will tell you to start with sewing patterns, dont. I bought my first pattern a month ago, and id say sewing it my own way is definitely less confusing than following their instructions. This IS the fuck around and find out hobby. I have sewn for a year, used mock ups 1 time, never used a premade pattern, and i have never made something that didn't fit me perfectly. Watch some youtube videos, gto thrift stores, go to the fabric section, and make shit out of bedsheets that were 2 dollars.
Btw i knew a lot about sewing before i ever started because I'd purposely interact with sewing tip videos on tiktok so the algorithm would show me a shit ton of sewing hacks so by the time i researched the badics i already knew all the tricks too.
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“There’s nothing to fear but fear itself!”
Thinking of Cillian’s Scarecrow + Jonathan Crane very affectionately lately ( so, of course I had to make a plush of him !! ) Hroo Hraa 🦇
#Hroo hraa. I love him very much or whatever !!!#batman#scarecrow#jonathan crane#batman scarecrow#batman begins#cillian murphy#cillian murphy scarecrow#plushie#sewing#handmade#scarecrow fanart#hroo hraa#scarecrow the love of my LIFE !!!#Batman fanart#dc#Batman scarecrow fanart#Jonathan crane fanart#Batman begins fanart#scarecrow plush#Jonathan crane plush#dr jonathan crane
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Glad Midsommar!
🍓🌺🌞🇸🇪🐸
#It's time to Små Grodorna kamrater!!!#Let the Blomsterkrans begin!#Midsommar#Midsummer#Ootd#Me#Sewing#Skedevi
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okay if i manage to sew one buttonhole (and corresponding button a day I will be able to finish my knickerboxers before the concert. not taking into account all the other sewing to be done but pcccht. irrelevant.
#click send post#i need to : finish the pants. make two gifts (dosent include sewing but still making ). begin and hopefully finish a 20s dress.#deconstruct and reconstruct a suit jacket to fit the teens/20s look we are going for. make cuffs and collars#god i am glad i start christmas planning early#i dont celebrate more than making myself a nice meal but i will give gifts and cards.i like an excuse to give gifts and cards.make ppl happy
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