Any seamstresses in this bunch?

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by carrie721

when i was little, i crocheted several skeins of yarn together. it wrapped around the house a couple times. that's the only crocheting i've ever done.

I can crochet a mean chain stitch

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by carrie721

when i was little, i crocheted several skeins of yarn together. it wrapped around the house a couple times. that's the only crocheting i've ever done.

Well ya got farther than I did! My mom does made beautiful blankets - I keep telling her she could sell them at craft shows but she doesn't want to "turn it into a business"

She usually gives them away to people who seem to need a little "warmth" in their life

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

I can crochet a mean chain stitch

lol, yep! that's all i know. it's the only skill my paternal grandmother ever passed on to me. i think she also taught me how to do more useful stitches at one time, but i've now forgotten.

i'd also love to start sewing my own clothes - i was just talking about this with my friend the other day. she's a pretty good seamstress, and she doesn't even need patterns - she just takes apart old clothes and learns how they're constructed. my mind just does not work that way. i need patterns.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by carrie721

lol, yep! that's all i know. it's the only skill my paternal grandmother ever passed on to me. i think she also taught me how to do more useful stitches at one time, but i've now forgotten.

i'd also love to start sewing my own clothes - i was just talking about this with my friend the other day. she's a pretty good seamstress, and she doesn't even need patterns - she just takes apart old clothes and learns how they're constructed. my mind just does not work that way. i need patterns.

Ive got a pattern for a nice wrap skirt thats just a bit too small....Im thinking I can enlarge the pattern pieces and thus have a wrap skirt (fortunately, they arent too difficult to do)

Ive been researching simple patterns and Ive found a couple of free downloads...or free online instructions. I kinda like the idea of simple/free ya know?

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

Ive got a pattern for a nice wrap skirt thats just a bit too small....Im thinking I can enlarge the pattern pieces and thus have a wrap skirt (fortunately, they arent too difficult to do)

Ive been researching simple patterns and Ive found a couple of free downloads...or free online instructions. I kinda like the idea of simple/free ya know?

i made a wrap skirt a while ago, but i forgot to shrink the fabric before cutting the pieces, so i ended up just having to make it into a regular a-line skirt after everything shrunk in the wash. i learn all my lessons the hard way.

i like simple/free, but i don't mind paying for patterns that i know i'll get a lot of use out of.

[nix4life]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

I don't know about the clothes - but the bags and such them make with it? HIDEOUS!!! I hate that stuff....it's just ugly.

A coworker of mine quilts...she does beautiful work - nothing beats a homemade quilt!

My mom crochets...mostly blankets but in the 70s she used to make my sister sweaters and stuff - now it's all blankets and the occassional scarf or shawl...I tried to learn once but got bored and gave up :rolleyes?

well i say i quilt but the quiltin part is my least fave -
i like to make the tops of the quilts and then they sit around waitin for me to quilt them
im gonna break down and find someone with a automatic quilter and pay them to do it
lol

here are a few i have done -
the first is only half - the blue green squares end up surrounded by the yellow red squares
the second is for my god child
third is my original plan for the god child one (did u notice the piss poor spellin of my own god childs name?)-
fourth is a spiral one i messed with
and fourth is a weddin present for good friends -
who got married three years ago and are still waiting - and still togethr -

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by nix4life

well i say i quilt but the quiltin part is my least fave -
i like to make the tops of the quilts and then they sit around waitin for me to quilt them
im gonna break down and find someone with a automatic quilter and pay them to do it
lol

here are a few i have done -
the first is only half - the blue green squares end up surrounded by the yellow red squares
the second is for my god child
third is my original plan for the god child one (did u notice the piss poor spellin of my own god childs name?)-
fourth is a spiral one i messed with
and fourth is a weddin present for good friends -
who got married three years ago and are still waiting - and still togethr -

wow! Quilting always seemed like a lot of work to me, but I love the patchwork skirts Ive seen (as long as the fabric swatches dont clash!)

very nice work, btw!

[nix4life]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

wow! Quilting always seemed like a lot of work to me, but I love the patchwork skirts Ive seen (as long as the fabric swatches dont clash!)

very nice work, btw!

thanks -
i was hopin i wasnt hijackin your thread -
the patchwork part is easy once you get the hang of it - it's just like everything else it seems -practice makes better (not perfect as it is usually miscliched ) it is actually alot of geometry but it doesn't feel like school did - lol

and yes - the tendancy of alot of quilters who make clothes seems to fall in the Clash category for me - but to be honest my tastes are pretty strange -
thank god

and i am finishing the jessica one for this xmas or else
it's been like three years - and i made the mistake of showin her mother -
so now its
"hows the quilt coming along??" everytime we talk
three years
lol

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by nix4life

thanks -
i was hopin i wasnt hijackin your thread -
the patchwork part is easy once you get the hang of it - it's just like everything else it seems -practice makes better (not perfect as it is usually miscliched ) it is actually alot of geometry but it doesn't feel like school did - lol

and yes - the tendancy of alot of quilters who make clothes seems to fall in the Clash category for me - but to be honest my tastes are pretty strange -
thank god

and i am finishing the jessica one for this xmas or else
it's been like three years - and i made the mistake of showin her mother -
so now its
"hows the quilt coming along??" everytime we talk
three years
lol

3 years? sounds like me and my counted cross stitch pattern (Green Man) I cant seem to finish that, but I'd dearly love to get it done and framed and hung

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by nix4life

here are a few i have done -
the first is only half - the blue green squares end up surrounded by the yellow red squares
the second is for my god child
third is my original plan for the god child one (did u notice the piss poor spellin of my own god childs name?)-
fourth is a spiral one i messed with
and fourth is a weddin present for good friends -
who got married three years ago and are still waiting - and still togethr -

Very cool!! You do good work - and a gift like that is the best kind in my opinion...I like!!!

Mary - you'll have to post pics of the stuff you end up doing....if other people have sewn/crocheted/knitted stuff I'd love to see it too Not to hijack your thread mary - but I love seeing what people can do with their hands (stay away from that comment ya pervs )

[nix4life]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

but I love seeing what people can do with their hands (stay away from that comment ya pervs )

i said it before :
just more showers

and if you are gonna lob softballs at us - you know we are gonna take a good swing

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Very cool!! You do good work - and a gift like that is the best kind in my opinion...I like!!!

Mary - you'll have to post pics of the stuff you end up doing....if other people have sewn/crocheted/knitted stuff I'd love to see it too Not to hijack your thread mary - but I love seeing what people can do with their hands (stay away from that comment ya pervs )

Ive got to get the $$$ together for materials and such before I can actually sew anything, but Im really impressed with Kaliah Ali's line of patterns in Simplicity, so I'll prob start with one of those....

[goldustsongbird]

I first read the title as sewers, as in... like... drainage sewers. But, yeah, I used to sew quite a bit a few years ago. I took lessons for awhile, but they weren't that groundbreaking. I learned how to make a shirt and a dress from patterns - both out of really ****ty, ugly material.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

I first read the title as sewers, as in... like... drainage sewers. But, yeah, I used to sew quite a bit a few years ago. I took lessons for awhile, but they weren't that groundbreaking. I learned how to make a shirt and a dress from patterns - both out of really ****ty, ugly material.

haha, me too.

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by carrie721

haha, me too.

I'm thinking, yeah, I've got a sewer mouth...