I AM HAVING SEWING ISSUES
Okay, I am going to take a break and vent a bit. If you do NOT sew, NONE of this will make a bit of sense.
I learned to sew from patterns. If I don't have a pattern, the first thing I do is make one. I don't want to--especially when you can buy them for .99 on sale. I never went to "school" for sewing where, I understand, the first thing you learn to do is draft your own patterns. I have watched someone mark a piece of $100 a yard lace with chalk and take shears to it when I couldn't even tell what the heck shape she was cutting. UM..........no. I am sure I "could" but I don't want to.
I can sew ANYTHING from a pattern. I am pretty good at sewing from a pattern, if I do say so myself.
Here's what I'm not good at............ESTIMATING the size of someone. I am trying to copy what I lovingly call "diaper" fighting pants. I have a fair idea what size the person is that I am making these for. I even have a pretty good idea what size this person is in her armor.
BUT, in order NOT to make these pants too small, I have probably made them too large........as in........
FREAKING HUGE!!!
I have NO chance to fit them to her (of course I've waited too long and they need to be done ASAP) nor do I have a pair of her other pants to work from. BOTH of those things are dumbass mistakes on my part.
The material is great, I'm happy with the way the "diaper" part went into the pants part, and I could be done with both pairs in an hour (except for cording and elastic) IF I WAS HAPPY WITH THE FIT. I know they are too long. I forget if she tucks them in her boots. I don't know how she wants the bottoms to be finished.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE COLOR OF THREAD UNTIL I AM DONE WITH THESE. That is pure laziness on my part.
I have so much to sew. Dammit.
*sigh*
Part of this is because I am a perfectionist and never happy with what I make.
Part of this is because I HATE being disorganized like this.
And part of this is because I'm starting to get too excited to concentrate.
Sorry.
LL
I learned to sew from patterns. If I don't have a pattern, the first thing I do is make one. I don't want to--especially when you can buy them for .99 on sale. I never went to "school" for sewing where, I understand, the first thing you learn to do is draft your own patterns. I have watched someone mark a piece of $100 a yard lace with chalk and take shears to it when I couldn't even tell what the heck shape she was cutting. UM..........no. I am sure I "could" but I don't want to.
I can sew ANYTHING from a pattern. I am pretty good at sewing from a pattern, if I do say so myself.
Here's what I'm not good at............ESTIMATING the size of someone. I am trying to copy what I lovingly call "diaper" fighting pants. I have a fair idea what size the person is that I am making these for. I even have a pretty good idea what size this person is in her armor.
BUT, in order NOT to make these pants too small, I have probably made them too large........as in........
FREAKING HUGE!!!
I have NO chance to fit them to her (of course I've waited too long and they need to be done ASAP) nor do I have a pair of her other pants to work from. BOTH of those things are dumbass mistakes on my part.
The material is great, I'm happy with the way the "diaper" part went into the pants part, and I could be done with both pairs in an hour (except for cording and elastic) IF I WAS HAPPY WITH THE FIT. I know they are too long. I forget if she tucks them in her boots. I don't know how she wants the bottoms to be finished.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE COLOR OF THREAD UNTIL I AM DONE WITH THESE. That is pure laziness on my part.
I have so much to sew. Dammit.
*sigh*
Part of this is because I am a perfectionist and never happy with what I make.
Part of this is because I HATE being disorganized like this.
And part of this is because I'm starting to get too excited to concentrate.
Sorry.
LL