CHALLENGE :)
Oky doky, sewing types (and non-sewing types!)
I have a challenge for you.
Make a garment using ONLY the following: thread, 2 needles, scissors, fabric. Accessories that are acceptable to use while making: a stick, a piece of string.
If you do it, I'll, um, give you a prize :) Yeah. It might be shiny, or it might not, depends. If you've done this before, help someone else :)
The idea is to break away from some modern sewing "stuff". Note that this means no pins, no chalk, no measuring tape. No machine.
I think that most of us sew the way we were first taught to sew, even if that process isn't actually relevant to what we do now. If your grandmother taught you to baste everything, and use paper patterns, I'm guessing that's most comfortable for you. So, stretch a little! Explore outside your boundaries.
THINK about your process, and the process that the people you are recreating used. Maybe they DID use measurements in inches, and paper patterns. Did they do that for everything? How do you know?
This is really easiest if you make a garment for yourself, so you can try it on regularly. Something simple, that you've made before, like a tunic or a shirt.
Go forth and make! Hooray!
I have a challenge for you.
Make a garment using ONLY the following: thread, 2 needles, scissors, fabric. Accessories that are acceptable to use while making: a stick, a piece of string.
If you do it, I'll, um, give you a prize :) Yeah. It might be shiny, or it might not, depends. If you've done this before, help someone else :)
The idea is to break away from some modern sewing "stuff". Note that this means no pins, no chalk, no measuring tape. No machine.
I think that most of us sew the way we were first taught to sew, even if that process isn't actually relevant to what we do now. If your grandmother taught you to baste everything, and use paper patterns, I'm guessing that's most comfortable for you. So, stretch a little! Explore outside your boundaries.
THINK about your process, and the process that the people you are recreating used. Maybe they DID use measurements in inches, and paper patterns. Did they do that for everything? How do you know?
This is really easiest if you make a garment for yourself, so you can try it on regularly. Something simple, that you've made before, like a tunic or a shirt.
Go forth and make! Hooray!