Thursday, November 24, 2011

Sew I'm trying something new..


I have decided to take up sewing in the last few weeks after a short return to the overly time consuming hobby of knitting. I had decided that I was going to knit the people in my life Christmas gifts, however, halfway though my one and only scarf I pretty much gave up because it was just taking far too long! So I decided to drag my sewing machine out of the crawl space and see what I could do with it.

My first project happened to be a '60s' skirt. This happened coincidentally when I found this cute pattern in Talize, a local thrift store while visiting a few days before Christmas. I also picked up some stretchy denim fabric whilst there, deciding this would be the fabric. While it did go rather smooth, there were a few hiccups amongst the way, mostly having to do with sizing... it's a used pattern that had been previously cut, and as I said before, is from the 60s. So I used the size I thought was mine and ran with it. Prior to this, I had ZERO idea how to read a pattern, hem, cut or even really sew. Total newbie right here. So of course my first mistake was to cut the hem line I had traced (oops). Because of this, I had to add a panel. However, this panel also made it a little big for me. So all in all, it came together well enough with few visible flaws. I sewed 3 white decorative buttons onto the left side to add a vintage feel. I personally think it's adorable.. I love vintage, and helloo, I MADE it!

3 comments:

  1. Skirt looks good Hayley. I would love to see you wear it. I sewed a lot f clothes in the past. If you need some help let me know, Wonder if there are web sites for how to's in sewing? Enjoy.

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  2. Nice job Hayley, and great blog! I. A newbie sewer too and I have found so many free patterns and tutorials online. I haven't done any sewing since last Xmas break when I started learning because of my school schedule, but I'm looking forward to working at it again this break! Maybe we need to have a sewing date!

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  3. Oh there are a million sites with tips, patterns and step by step how to's. I have spent countless nights in the last couple weeks perusing through projects I would like to tackle for Christmas.

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