The thing that is the most frustrating for me is that my skills are immediately discounted because I sew my own. Um, no. You wouldn't be able to afford my hand-made, tailored to your body, clothes if I charged you what my time and skills were worth. Certain of my husband's family don't get that and I've stopped making stuff for them.
It's as if people forget that there are actual people sewing up those garments they buy in the shops. Those seams are finished (often poorly) and the people making them don't care how well it fits or hangs or how well it's sewn so the garment lasts a long time. I do.
I make my own patterns through a combination of drafting (using measurements and various formulae (the only useful bit of geometry I ever found! ;-p)) and draping (hanging fabric off a dress form or person and cutting the pattern out of waste fabric). Sometimes, for simple things out of fabric like cotton gauze the measurements go straight on the fabric.
Anyways, photos of the things I've made from either measurements or patterns I created:
Hope this isn't overwhelming; I love showing off my portfolio! ;-p
Not to mention things I don't have digital photos of the numerous Turkish coats, t-tunics, Viking aprons, bodices, simple skirts, Turkish socks, and my sister's wedding dress I've made.
Between my grandmother and the costume classes I took in college (where I learned to draft and drape patterns) I learned how to pretty much make whatever I wanted to wear. And since I'm weird for modern clothes (short and buxom), I've been sewing for myself and my family since I was a young teenager. The best part is that I get exactly what I want and it fits.
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It's as if people forget that there are actual people sewing up those garments they buy in the shops. Those seams are finished (often poorly) and the people making them don't care how well it fits or hangs or how well it's sewn so the garment lasts a long time. I do.
I make my own patterns through a combination of drafting (using measurements and various formulae (the only useful bit of geometry I ever found! ;-p)) and draping (hanging fabric off a dress form or person and cutting the pattern out of waste fabric). Sometimes, for simple things out of fabric like cotton gauze the measurements go straight on the fabric.
Anyways, photos of the things I've made from either measurements or patterns I created:
Hope this isn't overwhelming; I love showing off my portfolio! ;-p
Not to mention things I don't have digital photos of the numerous Turkish coats, t-tunics, Viking aprons, bodices, simple skirts, Turkish socks, and my sister's wedding dress I've made.
Between my grandmother and the costume classes I took in college (where I learned to draft and drape patterns) I learned how to pretty much make whatever I wanted to wear. And since I'm weird for modern clothes (short and buxom), I've been sewing for myself and my family since I was a young teenager. The best part is that I get exactly what I want and it fits.