Hi From Switzerland, and soon Malaysia

[ScubaGirl]

Hi,
I'm Kristel and super excited to find a sewing community not of FB.
A bit about me: I have been sewing most of my life on and off. Taught by my Mom. I'm an international teacher, and when I started abroad I didn't sew much. But then I became a scuba instructor and found the rash guards and bathing suits to be super expensive, so I bought a machine  and started sewing again. But now I make all my work (teaching) clothes and my swim/diving attire. I've really been upping my sewing game over the covid times. Anyway, I'm currently in Switzerland moving over the summer to Malaysia for a new job and will get to set up a new sewing space. I'll be looking for all the advice I can get.

Anyway, so thanks for the approval and I look forward to meeting y'all. 

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Hello and welcome   

We love to see pics of anything you make 

[Silver Rose]

Hello and welcome @ScubaGirl  I am sure you will find lots to interest you here.

[Efemera]

Hello there...

[Kenora]

A very warm welcome from me too. 

[Lachica]

Welcome! That sounds like an exciting life. I'm impressed by anyone who can make swimwear.

[fajita]

Welcome @ScubaGirl   

[Ohsewsimple]

Welcome to TSP.  Impressive making that sort of thing!

[ScubaGirl]

Thanks for all the warm welcomes. Really great to be here.

It's funny how we see our own challenges. When I decided to make my own rash guard (first time sewing swim, and 4 years living abroad without a sewing machine), it never occurred that it would be any harder than anything else. Haha...I tend to go into things blindly...but I think for that reason I'm rarely intimidated by much.
I was living in Singapore and didn't know anything about the pdf pattern world, so didn't bother looking into patterns...I just took a rash guard I had, traced out the basic shapes onto craft paper, cut out the fabric, and sewed it. It's the one I'm wearing in my profile pic. Not perfect, but totally wearable. After that I never looked back.

[Surest1tch]

Hello and welcome from me too. It sounds like you lead a very exiting lifestyle, I'm a bit envious  :thumbsup:

[Lilian]

Welcome from me too @ScubaGirl   

[Lachica]

Yes, @ScubaGirl, when we don't know what we don't know we can achieve wonders!. At 16 I made  a velvet cloak out of a pair of jumble sale curtains. I didn't know velvet was difficult. At 20 I made a corduroy jacket, I didn't know a jacket was difficult. At 20- something I made a satin evening dress on my grandma's 1897 hand cranked machine. I didn't know satin was difficult. Keep on sewing your way!

[BrendaP]

@ScubaGirl welcome to TSP.  What a lovely attitude to sewing you have.  Keep going.

[Puzzler]

Welcome to TSP.

[Nevis5]

Hello and welcome @ScubaGirl  from me too    your sewing sounds seriously impressive to me, I wouldn't know where to start!