Hello everybody!
My name is NorthStar & I live in the state of Schleswig - Hostein in Germany where the weather is as wet, windy & overcast as in the UK. So a person really needs good indoor hobbies here.
Both my Grandfather & my Great Grandfather before him were both tailors way back when. So I've got sewing in my DNA ...or at least I hope so!
But when Covid hit here in early 2020 I caught it straight away doing disinfection work in a hospital.
Anyway the time off allowed me to complete my first indigo cambray long sleeve shirt with collar stays. That was really complicated enough but I also gave it two pleated pockets like what you see on a pilot's shirt but these were narrower for a calculator or SmartPhone.
Now I design & sew all of my own clothing & do all my pattern drafting myself: 2 long sleeve office shirts, 3 trousers, 3 sweat shirts, 2 long sleeve T-shirts & many other small projects too.
I have 7 sewing machines including my MerryLock Overlock & Coverlock. My main sewing machine is a W6 N1235/61 (I think they are also built by Tsang Yu in Taiwan who also produces MerryLock as well as several other well known brands).
At present I plan on making an English shooting jacket out of Harris Tweed but I still need to dream up a pattern & could use any ideas you have on this topic.
Cheers!