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What did you make and how did you play with the stripes I made a maxi shirt dress. The design of the pattern meant that the yoke's stripes went in the opposite direction of the rest of the dress. I also tried to pattern match the centre front and back, as well as the side seams on the skirt.
 
Pattern used Simplicity 8014. I made view B with the skirt of view A.

A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc. Because I'd only ordered two meters of fabric (and Fabworks kindly sent me about 20cm extra) I decided to omit the full collar and pockets so that I could fit it in. I also ommitted the center back seam of the skirt so that I could pattern match with the bodice by cutting it on the same fold. The matching on the side seams of the skirt was sort of accidental. I didn't cut intending to match, but when I realised that there was only about 5mm in it I fudged it a little and hand basted the seams to get them to match.

That is some very neat stitching! Well done 

That's so cute!

I was very impressed to get online chat help at 4.30pm on a Sunday!

GUR are pretty great in my experience. I bought my sewing machine as an ex-display and they sent me a new one!

I'm like you @sewingj, I find a need first and then sew. I don't like having a very big wardrobe (I don't have room for a very big wardrobe), so everything I make tends to serve a purpose. It tends to be find gap in wardrobe, find pattern to plug that gap, find fabric to go with it.

This might change when I finish University and hopefully have a bit more spare time though.

Morning from a very sunny Cotswolds, another (practical) newbie seamster here - my sewing experience so far amounts to some cushions so nothing too technical!

I had a crazy idea the other day that I'd like to try making some clothes for myself but I can't really wear cushions...

If anyone has any advice on a suitable progression path from cushions all the way up to (potentially one day) a suit of some kind I'd be more than glad to hear it. Book/pattern recommendations, online guides, suggested equipment (I have nothing at the moment) all more than welcome.

I've been a knitter for years so do have some craft knowledge but I imagine that very little of that is directly transferable to sewing.

Ta in advance and thanks for having me.

One of the first garments I made was a sheath dress, it was a good start because it taught me a lot (darts, sleeves, invisible zip, facings) without being overwhelming with fitting. If you're interested, I suggest the Copen pattern by Made To Sew because it's free and there's a full very comprehensive tutorial on Youtube to walk you through it.

I second the quilt suggestion.

When I was younger, my mom and my aunt made beautiful quilts by sandwiching old fabric together and then embroidering through all of the layers.

Whilst it's not exactly the same as the fabric is already embroidered, I think it would look very beautiful and be a nice keepsake.