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Reception => Hi, I'm new... => Topic started by: Amunah on August 12, 2020, 00:09:50 AM
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Hello everyone!
Aside from the usual repairs and alterations, I have made various items from patterns - a prom dress, handbags, curtains, an 18th century naval uniform coat (from a replica pattern) - and a few things from scratch, such as fancy dress costumes, cushion covers, curtains, cot bumpers, and a cot quilt (currently unfinished!).
I wouldn’t say I’m much good at it, but I really love the challenge - it blows my mind to think that you can take a 2-dimensional pattern and turn it into a 3-dimensional object.
I have a few dress patterns I haven’t started yet, and I also have a dressmaker’s dummy and would love to learn how to make my own patterns/designs.
I hope to find a few tips and a little inspiration on this forum!
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Welcome from East Norfolk. I'm only a simple Darksider, but wish you well in your endeavours :toast:
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Welcome @Amunah :flower: :drink:
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Hi and welcome to TSP.
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Welcome @Amunah from a dressmaker. I am sure you can help in due course but in the meantime grab a :drink: and go for a wonder around the site.
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Hello and welcome @Amunah
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Hello and welcome!
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Hello @Amunah Welcome to TSP. It sounds as though you have quite a bit of sewing experience, and will be a useful contributer to our shared knowledge. Do keep posting about what you are making. :sew: 0_0
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Hi from me too.
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Hello and welcome. Please note, we NEED to see pics of things you make 0_0 0_0
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Hello there...
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Hi @Amunah and welcome to TSP!
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Hello @Amunah welcome to TSP :drink: :vintage:
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Welcome! We like pics...
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Hello and welcome from me too.
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Welcome from me @Amunah, don't put yourself down, you sound to me like your really good at it :thumbsup:.
@Lowena there's nothing simple about the darkside ❤️.
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Hello and welcome from me too!
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Hello and welcome.
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Thank you for all the ‘hello’s!
I have photos, but I am mindful of the request to resize pics, so I have downloaded an app and once I’ve figured out how to use that I’ll post them here :thumbsup:
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Bit late but welcome from me too @Amunah . :)
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Hi from me too. Look forward to getting to know you. If any of the emojis are unclear, just ask - we've got a couple of unusual ones!
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Ok...
I have put some photos in a shared drive - hopefully this works:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mUSkAE1PwvNLLXxd6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/mUSkAE1PwvNLLXxd6)
Curtains: fully lined, and contains a blackout liner inside too (not visible in the photo). They’re the first (and only) pair I’ve ever made, and I’m really happy with them. I also realise that all the curtains I ever adjusted were done by taking up the hem, which is totally wrong and now I know why!
Cot bumpers: a kind of quilting trial, I sewed around the images to make them stand out (there’s a third one, not shown). Inspired by them, I started on the quilt...
Quilt: as yet unfinished - my granddaughter arrived early and interrupted the flow... She’s now 3 years old, so I need to finish it for her 1 year old sister! Originally a cot size, I’m adding panels to make it single bed sized and ‘duvet cover’ style - I’m playing with a little freehand quilting, sewing leaves along the green border.
Naval uniform: made for a carnival on the theme of HMS Victory, the pattern purported to be original and I followed images for uniforms from 1805 so it’s technically ‘correct‘. It’s the first item I’d ever made with a lining, and only the second time I’d made sleeves. It is creased from wearing it on the day, but I daren’t wash it but I ought to give it a bit of a press - in these photos, I can see it has faded a little in the right shoulder from where I keep it on the dummy on my landing, so I’ll do that and put it away.
As you can see, I tend to decide what to make and then figure it out as I go along - I am way more ambitious than my actual technical ability!