Sewing date

A while ago I had a ‘sewing date’ with a friend of mine. She has been sewing for a long time and makes really cute stuff for her kids.
She helped me pick a dress from a pattern book and showed me how to work with an actual pattern, because I had never done that before. All those lines just seemed so intimidating. And although it’s not that hard, you have to stay alert with all those lines, because it’s easy to miss something or mix things up.
So, now that I had the pattern, I was eager to get started. I went to shop for some fabric. What I found wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but I was to impatient to order something online. I just wanted to get going 🙂 .
It was my first time working with stretch fabric and with my serger. Stretch was a little bit intimidating, the serger was scary. It goes so fast and cuts the fabric at the same time, so you can’t afford to make a mistake. After some practicing, I decided to go for it (fingers crossed). I was a little bit worried but tried to do it as slowly as possible and it turned out really nice. At the bottom of the dress I made a rolled hem, also on the serger. Stretching the fabric at the same time gives a nice lettuce hem, I love that! This is the result.

      

Thanks for your help Marloes! The second dress is on it’s way 🙂

Comments

Comment by Nikki @ Growing Up Mom on 2015-01-07 17:33:33 -0700

Wow, that came out really lovely. I bought a sewing machine a couple of years back, and kept meaning to take a class but life and procrastinating got in the way. I will totally have to take a more active look for some local classes, that’s the way I learn best. Though, I did teach myself to crochet and love it!

Comment by Sandra Hoekstra on 2015-01-07 21:21:40 -0700

Thank you. I like crocheting too, though I haven’t done it in a long, long time. You can teach yourself to sew as well. Most of what I know I learned through the internet (Youtube and Craftsy are awesome!) and by just trying. If you ever give it a try, let me know what you think, I bet you’ll love it 🙂

Comment by Nikki @ Growing Up Mom on 2015-01-08 08:29:47 -0700

I will, thank you! Who did you find most helpful on Craftsy and Youtube?

Comment by Sandra Hoekstra on 2015-01-15 17:51:20 -0700

They have some few free classes and I have the beginning serging. Sometimes they offer some of the other classes for free or reduced price so, you may want to keep an eye on that. You tube, I don’t have anyone specific, I just search for something I need and keep looking until I find something that appeals to me. Hope this helps.