Sewing... does anyone sew?

jan61

i tried to sew today lol it is supposed to be downtime..... tomorrow is the first meeting with the oncologist. I am trying to deal with the nerves.

I did did however make the second of a bralette. Organic cotton from spotlight. Totally flat... no shape to the cups at all in fact no cups but it will stop my shirts from gaping and me from scaring the natives. Perfect for my bilateral scars.

Blossom1961

Hi @jan61 I know HOW to sew and I CAN. But I don’t.

kmakm

@Annie C

AllyJay

I used to sew a lot, but now with my peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet, it's no longer possible. My foot can't feel how much pressure is being applied to the pedal and I now have ten numb thumbs, and would probably do my fingers a mischief if I tried. Do heaps of knitting and also crochet granny blankets.

arpie

I've got a sewing machine - does that count?  And an overlocker ..... but they don't get used much!  

Glynnis

Hi @jan61 I sew, I actually have what I loving call my “women’s cave” , I have sewing machines in there currently working on baby th8ngs for my best friends daughters first baby due in May been making bibs, burpee cloths, quilt and a stuffed giraffe. Yes it is down time I find when I’m in there I’m not thinking about what’s happening with me 😃😃

jan61

Hi @Glynnis I miss sewing for the babies but my concentration is pretty haphazard. A bralette is about as difficult as it gets at the moment and it is pretty rough lol.

hi to every one else too! Am I supposed to answer individually? Is a lack of concentration co

Annie C

@jan61
@Glynnis
I can't go a day without "playing with my sewing machines (5 of).

When I haven't a piece of fabric in my hands, under the machines or being snipped with the scissors  I am ratty.

My "studio" (a donga) vibrates to the sounds of Handel, Straus, Beethoven or Tchaikovsky with the airconditioner humming away.   It even has a door that locks!

Sewing is my stress relieving mechanism.

TonyaM

I love sewing! My latest project has been to make 10 cotton caps which tie at the back for ladies having chemo in the Blacktown hosp cancer unit.
I’doctor’ a lot of my own clothes when the necklines are abit low.I also alter swimming costumes to accommodate a foam prosthesis.

Artferret

I sewed a lot when our girls were little. I used to make them a christmas dress every year and one year i made them without them noticing so i hung them up in their doorway overnight as a surprise.  My eldest daughter thought Santa had brought them! These days i do a lot of embroidery and occasional patchwork.

Zoffiel

I can sew. I learned when I was a child, it was the only option to own new clothing that actually fit me. I loved heavy fabrics, extravagant coats and tailored items. I've made dozens of bridesmaid outfits for unconventionally shaped girls and hundreds of quilts. Dog jackets.

I don't want to do it anymore. My sewing machine shits me, I can't see to thread a needle and I can't stand the mess.

The storeroom is full of boxes of fabric which I can't bear to throw out. It's one of the few hobbies where I can justify keeping provisions even though I'm not sure I'll ever do it again. You simply can't buy the range of fabric now that you could 20 years ago

jan61

Oh @Zoffiel I’m sorry 😩 I have had many days lately where my sewing has failed and my machine shits me. 

I do do understand how the mess can make you feel and I am unbelievably spoilt in having a craft studio I can leave and close the door.

Annie C

@Zoffiel
I agree about the lack of the range of fabrics available today. I HATE stretch fabrics, flatly refuse to sew them. 

I still sew my own clothes. With long legs, ready made trousers look as if I am expecting floods. Ready made  jackets leave my long arms with wrist freezers. Occasionally I need a jacket for an hour or so in the Kimberley.

And I am vain enough that I don't want to wear what everyone else is wearing. 

Sister

I can sew (sort of) but I don't.  All Mum's fault.  She could sew anything, beautifully.  Makes my efforts looked cobbled.  I have, however, turned out a number of kid's dressup outfits for concerts and other events (usually with much swearing involved - a sheep, a kangaroo, a tiger, Anne Shirley, Eragon, etc.  But DON"T call me crafty!

CarmelS

I sew when the need presents itself or I am too tight to pay a ridiculous price for something. Always fabric squirrelled away somewhere. Made a lot of clothes in the past for small people & made my wedding dress, bridesmaid dress & also wedding dress for a sister. But gone are the days where my friend & I would knock up dresses on a Friday night to where to a B & S ball on Saturday night, Taffeta was sooooo cheap  !!!
Carmel

Zoffiel

I used to love the Warrnambool wool mill. I was down there on a motor bike, probably 20 years ago, and ended up posting about 30kgs of fabric home. It must have been a sight, all this material bundled up like a multi coloured swag on the front of the Harley then me trying to find something to wrap it in once I got it to the post office. The bloke I was with thought I'd lost the plot, but it was the best fabric. I still wear some of the clothes I made from that batch like this rather Victorian style coat. Unfortunately, it's getting a bit tight in the waist