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15 years ago my mother took it upon herself to teach me to sew, and I made exactly one pair of pajamas and a quilt with cats on it (I still have the quilt, actually!) I haven't made anything since, but in the last year and a bit I've been gearing up to making something. Three notebooks of sketches later, over the past week I've finally put together my first shirt and pair of shorts.
I'm creating this thread to log my wrongheaded approaches and beginner's mistakes as I attempt to put together a coherent line of clothing for myself. So I'll upload any concrete progress I make as it comes. I've been holding off making this thread for a while until I had something to show for it.
So first, the shirt. Its a long v-neck tee made from 60% Bamboo 35% Rayon 5% Lycra, if I remember correctly. I'll write down the percentages of the next blend I use. Designed as an undershirt, but its been getting a lot of wear on its own. Very nice feel and drape to it, so I plan on making some more in a cream colour, but with a tidier collar and seams that are actually finished. I'm thinking french seams, because its clean looking and not all ragged like it is now. I screwed up the collar a bit, because I did it last, and without building it into the pattern, thinking "Oh, its just the collar, how hard can it be?"
So yeah, won't be doing that again.
And the shorts. They're 55% Linen 45% Cotton, undyed, so I dyed them black. The lining is this beautiful 100% Cotton and since I've never had lined pants before every step feels like getting a handjob from Jesus.
Here's the pattern I used.
I was attempting to get a crotch shape something like this, because I (and my girlfriend) like the way that tighter fitted pants make my arse look, but since I spend a lot of time being very active and needing significant mobility, I need the extra clearance at the front. And I need to do that without limiting my capacity for broad legged stances and lifting my legs really high, so I cut the pants to naturally sit in a broad stance.
Unfortunately, while my pattern creates a fair approximation of the crotch shape I'm looking for, it also makes it look like my balls have a stabilizer fin.
So by the next pair of trousers the dreaded crotch fin will hopefully have been eradicated. But here's what the rest of the trousers look like. Three of the buttons are wood, and the top one is bone. The lining is not secured at the hem so that I can reach the insides for repairs. If there's a better way to be able to look under the hood, let me know! I didn't put any pockets in because I didn't want to mess with the clean lines, and plus I want to train myself out of shoving my hands in my pockets all the time.
I'll post a fit pic of the shorts shortly.
I think all in all, I look pretty snazzy. And I feel really comfortable walking around in them too. Not at all like I'm wearing a costume or dressing up. This is "me."
I'm creating this thread to log my wrongheaded approaches and beginner's mistakes as I attempt to put together a coherent line of clothing for myself. So I'll upload any concrete progress I make as it comes. I've been holding off making this thread for a while until I had something to show for it.
So first, the shirt. Its a long v-neck tee made from 60% Bamboo 35% Rayon 5% Lycra, if I remember correctly. I'll write down the percentages of the next blend I use. Designed as an undershirt, but its been getting a lot of wear on its own. Very nice feel and drape to it, so I plan on making some more in a cream colour, but with a tidier collar and seams that are actually finished. I'm thinking french seams, because its clean looking and not all ragged like it is now. I screwed up the collar a bit, because I did it last, and without building it into the pattern, thinking "Oh, its just the collar, how hard can it be?"
So yeah, won't be doing that again.
And the shorts. They're 55% Linen 45% Cotton, undyed, so I dyed them black. The lining is this beautiful 100% Cotton and since I've never had lined pants before every step feels like getting a handjob from Jesus.
Here's the pattern I used.
I was attempting to get a crotch shape something like this, because I (and my girlfriend) like the way that tighter fitted pants make my arse look, but since I spend a lot of time being very active and needing significant mobility, I need the extra clearance at the front. And I need to do that without limiting my capacity for broad legged stances and lifting my legs really high, so I cut the pants to naturally sit in a broad stance.
Unfortunately, while my pattern creates a fair approximation of the crotch shape I'm looking for, it also makes it look like my balls have a stabilizer fin.
So by the next pair of trousers the dreaded crotch fin will hopefully have been eradicated. But here's what the rest of the trousers look like. Three of the buttons are wood, and the top one is bone. The lining is not secured at the hem so that I can reach the insides for repairs. If there's a better way to be able to look under the hood, let me know! I didn't put any pockets in because I didn't want to mess with the clean lines, and plus I want to train myself out of shoving my hands in my pockets all the time.
I'll post a fit pic of the shorts shortly.
I think all in all, I look pretty snazzy. And I feel really comfortable walking around in them too. Not at all like I'm wearing a costume or dressing up. This is "me."
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