redsnake05: Art by Audrey Kawasaki (Crafty!Jack)
[personal profile] redsnake05
First post - and I'm delighted to have a Dw place to talk about all these crafty things.

I have been busy sewing for a child's birthday. View the results here at my journal - including a link to a tutorial to make the stuffed bats (animal bats, btw, not bats for hitting). (Be warned, the photo is, sadly, not great quality).
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[personal profile] feanna
Hy, I put custom made panholders up for auction on the help_haiti comm on livejournal some time ago. They're now finished:


(For more pics follow the fake cut to my journal.)

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Does anyone know where to find genuinely cheap fabric? Especially in Australia would be good, but I'm willing to pay postage if it's otherwise cheap and good. In particular, things I'm looking for: black or gothic patterned flannelette for my upcoming winter pyjama project, and something cool and either solid-coloured or subtly patterned, in a dark colour (preferably black, navy, or wine-coloured) for a dress.

I haven't done any sewing in a while, but I think it's time to pick it up again. Particularly since big people's clothes are expensive, and I'm not getting any smaller.
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[personal profile] rydra_wong
Okay, I'm not a complete n00b -- I've been making and mending things on and off for a while -- but I know very few stitches, have no clue what they're called, and have a tendency to slip from one to another in mid-hem.

(Possibly the appropriate term would be "feral seamstress".)

Are there any good websites (or YouTube videos, even) showing different stitches and techniques?
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[personal profile] delladea
I cannot seem to find navy blue 100% cotton sweatshirt fleece anywhere. This fabric would be for a hoodie. I've checked my local fabric stores and so far Google hasn't turned up anything.

Does anyone know where I can find this fabric?

Edit: Does anyone know where I can find this for less than $11/yd?
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[personal profile] piglet
Two questions, not entirely unrelated.

Have you found any good tutorials on slip-stitching? My slip stitching looks childish. I want professional, invisible, couture seams, dammit. Advice?

Second question: I've recently finished a skirt made from 2 silk scarves w/ a cotton knit lining (box pleat in the front, elasticized [sewn into the top of the lining] in the back). For a better finish, I need to add interfacing to the front, but I don't want to use the freaky 70's polyester interfacing. What's a good alternative? Natural fibers, stabilizing but not too heavy weight (both the silk woven and the cotton knit are very drapey)?
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(Hello! I know nothing has been done with this comm yet, but I just finished this and figured [community profile] sewing would be the proper place for it. :) )

I was wanting a fun dress to wear after our wedding, but I couldn't find anything I liked in ready-to-wear. I had bought a big bag of patterns from Goodwill for $5 that yielded some very cute women's patterns in my size, one of which was a summer dress that was about what I was looking for. I found all the fabric I needed from JoAnn's for $15 (on sale!) that happened to match a zipper and thread I already had in my stash. :D

I used McCall's 4469 size 14 circa 1975. It took me about a week and a half of evenings working on it start to finish. I had to take in about two inches from the top of the bodice tapered to the bottom to get it to fit correctly because I have teeny boobs. The bottom part of the dress was perfect with no change in the pattern. Its still a bit loose, but it fits me better on top than any other dress I've made so far. There's no slippage or peeking out, so I can go braless. Construction was easy, just more time consuming because I tried so hard to get my gathers perfect.

On to pictures... )

I love the way this came out, definitely saving the pattern to use again!
(x-posted to my journal)
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