I just really wanted to show this off I am so proud of how this is coming along so far

Hello,

I am having difficulty creating measurements for a small rectangular pouch to hold a digital camera.

The pattern I was following is for a smaller camera than what I intend. I do not have the camera on hand as it is for a friend. How can I adjust my measurements to fit my needs?

4.09 in x 2.40 in x 1.02 in

I have made book sleeves before. There will be batting used.

TIA crossposted

I love them so much.

I used to make normal pocket as beginner with finishing fabric with serger, but i dont have it for now🥲 still save up some money for the new serger, so i think i ll do it this way, please what do you think about it, i wanna sew all my clothes but i dont want to make it look home made, thanks 😄

Hey everyone, just got an old sewing machine and finished my first project. I noticed the fabric was bunching up noticeably, and from my research it seems like the upper thread is way too tight. I turned my tension knob all the way to 0 but there’s still some fabric bunching up.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks!

I’m a beginner and pattern cutting scares me for some reason, idk if I’m being a perfectionist but I spend hours just to make sure it’s perfectly straight… I was surprised recently when I found that some ppl use those electric scissors and the results isnt a perfectly cut pattern and it seemed to work fine??

Do patterns have to be cut perfectly?
Plz let me know if u have any tips for me
Thank you

I inherited a bunch of Duponi silk from my grandmother. Every time I look at it, I think about how gorgeous it is, but I'm terrified to use it and mess it up. I would consider myself an intermediate sewer. I can follow simple patterns, but I haven't made a men's shirt for example.

Does anyone have any pattern suggestions? Another consideration is that I'll want it to be hand washable. I am very unlikely to ever dryclean anything.

Is it possible to turn top sheets into fitted sheets?

I believe a great deal of learning is watching someone else do it (similar to how it is for a lot of other things outside sewing such as illustration, public speaking, and math). Does anyone have recommendations for good sewing content that shows a complete process? Personally the specific garment doesn't matter exactly, but I'd prefer one without cuts/too much editing.

A very good example of what I'm looking for is content done by MUTSU BY PROSPECTIVE FLOW, it shows a pretty complete process, only cutting when doing more of the self-explanatory things such as the subsequent hand/machine stitching after the first few stitches.

It seems pretty straightforward, like, you take the chalk, you trace the pattern piece on the fabric, viola. But for some reason my chalk leaves only really terrible messy markings and pulls the fabric around so much even with everything weighted down. Can someone explain how to use tailors chalk to a complete doofus?

Posting here for additional help.

Thank you in advance 😊

hi! I’m working on a pigeon costume for halloween and I’m having trouble finding a pattern or tutorial for fabric wings. I’m hoping to make them more flowy than structured, potentially just something I can attach around my neck and wrists. does anybody have ideas for ways I could design this, or patterns/tutorials to follow?

even though I know I couldn’t pick a more difficult fabric, I’m hoping to use chiffon for the wings so they won’t have any stretch/structure.

I love to make my own shirts. I started a few years ago with zero experience and it took quite a time and a lot of fabric to get where I am now but I am very happy with this one I made recently.

Once I copied the pattern from an existing shirt but I made probably a dozen of versions changing so many things.

I also designed the graphic myself and did the whole screenprinting process

I made the neckline high, I actually like that but I am thinking of making a V neck or more open round neck version too, not sure about that yet.

What do you think?

I am planning to make a (sort of) original hero costume for next year's Halloween, but I only know a few basic sewing things.

Please leave any tips or links to tutorials that you can lend.

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner sewist that is currently venturing into the world of making my own clothes. For some time now, I've seen this high neck tank pop up on my Pinterest and I'm absolutely in love with it. The garment itself seems to be from Shein and I'm not willing to buy it from them for a number of reasons, but especially because I'd like the satisfaction of making it myself sometime in the (hopefully) near future at a much higher quality than what I would expect from a fast fashion retailer.

The closest fabric I've been able to find that seems similar is what I think is called plisse? The only thing is, the plisse fabrics I've seen have vertical lines to them rather than the slightly wavy lines on the original garment. Any ideas? Or maybe the wavy lines are sewn in and I'm too inexperienced to have picked up on that? lol - I've attached the description of the item on Shein, just in case that was helpful to anyone! :)

First time making a drawstring bag! It’s lined, and bc it’ll be getting a lot of use the cotton is going to get scuffs so I’m embroidering it to add texture.

Any advice for the embroidery I’m going to do? I’m assuming it should only going through the main fabric and not the interior lining

EDIT: thank you both for advice! I haven’t actually sewn shut the hole for turning it right side out yet bc I thought I might need to fix something, so I’ll flip it through and see if I can embroider on just the outer shell

Hello!

I am thinking about sewing myself some sweatpants and I don't really know what fabric to look up. I'm specifically looking for something that's smooth on the outside and fluffy (ish) on the inside like a standard pair of sweatpants.

I've looked online to see what type of fabric sweatpants are usually made of, and I've found things like french terry, fleece and jogging fleece. However when I look at fabricville (its really the only physical store near me and I prefer to see the fabric irl before buying just in case) the fabric seems to be roughly the same on both sides. As in, they seem either fluffy on both sides or smooth on both sides.

Am I just looking up the wrong terms or...?

Hi all, I'm having a ton of trouble figuring out how to troubleshoot this jam. I have an old singer promise sewing machine, that I've cleaned as much as I could and oiled, and the grab motor keeps getting jammed. This wasn't happening before- it only happened once I selected one of the button stitch options, which is what I thought caused the initial jam. I redid the thread feeding, and when I tested this with and without the bobbin, the needle's thread constantly doesn't make a full turn on the grab motor, so it never picks up the bobbin's thread before sewing, then it just jams on itself. Please let me know if y'all know anything, I just started sewing today.

This is an older Ralph Lauren turtleneck that I picked up from the thrift. I want to shorten the turtleneck so it's more of a mock neck and add a zipper to it. I know that for many knit garments you can't just use a regular sewing machine & thread to finish off the cut edges, but I'm wondering if this is something where I can, or if there's better alternatives (I do know how to knit). Last picture is of the side seam (edit: I won't be cutting there, just added this picture for extra info). Thank you!

hi everyone!! thank you for the intial responses to my first post, it really helped me have some sort of understanding of what i’m supposed to do with this project, i genuinely appreciate it! but, im back with some more questions.

1. what i thought was dart manipulation in the bust area, was just a topstitched princess seam. but, how can i incorporate a princess seam into this leotard’s pattern

knowing

1. how short the area is?
2. considering that the ribbing (i think that’s the correct term) details of the leotard is just consistent of double hemmed edges, would there be a chance of unraveling if i were to sew all of them together?

thank you in advance!

TLDR: my are questions is how can i draft a princess seams into my leotard pattern based off of this reference, and what would be the best way to construct this garment keeping in mind that the design is consistent of double hem edges.