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Mar. 24th, 2023 11:01 amA few weeks ago, my mom pointed me towards an little online class she'd found about handsewing a simple shirt. She was interested in doing it and thought I might be too, since I've been doing a good bit of handsewing recently. So I've been working on that some this week. The class is meant to produce a garment that's also a sampler - you learn four different seams and four different finishing techniques for the various hems and neckline. And then you can pick which one you like best on your next project and go from there.
I don't expect a lot from the actual garment, as it's my first time doing anything like this. It will likely be wearable, but not ideal, so I bought cheap fabric - I can make better things later, when I've had more practice. But I'm really enjoying the process of it, which is great. I love the idea of making my own clothing, but I dislike using a sewing machine and I've found it difficult* to find resources for learning to sew by hand that aren't focused on embroidery**. This class has been great for learning very basic fundamentals of good ways to sew fabric together, which has been really helpful
Sewing by hand is lovely and quiet and I get a garment at the end without terrible sewing machine noise. I'm likely never going to be a really great seamstress or be able to make anything really complex, but between this and my knitting, I'm getting pretty close to never having to buy basic ready-made clothes ever again.
*And also confusing. Discovering that quilter use the term "hand binding" to mean "you only use a sewing machine for half of this process" is not helpful when you want to find instructions for doing everything actually by hand.
**Embroidery is great! It isn't what I want to do, or at least not the primary thing. I like the idea of embroidery on a garment I'm making, but embroidery for its own sake doesn't appeal to me.
I don't expect a lot from the actual garment, as it's my first time doing anything like this. It will likely be wearable, but not ideal, so I bought cheap fabric - I can make better things later, when I've had more practice. But I'm really enjoying the process of it, which is great. I love the idea of making my own clothing, but I dislike using a sewing machine and I've found it difficult* to find resources for learning to sew by hand that aren't focused on embroidery**. This class has been great for learning very basic fundamentals of good ways to sew fabric together, which has been really helpful
Sewing by hand is lovely and quiet and I get a garment at the end without terrible sewing machine noise. I'm likely never going to be a really great seamstress or be able to make anything really complex, but between this and my knitting, I'm getting pretty close to never having to buy basic ready-made clothes ever again.
*And also confusing. Discovering that quilter use the term "hand binding" to mean "you only use a sewing machine for half of this process" is not helpful when you want to find instructions for doing everything actually by hand.
**Embroidery is great! It isn't what I want to do, or at least not the primary thing. I like the idea of embroidery on a garment I'm making, but embroidery for its own sake doesn't appeal to me.
