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sirsholly -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 4:52:41 AM)
quote: Let's face it, pre-made Halloween costumes are just total junk and why spend $60-$100 for something you can only wear for one night i WAS going to make my kids costumes. I had very ambitious plans when i was pregnant...i was going to bake cookies, sew all his clothes, and never have more than one load of laundry waiting to be washed. I was an idiot. By the time you buy all the supplies, get the kid to stand still to measure him, and find the time do sit down at a sewing machine, the costumes on E-Bay just look better and better.

VirginPotty -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 6:24:08 AM)
quote: I was an idiot. [sm=dunno.gif]If you say so

DesFIP -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 6:27:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sirsholly quote: Let's face it, pre-made Halloween costumes are just total junk and why spend $60-$100 for something you can only wear for one night i WAS going to make my kids costumes. I had very ambitious plans when i was pregnant...i was going to bake cookies, sew all his clothes, and never have more than one load of laundry waiting to be washed. I was an idiot. By the time you buy all the supplies, get the kid to stand still to measure him, and find the time do sit down at a sewing machine, the costumes on E-Bay just look better and better. Plus if you actually do make the costume a couple of months early, he's outgrown it by Halloween and you need to buy a new one anyway.

sirsholly -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 6:29:50 AM)
quote: Plus if you actually do make the costume a couple of months early, he's outgrown it by Halloween and you need to buy a new one anyway. Celeste...if i actually made the silly thing and he had the nerve to outgrow it, i would stuff him into it anyway. breathing is overrated

SweetDommes -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 6:40:31 AM)
My mom made ours - including an ET costume for each of my brothers ... I don't remember how long it took her, but I'm sure it was a REALLY long time.

VirginPotty -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 6:42:47 AM)
Wish I could sew. Whenever my toe starts to poke thru my socks, I toss them & buy new ones. Much easier. Growing up we always had store brought costumes so I'm guessing I inherited my mother's sewing abilities. Lord knows I inherited her cooking skills! (Which is why I have cereal for b'fast, frozen meals for lunch & drink my dinner) [sm=chug.gif]

sirsholly -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 6:49:25 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: VirginPotty quote: I was an idiot. [sm=dunno.gif]If you say so of COURSE she agrees with me on this [8\|]

OttersSwim -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 10:22:27 AM)
So yea, kids costumes would be easier to buy as they will not be able to wear them again. BUT...this topic was about sewing for your Sir or Lady for Halloween! Get those fingers busy people! My skirt is nearly done! Last night I measured, pinned, ironed and then sewed in the inverted pleats and as Martha Stewart is so fond of saying...."It was sooo easy..." [;)]

pyroaquatic -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 10:53:00 AM)
YEAH! Sewing is awesome! it is unfortunate that I do not have a machine. By hand?

DemonKia -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 12:05:07 PM)
Hand sewing sounds awful -- & if you're going for a full blown historical costume with 7 million yards of fabric & many layers & pieces & oodles of detailing, it is asking for serious sewing masochism -- but, actually, hand sewing can be da bomb . . .. . Little things (like lingerie -- hint, hint) are pretty easy to sew by hand. I've sewn hats & other accessories, mostly, but I'm venturing into the fetishwear / lingerie end of things. Ya know, how many stitches can a thong hold? Or a bra that's essentially a coupla thongs worth of sewing? & the nice thing about hand sewing is that stuff fits better & my stitching turns out much neater & straighter. The machine urges me to hurry & I get sloppy, but by hand I'm much more careful & precise. & the stuff I hand sew has turned out much better on average than the stuff I do on machine . . . . & I did hand sew a cape-type thing, at one point in time. I was living in the country & had a lot of time on my hands. It's a full robe thing, based on Middle Eastern / Central Asian traditional patterns. Historically people were very reluctant to cut a piece of fabric, given how hard it was to process fibers & weave the damn thing in the first place & how expensive it was as a result. So lots of traditional clothing is based on sewing together rectangles, basically, & I was playing around with that. Someone had given me this wonderful piece of wool synthetic blend, in marvelous red. I still have it. It drapes beautifully & looks quite regal considering that it's like a wearable blanket, lol . . . . . I've also hand sewn a clown's ruff. Someone gave me a long-ass strip of rainbow-striped poly-cotton woven stuff & I used the Elizabethan ruff pattern I had. Okay, I am a pervert. I really like sewing pleats. [:D]

SweetDommes -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 4:56:48 PM)
I'm still working the rust out of my sewing skills. I'm seriously looking forward to when I have the talent to make complicated costumes.

SthrnCom4t -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 5:43:40 PM)
Yes, he really is this manic over this project in person. :) We are having a blast! I wish everyone could be experiencing this much fun! quote: ORIGINAL: OttersSwim So yea, kids costumes would be easier to buy as they will not be able to wear them again. BUT...this topic was about sewing for your Sir or Lady for Halloween! Get those fingers busy people! My skirt is nearly done! Last night I measured, pinned, ironed and then sewed in the inverted pleats and as Martha Stewart is so fond of saying...."It was sooo easy..." [;)]

DemonKia -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 7:20:29 PM)
encourages the sweet domme Keep in mind, I have crap sewing skills. Everything I make tends to be too big. You would not believe how many times I've sewn the first sleeve on wrong & had to undo it all & redo it correctly. I suck at cutting stuff out. & despite having sewn Elizabethan outfits, I avoid complicated sewing. Elizabethan stuff is a lot simpler than it might seem; that ruff was the most complicated thing I've done outside of a simple corset. By way of comparison, start looking at Vogue patterns when you're in the fabric store -- some of those are insane. One could end up putting 40 or 80 hours work into a freakin' blouse. That made me feel much better about my sewing skills, actually. I'm never gonna be eligible to work in some designer's atelier, but I can sew a wide range of basic apparel items . . . .. . There are all kinds of interesting patterns out there. Historical of all kinds of time periods; 1920's lingerie is graceful & fairly simple sewing, for instance -- teddies & camisoles & tap pants. & I am such a slut for looking at patterns & examining finished clothing to see how it was made . .. . . . & thrift stores can carry patterns, too . . . . & a lot of clothing that's out there would be really easy to make, like these places: http://coquetryclubwear.com/ http://www.biggalslingerie.com/ The club wear in particular tends to be really simple shapes, minimal sewing, & made out of stretchy fabrics which gives a lot of help with fit .... . . & the last time I went thrift store shopping, a month or two ago, I scored a nice yard-plus piece of 4-way-stretch nylon-lycra -- in hot pink! Yee-haw! It's just the thing for a little tube skirt, maybe. Or possibly some stockings. The bottom-guy I was playing with last year sews & I had some other lycra-spandex, in red, & we made a pair of stockings (go up to my hips) & several hoods. We were experimenting. I drew out the patterns & then we cut out the fabric & he sewed. He said it was just like working with sheet metal, he really got into it. He had the sewing machine . . . . To make the patterns I just taped some newspaper together & then laid the relevant body part on the big piece of paper & trace the body shape out. There's some consideration about where the seams will end up & which way to orient the body part. I never learned any of this formally, I just plunged in. One thing that really helps me is mostly using either thrift store scores or material that's given to me, so I don't have some huge monetary investment in it. That frees me up to experiment & play around & be relaxed about it, which is absolutely necessary cuz sewing can freak me out & stress me up good. I think of it as making wearable art. The store-bought clothes don't fit me all that fabulously, & it's hard to find the cute clothes I like in the fat girl sizes I fit into, so I long ago started messin' about with sewing to in-fill . .. . The tempermental sewing machine brings out feelings of inadequacy in me if I think of it as anything but the equivalent of a canvas & paint brushes & paints, then I can deal with it, lol . . . . . quote: ORIGINAL: SweetDommes I'm still working the rust out of my sewing skills. I'm seriously looking forward to when I have the talent to make complicated costumes. &, hey, Otter, great thread!!! Great idea you have there, I'm adding 'costuming slave' to my wish list, lol . . . . . [;)]

SweetDommes -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 8:57:06 PM)
Thanks, Kia. I actually have a magazine that my parents found for me where I can order patterns for period clothing from 1400s to just post-Civil War. I just have to have the money, and feel confident enough in my skills that I am ok paying out the cash for it lol

DemonKia -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 9:37:54 PM)
Unfortunately historical patterns do not show up in thrift stores, that I've ever seen. Unless the 1950's counts, lol . ... &, yeah, historical patterns can be pricey. The Elizabethan stuff I did was out of a book on the topic, which had patterns. That's how I ended up plunging into pattern making, taking those little patterns & making them big & fitting (sorta) to me . . . . The library can have historical costuming books, & sometimes some of those will have basic patterns . . . . . &, never be afraid to buy some garment at a thrift store & take it apart -- voila, you have a pattern. & it's made out of fabric, too -- durable, lol . . . . . Or, just use a garment as a guide to draw a pattern from. Add seam allowance, & note & correct your pattern for tucks & that sorta stuff. When I made bodices I used vests I had, & the fit of which I liked, to draw patterns off for the bodices. Instead of buttons there are laces & stays . .. .. For my grand mad-scientist tunic thing I'm gonna use my favorite button-down shirt for the basic pattern. Instead of buttoning down the middle, they'll button along the shoulder & down one side, something like that ... . & it'll have a round collar . . . . . So, I'll make various adjustments -- I'm gonna use the shirt to draw basic shapes off of . . . . If you have the time & the transport, your local newspaper may sell 'bolt ends' of blank newsprint paper. Our local paper sells them for a coupla bucks apiece. The newsprint paper is blank & wide, 3 or 4 feet long heavy cardboard tubes wound with paper. The printing machines can't use the bolts when they get so small (they start out 6 or 12 or more feet out from the 4-ish inch diameter cardboard tubes at their centers). The 'bolt ends' still have an inch or two thickness of paper wound on, but that's a lot of paper once they're unwound. It's great for kids. & it's excellent for drawing patterns on, easier than taping printed newspapers together. But the taping trick works in a pinch . ... . & newspaper is cheap. You can drape pattern pieces on the intended body & adjust them to your heart's desire before applying your experiments to fabric . . .. . . Ah, another sewing thing I'm mucking about with is making 'muslins', kind of a practice run at a garment using muslin fabric -- inexpensive cotton or cotton-poly blend woven lightweight stuff that's pretty cheap. Our local Wallyworld has a selection of muslins for a buck a yard, usually . ... . So, the garment is first cut out of the cheap muslin & roughly stitched together & tried on & adjustments are made to the muslin pattern pieces, which are then used to cut out the (more expensive) fabric that the garment is really to be made of . ... I'd like to make several mad-scientist tunics (particularly inspiring: CO1 Tokyo, B09 Margarita, C08 Seoul, & B23 Lazise), so the muslin will serve as a durable pattern to use for multiple garments . . . . . Ideally I'm gonna figure out some flexible base pattern that I can vary the details on . . . .

SthrnCom4t -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 9:40:10 PM)
DemonKia says "which is absolutely necessary cuz sewing can freak me out & stress me up good." Amen Sister. I love fabric. I HATE to cut it. We needed a few more things and I went to the fabric store after work today. I scored this great piece of purple with black velvet moons/stars. Will make a great wrap...all I have to do is line it with black velvet. Otter did not like the look he got when he suggested cutting arm holes in it. <grin> We'll discuss cutting something else in the near future. Seriously though, after cooking, sewing puts a boy several notches up in My book!

DemonKia -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 9:48:48 PM)
OMG, I so know what you mean. That was part of why I made that red wool robe thing. It's two rectangles, one big one folded just so, & one smaller one that's sewn on as a kinda gigantic collar / perma-scarf thing .. . . It looks way better than this description makes it sound, lol . . . . . . But I didn't wanna cut that fabric, it took me a coupla years to get around to doing something with it cuz I didn't wanna screw it up, even tho' it was free. I like wool a lot, it's wonderfully warm. & I so have such a fabric thing, I have all this fabric I've acquired over the last few years, most of it either fake fur or stretch velvet, & almost entirely shades of pink. Mama needs a new wardrobe, & that pile of fabric is it. Warped, dressy, not-to-be-found-on-any-other-evil-genius Kia-couture -- that's the goal, lol . . .. . quote: ORIGINAL: SthrnCom4t I love fabric. I HATE to cut it. We needed a few more things and I went to the fabric store after work today. I scored this great piece of purple with black velvet moons/stars. Will make a great wrap...all I have to do is line it with black velvet. Otter did not like the look he got when he suggested cutting arm holes in it. <grin> We'll discuss cutting something else in the near future.

porcelaine -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/14/2009 9:48:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: OttersSwim So break out that sewing machine and bust out some moves for your Lady! But wait, there's more! Imagine how pleased she will be when you can fix tears, mend seams, and keep her looking fabulous all year round! i took a sewing class once when i was younger just for modeling purposes. i scored new accessories and made a skirt. i remember liking the idea of doing it, but i never made anything after that. now i'm truly miss domesticity in a lot of ways and i adore martha stewart immensely! i can wrap my mind around the craft ideas, but sewing just never grabbed me. i do agree that men do a bang up job both clothing and interior wise. they're oh so creatively fabu! porcelaine

angeldmort -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/24/2009 11:02:54 AM)
"the spare bedroom is now converted into a "sewing room" and we are making my outfit first so I get the practice." Yes.... yes, this is how it begins. A small accomodation, a couple hours. Then it slowly eats your life, your home, your mind, sucking up all recources and filling every room and every free hour with threads and small scraps. Everything you see becomes potential fabric, nothing is safe from being "improved" or altered or even taken completely apart for it's pattern. Whereas before, you could go shop and come home with someting fun to wear, now you will avoid buying because "I can make that" or you will buy something else to be taken apart for fabric.... or you buy a peice of fabric because it's SO amazing and you'll figure out what to make from it later, but then can't cut it because, well, what if you think of something better to make after you've used it? Please, people, someone has to warn you about the addicive nature of this problem. When you have to lie to your friends about how much fabric you have, when you have to leave the bags in the car till your family goes to bed, when you go into your sewing room to pet the fabric and fantacize about the grand projects your're going to make... it's an addiction.

allthatjaz -> RE: Okay boys...get out your sewing machines! (10/24/2009 12:20:06 PM)
Well I left instructions for my man to make this http://www.fairygothmother.co.uk/bb-satine.htm before 7am tomorrow morning.... On a serious note I make my own boned corsets and have made Victorian costumes with bustles and retro clothing that I can't manage to find in the shops. I used to make shirts but its a few years since I did one of those.

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