#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Here’s goth icon Bianca The Closet Historian telling you about pattern drafting for sewing but also just life: “Dare to be terrible."

“The difference in almost any success is perseverance. You have to be willing to be terrible. And then you have to be willing to keep going.”
About 8 minutes long!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHAyi79Dd28

#PatternDrafting #Sewing

Melissa Fehr

@fehrtrade@toot.community · 2 days ago

This might be my longest ever UFO! I bought this fabric in Mexico in 2013...

The Cashmerette Irving Dress pattern sparked the idea to turn the failed skirts into the bottom of a dress. My UFO is now a Completed Garment!

There's so much more to say about this dress though, so head over to https://blog.fehrtrade.com/gallery/10141/the-mexican-dress/ #sewing

A white woman with her hair in a bun is wearing a dress with a black bodice and a bottom half in thin, brightly coloured stripes. She's smiling and seated in a cargo bike with a busy city street behind her.

Detail of the bottom of a dress where a hand is pulling back a top, brightly striped layer to reveal a lightweight black lining beneath

A white woman with her hair in a bun is wearing a dress with a black bodice and a bottom half in thin, brightly coloured stripes. She's smiling with the sun in her face and the wind is making the bottom of the dress move.

Cassidy James :ea: :gg: :fh: boosted

SewBlue

@sewblue@sfba.social · 3 days ago

Only took me 3 years to finish! It is 8x8 inches, 18 count Aida. Over 20,000 stitches/pixels. #crossstitch #embroidery #sewing #StarWars

I picked up cross stitch when sick with #LongCovid. As I got healthy, and ran out of a couple thread colors, I set it down. Did not pick it up until I went on vacation a couple weeks ago, and needed a project. And I finished it!

The pattern designer is Awesome Pattern Studio on Etsy, and they are a Ukrainian pattern maker. Love the use of color and color blocking. Have done a couple of her pieces and they are always striking.

Not sure I will do another all over cross stitch due to the amount of time they take, but I love the results.

A closeup of the stitches. Each cross stitch, resembling a pixel, is slightly rounded, adding texture to the piece.

All the top stitches are in the same direction. There is no visible white fabric between the stitches. — A closeup of the stitches. Each cross stitch, resembling a pixel, is slightly rounded, adding texture to the piece. All the top stitches are in the same direction. There is no visible white fabric between the stitches.

The back of the piece. Loose thread can be seen, tied off all over. A ghost of the image can be seen, slightly messy, in reverse, and paler than the front side.

Project backs can help show a work is real and not AI. — The back of the piece. Loose thread can be seen, tied off all over. A ghost of the image can be seen, slightly messy, in reverse, and paler than the front side. Project backs can help show a work is real and not AI.

An all-over cross stitch design, resembling a tapestry. The design is from Star Wars, and had 2 at-ats (tanks on long spindly legs with wide feet) walking on a beach. In the background is palm trees, the Death Star (that's no moon!) And a moon. The design is in a pixel art style, color blocked in shades of black, blue, gray orange and white.

Melissa Fehr

@fehrtrade@toot.community · 4 days ago

Today on FehrTrade - a cheeky "naked ladies" top and some new StyleArc Bob trousers!

Click through to the blog to see way more details on the patterns & fabrics, and how I made these work for me in larger sizes! https://blog.fehrtrade.com/gallery/10137/a-naked-ladies-tee-and-red-ramie-bob-trousers/

#sewing

Details of a white hand in a pocket of deep red, textured trousers.

Detail of a top with a sewn inset corner seam. The fabric is white with various naked cartoon ladies in different poses in black, blue, pink, yellow, and red.

A white woman is standing on a pier wearing a white top with a busy print and deep red trousers. Her hands are held out from her sides and there's a river and city skyline behind her.

A white woman is standing on a pier wearing a white top with a busy print and deep red trousers. Her hands are in her pockets and there's a river and city skyline behind her.

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Gwen Fisher

@gwenbeads@mathstodon.xyz · 2 years ago

PSA: If you want to learn how to sew clothes (or housewares) you need this book, “Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing.” If you know a kid who wants to learn to sew, please buy them a copy. Want to know how to sew a waistband? It explains 11 types. Mine is copyright 1978. The new versions are textbook prices, but the old ones are cheap, and sewing techniques haven’t changed much over time. If I had a copy growing up, I would have been sewing my own clothes twenty years sooner. #sewing

Cover of the book “Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Sewing” which has a photo of sewing tools like scissors, bobbins, spools, pins, seam ripper, measuring tape and a tomato pin cushion.

Melissa Fehr

@fehrtrade@toot.community · 5 days ago

Today on FehrTrade I'm sharing details of a very quick tee I sewed up using leftover fabric from a recent project... I used our FehrTrade Versatili-Tops pattern, which made this a very quick sew indeed!

I've also posted a health/LongCovid update, so click through if you're interested in how I'm doing... https://blog.fehrtrade.com/gallery/10139/a-quick-broderie-anglaise-tee/

#sewing

A white woman with her hair up in a bun is wearing a black teeshirt with small holes all over it. You can see the back of the shirt here, which has two vertical seams running up the back. She's standing on the deck of a boat, with a skyline behind her.

A white woman with her hair up in a bun is smiling and wearing a black teeshirt with small holes all over it, and rust-coloured shorts. She's standing on the deck of a boat, with a skyline behind her.

ckohtala

@ckohtala@social.coop · 6 days ago

my basic Singer Fashion Mate is not doing zigzag stitches - have cleaned the feeders and bobbin case (and oiled).
checked all the settings and it still just stitches straight. help??
#sewing

Alex, the Hearth Fire boosted

Melissa Santos

@ansate@social.coop · last week

The next Fedi #CraftClub meeting will be Sunday, Aug 3, at 10a pacific/1p eastern!
https://everytimezone.com/s/697f69b2
We're usually there for 2 hours.

Craft Club is meant to be a chill space - I ask that you not bring up politics. I want people to be able to talk about their personal lives and experiences, but this is a time to not dwell upon the horrors.

#fiberArts #knitting #crochet #sewing

draco

@draco@wandering.shop · last week

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Just a trash panda

@trashpanda@m.alittlenook.net · 3 weeks ago

An #introduction post. New here, if I break a norm, please DM me.

I hate #BigTech and #surveillance and love #FOSS and #sewing. I am a non-violent #anarchist #vegan and politically engaged in #uspol and my local community. I've been a #hacker and #autodidact my entire life. I love learning. Very #queer and #transgender.