(Archive of all my fashion projects.)
Tools:
- Heavy duty sewing machine ✔.
- Clothes iron ✔.
- Square Triangle ✔.
- Carpenter's squares ✔.
- Yard stick (or something for straight lines) ✔.
- Tailor's measuring tape ✔.
- Couple of french curves ✔, Sleigh curve ✔, Deitzgen #17 ❌, Hip curve ❌, and vary form curve ❌.
- Seam ripper (my new best friend) ✔.
- Chalk ✔.
- Paper for patterning, (craft paper ✔, plain gift wrap ✔, large grid paper ✔, etc) ✔.
- Materials ✔.
- Inspiration (Simple, practical, with utility, European style) ✔.
Pipeline:
-3: Learn this machine, be one with the machine.
-2: Practice important stitch techniques (straight stitch ✔, back stitch ✔, zig-zag stitch ✔, overcast stitch ❌, stretch stitches ❌, gather stitch ❌, etc).
-1: Make some tote bags to get a feel for it (good practice for straight stitch, back stitch, overcast stitch and or zig-zag stitch).
0: Practice cloning for 1 - 6 and make sloper.
0.2512 🎅: Lets get a little festive, maybe a couple of christmas themed shirts from old Christmas fabric?
1: T-shirts (straight stitch, back stitch, overcast stitch or zig-zag stitch, and gather stitch).
2: Long sleeves (same techniques as T-shirts plus sleeve tailoring and patterning).
3: Vests (practice with pockets).
4: Coats and hoodies.
5: Carhartt-esque pants (utility).
6: Female apparel (dresses, skirts, coats, pants, etc).
7: Suits.