My friend gave me a sewing machine last week. After getting a part, I spent last night playing around and doing small super-quick projects. I repaired my favorite pair of sweatpants that had a hole in the crotch. I also made a couple of things smaller to some degree of success.
The one thing I learned is that seams must line up. I can blame it on not having pins or the shaking table or any number of other things, but the truth is I'm just a newbie. Newbiews are bound to make plenty of mistakes.
The sweatpants were 2nd easiest, b/c the longest run was 5 inches. While repairing a pocket, I did a french seam without realizing it. I just copied what it was supposed to look like. I realized it was a french seam (and I skipped the ironing parts) after seeing it in a pattern online.
One of the alterations was an old pair of cut off sweatpants that were way too big. Now the sweatpants are quite snug :) I do need to alter the front seam, it isn't currently fit for outdoor wear.
My other alteration was an old t-shirt. It was too big as well and is a bit too snug in one arm. I may shorten the sleeves a bit and make the sleeves symmetrically snug. I might just chalk it up to a loss, it was just an old t-shirt.
Anyways, I've got tons of ideas and I'll share them here. I can't promise I'll write every day or even every week, but I'll write whenever something tickles my fancy.
'Til Then, Happy Surfing!
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