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dragonlady7) wrote2020-01-06 06:43 pm
dragonlady7) wrote2020-01-06 06:43 pm
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dollsahoy:
vinceaddams:
annagetsthefabulousbabes:
vinceaddams:
Please, I implore you, do not be intimidated by sewing.
If you try to make a thing and it turns out bad then it’s ok, you learned stuff by doing that. I see so many people say they want to sew stuff but are scared of screwing up, but it’s nothing to be afraid of!!
Find some cheap thrift store fabric or secondhand clothes to cut up if you’re worried about wasting costly materials, but please just try sewing the things you want to!
This is one of my goals for 2020. PLEASE ADVISE.
“please advise” is very vague so I’ll just link you to my FAQ.
I have been sewing seriously for nearly 30 years, and people think I’m pretty good at it, and I’ll tell everyone this:
You don’t ever stop screwing up
You will always make mistakes in sewing, in fabric choice, in making projects that are absolutely wonderful and well constructed and completely not suitable to what you wanted to with ‘em.
So, absolutely: don’t be afraid of screwing up–instead, make so many things that the screw ups are lost in all the successes
(and, you’ll get really good at compensating for mistaken cuts and picking out bad stitching and doing things over again)
But! You can’t get to the point of successes outnumbering the screw ups if you don’t keep making stuff!
dollsahoy:
vinceaddams:
annagetsthefabulousbabes:
vinceaddams:
Please, I implore you, do not be intimidated by sewing.
If you try to make a thing and it turns out bad then it’s ok, you learned stuff by doing that. I see so many people say they want to sew stuff but are scared of screwing up, but it’s nothing to be afraid of!!
Find some cheap thrift store fabric or secondhand clothes to cut up if you’re worried about wasting costly materials, but please just try sewing the things you want to!
This is one of my goals for 2020. PLEASE ADVISE.
“please advise” is very vague so I’ll just link you to my FAQ.
I have been sewing seriously for nearly 30 years, and people think I’m pretty good at it, and I’ll tell everyone this:
You don’t ever stop screwing up
You will always make mistakes in sewing, in fabric choice, in making projects that are absolutely wonderful and well constructed and completely not suitable to what you wanted to with ‘em.
So, absolutely: don’t be afraid of screwing up–instead, make so many things that the screw ups are lost in all the successes
(and, you’ll get really good at compensating for mistaken cuts and picking out bad stitching and doing things over again)
But! You can’t get to the point of successes outnumbering the screw ups if you don’t keep making stuff!