MY SEWING ROOM
Enter, if you dare!
I've been asked to GET OUT of the garage,
at my earliest convenience.
(Don't remind Dad, that his
little needleworker already has
a sewing ROOM in the house;
fabric stashed in every closet
handwork all over the den
a sewing maching in the sewing room
and in the den
and in closets!)
Tisk! Tisk!
all of my fabrics
and threads
and sewing tools
and patterns
and sewing machines!
Oh, and don't forget the christmas decorations
and the Easter decorations
and the 4th
Or better yet, move your racing toys and
tools and
bikes,
the Bronco, and
that FIAT!
OH MY!
This was Ashley's Prom weekend. (15.May2004)
I was pretty honored when she asked me to sew her gown.
Best part was, she let me in on the design efforts.
I'm not all that big on sewing on demand, so that made it fun for me too.
She was afraid the pattern wasn't going to turn out the way she liked, I
told her to just 'trusssst in me', and in the end, she
seemed genuinely pleased.
Prom DAY was pretty stressful for Ashley.
She had to get nails,
make-up,
hair done....and
a bra for a low-cut, backless gown.
The $60 Victoria's secret 'jelly-bra' did not work.
Aunt Lori's backless bra didn't plunge enough in the front.
Necessity often becomes the Mother of Invention.
Ashley did what so many girls resort to:
DUCT TAPE!
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CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTMENTS:
Civil War California
Civil War Roundtable, Los Angeles
Civil War Interactive
CW MILITARY PATTERNS
Fall Creek Suttlery
CW links list
CW NAVY:
Includes CW Navy Insignia
Quartermasters Shop
VICTORIAN WOMEN'S:
*CW Costumes*
Fanny and Vera's Re-Enactment Pages
*Farthingale's*
Godey's Civil War Dresses
Harriet's Ballgowns & Undergarments
Truly Victorian
vivienderes google list
civil war vivienderes?
re-enactment hints
women's history alive
MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN:
blockaderunner.com
(excellent items and resources)
more blockaderunner
Galla Rock
Harriet's CW all uniforms & costumes patterns
*CW Patterns, Sewing Central*
Mercury Sutler Patterns & Supplies
*Past Patterns*
*Wisconsin CW costumes help*
Google's CW Costumes links list
the ladies society links list
ALL HISTORICAL PATTERNS:
Cyndis Clothing & Costumes links
fur trader colonial patterns
Historical Costume Page
MISCELANEOUS PATTERNS:
aviatrix pattern
Harry Potter sweater directions
lederhosen/dirndl pics
piratess bodice ideas
Threads Magazine
FABRICS:
quilts & reproduction fabrics
Sharon's Antique/Vintage Fabrics
QUILTS:
art quilts
CROSS STITCHING:
cross stitch cupboard
wooded hamlet civil war costumes
cw re-enactment
60 minutes jackets
Cross Stitching
The oldest existing embroidery dates from the 5th century BC, from Athens, Greece. The stitches are long gone, experts agree that the technique was counted cross stitch. Since 500 BC, cross stitch has been an important stitch.
Each stitch is perfect, as it is the same size as the previous stitch, on an evenweave fabric, and, the fabric is an empty canvas, to fill as any artist's paint might.
It's very easy for children as well. stitchers need not fill in the background. It's easy to make random patterns from everyday items. Alphabets, animals, houses, trees, food, etc.
Renaissance England produced cloth, threads, dyes, local flora, fauna and customs. Fourteenth and fifteenth century linens were a part of wealthy homes. Ladies' education included all kinds of needlework to decorate clothing and home decor.
The 17th century brought on simple samplers and (long stitched things, lol. The pieces improved as the seamstress worked on their needlework.
Landscapes and houses were popular in colonial America's samplers. The usual picture designs were prevelant, along with Bible verses, moral mottos, and of course, the artist's name and age, if she was a girl, and often family names.
I have so very little of any of my needlework, myself.
Almost all of it has been made for others.
SEWING HINTS
Sewing Machines:
Skipped stitches
-Change the needle.
Knotting or breaking thread/Changing the needle too often.
-Be sure to not force the fabric through the feed-dog. (bent needles)
Use quality threads only.
Try completely re-thread your machine.
Always thread machine with the presser foot up.
Make sure the bobbin and bobbin case are correctly threaded.
-Be sure the bobbin is going in the right direction.
-Watch for bobbin wear, especially with plastic bobbins:
--Specifically for wear and tear
--SIZE matters in bobbin/bobbin case world.
---If your bobbin is "wobbling" in the case, you'll have tension problems.
Tension Adjustments
-The rule of thumb for tension adjustment is: "righty tighty, lefty lucy".
--Turn them to the right you tighten the spring
--Turn them to the left you are loosening the spring.
Maintenance
--You'll shorten the life of your sewing machine w/out regular maintainence.
The web
keeping me in stitches
one dream at a time:
threads
textile arts
mohop shoes
butterflies and moths
Retro Hawaiian Designs
Polynesian Designs
Knittings:
Neck warmers
X-stitchings:
autumn cross-stitch
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