tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post1247520421025249065..comments2024-03-28T19:55:20.909-07:00Comments on Cation Designs: Sew Weekly: On TrendCation Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-50199285998710013352013-07-04T20:31:29.452-07:002013-07-04T20:31:29.452-07:00Have you ever looked into the Brother 1043D serger...Have you ever looked into the Brother 1043D serger? I'm in high school and saving up for one right now. I've heard lots of good things about it and at $200 its the most affordable one I've found. This dress is very nice and despite your annoyance at the one unfinished edge, it looks very well made! Great job.Jenyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791441574967501634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-38832263871911397842012-09-26T03:08:01.930-07:002012-09-26T03:08:01.930-07:00I don't normally like sheer tops with dresses,...I don't normally like sheer tops with dresses, but this looked beautiful! Such a stunning dress, I love the material. XxxX http://thesecondhandrose.blogspot.co.ukSecond Hand Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937657828552984478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-36872866924049352132012-08-08T16:00:55.313-07:002012-08-08T16:00:55.313-07:00I love the dress. It's sweet and simple, and ...I love the dress. It's sweet and simple, and looks beautiful on you. And I heartily approve of simple designs - I think it's an important step in sewing to stop trying to make the most complicated thing possible, and just make easy things that are beautifully made, and easy to wear. <br /><br />I'm going to disagree with Brooke, and say the serger wouldn't fix that edge - it would just make it bulky and ruin the line from the outside. Sometimes the simplest solution is the right one. I just finished a blouse with pinking shears, because anything else would have messed with the line of the blouse. <br /><br />I actually avoid making clothes that look RTW. Instead, I buy RTW clothes that look like I might have made them. Most RTW clothes are shoddily made of cheap materials: there is no virtue in imitating them! Even overlocking is a cheap edge finish which often isn't the best solution for a garment - just for the factory making it. Most of your garments are so much more beautifully made, and reflect you, so much more than any boughten garment. I do agree with the desire to tone things down for events that aren't about you though.<br /><br />P.S. I love that you mentioned not wearing red to someone else's wedding. In this day and age, with all the old fashioned standards of etiquette going by the wayside, for better or worse, it baffles people that I won't wear black OR red OR white to a wedding! Old fashioned girl + Southern family + Hawaiian upbringing = lots of intersecting rules!The Dreamstresshttp://thedreamstress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-55666545496219408842012-08-01T22:02:41.350-07:002012-08-01T22:02:41.350-07:00As in, the clothes will never die, or you will be ...As in, the clothes will never die, or you will be resistant to death while wearing them? ;)<br /><br />It's my bulging calf muscle...I read somewhere that you should never end a hem at the widest part of your leg, so I aimed for right below it.Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-64993217912889576142012-08-01T22:00:43.843-07:002012-08-01T22:00:43.843-07:00Thanks, Neeno!Thanks, Neeno!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-80736677100018138182012-08-01T22:00:26.745-07:002012-08-01T22:00:26.745-07:00Thank you! I was trying to be less, ahem, trashy w...Thank you! I was trying to be less, ahem, trashy with my mullet hem (although I think not pairing it with those ridiculous combat-esque peep toe ankle booties has a lot to do with that!), so I'm glad it came across. I, too, am guilty of always staring at other people's RTW clothing. I don't think I've ever been able to tell that someone else is wearing me-made.Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-87638291423224486042012-08-01T21:58:24.960-07:002012-08-01T21:58:24.960-07:00Interesting, I could definitely see how a town or ...Interesting, I could definitely see how a town or city's culture could influence how me-made one wants to go. I think SF is a good place for it, but the East Bay feels totally different to me. <br /><br />I think my husband wishes I would think more about overdoing the quirky, but I figure I'm the one wearing it :) And I totally agree with you about the 24-hour energy!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-36052744614042092812012-08-01T21:56:37.787-07:002012-08-01T21:56:37.787-07:00I'm pretty sure you're the queen of produc...I'm pretty sure you're the queen of producing RTW-looking jeans that fit superbly! So if you say my net-bound seam is good enough, I'll take it. Recently I was at the bookstore and came across a book that purported to give patterns for making famous movie dresses, and it was definitely like what you described.Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-13374921868716068162012-08-01T21:52:47.523-07:002012-08-01T21:52:47.523-07:00I keep hearing those horror stories about serger t...I keep hearing those horror stories about serger tension, so I'll just try to keep that in mind when I wish for one!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-44967006595418750022012-08-01T21:51:25.796-07:002012-08-01T21:51:25.796-07:00Thanks! It was definitely cool, which was perfect ...Thanks! It was definitely cool, which was perfect in the valley!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-75352814028005660532012-08-01T21:50:36.545-07:002012-08-01T21:50:36.545-07:00Thank you! I am in love with belts that camouflage...Thank you! I am in love with belts that camouflage simple designs :) Makes me look more accomplished than I actually am!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-1357552866334573132012-08-01T21:49:43.704-07:002012-08-01T21:49:43.704-07:00I did make the pattern myself! If one can call it ...I did make the pattern myself! If one can call it that, that is. It's really the simplest pattern ever. I've been going through an imitate RTW kick myself, and it is nice sometimes to blend in with all the other RTWs out there while secretly knowing that you made it yourself.Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-61757419364084520222012-08-01T21:48:25.774-07:002012-08-01T21:48:25.774-07:00Darn, I was afraid that a serger would be the answ...Darn, I was afraid that a serger would be the answer to my problems! <br /><br />I, too, have never been fond of the mullet hem style, but I wanted to give it another chance. I think it's such a compliment when one makes a vintage pattern in a vintage fabric and it gets mistaken as real vintage!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-52773762282508145862012-08-01T21:46:38.330-07:002012-08-01T21:46:38.330-07:00The first time I heard that term, I laughed and cr...The first time I heard that term, I laughed and cringed, because it could probably be used to describe a lot of my early projects. <br /><br />It seems like people always end up asking when I'm not wearing me-made, and I don't know how to take that!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-24943767896076787592012-08-01T21:45:27.607-07:002012-08-01T21:45:27.607-07:00I think pieces with personality are the best!I think pieces with personality are the best!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-8362165519369110772012-08-01T21:45:08.013-07:002012-08-01T21:45:08.013-07:00Thanks! I thought I needed some more daring elemen...Thanks! I thought I needed some more daring elements for such a sweet print, so I'm glad it worked!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-44952355815198637382012-08-01T10:51:59.755-07:002012-08-01T10:51:59.755-07:00i try to make my clothes death proof.
okay, they ...i try to make my clothes death proof.<br /><br />okay, they were definitely asking for the LATTER reason. this is magnificent! and what the hell is a burly gastrocnemius?marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-33279278150586278922012-07-30T03:38:34.342-07:002012-07-30T03:38:34.342-07:00Ahh Cindy you've done it again. Beautiful dres...Ahh Cindy you've done it again. Beautiful dress!!!!!Neenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805951948694378777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-46676815464062994042012-07-29T23:04:24.639-07:002012-07-29T23:04:24.639-07:00Perfect summer wedding-attending dress! I too am n...Perfect summer wedding-attending dress! I too am not in love with the mullet hem, but it is undeniably having a moment, and yours is one of the most subtle and tasteful I've seen. Love the sheer top - well done with the pattern drafting!<br />I don't really think about whether something will look RTW when I'm sewing it, but whenever I wear a me-made item I obsessively examine everyone around me and compare the style of my garment to their (presumably) RTW clothes to see if I fit in. I also always wonder what store they're assuming I bought my garment in (presuming they don't assume I made it, which I always hope they don't!)aleahhttp://notimetosew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-38891922378211879602012-07-29T22:22:05.766-07:002012-07-29T22:22:05.766-07:00I don't mind a bit when the garment looks me-m...I don't mind a bit when the garment looks me-made, but that's partly the town I live in now--for me, this town has a complete lack of that high-school-like, "what if they laugh at me?" vibe. When I lived in the Bay Area, I was much less comfortable with what I wore.<br /><br />I _do_ care whether the garment looks good--I worry about overdoing the quirky and looking foolish. I've also made a rule that I have to wear a garment outside the house within twenty-four hours of finishing it, to get past the stage fright while I still have some, "Woo hoo! It's done!" energy. <br /><br />But your dress is gorgeous; I'm not seeing anything home-ec about it.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-66976017491220767942012-07-27T08:19:47.039-07:002012-07-27T08:19:47.039-07:00It looks great and yes, very RTW. Interesting how ...It looks great and yes, very RTW. Interesting how style elements and fabric choice can dictate that, hey?<br /><br />I really like your topstitched, net-bound seam, actually, better than what my serger would produce. But my serger is old and crankly and doesn't like light-weight fabrics.<br /><br />There's no shame in a simple pattern when a design calls for it. It's when a design *needs* a complex, structured, sophisticated drafting and the pattern provides a simple, beginner-friendly shape that it drives me nuts. Good for you on the careful attention to the hem! :)Tanit-Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824217102632813598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-60794025357027861702012-07-27T01:36:45.281-07:002012-07-27T01:36:45.281-07:00Your front yoke edge finishing is much more beauti...Your front yoke edge finishing is much more beautiful than a serger's work! Or maybe I just say that because my brand new serger gives me grief with eternally loose looper threads, no matter how much I try to fix the tension!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947797704112639187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-33005777962176593992012-07-26T16:59:29.674-07:002012-07-26T16:59:29.674-07:00So pretty, I love the sheer yoke and the fabric - ...So pretty, I love the sheer yoke and the fabric - Looks so nice and cool to wear on a summer daySuzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02665152222823096026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-46605775583752735812012-07-26T16:03:10.647-07:002012-07-26T16:03:10.647-07:00I think this dress is fantastic! I didn't eve...I think this dress is fantastic! I didn't even realize it is an a-line shift until you pointed it out - the belt is perfect!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189513869927434997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-61411153331204291602012-07-26T14:37:21.261-07:002012-07-26T14:37:21.261-07:00Did you make the pattern yourself? It looks great ...Did you make the pattern yourself? It looks great on you, perfect for a wedding. I think lately I have been choosing fabrics that look more RTW because I feel I will get more wear out of the garment if it doesn't scream home made. On the other hand, I don't mind so much when people can guess that I made something.angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928065238345574964noreply@blogger.com