tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post1835163027151046066..comments2024-03-19T01:21:12.351-07:00Comments on Cation Designs: Just Dug This Out from My StashCation Designshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-11859319459308156402012-09-21T15:33:44.957-07:002012-09-21T15:33:44.957-07:00Okay, hilariously, I just realized that the skirt ...Okay, hilariously, I just realized that the skirt I'm wearing right this very moment, which was I think my first solid knit project (and is a totally serviceable skirt that I wear all the time), is sewn with the wrong side of the fabric out. Guess I didn't used to know how to tell the right from wrong sides of knits!aleahhttp://notimetosew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-43522681416518476322012-09-21T13:55:22.066-07:002012-09-21T13:55:22.066-07:00Thanks, Angela! My failures do spend a good deal o...Thanks, Angela! My failures do spend a good deal of time hiding in the closet, and then they go to the donation bin once I'm done grieving :)Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-43503654631426934212012-09-21T13:54:26.149-07:002012-09-21T13:54:26.149-07:00Oh, I love CakeWrecks! And yes, some disasters are...Oh, I love CakeWrecks! And yes, some disasters are just too depressing to keep. Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-73548680481049003092012-09-21T13:53:42.996-07:002012-09-21T13:53:42.996-07:00Haha, part of posting these pictures was so that I...Haha, part of posting these pictures was so that I can now safely get rid of that top and not have to have it taking up space anymore! <br /><br />How perfect, though, that you have a daughter who can make use of your UFOs!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-36284764499520128862012-09-21T13:52:39.765-07:002012-09-21T13:52:39.765-07:00Hahaha oh, yes, I remember the days of not knowing...Hahaha oh, yes, I remember the days of not knowing about "cut on fold." Good that you were able to salvage the skirt pattern, though!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-58394743721919181872012-09-21T13:51:44.894-07:002012-09-21T13:51:44.894-07:00Oh dear, RTW clothes like that? I guess I am benef...Oh dear, RTW clothes like that? I guess I am benefiting from sewing my own stuff! I can't wait to see your first costume, and good luck with your new job!<br /><br />Theater production standards are awesome :)Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-29614458730768202632012-09-21T13:50:33.508-07:002012-09-21T13:50:33.508-07:00Neeno, I think your first sewing attempts are prob...Neeno, I think your first sewing attempts are probably better than mine -- I just left raw edges because I didn't even know what facings were!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-38029489598516456532012-09-21T13:49:55.648-07:002012-09-21T13:49:55.648-07:00I'll have to go check that out! Thanks for the...I'll have to go check that out! Thanks for the link. <br /><br />My first invisible zipper sounds similar, as is the unfinished seam business! And yes, you have come a long way!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-8133673447171824792012-09-21T13:49:02.616-07:002012-09-21T13:49:02.616-07:00Yes, I, too, cringe when I think of what I used to...Yes, I, too, cringe when I think of what I used to leave the house in! Most of those projects have been donated or recycled by now. <br /><br />Those paper bag waistline pants sound fascinating!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-78438060113295949522012-09-21T13:48:03.307-07:002012-09-21T13:48:03.307-07:00You can do it! It's really amazing how much pe...You can do it! It's really amazing how much people can learn in just a couple of years!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-86838470454888955152012-09-21T13:47:29.513-07:002012-09-21T13:47:29.513-07:00I think you are a star at reworking old pieces! Yo...I think you are a star at reworking old pieces! You're actually one of the reasons why I even tried to salvage this fabric!Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-41113163340546019852012-09-21T13:46:39.435-07:002012-09-21T13:46:39.435-07:00SERIOUSLY, OH NOES. SERIOUSLY, OH NOES. Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-89176231488348803582012-09-21T13:46:05.563-07:002012-09-21T13:46:05.563-07:00Glad somebody got some laughter out of it! :)Glad somebody got some laughter out of it! :)Cation Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785063344305810736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-12879807254519601862012-09-21T13:30:51.548-07:002012-09-21T13:30:51.548-07:00You have come so far! You are an excellent seamstr...You have come so far! You are an excellent seamstress! Good to know improvement does happen, I hide my failures in the closet, I should get rid of them though!angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928065238345574964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-29091238911042491452012-09-21T05:28:05.240-07:002012-09-21T05:28:05.240-07:00What a relief to see, yet again, that we can devel...What a relief to see, yet again, that we can develop our skills. :-) Just look where you are now! <br />Salvageable UFO's I keep, meaning to finish, but disasters I get rid of. Just too depressing! However, there is also a site somewhere with cake disasters, really hilarious, so I suppose the wrecks do have some purpose.Moniquenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-461560455309104322012-09-21T03:40:47.759-07:002012-09-21T03:40:47.759-07:00i keep trying to throw away my horrible first knit...i keep trying to throw away my horrible first knit disaster top. but as it's pink (probably part of the reason why i hate it!) my daughter keeps pulling it out of the bin as she wants it for fancy dress. maybe i need to keep it like you have to remind me at some future point how far i have come...Sew little timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027164681383524032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-40343864647406086942012-09-21T01:21:31.225-07:002012-09-21T01:21:31.225-07:00It is great to see how you developed! My first thi...It is great to see how you developed! My first thing I made with a pattern that went really wrong was also my third item. It was a skirt with a zip at the back. i didn't know what "cut on fold" meant and ignored it and hence ended up with it being way too small. Which resulted in the zipper bursting. lol<br />I have however made the skirt again twice out of the same fabric. The first re make ripped eventually below the zipper but the other version is very much alive. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-73520364131537326252012-09-20T21:07:35.460-07:002012-09-20T21:07:35.460-07:00You know, the saddest thing is, I've seen some...You know, the saddest thing is, I've seen some clothes in stores that have seams finished like your last photo! You've come a long way in a short time!<br /><br />I have held on to a couple of old projects that make me laugh for various reasons. And I actually made my parents go digging through really old pictures a few weeks ago to find a picture of the first costume I remember making. It's a hilarious story of childhood laziness that I want to share on my blog. (The only reason I haven't written about it yet is because I got a job and haven't had time.)<br /><br />Today, I did one of the ugliest alterations I've ever done. The designer asked me to add 6 inches to the length of a formal dress for a theatre production and handed me some not-quite-matching fabric. The dress was crap and the alteration was something you can only get away with in theatre - it looked okay on the outside from a distance, but man, was the inside ugly! Brookehttp://customstyle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-70137250324309020612012-09-20T15:27:32.888-07:002012-09-20T15:27:32.888-07:00I keep all my "laughable sewing attempts"...I keep all my "laughable sewing attempts" :)<br />My worst is the skirt I made for my sister - unline viscose, messy zig zagged raw edges.... facings were a mess!!!! Neenohttp://www.sewmelove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-62368031424547669642012-09-20T14:46:26.483-07:002012-09-20T14:46:26.483-07:00I love this! Susan of Moonthirty.com just started...I love this! Susan of Moonthirty.com just started a flickr group called Beautifully Imperfect Stitching for just this sort of thing!<br /><br />I recently got out a dress I made about a year and a half ago, when I first got back into sewing. It's a seersucker Colette Parfait. At the time, I was so proud I'd inserted an invisible zipper. But that zipper is anything but invisible! I also didn't know how to finish seams, so the inside is a raveled mess! But it was really reaffirming to look at that dress and see how far I've come!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189513869927434997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-85920937282096638492012-09-20T12:36:41.610-07:002012-09-20T12:36:41.610-07:00The scary thing is the early projects that I finis...The scary thing is the early projects that I finished and actually wore. My grandmother was a seamstress, so I did have some basic training. Problem was my choice of fabrics and styles. I remember a very busy print palazzo-like pants with a paper-bag like waistline–-ack, at the time I thought they looked retro--but they must have looked like baggy PJs. (I am short waisted). I also had a bad first-knit experience, a maxi dress, but again, it was more of a style issue. I never hemmed it and I think it eventually went to Goodwill. <br />~JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-9194084656307205292012-09-20T11:02:25.883-07:002012-09-20T11:02:25.883-07:00Thank you for making me feel better! I'm just ...Thank you for making me feel better! I'm just a beginner, so hopefully in 2 and half years (or so) i can look back at what i just made and have a good laugh =)soisewedthishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132339220603233156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-31146380496626258252012-09-20T10:44:32.536-07:002012-09-20T10:44:32.536-07:00Oh wow...whenever I find an old project of mine, I...Oh wow...whenever I find an old project of mine, I immediately wince. I usually throw the item in the garbage at that point if it's unsalvageable or pieced together in some god awful way. Mostly I just find the cut pieces of fabric and then have to make it work - it's like a puzzle gifted from old sewing self to my new sewing self! (I love puzzles). Meg the Grandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505371880343451606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-10829851269013508762012-09-20T10:34:57.696-07:002012-09-20T10:34:57.696-07:00THE HORROR!!!!THE HORROR!!!!marcy harriell | oonaballoonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586073125331744719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479880960748887964.post-76128355371355571942012-09-20T10:01:48.776-07:002012-09-20T10:01:48.776-07:00Ha ha. I cant stop laughing. Its always interestin...Ha ha. I cant stop laughing. Its always interesting to look back and see how far you have gone. zoeopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266146417235773311noreply@blogger.com