Sunday 12 April 2009

Trend Alert: Sewing

In a bid to learn a useful 'life skill', I have been learning to sew. Call me old fashioned, but learning how to take up dresses and hem trousers has been really inspirational and I now look through my wardrobe thinking 'how can I customise that?' - trust me, nothing has escaped my scrutiny. Sewing is not techinically a trend as it is ever-present and not subject to seasonal fads, however my 'credit crunch inspired' willingness to save money, and a low key Easter weekend at home inspired me to customise many garments.

5 comments:

  1. oh, me too! I really got into sewing this year and am still practising. costumizing is really fun. I also love standing in front of my closet, looking through everything and finally getting an idea what to do with the old shirt I've never worn et cetera :)

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  2. My sewing machine has just packed in, I was almost in tears! Don't know what I'm going to do without it!

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  3. Cheers to that! I bought a brand new sewing machine over two years ago and I still haven't learned to thread it properly. I tried and messed it up and since then it has just sat there. I need a tutor!! I'm desperate to learn!

    (How lame am I?)

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  4. i have a gorgeous new sewing machine, took me months to save up for :]
    i'm learning textiles+fashion at college and its so fun, and customising clothes is just great too.
    i just made a cushion on my sewing machine haha.
    great blog! come check out mine?
    xx

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  5. oh by the way, would you like to link exchange?
    xx

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