I knew it!, I am a Fashion Genius, Master of Design, Sewing Whizz! Ok, "Whizz" may be a stretch but I have mastered sewing straight lines, zig zags and swirls on pieces of paper and even perfected a button hole!!
Nadine my new guide on the path to Fashion Enlightenment generously gave me two hours on one on one time and took me through how to use my machine (I'm slightly incapable of reading the manual), sewing on a bright orange scrap which I will keep as a little reminder of how I started, and then let me loose on my pieces of paper!
In a stroke of luck I realised I had found a teacher who wouldn't leave me just knowing how to use my machine, she sat me down and talked to me about fabrics (Who knew there was only black and white interfacing? Who knew there was interfacing at all??), then guided me through laying out a pattern and cutting it on a fabric. this may seem a simple task to those with experience but for the girl who casually pronounced to her mother when she was offered to be taught sewing at a young age "Mum, I'll just pay people to do that!" this is all an exciting new venture!
The best part of this all is next week I will actually start making a skirt! A real skirt that will fit me! None of this little pin cushion rubbish for those not Masters of the Fashion BIz. A real skirt. Watch out Project Runway... I'm gonna be IN!
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lol! - interfacing? who knew fashion was so technical!!
ReplyDeletecant wait to see how your skits going to turn out :)
love e moi (cant wait to join you in blogging stakes once my website gets up!)xx
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