I need to shorten two simple curtain panels, and I'm embarrassed to say I may have to pay someone to do it. I can, say, put a button back onto a shirt, but that's about it. Made me wonder who (particularly males) sews anymore?

I know Genesia sews, but what others of you know how to sew?

I can stitch anything by hand for small jobs, but I’d need practice to be any good with a machine again. I got one a few years ago and I used it to take in a dress, but I didn’t do the best job. I ended up throwing the dress out.
I’ve been thinking about taking a class to get myself back into the swing of things. I really should…

I know how to sew. (I was in 4H as a kid.) My mom used to sew clothes and Halloween costumes for me and my brother when we were younger. I haven't sewn since high school though. I wish I had a sewing machine for easy stuff like curtains (last time I had a two different tailors alter some curtains and they both fucked up. I mean, how hard is it to make two panels from one large panel, especially when I wrote down exact measurements?! ) But fabric, patterns, notions, etc. are SO expensive that unless you make multiple versions of something you could probably buy it for roughly the same price.

PunkMistress wants a sewing machine like crazy.


I'll probably get her one for her birthday along with a membership to http://nofauxxx.com/.

She asked for both.

I bought my wife a nice little Singer sewing machine a few Christmases ago

Still in the box, never been opened!

I am not a guy but, will still reply.....

I have a Necchi sewing machine...have had the same machine for 20 ot years. I Love this sewing machine...does a huge amount of stiches and I have never had a problem w/it.

Just helped a fella recover his a few months ago w/this machine...

Even does embrodiary.

Thanks for the responses. Aside from pippet (Hey you! ), seems sewing is somewhere in our collective background... but we don't generally practice.

I was recently thinking about stealing borrowing my mother-in-law's miniature sewing machine that has been sitting, collecting dust for years. Technically, she's too much of a hoarder to give me permission to take it , but she'd never notice... and it'd provide her room for more wonderful junk. I'd love to teach myself to sew with it; I'm just afraid of impaling myself over and over.
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Lammastide said:

Lammastide said:

That's hot.

I want a sewing machine.

PunkMistress said:

That http://nofauxxx.com membership is gonna inspire either LOTS of joy or LOTS of pain in the life of Mr. KRS, I'm thinking.
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Lammastide said:

I do!

Not for the impaling, that's taken care of.

I'm tired of mending clothes by hand, and I want to be able to hem my pants.

I sew. I had stitched a quilt back in 2002/2003. Took me about 5 weeks. It's a patchwork type quilt, but it's not the typical Americana type patch work that you'd see. I went with a sage green, and three different white fabrics, and the squares are actually rectangular. The backing is a darker green. I still use it. I also made the curtains in my bedroom, and in the living room.

I would sew them for you if we liverd closer

FREE

I do! Not clothes, but decor for my home.

JustErin said:

I've been sewing since I was 11. I made my first pair of pants with a zipper and wore them to school. I had my own business in South Carolina. I made prom dresses, choir robes, mens's tuxes, curtains, children's clothes...then I started designing and sewing for fashion shows.

I don't have much time to sew now as much as I used to, but I still make my own clothes when I can't find a certain style that I want. I still do alterations too. I'm kicking my own ass right now for not coming up with the "snuggie" idea and becoming filthy rich.

Lammastide said:

i love sewing.

for your curtain panels, maybe you could cheat and use tailor's glue.

XxAxX said:

I thought about a tape of adhesive for the curtains. It'd be fine for a pantry curtain that I want to do, as no one would really notice the hem near the floor. But for a panel I have hanging in our bedroom window, will the glue not be conspicuous when light filters through the curtains?

Lammastide said:

well, i don't know. if you apply it sparingly, it should be no more noticeable than an actual stitch.

really fine stitches would probably be best.

I can sew, but I cannot thread a machine to save my life.

You could try this; it's like hemming without hemming:

Stitch Witchery

Acrylic said:

I use that stuff ALL the time. Nearly all of my pants are hemmed with it. (I have short legs. )

Acrylic said:

Thanks. I'll look into this.

Yup, I do all the time. I sew my daughter's girl scout patches on her uniform...(when they're not iron on)

billysparxxx said:

-sigh- My mom used to hot glue 'em.

PunkMistress said:

No, it's all Precious Moments themed.

Acrylic said:

Mom is old school for sure, but whatever works right?

billysparxxx said:

I think she was just lazy.

abigail05 said:

eBay!

pippet said:

OMG! So do I! The machine is at least 60 years old and in a mahogany cabinet. It belonged to my mother who used to make all of my clothes when I was in school. I know how to sew, but I hate laying out the patterns, pinning and cutting. Machine work was my thing.

My mother and my aunt do.
I want to learn