Showing posts with label Thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thoughts. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Sewing Skills??

It's been so difficult for me to blog these days. Life has been super busy (good busy) to say the least. However, I have been doing a bit of sewing by the side, in fact I got emotional with one of my recent projects.
  
I recently made a blouse for a client who is a cancer survivor to wear to a fund raising program. No pattern was used, she  brought an old top and asked me to copy the style. I managed to make a pattern from it by measuring/ drawing method, did a muslin and asked her to try it out, and oh boy it came out better than I expected with just a  little tweakling.

However, it didn't hit me until she came for the final fitting and said "Aminat thank you so much, I really love this, it will accentuate my shape and make me look elegant". Then I felt so good and happy that I could put a smile on her face.

Sometimes we take for granted our God given skills/talent, we underestimate what we can do with it, but if we try harder and push ourselves out of our comfort zone, we might be able to make someone or the world a better place.

Thank you God for my sewing skill , I pray/ hope to get better and do better things with it.........
I have been seeing lots of beautiful projects going on the blogosphere, you guys rock!! and have always been an inspiration. Hopefully I catch up  with  some sewing for me soonest....

Have a great one you all!!!

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Finally......and a coverstitch question

Wao, it's been a long time....... I honestly miss blogging and sewing, but I am glad to be back.......

Life has been so busy but proud to say my thesis is corrected and submitted. Now I am seriously thinking about what to wear for my graduation . I will love to wear a dress and if possible make it myself, any suggestion of a lovely dress pattern will be appreciated.

I will be posting some pictures of the things I made in march soonest.

I have been thinking and I need your input please....
Please I will appreciate your advice sistahs... I have been looking at a coverstitch machine Janome 1000CP, cost from my dealer is $569 Canadian with tax is about $600. Do I really need a coverstitch machine?
I got some knits and I will be making them this month, but I just want to be sure if I really need this or I can do with a double needle as I have read . I made a knit top last month , and for the hem I just serged it and topstitched with two rows of straight stitching, it's not so great but it's okay ... I have not tried the double needle though and not sure if this will give a better finishing .

All your suggestions will be so much appreciated.

Have a lovely weekend........ ~ Aminat