Do You Make Your Own Clothes?

[Brigitte]

My mother was a home ec teacher before getting married and having kids, so yes, I do know how to sew. Do I sew clothes? No, though I have. I helped my mom make my wedding dress even, as well as prom dresses in high school. Nowadays, no, I haven't made anything other than decor type items and the infamous strollers we bring to DL. My grandmother taught me to knit when I was a kid too, but I have forgotten how for the most part. I loved to cross stitch for a while too, but haven't even done that in years. I need to get back some time to do some scrapbooking as I have my mother-in-law's pictures here that need to be put in albums.

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Originally Posted by Brigitte

I helped my mom make my wedding dress even, as well as prom dresses in high school.

I'm always in awe of women who sew their own wedding dress.

I have two teen daughters, both of whom like to go to formal dances. The younger one loves to sew. We made this together. Check out how the cherry blossoms match up. It's hard to see the top of the dress but it's strapless and has a little bronze tulle shrug.

[katiesue]

I can sew but I don't do it very often. I was in 4H etc, I've even won a few competitions. For daily clothing it just seems by the time you buy the pattern, material etc it's way more expensive than just buying the item. And that doesn't include your time making it. Plus I'm too lazy.

I can knit but it bores me bonkers. My mother knits and crochets. I also get bored out of my mind with needlepoint etc.

[mousepod]

Heather makes clothes. Back in the old days, she used to make an outfit to wear to work that day. Now, since she's a pro, her personal clothes-making is a more rare occasion, but she almost always does her own alterations (and mine, too).

[blueerica]

Last night, I was in the middle of a clothes fixing disaster! I can generally hem pants, fix buttons... basic stuff, though nothing fancy at all. I had a knit sweater with a pocket in the front... something made by some Bangladeshi child, I'm sure. I love it - it looks great and is one of the most comfy things I've bought in ages. So here's the problem:

The pocket in the front started to come undone. I thought it was a random thread, so I snipped a bit off the end and tied a knot (foolishly hoping the problem would go away), though it didn't seem to help. Absent-mindedly wearing it one day, whatever was holding the pocket to the sweater started to come undone. So, I pinned it, and set it aside to fix at a future date. That date was last night.

I tried to hand stitch it back together and couldn't get it to work. Clearly, I didn't need thread, I needed thread or yarn of the same thickness of the original. I brought it to my grandmother who was able to put it back together (with the right color and all) - though it still doesn't look quite right, it'll do the trick and stay together enough for me.

For our knitting mavens - how would you fix something like this? Is there a special kind of stitch you might use?

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Originally Posted by blueerica

For our knitting mavens - how would you fix something like this? Is there a special kind of stitch you might use?

Is it a kangaroo pocket? There's no special secret way to fix it that I know of.

[Not Afraid]

But, you're bringing it to wear on your vacation, right?

[lashbear]

I'll have pics of the real thing as soon as I get a toile made. I don;t trust myself to just make it from scratch using the tartan.