Do You Make Your Own Clothes?

[Gemini Cricket]

Why, yes. I do make my own clothes.
A bed sheet can make a fabulous toga that you can wear to the john in the middle of the night.

[€uroMeinke]

I tend to be more clothing optional

[Strangler Lewis]

The wife knits and sews. What do you need?

[Kevy Baby]

No

Originally Posted by lashbear

I'm making my own Kilt soon !

...Really.

What's so hard about that? Ya get nine yards of tartan, throw it on the floor, roll yourself up in it and toss it over your shoulder.

[3894]

I. Re: 8 year-old Bangledeshis

They sew better than me. I knit better than them.

However, we do own the gold standard of sickeningly exploitative child labor. It's a hand-knotted silk Persian-style rug, bought by my parents in China in 1980 for like $50. The silk threads are very slender and there are many, many thousands of tiny knots. Only a child's hands could do this work and undoubtedly the work did some kid's eyesight no favors.

II. All the costumers out there

Can you link to photos of your work? And Lashbear, when you're posing for us, work it, baby.

[Snowflake]

My mother tried to teach me, hopeless. I can only mend, poorly, hems and such.

[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.

[3894]

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).