On Monday 22 May 2006 3:42 pm, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote: [snip] > So, when I joined the SCA, sewing became the way to obtain the > costumes I wanted. I think to this day I like "having made" something > more than I like "making" it.
I am *so* with you there. That is *exactly* why I sew, and if I could get exactly what I want without sewing it myself (and could afford to pay for it, of course) I would. When I can, I do. > I had to learn to make clothes without a > pattern (thanks Kass - and her reconstructinghistory website), > something my mother wouldn't do. Something my mother *couldn't* do. She sewed in a "sweatshop" for a living, and didn't really enjoy it. > I learned mostly by reading mailing > lists and websites. Ditto. > > I love thinking about projects, planning, researching, buying fabric > and accessories, In agreement with you so far! > washing, preparing and ironing the fabric, This part I can live without. > but then I > get stuck because I HATE HATE HATE marking, pinning and cutting. > Sometimes a project will sit in a box for years before I start because > I just can't bring myself to lay it out and cut. Me too. Though "hate" isn't quite the right word for the way I feel. "Dread" is more like it. > The sewing stage > itself doesn't bother me. It's not something I enjoy doing, but I > don't hate it either. Ditto. > Fitting doesn't bother me either, but fitting > myself is kind of a hassle - I really have to get a dress dummy at > some point. There's a reason I seldom make styles that require any significant amounts of fitting.... > Then I get to the other part I love - hand-finishing. > Hemming, finishing the inside seams, all of that. I don't mind doing hand-finishing--so long as there isn't too much of it, but I'm not wild about it either. It's refreshing, hearing somebody else give vent to my pet peeves about costuming, for a change! -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I'm starting to like the cut of this man's gibberish." --General Fillmore (from "The Tick," episode 2) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
