Welcome! I’m so happy you’ve decided to join us in The Sewing Sphere!
I miss the days when the online sewing community was about sewing and general fun. Connections were easier to make and friendships easier to build before algorithms jumbled everything up and only let some people see what you shared. I want to build a welcoming community that enjoys sharing many varieties of creativity and talent – not just sewing. We all have lives outside of sewing, and we can all inspire and learn from each other in so many ways.
I love learning, and I have discovered a love for teaching too. Useful skills should be passed on to those who want to learn, and not guarded like magical secrets. There is plenty of room for everyone. And I truly believe that the more people who understand the time and skill that goes into sewing (and making in general), the more the rest of the world will come to value what we do.
I’d like this little sphere of the internet to be a place where people come to get away from the daily stress and hostility that is so prevalent on all the other social media platforms. For now, I just want to create a space to hang out with friends and perhaps do some live chats. In the future, I may offer premium content on this Locals platform, such as sewing videos/lessons. Let me know if you have ideas or suggestions for any other types of content you’d like to see from me.
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Escape the algorithms. Enjoy old-fashioned chronological feed order. And hang out with sewing friends in The Sewing Sphere!
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
Not bad for a first attempt at English paper piecing. I deliberately used a contrast thread so I could see if I needed to do anything differently.
I have a crazy idea in mind and this was just a test sample. It's going to take forever, but this should be the perfect mindless project to keep my hands busy when I'm listening to podcasts with my husband at night.
Triangle is 4" equilateral.
#epp
My husband sent me a "funny clothes" compilation video, and I actually kind of like this one, lol! I'm trying to wrap my head around exactly how to construct this so you could still turn everything! It looks simple but it's actually really complex!
I don't think it has any seams - looks like one giant circle. But to clean finish those holes, you'd have to sew them in steps with some burrito action. Definitely have to sew one and then the other.
I might have to make a half scale version to see if I can.
I made a patriotic 18th Century style skirt for and indie film maker to wear to her documentary premiere. Unfortunately, it has been delayed (she and her husband are still working on the final edit) and won't be out today as originally planned, but she'll have a skirt whenever it comes out later this year!
In true historical style, the skirt back ties around the waist and then the front ties around the back. This creates side openings that allow access to any pockets worn underneath. Modern women are always complaining about small or no pockets - they used to be separate accessories and as big as you wanted! (Example photos of me modeling it over my jeans at work because my coworkers wanted to see it.)
I couldn't help myself and matched the stars on the seams and even managed to hide horizontal tucks on the bottom layer that don't interrupt the stars (it's two layers of skirt). It can be worn with or without a petticoat, and the top layer can be draped with loops of red ribbon I stitched ...
