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2021 Farm Log
lighter:
Amber:
Your work clothes complaint made me laugh and laugh, bc I look ridiculous in my Carhart overalls and regular Levi overalls....they absolutly don't fit me, but they do cover me up well enough while working. Nothing as serious as welding, but I don't mind looking funny while getting jobs done. Never have minded. I feel rather invisible in the country while wearing them to Lowe's, etc.
It would be wonderful to have DD21 tweak the fit of the things for my shape. She has a fancy sewing machine I don't think I could figure out...... looks like a computer, it does. I've always wanted to take my jeans in at the knee and add hoods to coats and jackets I like. Just LOVE hoods on everything, so I'm vibing with your sewing projects. I don't have that skill, but appreciate those with the
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I hope you and Hol enjoy making the dragon and work clothes. Are you thinking of making workclothing from absolute scratch?
Lighter
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Yes Lighter - for the workpants, it'll absolutely be "bespoke"; made from scratch & tailored to someone's unique body shape... and even preferences. For instance, Hol doesn't like baggy/wide legs because they snag on equipment & such when working on set. (There's a whole Rube Goldberg setup for lighting, cameras and special effects "off camera" she climbs around and hides in) Pants are the trickiest garment of all, because of all the places they need to give, have some room to move in - but still hang pleasingly while standing.
I'll admit, she & I are persnickety about some things, about clothes - almost autistic picky. But she's been customizing her wardrobe since middle school and living out in the boonies, "attire" simply isn't as important as function and comfort. I'm going in a bunch of directions on that topic. Wearing leggings & tunics again; oh! Sweater-weather is almost here!... but I'm liking long skirts too. Cloaks. Elven fashion - or Viking, it varies. Very simple sewing there, but plenty of accessorizing/embellishment opportunities.
I deal with the issues of being a little TOO well endowed - and she's just the opposite; but bras are another topic of "problem-solving" on our workboard. They are uncomfortable for both of us - and we've tried many versions. So now, I'm looking at various periods of stays, corsets, and such. For ideas. They would've been unbearably hot in the weather we had the past couple months - so, definitely trying to re-invent the wheel in that dept.
And at this point, it's become impossible to find patterns that is exactly what we want... so patternmaking - a specialty unto itself - is on the "learn it better" list.
First thing up on the table, is patching a pair of motorcycle jeans for B. Odd seaming makes it challenging. Then I'm going to make myself a pair of moccasins. I can't find the style of short boots I like, made commercially anymore - and Hol brought home two bison hides, different colors, to go with my white deerskin. I wore out two pair like that in HS.
I like making complex things - like bags & functional purpose-specific clothing. Household stuff - cushion covers, duvets, curtains... too.
Like any seamstress, I have a pretty big "stash" of fabrics. I'll need to retrieve those totes from the studio attic and reacquaint myself with what I saved.
I think Hol & I both were looking for building/decorating projects to get to a plateau... a solid functional resting place, so we could shift gears into some of these ideas/challenges.
sKePTiKal:
Tupp, you'll catch up in time. There's nothing major going on around the farm right now - even though I keep pushing on a few things on a regular basis to "get 'er done". No worries! It's time to start having some fun with your new place, eh?
Hops, thanks for that link. I shared with Hol. She's being as lazy as I am today. But her brain is in overdrive thinking, making choices, trying to suss out the right direction for her to go in, too. I'm not in the least bit worried that there might be bigger companies doing what we're thinking about. I think the trend across the retail spectrum is shop local and support local "makers". And we don't want to be "big"!! Quality matters more than quantity - function, then aesthetics. Craftsmanship versus artistry. It was something I predicted happening 20 years ago on an art forum. Pictures and knick-knacks are all well & good... but people's search for simplicity and qualities other than materialism/consumerism... are driving a search for the unique; handmade; built to last a lifetime.
Buck is looking to do more work along the same lines - but in metal and wood, leather too - again, with the same mindset of utility and durability. And I haven't given up the idea of getting some kind of good sized loom.
So many ideas; choices have to be made because there simply isn't time to do everything. Rome wasn't built in a day.
lighter:
Amer:
I think we share some similar traits of what might be considered pickiness. Oh well. I love reading about bespoke cloething items and finding a bra that's comfortable AND supports, PLEASE. If you figure that out, let me know. I'm wearing a little support but I'd like to LOOK like there's a lot of support without the strain and cutting off blood and lymph supply. I know you know what I mean. Just difficult and uncomfortable to get the girls UP in place and not do harm, IME.
Looking forward to seeing you post about replacing beloved shoes and jeans and work clothes and make things better than you can buy or adjust.
I have things I've loved since HS too and can't replace. The one pair of BBjeans have been replaced in the thigh area over and over again. Now, broken down into a patter, I want to find several fabrics and have patterns made from them BEFORE having the jeans put back together in time for my being able to wear them again.... likely in the fall.
The fabrics have to be a certain weight with a certain stretch....... the fabric the seamstress picked out was too thin, had no stretch, juat a fiasco fabric for all the money and time and hope I put into trying to replace those jeans as I gained weight.
Anway..... I'm ejoying this topic. I hope Hol comes up with a pattern and choice of fabrics that solves all her work clothes problems.
Lighter
sKePTiKal:
Lighter, I'd ordered some "patternmaking fabric" online.... what showed up was exactly a medium weight interfacing. More I pondered over that, the more it made sense. Takes sharpie really well, is KINDA see-thru, and because it's not woven, it's pretty stable.
As for the problem with the girls... I'm thinking a shelf might be the most comfortable. (HA!) But half my problem is the strain on my back muscles (between shoulders). Maybe a winch or pulley connected to my daruma doll butt? Sure there's weight training. Sure there's losing weight, too. But I'm already well on the way there (and the girls don't exactly shrink along with everything else).
I dunno. More thinking. More letting imagination run to sci-fi, the void, and garments from history.
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