Sewing

[Lady Motevia]

Has anyone here ever sewn their own garment? I made a cloak back in high school and just last year I made my first robe. Hopefully I'll eventually get a better sewing machine so I can make a better one.

[lorifiya]

I can sew but havn't done anything for a few years. I do crochet and I'm planning on makeing a cloak using that.

[moonfyre]

I have sewn some things for my parents and myself. I am actually wanting to go get fabric and patterns to make some maternity clothes. Also I would love to make my own cloak!!! My biggest project this year is making baby clothes and costumes for the kids.

[Lady Motevia]

I crochet too! I wonder if I could make a robe out of crochet. Making maternity clothes is cool, too. My mom used to make my costumes when I was a kid and now I plan to do that for my daughter.

[lorifiya]

you can make anything with crochet,

[Lady Motevia]

That's true. But you don't think making a robe or cloak out of crochet would look too dorky? lol

[lorifiya]

nope, i'm plannin on makeing a cloak with crochet. Just gotta use natural fiber yarn not the artificial stuff like acrilic.

[Lady Motevia]

Yea, I know whatcha mean. I just think with my poor eyesight, crocheting myself a robe would be so much easier, you know? It's so hard for me to bend down over my tiny sewing machine and sew a straight stitch. That's why I don't like the robe I made last year. I used a pattern that ended up being ridiculously big and I just hate it. Crocheting is so much more relaxing and fun to me.

[lorifiya]

Yeah, have you thought of pulling in the seams to make it smaller?

[Lady Motevia]

I've tried, but again with my eyesight and how the bell sleeves are, it's really difficult.

[lorifiya]

Ah I see.

[moonfyre]

I made a tutu for my daughter last night and I only had to sew the elastic together! My next tutu will take more sewing then on to some clothes for myself! Do you have any current projects?

[Lady Motevia]

That's really cool! I saw the picture on Facebook! Right now I'm currently working on curtains for our new place, but I lost the foot pedal to my sewing machine during the move. Once I find it in one of our boxes I'll be able to finish them.

[moonfyre]

Awesome!

[habibidancer]

I've sewn a TON. So much so that I make my own patterns for robes and don't bother with the patterns from stores. Actually, I'm coming out of a hiatus from sewing, as I got sick of it for a while there. But I just bought a new machine and plan to get back into it.

I also crochet and recently learned to knit. If you do crochet a robe, try looking for a stitch pattern that is lighter weight, otherwise your robe will weigh a lot! Now that you've got my mind thinking about it, if I were to crochet ritual garb, it would probably be an outer layer in a lacy pattern to wear over a skirt/tank top.... maybe.

Are any of you on Ravelry? (a social site for crochet/knitters that links up to patterns) I found an AWESOME cape/cloak pattern there that I want to do someday. my name on Ravelry is dancingarden so if you are there you can friend me there and then look through my favorites to find it.