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Posted by Kate Dicey on January 21, 2006, 3:11 pm
yamuna wrote:
> Every pant and jean I bought, I had to do alteration at the bottom.
> For Suit, the alteration is on sleeves. While I would still take the
> suit to the altration place, for the pants, I sure hate spending money
> ....
Shorter than average arms and legs... Yup - hemming up is standard for
us short folks!
>
> The money could have been used to buy a good sewing machine but I know
> that to do a good job on alteration take skills. I grew up watching my
> Mom sew and had done straight line stitch helping make curtains. That
> was long time ago, like I was may be 13 -14.
Started late! I was watching my mum and gran at 4-5, and making
garments for me at 7-8. Better late than never. Alterations skills are
excellent, but not my area of expertise. I find it quicker to start
from scratch!
>
> My fabric of the pants I bought includes cordury and velveteen among
> others which are normal thickness in fabric, aside from jeans.
Cord is about the same weight and toughness as denim jeans: you want a
machine with a bit of welly if you are to do this regularly.
>
> Should I bother getting a SM? Is there one with reasonable price and
> easy to use that would do a variety of stitches? How much should I
> spend? Any suggestion on brand and model?
>
EVERYBODY should have (and learn to use!) a sewing machine! ;)
Make and price are up to you. How much to you want to spend? If your
budget is less than £200/$200, you might like to consider a pre-loved
machine, as most new ones in this price bracket won't do well on lots of
jeans sewing.
> I don't mind taking a class to learn the basic stitching class. Below
> are some links to the classes near where I live. If anyone can tell me
> which class would be useful, I would appreciate it.
basic dressmaking: it'll teach you how to handle the machine and fabrics.
>
> Note that my goal is mainly to do alteration and may be minor
> mending/fixing like this white cotton jeacket with hood that I love got
> torn at the end of sleeve when cleaning/ helping freind move out of
> his apartment and I was going to get a fabric (cotton in jean color
> that's used as lining inside the hood in that matches) and stich it
> over the torn area with double stitch lines and do the same for the
> other side. Unfortunatley, I left my jacket at an airport gate area and
> though I was back at that airport the same day, it was not found. It
> was sucha cute jacket and would work for kid too. Oh, well.
Rats! I'd rather GIVE clothes away than lose them! maybe it ran
away... Feral jackets! :D
>
> Here are classes:
>
> (1) http://tinyurl.com/7k448
> Here, would "FASHN 151: Basic Industry Sewing" be useful? This is 2
> units.
This is for those intending to go into the factory and sew all day for work.
>
> (2)http://tinyurl.com/dkrsj
> Here, would "FASHN 150 Fundamentals of Sewing/Beginning Sewing" be
> useful? 3 units. This is probably more than I need.
Sounds much more like what you need.
You know, you may START by just wanting to do alterations, hemming, and
the odd mend, but if you do a class, stay here with us too, and really
relax and enjoy the process, you could end up making lots of other
stuff! :) Welcome aboard!
BTW, I am about to acquire my 13th machine! The tenth pre-loved one, too...
--
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