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Posted by SteveB on February 29, 2008, 11:18 am
Hello Everybody,
My name is Mike and I'm 22 in North Carolina. I have become
interested in sewing for several different reasons:
A. The clothes that I like, the styles that I like, and the look that
I like - I cannot afford to support myself in my tastes.
B. Most of the clothes that I am interested in date back to the late
1800's - the Victorian Era; therefore, IF the articles of clothing I
like can be found, they can only be found online - and at exorbitant
prices.
C. I like being able to have one type of clothing in many different
colors - choose the design I like, and identically duplicate it in
other colors.
D. I would like to design my own clothes.
Now, all this being said, I AM NOT a clothes freak (no offense to
those of you who are.) I just like what I like, I abhor what I abhor,
and I want to have more control over what I wear. Lately, I have been
settling for being more than slightly displeased with my appearance,
largely because the clothes I want don't exist anymore or are
inordinately expensive (i.e. smoking jackets.)
So, I had a wonderful notion. If I have such exacting standards when
it comes to the clothes I wear, and if I dream of the day when I could
have a tailor to custom make all of my garments, why not just make the
garments myself? Why not be my own tailor?
I am sure that many of you may be vomiting at my apparent naïveté when
it comes to sewing, but I'll be honest: I don't know much at all about
sewing. So I came to you ladies.
Can someone help me with choosing a good (low-budget) machine? And
what about MEN'S patterns? How do I create my own designs? Where can
I learn these things? And how can I spin my idea about making my own
clothes to my girlfriend so that she doesn't think I'm packing to move
to San Francisco? Are there any male sewers/home-clothes-makers out
there?
Treading on shaky and unfamiliar territory,
Mike
Just don't ask any questions about ............... groan ..............
shudder ................. THREAD!
Steve
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