Hello friends and visitors!
Before we get started, I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I live, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I extend this respect to any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who might be visiting this little blog of mine.
Hello, and welcome to Stitch Sessions!
I started this blog after deciding to close down – of all things, a food blog in which I had been testing and creating Gluten Free recipes for well over five or six years. I found that I still had the itch to write, to take photos, and share some kind of creative pursuit with others. I loved being able to write down titbits of information which might benefit others in their own creative adventures. But as I didn’t have a new special interest at the time I was scratching my head over what to do, and that was when I began to get interested in sewing. Little did I know how passionate I would become about it.
It was a shocking shift in hobbies to be sure. Most of all for me. I tend to be impatient with tasks that take a long time to do, I dislike redoing things, and I can get bored of doing the same task multiple times in a row. All of which are phrases I would use to describe sewing. However, it was the other aspects of sewing that hooked me. It was the chance to learn something new at a pace that suited me, it was the fact that there were a lot of Video tutorials which overcame my difficulties with understanding verbal instructions, and it was the chance to make something that I was imagining become a real, tangible thing I could touch and hold and use.
Over time, I also gained a strong interest in vintage fashion which had only grown with time. I made the discovery that the fit of certain patterns from the 40’s and 50’s was well-made for my figure, and I sought them out. However, I now also have a focus on vintage-inspired patterns, which tend to be more on the affordable side. I also source my fabric and notions secondhand where I can, or on clearance where I can’t. I love hunting for secondhand patterns, and I love learning more and more with each garment I make!
For reference:
My base measurements: Bust 36”, Waist 30-31”, Hips 49”.
The most common changes I make to garments: Full Bicep Adjustment, lengthening the crotch curve, scooping out the back crotch curve, shortening the waist by 1-2”.
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