{"id":178,"date":"2008-03-03T09:41:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T22:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ginevra.org\/testblog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2019-06-16T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T01:10:13","slug":"my-first-sewn-garment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginevra.org\/blog\/my-first-sewn-garment\/","title":{"rendered":"my first sewn garment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, a role-playing character enters the bar:<\/p>\n

“Where you been? Haven’t seen you in ages.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“Sewing-land”<\/em> (sighs heavily, hand tremors)<\/p>\n

“Bad, was it?”<\/em><\/p>\n

(nods) “Bad like you wouldn’t believe”<\/em> (drinks deeply) “Ah, that’s better!” “Yeah, real bad, but I survived!!! I made it through the dark forest of topstiching, the swamps of non-stick interfacing and finally I fought the dreaded zipper-toothed dragon”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Yes, I’ve really and truly completed my first sewn garment. Burda 7947, view C<\/a>, I think I should have chosen something easier … not a 3 out of 4 dot effort. Also, I made it needlessly difficult for myself deciding to do mock flat-fell seams. Yes, of course, I see all the imperfections … the interfacing is too stiff (but firmly stuck!). There’s some problem or other across the front at hip level, same issue I often have with RTW clothes. And it’s really too big for me, who knew tape measures were so subjective?<\/p>\n

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But I’m really glad I’m done – not just relieved, I feel I’ve learnt so much, and now have new confidence to tackle sewing challenges. And let’s face it, any sewing is still a challenge for me … ah, the joys of being self-taught.<\/p>\n

Out of interest, I scrolled back to when I first got interested in sewing, it’s about a year<\/a> of reading, thinking, dreaming …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, a role-playing character enters the bar: “Where you been? Haven’t seen you in ages.” “Sewing-land” (sighs heavily, hand tremors) “Bad, was it?” (nods) “Bad like you wouldn’t believe” (drinks deeply) “Ah, that’s better!” “Yeah, real bad, but I survived!!! I made it through the dark forest of topstiching, the swamps of non-stick interfacing and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sewn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t