A Simple Sewing Project
@BettyB (4117)
Summerville, South Carolina
May 22, 2017 7:19am CST
I love to sew but I mostly make lap robes and baby blankets now days. I haven’t completed a serious sewing project in ages. I’m not sure if I have to patience for it now, but I need some new shirts.
I came across this material in Walmart and it was marked down to a buck fifty a yard. I haven’t seen material, even scraps, marked down that low in ages. I figured it was worth a shot. If I mess it up the only true investment is time and I have plenty of that.
When I sat down at the pattern books, I remembered why I gave up sewing clothes. Even at half price the pattern cost twice what I paid for the material.
As I really want some simple cotton shirts for the hot days ahead, I went ahead and bought the pattern.
So that’s my project for the week.
Do you sew? Do you cringe at the cost of patterns now days?
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19 responses
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
24 May 17
Good luck, I did sew years ago but out of necessity, when my daughter grew up I gave her my sewing machine and have not missed it at all. My creativity is used in my art. And when I need something fixed, there is a small business in town where 5 women do repairs and all things with sewing machines and I sent my husband there and I go too when needed.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 May 17
@BettyB I made a lot of our clothes in the past but just lost the urge probably as we aged we had more money then when we were younger...
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
27 May 17
@PainsOnSlate That makes a difference. When I was a teen, I sewed out of necessity. I kept it up into adulthood but the busier I got, the less I sewed. Maybe if I had a little girl to sew for instead of boys, I might of kept it up longer. I made a few things for the boys but my husband always said they looked girlish.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
25 May 17
I've been slowly using up my surplus material sewing lap robes for a couple of nursing homes. That's about the extent of my sewing lately. I'm not sure how this is going to go. I look at the material, and then sit down to do something else.
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
22 May 17
I can sew but not very good. At the moment I'm planning to make my own curtains.
Is that the dress you are going to make with the materials shown?
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@atoz1to10 (6780)
• Australia
23 May 17
@BettyB Make sure you take a photo of you wearing it to show us please. 
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
22 May 17
I love to sew. My sewing machine needs some tlc and I don't have the patience to figure out what is wrong with it. Not sure if there is anyone locally who fixes the dang things anymore.
I look at the Goodwill for patterns when I am in the market for one.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
22 May 17
@BettyB check out used patterns online too. Often times people buy a pattern thinking they will complete a project and never do it.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
25 May 17
@ElusiveButterfly Good idea.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
22 May 17
I haven't the patience or I guess know how to follow patterns.
I haven't a sewing machine and if I did, would barely use it.
Admire anyone that knows how to sew.
I could piece together something if I had to though.
Hope these turn out nicely and will love to see your work when done.
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@Marilynda1225 (82798)
• United States
22 May 17
Good luck with your project! I didn't even know they still sold patterns these days. Guess I've been away from sewing longer than I thought. My patience and my eyes keep me from sewing clothes but I used to make clothes for myself and my daughters many, many years ago. Keep us posted on your shirts
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
23 May 17
The huge sewing stores of yesteryear are gone. The new ones have more crafts than material.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
23 May 17
Yes I also sew, but only simple ones like bedsheets, curtains, pillow cases or shorts! I could not make a pattern!
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
23 May 17
I'm not sure I could make a pattern anymore either. It's been a very long time. I looked at the material yesterday but couldn't talk myself into working on it. I was too tired and unfocused.
@AnthOcean (407)
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22 May 17
yes i sew.. and i am learning doing more. i sewed a few purses in hand and next planning to sew shirts in leisure times.
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@AnthOcean (407)
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23 May 17
@BettyB ohh no.. it's not possible this recent. i am busy with work. but hopefully by the end of this year i may upload my self sewed shirt
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 May 17
I only sew things that don't need a pattern like pillow covers. I would much rather buy my clothes. lol Trust me, it is better that I do!!
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
27 May 17
I saw the other projects you had made...Good luck with the shirt.Cant you download free patterns
