Sewing Machine - Blog Posts

My next sewing project is to try and make something similar to this, using the template I found on google images 😂 wish me luck 😭

Starting it next Monday with some embroidery! ❤️

I have made the outline and done a plan but it could all go wrong so join me on this adventure ✨

Getting the inspiration for making something at night is awesome but I want to do things with my sewing machine but it loud as fuck:(

In her rose quartz dress There are more diamonds Than silk That one, lighter than a feather And in her personality Doesn't care about whims Prefers to have set dreams Than have steady vanities.

I am probably going to be annoying by adding my input here, as this is not a Universal Experience ™️, but I have grown to love and appreciate old sewing machines - like really old ones. My dad runs a soft goods business, working with canvas and leather, and the newest sewing machine he works with is circa the late 70's or early 80's. These are all-metal machines, and they just. don't. break. There a few parts that will go, mainly belts and sometimes the wiring (I thought my sewing machine was possessed for a bit, but that's a story for another time). However, there are people out there who know how to fix these things, and if you buy a refurbished machine, they will last forever.

My baby is a Singer Featherweight 221k, made in Scotland, and has likely been used on and off for 70 or so years. It may only sew a straight stitch, but it certainly works at that!

One of my other personal favorites are hand-crank machines, which don't require electricity at all and can be set up anywhere, powered by your hands. It takes some getting used to because one of your hands is occupied, but I sewed hundreds of face masks during the Covid lockdown on a hand-crank, and it worked really well!

Anyways, this is my pitch for the continued use of vintage/antique sewing machines because they are built to last and will run for years with basic upkeep.

bros yall probably already know what i’m about to say but i’ll say it anyway just in case

learn to sew, the joys of sewing are never ending. I sewed a witch hat last month, this week i turned some old pants into shorts, if my favorite socks and tshirts get ripped i can stitch them back together, i made a mouse plushie from an old airline blanket.

you can do a lot of things by hand sewing, albeit slower. but there are more basic cheaper machines too. if you don’t want to invest in a machine sometimes there are public places where you can use the machines. I did most of my sewing at my university campus library, some public libraries have machines too. but if none is available remember you can fix stuff by hand (i learned hand sewing solely so i can repeatedly fix my favorite socks, and it’s doable)

so yeah learn sewing, it’s a good skill

I’ve recently gotten a sewing machine and I just finished a project I’m really proud of!

It’s my friends birthday soon and I decided to make her a purse out of some of my old pre-transition clothes that i don’t wear anymore

I’m really happy with it, it definitely has it’s mistakes but for 2 months of machine sewing and my 4th project I think it’s pretty good :)

(also don’t mind the bad photo quality It’s really dark this time of year so the lighting is shit 🥲)