Once upon a time I was scared to sew anything stretchy. I have tried many times and failed equally but once in a while a project comes along and one is forced to get off one's scaredy-cat ass and just learn how to do it.
It's been on the back burner for a while but now I have more time and the roof is finished so I have my sewing area back it was tie to start on the all elusive BSG tank top project. I began with old army shirts I some how ended up with a box full of, cutting and sewing to find the right shape and pattern.
Then I bought a bunch of not very expensive t-shirts that approximated the colour and hoped they would work.... I first tried sewing on my faithful tank Pfaff 360 but I could not get the tension and the stitching right so I bought a serger ( yeah but wait... it was on sale for more than half price and I've wanted one for aeons ...however...I could not wait sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo) I hauled out THE BEAST. This is my Bernine artista 180 which I only ever think of as the very intimidating embroidery machine which my amazeballs friend M sold to me for a song. However this machine can do so much more and it sews stretchy stuff like it is a dream so learning curve #2 how to use the Bernina. Took me a few hours of trial and error but finally I figured it out, mostly. So then I made the leap and cut up t-shirt #1and it was ok but I miscalculated the pattern slightly and used too large a binding on the armhole.
try number 2 with the good t-shirts was much much better and looked good. I used a grey t-shirt to make the sleeveless undershirt and that was slightly less annoying. I posted the final shots on FB and my friend instantly knew what I was making so I guess it looks okay.
This was a fun little costume project because in a short period of time I learned a lot about working with stretchy, t-shirt fabric. I also learned how to use the Beast and that makes me super happy because it is a lovely machine.
So thanks to some friends, some YouTube videos and a lot of determination I can now do this stuff too. so yay.
Next project... tuskens.... again....
It's been on the back burner for a while but now I have more time and the roof is finished so I have my sewing area back it was tie to start on the all elusive BSG tank top project. I began with old army shirts I some how ended up with a box full of, cutting and sewing to find the right shape and pattern.
Then I bought a bunch of not very expensive t-shirts that approximated the colour and hoped they would work.... I first tried sewing on my faithful tank Pfaff 360 but I could not get the tension and the stitching right so I bought a serger ( yeah but wait... it was on sale for more than half price and I've wanted one for aeons ...however...I could not wait sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo) I hauled out THE BEAST. This is my Bernine artista 180 which I only ever think of as the very intimidating embroidery machine which my amazeballs friend M sold to me for a song. However this machine can do so much more and it sews stretchy stuff like it is a dream so learning curve #2 how to use the Bernina. Took me a few hours of trial and error but finally I figured it out, mostly. So then I made the leap and cut up t-shirt #1and it was ok but I miscalculated the pattern slightly and used too large a binding on the armhole.
try number 2 with the good t-shirts was much much better and looked good. I used a grey t-shirt to make the sleeveless undershirt and that was slightly less annoying. I posted the final shots on FB and my friend instantly knew what I was making so I guess it looks okay.
This was a fun little costume project because in a short period of time I learned a lot about working with stretchy, t-shirt fabric. I also learned how to use the Beast and that makes me super happy because it is a lovely machine.
So thanks to some friends, some YouTube videos and a lot of determination I can now do this stuff too. so yay.
Next project... tuskens.... again....
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| the arm binding still not right and it sags |
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| finally got it! |
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| still too much binding fabric along the neckline but it's not quite so noticeable on. |
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| bonus shot of the screen accurate Bookof Boba Fett tusken gloves. |
