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  • Sini Tuuliasinituulia@eldritch.cafe
    Oct 7, 2026, 1:17 PM

    Overlocking the skirt pieces. This is yet again one of those steps that are a little bit miserable to do (loud, dusty, the overlocker is a bit finicky to set up and run) but will make it much easier to sew everything together later... No raw edges shedding linen thread everywhere, not as much warping or stretching, constantly being aware of which side of the fabric you're on because my top and lower threads are a different colour...

    And yet! Ah heck I need more tea.

    #Sewing #TheBlueLinenSkirt

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  • Sini Tuuliasinituulia@eldritch.cafe
    Oct 7, 2026, 1:20 PM

    We'll see if I have the patience to overlock the shirt pieces, too. Ideally I would, but wow is it a bit tedious. Thank heck my rayon threads are pretty colours, so there's at least some serotonin.

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  • Sini Tuuliasinituulia@eldritch.cafe
    Oct 7, 2026, 2:29 PM

    Further finishing every pattern piece before constructing thoughts:
    It's quite nice when the pieces don't unravel or shed when handled, but also... If you make up something and only then finish the seams, together, and years later you want to go back in to adjust the garment fit or size... You need to unpick the damn overlocking or zigzag or seam binding and redo it! Tedious!

    If all the pattern pieces are finished first, all you need to do is unpick and redo the seam stitching itself.

    #Sewing

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  • Sini Tuuliasinituulia@eldritch.cafe
    Oct 7, 2026, 2:30 PM

    In dressmaking school we were taught to sew the seam, then overlock it, but this was because it used less thread and took less time, and thus was more efficient and cheap and fuck everything else. It was maybe mentioned that if you were unsure about the fit, you'd fit first and only then overlock, but still. Motherfucker just finish the pieces individually and never have to do it again instead!

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  • Sini Tuuliasinituulia@eldritch.cafe
    Oct 7, 2026, 2:35 PM

    There are so many default or advised methods in modern sewing where it's assumed you're never ever going to back in and change the fit. As if it always makes sense to simply make or buy something new instead of adjusting, remaking or mending whatever you already have. In Victorian and even still Edwardian sewing, you sew most seams in such a way that it's possible to get to it and change it later, without having to unpick pretty much the whole entire garment - looking at you, bag lining 🙍‍♀️

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  • Aegiraegir@toot.wales
    Oct 7, 2026, 7:21 PM

    @sinituulia Growing up it used to be such a normal thing to adjust clothing and have enough in the seam to do that (my mom made so many of our clothes). I mentioned it to someone a few years ago and they looked at me as if a tree had grown out of my head. It felt odd and sad.

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