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 Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:28 pm
I'm just getting into sewing my own clothing. Any ideas for sustainable clothes? Does anyone else do it?
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:31 pm
I have a sewing machine that I bought primarily to start sewing clothes (mainly by reworking/altering clothing that I already have but don't wear). It has sadly yet to see any use. I'm consumed with other projects and work.
Try seeing how much old clothing you can get from people. You can either rip out the seams and use it to make something else or make alterations to create something "new" that you'd wear. I see that as being the most sustainable alternative other than buying organic/natural fabrics (which would be more expensive than ordinary cloth. Organic is still a niche market. Even though it is growing)
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:21 pm
Good for you! Sewing is one of the most rewarding skills you can have, I think----I've made everything from kid's clothes to prom dresses, gamisons for SCA, quilts to window shades, toys and doll clothes, kitchen stuff---even a pair of leather knee-high moccasins from an old sheepherder's jacket! Just find a simple pattern if you've not done much sewing and head out to the vintage clothing stores, or places like Goodwill. Don't limit your search to a specific thing (like dresses), look for a fabric or color or print that you like, and just have fun. Lots of things won't have the fiber content marked anymore, but you will get a feel for what is a natural fabric or a synthetic after a while, and you can always ask someone. Curtains are a great source for fabric.
Don't forget to look for great old buttons, trims and zippers, too! Happy hunting and have fun!!! biggrin
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:13 am
I don't make my own clothes because i always screw it up.
BUT, i can alter clothes..like change the pants length, add fabric to stuff, im good at hemming x3
I do wish i could make clothes like my sister, she makes Renaissance clothing from patterns and sells it online ^-^
@ Sunset Smile
Haha, i've made a bunny with 2 different colored and sized eyes, i love strange buttons x3
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:51 pm
I absolutely love my sewing machine; it has made thrift shopping a lot easier because I can always change the clothes that I buy to fit my body (I'm very short and very wide xd )
I mostly alter clothes, but I've made a few things from straight cloth: two purses, a dress, a big flowy skirt, a mini skirt, a corset-y top, another dress for a friend of mine, and a comforter.
Drapes, curtains, sheets, and blankets can be found at thrift stores and used to make clothing with (or without) patterns. My (currently) favorite homemade shirt was made out of a lacy curtain that a friend gave me xd
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:34 am
 Ta daa! Used curtain>new material.
Its counterpart is hanging in the doorway to my room xd
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:24 pm
Heh... I've been thinking about doing this, but I have only a very vague idea of how to use a sewing machine, and even less of an idea how to get the thread in it. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:18 pm
I can sort of sew by hand, but that takes a while.. xd
I've seen people make skirts out of pants and somewhere i heard that you can make shoes out of tires.
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:42 pm
Oh boy, I made my first purse by hand using a dress... it took me an insane amount of time eek Then again I was a little kid and not very patient, lol.
Sewing machines are pretty easy to figure out; they should come with a book, and once you get it set up it's basically just push the pedal and hold the material steady while the machine feeds it through. There is a lot of fancy stuff you can do with serging, seam lengths, seam patterns, and things like that but I haven't used much of that yet.
If you're talking about the tire-shoes I think you are, you mean where they cut up the tire rubber into small pieces and them old it together to make new soles. If you don't have some way to cut and mold them that could be really tough to do at home.. but Splaff makes really good flip flops using that method whee
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