Are you on Dreamwidth?
I don't know what that is either.
I really ought to make a pinned post with links to all the things I am on, I keep meaning to and forgetting.
Are you on bluesky?
I don't even really know what bluesky is.
Do you usually draft your patterns directly onto oaktag?
I hadn't heard of oaktag until this ask, so no. I use builder's paper. It's not great quality, but it's cheap and stiff and pencil marks show up on it and it's what we used in college. I got my roll from the college supply store at the start of the fashion course, but it looks like hardware store have it too.
Mine's a bit wider than this at 92-ish cm. I think it was longer too, since I've had it for a decade and it's only now running out. I will definitely have to get a new roll sometime this year.
I THOUGHT I just had a two week long migraine, until I touched my ear. Now I'm pretty sure it's an ear infection. Anyways, while in agony, I've watched all your videos, and they are a soothing balm upon my ... head mostly, but sure, also my soul. Thank you so much. I relate so much to your 'it isn't QUITE historically accurate but I did it because I WANTED TO' statements. I have the same reaction when deciding how to translate dumb memes into Classic Maya!
Oh dear! I hope you got some ear medicine into them :(
And thank you!! It's so nice to hear that my videos are calming!
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Does anyone have this exact serger and know what needles fit it??
I got this for free a few months ago and it came with no manual, and one broken needle which someone else has since taken and lost. It was an absurdly narrow shanked needle and nothing else I can find fits this machine.
Judging from the name I assume it to be about 25 years old, and I can't find anything about it online.
The Reliable website only has info on their industrial sergers and doesn't mention domestic ones anywhere, and they never replied to the email I sent them.
The holes are so tiny that the shanks of the needles that fit it must not be much more than 1.5 millimetres across.
Before the broken needle was lost I took it to Fabricville and compared it to all the machine needles there and they were all considerably bigger.
I can't find the Reliable brand on any needle size charts and I'm very frustrated.
I'm wondering if DBx1 needles might fit, as it says here that their shanks are 1.63 mm, but I figure I ought to ask the public just in case before I waste any more money ordering mystery needles. (I already ordered some Singer ones and they didn't fit.)
The machine seems to run smoothly and hopefully ought to work, if I could only find needles that fit these goddamn tiny holes.
HUH, well then! That explains why it's nonexistent by this name online I guess. Thank you!
I don't know who decided it was a good idea to falsely swap the brand names around on machines. but in my mind I am holding up my middle finger at them.
The supplies listed under Singer 14u557 on this site do include DBx1 and BLx1 needles, and the shanks do look small in the pictures, so I will try ordering some DBx1.
Does anyone have this exact serger and know what needles fit it??
I got this for free a few months ago and it came with no manual, and one broken needle which someone else has since taken and lost. It was an absurdly narrow shanked needle and nothing else I can find fits this machine.
Judging from the name I assume it to be about 25 years old, and I can't find anything about it online.
The Reliable website only has info on their industrial sergers and doesn't mention domestic ones anywhere, and they never replied to the email I sent them.
The holes are so tiny that the shanks of the needles that fit it must not be much more than 1.5 millimetres across.
Before the broken needle was lost I took it to Fabricville and compared it to all the machine needles there and they were all considerably bigger.
I can't find the Reliable brand on any needle size charts and I'm very frustrated.
I'm wondering if DBx1 needles might fit, as it says here that their shanks are 1.63 mm, but I figure I ought to ask the public just in case before I waste any more money ordering mystery needles. (I already ordered some Singer ones and they didn't fit.)
The machine seems to run smoothly and hopefully ought to work, if I could only find needles that fit these goddamn tiny holes.
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Finally finished the video I've been working on for months! It's an hour and 21 minutes and I make 3 different leaf bolero vests in it.
I'll post more pictures later but right now my eyeballs are very tired and I need to go do non-screen tasks for a while.
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last week i typed up an ask to you about barry lyndon and how dead on your button holes look to the stuff in that movie and then found out that some of the costumes were actual antiques from the time and i don't remember if i hit send or not lol. but now I'm following up to say that last night, Warner Bros uploaded Barry Lyndon in its entirety in HD to youtube completely legally so now anyone can take in some of the best Georgian costuming in cinema for 3 hours and this is the last time I'll bug you about it, have a good day
You did remember to hit send, but I forget everything that's in my inbox if I'm not actively looking at it.
Good to know, thank you! I will open that in a tab and probably watch it sometime when I'm doing hand sewing. I've seen very few historical movies because I mostly put on stuff that I don't have to look at, but I ought to try to watch some once in a while. The comments seem to indicate that some of the music has been removed, but oh well.
Oh poop, I guess they changed their minds :(
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I made another velvet mite, and this time I filmed it! Partly because a few people expressed interest in making one, but mostly because 3 of my last 4 videos have been over an hour long and I really wanted to edit something short. It's just under 20 minutes.
It goes so well with my rotten leaf vest!
Much fashion inspiration to be found in the leaf litter.
The third and final leaf vest in my video, and my favourite of the 3, is this dark brown late autumn leaf. It's quilted, but much less densely than the previous one, and I pieced it together out of 2 slightly different shades of brown cotton.
The veins are embroidered in whipped chain stitch (for the denser areas I whipped all the rows together 2 at a time) and there are some patches of blanket stitch honeycomb to imitate venules. I wanted the leaf to look a little bit rotten. The beads along part of the bottom edge are inspired by a beautiful photo of slime mould growing along the edge of a leaf posted by Bea Leiderman on instagram.
last week i typed up an ask to you about barry lyndon and how dead on your button holes look to the stuff in that movie and then found out that some of the costumes were actual antiques from the time and i don't remember if i hit send or not lol. but now I'm following up to say that last night, Warner Bros uploaded Barry Lyndon in its entirety in HD to youtube completely legally so now anyone can take in some of the best Georgian costuming in cinema for 3 hours and this is the last time I'll bug you about it, have a good day
You did remember to hit send, but I forget everything that's in my inbox if I'm not actively looking at it.
Good to know, thank you! I will open that in a tab and probably watch it sometime when I'm doing hand sewing. I've seen very few historical movies because I mostly put on stuff that I don't have to look at, but I ought to try to watch some once in a while. The comments seem to indicate that some of the music has been removed, but oh well.
Was watching Barry Lyndon on blu ray for the first time and could make out all the button holes and had the thought "wow, they look just like a Vincent Briggs video" and my brain did not go any further than that and it wasn't until I looked through the special features that I realized they looked just like yours because some of the costumes were borrowed or purchased from museums and private collections and the rest were copied directly from primary sources. Your work is really impressive!
I haven't seen that movie, but I have heard the costumes are really good! I am more than a little horrified by the thought of 200 year old garments being worn though.
One of my main goals for 2024 was to decrease The Pile, and I'm pleased to say I went from 25 unfinished sewing projects to 12. Hopefully this year I can get it down to single digits and keep it that way! Ideally I'd like it to be around 3-5. It's nice having a variety of things to work on, but I really want to stop leaving things untouched in bags for months or years.
Another of my goals was to make more pants, which I did not do, but I think if I draft a new pants pattern I'll be more motivated to make pants this year.
The second of the 3 leaf vests I made in my video is dark green cotton with free motion quilting and corded veins. I'm happy with this one up close, but disappointed in how none of that work is visible from farther away.
The first leaf vest in my video is this light green one made from a textured cotton I found at the thrift store. The veins are painted, and I did a running stitch along the edges because the texture of the fabric made the painting turn out a bit rough, but I don't think it made much difference.
I was inspired by a couple of bolero vests that Marlowe Lune made, because the shape of the front edges looked like they would translate well to a leaf. I traced one of my waistcoat patterns and cut it down to make this one, and closed up the shoulder seam so there's only one pattern piece. It just has a centre back and a side seam, and the side seam is hidden in one of the veins (last photo). (All of this is thoroughly covered in the video!)
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Finally finished the leafkerchief tutorial video! It's just under 35 minutes, and I sew & paint 3 different examples and also show how to draft the patterns.
May as well add the sequel to this post too!
Finally finished the video I've been working on for months! It's an hour and 21 minutes and I make 3 different leaf bolero vests in it.
I'll post more pictures later but right now my eyeballs are very tired and I need to go do non-screen tasks for a while.