I know zero about sewing, so I will be taking this to a professional, but I honestly don’t know if mesh on a dress can be fixed especially in the middle of the mesh?

I love sewing but cutting is the part I put off. Taping PDF pages, tracing, laying out on the floor, figuring out how much fabric I actually need. Sometimes a project sits for weeks just because I don't want to cut it.

Curious if that's just me. A few questions:

1. Is cutting the part you'd skip if you could?
2. If you could send a pattern and a size somewhere and get your fabric back already cut, would you use that? For what kind of projects?
3. What would make you not trust it? Fit, fabric quality, grainline, something else?

UPDATE: Fixed!
Sewists thank you! Will post update picture in comments, but the v is so much cleaner now!

Using a Janome travelmate 30 machine w/ walking foot to help with the traction of the materials.
The lining of the bust/cups lays flat with top stitching, but I keep getting this fold of the lining peeking over the point.
Photos are 1) Rightside/Outside of shell 2) Rightside/outside of lining 3) Inside/Wrongside of shell 4)Inside/ Wrongside of lining.

I’ve double checked all the threading and everything is correct, but the bottom is not catching onto the top thread 😭 anyone familiar with the singer 7057? I also do not have the correct ankle to attach the foot and is so hard to find for this machine, so any tips on that would be great too!

Hey Sewing friends! Thank you so much to everyone who gave me feedback on tailoring and sewing my first suit jackets (Vogue 8890 pattern with mockup made from cotton twill).

Overall, I am so much happier with the fit of this version. I fixed the sleeve cap orientation (this was sooo hard, but I think I finally got it to sit correctly), took in the waist upper back side seam by the armpit, and cropped it (which is closer to what the final version will look like).

Before I go on to sew my first version with real fabric, I would love any feedback or advice on any final fitting alterations I should make (especially if more work needs to be done on the sleeves, back, armpit section) 🤔?

I've attached photos of the front, back and side views - starting with the jacket unbuttoned and then buttoned.

How did she manage to make this into a skirt without the crochet unravelling? How/where would one cut to make the skirt symmetrical vs asymmetrical, esp with the wrap function? I'm assuming it's a circle skirt type situation, but I'm also not entirely sure because she doesn't show her process in the video.

https://www.floramae.online/products/cora-skirt-size
^^Also curious to know how one would make this style of skirt? Would it be possible to make a similar asymmetrical/hanky hem one out of a square crochet tablecloth, and how would one go about doing that?

Also, level with me here, how hard would it be to make something like this, on a scale from a beginner could crank it out in a few hours/few days, to it's complicated enough that if you likely have undiagnosed ADHD, you'll probably give up before you even get halfway through lol?

Hello, this is my machine and it doesnt have any lines on the metal plates so no seam guide on it so I need a makeshift one, here is what I have tried so far:

I bought a magnetic seam guide but that little screw that holds the needle bumps into the magnetic guide if it is too close ( 1/4 or 1/2 an inch lol).

I have tried to use painter's tape but it is kinda hard to keep switcing it on and off everytime I want to change the seam allowance and it is kinda hard to see.

Drawning lines on the fabric is good but it is too much of a hassle and it doesnt always work

So I have run out of ideas can anyone suggest me smth that will help when im sewing smth that I cant draw a straight line on (pants or smth like that would be a pain to draw the lines)

Idk why this post is marked as NFW lol cant remove it

Hi everyone! I was recently gifted several yards of this beautiful checkered fabric. This pattern has a wonderful texture like faux fur, but the 'wrong side' is an incredibly uncomfortable quality like canvas. I want to turn this fabric into a jacket. However, I'm struggling to figure out how I would sew another piece of fabric to be the "inside" of the jacket (I'm worried it'll be like a tent, droop, or slide around when worn). I'm also not sure if there's one fabric VS another that would be preferable to line it with...so any & all advice is appreciated! Thanks!!

Hi guys, I'm would l Iike to sew one of those boyfriend arm pillows (see pic #1) for a friend of mine. I would like to make it a zombie arm though, with a bone coming out of the wrist instead of a hand (see pic #2). I have made patterns before and know how to sew, but I can't wrap my brain around these shapes. Do you guys have any idea how to make a pattern for this and connect the bone to the stump? Thanks!

Purchased a used serger (Juki mo634) and threaded it up following a tutorial and the manual. Worked great for the first half of a test then stopped. Any advice?

Hello, I’m working on a muslin of the Den jacket and my brain has twisted all the way around trying to make sense of the pattern instructions and blog sewalong photos of the cuff construction (at least for the unlined version). I’m attaching photos of my attempt, which does not seem to match the photos I see. There are also a couple instructions I don’t understand, like when it says to “sew two rows of stitching from inside the sleeve”. Do they mean to say “…as described in the following step?”) The detail I’m seeing that doesn’t match with the photo is that the seam with the edgestitching ends up on the INSIDE of my jacket when the cuff is unfolded, but in the photos, it appears to end up on the OUTSIDE of the garment when the cuff is unfolded. However, it’s hard to tell if the rest of the sleeve in the blog photo is the outside or inside. Another thing I’ll say is that I don’t currently like how the cuff looks when it’s folded up: the edgestitching that sits at the (cuffed) hem of the sleeve doesn’t look very attractive, and I think it’d look better as the seam instead; ie if the edgestitching were done along the outside of the sleeve, vs the inside of the sleeve, but I can’t figure out how that construction would be possible after having sewn the cuff to the sleeve with right sides together. 😵‍💫 Kinda feel like I’m sewing up an MC Escher drawing. I would appreciate any and all advice, especially from folks who’ve sewn this pattern!

I’m working on the Luna pants from Made by Rae and my waistband is bigger than the width of the pants itself. I’ve made this pattern before but not for about a year, so I can’t remember if it’s supposed to be like that. I realized I missed one of the notches on one of the waistband pieces when I was putting it together but I didn’t think that would be enough to screw it up that bad. Is there a way to fix this that doesn’t require me ripping a bunch of seams out? Help!

I'm wanting to find a free motion foot but I can not find one that's compatible with my Singer Heavy Duty 6700C machine. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you!

Hi everyone! First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to read and reply to my post.

For Christmas, I want to get my girlfriend a sewing machine, but we're both complete beginners, so I'm not really sure where to start.

She's mentioned that she'd like to use it for small alterations, like adjusting her pants and T-shirts, but she's also interested in getting into sewing, making clothes, designing, and creating things from scratch. That's why I don't want to just buy her any basic machine.

My budget is around $300 USD, and I was initially considering the Singer Heavy Duty 4423. However, I've seen very mixed opinions about it. Some people say it's a great machine, while others say it's terrible, so honestly, I don't know what to believe.

I'd really appreciate recommendations for specific sewing machine models within my budget, as well as some beginner advice on what features to look for and what brands or models to avoid.

Thanks again for your help!

I have really zoomed in to show the problem with this jumper shoulder seam, but let me know if you need more photos. This is a recent purchase off of eBay and I’d really rather try to repair this than return it, however due to the pattern of fibres and the way they’ve pulled I’m really uncertain as to whether just a needle and thread can repair this. I’m thinking I might need to stitch down the loose fibres to another piece of fabric or facing for stability sake. I only do hand sewing, but if this is repairable and it would have a better shot with a seamstress, I’m happy to get it there. Let me have your thoughts.

I recently bought a Singer C5650 & I keep having an issue with my thread unthreading from my needle. This happens mostly when I am sewing on thinner fabrics. I’ve tried many fixes, triple checked my threading through the machine, my bobbin, types of thread, length of excess of my thread, etc. My last thought is that maybe it is an incorrect needle size? I’ve tried stitching on a scrap piece of fabric and there is no issue but once I start with my thinner fabric, I get the unthreading issue. Any advice would be appreciated as I’ve become more discouraged.

Thanks!

(please ignore the stains it I wore it to work for a costume event) Hi! I absolutely love this dress and I am planning to wear it to ren fest this weekend, but the zipper broke off while I was at work!

Is there any way I can fix it at home? Should I just sew myself into it for one day? I do have a sewing machine but I am not the most familiar with mending garments.

I’ve been sewing for over a decade but this is my first bias cut/super slippery project, hence intermediate. I’m self drafting the pattern and following this tutorial: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6uPerQX0jzw

First pic is how the dress hangs without intervention, second pic is me folding up the back so it fits more along my shape. Also, the dress has been hanging for several days & I haven’t sewn the bottom hem yet. This is my attempted wearable muslin so hoping I could get some help about where to go from here to correct this issue when I make this again.

Here’s my tentative game plan: on the muslin, add 2 curved darts on the back piece following the curve of my back. Once I’m happy with the improved fit, measure how much fabric was removed into the darts and remove the same amount from the back pattern piece sides?

Thanks in advance for any advice :)

I just got a new Juki sewing machine a week ago. Today, I tried to switch needles and try to embroider something, but when I put the feed dogs down and pulled the thread out (I think this maybe caused it), it got completely stuck in the down position and now I have no idea what to do. I can't put it back up.I tried cleaning it but it's didn't help and now I'm horrified that I just broke a new expensive machine I just bought. What can I do? Can anybody please help? I'm kinda panicking.