Comments on: Improvisational Skirt

By: What I Learned in March 2010 — Strocel.com

What I Learned in March 2010 — Strocel.com — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:30:35 +0000

[...] I figured out how to improvise a skirt pattern, using a skirt I already [...]

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:48:02 +0000

wow… the skirt is great… you are really good at stuff like that, amazing.
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By: » To Life! Strocel.com

» To Life! Strocel.com — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:04:38 +0000

[...] the tender loving care of our family. I am at best a novice gardener. I am haphazard and arbitrary. Like in crafting, I fly by the seat of my pants and hope for the best. And then there’s my 5-year-old Hannah, [...]

By: smothermother

smothermother — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:12:51 +0000

i'm a recipe cooker and pattern follower. well for knitting at least. (i can't sew!) For other crafty sort of things I wing it. Love the material you used for the skirt. i should learn how to sew. .-= smothermother´s last post ..Wordless Wednesdays =-.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:32:24 +0000

Great skirt Amber! I have become more of a crafter since my son was born 2 years ago. This past summer I took up crocheting. I made a few baby blankets for friends, and they actually turned out half decent! My biggest problem these days is finishing projects. I start things, but get bored in the middle and end up with half a blanket, or part of a hat!

By: Lady M

Lady M — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:03:33 +0000

I love your skirt and its cool pattern!

I’m improviser in sewing, for sure. A few times, I’ve even serged shapes without measuring (including a freehand butterfly). So, symmetry is not my strong point, but speed sure is.
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By: magpie

magpie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:46:08 +0000

i usually wing it too – craft-wise, and in the kitchen. i’ll look at cookbooks and websites and patterns for ideas, but usually i use them as a jumping off point, not a set of rules that must be followed.

By: pomomama aka ebbandflo

pomomama aka ebbandflo — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:31:19 +0000

I adore the skirt – reminds that spring is here and made me smile!

As for following by the rules – although my entire business is a great testament to me winging it without patterns, I cannot improvise a knit pattern for anything larger than a pair of fingerless mitts (which are only a tube with a side hole anyway). I have no idea why I fall at this particular medium.
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By: AmberDusick

AmberDusick — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:52:58 +0000

Great skirt! You look like a crafty domestic goddess hanging in the kitchen like that. I just wing it. I hated sewing until I stopped trying to follow patterns. Pretty much everything I do is of the “make it up as I go” variety. I can do lots and lots…but none of it very well and I’m happy with that combo.
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By: TheFeministBreeder

TheFeministBreeder — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:59:01 +0000

This sounds just like me. People are always telling me I’m so “artsy” or “crafty” but I absolutely am NOT because I don’t ever do anything the “right” way. When I got into cake making, I didn’t go the traditional route of pastry school, etc. I just figured shit out as I went. When I started sewing, all my friends were like “Ohmygod is there anything you can’t do!” But I just say “dude, look at my seams – none of this is sewn right – it just came out LOOKING alright from a distance, and any REAL seamstress would be laughing her ass off at my work.”

But that’s the only way I can be crafty… just gotta jump in and do it my way. I’ll never master the sewing machine, I always sew through the wrinkles, and I BARELY take the time to understand what I’m watching on the YouTube “how to sew a t-shirt” video before jumping in and threading the needle. I certainly don’t have it all figured out, but at least when it comes out crazy awful, I have no one to blame but myself.
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