how to make clothes?or to trade?

[hitomi]

I figure out that I had very aweful clothes, so i've given them all away (almost all)
now I just don't have much left and I don't wanna waste my money on buying ugly or expensive clothes that are sold in my country, plus it is so expensive to buy from the net!
so, I was just woundering if anyone could help me,to make my ouwn clothes,I really need to learn how to make them!
If you are intrested in tunisian's carpets and stuff we can trade!
thank you so much!
peace

[dancing bear92]

Get white shirts and dye. There are instructions online. Or get some decent looking fabric scraps and sew them over your old clothes!

[hippiestead]

You'll find out a lot about making clothes by visiting the Clothes forum: http://www.hipforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=391

Or by checking out the sewing classes at the Free School: http://www.hipforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=521

[Fernando Galvez]

How Cant I Make My Aun Shirt?????

[hippiestead]

Tie dye your own shirt or make a shirt from scratch? For tie-dying, there are a couple of threads on this forum about tie-dying, a few in the crafts forum & possibly one in the free school.

[hippiestead]

bump

[eezy25]

i find it easier to tiedye using rubberbands but some dont think that to be orginal

[hippiestead]

Question, did you actually read this thread before posting? Or did you read the description of the forum? This is a shop, a store. If you want to talk about tie-dying, it would be better to post in the multi-page thread in this forum or to look up the really big thread in the fiber arts forum.

Thanks

[hippiestead]

bump

[bekyboo52]

i know this is off topic but what does bump mean...?

[hippiestead]

'bumping'-posting to move a thread up to the top of a forum

[SandDollar]

With a few heads living out of a VW bus, we've managed to patch, fix, resize, pretty much everything we've had and what needed to make our own clothes. Helps that we all know how to sew or have had sewing machine at one point or another.

Dumpster dive, specially thrift stores and sallys (Salvation Army), for interesting material, patches.. stuff that you would like on a dress/pants/skirt/jacket. Or with little cash buy what you like in the stores to help the local society businesses out. Take a good pair of scissors or a knife and cut it down into working material. Save pockets, buttons, neat little things you find on designer stuff for future work or trade. Flatten out you're material as best you can before using, damp mist it and let it air dry, wash, letting it sit under you're car tire for a night.

Take a needle and thread (heavy duty) or dental floss (ever last clothes with a minty hint). Then take something you own that fits comfortably and just start going at it with sewing you're material, buttons, patches, whatever on. It's easier recycling the clothes you own that fit nicely, why loose years of wear and softness. Patch over in layers, do designs, makes you're 10 year old pair of jeans that fit just right last another 20 years. Or, being adventurous.. patch the material together till you have squares and can cut patterns. There's many simple patterns one can find anywhere to make just about anything. Somewhere we have a pattern for a dress that can be worn in about 25 different ways, to head wraps, skirts, tops.. yeah, pretty nice. Sewing just takes a bit of patience, you're flaws aren't noticed till you're done, and you always get better and faster the more it goes. Many stitches one can do too, just start simple and work till you're comfortable to try a new one. Always sew once down a seam, and sew back again for a heavier duty product.

A simple idea I've been doing for years now. I've come across many pants that are too large or too small.. hard finding a slim waste in men sizes lately. To relieve myself of the pains of pants, I'll cut out the outer leg seam (runs vertical down from waist to leg/bell. Get it down to about an inch or two smaller then what I want it. Take two neck-ties, look for good quality, heavy stuff, and with a needle and floss, sew the ties in for the leg seam. Gives me a good fitting pair of pants with a bit of class.. plus in some cases, adds a nice flare to the bottom of the leg.

Hope this helps out with some creativity, sewing is one of my favorite hobbies next to wire..

Loving all,
Sand Dollar a.k.a. rhetorical pink blanket

[SandDollar]

Another easy pattern, for you all-bran girls. You want a top, easy tie in the back and neck setup. Nab a t-shirt you like.. be whatever, just you're going to butcher it.. and the first few products are kinda "learning" curves. Cut out around the neck end, add a little, or large v shape to the front of the shirt.. depends on how much you want to show and all. Cut the arms off at the seams. Flip over the shirt to the back. Lightly draw with charcoal or something about even lines for the ties as illustrated. Cut the bottom of the back of the shirt off to form the lower back tie. Cut the top section of the back of the shirt to form you neck tie and the rest of the back tie. Do you trimmings to adjust you're bust and such. You can even use some of the scraps from the back to make pockets for the front.

Ughh.. gonna pull an illustration out of my head.. that block of text makes no sense..

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And a story, wie immer. Two chicks from Wisco train hopped down here to Florida and stumbled upon me and the bus. They had only been in Florida for two/three days and kept complaining about the heat (yes, in November). Sewing and craftyness kicks into our gene's(with a side of bean juice) and next thing I knew they just started hacking at all of the tye-dyes and turned them into tops to beat the weather. Quite smashing little outfits they turned into. Easy to fix, remove, and replace.

Loving all,
Sand Dollar a.k.a. rhetorical pink blanket