I have several traumas with my sewing machine, especially the old one. It was hard to handle too thick and too thin fabric. The electric paddle was kind of broken so when my foot pushed it, it was like rrrrrrrnnnnnnnn...you know, 'run' very fast (-.-)'''''.
Now, eventhough:
1. i have a newer sewing machine. (almost 30 years difference in age).
2. the paddle was changed and it's ok, now.
3. i knew the tricks of when to change the sewing feet and needles (sometimes I was too lazy that I used regular and 'multipurpose-size' needle and apparently, it was one of the main cause of hard fabric handling...haha...sewing since teenager, huh?...I wasn't 'trained' to use alot of different kind of feet, yet when using it, it didn't work well...so, I always do conventional way except for zipper sewing)
still...Seems like I'm still having the trauma...it was hard to hem roll the edge, especially when the fabric was chiffon...(with my new sewing machine, the feet provided when i bought it can handle it very-very well unlike the hem roll-feet i purchased in supplies store...). The trauma of needle stucked inside the sewing machine because of the jeans thickness and broken needles because it was too small for the thickness (I always thought, it was enough) AND the keep broken-thread because inappropriate needle used (-.-)''''...
oh, and add with some messed-up caused by my serging machine and my own difficulty to serge curves before finally i knew how to handle it...haha...very-very nervous...
Sewing bags, and now sewing doll clothes are giving me more more more knowledge and insight about my sewing machine. Although I was totally nervous when doing these:
1. Jeans for doll pants project
2. Chiffon blouse for doll cloth project (I need to hem-roll the frill)
, I was still trying to encourage myself to try sewing again but with different manners:
1. Changing needle.
2. changing feet when it's needed. My bad habit was I was lazy to do it. Thank goodness, in the past, the projects I did still forgive this manner but sewing doll clothes couldn't forgive anymore. Zero tolerance: when it needs a different feet, then i must change the feet OR it's totally unable to handle. My heart beated very hard before sewing, especially the chiffon blouse. I was totally nervous that i was acting like a kid when she must do her homework but since it was difficult, she was just running away and avoid to do the task (^o^)'''. As I said, I tried to encourage myself and the result? HEYYYY...not tooo bad...
In every experience I got whenever I sew something new, I always remember the new good-manners and I will bring it into my future sewing regardless of kind of projects.
My cloth sewing manners were injected into my bag-making manners...my bag making-manners were injected into my cloth sewing manners...and now...sewing doll clothes...(^.^). No more laziness in changing needle and feet and yeah I'm getting to understand that yes, To Sew Needs Patience. I need to be more patient in every step, every stitch I do on my project...
One type of project (cloth only, bag only, doll clothes only...etc) and one type of difficulty level (like sewing a blouse only, sewing flat bag only, sewing pants only, using cotton fabric only, using silk only, etc, etc) will not give me a new insight...
When I sew my latest project, in my head: I think...it's time to continue my sewing course and finish the bustier course, once for all (^_^). So, after that...I can continue to costume-making (^.<).
Now, eventhough:
1. i have a newer sewing machine. (almost 30 years difference in age).
2. the paddle was changed and it's ok, now.
3. i knew the tricks of when to change the sewing feet and needles (sometimes I was too lazy that I used regular and 'multipurpose-size' needle and apparently, it was one of the main cause of hard fabric handling...haha...sewing since teenager, huh?...I wasn't 'trained' to use alot of different kind of feet, yet when using it, it didn't work well...so, I always do conventional way except for zipper sewing)
still...Seems like I'm still having the trauma...it was hard to hem roll the edge, especially when the fabric was chiffon...(with my new sewing machine, the feet provided when i bought it can handle it very-very well unlike the hem roll-feet i purchased in supplies store...). The trauma of needle stucked inside the sewing machine because of the jeans thickness and broken needles because it was too small for the thickness (I always thought, it was enough) AND the keep broken-thread because inappropriate needle used (-.-)''''...
oh, and add with some messed-up caused by my serging machine and my own difficulty to serge curves before finally i knew how to handle it...haha...very-very nervous...
Sewing bags, and now sewing doll clothes are giving me more more more knowledge and insight about my sewing machine. Although I was totally nervous when doing these:
1. Jeans for doll pants project
2. Chiffon blouse for doll cloth project (I need to hem-roll the frill)
, I was still trying to encourage myself to try sewing again but with different manners:
1. Changing needle.
2. changing feet when it's needed. My bad habit was I was lazy to do it. Thank goodness, in the past, the projects I did still forgive this manner but sewing doll clothes couldn't forgive anymore. Zero tolerance: when it needs a different feet, then i must change the feet OR it's totally unable to handle. My heart beated very hard before sewing, especially the chiffon blouse. I was totally nervous that i was acting like a kid when she must do her homework but since it was difficult, she was just running away and avoid to do the task (^o^)'''. As I said, I tried to encourage myself and the result? HEYYYY...not tooo bad...
In every experience I got whenever I sew something new, I always remember the new good-manners and I will bring it into my future sewing regardless of kind of projects.
My cloth sewing manners were injected into my bag-making manners...my bag making-manners were injected into my cloth sewing manners...and now...sewing doll clothes...(^.^). No more laziness in changing needle and feet and yeah I'm getting to understand that yes, To Sew Needs Patience. I need to be more patient in every step, every stitch I do on my project...
One type of project (cloth only, bag only, doll clothes only...etc) and one type of difficulty level (like sewing a blouse only, sewing flat bag only, sewing pants only, using cotton fabric only, using silk only, etc, etc) will not give me a new insight...
When I sew my latest project, in my head: I think...it's time to continue my sewing course and finish the bustier course, once for all (^_^). So, after that...I can continue to costume-making (^.<).
(^.^) cherio,
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