r/SewingWorld

Looking for a few sewing people ✂️ (Read below) 👇

Looking for a few sewing people ✂️ (Read below) 👇

Hi sewing people 👋

Lately I’ve been building a very tiny private sewing community for people who genuinely want to learn making lingerie 👙, a cosy sewing corner away from the chaos of social media 🙈✂️

It’s still extremely small right now (literally just a few people), and honestly I want to keep it that way while I figure out how many people I can realistically help and interact with properly.

So at the moment I only want to add around 5 more people who are actually serious about sewing and want to participate.

If this sounds like something you’d genuinely enjoy, leave a comment or send me a DM and I’ll send you the details 😉

u/Alyona_BM — 1 day ago

Is there a UPF 50+ material you can easily sew into your existing hats to protect your head?

There are a few if any good options for stylish baseball caps that are UPF 50 for kayak fishing.

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u/SwiftCricket — 23 hours ago
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Okay not really sewing but...

I made some denim and shared it here. But there were belts missing. So since I need to order denim again. In the meantime. I started making some belts.

I have full grain leather cut from the back. It's 3.6-3.8 mm thick. So pretty substantial which fits the raw selvedge as both age beautiful over time.

The Chocolate has the studs in an irregular pattern. Ot has two types of studs and Chigago screws. The cognac belt just has one type of stud in two rows.

After burnishing the edges I applied the first of 3 layers of edge paint.

The idea is to do the stitching and edge paint in one color. For now I have this blue "angry smurf", and two other colors. I am planning to make a black snakeskin belt that is glued and stitched. But since I never done this before I thought to start easy with one layer belts.

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u/SOURCEDBLACK — 1 day ago
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Any seamstresses that can help???

I need help finding someone or a website that makes custom clothing. I absolutely LOVE this woman’s pants but she sells out every time and her commissions are full. I would be more than happy to supply the fabric needed and my preferred budget is $100, but please let me know if that is an unreasonable price! Thank you! This will be for future references because I’m still a broke college kid and I need to gather pricing so I can save up!

u/some-girl-named-abby — 2 days ago

Starting from zero: What embroidery/sewing machine would you buy in my position?

I’m new to sewing and embroidery and could really use some advice from people with more experience.

I recently lost my job and I’m trying to build something for myself, ideally a small children’s clothing business. My idea is to start by embroidering my own custom designs onto second-hand children’s clothing while I learn garment construction and sewing properly over time. I love the idea of creating unique, sustainable pieces instead of buying everything brand new.

At the moment I’m stuck on the big beginner question:

Should I get a combined sewing & embroidery machine, or separate machines?

My budget is pretty limited because I’m starting from scratch and I’m also trying to be realistic in case the business doesn’t work out the way I hope. I don’t want to overspend too early, but I also don’t want to buy something that I’ll outgrow immediately.

Machines I’ve been looking at so far:

Singer SE9185
Janome Memory Craft 100E
Brother Skitch PP1

What I’m mainly hoping to do at first:

Embroider custom artwork/designs onto kids clothes
Use second-hand/thrifted clothing as the base
Learn digitising/design creation over time
Eventually learn to sew and create my own garments

Things I’m worried about:

Buying too cheaply and regretting it
Buying too expensively and wasting money if the business fails
Whether combo machines are frustrating compared to dedicated embroidery machines
Ease of use for a total beginner
Reliability and maintenance costs

If anyone has experience with these machines (or starting a small embroidery business on a budget), I’d genuinely appreciate any advice, warnings, or recommendations.

Would you:

Start with a combo machine?
Buy a separate embroidery machine & cheap sewing machine later?
Buy second-hand instead of new?
Have you done any custom embroidery using any app-based machines?

Thanks in advance!

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u/lilypf2026 — 1 day ago

Took two tees and made one bag

“SEAMOSS”

This idea began with just two t shirts, and ended and in a dooe bag. From my tote series where I take things I already have around the house and make a tote(vinyl supported with internal zipper) I’ve now made around ten of these bad boys but I’m super proud of this one bc I feel like I can replicate this in other projects

u/Apprehensive-Cry3320 — 3 days ago

When you order one piece of fabric to make curtains and they sent 2 separate pieces that are not the same size🤦🏿‍♀️

I just wanted to make some curtains but the other piece is barely over 1 yard (1 meter) and it shrank after I washed it.

u/Money-Snow-2749 — 3 days ago
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Moda de Linho

Já que alguns de vocês me disseram que algodão grosso não combina com a moda brasileira, criei essa mistura de linho e viscose para climas quentes. É um tecido ultraleve. O que vocês acham?

u/AlanfTrujillo — 7 days ago

Any reparation idea ?

This is one of my favorite dress, the fabric tore at the top of the godet (held by an french seam), I'm afraid of damaging it by putting some iron-on on that the dress mainly because it’s made of silk
Any other idea ?

u/Chabadabada_badiba — 5 days ago

Timelapse sewing leather glove

Cut all my pieces off camera and made a sped up recording of sewing this Horween leather into a traditional gunn cut glove (2 piece fourchette and wing thumb). Turned out well. The leather itself is about 4 years old but still had a lot of moisture in the hide so it wasn’t annoying to work with.

As far as the machine goes it’s a Juki 1510, using TKT 90 nylon bonded thread.

I mostly sewed this as an excuse to use the leather, but I also needed a reason to get out of gardening.

u/SullivanGloveCompany — 5 days ago

Ai free sewing patterns?

Hello! Before I start, please forgive me, I really don’t know how to use Reddit LOL. I have gotten into sewing within the last year and I love having the ability to print off patterns at home. The only issue is I have fallen for ai sewing patterns… twice.
I never notice until my fabric is already cut and then the measurements are off and things aren’t quite making sense or lining up. I was wondering what are some reliable sewing patterns and websites that don’t use ai. I prefer to spend $10 or less, since I am still learning. Thank you! :) <3

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u/cat_onthetoilet — 7 days ago

BIG A** Tote

I’ve been wanting to make a big tote for a while and finally got around to making one. The distressing alone took years off of my life 😂😂😂 but the details are so worth it. Even got a 16inch zipper on the inside

u/Apprehensive-Cry3320 — 8 days ago

Don't deny the power of the distraction paper

Haze likes to "help". I do not want Haze to help. Haze likes to pull pins out of pincushions and pattern pieces. Giving Haze his own piece of paper helped considerably

u/ZealousidealChair900 — 6 days ago

Heavy blaket

I want to make this blanket at home, but I don't know what material to use for the tubes, nor what to fill them with. I'd appreciate any ideas or advice on how to sew them and what I can use for the filling.

u/andrezali — 8 days ago

Just got my machine an hour ago :)

Got a brother LS14s. Any tips or improvements? Other than remembering to backstitch at the end lmao.

u/ChronicallyCrafting1 — 11 days ago

Latest dress I have made ☺️

It is so nice to see a sub reddit that supports sewers that are trying to grow therr handmade buisness. For anyone intrested my website is bytonii.com .

u/NecessaryEmpty3505 — 13 days ago

I love estate sales 😊

Picked these up at an estate sale yesterday - they were hiding in a box of quilting scraps in a barn. I'm so excited to turn them into pillows!

u/heynonnyhey — 12 days ago