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Have seam ripper, Will travel-- how a hurricane messed up my sewing plans
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- The power went out Monday at 7:30 AM. By Tuesday it was too hot to stay in the house. Step into my sewing world as I deal with the challenges of a power outage in Houston caused by Hurricane Beryl. Watch me rip out my Jiffy dress while sharing my sewing journey and lessons learned from this project. Don't miss out on the fun - hit subscribe for more sewing adventures!
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Love that you're sharing the mistakes. I've sewn over 50 years, sometimes quite regularly sometimes not. And you are so correct, when you're out of practice those "stupid" mistakes happen. Stay safe and be well.
So true! I just need to sew more 😉
Glad to see you're safe. Hope you get back home soon.
Thank you! I hope to be home too ❤️
I love seeing your mistakes! Thanks for being willing to share. It’s actually a normal part of learning. I appreciate your humility and being down to earth. You have made beautiful clothing!
Thank you for your comment. It’s nice to get such positive feedback ☺️
Lol "those are not my heads!" Glad you're safe! A girl and her seam ripper--one of my fave tools. Hope you're back home soon.
I hope so too! Fingers crossed the current estimate of Tuesday is accurate.
Cute cabin! I do find seam ripping relaxing. Really any opportunity to play with fabric... but ripping has its special zen qualities for sure. Hope life gets back to "normal" soon, but at least you have a temperature-controlled place to be, with family!
I’m glad to know that you find zen in seam ripping too. My power came back on at 5pm yesterday and we drove back home last night. So I slept in my bed last night and that was awesome ❤️
@@SewSewLounge to an earlier group conversation about what we can do when we're too tired from the workday to do anything too intense or requiring brainpower to avoid mistakes, seam ripping is one of these things I do. Or the continual re-org of my office/sewing room. There's no place like home!
I partially take that back. I have stupidly ripped open the wrong seams before :)
Open up the seam a little. Wedge the seam ripper into the gap so you can see the threads. Push the seam ripper through the threads like you are using an envelope opener, careful not to catch the fabric. Keep the fabric pulled apart at the same time you seam rip. You can seam rip faster that way. Glad you are safe!
Thanks for the tip-I need to try that method for seam ripping. I’m back home now and so happy. I hope to see you on the live stream next Saturday 😉
Thanks for sharing your sewing challenges! 🥰
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching ❤️
Oh geez… what a way to improvise! I’m glad you are safe and cool!
Yes! I’m glad I had some sewing things to work on.
Toni I'm glad that you have a place to stay while your power is out. Good that your trees didn't damage your property. As far as the seam ripper goes, I use it mostly on my muslin with my cheap poly thread. For my final garments I use linen fabric and cotton thread which are both expensive so I aim to minimize my seam ripper usage as much as possible. When I do use my seam ripper on my final garment it's just to make a seam stitch straighter or something minor. I would cry if I had to rip out an entire final garment because it didn't fit right lol. It's not fun doing mockups but it's worth it overall.
I’m starting to realize the benefits of the mock up 🤣 thankfully ripping out this dress is mostly straight seams so it’s going pretty fast. I’m SO thankful the trees didn’t hit my house ❤️
Not enough crying! Hahaha I understand that!
It’s the reality of learning to sew 🤣
Hi Toni - I've been wondering how you were doing, given the news on the hurricane. So glad you are safe and had no significant damage. Here in Canada we only had rain at the tail end of the hurricane. Although seam ripping is not much fun, it is nice to have some handwork to do when you can't access your machines or work space. Fortunately they are safe at home and hopefully you will be there again really soon! All the best in the cabin.
Thank you so much Shelia! I’m back home safe and sound ❤️
I have lived in south Louisiana most of my life, so I feel your pain. I hope everyone is doing well!
You know hurricanes! I have family in Louisiana so I’ve heard the stories. We are all good here; the power came back on Sunday night and I’m back home.
In my early days of learning how to sew my Mother used to call me "Angela the Ripper". 🤣😂😅😆
That’s very funny 🤣🤣🤣
Hiya . . .wedding dress sewing update available soon *we all* hope.
That design is outstanding ... just watched that video as my first finding
your channel.
I’m in the process and planning for the update at the end of the month.
Toni, I’m late catching this and fingers crossed your power’s back on and no longer enduring long commutes. Thanks for trying to keep to your live stream schedule, but give yourself some grace if you need to postpone. Sometimes life just throws us curves, and we need to put both hands on the wheel. You’ve got a lot going on, but we all will be here if you need more time. Bet the pets love the cabin!
Aww thank you. The power came on late Sunday and I’m back home now. No more commuting!!
So glad that you're ok ..a little inconvenience is ok every now and then be safe
It could have been much worse than 6 days without power! But I’m glad it’s back on and that I’m home again.
@@SewSewLounge awesome so glad
I’m glad you’re okay and the house survived with minimal damage! I love your Aunt’s house, animal heads and all. What a great fireplace. Very Texas! I had a quilter suggest a Clover seam ripper and said they’d had it 20 years and it was still sharp! I bought one, and I will say, that little bugger is definitely really sharp, at least for now. I’ve always heard that textbook was the Bible to follow! I bought one and I made a block from it, but I can’t remember if it came out badly or not. I also followed Chris Sartorial’s instructions for his and I draped one on myself. I guess I’ll have to go back and check it again!
The decor is definitely Texas 🤣 it’s a very comfortable to stay there. I’m back home now and very thankful to be back in my sewing room.
I will have to check out the Clover seam ripper. I didn’t know it stayed sharp. In all fairness I think I used my seam ripper from college until a couple of years ago 🤣
Sean rippers do become dull. The method the lady mentioned works perfect if the ripper is sharp.
Thanks for the inspiration.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
Hi Toni, Hope your power is restored soon. Used to live in Texas and in Alabama, so I feel your pain. The infrastructure in certain regions can be a challenge! I saw the video where you sewed this dress and one thing I have noticed is that for most commercial patterns the sizing is off--if I choose a size based on my measurements it's almost always too big. I try to go by finished garment measurements if they are included. Also, I kind of hate facings. If possible I try to use bias binding or a lining to finish necklines and armholes. Kudos to you for ripping out your dress. In my house it would end up in a pile in my attic, though sometimes I do return to it later after I am no longer so frustrated!
Thankfully the power has been restored and I’m back at home. Apparently they did a patch job on the lines after the ice storm a few years ago and were supposed to fix the lines permanently, which never happened.
I did look at the finished measurements and decided they were going to be tight. I should have just made it up as is!
I have a friend in Sugar Land who apparently has power but no internet/phone. Glad you had someplace to go... (Laughed at your reference to UT Austin - my son just graduated from there with his Ph.D. - in paleontology, not fashion design. As far as I know, none of the books his profs used were just actively wrong. He's back in California now, thank goodness. No hurricanes, no humidity.)
Power is slowing coming back in various parts of town. Mine came on late Sunday night. I’m pretty sure the palaeontology dept at UT is far better than the textile and apparel department 🤣
Happy you’re safe and have a place to stay! It looks very comfortable! I make more mistakes than I like to admit! I’m wondering. How did you go from fashion to the law? 🤗 Take care, Toni!
Thanks Nancy! Being a lawyer was plan B when fashion design didn’t work out. Design and sewing was my true love and I’m glad to be able to share my projects and adventures on UA-cam.
Hoping your power is restored soon! I started sewing a top yesterday and went in thinking that I'm not going to make any mistakes. LOL!! Yeah, no...🙄
The power is on and I’m back home! Yeah, I’ve given up not trying to make mistakes-something always happens 🤣
@@SewSewLounge Yay, you're home!!!!😃
Wee soul, glad you are ok maybe take the trees down😮. I have an ambition to complete a project without the need for seam ripper and almost did it with my last project (the coquelicot skirt). Then the very last seam I put right side to wrong side aaghhh. One day I'll do it. Hope you get home soon and stay safe .
Thanks Loraine. I think of few of the trees will need to come down. The limbs that fell weren’t dead ones 😳
And props to you for almost sewing an entire garment without ripping seams. I don’t foresee that being an accomplishment of mine in this lifetime.
Sorry you don't have power. We lucked out and still have power
The crazy thing is that I’ve never lost power (other than the ice storm when the whole state did) during any of the Houston storms! I watched Harvey happen on the news. It never crossed my mind that I’d lose power during this cat 1 storm. So crazy! Glad that you have power and didn’t have to go through the Centerpoint debacle.
Oh no Texas! Ugh. I’m
So sorry you live there.
It’s not bad when the hurricanes miss us 😉
Toni it’s obvious you are losing weight. Looking even more beautiful than ever.
Aww thank you. I’m working on it. It’s been a little rough to stick to a diet away from home. But I’ll be back on track soon!