#i can use a sewing machine

[basilpaste]

sometimes you have an idea thats like 'wow would that be fucked up or what?' and like. yeah. it would be fucked up.

VERY IMPORTANTLY: not canon. this is not canon to osis. but think about lock in your brain. it is so mentally well does not feel crippling guilt over the fact that it gave up.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

thinking about puppet tattoo parlors. A wall covered in so many different thread colors to choose from - swatches of different types of stitch for different textures / effects. modified handheld sewing machines for tattooing with multiple settings for the different stitches. individual needles + embroidery thread as stick n pokes...

[uselesscantrip]

made a cazador pin cushion so I can impale him for 11 more years

[shirajellyfish]

Demon fabric

Minky is a demon fabric. It lures you in with promises greater than mortal joys (sooooo soft SO soft so soooft) and only later do the consequences of your unholy pact become clear.

[badassindistress]

Tragedy!

Halfway through 9 meters of ruffles my ruffle attachment broke 😭

The little bit that pushed the pleat somehow got under the needle and it broke. I don't know how that is possible. Now it drops pleats🥲

[valgeristik]

ok so this isnt exactly my usual brand of art but like. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES: I MADE A DRESS myself. from scratch. behold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was wild bcs i got GRIPPED by insanity for like a week n would not stop working on this thing. ive never sewed clothes before. i do believe i may have been possessed, big huge thanks to my bestiest bestie @blu3mila for being the photographer 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[avephelis]

trying to singlehandedly revolutionise the men's fashion industry but my heat resistance is zero and im boiling alive call. that a fried faggot ❓ i think i have heatstroke

[gremlinbehaviour]

every single time i think to myself "I wanna quilt my own quilts! And this is just a throw size so it'll work fine on a regular sewing machine" and then two lines in my ribs and shoulders are screaming at me from trying to maneuver 25 square feet of fabric and backing through dozens of little microadjustments and I'm screaming at the quilt because I have invariably already fucked it up

[moxie-girl]

in-progress of my latest cosplay project…

it’s a lot bigger than most of my others!

[coffeeworldsasaki]

I'm still rotating in my mind the idea of selling stuff I make but well. I do a lot of different stuff through different fiber crafts and I have no idea if it would help or not to have so much stuff instead of one precise direction

[hollowsart]

Beck’s apartment, the living space ft. Beck himself on a day off lol

can you name all the posters I hid?

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

My sewing machine decided it's time to start giving random error messages again whenever I sew.

It's a cheap, 200 euro digital machine, you get what you pay for.

First repair was 3 years back, 110 euros.

This time the estimate is 120 euros.

I am gladly gonna pay for that because 1) I refuse to buy a whole new sewing machine just because the bobbin tension fucks itself every 3 years, 2) sewing machines are one of the few things that still have repair shops semi-widely available, and 3) machine quality and inflation are making it that I couldn't even find an equivalent machine for the same price if I wanted to.

[arowrath]

even after top surgery i'm gonna be short as hell and i'll probably gain weight when i start t so tbh i need to just learn 2 make my own clothes. bc the problem of never having clothes for my body type is not going to go away ever. unfortunately making ur own clothes is expensive bc fabric is expensive and sewing machines are expensive and fucking up is expensive

[daughterofsarenrae]

sewing machines are for cowards!! i am so so scared of it REAL [GENDER REDACTED] sew by hand ONLY please help it keeps looking at me idk what it wants--

[shirajellyfish]

Sewing machines, man

Normal instructions: Hey be careful not to do X, or the results might not be as neat! Avoid Y, as it could waste materials. Make sure not to Z, or you'll have to start over!

Sewing machine instructions: Don't you DARE so much as TOUCH X. You see X, right there? DON'T TOUCH IT! I'M WARNING YOU! The machine will become possessed by vengeful ghosts and stab you to death while you sleep, we warned you! Make ABSOLUTE SURE you NEVER do Y. The needle will EXPLODE and PEPPER YOU WITH SHRAPNEL. And if you EVER, I mean EVER even THINK about doing Z, your entire living space will be ravaged by the literal hellfire that spews forth from your sewing machine. This also voids the warranty.

[badassindistress]

Cloaksforall sewalong - threading your sewing machine (Top thread)

I've seen people in the sewalong tags saying they just got their first sewing machine or had no experience at all, so I'll attempt to give a little help with the first hurdle of using a sewing machine; putting in the threads.

Every machine is different, but there are some general ways most machines are set up.

The thread at the top is most different per machine. Looking up your manual is best, but in general modern machines have you pull the thread inside (and will have little directional arrows if you're lucky).

Older machines have the thread external. The common elements are, in order of operations:

A stick to place the thread

A hook or loop that keeps the thread in place

It will go down and around the tension wheel

And up through the lever that moves up and down when you turn the wheel

And down again towards the needle, through a little guide and through the eye of the needle

For older machines, that tension loop has a little metal wire jiggling around:

Top thread done, now for the bobbin!

(This post got way too long and tumblr complained about the amount of photos, so GO HERE for bobbin threading)