First completed project: >.>

I have been hand sewing myself.. finding nice fabric has been difficult.. I'm in the boondocks. Thrift stores have been fantastic for finding fabric of a nice quality. Dunno if that helps.. And starting simple.. lol I'm in the same place ! Starting I would say is the hardest part ! Keep at it ^^

 

ahhh i rember first time i did sewing with industries sewing machine.. so scary!!! << i remember i was sleepy and archhh i poke needle trough my finger ,,, lucky it's recover in just a fews day *cry*
emm for fabric sorce... i go in fashion design department in my university so i can get alot of left over fabric for free ^^

 

Fabric really isn't too hard to find...if there aren't fabric stores nearby I've used clothes bought from thrift stores for practice (and sometimes for actual garments.) The great thing about doll clothes is how little fabric you actually need for them. ^_^

BTW...when my first boy arrived all he had were little handmade pillows and a crocheted blanket. XD The way I figure it you're right on track.

 

The naked-doll-syndrome'll hit you the latest when your doll arrives home, your hands'll start to itch to make SOMETHING to cover that bare resin bum! XD So good thing you're practisicing! And if you don't have any fabrics, just rummage trough your closets a bit, I'm sure there must be one or two shirts you never use, sock that's lost it's pair and so on... They can easily be used as material. (I've made underwear for a doll simply by cutting a sock in nice pieces. 8'D A good lenght piece from the toes, little holes for his legs, and oh my the leftover part makes a perfect tube-top!)

 

If you have a Walmart with a sewing department it's a great place to get fabric that's cheap and not bad to learn on. Then once you get the hang of that needle and thread you can go buy the better more expensive stuff.

I have a tendancy to crinkle my thread too. It was just trial and error to learn my machine to get it to stop.

 

I feel your pain yukisaboten. I litterally just dragged mine out today and spent forever trying to remember how to rethread it. It even has nice little pictures on the machine to show how to thread it for both sewing and winding a bobbin. Unfortunatly my common sense was a bit off today and i tryed combing the two. Didn't really work all that well... Though i remember now exactly how much i hate gathering >.<

Also, a little trick my grandma taught me. leave the machine threaded at all times. If you need to change threads then just cut the thread at the spool and tie the old thread and new thread together, then simply pull it through. Make sure you take the pulling end out of the needle first though