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Tadaa! Take that, patriarchy!
( Pocket nr. 2 wil have to wait until tomorrow)
#pockets #sewing #FuckThePatriarchy
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Maaike
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mastodon 4.7.2Houdt van lezen, naaien, analoge fotografie, fietsen en door het bos lopen. Haat fascisten en intolerantie. Zij/haar. Had eigenlijk gehoopt dat de apocalyps pas na haar tijd zou zijn.
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Loves reading, sewing, analogue photography, cycling and walking trough the forest. Hates fascists and intolerance. She/her. Had actually hoped the apocalypse would take place after her time.
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To celebrate David Attenborough's 100th birthday I took myself in a small botanical expedition around my neighborhood. It's always fun to spot plants growing between tiles and next to lamp posts and realise how many different species even a paved over bit of residential area supports.
#DavidAttenborough #UrbanNature
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social @MakersHour@cupoftea.social I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the house for you!
Ondanks alles bloeit de hei toch weer.
#Bloomscrolling
Het is jammer dat ik de warme geur van de zomer niet mee kan sturen.
I'm wearing the same as yesterday for me made May, so let me show you the clothes I just made for my nasty old flakey headphones. Not exactly high couture, but it'll keep the blue flakes out of my hair and is thin enough not to dampen the sound.
#sewing #MeMadeMay
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Let's fix this puny little pocket. To the seam ripper!
Step 1: unpick the bottom of the pocket and a few cm of the side seam. (I find seam ripping relaxing and meditative, but you could totally just cut it open, we're adding extra fabric anyway. Not the side seam though, that really needs to be unpicked.)(You might not need to unpick the side seam at all, it depends on the construction of the pocket.)
#sewing #FuckThePatriarchy #pockets
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And that's it! Your pants are now ready to face the world again. The trickiest bit is to make sure not to catch extra bits of fabric and create creases (or even sew shut your pants), but if you do, there's always the trusted seamripper to cut the stitches and try again. Just take your time and it'll be fine.
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#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend
Today for me made May I wore the Bonnie top from fibre mood (which i think looks very good on me, but which I hardly ever wear because the sleeves are too short - I found out with this top I really don't like 'bracelet length'), the wide leg pants from Peppermint Magazine ( modified to barrel legs) the fibre mood Drew jacket again, and the Buckley tote from Elbe textiles.
(Yesterday was the same as the day before)
#MeMadeMay #sewing
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Oh, just in case you now think I'm some kind of sewing wizard, here's some less invisible examples ,😁 Not exactly pants to wear to work or something, but good enough for around the house and working in the garden. (I do go out on public in those green ones, I have no shame. I'm kind of counting on people being too polite to stare at my butt too much.)
#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend
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The hemming tape may claim that it's a durable solution, but that's a lie. We need to reinforce this patch or it'll just drop off in no time. Using your sewing machine (or needle and thread if you're patient and have strong fingers), sew up and down the patch several times. Remember to use matching thread to your pants. This is where the reverse button of your machine will really come in handy. Up and down, left and right, just make a nice grid, catching all the edges.
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I forgot about me made May yesterday, but fear not, i wore the same as the day before. But with a light linen knit cardi (a modified slouchy cardi from Peppermint Magazine) over it because it was a bit chilly. Today it was fibre moods Feliz dress in blue linen (and the Drew jacket during walkies). Also tried a new angle for the picture, instead of straight into the sun, squeezed between the plants. Not sure if it's an improvement.
#sewing #MeMadeMay
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social well, I've repaired stuff on the road. Sewing the tear in my sleeping bag shut definitely made the rest of the camping trip easier, and temporarily fixing the pedal of my bicycle helped my reach an actual bicycle repair shop. Etc.
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Not much for me made May today. Just my undies (which your not getting a picture of) and this shirt I made from a scrap of jacquard knit left over after making a cardigan. I traced an existing tee for the pattern.
#MeMadeMay #sewing
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Step 5: more pinning. Look closely to the picture and see that the original pocket sticks out over the new pocket. I'm now folding that extra old bit over the new bit, and folding a second time and pinning to enclose all the raw edges.
Next, I'll sew that down. Now I won't get loose threads tickling me, and the second sewing line adds a bit of extra strength as well.
#sewing #pockets
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Put the pants on a flat surface, and put first the hemming tape and the the patch on the inside on the hole. The right side of the patch facing down, towards the hole. Try to keep the edges of the hole together so less of the patch will show through. If your hole is too big, don't worry, that's why you have a patch in a matching colour. (Or not, you can use a contrasting patch for a bit of #VisibleMending.) If there's a lot of fraying, maybe trim down the edges a bit first. When everything is lined out, take a hot iron and iron the patch on. Mind you don't melt any interfacing to your iron, or you'll have to clean of nasty gunk (ask me how I know).
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#sewing #mending #MakeDoAndMend
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@JustinMac84@mastodon.social It's the result of decades (centuries) of history. If your interested, this is a fascinating read about the history of women's pockets:
https://khronicledispatches.com/2025/09/11/from-fashion-to-feminism-the-controversial-history-of-womens-pockets/
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Step 7: sewing this bit can be a bit fiddly, so check if you caught the fabric on both sides. If you missed a bit, just seen an extra pass at that bit.
Next, trim the seam allowances to slightly less than 1/2 cm, and trim away fraying and lose threads.
Now, if your new pocket has curves, make little snips in those curves, but watch out and don't copy dough your sewing line. Just little snips, 1/2 cm or so apart (maybe a bit more apart on less steep curves). This will help your seam become nice and flat.
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Step 8: turn your pocket back to the right side (on the inside of the jeans. Make sure to push out any corners. Pressing it may help get things nice and flat ( though I'm not bothering right now). Now sew the pocket again, a bit more than 1/2 a cm from the edge.
(Also, my yarn has turned purple because I ran out of pink)
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Step 2: find some fabric. I have some boring white cotton, but you can use whatever, it's now going to be visible anyway. Just make sure it's not too flimsy or too heavy. Look at what your existing pocket is made of and find something that feels the same(ish). An old sheet or ugly cotton shirt could be an excellent source of pocket materiaal.
My existing pocket is one piece, folded over, so I'm going to make a folded pocket as well. If your pocket is made of two separate pieces, cut two identical pieces. I've just eyeballed a pocket shape here and drew it straight on the fabric. You could make a paper pattern piece first if you want. I'm not going to sew the pocket into the side seam except at the point where it joins the old pocket, too much effort.
#sewing #pockets
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social Hi, Maaike here. I'd like to be working on my #frankenfabric quilt, but I told myself I have to finish the skirt I'm working on first. It's nearly finished. Nearlyish. And the mending pile (which isn't too big, so doable this weekend).
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social Hm, i try to, but i hardly ever get around to it. I try to estimate being a small embroidery of seeing project along, which usually gets day ignored while i hoe of cycle around. Though on our last long train trip to Switzerland, i brought my knitting and actually knitted almost half a sock. (Which is now daalt ignored again while i work on shiny other projects)
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social How a garment turns out is greatly influenced by the fabric. Picking the wrong type of fabric to go with a pattern can result in a truly horrendous failure, even though both pattern and fabric on their own are perfectly fine. (The atrocious dress that thought me this has since been taken apart and the fabric used for other projects)
#MakersHour
Hup Richard!
#tdf #TourDeFrance
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social I would make them clothes of course. With the amount of fabric I have, I could keep them clothes for years. Decades!
#MakersHour
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social Hi, Maaike here. Eh. Not much. A lot. Went on holiday and threw a big party for the first time in years, that took a lot of time. But I've got the house to myself for a few weeks, so I've spread out All The Projects to do All The Projects.
I did make some bunting for the party.
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@Indigoatcrafts@cupoftea.social It can be a bit fiddly, but the reward is pretty good I think.
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@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social Isn't it? I saw plants labeled like this years ago around town and enjoyed reading all the names. It was even more fun to do it myself.
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@hirnsushi I'm glad you found it helpful!
Extra tip: if sewing over the thick middle seam is hard for your machine, even with a special denim needle, skipping that bit and sewing as close as you can on both sides of the seam also works.
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@artbyailbhe@mastodon.art ah, the pitfalls of non native language! 😁 Thanks for the tip.
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social @MakersHour@cupoftea.social oof, getting tired just that... I hate moving. But I'm sure it will be with it for your dream house 🤞🤞🤞
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@MakersHour@cupoftea.social I have a blog where I post my bigger makes, and I post most of them here on Mastodon.
#MakersHour
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@artbyailbhe also a good tip. (Though with larger patches i'm clumsy enough to need pins to baste it in place)