Leah
- Land Acknowledgement
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Kallie
Took over the meeting to run the elections as a past president
We have someone running for each vacant position
Nominees gave short introductions
Need a quorum for the voting even if running unopposed.
Speaker: Kallie - Flux Sewing
Body neutrality vs body positivity. You don’t have to love your body but it’s good to make comfortable clothes for whatever body you have
Kalie’s pants: Closet Core Ginger pants
Laura Lee showed bloat-friendly jeans (adding extra fabric around the zipper/crotch area)
Seyda: add waistband elastic to Hinterland dress
Sewing Therapy is highly recommended
The Mystical Attic - flux-pants
shirring is a big trend this summer and flux-friendly
Threadloop - sewing app
Patterns from the slide: Pietra Pants (Closet Core), Mitchell Pants (closet core) Alba Pants (Tessuti), Willandra Pants (Muna and Broad), Emerson Pant (True Bias), Townsend Shirt (Elbe Textiles), Hortense Shirt (Ready to Sew), Homme Wrap (Elbe Textiles), Zadie Jumpsuit (Paper Theory)
Other recs: Hughes dress from Friday pattern company, Hinterland Dress
Sewing SOS
Q: Anyone have a good pattern for a milkmaid style dress?
A1: Hughes dress from Friday pattern company
Q: Pants have small front pleats but they are ballooning horribly! How to fix? (Pants have already been made.)
A1: Sew down the pleats a few inches/as needed
A2: Turn into darts
A3: Take some fabric out on the sides
Q: Looking for tips and tricks working with knits. Especially how to avoid puckering when hemming and surging.
A1: Fiddle with machine tension and stitch length, steam after stitching.
A2: Wonder tape
A3: Make sure you are not stretching out when hemming.
A4: Check your presser foot tension, sometimes a walking foot can help
A5: Use handstitch (herringbone, V stitch)
A6: Use a strip of knit interfacing along the hem to help stabilize the fabric
A7: using a 1.5 differential feed on the serger when working with knits is magic!
Q: Where to thrift plain clothes to alter. Don’t want to have prints on it. Or how to get rid of them?
A1: Sometimes you can use acetone to get rid of print - work outdoors with gloves!
A2: Church thrift shops
A3: Getting two of the similar shirts and making a frankenshirt
A4: YStreet on instagram has good ideas
A5: Eco Equitable has cheap fabric if you are willing to sew
A6: applique or reverse applique - knits don’t unravel
A7: embroidery can be removed with a cheap plastic razor and some patience
A8: Blank tee shirts at Michaels/Costco - good price
A9: @riskthrift on instagram has some fun inspiration for thrift alterations
A10: Lainey’s Luck on Bank
A11: @upcyclex on instagram has some inspiration too
Q: Too much fabric in the crotch area of pants block
A1: Ruth Ithaca Maven’s pants fitting substack has all the good info
A2: Scoop out the inseam, make sure front and back pieces match.
OGGPOM: Fluxing and Flexing
Pattern ideas on the slides: Magic Pants by Anne Tilley Handmade, Glebe Pants by Muna and Broad, Ophelia Overalls by Decades of Style
Sew + Tell
Laura Lee: Cropped version of Jenna Shirt by Closet Core, fabric from Destash for Palestine
Cathy: Niece found pants for a wedding at a thrift store but couldn’t sit down. She added a crotch extension.
Kim: Friday Pattern Co - Square Neck top, added 2in at the adjustment line, Fabric by Audrey Armstrong design bought at Fabrications.
Eleanor: Self drafted costume headpiece for a game character; Wizard hat and capelet (Will from Stranger Things), added kind of a papermache structure inside the hat to have it stand up. Used fabric pieces mismatched in size to make it look crooked. It was awesome!
Sheela: Some vintage top patter, stretchy lace fabric for sleeves, matching jersey for the body.
Jenny: Took a vintage nightgown, chopped it at the torso and dyed to make a prairie girl style top
Sewist: Cross body bag from old suede jacket. Top patter: Butterick cowl neck.
