Space Shorts

Dressing Myself - Part 1  -  When I conceived this blog, I started thinking about how I wanted to make the first posts. I don't think modeling naked with a sewing machine was originally in the plan. As I said in my intro I wanted there to be no mistake what I'd sewn, so I didn't want outside sourced clothes to make it into the pictures. The obvious question was "what about underwear?" The obvious answer was I had to make it. From there I saw a vision of a photo series of me getting dressed in clothes I made. Start with nothing, followed by underwear, pants, and a shirt. I've split it up, but here's part 1! What It Is  -  I didn't sew them until a couple months ago. I have this grand vision of being able to draft everything I sew and definitely didn't want to spend $20 on a boxers pattern. So I actually made these based on the drafting pattern I use for leggings (post to come). I just gave it a lot more ease*...

Time To Start Sewing!  -  You can't get dressed if you've got nothing to wear. The Machine  -  I'd been talking about learning how to sew for a while, but never really got around to it when I was living at home. After moving away I had kind of just forgotten about it, when this guy* popped into my life. It's a Bernina 930, and it's pretty freaking rad. It doesn't serge, but it can do pretty much everything else I need. And even though it's not pictured here, it's great having it be all mechanical switches and knobs for control. It just feels sturdier that way. Hold Up  -  I was stuck right here on this post for a couple weeks, just trying to figure out what to say next. Sitting around stressing about how to say it just right. So I got a suggestion from my main muse to keep it short so this project can be what it's supposed to be: something fun for me to do. So I'll be adjusting to that and only saying what comes...