I had a dilemma before writing this post: should I share my bad experience or keep my experience a secret from everyone? And although it is very exciting for me to write these lines, in the end, I nevertheless decided to share my story, because now it is important. The idea that you need to talk only about your successful success, high results and incredible achievements is constantly implanted around. But few people talk about their failures, although no one is safe from mistakes, and absolutely everyone has failures: both for beginners - due to inexperience, and for professionals - due to fatigue, overload or tailoring at night. It was these thoughts that ultimately motivated me to share my story in new video.
Meet! My biggest sewing fail is the evening dress. It is sewn according to the Colette pattern from Vikisews. Featuring a fitted silhouette, ruffles, an asymmetric fit and a one-shoulder sleeve. In ordinary life, such a dress is difficult to fit into the wardrobe, but for evening fashion this is a great option. Just for the purpose of creating an evening look for a photoshoot, a friend turned to me. And we chose this stunning dress.Then we went together to buy fabrics, as well as shoes, cosmetics and accessories - all for a complete look.
And we found what we were looking for: a stunning Italian jacquard with a wrinkled effect of a cold gray-blue hue from the fashion house Roland Mouret, and sandals to match. Looking ahead, I will say that the dress turned out to be luxurious, and, despite the complexity and flowability of the fabric, without any flaws in terms of processing.
In addition, we managed to create not just a dress, but an look in the style of Mermaidcore. The aesthetics of this stylistic direction can be seen in the details: a fitted silhouette that emphasizes the curves of the figure like a mermaid's tail, a fabric texture reminiscent of sea waves and a drapery that repeats the pattern of shells. But there is one big BUT, which did not allow me to apply this image and show you.
Время пролетело быстро и мы встретились снова. Но радость от встречи скоро сменилась на разочарование. Произошло то, чего ни я, ни подруга совсем не ожидали. По какому-то странному стечению обстоятельств, платье вместо 36 размера получилось 34 размера. Оно оказалось мало. Для того, чтобы застегнуть молнию не хватало примерно 3 см. Это была катастрофа. Я стояла в замешательстве и не могла понять, что пошло не так, ведь был отшит макет, предварительно протестированы как основная, так и подкладочная ткани и при пошиве соблюдена технология.
In the
beginning, there was a dress made a test version from calico fabric. A friend
has a size 36, a standard figure, and the sample sat down as if the pattern was
created especially for her. I didn't have to make any adjustments. I used to
sew clothes for a friend according to Vikisews patterns before, and the result
always pleased us both. Therefore, I agreed to hand over the finished dress to
her at the next meeting.
Time passed quickly and we met again. But the joy of the meeting was
soon replaced by disappointment. Something happened that neither I nor my
friend expected at all. Something happened that neither I nor my friend
expected. The dress turned out to be 34 sizes instead of 36 due to some strange
coincidence. It turned out to be small. About 3 cm was missing for zippering.
It was a disaster. I stood in confusion and could not understand what went
wrong? The sample was sewn, both the main and lining fabrics were pre-tested,
and the technology was followed when sewing.
To be honest, this is the first time in my practice. I measured the
parts of the dress and compared them with the pattern - the values coincided,
but the dress didn't fit and did not measure well. So that my friend would not
be left without the promised outfit, I bought exactly the same fabric for
sewing a new dress. But after what happened I was depressed. I put a lot of
effort, resources and time into this sewing project. I hoped that the dress
would please for friend and attract admiring glances to her. Now I put this dress up for sale and I really
hope that there will still be Thumbelina, which will fit it. I can't stand the
thought that this dress is destined to hang in the closet without knowing its
finest hour. The dress turned out amazing, if you close your eyes to the fact
that it came out a size smaller for a friend.
Every experience we live with stays with us for life in the form of
lessons we learn. From this whole situation, I learned several lessons at once.
The first is to try on clothes as many times as possible, especially if the
fabric is expensive. Yes, I had a sample dress sewn off and a fitting was done,
but the fitting had to be repeated in the future for the main fabric as well.
This would have saved me from making a mistake. The second is to be able to
admit own mistakes, no matter how painful it may be for your self-esteem. And
the third - don't sew in a short time, because you can get an unpleasant
surprise and lose the trust of the client.
Perhaps after reading my story, it will be easier for you to accept your
failures, correct them and continue moving forward. Share, in the comments,
have you had similar cases in your life and how did you cope with the
situation?
by Stacy
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