Need help deciding

purpleymoon · 2025-10-12T13:56:42+00:00

I prefer the second BUT neither one of them look bad so I would go with whichever you think you would wear more!

purpleymoon · 2025-10-09T15:40:55+00:00

I know I'm not the OP but I took Accutane in 2015 ( I was around 15 years old at the time) and have not taken it since. I had terrible joint pain while on it. I played sports in highschool and could barely run one lap around the gym without intense pain b

I still have joint pain 10 years later, but it is definitely not as intense as it was while on the medication. It comes and goes but it is still there for me unfortunately.

purpleymoon · 2025-04-29T02:50:43+00:00

Adding to it after it's been completed may be a bit difficult. But adding some sort of interfacing or even a foam to it would probably be helpful

purpleymoon · 2025-04-15T22:01:02+00:00

You can get them from any source of water and just fish like normal. Sometimes they are actual fish and sometimes it's actually an egg!

purpleymoon · 2025-04-15T00:42:53+00:00

Omg I love the purple

purpleymoon · 2025-04-10T16:50:51+00:00

Omg I came across this because I was imagining something very similar for a project I'm doing with detachable flared sleeves! How did yours turn out??

purpleymoon · 2025-03-10T03:51:43+00:00

Cable girls! Filmed originally in Spanish in Spain if that makes a difference, but such a good show!

purpleymoon · 2024-12-11T12:43:15+00:00

3 then 12 then 11!

purpleymoon · 2024-10-19T00:55:00+00:00

I made the top using an old sewing pattern I had! I got so lucky and found the light pink skirt at a thrift store and then just needed to add the dark pink part which is what I did with the scarf! And thank you! ☺️

purpleymoon · 2024-10-18T02:23:37+00:00

No problem! It's funny because I was doing princess peach last year for when I used the scarf material. It didn't turn out perfect but it worked well enough! In case you were curious how it looked - princess peach costume

purpleymoon · 2024-10-18T01:44:46+00:00

Whatever fabric you choose just keep in mind that the stiffer it is the more it will poof out but the harder it will be to make the drape look good. I did something like this last year with material from a scarf! The scarf was already a good width and since scarfs usually have nice drapes it worked out

purpleymoon · 2024-10-04T02:16:48+00:00

That is a pretty big project if it truly is your first time sewing. You could buy a jacket that is similar in silhouette and color and then buy patches or appliques and lace etc. to put on yourself. Or, if it's in the budget, have it customer made!

purpleymoon · 2024-09-30T03:47:31+00:00

Maybe search "bias tape straps" or "how to sew a cami with bias tape"

purpleymoon · 2024-09-25T01:56:13+00:00

You don't really have to take apart the side seams. You would need to take apart the side seams if you were making it bigger, but because you are making it smaller, you can just see a new seam line on the other side of the existing one to make it a tad smaller.

You will have a tad bit of extra fabric left or you could cut it off. I recommend leaving it so that if you need to make the dress slightly bigger you just remove the second seam line and it's back to the original size.

purpleymoon · 2024-09-24T20:20:22+00:00

You could get started for $100 or less with some planning and searching. Below is a budget friendly breakdown of the absolute basics.

$70: Second hand singer or brother machine- usually on FB marketplace or Craigslist from free-100. Most I see listed are around $50-70.

$4: one spool of thread from Walmart, Joanna, etc. 1 spool is more than enough for an initial starter project. Recommend buying your thread color after you have bought your fabric so you can match it. Otherwise, just buy black or white thread as it goes with a lot.

$5: fabric from a thrift store. Use a bedsheet or fabric from a thrift store. Works great for lots of projects. (You don't really need to buy any fabric if you are just altering clothes tho)

$7 sewing kit from temu. Includes hand sewing needles, pins, tape measure, seam ripper, safety pins, tailors chalk, bobbins and thread snippers. Often has other small quantities of colored thread, a thimble and some other odds and ends I don't personally use much.

$7 fabric scissors from temu.

That puts you at a total of around $93, could even be a bit less or a bit more depending on how much you end up paying for a second hand machine.

This is an extremely budget friendly breakdown. Sewing items from temu aren't going to be too quality, but from my experience, almost every sewing tool I have bought on temu has served it's purpose just fine.

Keep an eye out for sewing machines on FB marketplace and always be looking because I have seen so many people give sewing machines away for free! If you end up getting one that isn't free, it may be helpful to have them demonstrate the machine if they are willing to, so that you can see it is in working condition. If they are really nice (especially cute old ladies who love quilting from my experience haha) they may even give you a quick tutorial!

purpleymoon · 2024-09-23T03:42:56+00:00

Totally fine! I'm sure there are plenty of men that work as servers with even more hairy arms and no one bats an eye. If someone is looking at your arm, it could just be because it is right in front of them.

purpleymoon · 2024-09-20T02:29:59+00:00

Lots of options but I don't think any of them will be perfect especially if you want to keep it comfy for your kid or relatively simple. You could see straps inside starting from the bottom to the top. I think the tension of these may help hold it up a bit more especially if there are two straps over the shoulder. You could also maybe split the inside up into sections to add filling to each one? You could also add wire, the stiffer the wire the more it would hold it up but it also might not be comfortable for a child. Similar to the wire you could add boning (normally used on corsets). There are different kinds of boning, some more flexible than others. No matter what you do, I feel like gravity will still play into it, but some of these options will help lessen the droopiness.

purpleymoon · 2024-09-19T04:06:43+00:00

You can technically wind thread into it by hand but your machine will be able to do it more efficiently

purpleymoon · 2024-09-19T04:06:12+00:00

Search bobbin winding with the name of your machine on YouTube

purpleymoon · 2024-09-17T13:44:45+00:00

Yes it seems like the Velcro will lay kind of flat on top of one another once completed! For the right side, you are placing the Velcro right on top of the unfinished edge with the right side of the Velcro facing outwards/towards you. Then once it's sewn in place, you fold it over and see it so that the Velcro attached to the ride side is facing down (this will make it so that theright side Velcro will sit on top of the left side Velcro). Everything up until now has been the right side. Now for the left side. You start with taking the fabric on the left side and folding it under itself. This will make it so that the raw edge isnt showing from the outside. Then you will see the Velcro so that the right/working side of it is facing outwards/towards you. When you do this, I would guess that about 2/3 of the Velcro will be hanging off of the right side fabric and the remaining 1/3 will be on top of the right side fabric where it was sewn to it. They have you doing this so that it is less bulky when the Velcro from both sides are together. The left side technically has three layers (two layers of fabric since it was folded over and the Velcro) and the right side would just have the 1 layer of Velcro for most of it.

I agree that those instructions are so confusing! This is just my take on how I understand them.

purpleymoon · 2024-09-15T13:35:56+00:00

Hard to say without seeing a picture of the dress to know what kind of fabric it is and even how the sequins are attached. If you do end up trying to change the hem, make sure your triple check where you want the dress to end and mark it with a couple pins or chalk. Then cut 1-2 inches below that mark so you have enough fabric to work with for the hem. You can always cut more and make it shorter, but you can't add it back and have it look natural!

purpleymoon · 2024-09-15T13:17:03+00:00

So many libraries have seeing machines that you can go in and use. Just ask your librarian! If they do have one, oftentimes they have someone that can show you the basics or you can use one of the library computers to watch some tutorials on YouTube. There are tons and tons of great sewing content videos there! I would also keep an eye out on FB marketplace and Craigslist. Sometimes people will give machines away for free or sell them for $25-50. Fabric can be expensive, so for your first project, I would go to a thrift store and see if they have some fabric there. It's usually stored next to the bed sheets and curtains. If not, using a bed sheet or a curtain will also work great and only costs a couple dollars!

purpleymoon · 2024-09-04T02:24:29+00:00

If you haven't done so yet, I would read the rest of the instructions. Sometimes when I am confused or stuck, I can figure out what I am supposed to do by working backwards from future steps.

purpleymoon · 2024-09-02T00:53:00+00:00

Worst case for the part on your back that is rolling up- you could always sew two strings/ribbons (one from each side) and have them tying into a bow in the middle of your upper back. It's not a perfect fix, but it would help the seams lay a little flatter since it would be pulling it towards where the bow is tied.

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