tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post6208503157009106605..comments2024-03-01T00:15:25.848-08:00Comments on Made By Meg: Sewing Lifelong FavoritesMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01455909792052564401noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-5965232896949199472019-01-05T11:08:57.614-08:002019-01-05T11:08:57.614-08:00This is really interesting and inspires me to go b...This is really interesting and inspires me to go back and look at my "historical" projects with an eye to what I'm still wearing. I agree with you that in the beginning, there is just a learning curve - a learning curve in sewing, a learning curve in fabric sourcing, a learning curve in figuring out what you like to wear vs. what you like to sew (at least, this is what it was like for me). Great post!Mashahttp://itinerantseamstress.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-24725032417664590302019-01-04T15:04:52.033-08:002019-01-04T15:04:52.033-08:00Now I'm envisioning someone wearing nothing bu...Now I'm envisioning someone wearing nothing but summer dresses with a coat over them!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455909792052564401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-66919371173662809802019-01-04T15:04:17.735-08:002019-01-04T15:04:17.735-08:00Maybe 25% + is a good rate? Go us! And you're ...Maybe 25% + is a good rate? Go us! And you're right, the first few years can be a total crapshoot. I made so many poorly-sewn party dresses!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455909792052564401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-75825827820206759292019-01-04T15:03:25.145-08:002019-01-04T15:03:25.145-08:00That is such a good point - I probably should have...That is such a good point - I probably should have counted the worn out ones well. I love that you wear your handmades out gardening and everything!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455909792052564401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-35368099407203198102019-01-04T09:36:19.699-08:002019-01-04T09:36:19.699-08:00I would include the items that have worn out as su...I would include the items that have worn out as successes. If you wore them so often that they expired, that's a win in my book! Some everyday items (for me blue jeans, khakis, knit tops) are not going to last more than a few years no matter how nice the fabric. They just get worn and washed too often- and often worn working in the yard and garden. Also, the fact that the success rate is highest in the last two years reported implies that you are now sewing patterns and fabrics that really suit you. That's great! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-61068333527551438292019-01-04T09:25:54.671-08:002019-01-04T09:25:54.671-08:00This is something I used to be better about tracki...This is something I used to be better about tracking...I think I went the other way a bit, I don't really count the garments from my first 1-2 years of sewing. ALTHOUGH, I wear the heck out of this Burda coat I made in 2014, the year after I learned to sew, and I'm tickled every time because it is just NOT well made :) But it's still pretty awesome!<br /><br />I'd venture a guess that I'm at around 25-30%. Every year I make so many tops and every year my "failure" rate has been 25-45%. I have 10 things from my first 2 years of sewing and I probably sewed 200 things :)<br /><br />KS_Sews (Dressmakingbacles)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687503853838975877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813031881624424068.post-63626633689382076952019-01-04T09:13:58.998-08:002019-01-04T09:13:58.998-08:00you tend to make things that are useful for your e...you tend to make things that are useful for your everyday wardrobe like the tops and jeans, which is so admirable! I find I could make only summer dresses or coats as I love sewing both of those - but neither of those makes a full wardrobe:)Beth (SunnyGal Studio)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08891740887743925587noreply@blogger.com