🧵 {27/10/26} ✦ "Small stitches, big help" 🧸 ❤️🩹 🪡 | Sewing Diary ✦ 🇪🇸 │ 🇺🇸
✦ We've reached a time when knowing how to sew is once again a valued skill - Collage & Edition in FotoJet, photos by @Tesmoforia ✦
🇪🇸 ~ Con frecuencia escucho a alguna vecina decir orgullosamente que no sabe coser, "¡no se coser ni un botón!", y yo que no me imagino la vida sin saber usar la aguja, no se como corresponder a esa declaración.
Coser a vuelto a estar de moda por un interés renovado gracias a la cantidad masiva de videos DIY en redes sociales, muchos son solo para entretener y no precisamente para educar, pero logran atraer la atención lo suficiente como para que las personas activamente busquen resolver situaciones textiles.
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🇺🇸 ~ I often hear a neighbor proudly say that she doesn’t know how to sew—“I can’t even sew on a button!”—and since I can’t imagine life without knowing how to use a needle, I don’t know how to respond to that statement.Sewing has come back into style thanks to a renewed interest sparked by the massive number of DIY videos on social media. Many are just for entertainment and not exactly meant to educate, but they manage to grab people’s attention enough that they actively seek solutions to clothing-related problems.
✦ I've been able to work on small projects for people of all sizes and ages ✦
Hace un tiempo comencé a ayudar a algunas personas de mi comunidad poniendo a la orden mi máquina de coser, porque iniciaron las clases y eso significa uniformes usados y nuevos que necesitan remendarse o ajustarse.
También ha sido época de fiestas y caminatas humanitarias, así que he tenido una larga lista de mini proyectos de toda clase, que me han servido como practica para recordar, refrescar conocimientos, e improvisar soluciones ✂️ 📝 ✨
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A while back, I started helping some people in my community by lending them my sewing machine, because school had started—and that means used and new uniforms that need mending or adjusting.It’s also been a time for parties and charity walks, so I’ve had a long list of mini-projects of all kinds, which have served as practice to help me remember, refresh my skills, and improvise solutions ✂️ 📝 ✨
✦ An extra layer for the skirt of an evening gown; the original design was very sheer and left nothing to the imagination ✦
✦ A nightmare! A pair of tuxedo pants with some kind of super-strong adhesive that didn't allow me to access the original seams to take them in at the ankle ✦
✦ The top of a ball gown was too big, so I had to take it apart completely to turn it into a petite XXS size ✦
Algunas de estas cosas son divertidas aunque no lo parezcan, por ejemplo, la matemática detrás de los ajustes, a mi me parece algo muy especial porque rara vez hay dos ajustes iguales, los cuerpos aunque señalen la misma talla, pueden ser muy diferentes unos de otros, y eso amerita ediciones personalizadas.
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Some of these things are fun even if they don't seem like it—for example, the math behind the adjustments. To me, it's something very special because no two adjustments are ever exactly the same; even if two bodies are labeled as the same size, they can be very different from one another, and that calls for custom adjustments.
✦ It's kind of funny that sometimes moms have asked me to put patches in the wrong places—for example, on chemises—when the girls' jumpers are full-chested. In those cases, all I can do is laugh and wait for them to buy more patches! ✦
Otras cosas mas simples, son casi un ejercicio de memoria muscular, descoser, limpiar, alfileres, ajustar el largo de la puntada y listo; la cantidad de instalación de insignias que he hecho te sorprendería; se aprende rápidamente de memoria una distancia genérica para que queden perfectas.
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Other simpler tasks are almost a matter of muscle memory: unpicking, cleaning, pinning, adjusting the stitch length, and you're done. You'd be surprised how many badges I've sewn on; you quickly learn by heart a general distance to make them look perfect.
✦ I've also done a lot of invisible seams—these are my favorites ✦
✦ In this case, since these are clothes for a teenager, I made them a little sturdier than I usually do ✦
✦ I've also improvised a lot; there are adjustments that require almost completely taking the garment apart, but the person asks me very late at night because they need to wear it early the next day, so there's not much I can do in that situation ✦
Siempre digo que la ropa es para disfrutarla, no para sufrirla, por eso defiendo tanto la importancia de que si así lo quieres, busques a alguien que pueda ayudarte a que tu ropa te quede como te gustaría.
No creo que sea vanidad, si al final lo que usamos esta estrechamente relacionado con lo que queremos expresar, cómo queremos ser percibidos por el mundo o cómo nos sentimos.
I always say that clothes are meant to be enjoyed, not to be a source of suffering, which is why I strongly believe that, if you want to, you should find someone who can help you make sure your clothes fit the way you’d like them to.
I don’t think it’s vanity; after all, what we wear is closely tied to what we want to express, how we want to be perceived by the world, and how we feel.
✦ 🫒 Olive green is the winner! 🫒 ✦
Mis ajustes favoritos han sido por ejemplo, el caso de una adolescente a la que no le gusta enseñar el escote, por eso quiso cerrarlo con un extra de puntadas de seguridad.
También el caso de una vecina con una talla muy particular, a la que la ropa siempre lo sobra un poco de tela, y guarda maletas llenas de ropa muy bonita porque todas necesitan algún arreglo.
Ha sido lindo también conocer personalidades tan distintas, algunas personas son bastante relajadas y practicas, y otras se fijan intensamente en si el color del hilo que voy a usar es igual o no a la urdimbre de la tela ( ´∀｀)人(´∀｀ )
También ha comenzado una temporada de lluvias bastante fuertes y el ambiente esta ideal para coser, los días pasan tranquilos y hasta perezosos por aquí 🍵 🌔 🎐
Some of my favorite alterations have included, for example, the case of a teenage girl who doesn’t like to show her cleavage, so she wanted to close it up with a few extra security stitches.
There was also the case of a neighbor with a very unique size, whose clothes always have a little extra fabric, and who keeps suitcases full of beautiful clothes because they all need some kind of alteration.
It’s also been nice to meet such different personalities—some people are pretty laid-back and practical, while others pay close attention to whether the color of the thread I’m going to use matches the fabric’s warp or not ( ´∀｀)人(´∀｀ )
A season of fairly heavy rains has also begun, and the atmosphere is perfect for sewing; the days pass quietly and even lazily around here 🍵 🌔 🎐
✨ 🍓 Texts & photos by mino☆rei 🍓 ✨
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