Greetings dear community, this time I share two stories in one, it is the first part of making a Naruto costume for my son's birthday, in addition to telling you that it is the first time I use a sewing machine after 9 years of having my machine broken with which at that time I was just learning.
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My son's birthdays have always been special to me because it is the only date that I really make an effort to hold a celebration, because we do not celebrate any date at home like that. My son's first birthdays were to my liking, because he was not old enough to express his tastes so I did the decoration as I liked, however this changed as he grew older, this year I was very surprised when he told me that he wanted his sixth birthday to be Naruto-themed, I am very happy with his decision because I like this anime, but thinking that it could be something that he was saying momentarily and then he would change his mind I took it upon myself to ask him enough as to understand that he would not change his mind.
I am very excited to be able to make a nice birthday for my son but although I have been in charge of making the decorations by hand on all occasions, this year it is an obligation because in all the stores there are no Naruto decorations (nor in my city or my state capital). In view of this I decided to buy fabric and make the Naruto costume first, however the fabrics are expensive and the small Naruto costume has a white neck part, while the older Naruto costume has only two colors, so I spoke with my son and made him understand that although I know that the little one is his favorite, I only bought fabric to make the costume model of the older Naruto and my son agreed.
On the other hand, although I have made clothes sewn completely by hand, this takes me a long time so I decided to take out my sewing machine that was 9 years old with the intention of having it repaired, that was the beginning of Odyssey looking for a technician, After walking around the city I realized that no local repaired sewing machines, I had to ask some seamstresses for references until a cousin gave me a phone number, I called and it sounded as if the phone did not exist, I decided to write her a message by whatssap and in the profile photo of this number there was a young woman, they did not reply to the message and I thought that possibly the technician no longer had that phone number. However, a few days passed and suddenly I received a call from that phone number, it was the technician who had been recommended to me, but unfortunately he was not living in the city, so after talking a little he promised to send me the Telephone number of a technician who works in the city, two days later he sent me the number of the technician, I called him and we agreed that he would come to my house to see the machine.
Señor reparando la maquina en mi casa / The technical man repairing the machine in my house
The day came and the technical man came, but the news was not good, as soon as he saw my machine he told me this type of machine is one of the most damaged, when reviewing it I observe that a small piece in the shape of a pinion that was worn and That is why the machine did not work, he told me that this part is difficult to obtain and that it could only be bought in the capital of my city, then he told me that he would do everything possible to repair or at least temporarily try to repair this part while he gave me time to buy a new piece, he did that and the machine worked, so excited I decided to look for videos and read a lot about patterns of boy's pants to start with that part of the costume because it was simpler.
Cuando conseguí una tabla de medidas para la talla 6 de pantalón para niño, decidí dibujar el patrón en papel de luego transferirlo con sus respectivos márgenes de costura a la tela, este es un patrón pantalón jogger para niños que afortunadamente conseguí en una página llamada caliopefashion al cual realicé modificaciones para convertirlo en el de Naruto.
When I got a table of measurements for size 6 of pants for boys, I decided to draw the pattern on paper and then transfer it with their respective seam allowances to the fabric, this is a jogger pants pattern for boys that fortunately I got on a page called caliopefashion to which I made modifications to turn it into Naruto's pants.
I really liked doing this part of the work, that is, the cuts for the two parts of the front, the two back parts, the front pockets and the waistband, also, I added the cuts where the kunai or knife holder goes on the left leg with a piece of black and white cloth.
Una de las modificaciones mas importantes qué realicé al patrón fue añadir bolsillos ribeteados en la parte de atrás, para esos busqué videos de youtube de coomo realizar bolsillos ribeteados, sin embargo muchos de estos videos eran muy largos y me desesperaba que no llegaran al punto que me interesaba pronto , hasta que conseguí un video de 6 minutos donde explica el proceso de una forma simple y concreta.
One of the most important modifications that I made to the pattern was to add welt pockets in the back, for those I looked for YouTube videos of how to make welt pockets, however many of these videos were very long and I was desperate that they would not reach the point that I was interested in it early, until I got a 6 minute video where he explains the process in a simple and concrete way.
I was very excited to start sewing, but the machine did not work again, this time it tangled the thread under the seam, I was completely stressed out trying to fix this problem until the next day I had no choice but to call the technician to have it done. I checked, he managed to calibrate it again and told me that when this happened I should move the thread tension very little.
Vista de costura por el frente / Front seam view
Problema de costura del revés / Reverse sewing problem
When the technician fixed the problem, I first sewed the black and white fabric parts on the front and back of the left leg.
Later I sewed the welt pockets, I must say that although the corner seam of the rectangles that surround the pocket did not come out perfect, for the first time I carry out this process I am very satisfied, I attribute a little the difficulty I had because I did not use an interlining of the ones that come with glue, but instead I used a fabric called POP non-woven which is thicker and therefore it was more difficult to sew the hem of the pocket tabs, another of the difficulties was that The machine does not work very well with the overlocked seam, so the place of this seam first make a straight seam and then go back through the same seam line with a Zigzag stitch.
I sewed the front pockets and joined the two front pockets and the two back ones, thus obtaining the front side and the back side of the pants. Then I sewed the crotch very carefully so that the white fabric on the left leg coincided in place.
Taking an elastic of a length of 3/4 parts of the hip contour, I made the waistband, in the process I had problems with the machine, the needle bent when sewing the elastic, when I put another needle the machine tangled again the thread underneath and the seams, this discouraged me a lot, I tried to adjust the machine for quite some time until it worked, but I am afraid that this is a recurring fault that I have to deal with whenever I use it and I feel sad about it, my Mood improved a little when I finished sewing the waistband and the pants could be measured to my son to take the hem of his boots.
With the machine working although with great fear for a possible failure, I decided to make the pocket of the kunai holder, this small pocket seemed a bit difficult to sew due to the size, but the satisfaction was great when I achieve it, when I leave home I will go to a haberdashery and I will have them put a clasp so that the flap of the pocket holds and is functional.
Resultado / Result
Naruto's pants are only the first part of the costume, which will not be complete until I make the jacket, however, as you may have seen in the reference image, it is not easy for a beginner, but I am not so intimidated by the shape jacket as does the machine failures, I hope soon to share the second part, that is, the jacket which I promise to make even if the machine fails and I have to sew by hand. I hope you like it and can share with me your expertise in this type of case, I will be very grateful for his advice.
Imágenes tomadas con cámara Casio QV-R100 y teléfono Krip 4, editadas en Adobe Photoshop Cs6
Images taken with Casio QV-R100 camera and Krip 4 and edited in Adobe Photoshop Cs6
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