making your own clothes?

Way earlier someone mentioned making a cheap fabric mockup before diving into the expensive fabric. I made a velvet dress nearly 2 decades ago but started with the lining, figured out All the tailored modifications on that before I cut any velvet.

Your right about making one with cheaper fabric first. Old sheets work well for that. Several years ago my son worked for a veterinarian. They referred to him as the minon. So for Halloween I made him a scrub like a minon

Will you help me find & purchase this wool alpaca or sheep material in this color pattern combination & find an Amish seamstress to make my robe garment ? Send me an email so I can attach pics of what I require.

Thank you
Kristholtz7885@gmail.com
Wool or alpaca fabric purchase robe

I think you can save money if you want your clothes to be made of natural fabrics.
For example Linen fabric will last a lifetime, and I have found 100% linen table cloths and curtains for super cheap… and walla you have yards of what would be expensive fabric for under $10.00
You could make some nice pieces!
That will last you for years.
A way better investment than buying some artificial clothes from Walmart.

I made myself some jammies out of an old Ikea duvet cover I bought at a charity shop last summer:  100% cotton seersucker.  I made my small daughter a matching pair, and then her Barbie a pair too (photos not included).  I copied the top from a pair I already own and the bottoms from a trousers pattern, shortened (also bought at a charity shop).  My daughter's and Barbie's pairs I drafted from scratch, after watching multiple youtube videos.  

I enjoyed making and wearing them so much, I've made two more pairs of longie jammies in the same style;  from a flower print Ikea flannel sheet, and from a plain lavender flannel sheet, again both charity shop finds.

I made my Daughter in Law a jeans skirt, so I decided I needed one too. I started with a pair of Hubby's jeans that were worn enough that he decided they were raw material for something else. That probably should have discouraged me, but instead, it just added to the creativity.

The edge of the fly and front pockets got 'jeans gold' blanket stitch to reinforce and disguise the wear a little.

I split the waist band at each side seam and used the "split skirt" system with buttons to adjust the waist to fit. I was able to do that and still keep both the back pockets and front pockets accessible and useable.

The worn knees were more noticeable than I wanted, so the left one got a bunny shaped patch to cover it, and the other just a geometric shaped patch.

The next big problem was that Hubby had got quite a unique greasy stain on the right thigh. That got a creative large flower stitched on. I embroidered 3 lady bugs to dress it up.

Unique and functional and I'm quite prepared to have my own style and not care what's in the shops!



Here's a close up of one of the lady bugs. I am partial to lady bugs!

One more Ikea duvet cover!  I love finding these in charity shops as they are usually 100% cotton.  Here are our matching dresses (and Barbie got one too, not pictured)!