So, here’s my little Christmas gift to you all 🙂 It’s my top five sewing flops of the year: prepare yourself and enjoy a giggle!
First up is my first attempt at the Seamworks Astoria: aka my incredible, red hulk top! Dear god this was tight! And shiny! And far too short! Hmmm, thank heavens there was a silver lining to this one in that I now have a whole host of beautifully fitting Astorias. If at first you don’t succeed…
Secondly was this effort at using up fabric scraps right at the end of my stash diet. Well, things were getting desperate! The front view was actually rather nice, but the fabric I matched it up with was a horror, despite that beauty of a zip. Oh, well you have to try don’t you?
Mmmmm, this was a dud due to bad fit! It came out huge and the colour really wasn’t me. Another one that made it into the charity bag…
The navy trousers were my first attempt at trouser fitting and came up far too small, despite my best efforts to adjust them and squeeze into them for these photos. It did result in finding a trouser pattern that I liked though, so there’s that…
And finally I saved this beauty until last…
Oh, yes in all its glory! Amazed I can still make something this bad! This was a shocker in every sense: wrong fabric, awful gathering, drab colours and a rubbish finish! Well, if you’re going to cock up, you might as well do it properly!
Have a favourite? Do join in the end of year fun via Gillian’s blog at Crafting a Rainbow. Can you beat my final entry? Go on, share the giggles 🙂
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Oh yes that last one….. But well done on all the gorgeous things you did make.
Thank you! That last one is my ‘favourite’ too 😉
I don’t remember seeing that last one, but all the others, I never found them that bad. But you know what they say, practice makes perfect!
That last one was impressive indeed! The others photographed better than in real life I’d say…
In spite of all your (many) successes, you do have a funny flop list. And you saved the best for last. (But your description of the red hulk certainly made me laugh!)
Glad they made you smile. It certainly helps to have a sense of humour if you sew 😉 And worth making a few duds for the end of year line up!
So true. I’m hoping for a much better ratio in 2016 sewing! Happy Holidays to you!
You too 🙂
haha, I think I’m with everyone else here: 1-4 aren’t too bad, but 5 is a gem in its way 🙂
Isn’t it just? The others are more to do with bad fit or fabric choices, but equally not likely to ever get worn…
That last one!😂. Love it! The red Astoria has a wet suit look to it though.
A bad, wet-look! Seriously, I couldn’t bring myself to show the front view again! Long time no hear (!), good to have you back and hope all well with you Hila x
Thanks for sharing. Can’t learn without mistakes 🙂
Indeedy! The last one is truly a shocker 😉
He he! It happens to the best of us. Particularly taken with the red top!
Ah yes! A very close fit indeed..
The Incredible Hulk is my favourite!! It’s always so interesting to see what’s gone wrong behind the scenes. I need to get on with this, but I still need a few photos for evidence!!
Oh yes, the Incredible Hulk is impressive in its own way 😉 I could only just get it on!
Hehe, a lot of mistakes = a lot of learning! 😀
Even for the worst disasters there’s a lesson to be learnt…
Oh man, that final dress… I shouldn’t giggle, but I am! That thing was NEVER going to be sassy enough for you!!!!!
It’s hilarious isn’t it? So awful it’s almost good! A sense of humour should be the no 1 item in a sewist’s tool kit 😉
Thank you for being so enthusiastic about these “winners” and helping me to feel not-so-bad about all mine, which are languishing in deep, dark holes. Hope you & your cute monkeys are enjoying the winter break! 🎄🎄
🙂 My pleasure to share them, did make me laugh. Think we are just about ready for Christmas now, so time to relax…
I remember that red Astoria and thinking it wasn’t too bad… I don’t remember it being so shiny! Good job for carrying on and ending up with a new tried and true pattern, though!
I think the rare Manchester sunlight helped me out in the photos, it was seriously bad! But still, a pattern I know I’ll return to now 🙂
It’s so reassuring to see an accomplished dressmaker making mistakes – thank you for sharing – it gives me hope!!
My pleasure! When I do go wrong, I seem to go very wrong indeed…
Appreciate sharing the less successful sewing results from 2015…and so good to hear that you didn’t necessarily stop at one bad result!
Thank you! Always something to learn, even in the worst of cases… 🙂
You could be some sort of super hero in that red top! We need the flops to appreciate all the good stuff! 😀
Absolutely! I actually perversely enjoyed putting this post together. I’d have to be a super hero who didn’t move much with those seams about to burst open… 😉
Haha! 😂
It’s always easy to find a picture that makes something look better – I love the end of year fail posts when we find out what really worked ( and didn’t’)
Me too! I secretly look forward to the fails as much as the wins 😉
Yes – it’s reassuring to see that everyone else has disasters too!
Success is not final, failure not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.
Quote from Winston Churchill.
You are very brave to show us, you`ve made very lovely outfits in the past. It happens to the best of us at times.
Very kind thank you! They were painful at the time (one was even unceremoniously dumped in the bin), but I can certainly see the funny side now. And it’s always good to try something new… 🙂
Hehe great post! You managed to rescue most of the patterns though so I guess they were just unwearable muslins, the evil cousin of the wearable muslin!
Maybe I could save myself a lot of time and effort by actually making a muslin? But that would ruin all the fun! 😉 We live and learn…