tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50100329062373063252024-03-05T12:57:50.724-08:00The Misfit StitchA blog with tips and how-to's for machine sewing, following a young persons progress learning how to use a sewing machine. Featuring collages made on Polyvore.the Lonely Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033418833016221965noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010032906237306325.post-5980890550965545082017-02-02T08:02:00.000-08:002017-02-02T08:02:25.528-08:00Dungeons and Depression<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Written 8/29/16<br />
Hello my nonexistent readers! Have you ever noticed that Arizona's southern style sweet tea tastes like it has a very subtle hint of what might be lemon? My boyfriend asked me to listen to a group called Walk the Moon, apparently they did that song Shut Up And Dance. My friend is coming over to stay the weekend, she has all these sensitivities and stuff. Her parents don't really get her at all, but because of all of the weird stuff she has going on she has to stay home. But since my Mom is like the patron saint of teenagers, she understands my friend.<br />
I've been working on cleaning up my horde, getting all of the old food and garbage out, sweeping the newly revealed floor. But in between I've also been expanding the depth of the Dungeons and Dragons world I've been building. I started it during the school year, but with all of the senior stuff it kinda fell by the wayside. </div>
the Lonely Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033418833016221965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010032906237306325.post-78682746884657080092017-02-02T07:57:00.000-08:002017-02-02T07:57:12.579-08:00A Change Of Tune<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A post written 2016 late August to early September<br />
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Hi all! Sorry it took so long for me to get back online but I've essentially been spiraling downward into a pit of my own depression. Detoxing from all the old lingering high school stress hasn't been easy. Between my hoarding going way out of control, staying locked up in my room for almost<i> </i>weeks at a time, wallowing in the lethargy of depression, and weight gain that took me from a medium to a large, you could say I've had no shortage shit that I've had to deal with.<br />
In all of the chaos I haven't been doing anything with the boundless creativity that before I had so depended as well as prided myself on. Now for those of you who don't really know what happens in the minds of creative people, let me tell you this, when hard core creatives stop creating, it's like they slowly cease to exist. Well, either that or their creative energy suddenly manifests, likely blowing in with the explosive ferocity of a gale force wind.<br />
With September soon approaching and my Mom reporting that, 'being unemployed and out of school gets far more depressing with the rush back to school and work that comes in September'. I almost dread the days to come, you see I live in a cozy New Jersey suburb nestled right across the river from Philadelphia. I grew up a typical local, went to the nearest public schools, swam at the neighborhood swim club, yada yada. But when I finally got some sorely needed testing around 7th grade, with a full I.E.P. sparing none of the trimmings, and STILL the school pushed shoved and refused to accommodate my special learning related needs, we decided that a different school would be the way to go. So half way through 8th grade I started going to private school... on the other side of Philly. Now don't get me wrong, I was more free at the new school than I had ever been before in my life, and the fact that my parents were willing to drive me all around creation to see my friends and stuff shows what great people they are. But now it's been some 5 or so years since I've really spent any time in my hometown, and I'm stuck here. I don't really have friends around here anymore because... well, I mean you don't really talk for 5 years and then friends become more like acquaintances.<br />
So now here I stand in No-Mans-Land New Jersey, no school, no job, no drivers license, as of yesterday my allowance got cut off so no money, no nearby friends, and up until recently no clean clothes, not that half of them even fit me right now.<br />
You might read all that and wonder, "Wow! What in alls name have you been doing for the last 2 months?" Well the answer to that is, technically up at the top of this post but if you mean how I've been wasting my days away I can gladly supply an answer. Because of a purchase I made at Five Below on an impulse I've spent a good amount of time playing Webkinz, I've also discovered a newfound love of the Care Bears so have been watching and re-watching as many episodes as I can get my hands on. That's mainly what I've been doing this summer, as well as perfect my recipe for Mediterranean Style Nachos.<br />
As of yesterday I'm turning my life around, will this blog be a part of that, who knows. But I do know one thing, it's getting better.</div>
the Lonely Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033418833016221965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010032906237306325.post-87635640502970531542015-11-11T08:58:00.002-08:002015-11-11T08:58:15.514-08:00Success!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Guess what! I passed! I'll no longer be writing with my teachers breathing down my neck! Woo hoo! Thanks all of you who visited the sitedurring that time, you were a huge help. Unfortunately this also means I may not get to post quite as often. I did however, manage to make my sewing a continuing part of my work for graduation, so I'll still get to post occasionally. I know you all probably won't notice when I AM gone, but that's just the harsh reality we all live in. I hope to write again soon. Keep checking in, or you can follow me using the box in the column to the left marked "Follow Misfit Stitch" it's easier than just plain old waiting. Please leave a comment!</div>
the Lonely Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033418833016221965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010032906237306325.post-42702626572951514802015-11-09T11:15:00.000-08:002015-11-09T11:15:05.173-08:00A Moment of Difficulty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Over the weekend I went shopping for some sewing patterns, I had been given a hard time by my teachers for not having a cohesive enough plan for getting new, more relevant posts up. So I caved, I bought sewing patterns to use in order to give my posts more regularity, or more organization. Unfortunately I have come up to yet another problem, I have no idea what I'm doing when It comes to the kind of complicated pattern used to make even a simple garment. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm going to be doing research into the subject so that I can create my ideas, even if the process becomes frustrating.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I would also like to give a shout out to all the people who viewed The Misfit Stitch from all the way in Russia. Thanks for checking it out, it really does help make all this work feel worth while. I hope to see more people viewing, following, and even leaving comments here on The Misfit Stitch. Thank you all, and I hope to have something good up real soon.</span></div>
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Hi everyone, I'm sorry the timing of my last post was so weird. I've been really stressed out lately, and have a crap-ton of work hanging over my head. I want to post a how-to involving one of my designs but I don't know where to start. It took me forever to find a bandeau top pattern, but I'm only using that design for the neckline. I want to make a strapless orange satin top which I plan to add black lace and sleeves to later, but but not only can't I find a decent pattern for that kind of thing, I wouldn't know where to start with sizing it. I have a crap ton of plushie patterns I could try, but they're more for hand than machine sewing. Speaking of plushies, I'm still working on that Mosasaurus plushie for you all.<br />
Everything feels like a mess, from my computer breaking down, to my room falling apart, and my senior requirements not being met. My Mother tried to keep me from letting everything fall apart, but I knew it wasn't going to work. I'm trying my best, but I need a vacation or something. BADLY.<br />
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This week I managed to finally finish the banners my Mom asked me to make. It took me a while but I'm actually starting to get the hang of the whole 'sewing with a machine' thing. Anyway, on to the important stuff!<br />
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I started out with a basic rectangle, if you're looking for a specific size I basically just cut the size I thought I'd need adding between 2/3 and 3/4 of an inch (there should be a unit converter at the bottom of the page for those of you on the metric system, please leave a comment if you have trouble). I know it might seem like a lot of room, but I know I tend to be nit picky and impatient (not a fun combo).<br />
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I did my seam allowances by eye, then placed pins on the top and bottom of the area of the seam.<br />
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After I settled the top directly under the presser foot and lowered said presser foot, I took out the top pin. I did my best to keep the line of thread on both layers of the folded fabric.<br />
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I did the same basic process of folding and pinning for the next side. I chose to go clockwise here, but really I probably should have done the longer sides first. You may be wondering why I have scissors in the photo, that is because I didn't like the idea of posting a picture with me in it, even if it is something as unexciting as a my index finger.<br />
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Next I flipped the fabric around and did the other long side the exact same way.<br />
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The last side was a little bit more tricky than the others. I used my favorite mechanical pencil to determine where I would place the other pins.<br />
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I made three of these exact types of flags with different colors, along with the horrible first flag I did. Here's the other flag that was made of the same kind of fabric but in a bluish teal color:</div>
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I changed the stitch because I was curious about what that stitch setting actually looked like. I found that the jagged zigzagging felt more sturdy in comparison to the straight line that I'd used before. The third flag is made of an orange satin, a material I hardly knew what to do with but didn't have the time to look up:</div>
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I now have the four finished flags, including my horrid first attempt, on a string from an old hoodie. I have one more flag to make, which will be harder than it sounds. Here's what the four lined up look like:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When she left I started working on a project that my Mom asked me to do. My Mother asked me to create some flags that could be hung to use as a signal system for how out of hand my room was getting. I got to choose the colors and then I went out and got the fabrics standard yadda yadda. I cut out a shape I thought would work, I decided I didn't want to bother with cutting out a triangular pattern, so I just tore out a rectangle. Now understand that though saying I "tore" it out is technically an exaggeration it isn't too far from the truth given the scissors I had to use were my parents kitchen shears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I used a random chopstick from the drainboard in the kitchen to show the space where I'm supposed to thread a string through it so it'll hang properly from a hook, or whatever my Mother has in mind.</span><br />
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After I finished that first flag I got insanely bored, but wanted to do more sewing. As a result I decided to start working on a plushy pattern I found online. It was a little adventurous for my skill level, but I was determined. So I printed it out on a piece of paper, I plan to make another one so I can out line for you what exactly I did. For now though here's the pattern I used:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm a little worried I might have screwed up the neck a bit. Next time when I go over the project fully I'll just use that as the stuffing hole, it'll be easier to manage that way. I wish I knew how to do that thing where the two loops wrap around each other at the end of the fabric, it would make this so much easier. Unfortunately I feel determined to do it with the standard straight stitch, which is the only stitch I really know how to do at the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I hope to post more photos of other projects I would like to outline and complete for you, for the time being please bear with me as I try to get the hang of both blogging and sewing.</span></div>
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the Lonely Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033418833016221965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010032906237306325.post-66577413246966447222015-10-11T14:33:00.002-07:002015-10-11T14:33:27.000-07:00The First 10 Minutes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well... I opened the box with my first sewing machine in it. It's a Singer 9960 my Mom bought me off amazon. Before I could open it my Mother required that I watch a tutorial off Youtube, here's a link in case anybody is interested:<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JVYWJkIeyI&feature=em-share_video_user<br />
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So I watched it plus the 2nd video, and then promptly went to examine what the machine came with, look at all the doohickies and moving parts. That's when I did something that I good people basically NEVER do. I began not only reading the <b style="font-style: italic;">instruction manual, </b>but I even read through the warnings on the inside front cover. There wasn't quite enough light to see all the parts so I attempted to turn on the light behind me, the bulb was broken so I used the light from the lamp on the other side of the room instead.<br />
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At this point having read all of the basic, what it comes with, what the parts are, stuff like that; I decided I'd try to turn the machine on. I plugged the chord into the machine then the outlet, and flipped the switch. NOTHING.<br />
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I try all of the standard stuff the cable guy will tell you over the phone when your box is malfunctioning. Nothing will seem to make the machine work. I was about ready to throw something. I'd even tried plugging in the foot pedal, even though it specifically said on multiple websites I looked at that the foot pedal wasn't required. Feeling mildly defeated I referenced the manual again, going to the problems solution chart in the back. The only thing it told me that I didn't already do was that I had my foot pedal up. Although I also learned that the spindle thing for the bobbin couldn't be moved to the right, but that was irrelevant given I hadn't moved it from it's leftwards locked position.<br />
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After an ungodly amount of time failing completely to even <b>turn on</b> the machine, I had a sudden realization related to the assumption I made which you can see if you scroll to look at the last sentence of the paragraph bellow the youtube link. After slightly panicking and completely failing to turn on my sewing machine I realized, that the outlet was busted. <b>THE OUTLET!! </b>Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go re-watch that freaking video, so I can thread this bobbin properly.</div>
the Lonely Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11033418833016221965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010032906237306325.post-16035908719601214782015-10-11T13:46:00.001-07:002015-10-11T14:36:27.331-07:00Hello and Welcome<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>This blog</b> will be both the recording of my progression in learning to use a sewing machine, and hopefully I can also teach you (my reader) a thing or two. Now as to why I decided to start this little venture, at my high school graduation requirements are exceedingly complicated (mainly for the students). In order for me to get through high school I need to fill requirements for certain projects, one of these is the technology project. My unbridled love of creating things is what helped me to decide that this sewing blog would be the best bet.<br />
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<b>Why would I learn something from you when you're just starting out?</b><br />
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I have an extremely independent spirit, I refuse to use most of the patterns laid out for me (I say most just in case there's something extremely cool I decide to try). I instead take a different approach, and much like Doctor Frankenstein, using the cast aside pieces of patterns to create an entirely different garment that reaches through from the recesses of my creative mind! cue maniacal laughter. So in short, I have a lot of cool ideas that you too can try to put into practice. Fair warning the first one or two posts might be a little boring, but once I master the skills necessary my imagination made real will rock your faces off! (Hopefully) <br />
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<b>Once you get a handle of using a sewing machine what do you plan to use to, "Rock my faces off!"? </b><br />
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I pull lots of inspiration from niche styles that you wouldn't normally see just walking down even the busiest city street. I'm talking what I like to call, "convention wear" the kind of stuff that sits dusty in your closet till Comic-Con! That corset that you only pull out for the renaissance fair! That all black thing you only wear to hang out with your goth buddies! That extremely old dress your great grandmother wore in 1875 that you love but don't know what to do with! Cosplay, historical, goth, modernized vintage, steampunk, and even occasionally something else! All places where I get my ideas. In fact I have devoted my Polyvore account to showing people how these such pieces can be used to dress for everyday occasions, not just those special moments when you're truly encouraged to let your freak flag fly!<br />
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<b>You sound pretty passionate about your message on the regular use of, "convention wear" why aren't you using this blog to teach others how to put that into practice or something like that? </b><br />
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Because if I did that not only would I have no clue where to start, but I wouldn't be able to make any of the design sketches I've done over the years a reality. Also, a blog all about convention wear in every day life would most likely end up becoming a giant somewhat repetitive rant about the injustice and intolerance of society. Not only does no one want to read that, but I'd get beyond bored writing it.<br />
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<b>An extra note to keep in mind as you follow my postings </b><br />
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If I at any point do something dumb, wrong, awesome, or grammatically incorrect please feel free to leave a comment informing me. I don't bite, and if I don't like your advice, I'll thank you for your input and promptly not take it. Please also leave a comment if you would like me to cover more of a certain topic, style, or whatever you just want to see more of! I'd love to make this a more enjoyable experience all around! If you feel the need you could even leave a comment just to tell me I'm a "dirty hippie!" or an "out of touch colorblind ostrich!" although the second one sounds a little bit really stupid and poorly thought out. I'm here to learn (yes that sounds really dorky), have fun, and to some extent provide a service to my readers. That service is to write as entertaining a blog as possible.<br />
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<b>Thank You!</b></div>
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