Oct 15 2009
Hand Sewing Small Items
I have spent two days making these little, itty, bitty bags! LOL Let me tell you something. It is hard to make small things. My mom made Barbie doll clothes for my sisters and me when we were little. I do not know how she did it! It is hard to turn little things right side out. It is tough to sew in straight lines when you are tugging at a small piece of fabric. Thank goodness for safety products . I might have sliced my finger off if not for the guard on my Olfa cutter. I nicked myself and that was bad enough. I had to put a bandage on my finger. That made it even harder to hold on to small pieces of fabric. I admire people who make small purses and other handmade items. What ever they charge, it is worth every penny!
3 Responses to “Hand Sewing Small Items”
Norrkoping Sweden, October 18th, 2009
Hi!
Nice to meet you!
I am planning to make small pouches for my jewellery (that I make and sell on line), so I am interested in looking at how other people sew these small, small fabric-bags.
I have made a lot of doll clothes (as well as cloth-dolls), not so much Barbie-clothes, but garments for larger-sized dolls.
This experience has taught me to reverse the order of sewing the tiny garments. In general I start with the hems first and end with the side-seams. Otherwise you cannot get it sewn on a machine. Even though I sew alot of the visible parts by hand, many of the basic seams are sewn by machine for strength and speed.
I am planning to start a blog about this, but right now I don’t have the time to launch it. Two energetic kids aged 5 & 7 plus a somewhat over-worked and sour hubby keep me busy!
Best wishes
Christina Wigren (Anna)
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Aha! so that is the secret. I should reverse the order of my sewing and make the larger seams last. Thanks for the great advice. I hope you are able to enjoy time to sew.
My grandmother used to sew the neatest things and sometimes they were exactly that very very small.
I really like how unique those items were and she was always surprising us. She was one of those very blessed that have a very artistic talent and believe me she touched a lot of peoples lives!