r/sewhelp

I want to create this color effect on my prom dress that’s tulle-lined and completely black. I don’t trust myself to sew it so I plan to either put a red tulle skirt between the layers or dye the layer of non-tulle that’s under the dress. What do you think would be best?

My machine keeps doing this and it's driving me crazy. Does anyone know why?

I want to shorten the sleeves on my bridesmaid dress to something more like the examples in the second photo. I’ve been sewing for 10+ years so I’m comfortable doing it, but I’d love input on the cleanest approach before I get into it.

It’s a satin dress with a soft flutter sleeve, and I want to keep that drape rather than making it look chopped off. Would you shorten from the hem, or would you take the sleeve off and reshape it first? Curious what you’d do here, especially if you’ve altered this kind of sleeve before.

Hi! I was emptying the apartment of a deceased relative and have those two on the basement

Can you help me ID them to know what i have?

Thank you!

Is this crinoline or petticoat mesh (or something else) and can I cut it without it falling apart? The bottom of the tulle layer of this dress is wrapped around it (I'm assuming it serves as a stabilizer and adds shape) and I need to take an inch off of the bottom of the dress. Would I be better off removing the mesh strip from the tulle, sliding it up an inch, trim the excess tulle, then reattach the mesh to the tulle? I'm concerned that if I trim it, it will have sharp points where I cut across it or worse yet, the whole strip unraveling... Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Hi,

I’m making a second pair of trousers using the same pattern i used for my first but wanting to adjust it to fit me better.

On my first pair following the pattern exactly, the upper back of the trousers is too short and the crotch too tight/ too short. I think I need to drop the crotch and add length to the back.

However when I look for tutorials I can only find them for patterns where the trousers are in a more ‘vertical’ layout- like where the back and front panel of Each leg are separate long pieces. Whereas this pattern is more ‘horizontal’ and the pants are split horizontally rather than down the side or front lengthways.

I’ve added some pictures of the pattern piece and the overall pattern so you can understand how they’re constructed. Ignore the pencil marks- that was just all guess work!

I can’t seem to wrap my head around adapting this piece the same way as the videos because the piece seems so different … any help is appreciated ! Thank you :)

I've checked a majority of things, and my brother sewing machine still is snapping thread every 20 seconds. here's the snap in slow-mo. tensions been tested, all parts above the needle are not snagging or rough. happens with any material and any thread!

I’m tackling Kiana Bonollo’s Mod Boatneck Dress and this is my fourth(!) toile. I’ve been learning a lot - I started off with a straight size toile and have blended sizes for toiles 2+3. I feel like I’m closer to a good fit, especially in the front, but the back is full of wrinkles. I’ve been trying to “read the wrinkles” but am falling short. Any recommendations or guidance?

I recently got this Singer 237 and everything works, the only flaw is that the head doesn't lower. The lever lowers and is very soft, but the head doesn't lower.

What can I do to fix this?

This is just a toile so please excuse the raw edges! I was using this pattern for a bias dress but found it didn't work with my larger bust at all, so I ended up draping and redrawing the original bust pattern myself.

As you can see I need to adjust the shoulder seam significantly which I can definitely figure out. The thing is I'm not loving the degree of gathering on the bust (especially with how badly I did it on my right side lol) and want a bit less gathering. How do I adjust the pattern piece (last pic) to achieve this? I'm worried that cutting it down at the neckline will make it fit less well around the boobs?

Thank you! 🩷

Hey yall, I want to buy a sewing machine to take in dresses and hem pants and denim. I'm looking at secondhand machines but I'm out of my depth😅. I've found a Singer 5805 for $60 Canadian, but I'm not sure if it's a good deal.

should I bite the bullet and just buy the machine? I'm a complete beginner and want something affordable and reliable. I would have no idea on how to repair if anything goes wrong.

I printed 48 pages of Syd Grahams Lane pants pattern and spent over an hour assembling it and then realized something is wrong. I printed at the library and randomly pages 5 and 6 were in landscape orientation but everything else seemed fine (including test square). I ended up reprinting 5 and 6 in the correct orientation at work. But as I’m putting it together I’ve realized it’s not right. When you look at her pattern lay out, there should be a bit of white on the left side of the left most column before the pattern cutting lines start. But when you look at my photo, the pattern lines start immediately even tho it looks like the diamonds are aligned correctly. Help!!! Thanks

EDIT: omg I have pregnancy brain. I meant the right side- pages 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 don’t look correct to me when compared to the photo from the instructions. I feel like there’s a scaling print issue but only with some pages?? I’m so confused!

My singer patchwork was working just find yesterday and then today it started doing this I’ve pulled her apart and I do g kno what’s wrong

so im gonna recreate this dress lady gaga wears during her current tour, and im VERY confused. the bodice makes sense, a basic princess seam bodice with a high neck. the "sleeves" are what are confusing. they aren't really sleeves at all. they are these shoulder puff things. they have pleats and weird sculptural shapes. if anyone can find a pattern/give a description that would be AMAZING!! thanks everyone!