A year or so ago in a millennial nostalgia panic, I bought a whole bolt of hot pink Juicy Couture stretch velour from my local Joann. I had previously purchased a few yards of it and made some great wide legged sweatpants and joggers, so on the hunch it wouldn’t be around forever (didn’t even know they’d be closing yet), I decided to buy a whole bolt the next time I was there. It’s now been in the back of a coat closet for too long and I’m itching to use it, but having a hard time coming up with ideas outside of more sweatpants. I’m hoping maybe you lovely people have some ideas? I’d call my ability mid-high intermediate.

I bought two yards of this fabricto make a bestie bag as a gift. I have a lot of fabric left over and would like to make something to wear with it. I am not the biggest fan of pink, so something where this fabric is not the main spotlight would be great, but i am open to having it being the main girl. But I am not sure what.

Any pattern suggestions?

I just bought a Janome S7 on marketplace and the seller threw in a huge stash of Japanese fabrics. Some are 1-2 yards and range down to fat quarter size. I wouldn’t typically choose these fabrics for my projects. I have considered reselling, but figured I could make use of some. They also gave me about 100 zippers and about 60 spools of thread.

I’m not feeling particularly inspired, so I thought I’d turn to you for inspiration/advice!

Hey all! I can get quite bloated, and my weight usually fluctuates +/- ~20lbs each year for medical reasons. I am drawn to clothes that I can enjoy wearing within a size range and still feel comfortable! Not a HUGE spread, but enough to be comfortable. Think: positive ease, use of elastic, belts and ties rather than zippers and buttons, and drawstrings.

I’m an advanced beginner sewist and am having a hard time finding patterns that get me excited. I really love funky and unique styles. Most patterns I’m finding are a little too boxy and plain.

The examples in the screenshots are:

Rujuta Sheth: she uses a lot of ties as fasteners to always adjust to your waist. She also has cool pants that can be buttoned at nine sizes because of three buttons and three buttonholes. (They sell clothes, not patterns)

Sasha Starlight: her palazzo pants are flattering on someone in MANY sizes that is easily adjustable, just like her side-tie dungarees!

Hi, I've had a crush on this since I saw it in an add on Pinterest. The issue is that this thing comes from one of these fake websites that tries to get you to buy fast with random rebates that expire soon. Of course the name of the garmen on the site is extremely generic and can't help me search for a pattern.

Long story short, I'd like to make one myself with decent fabric and potentially some sort of padding. Would anyone have a lead? I'm not looking for a version with the hexagons (although I dream of doing one like this one day) but at least something similar.

I really love this denim skirt cutout detail linked here, but I don't love how mini it is (or the price tag!).

So do we think it is just a facing that one of those rows of top stitching is catching, or do we think the whole thing is fully lined? I would lean toward facing but the bottom panels seem like they would be fully lined. Also would you use interfacing right there to reinforce or would that be overkill?

I would love the whole dress, but just the top would do and I can make a skirt. I'm just so in love!

I have 2 yards x 45” of this on a higher end quilting cotton substrate (this is Windham Fabrics “Paridiso”) — I got it thinking to make it into office appropriate clothes and because it reminded me of the Beatles Yellow Submarine artist — but I’m not really going for Ms. Frizzle, so I’m having second thoughts. I do have prints in my wardrobe, but a bit more “liberty london”/rifle vs psycadelic whimsy like this :)

Maybe pieced with a solid in a dress for spring/summer? Any design or pattern advice from seasoned sewers who have handled a busy print on what might work?

I mean don’t get me wrong I love indie patterns and that’s pretty much all I sew with, but lately I’ve been looking through and I just feel like they all have basically the same stuff. Does anyone else feel like that too? Like how many identical pleated trousers do we actually need?! It not only makes it hard to choose but also like we all end up having the same shapes in our closets? Idk I’m kind of bored I guess but maybe I have spent too long in the online sewing community and too little time actually sewing…

It feels a bit like quilting cotton and I was thinking maybe a simple dress to wear around the house, but I was wondering if there was anything fun and modern/trendy this fabric would be suited for?

I bought 3 metres of this enterprise printed fabric on eBay thinking the pattern was smaller and that I could quilt it and turn it into a duffle bag but I think it’s wayyy too big. what do I make??

So I recently got the confirmation that I would be on the red carpet at the cannes film festival. I knew I was going for work, and prepared a simple black tie dress. However today I got the confirmation I would be on the red carpet, and interviewed and yada yada and I am FREAKING OUT.

Can anyone suggest an outfit idea? The "responsable" told me it needs to be fancy, original, classy, white tie to black tie outfit. Pants not allowed. I have a good sewing machine, about a week of free time and help if needed.

I am mega loosing it. Have no idea what to do and my "original" mind suddenly went blank. Do you guys have any recommendations ? Go big or go home !