You got alot of great patterns, I had to giggle when you showed the pattern for the smock tops, that made me think about my 9th grade sewing class !! We all made them with the giant pockets, lol....1972-73 Happy you are back, Happy New Year !!
Thank you, LouAnn. How in the wide world of sports did those smocks grow to the height of fashion when we were in junior high? I guess we were all little slips of things and could wear them well. Talk about trendy. Makes me laugh! 😆
You know my best Christmas was and is when it’s just us, we avoid the family thing. It’s get to be just to much to take. Especially if you have to stay with them. Be blessed!!! Enjoy you very much!
Thanks so much! They are just, A LOT. But I love them and it really is fun when I can get a chance to de-stress. I'm kinda high maintenance and when you're not around people much, it takes a minute to get used to everybody's personalities. Which are all huge! I do love them -
so glad to see you again. Yea my family use to be a loud and talkative bunch. There was 9 of us with all our spouses and kids. Now there is only 4 of us left. I love Wawak. It is my go to place when I needed very long metal zipper for replacing in a hunting jumpsuit or a jacket. I use them for my industrial machines when I need needles and bobbins because I can't find them in the stores. I enjoyed the patterns. So many of them I had years ago. Glad you are back. Many blessings.
Thanks Deb! Wow, big family! We only have the 5 kids and one kid spouse. So 6 in total. But then there's me and my husband and my folks, so it turns out to be a big old bunch. A LOUD big old bunch. We do laugh though!
I love all you’ve bought, you’ve got some great patterns , don’t rush on our account, I love when you get one pattern packet with a full set of clothes in xx 😘. Oh and love the photo, so cute bless you xx
Glad I let you know about Wawak!!! Remember the comment I left on another video about Wawak. So happy you like it. Just received my order from them also. Funny I did order a new ham and sleeve also. Check Nancy’s Notions for sleeve board they have a wider larger one that’s great for more than sleeves. Best wishes,Craig
There are normally an average of 17 people at our house for Christmas day. For the last couple of years I have been asking for Christmas in St Augustine! Just he and I. No cooking. No mess. No stress. Maybe I should just go ahead and book a room..... That was a GREAT pattern haul!! I stopped at a thrift last week and got 15 cards of buttons marked 25 cents each. When I got to the register she said everything was half off!!
Great haul and what a steal on the price!! I find a lot of patterns at our Goodwill and the price is always right. :) I also like the tank tops that you got.
Thanks Joanne - I wish my Goodwill were better about having craft stuff in general. It's funny how Goodwill in particular tends to specialize one store to the next. One will have great clothes, one will have great books, one great shoes, etc. I wonder if they do that on purpose?
Great patterns! I really liked the Butterick 6474 that I bought it from eBay!! I graduated in 1972 and just started sewing more of my clothes, telling your story of sewing the smock made good memories come to mind, thank you for sharing.
I liked that one too! Obviously I'd never wear a crop top, but I liked the pants. You were just slightly ahead of me, I graduated in 1977. Oh, the smocks. At least we were children and that trend went quickly by!
I never thought to look at a thrift store for patterns...what a great idea! Also, I have been cutting my thread at an angle and it had made a HUGE difference. Thanks for sharing 😃
Thanks Debbie! Woo-hoo, a tip that proved useful to someone else too! I generally try and look for patterns, but I seldom find any. This time was definitely a surprise!
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom on a side note ☺️...I have a clapper that my dad made me. It's my favorite "sewing tool" (for more than one reason)...not sure how I ever went without one.
I love thrift shopping. It is sooo fun. I enjoyed seeing the patterns you purchased. Twenty-one patterns for around $7 is great!!!! And thanks for reminding me about Wawak!!!
I love thrift shopping so much. And if you're anywhere near that Salvation Army on El Toro Road off the 5 freeway in north Mission Viejo (is it still Mission Viejo up that far?) you've got a great one! I love that store. I got a chair from the Boutique shop right next to it years ago for $20 and had to laugh - I made a slipcover and the fabric was $80! We still have that chair! ❤️
Great video Jen! I love thrifting for sewing. It stretches a tight budget and I've found some great things. I thrifted a sleeve board for $2, thread organizers 3 of them for $5 (those can be expensive! If something looks a little dated I slap some paint on it and give it a face lift), fabrics, patterns and lots of vintage notions and tools. My favorite finds so far have been some beautiful vintage tracing wheels and a bag of vintage thimbles. It's always a treasure hunt!
I love wawak ! There deals are great and your order comes fast. You pattern haul brought back memories.l made sim.6834 and mccalls5846 (lthink those are the right nos.) ,The smock patterns. They were for my sister's and nieces to wear to school. They loved them. They wore hip hugger pants and those tops. Always with prints and solids mixed. Thanks for the memories.
How in the wide world did smocks get so popular with kids back then? Who knows? But I think I had at least one other one. Such memories indeed! Thanks Margie!
Thanks Kenya! I love hearing from you. Those smock patterns - what were we thinking back in 1972? I had to laugh. At least I can default to the fact that I was only 13 years old! 😂
Sew happy to see you my friend! Very nice pattern haul. Lots of nice finds. I need a ham too 😊 i was hoping to get one for Christmas but Santa didnt get the memo 😂... off to check that website. Love your vintage make too.
Thanks Debbie! How's life in Knoxville? We drove through on our way up north. I have so many friends there at Johnson Bible College. I always look forward to your makes - I should probably do them project by project rather than month by month. I watch your videos and think 'I should be doing that. I should be doing that too.' And hey, today is Saturday! Should be another one coming up, right? 😁❤️
Happy new year Jen. You seem very organized and ready to sew with all your new goodies. Love the patterns. I have that Sandra Betzina pattern! I bought it from her at her booth at a Sewing Expo in WA years ago....it's still uncut!
Happy New Year, Kathy! I'm trying on the organization front - it's always an ongoing challenge for all of us stay on top of the clutter, isn't it? That's so cool about the pattern! I'd love to have heard Sandra talk about it. I like that raglan sleeve dress, looks so cute!
Great video. I’ve been meaning to look at Wawak too. Love your patterns and I also have a smock top pattern for nostalgia reasons and may make one this year just because.
I think you did more than ok with all those patterns! I been having the same tailors ham dilemma. My dad made me 2 clappers as he does woodwork as a hobby, so I'm covered in that area!
Thanks Hales! My Grandpa and Great-grandpa were woodworkers but I married a guy who's the "people person." That's fine with me, because I'd rather BE the woodworker! lol! I've thought about trying to make a clapper but I don't have a router. I built a coffee table last summer and resolved that I probably should just stick to painting things. It was a ton of work - turned out fantastic but it was a whole lot less like sewing than I thought. Good learning experience, though! You're fortunate to have a Dad who loves woodworking! I know you can also make a tailor's ham, but I just never got around to buying the wood shavings to stuff it with. They say you can use bedding from the pet store - I never really investigated that but in the end, the path of least resistance is just to order or buy one for about $8 (probably 10 pounds there). Amazon is my best friend anyway - or Wawak! 😁
Hi great haul your rod ale pattern originally had a book that accompanied y might find interesting . Sandra Betzina lovely Vouge patterns, sewing space happy sewing ✌🏿️👌🏾🎓 now nice
I had a tailor's ham I got at an antique store years ago & I donated it to good will because the plaid side was wool & had holes. Well, I could kick myself for getting rid of it. I can't find one with cotton and wool. Amazon has some but they're poly & cotton. I'll try wawak, maybe they will. Great video! I too made the smock in Jr.high. I'll soon be 62. Where does the time go?!!
I like your pattern haul. I recently saw a pattern for a dress I made in 1965 for a style show for freshman Home Ec. It was an awesome dress that got tons of complements. Too bad my body wouldn’t suit it now.
You know, Sue, I cannot tell you how many patterns I have in my stash that I made back in the late 70's, early '80's that made up adorably. Would my body work with those now? NO WAY. Thank goodness I have daughters who kind of like vintage fashion. Otherwise it's all for the sake of nostalgia . . .
Jen, I also made the same smock top as you did back in the day! And I made the same dress for the vintage challenge, with long sleeves. Haven't posted it yet! I buy patterns from my local thrift store and passed up the same sandra betzini pattern this week. How bizarre is that !
You are a fantastic speaker, thanks for your update. I love going to thrift stores also. We have a great one that the patterns are only 25cents. I noticed that you have dress forms in the back ground, I'm in the market for one and wondering what you would recommend?
Thanks Cathy - I keep meaning to check and see if we have a Salvation Army nearby, because they usually will have patterns. And cheap! I got the dress form on the left on Craigslist, and the one on the right is just a mannequin from a store. I don't have a really good recommendation - but I wouldn't get what I got, which is a gray Singer that adjusts with a key. There are some TH-cam videos that talk about dress forms. Or you can always make your own with duct tape, although I didn't find that worked for me. I wish I were more knowledgeable about them - sorry, that's about the best I can do. If I run across a really good one for cheap, I'll let you know.
Judi that is so generous of you! What a guy, your husband. My dad and grandpa and great-grandpa were all wood workers - but I married a guy who's the people person. I got more of a woodworker gene than he did! 😆 Thank you so much! I'd been wondering if I could just make one myself. Just email me at jenwesner@gmail.com and we'll chat. Thanks again!
Wow! What a pattern haul! I can get patterns at The Salvation Army thrift store for 25 cents! I get as many as I can because they throw them away if they don’t sell.
Sometime last year you mentioned that one should not prewash new fabric before storing and I haven't heard why - probably missed your explanation! I might have heard wrong and you said later you would explain. I prewash because you never know when you will have the urge to sew and I store my fabric in lidded cardboard boxes folded according to type which is only 12 boxes or so. Please explain.
Hi Lavada! You're absolutely right, you should always pre-wash before sewing. I generally do pre-wash my fabric before I fold it up to store it. I always pre-wash it before I sew it. You just never know what a fabric is going to do, so best to wash it before you sew it into a beautiful garment only to have the fabric betray you in the wash! I even pre-washed some quilting cotton from Hobby Lobby last year and the colors bled. You just never know. I went back to figure out where I said that I wasn't going to prewash the fabric before storing it, and it was in the fabric haul I did on November 6. Of course I can't keep a thought in my head so I never explained why! I am seriously such a scatterbrain. 🙄 I've stored them unwashed, but will absolutely wash them before I sew them. Here's why I'm not washing them yet: I have some crinkled rayon from JoAnn's that, after washing, has proven to be an absolute bear to fold and store. It just wants to shrink up width-wise and you can never get a good, equal fold going. The trouble with crinkle rayon is that if you iron it, the wrinkles all come out. Except that they're supposed to be there. And the next time you wash it, they'll be there. So for the purposes of getting it to lay flat and wrap easily on a piece of cardboard to store, it's just easier to wait until I want to sew it before I wash it. That stuff just wants to misbehave in general. You see that pink maxi dress behind me on the dress form? NIGHTMARE FABRIC. Talk about a mismatch to the pattern! It just wants to stretch out of shape all over the place. I pre-washed it, stored it, ironed it, cut it out, then sewed it and had problem after problem. The purple gauze I'm sewing right now was similar but didn't have the stretch problem because it's 100% cotton, no rayon. My impression is that if it's crinkled, you can forget about getting a consistent folded edge going to wrap onto a bolt or some cardboard. Or even just to fold up in general. So that's what I was thinking about when I said I wasn't going to wash my fabric until I was ready to use it. I've always been taught to pre-wash and ALWAYS do before I sew. Pre-washing before storing is also very smart because you remove anything that might damage the fabric over time. So you are really smart to do that, especially since you're storing in lidded boxes. All my fabric is on shelves in the open. They're not in direct sunlight so I don't think they'll fade, but I do have to be careful of not leaving them too long and having permanent creases form and fade from having been folded onto a "bolt." So, long answer but thanks for the reminder. I should probably say something in an upcoming video. I appreciate you asking me about that! 😁
Jen the first pattern you showed Simplicity 5850 what year was that? I remember making it either in the late 60s or early 70s. Also you Smock pattern Simplicity 9834 I made it in '72 to use as a smock when I was working in a donut shop part time. I recognized so many of your other patterns! I'll have to see if I still have them I know I purged a lot of patterns a few years ago.
It was 1973 - Vivmom made it here: th-cam.com/video/_VWSsXO8kGc/w-d-xo.html . Oooh donuts! That smock would have been perfect for working in a donut shop! I purged years ago too - what were we thinking? I've probably bought some of them again and just don't remember. Kinda regretting that . . . .
Hi Teri - I was concerned too until I watched this: th-cam.com/video/01eBmBix80k/w-d-xo.html I love Abi, she's got such great info and help especially when it comes to machine maintenance. Hope this helps.
Nope, still here. Just trying to keep my sanity with my family, which can be a challenge sometimes. Lots of problem solving! Organized mess . . . I think that's probably somewhat appropriate. It's not like a desk where it's a mess but I know where everything is, but it's not perfectly organized. Most of what I'm doing is decluttering - constantly! 😁
You got alot of great patterns, I had to giggle when you showed the pattern for the smock tops, that made me think about my 9th grade sewing class !! We all made them with the giant pockets, lol....1972-73
Happy you are back, Happy New Year !!
Thank you, LouAnn. How in the wide world of sports did those smocks grow to the height of fashion when we were in junior high? I guess we were all little slips of things and could wear them well. Talk about trendy. Makes me laugh! 😆
You know my best Christmas was and is when it’s just us, we avoid the family thing. It’s get to be just to much to take. Especially if you have to stay with them. Be blessed!!! Enjoy you very much!
Thanks so much! They are just, A LOT. But I love them and it really is fun when I can get a chance to de-stress. I'm kinda high maintenance and when you're not around people much, it takes a minute to get used to everybody's personalities. Which are all huge! I do love them -
so glad to see you again. Yea my family use to be a loud and talkative bunch. There was 9 of us with all our spouses and kids. Now there is only 4 of us left. I love Wawak. It is my go to place when I needed very long metal zipper for replacing in a hunting jumpsuit or a jacket. I use them for my industrial machines when I need needles and bobbins because I can't find them in the stores. I enjoyed the patterns. So many of them I had years ago. Glad you are back. Many blessings.
Thanks Deb! Wow, big family! We only have the 5 kids and one kid spouse. So 6 in total. But then there's me and my husband and my folks, so it turns out to be a big old bunch. A LOUD big old bunch. We do laugh though!
Oh yes, Wawak has the best deals on zippers and notions of all kinds. I love that place.
I'm getting the feeling that I'm the last one to the party with Wawak! They really do have some great stuff. I'll be back there again!
I love all you’ve bought, you’ve got some great patterns , don’t rush on our account, I love when you get one pattern packet with a full set of clothes in xx 😘. Oh and love the photo, so cute bless you xx
It's a journey . . . one project at a time . . .
Glad I let you know about Wawak!!! Remember the comment I left on another video about Wawak. So happy you like it. Just received my order from them also. Funny I did order a new ham and sleeve also. Check Nancy’s Notions for sleeve board they have a wider larger one that’s great for more than sleeves. Best wishes,Craig
Thanks Craig! I do remember! I'll check Nancy's for the sleeve board. I have got to get that done.
There are normally an average of 17 people at our house for Christmas day. For the last couple of years I have been asking for Christmas in St Augustine! Just he and I. No cooking. No mess. No stress. Maybe I should just go ahead and book a room.....
That was a GREAT pattern haul!!
I stopped at a thrift last week and got 15 cards of buttons marked 25 cents each. When I got to the register she said everything was half off!!
Yep, it's such a tough call when you love all of them and yet they wear you out! WOW. What a deal on those buttons! You go girl!
Great haul and what a steal on the price!! I find a lot of patterns at our Goodwill and the price is always right. :) I also like the tank tops that you got.
Thanks Joanne - I wish my Goodwill were better about having craft stuff in general. It's funny how Goodwill in particular tends to specialize one store to the next. One will have great clothes, one will have great books, one great shoes, etc. I wonder if they do that on purpose?
Great patterns! I really liked the Butterick 6474 that I bought it from eBay!! I graduated in 1972 and just started sewing more of my clothes, telling your story of sewing the smock made good memories come to mind, thank you for sharing.
I liked that one too! Obviously I'd never wear a crop top, but I liked the pants. You were just slightly ahead of me, I graduated in 1977. Oh, the smocks. At least we were children and that trend went quickly by!
I never thought to look at a thrift store for patterns...what a great idea! Also, I have been cutting my thread at an angle and it had made a HUGE difference. Thanks for sharing 😃
Thanks Debbie! Woo-hoo, a tip that proved useful to someone else too! I generally try and look for patterns, but I seldom find any. This time was definitely a surprise!
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom I really do appreciate all your ideas and tips!
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom on a side note ☺️...I have a clapper that my dad made me. It's my favorite "sewing tool" (for more than one reason)...not sure how I ever went without one.
I love thrift shopping. It is sooo fun. I enjoyed seeing the patterns you purchased. Twenty-one patterns for around $7 is great!!!! And thanks for reminding me about Wawak!!!
I love thrift shopping so much. And if you're anywhere near that Salvation Army on El Toro Road off the 5 freeway in north Mission Viejo (is it still Mission Viejo up that far?) you've got a great one! I love that store. I got a chair from the Boutique shop right next to it years ago for $20 and had to laugh - I made a slipcover and the fabric was $80! We still have that chair! ❤️
Oh, wow. That’s awesome to get such a great chair for $20. Thank you for the information. Super good to know!!!!
Great video Jen! I love thrifting for sewing. It stretches a tight budget and I've found some great things. I thrifted a sleeve board for $2, thread organizers 3 of them for $5 (those can be expensive! If something looks a little dated I slap some paint on it and give it a face lift), fabrics, patterns and lots of vintage notions and tools. My favorite finds so far have been some beautiful vintage tracing wheels and a bag of vintage thimbles. It's always a treasure hunt!
Wow Myra! I wanna go shopping with you!
Ohhhh a BAG of vintage thimbles!😍
I love wawak ! There deals are great and your order comes fast. You pattern haul brought back memories.l made sim.6834 and mccalls5846 (lthink those are the right nos.) ,The smock patterns. They were for my sister's and nieces to wear to school. They loved them. They wore hip hugger pants and those tops. Always with prints and solids mixed. Thanks for the memories.
How in the wide world did smocks get so popular with kids back then? Who knows? But I think I had at least one other one. Such memories indeed! Thanks Margie!
Hey Jen! Happy you are back and back to sewing. Great pattern finds and I love the smock patterns
Thanks Kenya! I love hearing from you. Those smock patterns - what were we thinking back in 1972? I had to laugh. At least I can default to the fact that I was only 13 years old! 😂
Sew happy to see you my friend! Very nice pattern haul. Lots of nice finds. I need a ham too 😊 i was hoping to get one for Christmas but Santa didnt get the memo 😂... off to check that website. Love your vintage make too.
I love those new tags you got! Lunch soon. Or coffee or something. Hope you find good stuff on Wawak. Now I need that sleeve board and clapper . . .
That was a fun pattern haul - thanks, Jen.
Thanks Debbie! How's life in Knoxville? We drove through on our way up north. I have so many friends there at Johnson Bible College. I always look forward to your makes - I should probably do them project by project rather than month by month. I watch your videos and think 'I should be doing that. I should be doing that too.' And hey, today is Saturday! Should be another one coming up, right? 😁❤️
Happy new year Jen. You seem very organized and ready to sew with all your new goodies. Love the patterns. I have that Sandra Betzina pattern! I bought it from her at her booth at a Sewing Expo in WA years ago....it's still uncut!
Happy New Year, Kathy! I'm trying on the organization front - it's always an ongoing challenge for all of us stay on top of the clutter, isn't it? That's so cool about the pattern! I'd love to have heard Sandra talk about it. I like that raglan sleeve dress, looks so cute!
Oh, please, don’t hurry on my account. 😁😁Love pattern hauls!
You are so funny 😆
I remember making the same smock top as you in grade 9 and also wore it for my school picture.
Jennett, we coulda been twins. Trendy twins at the height of junior high fashion! 😆
I was so glad to see your video pop up today! What a pattern haul! You did good! I like the sound of the notions site, I'll check it out.
Yay, thanks Lavada! Hope you find some good stuff on Wawak.
Great video. I’ve been meaning to look at Wawak too. Love your patterns and I also have a smock top pattern for nostalgia reasons and may make one this year just because.
Thanks Tammy - and you go girl on that smock!
I think you did more than ok with all those patterns! I been having the same tailors ham dilemma. My dad made me 2 clappers as he does woodwork as a hobby, so I'm covered in that area!
Thanks Hales! My Grandpa and Great-grandpa were woodworkers but I married a guy who's the "people person." That's fine with me, because I'd rather BE the woodworker! lol! I've thought about trying to make a clapper but I don't have a router. I built a coffee table last summer and resolved that I probably should just stick to painting things. It was a ton of work - turned out fantastic but it was a whole lot less like sewing than I thought. Good learning experience, though! You're fortunate to have a Dad who loves woodworking! I know you can also make a tailor's ham, but I just never got around to buying the wood shavings to stuff it with. They say you can use bedding from the pet store - I never really investigated that but in the end, the path of least resistance is just to order or buy one for about $8 (probably 10 pounds there). Amazon is my best friend anyway - or Wawak! 😁
Today in Jen's Sewing Room sounds like you’re quite the ’handy’ woman making a coffee table- I’m not practical at all when it comes to DIY.
Hi great haul your rod ale pattern originally had a book that accompanied y might find interesting . Sandra Betzina lovely Vouge patterns, sewing space happy sewing ✌🏿️👌🏾🎓 now nice
Thanks Jolynn, I'll have to see if I can get my hands on that book -
I had a tailor's ham I got at an antique store years ago & I donated it to good will because the plaid side was wool & had holes. Well, I could kick myself for getting rid of it. I can't find one with cotton and wool. Amazon has some but they're poly & cotton. I'll try wawak, maybe they will. Great video! I too made the smock in Jr.high. I'll soon be 62. Where does the time go?!!
I can't remember if the one I bought was wool or not. But I do like it! Time? Time has gone by? What?! When did that happen? 😂
I like your pattern haul. I recently saw a pattern for a dress I made in 1965 for a style show for freshman Home Ec. It was an awesome dress that got tons of complements. Too bad my body wouldn’t suit it now.
You know, Sue, I cannot tell you how many patterns I have in my stash that I made back in the late 70's, early '80's that made up adorably. Would my body work with those now? NO WAY. Thank goodness I have daughters who kind of like vintage fashion. Otherwise it's all for the sake of nostalgia . . .
I got a Tailor’s Clapper in Dec, and I totally love it. I thought it would be useless, but, nope, its fantastic.
All the more reason for me to get one. Thanks for the push, Monica! ❤️
Jen, I also made the same smock top as you did back in the day! And I made the same dress for the vintage challenge, with long sleeves. Haven't posted it yet! I buy patterns from my local thrift store and passed up the same sandra betzini pattern this week. How bizarre is that !
Oooh I can't wait to see yours on IG!
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom it's a red floral, will post soon
Simiplicity 8331, the bags, I made a couple if those. They are fun. I made a Christmas bag with the small one. I talk about in my bag video.
I'll have to check it out!
You are a fantastic speaker, thanks for your update. I love going to thrift stores also. We have a great one that the patterns are only 25cents. I noticed that you have dress forms in the back ground, I'm in the market for one and wondering what you would recommend?
Thanks Cathy - I keep meaning to check and see if we have a Salvation Army nearby, because they usually will have patterns. And cheap! I got the dress form on the left on Craigslist, and the one on the right is just a mannequin from a store. I don't have a really good recommendation - but I wouldn't get what I got, which is a gray Singer that adjusts with a key. There are some TH-cam videos that talk about dress forms. Or you can always make your own with duct tape, although I didn't find that worked for me. I wish I were more knowledgeable about them - sorry, that's about the best I can do. If I run across a really good one for cheap, I'll let you know.
My husband made me a clapper 😄 would love to send you one.
Judi that is so generous of you! What a guy, your husband. My dad and grandpa and great-grandpa were all wood workers - but I married a guy who's the people person. I got more of a woodworker gene than he did! 😆 Thank you so much! I'd been wondering if I could just make one myself. Just email me at jenwesner@gmail.com and we'll chat. Thanks again!
You actually did your repair on your serger. How did you know what to do. That’s. Amazing.
University of TH-cam and a helpful blog post with lots of photos. My friends often tell me that I have no idea that I can't do things. Probably true -
Wow! What a pattern haul! I can get patterns at The Salvation Army thrift store for 25 cents! I get as many as I can because they throw them away if they don’t sell.
OK now I'm gonna have to find the nearest Salvation Army to check. Like I need more patterns . . . lol
Sometime last year you mentioned that one should not prewash new fabric before storing and I haven't heard why - probably missed your explanation! I might have heard wrong and you said later you would explain. I prewash because you never know when you will have the urge to sew and I store my fabric in lidded cardboard boxes folded according to type which is only 12 boxes or so. Please explain.
Hi Lavada! You're absolutely right, you should always pre-wash before sewing. I generally do pre-wash my fabric before I fold it up to store it. I always pre-wash it before I sew it. You just never know what a fabric is going to do, so best to wash it before you sew it into a beautiful garment only to have the fabric betray you in the wash! I even pre-washed some quilting cotton from Hobby Lobby last year and the colors bled. You just never know.
I went back to figure out where I said that I wasn't going to prewash the fabric before storing it, and it was in the fabric haul I did on November 6. Of course I can't keep a thought in my head so I never explained why! I am seriously such a scatterbrain. 🙄 I've stored them unwashed, but will absolutely wash them before I sew them. Here's why I'm not washing them yet:
I have some crinkled rayon from JoAnn's that, after washing, has proven to be an absolute bear to fold and store. It just wants to shrink up width-wise and you can never get a good, equal fold going. The trouble with crinkle rayon is that if you iron it, the wrinkles all come out. Except that they're supposed to be there. And the next time you wash it, they'll be there. So for the purposes of getting it to lay flat and wrap easily on a piece of cardboard to store, it's just easier to wait until I want to sew it before I wash it. That stuff just wants to misbehave in general. You see that pink maxi dress behind me on the dress form? NIGHTMARE FABRIC. Talk about a mismatch to the pattern! It just wants to stretch out of shape all over the place. I pre-washed it, stored it, ironed it, cut it out, then sewed it and had problem after problem. The purple gauze I'm sewing right now was similar but didn't have the stretch problem because it's 100% cotton, no rayon. My impression is that if it's crinkled, you can forget about getting a consistent folded edge going to wrap onto a bolt or some cardboard. Or even just to fold up in general.
So that's what I was thinking about when I said I wasn't going to wash my fabric until I was ready to use it. I've always been taught to pre-wash and ALWAYS do before I sew. Pre-washing before storing is also very smart because you remove anything that might damage the fabric over time. So you are really smart to do that, especially since you're storing in lidded boxes. All my fabric is on shelves in the open. They're not in direct sunlight so I don't think they'll fade, but I do have to be careful of not leaving them too long and having permanent creases form and fade from having been folded onto a "bolt."
So, long answer but thanks for the reminder. I should probably say something in an upcoming video. I appreciate you asking me about that! 😁
@@TodayinJensSewingRoom Thanks for clearing that up and I love watching and listening to you.
Jen the first pattern you showed Simplicity 5850 what year was that? I remember making it either in the late 60s or early 70s. Also you Smock pattern Simplicity 9834 I made it in '72 to use as a smock when I was working in a donut shop part time. I recognized so many of your other patterns! I'll have to see if I still have them I know I purged a lot of patterns a few years ago.
It was 1973 - Vivmom made it here: th-cam.com/video/_VWSsXO8kGc/w-d-xo.html . Oooh donuts! That smock would have been perfect for working in a donut shop! I purged years ago too - what were we thinking? I've probably bought some of them again and just don't remember. Kinda regretting that . . . .
When ordering thread from
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What type of thread do you use when sewing cotton or knit fabric when ordering from WaWok. Love your program.
I like Gutterman thread far better than Coats & Clarks. Wawak has a lot of different ones but I like it the best.
I was told Wawak was wholesale only. We’re you able to buy at retail with them?
Yes, I had no trouble at all. Their website is easy to navigate, too. Try checking it out online.
Fun video
Thanks!
Great haul ...But I'm concerned about the magnetic seam guide you cannot use those on a machine that is computerized it will ruin it!!
Hi Teri - I was concerned too until I watched this: th-cam.com/video/01eBmBix80k/w-d-xo.html I love Abi, she's got such great info and help especially when it comes to machine maintenance. Hope this helps.
Great buys! I need a ham, too. Sewed since I was 8 years old, now 71 and NEVER bought a ham for the same reason...oh, well...
😂yep, we are expert seamstresses, aren't we? lol
Today in Jen's Sewing Room ohhhhh, yes, Jen!
well, I almost unsubscribed because I thought you were gone. Hope your holidays were good. I call it organized mess.
Nope, still here. Just trying to keep my sanity with my family, which can be a challenge sometimes. Lots of problem solving! Organized mess . . . I think that's probably somewhat appropriate. It's not like a desk where it's a mess but I know where everything is, but it's not perfectly organized. Most of what I'm doing is decluttering - constantly! 😁
You are so cute...love your 7th grade pic and make.
Aww. . . thanks! ❤️