Can't hurt to ask.
Mar. 30th, 2009 04:29 amDoes anyone on my friends list sew?
I want to start looking into not only making my own cosplays, but maybe some of my own clothes too, but sewing is something that I've always been EXTREMELY EXTREMELY FREAKING AFRAID to experiment with, because my ideas are always super specific, I know nothing, and materials are like fucking expensive to replace- it's not like drawing where you can erase lines; making a mistake might completely fuck something up beyond repair, and the perfectionist in me cringes at that thought.
So yeah, trying to break out of the mental barrier here, maybe want to see about sewing stuff for Otakon and just... stuff in the future. :] I've looked around the internet, but it's kind of hard to get a grasp. I see like "HERE, WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO SEW A PUMPKIN COSTUME!" and I'm like "... Well... No. I don't really WANT to know how to sew that."
Lots of things seem like common sense, BUT THAT IS THE TRAP IN THIS. IF I GO IN ACTING LIKE I KNOW HOW TO DO IT, I WILL FAIL. BECAUSE I DON'T, REALLY.
Books recommendations? Tips? Tell me I'm an idiot? Please? :D
I want to start looking into not only making my own cosplays, but maybe some of my own clothes too, but sewing is something that I've always been EXTREMELY EXTREMELY FREAKING AFRAID to experiment with, because my ideas are always super specific, I know nothing, and materials are like fucking expensive to replace- it's not like drawing where you can erase lines; making a mistake might completely fuck something up beyond repair, and the perfectionist in me cringes at that thought.
So yeah, trying to break out of the mental barrier here, maybe want to see about sewing stuff for Otakon and just... stuff in the future. :] I've looked around the internet, but it's kind of hard to get a grasp. I see like "HERE, WE'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO SEW A PUMPKIN COSTUME!" and I'm like "... Well... No. I don't really WANT to know how to sew that."
Lots of things seem like common sense, BUT THAT IS THE TRAP IN THIS. IF I GO IN ACTING LIKE I KNOW HOW TO DO IT, I WILL FAIL. BECAUSE I DON'T, REALLY.
Books recommendations? Tips? Tell me I'm an idiot? Please? :D