[ SECRET POST #6112 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6112 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What hobby do you wish you could into?

[(Anonymous)]

You don’t need hardly any space at all! Just enough clear space on a table to fit a serger/overlocker machine, which is smaller than a sewing machine. Buy good patterns (Waves and Wild is a GREAT place to start even if you don’t love anything they have). You want a pattern that tells you how much of what kind of fabric to buy. Your serger should come with four thread cones already but if it doesn’t, you’ll need those (or any four spools of thread). A small sharp pair of scissors (or big if you already have some) and a seam ripper. There you go. That’s it. You don’t need a giant room with thousands of fabrics and a trillion notions. You can easily buy only what you need when you need it. Brother makes a fab little entry level serger that will last for many years. I got mine off Amazon using their monthly payment plan (not the Affirm one, just a regular Amazon thing they offer on some products sometimes). It’s been three years of heavy use and I’ve done all the maintenance and servicing myself and it’s going to last me many more years.

Re: What hobby do you wish you could into?

[(Anonymous)]

This. I just have my sewing machine set up on a desk and it works just fine. You don't need any more space than that.

Re: What hobby do you wish you could into?

[(Anonymous)]

+1! Don’t know the brand off the top of my head, but I’ve got a tiny sewing machine I put on the kitchen counter to use and put in a reusable grocery bag to tote around my apartment when I need space. :D

Re: What hobby do you wish you could into?

[(Anonymous)]

ehh if you're clearing off table space for a machine, a serger/overlocker isn't much smaller than a very base level Singer or Kenmore. Serging has its place but it's not the universal machine that someone learning to make clothes would want. UNLESS those clothes were only leggings and hoodies.

that said OP I also encourage a go for it and don't let space limitations stop you! I know quilters who struggle to have space to ever lay out their work but also make it happen because they just love quilting that much - and quilting takes up a shitload of space compared to garment-making. the most space you'll ever need is for cutting patterns, so if you can just commandeer the dining room table or living room floor for an hour here and there, you can still make small space sewing work!

Re: What hobby do you wish you could into?

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I wouldn't start with a serger, because that's most useful for knits and my old 1960s olive green solid metal Kenmore takes up about as much table space as a microwave and I can use it for other stuff.

Keeping a fabric and notions and pattern stash takes up more room, but provided OP is more disciplined than me, one projects worth of material isn't so bad.

But I was gonna suggest OP take continuing ed or community college sewing classes, if those are a thing where they are. Then they can learn enough to know if it'd be worth it to shell out for a machine.

And speaking of machines, OP, if you do get one, get a vintage all metal machine if you can and the weight isn't an issue. They're not that heavy; I can lift mine one handed. And they're insanely durable; mine was my mom's from when she was in high school, and my dad threw it across the room once, and it still works.