on sewing plans

I haven't really had the time to think about the end goals in my sewing escapades, but if anything, one of them would definitely be to make a few beautiful dress patterns that I can alter to fit a variety of sizes. I am not creative enough to make my own designs, but I like the idea of creating different looks with the same silhouettes through the use of different fabrics, and so I intend to try this out in a new project - same dress, but in different fabrics. I haven't really decided on an appropriate dress design yet, but I've been getting addicted to some really cool online shops with some interesting ideas.

In a way, it's quite liberating to learn to sew because I often find some details I don't like in commercially available clothing (these days, clothes are just far too transparent). To be able to sew means that I can replicate the design according to my liking. I can, for instance, change a pencil skirt of a dress into a more floaty circle shape, or change the fabric to make it more or less dressy.

I've recently taken a lot of issue with the quality of and value of the clothes available here in Singapore. We are getting far too much of sub-standard craftsmanship in cheap fabrics at prices that hardly reflect the poor quality of the clothes. Consider this my contribution towards the remedy, even if right now I only ever work with cotton.

One of my new inspirations from Need Supply.