Sew Ambitious

I'm Cierra and I'm making my own clothes!

[mybeautifulmultitudes]

Da'Vine Joy Randolph x 11 Honoré

[qualityfarmprofessorpaper-blog]

[alexaloraetheris]

You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.

[rhymneybelle]

God I love ice-dyeing

[sewambitious]

You know…some project failures are just lessons learned.

[sewambitious]

Got all 784 threads of this 16/2 cotton on my loom finally. Unfortunately, my shuttle boat does not agree with it. I think this will only work with a shuttle race 🫩 That ain’t in the budget and won’t be for some time. Now I have this long project on my loom until further notice 😓

[sewambitious]

Special shoutout to @smarttalker !!!

[garaksapprentice]

OK, that's genius. Definitely going to have to try that with my current project.

[eaglehorn]

On my table loom I clamp a square dowel to the reed for same reason.

[sewambitious]

Mind sharing the size dowel and type of clamps you use? 👀

[eaglehorn]

1” x 1” x width of loom (a bit wider than the loom in s fine, if you’re getting stabbed every time you walk past I’d cut it down a bit)

These clamps

Pretty much just have to get it so you’re snug against the reed without bending it.

On my loom I find that snugging the dowel where the reed meets the bottom of the reed puts the top of the dowel right where the bottom of my shed is, so it’s about perfect.

[sewambitious]

Thanks!!

[sewambitious]

Got all 784 threads of this 16/2 cotton on my loom finally. Unfortunately, my shuttle boat does not agree with it. I think this will only work with a shuttle race 🫩 That ain’t in the budget and won’t be for some time. Now I have this long project on my loom until further notice 😓

[sewambitious]

Special shoutout to @smarttalker !!!

[garaksapprentice]

OK, that's genius. Definitely going to have to try that with my current project.

[eaglehorn]

On my table loom I clamp a square dowel to the reed for same reason.

[sewambitious]

Mind sharing the size dowel and type of clamps you use? 👀

[sewambitious]

Got all 784 threads of this 16/2 cotton on my loom finally. Unfortunately, my shuttle boat does not agree with it. I think this will only work with a shuttle race 🫩 That ain’t in the budget and won’t be for some time. Now I have this long project on my loom until further notice 😓

[sewambitious]

Special shoutout to @smarttalker !!!

[sewambitious]

Got all 784 threads of this 16/2 cotton on my loom finally. Unfortunately, my shuttle boat does not agree with it. I think this will only work with a shuttle race 🫩 That ain’t in the budget and won’t be for some time. Now I have this long project on my loom until further notice 😓

[sewambitious]

I’m tired of this, grandpa! 😭

[pearwolf]

"i want to work on a hobby but i wont because i should be doing more important things" <- person who isnt gonna do either of those

[lacetulle]

Elie Saab | Spring/Summer 2026 Couture

[sewambitious]

Took me 8 months to beam 4.5 yards of. 16/2 cotton on my loom and thread 16 heddles but I made it! Just 766 to go. See yall in another 8 months 😅

[theinternetarchive]

'penelope unraveling her work at night,' silk embroidered with silk thread; dora wheeler, north american, 1886.

[sewambitious]

My fabric swatch using 16/2 cotton before and after wet finishing. The process was longer but not as bad as I originally thought, thankfully! Now to pick a pattern to use ☺️

[sewambitious]

I should really continue this project…

[step-off-the-earth]

I made this!

[facelessoldgargoyle]

to be honest I think working on a sewing machine strains my eyes as much as being on a computer does. However, I am incentivized to remain alert and focused by keeping my fingers within stabbing distance of a needle making 60 stitches per minutes.

[facelessoldgargoyle]

Me: oh boy I can’t wait to have a cool jacket

The hungry and voracious sewing machine: CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CHUNK-A CH

[snazzy-hats-and-adhd]

@luxlightly I wanna meet your junki deathmetal ultrafuck, they sound capable of sewing me a tool pouch.

[luxlightly]

It's a Juki TL-2000Qi semi-industrial sewing machine and it can probably sew through solid steel.

It does exactly two things, a forward straight stitch and a backward straight stitch, and you'll be GODDAMN grateful it even lets you do that. You want to do zig zags? Get fucked.

Threading it takes about 10 steps and feels like trying to defuse a bomb. It's got a side fed bobbin case that takes an additional 3 or 4 steps to thread. If it's not sharp or strong enough, it'll snap through a heavy duty needle and without even slowing down, no matter stopping, sending the tip flying through the air at speeds capable of sending a piece of straw through a telephone pole. It's compatible with exactly 0 of any other parts from any other brand machine except sometimes needles and it has a palpable air of bloodlust surrounding it.

But it'll sew through 4 layers of denim like a hot knife through butter.

[elljayvee]

sewing machine fandom has some terrifying blorbos

[deaths-motto]

This is Connie, she's my beautiful wild lady and she'll knash and tear and stare at my delicious fingertips like 🥺 mum plz just one bite..

She's a 2nd hand industrial machine and I have had a needle go straight through my finger before because I didn't respect her effervescent power 😔

Remember kids, industrials hold electric charge for a little while after turning them off so do NOT start digging around for the bobbin thread with your foot innocently resting on the pedal, this machine went straight through my finger, luckily just missed the bone..

Love her though ❤️

[vocedellamorte]

BAD BUNNY at the 68th Grammy Awards

[sourdough-seal]

hyperfixation please stay with me long enough to complete the project. hyperfixation do not fade. hyperfixation finish what you started for the love of god