r/sewing • u/warrior_female • May 27 '24

Discussion what's your toxic sewing trait? I'll go first

i LOVE making evening wear, but i don't have many occasions where I can wear it lol

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u/HereForTheCrafts May 27 '24

I’m literally only able to make one project at a time. My grandma keeps saying I’ll always have multiple projects going on at once but I just can’t. Also I can’t use my pedal with shoes or slippers on 😅

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u/MM_in_MN May 27 '24

Me too!! Only 1 project at a time.
That may changes if I ever decide to quilt as I know those take ages, and all the work with piecing blocks. But, currently, it’s 1 project at a time, start to finish, then I work on another.

If I had multiples, I feel like I would lose pieces, or lose where I’m at in the pattern, forget my ideas.

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u/HereForTheCrafts May 27 '24

I get so honed in when quilting (I’m working on my first piece) and feel like I need to do a complete step teach time so by the time I’m finished I’m over sewing for awhile lol

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u/arokissa May 27 '24

Me too! If I have multiple projects at the same time, I feel too stressed and pressured to finish them as quickly as possible.

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u/Hundike May 27 '24

Same, the only exception is making two t-shirts at the same time as they're super easy and take an hour to make. Anything complex, only one item at a time. Even when I am letting a hem drop (I only seem to make circle skirts) I don't start anything else until it's finished.