Watching Peggy Sagers from Silhouette Patterns and Fit 2 Stitch on YouTube gives me a million ideas. I like that she will take a pattern a make a few different versions from it. Since I only own two Silhouette patterns at this time, I'm a little limited.
Another inspiration are catalogs I receive in the mail. My most favorite is Serengeti Catalog. They have very wearable items! When I look through their catalog I can see sewing up almost every item............There's so much eye candy in there!
I find many items I like in Catalog Favorites. They have a lot of accessory items in there, and funny t-shirts, but their dresses, paisley tops, crocheted cardigan and flowy cardigans get me every time.
I also get Roman's Catalog in the mail. They have a lot of jeans, pant suits and work wear pants (which I do not wear at all) but I do love their ponte collection and their sheath style dresses are very pretty.
Once in a while one of the Big 4 pattern companies will send out their season's newest patterns and they will catch my eye. This year's fall winner for me was from Butterick. I have already posted my favorites from them here 2015 Fall Favorites.
Where do you get your inspiration for sewing from?
P.S. Tonight is Project Runway!
P.S.S. So glad I'm all done sewing the culottes. I'm a greedy sewer and I want to sew ME something!
Until next time...................
Bonnie
I get some of my ideas fell catalogs also, actually my "wall paper" for my sewing closet is pictures I have clipped from them.
ReplyDeleteI have a 2" binder full of picture pages I've torn from magazines. I'm glad I'm not alone in my picture hoards! I love fabric, patterns & pretty pictures of clothes.....I don't need therapy do I?
DeleteWhen I'm in a sewing rut, I visit our nearby Anthropologie store. I'm always inspired by the creative combination of fabrics in the clothes they sell. Most of them have simple designs but it's the choice of patterns and fabrics that make the difference. For catalogs, I keep the ones from Talbots, Boden USA, Soft Surroundings and J.Crew. And like you, I get inspired after seeing finished garments from Pattern Review and sewing blogs. You're better than me, I have yet to organize the pictures I have saved in a binder. I remember my mom tearing off pages from decorating magazines and pasting them in a blank notebook. They were her inspiration for home decor.
ReplyDeleteI will have to request a few of the catalogs you mentioned. My mother did the same thing! She would save pages in the back of her coupon box of things she liked. Awwwww memories!
DeleteOMG! I am inspired by so many things. Pinterest, bloggers, fabric, magazines, catalogs, flowers, home dec and on and on and onnnnnn! I tear pages out of magazines and I store the pages in binders or, notebook. This summer, I saved all my inspirations on a disc card. OMG! Inspirations are all over. The problem there is not enough time for me to bring all of what inspire me to life.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, there is never enough time! But when I see fabric or a sewing pattern I get all excited and I have to get sewing.
DeletePinterest is the devil sometimes! I can sit and look at pictures for hours on end! Then I don't get any sewing done!!!!!
I am constantly inspired, by clothing catalogs, my favorite stores, the loft/ann taylor, people watching & blogs too. Now that you mention it, I never really check out the hsn/qvc, must check them out... Thanks
ReplyDeletePinterest and Instagram are my go to for inspiration. I can spend hours on those platforms.
ReplyDeleteI look through Pinterest while watching TV, two time suckers at once!
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