Wait, I'm a traditionalist seamstress?
A friend posted on Facebook a link to a really interesting blog post about how the industrial age has changed the way that we create clothing - from fibers to construction to use - that really made me see my own sewing in a new light. This friend has gotten into historical re-enactment in a big way (late medieval - early Renaissance, to be specific), and so has a particular skill with 16th century Italian women's wear. Anyway, the post was by an Australian woman known as Skud, titled " Why is it so difficult and expensive to make your own clothes (or have them made)? The discussion about pattern making particularly intrigues me. Most, if not all, of the clothes that I make are essentially rectangles - many formed into modified tubes. Skirts are tubes with added pockets, waistbands, zippers, and a few other fun bits added, and shaped with darts. The only black-tie formal dress that I own is made of a tube for the body, then another tube opened at the sides to create...