Hello my beautiful people, of this beautiful community #Needleworkmonday, I had a long time without posting because we had problems with the internet, we entered the most beautiful month of the year December, which means time to love, forgive and share, this time I want to express an experience I had these days, my daughter arrived with a classmate called Camila, they stayed at home because they had to do homework, she is of thick build, her clothes are battered, talking with her she told me that her family is of low resources, they buy what is necessary to survive. My daughter upon hearing the conversation took out of the closet a pair of pants and gave it to her, Camila very excited accepted it, when she realized that the size was small for her she was saddened, so I said hands to the needles to work.
Despite not having much time between work and housework, I went to the store and bought 1 meter of black muslin fabric and elastic tape of the same color. Making the pants was an impressive journey because it was the first time I made a size enlargement, it was four days of hard work, despite the difficulty that the needle did not allow me to sew the muslin, I enjoyed this challenge to the fullest, especially when I saw the joy reflected in the face of Camila, that fills me as a person.
Hola mi gente linda, de esta hermosa comunidad #Needleworkmonday, tenía mucho tiempo sin postear porque tuvimos problemas con el internet. Entramos al mes más lindo del año diciembre, que significa tiempo de amar, perdonar y compartir, en esta ocasión quiero expresar una experiencia que tuve en estos días, mi hija llegó con una compañera de clase llamada Camila, se quedaron en casa porque tenían que hacer tareas, ella es de contextura gruesa, su ropa está maltratada, conversando con ella me contó que su familia es de bajos recursos, compran lo necesario para sobrevivir. Mi hija al escuchar la conversación saco del closet un pantalón y se lo dio, Camila muy emocionada lo acepto, cuando se dio cuenta que la talla era pequeña para ella se entristeció, así que le dije manos a las agujas a trabajar.
A pesar de no tener mucho tiempo entre el trabajo y las tareas domésticas, fui a la tienda y compré 1 metro de tela muselina negra y cinta elástica del mismo color. Hacer el pantalón fue una jornada impresionante porque era la primera vez que hacía una ampliación de talla, fueron cuatro días de arduo trabajo, a pesar de la dificultad de que la aguja no me permitía coser la muselina, disfruté al máximo este reto, sobre todo cuando vi la alegría reflejada en el rostro de Camila, eso me llena como persona.
The first thing I did was to remove the waistband and sides of the pants.
Lo primero que hice fue quitar la cintura y los laterales de los pantalones.
Cut the muslin fabric to 3cm wide x 2meter long, proceed to double stitch it.
Cortar la tela de muselina a 3cm de ancho x 2metros de largo, proceder al doble cosido.
We cut the elastic to 73cm long, close the seam, adjust it to the waistband of the pants, again we pass the seam to fix the elastic waistband.
Cortamos el elástico a 73cm de largo, cerramos la costura, lo ajustamos a la cintura del pantalón, de nuevo pasamos la costura para fijar la cintura elástica.
In the part of the ring we made a small double, where a small hole is visualized.
En la parte del anillo hicimos un pequeño doble, donde se visualiza un pequeño agujero.
With scraps of black and white fabric I made a braid, which I then glued to the edge of the elastic waistband.
Con retazos de tela blanca y negra hice una trenza, que luego pegué al borde de la cintura elástica.
I used deepl translator.
See you soon.The photos were taken by my @lrscarmen , with my Alcatel 1, edited in InShot.
Usé el traductor deepl.
Hasta pronto.Las fotos fueron tomadas por mi @lrscarmen , con mi Alcatel 1, editadas en InShot.
Your sewing machine looks like a very old one. Which model is it? And do you have photographs of it?
Sewing is a fine skill, I find. I sew myself a lot and mend old clothes, rip apart thrifted clothes, unravel the seams and do something new out of them. It's really a lot of fun being able to design and sew your own garments.