Favourite part?

[Master James]

Since I'm a fairly new sewer (only about 2 years now) I like the sense of accomplishment that I made it!  I love the shopping and designing too and have always done that with my wife but then used to turn it over to her to be made.  She still makes my doublets since I haven't quite graduated to that level but I have made my hats, pouches, breeches and I'm working on a cape for my FOP.  I also help out by sewing on trim and the wife insists if I want it beaded I do it myself!  It takes me a while but I enjoy it and get it done!  So pretty much I like everything about sewing right now.  Maybe when this is old hat I'll settle on one part of it but for now I just like sewing and all that goes with it.

[Lady Toadflinger]

Since I learned how to make my own bias tape, I discovered that I love making and installing it on my garb!  I used to have a hatred of bias tape, but now it is my friend!   I have to admit that I still have trouble with corners once in a while.
I am glad to  see that I am not the only one who likes to iron the fabric, too! (especially cotton, it has such a wonderful smell when hot)

[LaurenLee]

And I really HATE the ironing part...

I love the buying and planning all the pieces, but my FAVORITE part is the day it is finished and I take pics and share them with everyone, and add another to my portfolio... or when I sell it and get rave reviews from the buyer!     (yep, it's all about the glory... and the sense of pride from creating something beautiful)!!

[Tixi]

...Rushing to the mirror to try it on and then playing the fool in front of it in various poses 

I never grew out of my dress-up bin.

[Alisoun]

Sewing on fasteners and binding eyelet holes because I can try the piece on without sticking myself with pins

[DragonWing]

My favorite part is getting it started. Once I get it started I know I will finish it. I am not the type to stop on a sewing project and let it sit for months without touching it. I know I will do something each weekend until it is finished.

[Taffy Saltwater]

Hand needle & thread = warm fuzzies.  My grandmother would always have me thread her needles (how I laughed that she needed help to thread a needle; darn karma sucks) and she couldn't stand how I knotted the thread - she could get her knots all the way at the end of the threads.  Although she passed decades ago I can still feel her when I'm hand sewing.

Snipping threads = sheer, unadulterated bliss.  I just love the snick of the scissors and the clean look after all the little threads are sheared off.

[Kate XXXXXX]

The first cut into the fabric...  Especially really expensive fabric!  The thrill of it - there is no going back now!  I've just beed to Germany to make a wedding dress with a friend who came over in March to buy her fabric.  The brocade for her jacket was £64 per metre.  SNIP!  Her good scissors in my hand in her fabric!  We both had a blast!

Five days from toile to almost complete gown.  There is only some hand finishing for her to do, with her feet up.

[NicoleBridget]

Top 3 things I love about this hobby:

1) The design stage.  Sketching, shopping for fabric, trims, accessories, and dreaming about the finished product when I don't have time to actually sew.

2) Cartridge pleating.  Like Gem, I don't enjoy DOING it, but I love holding it up at the end and seeing all those beautiful, delicious, deep pleats.

3) Wearing it and beaming with pride when people ask where I bought it.

[gem]

I'm bumping this up, because, gods help me, I think I love binding.

There.  I said it.

I've been *terrified* of it, because I've only ever used packaged bias binding, with *horrible* results.

But I got a few tips from my sewing instructor last month, and I've just finally run out of other things to work on/procrastinate with... so this afternoon I just sat down and bound eight corset tabs.

...And I think I love it.  It's still absolutely fraught with terror for me (?!), but there's something about turning that binding over the edge and stitching it down, and then seeing the finished bound edge... Wow.  What is *wrong* with me?! LOL

(I bound a chemise/shift neckline completely by hand with linen tape, and I absolutely loved that, too.)

I'll check back after I've done the whole corset! LOL