stitching / opensewing, textiles lover & artisan Helga Schmidt, Vienna https://www.opensewing.org textiles lover & artisan Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:50:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.opensewing.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-512-32x32.png stitching / opensewing, textiles lover & artisan Helga Schmidt, Vienna https://www.opensewing.org 32 32 Here and now – studies of NOW https://www.opensewing.org/blog/here-and-now-studies-of-now/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/here-and-now-studies-of-now/#respond Thu, 04 Jul 2024 16:38:15 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=3152 Stitched studies of NOW for my mother, who passed away 8 months ago. Obviously NOW is all we have.
And a foolproof recipe to escape the rat race in our minds.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/here-and-now-studies-of-now/feed/ 0 Playlist shirt “What was I made for?“ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/playlist-shirt-what-was-i-made-for/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/playlist-shirt-what-was-i-made-for/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:53:00 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2919 To celebrate the retrieval of music in my life I made this playlist shirt “What was I made for“. Each song title is stitched in a different color on a stripe.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/playlist-shirt-what-was-i-made-for/feed/ 0 Welcome change / ruffled crop top https://www.opensewing.org/blog/welcome-change/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/welcome-change/#respond Sat, 26 Aug 2023 16:56:58 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2682 Assuming that these days are the last really hot summer days this year, I introduce “change“. Welcome, change. 🌈 Even I would like to wear this ruche top.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/welcome-change/feed/ 0 Cosmos, the co-created jeans-dress *2 https://www.opensewing.org/blog/cosmos-the-co-created-jeans-dress-2/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/cosmos-the-co-created-jeans-dress-2/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:24:45 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2413 Part 2 of the making of Cosmos: After creating the bee pocket and the flowers I am now making the skirt part of the dress and placing the hidden flowers.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/cosmos-the-co-created-jeans-dress-2/feed/ 0 Axis, the dress with a wearable spine https://www.opensewing.org/blog/axis-the-dress-with-a-wearable-spine/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/axis-the-dress-with-a-wearable-spine/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:21:20 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2237 So here it is, my dress “axis”! Made of old shirts. And with multiple, subtle cross-stitch axes on checked parts. And a wearable extra spine.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/axis-the-dress-with-a-wearable-spine/feed/ 0 Cosmos, the co-created jeans-dress *1 https://www.opensewing.org/blog/cosmos-the-co-created-jeans-dress-1/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/cosmos-the-co-created-jeans-dress-1/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2023 06:45:38 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=2380 My intention is to make this dress comfortable, robust, durable and machine-washable, so that it will persist the demand of being worn a lot.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/cosmos-the-co-created-jeans-dress-1/feed/ 0 I can´t get enough from running stitches https://www.opensewing.org/blog/i-cant-get-enough-from-running-stitches/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/i-cant-get-enough-from-running-stitches/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 17:43:38 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1809 Running stitch is the simplest stitch imaginable, but can be applied in so many different ways: What I love the most, is the haptic experience.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/i-cant-get-enough-from-running-stitches/feed/ 0 A scrunchie a day keeps the doctor away https://www.opensewing.org/blog/a-scrunchie-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/a-scrunchie-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away/#respond Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:40:13 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1704 I decided to make a scrunchie a day - for as long as I enjoy it. This is a perfect opportunity for trying out new ideas and making experiments.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/a-scrunchie-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away/feed/ 0 The maker´s dress as perfect work wear https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-makers-dress-as-perfect-work-wear/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-makers-dress-as-perfect-work-wear/#respond Tue, 11 Apr 2023 19:23:17 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1544 The maker´s dress is made of overalls worn 2003 only a few times in a play. Now, 20 years later I refashioned it into a work dress for my creative endeavors.

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]]> https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-makers-dress-as-perfect-work-wear/feed/ 0 The dress: About success and failure https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-dress-about-success-and-failure/ https://www.opensewing.org/blog/the-dress-about-success-and-failure/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2023 19:11:06 +0000 https://www.opensewing.org/?p=1496 Modifying this too big linen dress was my first attempt of altering a dress with many modifications after my long sewing pause: All my successes and failures.

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