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PJsLife wrote:Spook wrote:PJsLife wrote:Spook wrote:Great job
I'm just learning to sew. I've bought Minnie fabric and a pattern for pj pants but haven't got up the nerve to start yet 
What I found out the hard way is that the sizing for patterns does not match the sizing of clothes in the store. Make sure you take your measurements and buy the pattern by those measurements. Clothing stores use vanity sizing and I cried and cried in the sewing store buying a pattern I thought was HUGE. Don't be like me.
Also the more time you spend pinning the pattern to the fabric and cutting the better your sewing will be. Also embrace the pinking shears.
I have to use a ruler and a cutter ( like a pizza cutter. I can't think of the name of it) because I cut VERY uneven 
OMG this is a great idea. My teacher does not like my cutting skills
I would never survive without my rotary cutter! So much so that in classes or patterns that require regular scissors I think 'huh do what now?!'