Look who is sewing now!

In the past couple of weeks I have done some sewing, but I didn't finish anything significant to show here. There was the skirt for my new dress, there was also underskirt for my new dress... But most of the time, I've been drawing patterns of the bodysuits and making test garments to check the fit. However, the machine was occupied a lot by Tuan!

It started with the first set of the home made exercise bands we made. Tuan decided to make a bunch for his dance exercise class so I had to show him how to use sewing machine. And he was hooked. He made several more sets of the bands and I could not see my machine during that time at all. I'm not complaining, I was preoccupied with my patterns anyway. The best part is that he made me my own personal set.



Mine feature main part in light blue with dark blue top, pink threads and a logo. Also, see the improved design of the handles and the door piece. Now, it's not as hard on the hands and the door is protected from scratching.



I like the fact the we can make the bands in different colors. The original TRX bands are black/yellow combination which makes me feel like I'm on a construction sight every time I see them. BTW, I saw them this week when my trainer brought them to our session. Oh, they made me sick in my stomach. But it was worth it. Ever since I started using them, Tuan is saying I feel lighter when I dance. I guess those core exercises do help.

My only contribution was to put the DF logo on it (mainly to claim they are mine and not for the class :), which means Dance Fit, and to make a small pouch.

Here is the pouch.



It's made of thin nylon with a zipper on the top.



Besides chiffon, I've never used such thin fabric before. It didn't make sense to use a serger here, because I wanted to make very clean edges so that when the bands are inside, there is no chance of fraying.




It made me appreciate commercially made pouches like that. I didn't think much of them till now, but apparently, it's hard to insert a zipper on the top. I still can not figure out how they make the top stitch at the end of the zipper. I'm going to exercise now, see you later.

EL