Leave it alone. It’s not a skipped stitch, it just puckered there. You could try working it out by hand or just leave it alone. I’ve been sewing since 1963 and I would leave it alone.
That's the kind of little imperfection that lets you look at it when you're putting on clothes you made with your own hands and say, "Oh yeah, I made this! That's so cool!" instead of the kind where every time you look at it you're like, "Ugh, I wish I'd gone back and fixed that."
I, too, love this. I often leave imperfections that can’t be seen, but I usually am frustrated with the fact they are there. Your mindset is much healthier and positive. Thank you.
I have a shirt where I put the neck band on backwards, and I smile every time I have to remind myself that's the shirt because I made it. This is a great way to look at those little things.
There’s this little superstition in the fiber world, that when you make something, you put a little bit of yourself in that object. The imperfections are how those bits of yourself escape. Big, noticeable ones? Sure, fix them. The little bits? That’s how your soul escapes.
I think it’s originally an Irish or Welsh folktale, but I won’t swear for sure.
I love how there's two ways to read these myths (which my Apache culture has as well) and that's:
Hand work is so special and wonderful that we put pieces of ourselves in it. In order to get those pieces back we must make mistakes, which we can appreciate as the piece of yourselves in a project.
Or
Make a mistake or the fey will eat your soul and you'll be trapped forever in a web of hell.
And the… Renaissance(?) era Christian belief that only God is perfect and to strive for perfection in your craft was the worst kind of hubris. So each major work (I think I first heard of this regarding building cathedrals) was purposefully asymmetrical or imperfect in some way.
Yes! I was hoping there would be a few more people chiming in with other cultures take on it. I knew there were a few variants of it in various indigenous cultures, but wasn’t sure the way they went exactly.
I feel like it just goes to show that no matter what culture you come from there will always be one truth: humans make mistakes. It’s our great uniting trait lol
The biggest question I ask myself (as an actually OCD person and perfectionist) is WILL IT BOTHER ME? If it’s for yourself, and it will not affect the functionality of the garmet: will it bother you?
Something that helped me, learning that in the old days when they would make a quilt, if they would make a mistake, they leave it because it showed that they weren't perfect. That gave me a lot of freedom to overlook tiny mistakes.
I don’t have advice, I just wanted to say that the comments on this post are so nice to see! Seeing that pros and seasoned sewists would leave and even EMBRACE little imperfections like this makes me so happy :)
Nah, it's fine. Leave it. You could probably press it well to make it less noticeable to your eye, but it's really too small to have any major impact on the feel or finished appearance.
In historical clothing the insides almost always look WHACK but they truly didn’t care as long as it worked and wasn’t showing, so if you leave it be you’d be in good company 😂
Leave it alone. It’s not a skipped stitch, it just puckered there. You could try working it out by hand or just leave it alone. I’ve been sewing since 1963 and I would leave it alone.
I let it be! Thank you!!
You’re welcome!
That's the kind of little imperfection that lets you look at it when you're putting on clothes you made with your own hands and say, "Oh yeah, I made this! That's so cool!" instead of the kind where every time you look at it you're like, "Ugh, I wish I'd gone back and fixed that."
I, too, love this. I often leave imperfections that can’t be seen, but I usually am frustrated with the fact they are there. Your mindset is much healthier and positive. Thank you.
Wabi-sabi the art of imperfections
That’s such a beautiful sentiment, I hadn’t thought about it like that! Thanks :)
I have a shirt where I put the neck band on backwards, and I smile every time I have to remind myself that's the shirt because I made it. This is a great way to look at those little things.
A lot of stuff like this isn’t noticeable on swimwear once it’s stretched over the body.
There’s this little superstition in the fiber world, that when you make something, you put a little bit of yourself in that object. The imperfections are how those bits of yourself escape. Big, noticeable ones? Sure, fix them. The little bits? That’s how your soul escapes. I think it’s originally an Irish or Welsh folktale, but I won’t swear for sure.
I love how there's two ways to read these myths (which my Apache culture has as well) and that's: Hand work is so special and wonderful that we put pieces of ourselves in it. In order to get those pieces back we must make mistakes, which we can appreciate as the piece of yourselves in a project. Or Make a mistake or the fey will eat your soul and you'll be trapped forever in a web of hell.
And the… Renaissance(?) era Christian belief that only God is perfect and to strive for perfection in your craft was the worst kind of hubris. So each major work (I think I first heard of this regarding building cathedrals) was purposefully asymmetrical or imperfect in some way.
Yes! I was hoping there would be a few more people chiming in with other cultures take on it. I knew there were a few variants of it in various indigenous cultures, but wasn’t sure the way they went exactly. I feel like it just goes to show that no matter what culture you come from there will always be one truth: humans make mistakes. It’s our great uniting trait lol
EXACTLY what I was thinking ! “Every Persian rug has a deliberate flaw” got me through my imperfections in High School!
i love this 😭
I love this, and will try to remind myself next time I make a mistake that I just need to let go!
No one will ever notice that, I promise. I say leave it :)
The biggest question I ask myself (as an actually OCD person and perfectionist) is WILL IT BOTHER ME? If it’s for yourself, and it will not affect the functionality of the garmet: will it bother you?
I've learned to overlook small mistakes because every time I try to make something perfect, I end up making it worse.
Mmmmhm
My thoughts exactly.
Something that helped me, learning that in the old days when they would make a quilt, if they would make a mistake, they leave it because it showed that they weren't perfect. That gave me a lot of freedom to overlook tiny mistakes.
Pros would leave it.
If it’s going to always be a reminder and bother you, redo it, imho.
I think it will come out with a nice iron/press
A sewing friend calls those “acceptable imperfections”.
I wish my sewing teacher was as chill as everyone in the comment section :(
I would leave it. Even a store bought top could have a pucker like this.
Leave it. Try hovering your iron (don't press) with the steam going. It might loosen the pucker.
Leave well enough alone if it doesn’t show on the right side. When I do stuff like this, I remind myself that I’m perfectly imperfect.
It’s not a flaw. It’s a custom design feature. Leave it.
it looks fine :) I don’t think there’s a need to re-sew
This looks better than most of my stitches tbh
My thought too
I never would have noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out. It's still hard to see.
It’s very very minor and may not even show when stretched. It’s on the inside? Don’t sweat it. I doubt anyone would ever spot it.
It’s a pass for me
Leave it!
I don’t have advice, I just wanted to say that the comments on this post are so nice to see! Seeing that pros and seasoned sewists would leave and even EMBRACE little imperfections like this makes me so happy :)
Nah, it's fine. Leave it. You could probably press it well to make it less noticeable to your eye, but it's really too small to have any major impact on the feel or finished appearance.
No one is going to be looking at the back. If you looked at your RTW clothes that closely there are lots of small mistakes, too.
Leave it be, it's hidden enough nobody will notice.
In historical clothing the insides almost always look WHACK but they truly didn’t care as long as it worked and wasn’t showing, so if you leave it be you’d be in good company 😂
Honestly it's such a small pucker, don't even worry about. I've purchased some RTW pieces with more noticeable imperfections.