halloween

I really want to get back to my decade project, but with Halloween approaching I need to work on my costume. can you believe its already the seventh I and I have yet to start on it? I still am not sure what I want to be. I narrowed it down to two things. Giselle from the ballet Giselle, or Charmander from Pokemon . what I really wanted to be was Snow white from Mirror, mirror, but have been unsuccessful in finding my fabric. I think that is why I have been putting off so long getting started; I cant be what I really want to be. I need to decide and soon. I still need to make a trip to the fabric store.

Giselle

Charmander

snow white, whom I really want to be.


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sailor dress

here is the sailor dress I made. I finished it a few weeks ago however I wanted to wait till I was at the beach to get pictures of it, because it just looks so much better in character.


the tie is attached at the shoulders. I tried to make it a removable tie but that didn’t work, it bunched up all funny under the collar, so I cut it in half, got the length I wanted and sewed it to the shoulder seams, which worked great. I used a navy button I got from my grandma’s house. which probably dates its back at least forty or more years. I thought it looked cute with it. once I finally made the trip to the fabric store I got all my black bias strip. which was easy enough to sew on. I love tailors chalk it makes my life so much easier when I have to sew things on evenly like stripes. I used an invisible zipper in the side so it wouldn’t have to mess with the collar. the dress went together fairly easily once I figured out how to put the dickey in properly. Please try to ignore my dork faces, it was so incredibly bright, I tried not to squint but alas I failed.

bathing suit

I finished my bathing suit. I wanted something with a bit more coverage then what I was finding in the stores. my solution make my own. I already had the fabric. it was bought several years ago for a project that was scraped nearly as soon as it was thought up. I bought a top off the clearance rack so I could have cups, it was cheaper then buying the ones from the fabric store, plus when I tore it apart, I got some lining and boning which came in handy. the top is completely my design, I looked at a few pictures to get ideas then came up with what I wanted and what was feasible. one thing I really wanted was crisscross straps so they wouldn’t fall off my shoulders, I thought about a halter but then didn’t want to do that either because they hurt my neck. the bottoms were made by tearing apart a mismatched bottom I had, and used to make a pattern for the underneath, then mapping out a skirt to attach on top it. I love the way it turned out. and that it fits me pretty well.

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projects

right now I am sipping tea, thinking about how much sewing I have to have done in the next two weeks, I really should be sewing rather then just thinking about it. I am making some progress on my many projects though. I have finished my sailor dress and am satisfied with it. I’m going to wait to take pictures of it though. it won’t fit on my dress form due to the fact it has a side zipper so it I cant get it over her stiff shoulders. I have finished all the ruffles for my petticoat. now I just have to make the skirt part and attach them. my other project is something I have never done. I am attempting to make a bathing suit. I finished the bottom, now I need to work on the top. I will write more on that later, but its actually surprising me how well fabric is cooperating. usually these spandex things just don’t do that. I can only hope the top goes together as well.

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ruffler foot success!

okay so I tried to wing it and was having no luck what so ever, I looked it up online found a tutorial on youtube and started watching it. through the whole thing I’m going; I did that! I totally did that. then she said something about making sure the screw was tight enough on the shank. I had thought I had it on tight but since the whole thing just wasn’t working I decided to try that. and it turns out I didn’t have it on as tight as I thought. it was messing the whole thing up. who would have thought that would make such a huge difference but it did! I’m so excited. its so much faster to ruffle things this way. its going to make my petticoat so much less daunting. this was totally worth the eleven bucks I spent on it.



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ruffler foot

I bought this ruffler foot in hopes it will make my life easier. I haven’t used it yet and have no idea how. it came with no instructions. I’m going to try it out probably tomorrow. I’m making a petticoat to go over my hoop skirt, all those ruffles seemed so daunting I broke down and bought this. plus it seems half of what I make has to be ruffled. so it made sense to buy it. hopefully I will be able to figure it out. if not.... well I should be able to find instructions online. right?

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Red from the pile.

in the no rules sewing department. I had a bunch of scraps in this red fabric left over from making a red riding hood cape last year. the grains were all over the place and pieces were of all shapes and sizes. I didn’t want to just throw out the fabric as some of the pieces were rather large. this is what I I have done so far. it is no where near what I want. I’m going to gather up the train in hopes it will hide the fact there is no real grain line in this. I have no idea if it will work. but hey I’m having fun playing. I did set this aside for a bit to work on my sailor dress. yea for having more then one project going on at once! I’m having a lot of frustration going on with fit on things though. what would really help is a dress form in my size. it close but just not quite there. oh well maybe one day. and you know what I think would be an excellent feature on dress forms is flexible shoulders. I have more trouble with the stiff shoulder things then anything. it makes the dresses hard to put on and off. okay enough complaining. and back to work.....

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