It's here, it's here!
#HolidayPhotoHop2020 Day 1!
Post your photo for the prompt Red and introduce yourself to everyone. I've posted mine.
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Welcome to all the new people who have recently joined The Sewing Sphere community! I know Locals can be a little confusing since it's such a new platform. Think of it as a combination of Twitter, FB/IG, and Patreon. The Phone app is really great and amazingly functional - I highly recommend it.
All who join each individual Locals community can read & like the posts that aren't set for "subscribers only". If you subscribe to a specific community, all the features are available to you and you can read comments, comment yourself, share links, photos, and videos.
To subscribe to The Sewing Sphere, go to sewingsphere.locals.com in a browser (not the app) and go to "manage support". When you enter a credit card, use the promo code GRATEFUL2 and you'll get two months free. After that, it's only $2 a month or whatever amount you choose to give above that, and you can always unsubscribe (but I hope you won't want to!) if you don't like it.
Subscriptions are processed by a company called Stripe, and the money goes directly to support each community creator (in this case, me) - similar to how Patreon works.
I hope you'll all subscribe with the promo code so you can participate in the photo challenge! If you have any questions or problems subscribing, please email me at [email protected]
I have only seen good improvements as Locals grows, and I love how creators have so much control over their communities without any Big Tech overlords to mess things up. Let's make this the social media place to be because we're allowed to make it whatever we want! I'm so glad you've joined me here!
I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild
I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild
We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild
Tonight I learned how to do foundation paper piecing (fpp) without sewing through the paper. I've never had any desire to sew through the paper and then have to rip it all off. This was much faster with no ripping required in the end!
I plan to make this Jack Russell Terrier block into a decorative pillow.
#FoundationPaperPiecing #fpp
A client I made a cosplay for a few years ago won tickets to The Kentucky Derby in May and commissioned me to make her outfit! This is going to be a fun build!
Her inspiration is from a dress in Singin' in the Rain, and I found a good starting point pattern to use from Mrs. Depew Patterns that has a similar vibe. It's a repo of a 1920s evening gown.
I printed her size and taped it together this afternoon. It isn't the cleanest draft (lots of pointy curves), but it seems decent enough and I can clean it up. I'll start on a mockup in a few days.
#derbydress
Making lingerie out of scraps again. This is a scrap of Liberty of London lawn (left over from a blouse) and some lingerie lace I bought on Etsy (where it is extremely affordable and available in an nearly-infinite variety of styles/colors). I went with a band of sheer ribbon and matching straps.
This is a pattern I rubbed off a bought nightgown.
