Janet and I needed some work supplies and took a trip down to the sketchy area of Dallas where all the wholesale & warehouse shopping is for fashion stuff. (It is not the end of town you want to be in after everything closes at 4:30pm!) We went to 3 bead stores and 2 fabric places.
The first bead store was the best, and we bought most of what was on our list there. It was probably 6 aisles wide - first aisle we started on is pictured. It's definitely the kind of store you need to have a list to search for or you'll just want to buy everything!
We found some sew-on rhinestones in colors we needed at one of the other bead shops, but they were much smaller stores and seemed to be stocked with mostly glue-on stuff.
We didn't need any fabric, but we wanted to see what had come back to that street because a tornado hit most of the fabric warehouses back in October 2019. And then the best one of the bunch (and only one that didn't have tornado damage), decided to close when all the lockdowns started a few months later.
It was nice to see at least 4 or 5 of the fabric places are still there. I only thought to take one photo at the first one we went to.
#lifeasacostumer
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
Not bad for a first attempt at English paper piecing. I deliberately used a contrast thread so I could see if I needed to do anything differently.
I have a crazy idea in mind and this was just a test sample. It's going to take forever, but this should be the perfect mindless project to keep my hands busy when I'm listening to podcasts with my husband at night.
Triangle is 4" equilateral.
#epp
My husband sent me a "funny clothes" compilation video, and I actually kind of like this one, lol! I'm trying to wrap my head around exactly how to construct this so you could still turn everything! It looks simple but it's actually really complex!
I don't think it has any seams - looks like one giant circle. But to clean finish those holes, you'd have to sew them in steps with some burrito action. Definitely have to sew one and then the other.
I might have to make a half scale version to see if I can.
I made a patriotic 18th Century style skirt for and indie film maker to wear to her documentary premiere. Unfortunately, it has been delayed (she and her husband are still working on the final edit) and won't be out today as originally planned, but she'll have a skirt whenever it comes out later this year!
In true historical style, the skirt back ties around the waist and then the front ties around the back. This creates side openings that allow access to any pockets worn underneath. Modern women are always complaining about small or no pockets - they used to be separate accessories and as big as you wanted! (Example photos of me modeling it over my jeans at work because my coworkers wanted to see it.)
I couldn't help myself and matched the stars on the seams and even managed to hide horizontal tucks on the bottom layer that don't interrupt the stars (it's two layers of skirt). It can be worn with or without a petticoat, and the top layer can be draped with loops of red ribbon I stitched ...
