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
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.
