I was looking at photos from a fitting from a week or so ago to remind myself about some details and how I wanted to alter something. I wasn't in the photo editor, just browsing an album of sorted photos. I must have touched the screen just long enough for it to recognize my finger on the photo I had full screen but I didn't move it enough to clear it, swipe to the next, or zoom in.
That motion created a ring of "ripples" and then I got a pop-up menu with an option to "save as copy" - so I saved just to see what exactly I had done. And it erased the background and left just the client in her mockup fitting! So many things I can do with that!
And just because I'm curious to see how a cut outline shape photo will post on Locals (I already tried texting one to my husband) here is one of Wensley howling because daddy is cutting the grass and he can't join him:
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.
