The beauty of a mockup is it doesn't take much time and you don't waste the nice fabric. Unfortunately, most projects die at the mockup stage (for me at least).
Right after my last post, I grabbed a scrap of muslin and started draping & drawing a hip-pack on myself. I worked out how big the pockets needed to be by drawing around an old gift card (I keep it in a notebook with my bag making patterns), my phone, and my hand while making sure they were all in places that didn't fight with leg bend and allowed for sitting. I also cut the edges to the angles I liked visually.
And that's when I decided a hip-pack was going to be overkill for this situation. So I'm going to pivot and make a slightly modernized 18th Century pocket instead (see last pic for an example). Afterall, there's going to be a "Dress like a Pirate Night" on the cruise.
I still want to make a pattern for a hip-pack like this because it will be perfect for things like a museum, fair, or concert when I don't want to carry a purse or backpack. But I think I'm going to put it aside for now.
#hippack
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.
