Niece1 was asking me about how to dye a garment for her Halloween costume, and the conversation turned into a discussion about if I knew someone who could make her an Optimus Prime custom plush doll because what she wants doesn't exist. That's the problem when you're a 16-year-old girl who likes what's considered more of a boy thing! (I loved Transformers when I was a kid too, but the idea of any toys based on it besides figurines never occurred to me because that just wasn't a thing back in the '80s.)
Long story short, after she texted me a bunch of cartoon drawings from different angles that had wrong proportions ("his head is too big, but this is what I want" ) I looked at her Amazon wishlist because I remembered she had a handful of figurines on it.
So I bought this cute little guy who is basically the right proportions (legs just need to be a little longer) with the promise she will get him for Christmas after I use him to make a pattern I can enlarge to 18 or so inches tall. And the plush will probably be her birthday present in May.
#OptimusPlush
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 ...
