For Bumbersnoot himself, I was poking about on the internet looking for ideas when I discovered wine cork holders. Why one would want such a thing is beyond me, however, they are metal, come in animal shapes and the dachshund one makes a perfect base …
Part 2 Read Part 1 Skirts To start with I wanted pleated cotton skirts, since the original is clearly pleated. I found pleated chiffon skirts and pleated satin skirts in abundance, however, cotton, or even an opaque non-shiny pleated skirt, was nowhere to be found. …
I have a friend who is potty about Harry Potter. So for his birthday, his girlfriend plotted with a group of us to surprise him with a trip to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios. I had been thinking about doing Luna Lovegood’s radish (dirigible …
For this sundress I used Butterick 5209, view B, with a fairly major alteration. I’d found a lovely burgundy cotton to do a contrast midriff, however the midriff section on the pattern does not go evenly around to the back. So I split the lower …
For Halloween 2019, my department at work chose pop music icons. It took me a while to come up with an idea, but I eventually chose Cher from the 1970s, mostly because I liked her dresses. The one I chose is a basic sheath style, …
In my post about the Double Down Day Dress, I allude to failures of the past. Here is that story. I learned to sew with woven, non-stretch fabric. I always thought that knits were this crazy complicated thing, and I was better off just buying …
I recently made a set of 6 sailor hats for the Denver Diamond Dolls, a vintage dance group that I have joined. The routine was All Aboard! so naturally we needed to look the part. The choreographer specified white and slightly smaller than average size …
This sundress is McCall’s 6956, view A. The fabric was a lucky quilting cotton find on the clearance table at Joann’s. I originally got it with a Toulouse (Aristocats) outfit in mind – orange dress with blue bow. While the group outfit/outing never happened, I …
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A few months ago I tested the Frances Shirt Dress pattern by Sewciety Patterns. This was the first time I’d had the opportunity to test a pattern and it was an interesting experience. First I read through the instructions, marked a few typos, and then …
My first naalbinding project was a hat, and I didn’t know how to splice my yarn, so I just tied it. This time, I learned how to splice my wool yarn. It’s very easy! You unravel your ends, put one on top of the other, …
Read Part 1 – Drafting the Pattern Read Part 2 – Dyeing the Fabric Once I had my pattern drawn and fabric dyed, cutting and assembling the dress went quite quickly. I used my sewing machine and modern sewing techniques such as sewing the neckline …
Read part 1: Drafting the Pattern While working on the cotehardie pattern, I was also thinking about fabric. The lining was easy – a midweight off-white linen. The main fabric was trickier. I wanted to do a particolored cotehardie, and I had been learning about …