Operation: Not Crappy Graduation Dress Complete!

Drum roll!

Super short drum roll!

It's a little bit baggy, but all in all I like it.

Mainly, it looks good on Hannah that's the important thing.

I'm not sure what's next on the agenda. I've got a couple of projects yet to be completed, so maybe I'll start up on those.

But first my baby sister graduates tomorrow and then husband-face and I need to care for some devil chickens this weekend.

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Bonus!

Hannah as a ghost!

Pwerple.

This is what I've been working on. This dress was much harder to sew than I expected it to be, which is why it took me so long. It turned out well, though the hem is giving me problems now so I'mma lay the smack down on those hopefully next week. As well as some boring business-like things.

Speaking of business-like things I mailed out the form to secure the name I would like for my fancy business. I haven't heard anything back, but it always takes approximately 12 years for paperwork to get sorted out. Not worried yet, but you'll know when I am.

In the mean time I've got a birthday party to go to and friends to see this weekend. Hope your weekend is awesome and full of cake!

Fini! Almost...

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Almost, I didn't plan ahead very well.

I started this project without picking out all my fabric. So hopefully the fabric I ordered today goes well with the rest of the shirt or I'm fucked!

Ok, that's an exaggeration, but you get what I'm saying.

But all the sewing has gone off without a hitch. Things are looking up.

Sleeves are becoming not a pain in the ass.

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Collars are the next project to tackle. This one isn't too hot.

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Kinda plain.

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*-Eventually I'll need to come to the realization that I need to hire a model. One day.

Patterns, soul sucking demons.

This was one of the pictures that popped up when I searched for "Soul sucking demon."

I decided that being the skilled seamstress and clothing maker that I am, that my next project would be to design a pattern for myself and then make a piece of clothing with that very pattern. Little did I know when I started at the beginning of this week that by the end my soul would be gone. Poof!

A footnote on my experience, it's recommended to have a mannequin or at least something people shaped. This also removes a step at the beginning.

What is recommended*:

1- Design a piece of clothing. Preferably something within your means of doing.

2- Drape fabric to get the desired look. Pin in place.

3- Cut fabric.

4- Lay out fabric pieces on pattern paper, trace. Add pattern shapes and lingo.

5- Celebrate

*- This is highly abbreviated.

What I did*:

1- Take my measurements. Feel accomplished, go to sleep.

2- Use 'How To Make Sewing Patterns**' to learn how to make draw out a pattern. Take a nap.

3- Wake up. Compare pattern to my body.

4- Pin the pattern to fabric anyway and improvise. This is how I role.

5- Pin and Sew.

*- Again, highly abbreviated.

**- This book is amazing.

I took a few liberties. In general it worked, it's not the best method or the most efficient and hopefully for my sake I get better at it. The best thing I can suggest is to buy the book I mentioned above. It gives a great overview of shaping fabric on a body and the basics of pattern making. One small word about the book is that's it's old, 70's old. So it's pretty much ancient technology. But for serious, because it's older the style of the patterns he lays out are slightly outdated. As long as you go in knowing that going in, it's no big deal. I didn't so this is how my pattern turned out.

The second line up is the waist line and also where the book recommends the bottom of the pattern should be. Hmm... So, I tried to modify it last minute to make is longer, that's the bottom line, but even that wasn't long enough for me. I ended modifying it even further once I got it on the fabric. Knowing how short he suggests the pattern to be the front portion turned out better.

Here's the design in muslin, not the most attractive fabric, but hopefully once I transfer it to "real" fabric it'll look nicer. Right now it just looks like a very large onesie.

I'll keep you updated.

Sewing Project 5!

And the second project I've actually showed you! Hooray! I should do a round up of stuff I made last year... We'll see.

But here it is!

Sorry for the super awkward picture.

I tried, I mean really tried to take pictures of this shirt on a hanger, but they looked terribad. It is at this point in time impossible for my to take pictures of clothing on hangers.

Here's some close ups of my stitching, this is the collar. Not the best stitching ever, but I want a record out there if and when I start making progress. And I like being honest with you guys!

Here's the sleeve. This being my first project with Robot I used a different stitch for every part to see how they looked. Some were so tedious to rip out, so I'll make sure I've got my shit together before I use those again.

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My next project create my own pattern! Away!

All Better

After much love and affection, an organ replacement and electronic therapy, my computer lives!

Unfortunately I've gotten so used to using Hylinn's computer that despite the fact that my computer is glowing with healthy vibrance, I've been ignoring it for the stability I've associated with Hylinn's computer.

I'm sorry dear computer.

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I haven't forgotten! Here are some pictures of the dress I made.



Here's some of the fabric in the middle of being sewn together.



Here's a close up of my sweet ass stitching.

A footnote to this, when I get involved in a project I like I run with it. Thusly I almost completely forgot to take pictures as I did this. So it's hardly a step-by-step, but a rough idea of what I did to get to the place where I could wear all the fabric I brought home.

I'll have a picture tomorrow of me wearing the dress, as well as a picture of the shorts and hoodie I made.

Hearts,
C

Finished!

So I've finished my dress, finally.

I sped through the cutting and the sewing. If I had been smart I wouldn't have sewn it together before I had it fitted to me, but I'll consider that lesson number one.

I learned how to sew a zipper after about three tries!

I learned I hate ripping stitches out.

I also don't like hemming a dress.

It took me probably a week to figure out how to do it. But it is finally complete... Unfortunately I still have no computer...

It's like there is a void in my soul. Ok a little dramatic, but it is incredibly frustrating to have a full camera and no where to put the pictures so I can take more.

But hopefully everything will be fine by the end of the week, fingers crossed.

Hearts.

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Flickr is being mean and not letting me put pictures on here.

Not sure why.

I think just maybe, I'm crazy

I decided last night it was going to be a good idea for me to start sewing my own clothes.

Just on a whim.

I then decided a dress is the place to start. (My cousin-in-law is getting married in a month or so.)

So today I borrowed my mother-in-law's sewing machine, bought some fabric,

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a pattern, some thread, and fabric cutting scissors.

I'll keep updating as it goes on, we'll see where this ends up.

*Oh birds. They are so pro.

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Read this and this!

It's what a gentlemen would do!