"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Sewing, Up The Pole on May 16th, 2013
Well, well. The last time I posted about diapers, I was quite, quite silly. The “doody diaper” resides in my Milk Crate Of Baby Stuff, and will, of course, be used, but so will this one: This was some novelty calico I bought out of the remnant basket at Bon Bon Atelier last year. I [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Sewing on May 15th, 2013
I’ve been jackassing around making purses lately, and this little thing, which was basically an experiment in scrap fabric, has turned out so well I’m actually pretty stoked about it. It’s an older Amy Butler print, and is scrap fabric leftover from a project I did for a friend four years ago. Other scrap from [...]
Posted in Sewing on Apr 2nd, 2013
I was on Flickr yesterday (a regular online stop for me) and was checking out the Home-Made Maternity group, because at the moment, it is relevant to my interests. This one woman had posted a really cute smock she’d made for herself of an olive-green diamond-printed fabric with orange, floral appliques. She had noted that [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Up The Pole on Mar 26th, 2013
So said McCall’s back in 1973, and you know what? They weren’t kidding. This little frock was easy to make and should be easy to wear. It’s essentially an a-line from armpit to hem, given shape by the crossover sash which is integrated into the neckline binding. I made it a bit more complicated than [...]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Up The Pole on Mar 18th, 2013
…to keep cocking it up this relentlessly. But I managed to persevere through my incompetence and produce what turned out to be an actually pretty dress: This finally turned out very well. The fabric and the pattern combined almost perfectly. This pattern was intended specifically for moderate stretch knits. This fabric is not a knit [...]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Sewing, Up The Pole on Mar 13th, 2013
Yesterday, I was grousing on Facebook about having an episode of numptiness wherein I assembled the sections of a shaped waistband upside-down and stitched them to the bodice that way, then wondered why the waistband looked like the top of a tent. So, this morning I sat down, fixed the cursed waistband, re-installed it, did [...]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Sewing, Up The Pole on Feb 24th, 2013
Well, I made a bit more maternity-appropriate clothing in the past week or so. The following dress was made up from some fabric that is so pretty I may well wear it even after the baby is born. The pattern is Simplicity 5034 from 1973. With sleeves ganked from another pattern contemporary to it, as [...]
Posted in Sewing, Up The Pole on Feb 11th, 2013
Joel and I have had a disagreement which led into negotiations. What culminated was a deal, the gist of which is that I’m free to dress the baby in nautical attire until such point as the child is weaned. Fair enough, but I do intend to make the most of it. I bought this pattern [...]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Up The Pole on Feb 3rd, 2013
This is a 1969 Simplicity pattern which was one of two that my Mom or one of my aunts and one of her friends used to make beach coverups when they were in high school. They’d go to the flea market and buy cheap, brightly colored beach towels and then cut the front and one [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Delight, dumb things I have done, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Dec 30th, 2012
“I wish the diapers came with poop already on them..” Said no parent, EVER. So, of course, I had to make one! Apologies for the doody sloping downhill – I should have pinned it rather than free-hand stitched it in place. Then again, how anal do you really want to get about something that’s only [...]
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