Would that I were
Were I a cooler person, I'd have prattled more about these sooner. Alas I am not, so I'm leaving it till far later than I should. Though really, both the bat (Fangs) and the hat (Ensorcellment) take at most an hour or two. So should you be so inclined, you totally could still have quite a number of them to grace your Halloween festivities.
Cheerleading
This year's star book is just about ready to come out! While we wait, I wanted to show off some of the fun stuff we did with the first star book. Last time was the lovely little coloring book. Today is a bit of cheerleading and handholding, just in case you're worried you don't have the skills to make these. Because so many paper folding instructions look like gibberish. They just do. And that's not how I do things! But if you've tried paper folding before and found it frustrating, I get why you might be wary. So grab this and check [...]
Scribbling
This year's star book is just about ready to come out! While we wait, I wanted to show off some of the fun stuff we did with the first star book. First up is this awesome little free coloring book with versions of the stars that you can print out and color in. I love love love how these look if you print them on tracing paper or velum paper (they do a gorgeous glowy stained glass thing if you use a slightly transparent paper), but regular paper totally works too. There has also been some talk of printing them [...]
Fetching
Ok that is really rather fetching. The bats are Fangs, the hats are Ensorcellment. And while they were not originally intended to go together, I suspect I won't be the only one to combine them. And, on the off chance that you have one of the patterns and now want the other, you could try turning to the back of the pattern you have, looking down at the bottom of the page for the section labeled 'SUPER SECRET CODE WORDS,' and putting the first of those words in when you get the other pattern. (Ahem...do make sure you've got the [...]
Hangtime
And now...now we hang the skirt for a few days before hemming. This is to let the fabric do whatever stretching and falling out it's going to do under its own weight before I hem it. Now I fully admit this is important if you're making some kinds of skirt. Or if you have some kinds of brain. And if you are making that sort of skirt or have that sort of brain, and you need your hem to be really really really straight, you need to first let it hang, then put it on, then get up on a [...]
And Hardware
After pockets comes the waistband. Which I failed utterly to photograph because I was having A Day and it just wasn't happening. But despite this failing on my part, the waistband exists. Including a wee clippy for car keys or whatever else might need attaching. And I continue to be delighted!
It has pockets
Or rather, it has one pocket. For reasons totally reasonable reasons having to do with both me making this up as I go along and the way this is going to fit/be worn. But it is a really, truly, delightfully excellent pocket. A pocket I am proud of. A pocket that makes me feel clever. Which may very well say more about me than about the pocket...yet the good feelings persist. And we are embracing good feelings wherever we can. So I will for sure just bask in these good feelings for the moment. As always, the detailed breakdown of [...]
Putting the pieces together
Ok, so day one (where day is defined as 'several hours, which is as long as I'm willing/able to spend on this project on any given day) was getting the pieces planned out and cut out. We did that last time. Day two was getting all the skirt body pieces put together. Which started with some labeling/planning. And then proceeded to the sewing bit. Which I, of course, did in the most ridiculously complicated way possible. But my god it does make a tidy seam. And a sturdy seam. And one I can make on my basic, 21 year old [...]
A brief(ish) digression
I wish to make a skirt. Well, no, I wish to have a skirt. A very particular skirt. And in order to have the exact specific skirt I want, I will need to make it.So I have acquired several yards of lovely wool herringbone tweed. I have made a plan (a plan that does not in any way involve following the instructions of someone who knows better than me, because what fun would that be). And I have taken scissors to perfectly good fabric. You can follow along with the adventure over here, should you be so inclined! (Lots of [...]
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