"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Sewing on Apr 1st, 2009
New Brown Corduroy Jeans, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I needed the scrap fabric from these pants to make into hats, but in order to get the scrap fabric, I needed to cut out the pants first! After I cut them out, it seemed dumb to just shelve them, so I went ahead and made myself […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing on Feb 21st, 2009
, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I’m making a suit out of some fabric I’ve had hanging around for a while. I’ve decided to embrace the dorktastic cliches of fashion journalism and dub this the “mad for plaid” plaid suit. It will be kind of frilly and girly and totally awesome in every plaid-laden way. This […]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Feb 13th, 2009
Well, I had a couple of really, really nice surprises this morning. #1 is that Joel thought today was Valentines Day, so I got a lovely treat of LUSH goodies a day early. I’ve now got a selection of lovely soaps (ice blue, sexy peel and yay! karma) and a fab shower gel called Flying […]
Posted in Cats, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Sewing on Feb 6th, 2009
I recently finished making a new blouse, and it turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. I decided today that I was going to take a picture of it on myself, since my modern dressmaker’s dummy is broken and it looked lousy on the circa 1914 one. So, I set up my […]
Posted in Sewing on Jan 22nd, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, I featured a dress made from the first pattern I ever drafted. For a refresher, this is what it looks like: It had some issues. The neckline wasn’t quite right. The collar didn’t sit properly. The waistline was too high. The skirt didn’t hang evenly. But there were enough good […]
Posted in Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing, Shopping on Jan 13th, 2009
Option B of this pattern is precisely what I want for a new jacket. Option A is kind of cute, too, though I can definitely do without the bloomers, thanks! Of course, this purchase is pending my getting a new job, so we’ll see, but it’s definitely in consideration.
Posted in nostalgia, Sewing, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 8th, 2009
first pattern I ever drafted, originally uploaded by Meetzorp. I made the pattern for this dress based on a circa 1946-7 dress from the costume stock of the theater department at Chadron State College. Basically, I copied the proportions of the original by taking careful measurements. I made this dress in 1997, and still have […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, nostalgia, Sewing on Jan 4th, 2009
Two days ago, I completed one of what I think is the coolest of my recent projects. I basically made a brand-new 38-year-old dress, using some fabric that had once been my Grandma’s. As some of you might know, my grandma died back in June and I’ve really missed her a lot. It seems weird […]
Posted in Party, Ruby the Dog, Sewing on Dec 28th, 2008
So, I had the grumpies the other day because I was sick, but honestly an almost uncountable number of awesome and good things have happened in the past week and I’ve been too under the weather to post about them. I guess I should back it up to the day before Christmas Eve, when Joel […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing on Dec 27th, 2008
Klutziness? Fever-addled incompetence? Loss of mind? Whatever you want to call it, at midafternoon on Friday, things were not coming together as planned. I was starting to feel a better from my little bout with the flu, but I obviously wasn’t up to full power. Fortunately, today I was back on the right track, and […]