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we take a break from your regularly scheduled sewing to make hair soup
#waistband going pretty good tho! just up to handsewimg now n this is gonna be my one chance to do dyeing for a couple weeks#so time to try to dye this wig!!!!#cosplay#this is for flora wig upgrades#idk if its gonna work but its a net zero loss because i already had the wig n didnt work for what i wanted#just! had to buy the dye
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skirt ive been working on :) look, it has a pocket!
#just waistband n hem to do#i think i need to shorten it too#but ill use that to make a hem facing#i feel like it might be too flared at the hem but like. this was the least amount of flared i could do easily honestly#any smaller of a circle skirt and it wouldnt have fit#theres not actually a lot there anyway its just how to fabric behaves#i probably need to press the seams better#sewing#not feelin it lads (not the skirt just. doing things. trying to motivate myself remembering what i have to do)
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every piece of pixel art is also a cross stitch pattern. btw
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hm so slight problem with the janet skirt (not the pocket thats actually completely fine, i was confusing myself over nothing)
its too big
like, way too big
which is surprising since i sized it to be a little too small
i guess this is the problem with having so many seams. 1mm margin of error on each adds up fast
#i could just. remove a panel i think tbh#but the hips. the secondary issue with this whole thing is my waist to hip ratio#its not great for narrow circle skirts lol#the tertiary problem is i wanted to iron my seams open so everything old needs removing#eh. ill figure it out
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so. im doing something weird with my janet pocket. i know what i want to achieve, but ive got no idea how to actually do it.
as the blog title says, lets fuck around and find out :)
#it should not theoretically be hard but as i try to visualise it i keep getting stuck at points working it out#i want to mirror an entire panel of the skirt#and i want no seam at the bottom#so its less of an anchored pocket bag and more of a double lined panel#hm.#i may end up removing it anyway if it fucks with the lines of the skirt#im only putting one in for con reasons. this skirt is not designed for a pocket really
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hm. ive cut the skirt down to the right length but now i have another thing to fix. i need to take in the waist by about 30cm, which is way too much to take off each side seam (its panelled, so the difference at the top would be noticable. its like half the width of each of the side panels)
so realthe only option is to take in each panel individually. but the seams are topsewn down real nice. i do think i have a matching thread to the emboidery but. thats gonna be a task. im gonna have to match it perfectly. yay
#sorry this is mostly thinking out loud#i started writing this with a question in mind but i think this is the only viable option#but this whole project has me SO nervous. i cant fuck this up. one chance
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this is a wip
things never fit Bunty the way they fit me
but:
heres Ginny's vest!! ah im so happy with how its coming out!!!! i dont think theres anything i need to change from the mock up, which is nice :) i should be able to trim off all the excess ive left & finish the seams, with oneeeeee exception;
when i came to look at the yoke piece this morning (the top piece on the back) i noticed its a little bit off grain. i had to cut it on the opposite grain already for width reasons and i. cannot stop seeing it. i think i just barely have enough denim to recut it if i really squeeze, so should i? do you guys think its noticable?
also the embroidery. dont look too close at it, its still a wip, buuut. i think im gonna eek it 5mm further down, i dont like how close to the top it is so much.
but!!!!!! adjustments aside! wow im really happy with how this is coming out :D
#im having one of those 'well if i cant stop seeing it' moments#dvejrn its probably fine but. i am eyeing up my leftover scrap#im gonna do the proper jeans topsewing on all the seams too! its gonna look soooo good#sewing#cosplay#sewist#the big thing abt the fit is im way more sway back than her i think#which is why the back kinda looks whack in the fit. i promise it fits me actually really good :)#i jst want up for pictures tonight#sherrif ginny cosplay#i havent made this project a tag yet whoops
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real time experience of my "embroidering" !!! im using upholstery thread on top for definition, but regular thread on the spool
im having quite a lot of fun doing this tbh, i hope it turns out how i want it to in the end!!!!
heres the template for the design :)
#i really would rather do it like this than lower the feed dogs. i cannot cope with uneven stitch width ok.#also idk. this is relaxing to me#is this asmr?#sewing#embroidery#machine embroidery#cosplay#sewist#design#crafting#art#video#idk i find these things cool! this is interesting to me#but i watch videos of industrial sewing machines for fun so like. im weird i know that#also i stole (borrowed) the upholsteru thread from work so! free shit yay
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what im currently doing. no idea if this is gonna work how i want, but im giving it a go!
#the holes have been perforated bc i was gonna use chalk to transfer it originally#and then i was gonna do hand embroidery#and now im trying on the machine#we will see#feed dogs are UP because im too anal for free motion embroidery#i tried it at college and i COULDNT#sewing#embroidery#sorta#im using upholstery thread up top too so. hm
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fabric efficiency like this is just. so fucking sexy to me
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Silk chiffon tea gown
c. 1895-1905
Chertsey Museum
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im way curious because I've been cutting on the flat for years, its far more fabric efficient & easier to make sure all of your pieces are on grain and havent shifted, but obviously its a significant time sync compared to cutting two at once, and much easier to fuck up cutting pairs vs two the same
(this question is intended as a general statement, if you cut on the fold 95% of the time but would do a special fabric flat, id say thats a vote for on the fold!)
#every time i cut double i always end up with two completely different pieces instead of mirror copies so that prolly affects my opinion#im also a pattern weight user & HATE pinning paper onto fabric (it disorts it!!!) so maybe itd be different if i pinned#sewing#sewist#dress making#crafting#cosplay#polls
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today im cutting out for Janet! ive already cut 7 of the skirt panels last night, so i just need 3 more! i think i am going to put pockets into this, though i doubt the functionality of them as its not got a ton of flate. im going to mirror half a skirt panel to do them, i think! that way if i do use them theyll be completely anchored in on every edge.
I dont think Janets skirt would have a waistband, buuuuut i feel like doing one anyway & you wont see it, so! its been a while since ive done myself a waistband the way i love to so im really looking forward to that !!!
&&&&& i think. i am going to finish the hem with a facing. but we will see.
#this is a 1/3 circle skirt (because im pedantic) with the tiniest flare at the bottom edge to kick it out#i had more flare to start but. i decided to cut down at the last minute#sewing#cosplay#janet TGP cosplay#i actually have no idea if i have a matching thread so this may be a problem....#sorry im working on like. 5 different things rn. to keep the brain going#i might drop a waistband guide also bc. i do them differently to a lot of common tutorials#its not like. my technique or anything but. its not the one people will teach you#(also also. peep my lovely fabric. it was £2/m. i love my favourite shop SO much)#(which is great bc the blouse fabric.... will not be that)
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Friendly reminder to not punish yourself for creating.
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is there any greater pain than cutting out two of the same piece on a fabric with a distinct right and wrong side when you should have cut a pair?
#i have 1 (one) pair of jeans too so this was STUPID and i should have CHECKED TWICE#i turned the piece 180 and didnt flip it. thats what always gets me#urgh#i should have enough but. froths at the mouth#sewing
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