Draw Strings...

Got an idea for an easy quick project, a drawstring bag/purse/thingy.  Sewing this way pretty straight forward, made a liner for the bags inside. Added on a bunch of extra junk to spice it up. Over all easy, till it came time for the draw string... being so small and tough to feed through... due to the size, then it got worse, cramming in the reverse feed loop..... Also closing the bag is a bit of a challenge, I used some nice thick cloth that was to my liking... plus the liner = thick cloth! Crazy cloth, could probably use this pouch as a dollfie shield or something,  or a weapon in it's own right, this is one Dollfie you don't want to mug! :P  *Whamo!!!*

I'm also making a satchel type bag pattern. I gave the pattern to a friend of mine to test out. Not sure if I'll get around to making it myself, but I'll post the patterns I made if it turns out.

Clean Up

Been super busy lately with work, work and more work. X_X Finally had a chance to clean up and I mean lots of clean up, scraps all over the place haha, got to get ready for the next big project or small >_> haven't quite decided what to make yet, but i have a few ideas up in the air at the moment. Looking forward to working on something again soon though!

Costume Dress Part IV

Finally finished! After what seemed like weeks of pattern making/altering/ripping/stitching I can say this things is complete. Few accessories I would like to make for this outfit, but the bulk of it is done.

Great weather for a change, I though going to the lake with Hrist would be a perfect for taking pictures of her in her new outfit.

 It was a pretty windy visit! But that didn't seem to bother Hrist.

A nice walk along the lakeside shore.

Hrist with Rose

Overall, this project was a lot of fun, even with some frustrations :P Hopefully the results are satisfactory. :)

Costume Dress Part III

A week later, of pattern making and alterations and what not. As simple as this project was in my vision of it originally, it sure has become an uphill battle to figure out how things need to be and how things should be...

Muslin proto-types, pile up to the sky!

I'm undecided if this project so far has been epic fun or epic hell ;) but definitely a nice learning experience.

Installing the white liner I made for the upper top piece, should help with staining prevention a bit.

Work that had begun on the final pattern for the upper costume part. Think my last muslin test sample finally got the sleeves the right fit... and not to constricting.

Front flap piece, in final prep, reminiscence of Hrist's dress piece pattern design with my own style added to it. I am 'hoping' this will turn out nicely once added in... tough to say with my luck though...

Costume Dress Part II

Costume update:
Decided the satin material was a bit to shiny for what I'm aiming for, so I browsed some fabrics at the store the other day and picked out a nice white print. Added a bit of lace, and btw is it just the stores around me or does the selection of black lace at fabric ships kind of..... must have saw an entire lane of white lace and lace like stuff, but a tiny section of black. I dunno, but that's just my rant of the day I think :P

Costume Dress Part I

Lots of drafting on this new project, should be bigger and bolder then my last major sewing project.
Already on V3 of the coat part, with a massive headache to boot, I tossed it a side for the moment to work on the undershirt.... Happy to report that the undershirt went rather smooth. Seems like learning how to sew in sleeves... is going to be a real challenge for me.

"It wasn't a mess! It was... Organized chaos!" -Rarity

Here I have Hrist fashioning off the undershirt, with her dress skirt. Hopefully get a chance to work out these 'bugs' on the over coat part this weekend.

Hrist: Somo! You really need to get some studio lights for me!

Summer Swimsuit!

Phew what a crazy project this was. Trying to figure out how the heck to design a pattern for the top part was rather tedious... And the small straps to boot. Felt like my sewing machine was working against me on a few things. The first cheap cloth proto-type went smoothly with it's numerous flaws and makeshipf straps.

After redesigning a few things it was time to try out the new patterns I made. Everything was going well, I even added in a white liner to the upper parts, time to install the final strap, smooth sailing for the last part... then comes a diagonal stitch. Ahhhh! WTF?! rip rip, darn black thread and black cloth where are you thread???? rip rip.... round 2.... sew, another diagonal line.... no way.... rip rip rip.... ready to smash something. By round 3 attempt I should have left the two prior attempts it would have probably made a perfect X, the stuff was so thing the teeth were not catching the cloth well enough to move it down. several snags later and other issues.... the straps were installed! -_-

All that remains now is to look over this proto-type 2 and see if I can make alterations to the swimsuit for a better production of it.