Sunday, December 19, 2004

Completed Jedi Robe

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Thanks to my husband for posing! The Jedi Cloak is all finished, and ready to ship out. I finished the last of the seams today, and he...
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Saturday, December 11, 2004

Jedi Robe: Change the Sleeves, or not???

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Sleeve with a nice tuck/pleat The unaltered sleeves The final decision that I need to make on the cloak is whether or not I would like to al...
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Jedi Robe: New Hood

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The next step was altering the hood. I really disliked the way the hood on the pattern came to a point in the back. It looked a bit moroccan...

Jedi Robe: Altering the pattern

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The gorgeous camel wool fabric for the Jedi Robes arrived this week, and the project is well under way. As a Simplicity costume pattern, ...
Saturday, November 20, 2004

Anna's Fabulous Silk Bustle Dress!!!

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In a last ditch effort to finish the dress before Anna left town, we got together last night and finished sewing the bustle and bodice of a ...
Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Completed Civil War ballgown!!!

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Completed!!! Okay...the dress needs a little bit of ironing (and I may go back and do a bit more trim), but it's done. I have to admit ...
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Monday, November 15, 2004

Completed bodice!!!

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Hey all (or the few regulars who read my page!!) :) Did LOTS of sewing this weekend. Most of it was helping out Anna with her to-die-for ...
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Sunday, November 07, 2004

Projects Moving Forward!

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Hey All, Just wanted to drop a line and let you know that I am still working on my c0stumes. I'm currently hand sewing on bias tape to ...
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Tuesday, November 02, 2004

Next Project: Jedi Knight Robes!

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Yay!!! Upcoming project!!! My friend Lauren and her boyfriend Jeff have asked if I can make them reproduction Jedi Knight oufits from the n...
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Sunday, October 31, 2004

My Husband the Vampire

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Haven't had much time to sew lately...Polish class has been taking up lots of my time. However, I did want to show a picture of our hall...
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Monday, October 18, 2004

Applying the Bertha

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Tonight I pleated and assembled the bertha for the neckline of the bodice. I have a picture of it pinned onto the bodice (I was making sure ...
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Sunday, October 17, 2004

Finished sleeves

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I finished up the sleeves this weekend, so they are now entirely done and sewn into the bodice. The organza really does make beautiful puff...
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Friday, October 15, 2004

The Scientific world of Sleeve "Poofs"

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Alright! Now that my mother has unraveled the world of sewing with organza, the sleeves are moving forward. It takes a bit longer then sewi...
Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Robe Anglaise

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AAaaaah! Someone save me from myself. If I had a million dollars... JP Ryan, the master of 18th century clothing, has just come out with a...
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Monday, October 11, 2004

Bodice underway

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Wow Sewing weekends are FUN!! Before every one gets too impressed with the progress: I cheated here a bit. I actually started making the b...
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Sunday, October 10, 2004

Look!! It's an ENORMOUS skirt!

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Ladies and Gentlemen...we have a skirt!!! Ok, it's not hemmed, and as you can see by the hand clutching the back, I haven't sewed o...
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Friday, October 08, 2004

And Sew it Goes!

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Now that I am free of the bias tape chains, I have made HUGE progress. I've applied all the bias tape that needed to be sewed to the ski...
Thursday, October 07, 2004

Hours and Hours later...

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Ta DA!!! Hours of TV viewing later (with the ironing board set up in front of the sofa) I have yards and yards of luscious yellow satin bias...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2004

The Bias Tape Blues

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Yard and Yards complete... Only a few more dozen to go. Okay, you want to talk about a project that would drive you nuts?? Well, after ve...
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Monday, October 04, 2004

Ball Gown: Overskirt

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It's been a while since my last post...'real' life has been getting in the way of sewing. Here are the peices of the overskirt ...
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