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*Annoyed* I wrote up a bunch of notes on that previous silk screen post and it is GONE! I must have not hit publish? I went out and bought a couple of Dover clip art books. They are mostly royalty/copyright free images and they come in high res on CDs. Handy! That’s where I got [...]
I think I forgot to post my finished bicycle skirt. Here it is! A crappy picture of it anyway. It’s hard sometimes to take a good picture of yourself. It’s not that my camera doesn’t have a self timer but more about shot setup. I could have gone outside with the good camera and tripod [...]
I’m making a few sets of baby blankets for my aunt, the other set would be done by now but I am out of cream colored thread and stopping by the fabric store with a baby is sometimes too much of a pain. My scraps stash has reached epic proportions. It’s absurd, really. I need [...]
I’m taking a garment construction 101 class right now. So far it’s been pretty good. Here is the dress I will be making: I bought 3 yards of this cute Sevenberry Japanese fabric for it: In class we first learned about fabrics and some basics for picking out a pattern. I had that fancy vintage [...]
Were do you get your fabric? I think we all have our go-to local fabric store – for me, the big chain store is Joannes. Joannes is fine for cheapish everyday fabrics. The Joannes near me recently closed and so I had to journey to a nearby town to go find one but that one [...]
Do not buy a cheap iron. I don’t care if you don’t have money for a good one, suck up and save up. REcently I thouht that I ruined my good iron, which, btw, wasn’t a super expensive one, I’d say it was low int he mid range. And old, I’ve had it forever. As [...]
I’ve been sewing little zippered pouches lately. The first one I did I got VERY confused and I dreamed about it. I think I often have trouble with spatial relations. The next day I trundled down to RC to ask mamapajama but I figured it out without having to ask her. She did suggest that [...]
I’ve always been a bit of a homebody. I recall my second semester of college living at the coop in Austin – everyone else: taking drugs and going out, me: taking drugs and staying home on the couch reading waiting for everyone else to come home. Okay, maybe it was just that one time with [...]
Have you ever gone to a framing shop thinking eagerly and excitedly about how nice your art will look hanging up on your wall? have you gone in, picked out a nice mat, a gorgeous frame only to have them tell you it will cost 300$ to fucking put it all together? well, I [...]
Here is a sample of my chicken fabric. yesterday I went to pilot’s house for a first fitting of my chicken dress.. it was just the bodice done in scrap fabric. I did not know people did I this way but it seems super smart. Pilot was very focused and professional and clearly knows what [...]
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