Ellie is one sided

 One side of Ellie is done! 

The fuchsias turned out so nice and blousey

I wonder if the trellis would look better with more beads...

Everything looks better with beads.

Ack! I sewed the initial stems to close together so this motif looks crowded

Note #3987 to self; accommodate spacing for the silk

I love how the blue shows up on the purple velvet

I don't know why but these wheat sheaves just seemed appropriate here

Probably has something to do with scale, contrast and echoing

Now on to the other side and her back

The skirt challenge

 

So I used to make/repair costumes, cloths and other stuff, for friends and my many, many odd jobs.

but most everything I made for myself over the years, 

after 3 kids, 

I have outgrown, 

by a lot.

The question keeps bouncing in my mind, can a 55 year old get away with wearing a Victorian costume made from drapes?

I've been watching copious Vlogs on history bounding and cottage core, can you tell?

I did all his stuff, 40 years ago, in High school and instead of collage, 

waaay before it was at all cool. 

Now they have all sorts of stuff you can source anywhere online to make corsets, 

 and vlogs and places like comicon and costume college to show off in your stuff. 

I started out in ren fairs and the beginning of the cons, in the late 70's & 80's.

When your source was the public library and mAbeeey a passing museum collection, the local specialty fabrics and whatever resale/junk shops (you all call 'em "vintage" now)you could find.

Thanks ma!

Where are those pictures? there must be tons of them! nope.

I have no pictures of any of it, because who has the time or the $$ for a camera, film and processing?

What I have is from mom's collection of

"Wait let me get the camera!" photos

So now, armed with big idea's

sketchy knowledge, somebodies old drapes

and an excess of time

I'm trying my hand at something new

When will I finish it? 

Who knows.

It's been on the mannequin for 6 or 7 years. 

It can wait a little longer.

We don't always start these things with an end in mind.

Things I know to be true

never wear your skirt before you have sewn in the pleats.

Unlike a pineapple, It needs sleeves. 

The vest needs work.

extensive work.                      

                       and a bustle pad

  

                                                      and some feathers

Ellie the phant

I'm working on a crazy quilted stuffie

I have seen several of the teddy bears in person and 

they are just the loveliest things!

So you know I want one.

But a teddy bear? 

I don't know.........

I got a pattern, but there are SO many parts!

Then I saw the perfect one in a quilt store in Hilo

YES!

but they had no patterns left.

PooH!

Then I found this!

                                          yAy!

and here we are so far.

I made a thing

I'm workin'here!

 more specifically I made a CQ caddy out of a plant holder thing.

It started life as a planter for herbs as the side says

it ended up getting in the way and holding nothing

Being a person, incapable of throwing away something,

 that might possibly be useful in the future.

It kept getting in the way until I had an apiffany (epiphany)

one day whilst looking, yet again for my scissors and the stiletto poker thingy

I ran over this thing again

and thought, as one does, I wonder if I can sidetrack myself for an entire day AND

make this thing usefull

two empty tins, some heat-n-bond double stick, screw in hooks, a couple of fat quarters and a magnet later,

VOILA!

Heat-n-bond is magical stuff! I use it by the yard just measure, outline, peel stick and iron.

tAA-dAA!

Everything all at once! 

even on the inside

Just the way I like it!

Then I looked at all the extra space where little things could get lost 

and thought, pouches to fit in between! Excellent!

The tricky bit was getting the scissors case stuck to the side of the handle. 

I covered and old janky case inside, with enough hanging out to stick outside, 

then covered and positioned it, so the HNB would cover the inside of the handle and hold the whole thing up after repeated use.  

It's been two months and so far shows no signs of wearing out or falling off, so, I WIN!

The magnet on the right side is for my tiny pliers,

'Cause sometimes you need some extra grip n' pull.

Now I have a thing, I can tote around the house, that has all my tools in and a few extra bits and bobs.

Clever me!

 

Sharon Boggins template holder

So now I can finish anything!

                                                    RIiiiiight...............

I am busy, really, I am

 I'm just randomized to hell.

There are just so many things I want to do

and just one of me, so........

I work on all of it

That's nutz!

In sections

as the mood hits me

And then I watch a you tuber do something amazeballs 

and think

I cAn dOO thAt........

$$ later, neW hObby!

(Thank you Morgan Donner!)

Cause we can't have enough things to do,

 to keep us from cleaning the house amiright?