Dying Dilemma 2025 Part 12

Dying Dilemma 2025 Part 12

Now the Skirt is going to look more Flamboyant.

Measure from Coin

I want to Spread the Coins evenly so I decided to Measure the Distance around the Skirt.

150 Centimetres

I am Measuring the Lower Trim and it is more than I expected. My Tape only goes as far as 150 Centimetres.

Add another 113

I Pin where I had got to and then continue to Measure. I have to add another 113 Centimetres. That makes 263 Centimetres in Total.

Pinning Distance

Since it is an Odd number I do not do precise Measurements. I add a little extra space so they look roughly the same.

Lower Done

I have now added Coins all away around the Lower Part.

NB. The page is doing weird things sorry if it looks wrong.

Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 12

 Crikey Not Christmas 2022 Part 12

Okay I have not had a good day. Even with the Holly Leaves Sewn together I am still having problems.

Pipe Cleaner

 

I have been desperately trying to place the Holly Leaves in Position trying to find the best spot. However they are simply Flopping all over the place. I need to find a solution. 

My idea is to imitate nature. Normal Holly Leaves have Stalks and Stems. Therefore I need to Brace the Leaves. My first thought was a Pipe Cleaner but that was way too big.

Black up Wire

 

I had found some Wire but was concerned that the Colour would show through. Therefore out with my trusty Permanent Marker Pen.

Cut Black Wire

I measured the Black Wire against my Leaf. I cut it slightly shorter so as to prevent any Sharp bits sticking out. I then carefully Slid the Wire through some of the Stitches on the Reverse of the Leaves.

This was easier said than done as the Wire kept snagging on Strands. I had to patiently manoeuvre any bits of Wool out of the way before continuing. Otherwise I would have broken a Stitch and it could have Unravelled.

Holly Standing Up

After I Wired one Leaf I Sewed it in place using the Tail of Wool. I then proceeded to Repeat with the other Leaf. As you can see from the above photograph the Wire has made a huge difference.

Instead of flapping Loosely when I pick it up it now holds its Shape. This will now assist me making my Wreath.

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 12

Mademoiselle Marionette 2018 Part 12

This is going to be an extremely difficult blog to write. The reason for this is I have lost my mobile phone. This means I unfortunately do not have many of the photographs that I took.

I will try my best to get it in some sort of logical order. One of the reasons I take so many photographs is that I often have more than one project on the go so it helps me remember what I did.

Material Hemmed for Arms

Although I had already covered the Arms mummy style I thought the effect was too untidy. Therefore I cut and hemmed some material and sewed over the Arms.

Waist Front

 

This is going to be tricky. It concerns making the Waist. If you remember I said do not completely fill the Marionette with stuffing. This is because I needed room to manoeuvre where the stuffing was going to be.

Carefully begin to separate the stuffing inside the Marionette by squeezing and pushing in the middle of the Body. Gently move the stuffing inside towards the Top and Bottom of the torso.

Waist Side

 

There is now less stuffing in the centre of the Body. I took some thread and began to sew about a fingers width either side of the Body. This brought the Front and Back Pieces closer together. I did this several times to make sure it would hold.

Waist Back

After doing the pinching of the material I then needed to help make the Body into a more hourglass figure. This was accomplished by folding over the newly sewn pinched area towards the back.

I then sewed the folded area in place. I had to do this several times to prevent the stuffing making the Body spring back into its previous shape.

Hemmed Rectangle and Circles

Now the Waist is finished I am moving on to the Chest. I have cut out and hemmed a Rectangle and pair of Circles.

Pin Between Circles

Here I lost a lot of pictures. I marked the middle of the Rectangle with a pin. Then I sewed the Circles either Side of the pin. I then part sewed around the Circles clockwise on the right and anticlockwise on the left.

Bra Stuffed

This left me a gap at the Bottom in which to fill the Circles with stuffing. I then finished sewing the rest of the Circles so the stuffing wouldn’t come out.

Rather than just sew it straight to the Body (which would have been much easier) I decided I was going to make it into a Bra so it could be detached depending on what the outfit was.

Thanks Laura for the idea of how to do this and for supplying me with the Hook and Eyes.

Bra Front

Here once again the loss of photographs makes this awkward to explain. The 1^st thing I did was fold the corners of the Rectangle a third of the way across and underneath. This gave the end of the Rectangle three sides and made it less bulky and more Bra-shaped.

I then took two more Rectangles and repeated this on one end of both of them. This would be the part that would be sewn to the stuffed Rectangle. The other ends I folded into a point.

Bra Back

I now sewed all three pieces together. The next step was to sew on the Hook and Eye. I sewed them on the points. The Bra could now be fastened.

However until I had sewn them on and saw how they fitted together I couldn’t properly judge the length of the Rectangles needed. Once placed on the Body and fastened I could see that the Bra was quite loose.

In order to decrease the length without having to cut anything off and resew I came up with a simple but effective trick. On both sides I made a simple fold and tacked across. I then tried the Bra on the Body again.

I felt that it was still too loose so I again added a fold on each side. Now it not only fitted properly but gave the back an attractive pattern.

N.B.
Bra Front Construction Idea by Laura Whaley
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