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Hello dark people. This is my new Diy velvet skirt.
Sometimes, as a goth person, you don't have enough money to buy clothes, so if you know your way around a needle, you can create your own clothes. This one is not completely finished, but it's still pretty awesome. 👻
Luke 12:40 (NKJV) Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
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Made it through the cutting part. I have an hour and a half left, so let's get sewing...
Colour blocked sweatshirt: the adventure
So I got inspired and started on a little something which I decided - for my sake - to document.
This was the primary inspo:
I've got precisely two styles. One's a cottage fairy and the other is Nick Nelson. Whatever. That's how I roll.
The catch is, I'm broke, which means this will have to be a 'buy nothing for it' project. Which is cool, it makes things fun and alleviates some of the pressure I can put upon myself when sewing.
Good thing is I'm an owner of junk. In this case some hand-me-down baby blankets junk which I never used for my babies, duh. They're also not fancy enough for a second hand shop or a charity, so I'm okay with cutting them up and experimenting with the fabric.
As my friend says: I'm gonna Rachel Maksy this sweatshirt.
As anyone who's not colorblind can see, the colours do not really match the inspo. But that's ok, we'll see where the gods of improvisation will take us.
What an artistic portrayal of possibilities!
I ended up choosing the one circled in green due to the amount of fabric in different colours I had. If you ask me, all of them look like hockey shirts. That's probably thanks to my astounding drawing skills!
So I drafted a pattern by copying two of my already existing sweatshirt and some help from YouTube.
Pattern pieces pinned in place.
Of course my dumb ass forgot to add seam allowance which means I'll have to trace every piece of the pattern onto the fabric again. But that's a tomorrow's me problem.
In case you thought sewing is fast, this part took me around three hours. Yay!
To be continued...
If you're ever unsure if to top stitch or not to top stitch, here's your answer.
This is the part when it gets exciting, then you put it on and you realize you're gonna have to cuit it all into pieces again. (I'm gonna stew on it for a bit and finish the neckline before a go in with scissors.)
Elastics from a different recycling project when I made a ball gown out of a sofa cover.
Colour blocked sweatshirt: the adventure
So I got inspired and started on a little something which I decided - for my sake - to document.
This was the primary inspo:
I've got precisely two styles. One's a cottage fairy and the other is Nick Nelson. Whatever. That's how I roll.
The catch is, I'm broke, which means this will have to be a 'buy nothing for it' project. Which is cool, it makes things fun and alleviates some of the pressure I can put upon myself when sewing.
Good thing is I'm an owner of junk. In this case some hand-me-down baby blankets junk which I never used for my babies, duh. They're also not fancy enough for a second hand shop or a charity, so I'm okay with cutting them up and experimenting with the fabric.
As my friend says: I'm gonna Rachel Maksy this sweatshirt.
As anyone who's not colorblind can see, the colours do not really match the inspo. But that's ok, we'll see where the gods of improvisation will take us.
What an artistic portrayal of possibilities!
I ended up choosing the one circled in green due to the amount of fabric in different colours I had. If you ask me, all of them look like hockey shirts. That's probably thanks to my astounding drawing skills!
So I drafted a pattern by copying two of my already existing sweatshirt and some help from YouTube.
Pattern pieces pinned in place.
Of course my dumb ass forgot to add seam allowance which means I'll have to trace every piece of the pattern onto the fabric again. But that's a tomorrow's me problem.
In case you thought sewing is fast, this part took me around three hours. Yay!
To be continued...