Monday, November 23, 2009

Sewing Adventures!

Roommate and I got to work creating Victorian/Steampunk/Fabulous outfits.

I don't really know how to sew, so I'm relying heavily on the expertise/past mistakes and lessons of Roommate. This past weekend was largely spent standing around in the local Jo-Ann's. They're having a sale which made it the perfect time to buy some patterns and fabric.

The pattern above is my goal. Pink is not. As it turns out, you don't simply walk into a store and get handed the appropriate fabric in the colors you want. Much of the fabric I picked up was either too expensive, too narrow, too short of a supply, too hard to work with... too something.

Eventually, after much consulting with Roommate, I left with some lovely grey with soft stripes (there's a name for that type of fabric.. I don't know what it is) for the overskirt and a pretty deep blue with a leafy pattern for the jacket. I still need something for the underskirt.


I was probably overly cautious when cutting out the fabric pieces because it took ages. About three hours of work resulted in a a couple nice stacks of pieces.


Better photos to be added later. Phone camera doesn't do too well with indoor light, it seems.


Here's a song!

Yelle - Ce Jeu