Sewing

I'm making harem pants.

A friend of mine got a pair from Morocco, and she's going to let me use them as a pattern. They're SO cute. Actually, they look like skirts unless you catch them from the right angle. And all you need apparently are two large triangles of fabric and a really wide elastic band.

So excited.

I just modelled one of my dresses for the first time.

So, since I don't really have money for very much fabric, I've been using scraps to make outfits for dolls and bears. Which...might be kind of weird, but it passes time in a fun way, I guess.

I made this bear for a friend's birthday. It's dressed like Roger Davis from RENT and yeah, I made his clothes, obviously.


And I made a new dress for my Ariel doll (because I'm 20 and have an obsession with The Little Mermaid, whatever.)


I plan on making other RENT bears, too, and perhaps some other characters from other things, but yeah. I'm pretty happy with those, especially Roger Bear.

Carden.:

So, since I don't really have money for very much fabric, I've been using scraps to make outfits for dolls and bears. Which...might be kind of weird, but it passes time in a fun way, I guess.

I made this bear for a friend's birthday. It's dressed like Roger Davis from RENT and yeah, I made his clothes, obviously.
http://i47.tinypic.com/352qm9f.jpg

You need to make an Angel Bear!

That's a shirt I made to see Adam Lambert ^_^
I can't wait to do a photoshoot in these.

:) i remember a few years ago in year 5-6 we were making slippers, i am terrible at sewing and im only a little bit better now :) My slipper looked like... well you cant really see what it looks like its that bad :)

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not remotely nerdy at all. Sewing felt is weirdly fun.

^ Oh my god, they are adorable. I love the Ditto. So cute!

I used to do a lot of sewing but not so much anymore, I don't have the time and where I live now, I don't have much room either. The most I do now is just altering clothes to fit me properly, changing the necklines on shirts and fixing up vintage clothes in bad condition so they're wearable. I'm aiming to make some shorts out of all my old jeans by the end of summer though.

Oh my, so cute!
If you dont mind my asking, how did make those? my brother loves pokemon :)

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This thread has been dead for two years, but I'm gonna resurrect it. Cool? Cool.

I was looking at some of the earlier stuff I posted here and I just wanna cringe because WOW it was bad. But hey, we all gotta start somewhere, right? And that's where I started.

It's funny, when I used to post stuff here, sewing was just a hobby for me, but now it's my life. I'm a costume design major now and I pretty much do nothing but sew. But I've definitely improved since my earlier posts!

Anyways, here are some of my recent projects!


I made this back in April. I get so many compliments on it every time I wear it, oh my gosh. I actually made it because I couldn't figure out what else to wear to go see one of my favourite drag queens for the first time (Ivy Winters, who happens to be a brilliant costume designer!) so I was like "I'll just make something new." When Ivy and I met, she complimented the dress, I told her I made it, and then we talked for like, 20 minutes about sewing. It was lovely!


I don't actually watch Game of Thrones, but one of my closest friends does, and she wanted to cosplay one of the characters. She asked me my opinion of a costume she was about to buy, and I didn't think it was very good quality for the price, so I offered to make her one myself, as long as she paid for the materials. It was kind of difficult because she lives in Seattle and I was living in Florida at the time, so we couldn't have a proper fitting, but everything fit just fine!


I made this dress for Pride! I got rained on, so the dress was very wet and droopy and I unfortunately, do not have a picture of it in all of its poofy glory. But! I did make a petticoat for the very first time (without a pattern) and it was far from perfect, but I was fond of it!




Here is a dress that I just made for my costume construction class. It's completely from a pattern, which is new for me because I usually alter at least SOMETHING when I do use patterns. But I am pleased with how it turned out!


Closer shot of the bodice (how cute is that fabric?! omg.)

For Halloween this year, I decided to be The Little Mermaid in her blue dress as a human. It was my first time making a corset and I am happy with the results.



The whole costume! :)

I've also done a few small non-clothing projects, like these little drag queen dolls:



I have a few more things in the works for myself. I was also asked by one of my favourite drag queens (who is actually pretty well-known) to make her a dress. And one of my other favs (Ivy Winters, as previously mentioned.) has offered to help me with portfolio photoshoots, which is really nice!

I really like this thread because it showed me how much progress I've made over the past few years and it makes me excited to see the progress I will continue to make!

i don't sew clothes but i do embroidery, which i know has this reputation as such an "old lady" thing but i love it so much.