I'm Glad I Learned How To Sew

Newish Eddie Bauer jeans, bought in April, worn around mainly in Venezuela, washed no more than ten-eleven times, belt loop broke away. The pockets are fraying. These are the first jeans I've bought in over a decade, I'm usually dress casual for daily wear. Were jeans a lot stronger twenty years ago or am I wearing Nostalgia Goggles?

I ended up using some stiff quilting edging, sewed an inside patch and attached the loop to the patch.

Got Steam?

Clockwise from the top left: Jaelle Akula, Vivito Volare, Fogwoman Gray, JJ Drinkwater Kamilah Hauptmann.

SLCC 2009

I can haz sewing projects? From the lobby of the Westin Bayshore, San Francisco, the 2009 Kamilah Hauptmann look. (Sans corset, three hours into the Odd Ball I went upstairs and removed it before it killed me.)

Shot by Jaelle Akula.
Shot by Jeremy Linden. (With my camera not properly set up. Shutter speed too slow. He has a pretty steady hand nonetheless. :) )
Jaelle Akula. I made this dress for her, hoop skirt and all! :D
Casualties: One tassel lost while dressing. One hook and eye while dancing. One strap on the mask while wearing it hung about my neck after midnight. (I'd gotten changed around 11:30, enough was enough and there were only around a dozen people left.)

Hook and Eyes, Not Recommended

Checklist:

• Work on the fastenings, reinforcements under the bust, and a better fastening up at the collar.
• New wig and wig cap, poor thing's about had it.

This is Simplicity 2887, with a few alterations.

The velvet was just too bothersome to stitch well so I took the leftover taffeta and stitched lace around the tabs. I may weight them with some ornaments.

It's over corset Simplicity 9769 and the hoop skirt and petticoat Simplicity 9764.

All in all I found this challenging but not out of my novice reach. Many thanks to the internet and all you wonderful people who post tutorials.

I Love It When The Sleeves Go On

It looks more like a dress and that I wasn't just wasting fabric and thread.

Lessons learned:

• Velvet is a bitch to sew.
• Those dots are there for a reason.
• Sometimes you need to ignore the dots and put it on 'wrong' to make it look 'right'.
• Wrong and right have entirely different reasons when all caps.
• Use lotsa pins if you're not sure you don't quite understand the directions.