Dress Progress Monday, Nov 10 2008

Ha! I finally cut out the fabric for my sister’s dress (well, except for one little piece I still need to cut out). It was rather intimidating so I put if off for a while (my new motto is “just do it”). There are almost nine yards of fabric in this dress. Most of it’s in the skirt (and a lot in the sleeves). Check out the pattern piece for the front of the dress (outlined in a paint program):

I’m using this pattern (see mccallpattern.com for details):

The pattern pieces were folded so poorly that I “had” to iron them. They got very static electricity-y. I was very amused for around half a minute when I stuck a piece to the wall:

I hope to sew it all together this week.

God bless!
- Manwariel

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Cavalier Hat Friday, Nov 7 2008

I haven’t been doing much sewing lately. I’ve been rather busy. But here’s one thing I did make, which only took a few minutes.

I bought a cheap cowboy hat with a flexible brim that has wire in the edge at Garden Ridge. I bent one side up and sewed it to the side of the crown (the portion of a hat covering the top of the head) with some thick thread. I also pushed the crown up from the inside so it wouldn’t have as much of a cowboy shape there.

I bent the opposite side of the brim down. I bought the feathers at Michael’s and hot-glued them on (be careful if you try this; it’s messy! You don’t have much time to position the feathers on the hat after you put glue on them, so figure out exactly where you want them beforehand).

It’s not perfect, but it only cost about $10 to make, as opposed to paying $30 to $150 for a ready-made one. I do have a McCall’s sewing pattern for a handful of period hats including one like this, but I haven’t used it yet.

God bless!

- Manwariel

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