Outfits | Sewing for me

Me Made May – the browns

By on May 31, 2016

Now that Me Made May is done and gone, I can start mixing up what I wear with my RTW articles.  During MMM I tried to wear a top and bottom that I had made. Turns out this is getting easier, as I have been making my clothes for several years now.  The wardrobe capsule […]

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Palazzo pants

By on May 24, 2016

I started writing this post in July.  Yep, last July.  Just a little behind. 😉 I worked on drafting these pants, and went through three different versions.  Some were drafting fails, though still wearable. Stuff happens. *shrug* These pants were a drafting work-in-process. The first brown pair…the side seams were off kilter.  Totally my fault […]

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Me Made May…so far

By on May 20, 2016

I have been participating in Me Made May this year, for the most part. I have had a few days where I haven’t worn my me mades, but for the most part, I have been successful at it. I haven’t gotten pictures for everything, but here are the ones I have done so far. And […]

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Ciri cosplay – Top and Pants

By on May 8, 2016

Another spring…another cosplay.  Today I am showing the pants and top for the Ciri cosplay. This is Ciri from The Witcher 3.  She is a warrior.  She wears a lot of leather. To start I made her pants out of a faux leather apparel fabric.  They are supposed to be leather and are cut in […]

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Ciri cosplay – the accessories

By on May 7, 2016

I knew that my daughter wanted to be Ciri for many, many months, but I was stumped on how to make a few of the items.  The metal belt that Ciri wears is one of them. I wasn’t sure how I would make it so that all of the pieces were the same.  I knew […]

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