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 Stacy on May 8, 2016Another 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 […]
Costumes | Leather | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | Tutorials
Ciri cosplay – the accessories
By Stacy on May 7, 2016I 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 […]
Creativity | Fabric designs | Sewing | Sewing for the girl
Summer is coming
By Stacy on April 20, 2016
Time to get some summer sewing done, right? Well, I actually made these a few months ago, but she finally wore them this week when we were hit with a warm spell. She told me that she couldn’t wear jean shorts to school anymore. The hell? I looked up the online dress code and it […]
Even though I have way too many things on my plate (like usual), I thought this pattern was very cute. I volunteered to test it, and it did turn out very cute! Wardrobe by Me Amelia Bomber Jacket Outfit details: Jeggings made by me, top – CAbi, boots – American Eagle I used some Nanette […]
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Keyhole overlay top – pattern hack
By Stacy on April 6, 2016
A few years ago, I pinned this picture on my Things To Make board on Pinterest. I love the look of this top, and figured I could just hack a t-shirt pattern or something to make it. As part of my wardrobe capsule, I wanted to make that top…finally. After having sewn up the Sneha […]
Costumes | Creativity | drafting | Leather | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | Tutorials
Cosplay Corset DIY
By Stacy on March 24, 2016
In many female cosplay costumes, a corset is a integral part of the costume. There are a lot of “period” (however fictitious the period may be) costumes, where corsets are the norm for the female characters. Ciri’s corset is more of a protection. It is made of leather. From the pictures, it doesn’t appear to […]
drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule
Wardrobe Capsule – A misshapen dress
By Stacy on March 19, 2016
Upon (mostly) perfecting the pattern for the misshapen top, I decided to try to make it into a dress. This top part drapes to the side, so it needs to be wider than you would think. If you take your normal top pattern that has some generous room at the waist, add about 10″. […]
I decided I wanted to try tooling some leather, so I started following a Facebook group for leather crafters. They impart some great tips and show their work. I was inspired to start creating something after a few months, so I got a basic tool kit from Tandy Leather, some vegetable tanned leather, and got […]
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Let the cosplay costuming commence!
By Stacy on March 8, 2016Well, it’s that time of year. That time, when I pull my hair out and try to figure out how the heck I am going to finish these costumes in time! The kids are going to be Geralt and Ciri from The Witcher 3. So, to start I am going to detail what I have […]
