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Cosplay Corset DIY

By 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 […]

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Creativity | Leather

Spur straps for my sister

By on March 11, 2016

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 on March 8, 2016

Well, 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 […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

Wardrobe Capsule – Jeggings

By on March 4, 2016

I have had the hardest time making jeggings.  I made a few pairs a few years ago and didn’t wear them.  They ended up in the charity pile. I thought I would tackle this project again with my wardrobe capsule.  I decided to use this dark denim that has a brown underlying dye to it, […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

Wardrobe Capsule – Finished!

By on February 28, 2016

When I was thinking about my wardrobe capsule, I wanted to use what I had in my fabric stash.  This was not hard, as I have a lot. I have been drawn to lighter colors these days, so I took out my creamy neutrals and started planning the individual pieces I was going to make. […]

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Creativity | Fabric designs | Pattern testing | Sewing | Sewing for me

Sneha Flare Tunic

By on February 22, 2016

Pattern test/review of Sneha Tunic and Dress by Wardrobe by Me (the pattern is on sale for a week at $7) When this test came up, I was already in the midst of a few other tests wrapping up.  I just couldn’t NOT throw my hat in the ring, though.  I love this top, and it […]

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Wardrobe in a week

By on February 17, 2016

Next week I have plans to participate in Free Notion Spring Wardrobe Capsule. This weekend, I will be (hopefully) cutting out my fabric in preparation for sewing. I have a need for basic tops for spring for work. I don’t have many that fit me right now (grew out of my old ones), and last summer […]

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Creativity

Phoenix in flight

By on January 14, 2016

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make my strike-off’s up in, so as I was thinking about it a pattern test came out from Sofilantjes. It is called the Hibernis Cowl Shirt, and it was perfect for this fabric. I wanted to color block, and this just turned out so well for my fabrics. […]

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Loom beaded bracelets

By on January 4, 2016

Over my Christmas/New Year’s break I had time to sit and do some loom beading.  When I string my loom I tend to try to do as much as I can, since it takes a lot of string to get it set up. So…first I loomed all of these bad boys, and then I put […]

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Creativity

Year in review

By on January 3, 2016

As I didn’t get much done over my annual two week break at the end of the year, I shall give you old stuff! I like to look back and see what I got finished in the past year.  It was a fairly decent year, but no where near my most prolific. Stuff for the […]

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