Final pictures of the costumes at the local Renaissance Faire.
Category: Leather
Another cold snap – another reason to make these cowls! I love how they turn out, so the many hours that go into knitting them is definitely worth it. Here is my tutorial on how to make these scarves: Loom knitted, leather and snaps infinity scarf tutorial I think I should have made them a […]
One of the neighborhood “moms” that I grew up with was looking at my handbags I made recently, and was admiring them. She is going through some tough times right now, as she has been dealing with a rare skin cancer. At this point she is hoping for 4 years. I wanted to make her […]
Creativity | drafting | Handbags | Leather | Sewing | Sewing for me
Another slouchy handbag
By Stacy on July 20, 2016
I made the first one of these last summer, and really love the ease of it. It is a nice size, and matches everything. I needed one that was more cream, so when I saw this leather in the scrap leather bin at the fabric warehouse, I scooped it up. It was a good size […]
The Sewing Mamas retreat was last weekend, and, as usual, I was pressed for time in getting ready for it. Every year, some of the ladies bring a goodie to give to the group, and I have always forgotten about it until the last minute and have run out of time. This year, I got […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Leather | Loom knitting | Sewing | Tutorials
Leather snapped knitted infinity cowl – a tutorial
By Stacy on December 9, 2015
As there was some interest in how I made my cowl, I decided to do a tutorial on it. It wasn’t hard to want to make another, since I love how these turn out! I won’t go into the actual knitting, as YouTube has tutorials already that cover this aspect. Here is one. I knitted this on […]
