I think I could get used to this clothes designing malarky.... I REALLY REALLY need a dressform!
this seems good at argos an adjusable dressform for £100... tempted!... .
x G
Showing posts with label 1950. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
What I did on my lunch break today....
I think I could get used to this clothes designing malarky.... I REALLY REALLY need a dressform!
this seems good at argos an adjusable dressform for £100... tempted!... .
x G
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Supergirl, Wedding Dresses and Pillow Cases
'Cos that's just how I roll!!
ok, one thing, THE SUPERGIRL COSTUME IS DONE (cue fanfare!) but I'm not showing you it! I'm keeping the grand unveiling for my Sister in Law's party on Saturday, hopefully there will be many lovely people (mostly men prolly) there who are more than willing to take suitably high quality pictures of your truely, this one is not for shoddy auto-timed pictured against a magnolia wall, this one has to be shot 'out and about'
if you want to see a sneak peak (and GOD it's worth it) you should join my facebook page.
But a Geeky Seamstress' work is NEVER done! for I have ANOTHER party to attend on FRIDAY (the rock and roll life I lead!) This party is at a posh hotel in Denham. So I decided to wear the most posh thing I own.... My wedding dress!
no... really....
OH! it doesnt look like this anymore!
oh God no... I wore white ONCE and it shall never be repeated!
ahem... I'm sure we can fix this....
Fantastic! now all I need to do is chop a couple of inches off the bottom and that my friends, is a rock and roll party dress. :-)
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!!
In this dog eat dog sewing world you've got to think 3 steps ahead to survive, and I'm already on to my next raft of projects! September is one of those months were birthdays lurk around every corner, I suffer from the impediment of living 30 miles away from my family so if I forget a birthday it's often too late to post a card by the time I realise (!!!). Anyhow I'm sure my family members would love some tat I've sewn out of an old pillow case.... no? .... not even if the pillow case looks like this?
I just LOVE L-O-V-E it! If I was a size 8 I would make myself a shift dress out of it and build a time machine to go back to the 70's where they would SURELY make me queen of fabulous dresses!
So WATCH OUT if your birthday's in September one of two things are going to happen, (1) I'm going to miserably forget - hopefully not (2) you're going to get some tat made out of an old pillowcase.
I'm also aware that I've not really been 'geeking it up' enough recently so hopefully I'll get that shizzle in there too, BRING IT ON!
G x
ok, one thing, THE SUPERGIRL COSTUME IS DONE (cue fanfare!) but I'm not showing you it! I'm keeping the grand unveiling for my Sister in Law's party on Saturday, hopefully there will be many lovely people (mostly men prolly) there who are more than willing to take suitably high quality pictures of your truely, this one is not for shoddy auto-timed pictured against a magnolia wall, this one has to be shot 'out and about'
if you want to see a sneak peak (and GOD it's worth it) you should join my facebook page.
But a Geeky Seamstress' work is NEVER done! for I have ANOTHER party to attend on FRIDAY (the rock and roll life I lead!) This party is at a posh hotel in Denham. So I decided to wear the most posh thing I own.... My wedding dress!
no... really....
OH! it doesnt look like this anymore!
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| "Sometimes smiling makes my face hurt" |
Fantastic! now all I need to do is chop a couple of inches off the bottom and that my friends, is a rock and roll party dress. :-)
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!!
In this dog eat dog sewing world you've got to think 3 steps ahead to survive, and I'm already on to my next raft of projects! September is one of those months were birthdays lurk around every corner, I suffer from the impediment of living 30 miles away from my family so if I forget a birthday it's often too late to post a card by the time I realise (!!!). Anyhow I'm sure my family members would love some tat I've sewn out of an old pillow case.... no? .... not even if the pillow case looks like this?
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| That's an awful lot of fabric from one pillow case! |
So WATCH OUT if your birthday's in September one of two things are going to happen, (1) I'm going to miserably forget - hopefully not (2) you're going to get some tat made out of an old pillowcase.
I'm also aware that I've not really been 'geeking it up' enough recently so hopefully I'll get that shizzle in there too, BRING IT ON!
G x
Friday, June 11, 2010
Pins and Needles No 13 Serialisation (Edition 1)
Ok so I'm not sure about the legality of this one but I kinda guess nobody looks at this blog anyway so I won't get sued.Welcome to my first installment of the serialisation I've decided to do of this antique sewing magazine from the 1950's. The front boasts "20 gifts, novelties and toys" but unfortunately they seem to include really curious 'quilted heart booties' and 'beefeater gloves' but then I'm a sewing purist and I rarely get excited about creating something for someone else (just like someone else who's blog I follow).
I love how the pictures are a mixture between photographic and hand drawn, particularly that lady (I'm sure she's supposed the a winter beauty, but in that pose she looks like she's just attempted to run for a bus and has given up because she can't catch her breath)
but hey - check out that apron... FABULOUS!
G x
Monday, June 07, 2010
OO lookee what the postman got me!
Friday, June 04, 2010
pins and needles no13 1952
My future sister in law bought me this magazine as part of my birthday present (oh I know it's not my birthday yet but she made me open it.)
Anyhow I'll be serialising parts of this magazine on my blog and possibly making some of the projects from it (with a Geeky twist) anyway, since I scanned the whole thing I've uploaded it to picasa and you can look at it's beautiful shiny pages by clicking the link below!
Anyhow I'll be serialising parts of this magazine on my blog and possibly making some of the projects from it (with a Geeky twist) anyway, since I scanned the whole thing I've uploaded it to picasa and you can look at it's beautiful shiny pages by clicking the link below!
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