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Costume School Final Year Project // 1. Inspiration |
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Costume School Final Year Project / 1. Inspiration. Hello dear readers,. Again, sorry it’s been a while! Our loose theme this year is ‘Historical Costume Inspired by Art’. That’s a huge topic! We can look at any era, anywhere in the world, from about 1400-1950. Believe me, too much choice is worse than too little in this case! It’s taken me a lot of thinking and over-thinking to narrow down my ideas. I had to create some constraints for myself. Extravagant ladies' costumes in 'The Three Musketeers' 2011.
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Knit ALL the Yarns! |
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Knit ALL the Yarns! I showed the beginnings of it here. And it’s finally finished! So I got really tricksy and knitted the v-neck as a steek, which I then sewed by machine and cut afterwards. I did this because I didn’t want to a) interrupt the circular yoke bands and b) I didn’t want to purl a single stitch! I wasn’t sure how it would turn out, as I had never steeked anything before, but using these. Now hurry up Autumn, I want to wear my magic sweater! Find this project here. April 6, 2012 at 10:53 pm.
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Costume Journal 2012 / Lady Mechanika. Happy New Year friends! Hope you’ve all had a relaxing and inspiring break – or not! For those of us who work in retail or hospitality, it’s usually pretty exhausting! But now here we have a brand new, fresh-out-of-the-box year… some assembly required. So here it is, the big one, my personal Holy Grail for 2012. Something I can sink my teeth into, that will stretch my craftiness, my niftiness, my powers of fabric-persuasion:. Lady Mechanika Cover #4. It was so refre...
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Rainbows everywhere! |
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I chained my bike (the big turquoise one! Next to this tiny knit-bombed rainbow covered trike outside work last week. All around town these yarn-covered bikes have appeared, a lovely impromptu street art to brighten up our car-infested streets. She keeps one in the car so she can knit wherever she finds a spare minute. A whole basket full of 4-ply yarns ready to be knitted up. Irresistible! Of course I couldn’t resist! Pretty Little Herringbone Stitches. 3 Responses to “Rainbows everywhere! April 6, 2012.
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Tutorial – Fabric Covered Shoes |
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Tutorial – Fabric Covered Shoes. So I knocked up a quick ‘n’ dirty tutorial on how I covered the Christmas Dress shoes in case anyone else feels the need to fancify their shoes with fabric! This isn’t the most permanent method (I’m sure more sturdy glue would be needed) but it does do the trick if you need shoes to match an outfit *right now* and can’t find/afford a new pair! What you will need:. 8211; scrap fabric to make pattern pieces from. I used a light cotton that I could draw on in pencil. To do t...
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Pretty Little Herringbone Stitches |
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Pretty Little Herringbone Stitches. Herringbone stitches on the inside neckline. Herringbone stitches are particularly lovely. Originally a decorative stitch often used in embroidery, you can use it to finish a raw edge to stop it ravelling, or to hold up a hem securely. It works really well on loosely woven fabrics as well as it makes kind of a ‘net’ to hold the threads down. Image from funfabrics.com. Costume Journal 2012 / Lady Mechanika. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are co...
