Roll the Die: Patch Waist B

 

Patch Waist B: Waist once again means a waist cincher-y thing derived from Simplicity 5006.  This time "patch'' means "patchwork" and B means "from the scrap Bag" (yeah I know it's a reach.)

The scrap bag in question is filled with bits of pink, red, turquoise, blue, and green. (I have other scrap bags with other themes, yes.)  A slight issue is that a lot of the scraps were saved with the idea I'd use them for doll patchwork, but I wanted to keep this project from skewing toward pieces that were really small, so it took extra time to tease out larger scraps.

The process of choosing pieces, squaring them up, roughly arranging them against the pattern pieces, and sewing them together into approximate shapes (using an extremely small stitch length so the seams could be cut without unraveling much) took about 4 hours (with breaks.)

The next morning, I pressed everything and cut the panels with the pattern pieces, then constructed the waist cincher/fancy belt as usual.

There were no surprises in making these, especially since the strength layer/underlining worked to make smooth boning channels, no need to fight with the patchwork seam allowances.

I used the same calico for lining as the previous patch waist project--not for any symbolic reasons connecting these two projects, but just because there was enough of it and the faded areas meant I didn't really want to use it for anything visible.  I made the bias tape randomly when I got my first bias tape maker--I really like the color combination in the print, and the drawing style of the graphics, but it's an incredibly dated (and random fabric grab bag thrifted) Eiffel Tower print, so I like how turning it into bias tape obscures that.

This is probably the silliest one of these Roll The Die projects, but I'm glad I tried out the idea, no matter how Unwise it may be

Roll the Die: Varsity

Rolled a 6: Varsity

Which meant combining these patterns--the bomber jacket from New Look 6120 from 1999, and the "loose-fitting unlined baseball jacket" of Simplicity 8175 from 1987

and using up the fabrics left over from the two pairs of pants and the Carbuncle Gonk Split shirt I made for the kiddo.

It took a few improvised changes as I was cutting things out, but I made it work

Spoopy Mask

 I have thought of making a mask from Halloween print cotton for a few years now, and I finally did

As with most of the masks I've made, I used the pattern from CraftPassion, with a layer of heavy embroidery stabilizer inside and lined with fabric from a somewhat high thread count sheet.

I used to make masks with ties, but I am getting tired of accidentally getting my hair tangled in them, so I'm trying elastic (the previous mask I made for me with elastic, I accidentally used the larger pattern size and it feels like it's engulfing my face, sooo I don't wear it.)  So far it seems fine, which is good. You'll never convince me to wear a (non-medical-grade) mask with elastic that hooks around my ears.

Roll the Die: Nummer

 The die roll:

So!  The project: Use some Ikea "Britten Nummer" fabric to make another Burda 6800

And this time I made it right!

Roll The Die: Patch Waist A

 So.  I had six projects I wanted to sew with equal enthusiasm, and couldn't choose which to do first.

I decided to roll a die.

So there we go: 2!

Oh, Right--Another Video

 

Super Simple Sparkle Skirt

 I have had this small amount of big confetti dot fabric since the early 2000s 

 And since I finally used the (much newer) zombie knit, I decided why not go ahead and use this, too, and for something fast and easy...and, due to the nature of the fabric, it would also be something Unwise

While the tulle star shirt showed that I am not averse to making more complicated things from novelty fabrics, I also understand that not everything has to showcase my sewing abilities

Test Shirt: Zombie

 I traced off the pattern from the previous post and swung out the dart and decided to make this test version from the novelty 'zombie' knit I got (on clearance) from JoAnn years ago

I had held on to that fabric for a very long time, not really knowing what to make from it.  So I decided, enh, might as well use it for this.  I figured I'd use a coordinating knit for the sleeves, but there was just enough of it to finagle the sleeves, too!

Test Shirt: Clowncore Proximity Edition

 I have an idea for a reverse appliqué knit shirt, but I wasn't sure what pattern to use, so I decided to do a test run with Kwik Sew 303

 

 since it offered a much slimmer sleeve than most of my knit shirt patterns, which are largely from the 1980s and 1990s (or are a bit more modern but don't have long sleeve options at all.)

Of course, I also don't want to deal with darts on the future reverse appliqué shirt, so I folded out the dart before cutting this.  And also! A previous owner had used newspaper to add hip curves to this very-straight pattern, and I decided that seemed like a good idea. (Alas, the newspaper is mostly sports, and that doesn't interest me, but the automotive ads are fun, and the print date was September 21, 1981--over a decade after the pattern's 1970 copyright.)

(note: not the final form)

The Tulle Star Shirt Video

 Soooo, when I was working on the Tulle Star Shirt, I also recorded video of the process.  Since I figured out where to put the camera so it need only be swiveled between the sewing machine, the ironing board, and my desk, without having to move the tripod, that eliminated 90% of the fiddliness of video recording, meaning that it adds very little effort to the process of sewin' stuff.

Editing the recorded video is another matter.  But!  Here we are over a month and a half later (time which was mostly taken by...not at all wanting to work on the editing), and it is finished.

(apparently I also pronounce "tulle" weird, and, thinking about it, I seem to have grown up with a sewing Mom, spent my teen years watching Style with Elsa Klensch regularly, studied textiles and sewing at university level, and worked in a fabric store, without ever once hearing anyone else pronounce the word "tulle.")