Purple Glitch Shirt

It's another McCall's 6613, again modified and all directions ignored, and again in an obnoxious print for The Child.

Vest in Olive

When I was in college, Mom heard about a weird fabric store in a town we never otherwise visited, so of course she decided we should go.  If I remember correctly, the ground floor (big windows, lovely natural light) was proper bolts of fabric, and odds and ends of trim on spools, bulk zippers, random other craft items, and the second floor (no windows, all fluorescent light) held tables and tables of random lengths of fabric.  I don't remember if it was sold by the pound, but it seems likely.

Surprisingly, I was restrained, and got only a few pieces of fabric.  Not surprisingly, I still have two of them--or, at least, I had two, until I used one for this vest

I would have adored a vest made from this fabric when I got it 30 years ago, but any vest I might have tried making back then would not have been this one, so I'm glad I waited.

Cyan Olive

I thrifted some fabric in 2018 that was an odd combination of vivid cyan and dark olive, woven into a check, and in a weight that indicated it was probably meant for interior decorating.

A few days ago, I made it into a skirt.

Pillowcase Splat

I bought some splatter print fabric the last time I went to the craft thrift store, with the intent of making a button up shirt for the kiddo.  Alas, it was only 40" wide, so I could not finagle much of anything out of it, in regard to a shirt, and I really didn't want to try to juggle print mixing (weird, I know)

But. I was determined to make something from it, for the kiddo, and immediately.  One of his sarcastic thrifted pillow cases recently started tearing (flannelette how I despise you.  but, it was a weird cat print, so...)  I decided the splatter print would become a pillowcase, and so it did

 

A flat pillowcase does not make an interesting photo, but this is simply proof that I made something.

I left the dark green thread in the serger, and it ended up blending well with the print

As with my preferred approach to many clothing hems, I pressed the 4" deep pillowcase hem flat, before I sewed the pillow into a tube, then unfolded it to sew and folded it back to hem.

And now the kiddo has an intact alternate pillowcase and I have used some of the most-recently purchased fabric.

(I didn't use the full width, and that removed width has been added to the doll clothes fabric stash.)

Not Exactly Not Sewing (yes, it's another doll project)

I did a quick doll hair reroot, which, since I use an anchor thread method, is very vaguely like sewing the hair into the doll head

But!  There's another textile art tangent!  Because I didn't use proper doll hair for this reroot--nope, I unraveled some drawstring cord

This was the cord I used for the obijime for the first Dolly*Dolly kimono I made.  As soon as I cut it, it started slithering apart; out of curiosity, I gave it a tug, and it very easily unraveled

almost

No Longer Entirely Gray Hoodie

 I made a hoodie for the kiddo last October; I made it clear when I wrote the post that I thought it should be decorated.  I asked him how he'd like it decorated.  I asked many times.  He never had any ideas.

I finally got tired of it hanging in here, waiting, and decided to decorate it fast, with vaguely 1990s inspiration, and simple cardboard shapes

Have I mentioned...doll sewing?

I started cutting doll clothes from random fabrics--most of them were pieces of cloth that I didn't have much left, and some were things I was inspired to use while rummaging around for the pieces to use up.

There ended up being...several things made.

Craft Thrift Store! Again! (what do you mean it's been a year)

Local friend asked if I wanted to go to the craft thrift store again sometime soon, and of course I did.  I had a few days to try to find things to donate (which is not necessary for a visit, but I do like the idea of divesting myself of craft supplies that don't inspire me--not that I had much left in that category after the massive culling last year, but I did manage to fill a few bags this time) and a few things to specifically look for.

One of the things was knit fabric that would be suitable for a shirt (or several shirts) for Husband.  But.  Every knit there today was either the wrong weight, very unpleasant to touch, or in a color or print that was unsuitable for Husband.  Maybe someday!

The other main thing I hoped to find was more lining fabric.  The big roll of bright yellow green lining I thrifted ages ago has finally been used, and I'm not sure how much of the thrifted bolt of light purple lining fabric is left, so I wanted to supplement it.  And I did!