wakeiseiyo: (Capedeath!)
... So I totally figured out how to make a d20-shaped dice bag, if I had the patience. (All I need now is to go get a small mountain of fat quarters from the fabric store in varying shades of PINK to reinforce that whole girl-gamer [poser] persona thing.)

I could probably manage a d10, but the sides are shaped a bit oddly, and I haven't quite figured out how to draft that pattern piece yet. Hm.

Crafty

Oct. 24th, 2008 08:43 pm
wakeiseiyo: (Autumn leaf)
I don't have a pumpkin for carving - I don't have any mad carving skillz and I'm sick of scraping dried gunk off the porch after the neighborhood teenager troglodytes come to smash it at 3 a.m. before running off snickering*. (Stupid kids like that? Are the reason guns are still legal. The real reason. The Second Amendment and being prepared Just In Case are all just a cover story.)

I DO, however, have a Halloween obi now. Yey for feeling crafty. (And now, much poorer - I was bad at math and my fabric store spree cost a LOT more than I thought it would...)



I just need to go to the craft store and pick up some gaudy pumpkin/bat/skull/whatever bead things to make some accessories. Yesh. (Anyone got money they can loan me? o.O:)

Now that I know what I'm doing (mostly) - I will get the lighter interfacing, do BOTH sides of the fabric (rather than just one) and hopefully have a neater end product - I bought the fabric already! Cake prints and pastries and stuff! It's SO cute! (and WAY cheaper than Mamechiyo-plus-buying-services...)


* These same failed abortions also find it to be good fun to go 'round at the same ungodly hour the night before trash day, knocking over the garbage cans and scattering their contents - especially the ones with the grass cuttings - all over the street and sidewalk.
wakeiseiyo: (Kestrel - Read pr0n)
So. The kimono slip still needs to be darted (there's an 11" difference between waist and hip, so those darts are going to be at LEAST 2" wide) and ties made and sewn, if I opt not to just buy grosgrain ribbon (which I just may do, because I'm lazy and 1/8" seams are a pain in the ass).

Willow. . . Pekes have surprising body measurements under all their fur. Willow is as wide around the ribcage as she is long; about 17". It's kinda weird, really. She also has a fat neck at 13" around, given that she's about 12" from collar to the base of her tail. And she's the skinny dog of the three, proportion-wise. That said... I now have an Evil Plan to make her an Elizabethan-ish dress. I'll need about 40" of 4" wide lace edging, pleated onto the collar of your standard-pattern doggie coat (with the velcro at chest and underbelly), but I'll make the coat out of a (washable) brocade or something, and rather than a single oval piece for the top, I'll make it two pieces (one that's about 6" long which the straps attach to, the other the rest of the 'skirt'), with the longer of the two pleated into the narrower piece. And cap sleeves, or something. Mustn't forget sleeves. [...Poofy white cotton ones?] In the interest of the dog being able to stand upright without wobbling under the weight, I won't make fake petticoats. This is one of those Ambition: 6, Skills: 2 sort of projects, but it should be entertaining, and not take an especially large amount of yardage, especially as I don't plan to really line it or anything. :D

Cho-Sen is too squirmy to measure properly, but she's about 9" from base-of-(nonexistant) neck-to-tail, if I base my assumption on Willow's size. Hm.

Oh, the See&Sew patterns had a hooded dog coat. SO TEMPTING.... Add a bit of trim and they're all garbed up to go! :P (And one of these days, I'll do enough practice with pleats to make a pseudo-kilt for one of them. Oh yesss....)

For posterity (and fitting my posterior later), I'm recording my measurements here, because I KNOW I'll lose that damn post-it when I next need it. . .

High bust (armpits): 34"
Bust: 36"
Under-bust: 32"
Waist: 31"
High hip: 38"
Hip: 42"
Inseam: 33" or 33.5", depending on the cut of the pants

I have yet to grab a partner to get the length of my arms, the length from neck to waist, etc. and I have decided that in the interest of my self esteem, I will NOT be measuring the circumference of my thighs, and instead look to wide-legged trouser cuts for any patterns I may purchase. (Gee, can we tell where Kitty carries all of her weight?)


Now, off to find a sewing icon to use and maybe get those darts marked, if not sewn and pressed.

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