We finally got the photos from the fashion show~!
But they aren't that great =_= nyoron~
I'll share the group photos with you anyway.
Glam Rock is Back- musical instruments edition:
The items I made for the musical team are:
Red dress
Red-white top, Jeans decoration with lace
Sparkly black mens bodysuit thing (no idea what to call that monster XD)
White latex double circle skirt and underskirt.
White Latex mens pants.
Glam Rock is Back - gold edition:
The items I made for the Golden team are:
Golden leggings x 3
Pattern for the corset and skirt (far left)
Draped dress (second from right) and it's underskirt
There were a lot of things I would have wanted to make differently, but since we only had about one day per item. So we couldn't afford to concentrate on specifics much. I do not regret taking part of the show. It was interesting and made me think faster.
Other updates:
I got a place where I'll be working for a month~ Our school requires that the students spend a month working at a tailor atelier. Me and a classmate of mine decided to try our luck and apply to the atelier of The Estonian Opera house ( named 'Estonia') And we got accepted! I'm going to be working on female clothing and my buddy will be working on mens clothes. It's most likely that we'll only do fixing jobs or fittings, since they dont seem to have new costumes to make.
The work period starts on May 24-th, my 21-st birthday. I'm considering taking a cake along.
Photos have arrived!
Arts and ceafts
The fashion show we made clothes for was a few weeks ago. Things in class and outside have gotten slower. Funny thing is, I miss the hectic moments.
It was thrilling to make clothes for the fashion show. Yes, the fabrics they bought were not the best to work with (referring to white latex for a suit) And everything didnt turn out 100% like intended.... But. It was worth it. The show was a huge success. Clapping and screaming! It was as if the pressure had been lifted and everyone was just having a great time.
I've returned to working on my own set of clothes now. I'll have my sister pose in the costume (jacket + pants) once I finish it (hopefully the coming week). Now al I have to worry about is getting the material for her coat.
Unlike the sewing world, I havent been that active in drawing lately. I started one drawing yesterday out of.. um. boredom. Or was it inspiration.... naw. Boredom fits. You can have a little sneak peak at a few semi-finished details. Bet you cant guess what the picture looks like.
Last years doings
Hello all.
I have been working on quite a number of things that I havent mentioned yet.
First, allow me to start off with the older happenings.
I joined a LARP (live action role play) game that one of my classmates arranged. It was my first, and even though I could barely understand what was going on (because the language they used was Russian, and I'm not too good at that language) I had a really good time.
The theme was Warhammer 40k, setting- spacecraft, that got a sos signal. I could tell you what went on briefly, but it might not interest you, so I'll spare you and just show you what costume I had made for myself.
My role was an Eldar Bonesinger a craftsman/technician
The next thing that happened was that we got a huge order of clothes for a fashion show. We only have about 3 weeks to finish about 40 sets of clothing. I personally am responsible for 10 sets of clothes. I'll have some photos to share soon.
And lastly, Christmas!
I made necklaces as presents to my best friends/ the classmates I like best XD
And two necklaces for my aunt.
I'll try my best to keep you all informed about my doings and hopefully I'll have some tutorials to share again soon.
Happy New year to you all!
The Infinity gown
I saw an infinity gown on Crafster.org and felt like it was a wonderful piece of clothing. I didnt have a need for one at the time though, so I quickly forgot about it.
But then! Dun dun dun daa~
My older sister said she needed a gown for a school dance. The one she had before was too narrow for dancing the waltz. At first she was going to wear parts of my/my twins rococoo costume but then I remembered that the Infinity gown was rather interesting, so I looked it up.
Once I knew what goes where and how, it was easy to convince my sister to allow me to make it for her. Got the cloth (3,6 m of quite heavy jersey like material - made of polyester ) and made the dress in a few hours (thinking time and dinner in between haha ). I tried it on and I must say, it's unbelievably comfortable to wear! No fear of it falling off or anything of the sort.
So I took it to class today to show my teacher and classmates. They were quite surprised! It just showed them how easy it is to make a gorgeous dress in less than a day. My teacher was glad I shared the dress with her and the others since they hadnt heard of it before.
Now to finish my mothers party clothes - a capelet with a hood and a mask. The next post will most likely be of them. Or some other fun things. >D
How to: Little black jacket pattern
How to make a pattern for a little jacket aka a shrug.
1. Get a basic blouse pattern - preferably made after your own measurements, but you can use one from a pattern sheet that you know that it will fit you.
This is what a basic blouse pattern looks like.
2. Marking down the shape.
For this piece of clothing you only need the upper part of the blouse pattern. Trace the needed lines over to a new sheet of paper if you dont want to cut up the paper the pattern is on.
You can shape the front of the jacket as you wish. You can make it close with buttons, hooks, a zipper or any other method you can come up with.
3. Transferring and erasing of darts.
There are three methods to get rid of darts:
1 - cut in to the paper in a straight line, aiming for the tip of the dart. Fold the dart closed (lines must go onto of each other) This will move the dart, however you still have to sew it. Example seen on the back.
2 - I cut a small slit in towards the dart on the front piece and folded the dart closed again. In this case we dont sew the small dart left on the lower edge of the jacket.
3 - This method is useful for getting rid of darts that are in the middle of a piece. You care allowed to "move" the dart to the back seam or the side seam.
Below is the finished product of the dart moving.
Now the body of the jacket is ready.
4. Making the collar.
Measure the neckline (on the paper or on the finished jacket body). Remember to only measure half of the WHOLE neckline.
Making the collar starts with 3 lines. 1 horizontal which is the measure you just got from the neckline. And 2 vertical lines in 90* angle to the horizontal line. Mark down the middle of the horizontal line ( that's 1/4-th of the whole collar).
Next choose the height of the collar (1) and pull the next horizontal line.
Then choose how much the collar will curve (2). Mark down the amount and connect the point with the centre point of the collar pattern. Make the line smooth. Draw a second line above that as before (make sure the collar stays even in width. Unless you want an asymmetrical collar )
Then connect the two lines. And you're done with the collar~
You can bend the collar downwards for a collar that holds away from your neck \ / <- like this.
5. Making the sleeve pattern.
First measure the arm hole and the arm hole width on the pattern. Mark them down. 
Draw a vertical line and start drawing horizontal lines on it. The vertical line should divide the horizontal lines in half. You can start off by making a full-sized sleeve at first and then when the pattern is done you can chop it off to a 3/4 or a smaller sleeve.
Connect the points marked on the horizontal lines in the following way:
For the curve of the sleeve shoulder part, follow these measurements and guidelines.
A good tip for marking down which way the sleeve is to be sewn on - clip(only a little bit) the seam allowance of the sleeves at the part where the 3 cm vertical line meets the curve (on the left part of the sleeve pattern).
6. The pattern is now finished and you can cut out the cloth details.
Dont forget seam allowance!
Details you'll need:
2 x front piece
2X back piece OR 1 x back piece ( no back seam and no slit)
2X collar piece
2 X sleeves
And now you can start sewing!
I hope this tutorial was helpful. I will answer all questions you might have.
I'd love to see what you make, so drop me a comment or two if you do.
Leather - enemy of fingers
Today I worked with leather again after a loooong time - last time being when I was in 6-th grade or even earlier.
So I took the leather leftovers I got from my aunt and pondered what I could possibly make of them. Took some thread and started to randomly embroider on one piece and inspiration struck!
This is a choker necklace~
The flower motif is hand embroidered on the leather. ( it has 5 transparent white seed beads on it)
I lined the leather part with black cotton (to avoid getting black splotches on the skin around the area)
Chain for the closure is hand twisted with black seed beads.
Materials: Leather, cotton cloth, wire, thread, seed beads..
Aftermath:
Fingers: ouch
Necklace: pretty!
Rococo cream
The Rococo costume I started for the 11-th of July got mostly done on time, but once I had some more time I made a few modifications to the top layer of the ensemble.
The cloth is a nice off white-creamy colour. It has a pattern of darker beige flowers and shiny geometrical shapes alongside said flowers. The material is mostly cotton, so it breathes very well. The underskirt and 2 layers of the corset are made of a fabric that's 100% cotton.
The pattern was made by me from scratch. I googled for other similar costumes a lot in the process of making this costume. I mostly based it off Madam Pompadours pictures.
The under layer looks like this:
(click to make it bigger)
The petticoat isn't very big as one can see. The skirt doesn't look too poufy, but we thought it looked good enough as it was.
The model in the pictures is my twin sister Tiia.
