I've decided to make him new pajama pants for Christmas. I can't measure him, and I"m too lazy to get a pattern from the store. What to do? Let's steal his pants and use them to copy a pattern and cut out the fabric just as is.
Techies by Day, Crafters by Night
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Clothing Pattern
A few years ago I got boyfriend a pair of Stewie Vader PJ pants. Tee Hee Hee, they were more ofr me than him. This year I found an awesome print at the fabric store. BIG BANG THEORY SUPER HEROS!!!!!
I've decided to make him new pajama pants for Christmas. I can't measure him, and I"m too lazy to get a pattern from the store. What to do? Let's steal his pants and use them to copy a pattern and cut out the fabric just as is.
I've decided to make him new pajama pants for Christmas. I can't measure him, and I"m too lazy to get a pattern from the store. What to do? Let's steal his pants and use them to copy a pattern and cut out the fabric just as is.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Plants in Rings?
Last weekend I visited a the Got Craft, craft fair in Vancouver BC and came across this interesting artist Lara Lepper that used 3D printing to print plant pots as a jewelry piece. She used air plants which look pretty, yet are easy to manage. Just a really creativ piece I felt the need to share it
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Turn Shoes into Furry Winter Boots
Sure, be all '80s and call these leg warmers. Or call them "leg corsets" or "boot uppers". They transform any shoes into fur-trimmed boots!
They were fairly quick and easy to make, even though I hadn't worked with fur before. I made them for my Diablo 3 cosplay (currently in progress), but they are also very festive for the winter holidays! I may even wear them to a Seahawks game.
Here they are pictured with the clawed footwear (still in raw Worbla, not painted yet) that I am working on for the Barbarian costume.
I'll include some construction notes here in case anyone is interested in making something similar.
Disclaimer: I plan to reinforce these later, to make them less slouchy, perhaps using Buckram or boning.
Materials:
Start by creating a pattern of your leg. Cover your leg in plastic wrap, then masking tape, mark a line where the top and bottom edge should be, draw a line down the center front, then cut down the center front line and you've got your pattern. You can allow for the curve of the calf by snipping the pattern from the top down about 4 inches in two or three places to create darts.
Cut the suede using your pattern. I serged the front and top edges - a roll hem would also work - and just cut the bottom edge since this fabric doesn't fray easily.
When dealing with long fur, use a comb! Figure out which direction is "down" when you look at the fur and how it is laying. When you cut the fur you can try and slide your shears against the fabric to "part" the hairs, and that will give you less cropped short hairs at the bottom.
The fur strips are 4" wide on top and 3" wide on the bottom. Start with a wider option because you can always trim it later.
For the bottom fur, on my "boots" this is not attached, it is just like an anklet I slid on over my foot, and this works because there is a little bit of stretch to the fur fabric. I serged the top edge, left the bottom edge raw (it's hidden and fray-resistant) and sewed the two 3" end together to make a loop.
After sewing the fur onto the suede, I added grommets. After marking the placements with chalk, I use a hole punch to make holes down both sides before I go get my hammer out and start pounding away. A regular hole punch is the right size to get a hole started for Large grommets.
They were fairly quick and easy to make, even though I hadn't worked with fur before. I made them for my Diablo 3 cosplay (currently in progress), but they are also very festive for the winter holidays! I may even wear them to a Seahawks game.
Here they are pictured with the clawed footwear (still in raw Worbla, not painted yet) that I am working on for the Barbarian costume.
I'll include some construction notes here in case anyone is interested in making something similar.
Disclaimer: I plan to reinforce these later, to make them less slouchy, perhaps using Buckram or boning.
Materials:
- 2 packs of 13 Large Grommets (I used 20 grommets total)
- White "Mongolian" faux fur, long-haired (fabric.com)
- Suede fabric
- Black Grossgrain ribbon (for lacing)
Start by creating a pattern of your leg. Cover your leg in plastic wrap, then masking tape, mark a line where the top and bottom edge should be, draw a line down the center front, then cut down the center front line and you've got your pattern. You can allow for the curve of the calf by snipping the pattern from the top down about 4 inches in two or three places to create darts.
Cut the suede using your pattern. I serged the front and top edges - a roll hem would also work - and just cut the bottom edge since this fabric doesn't fray easily.
When dealing with long fur, use a comb! Figure out which direction is "down" when you look at the fur and how it is laying. When you cut the fur you can try and slide your shears against the fabric to "part" the hairs, and that will give you less cropped short hairs at the bottom.
The fur strips are 4" wide on top and 3" wide on the bottom. Start with a wider option because you can always trim it later.
For the bottom fur, on my "boots" this is not attached, it is just like an anklet I slid on over my foot, and this works because there is a little bit of stretch to the fur fabric. I serged the top edge, left the bottom edge raw (it's hidden and fray-resistant) and sewed the two 3" end together to make a loop.
After sewing the fur onto the suede, I added grommets. After marking the placements with chalk, I use a hole punch to make holes down both sides before I go get my hammer out and start pounding away. A regular hole punch is the right size to get a hole started for Large grommets.
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