Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?

[wayward bob]

heh i didn't think mine had pockets my posh slip is a 1940s silk one that has made occasional appearances on the nekkid thread

 

[RubyToogood]

they certainly did exist even if they may be fetching a premium second hand these days.

In that case they had better patterns back then than existed up to a few years ago.

Damnit, I may have to spend some money

 

[wayward bob]

In that case they had better patterns back then than existed up to a few years ago.

i guess it's because home sewing was so much more popular back then and one glance at old photos tells you that not everyone was teeny tiny

 

[wayward bob]

hey bee what do you think to this? pleats on hip are good, nice pockets, not hugely blousy/puffy up top, factory folds i've done one hollywood pattern and i really rated it.

 

[wayward bob]

actually, looking at the sizes on the back 34 is the smallest that one goes (you're somewhere between a 34 and a 36 bee, depending on the style) but it goes right up to 48 bust

the main difference to modern patterns is you only get one size in the envelope, but because the pieces are pre-cut it saves you masses of work and makes cutting/marking a dream (unless you're like me and feel you have to trace it all anyway )

 

[Biddlybee]

I don't iron very much, so not sure about pleats

Saying that, I quite like this one, the first or second versions, will look more when I've got some time

 

[wayward bob]

you can stitch the pleats in

you know that ^ is my one right?

 

[Biddlybee]

No I didn't know that about pleats!

Your mushroom one? I thought that had buttons down the front and a different collar

 

[wayward bob]

nah my flowery one with the bound buttonholes, the one i did last year for my portfolio

 

[Biddlybee]

*goes to check*

edit: do you like it?

 

[wayward bob]

here ya go edit: fuck i was skinny then wonder if it still fits

 

[Biddlybee]

ah, the one you made your red cardy for

Would it be easy to do that with an off white collar (if I could find at pattern in my size)?

 

[Biddlybee]

Would it be weird if I tried to make the same dress

I've still got hundreds to flick through... first a cuppa.

 

[wayward bob]

yeah there's a contrast collar on the pics so they must be separate pieces (i don't remember). i bloody love it tbh. buttonholes were fiddly but well worth doing over machined ones.

i have it in a 32 which technically should have been too small but i *think* that was the size i made up, with adjustments. i still have all the traced pieces too, somewhere grading patterns up a size or so really isn't too tricky and if you have a good fit up top it's often easy to just add a little onto the waist/hip.

 

[wayward bob]

Would it be weird if I tried to make the same dress

not at all and if you could work from my tracings you'd be welcome to have em

edit: actually i do remember adding extra in various places and a princess line dress is ace for that as you have a load of seams to spread it around = can mostly wing it

edit2: it's also incredibly helpful to have a made-up one to try even if it isn't quite your size as it still works as a muslin to see what needs adjusting/where we're pretty similar sizes except i have no arse

 

[wayward bob]

i'm making a charm bracelet for kid1 for her birthday and having the best time shopping for bits on ebay

edit: heh i think i'm gonna get her custom made love hearts

 

[Biddlybee]

not at all and if you could work from my tracings you'd be welcome to have em

edit: actually i do remember adding extra in various places and a princess line dress is ace for that as you have a load of seams to spread it around = can mostly wing it

edit2: it's also incredibly helpful to have a made-up one to try even if it isn't quite your size as it still works as a muslin to see what needs adjusting/where we're pretty similar sizes except i have no arse

ah, so you traced the original pattern out onto other paper? ooh, that would save me a few bob (heh ) if I could borrow them, and if it was the right(ish) size... not sure if I'd be out of my depth in terms of altering patterns that much (sizing up).

You're about a foot taller than me aren't you? Most people seem to be!

 

[wayward bob]

i don't recall you as some tiny dwarf-like creature i'm 5'6"

 

[RubyToogood]

I may possibly have just bought this pattern. Which comes without an instruction sheet so will be interesting, although it looks fairly straightforward. The skirt might not be flattering as is, might change it for more of a circular one.

 

[wayward bob]

oooooh

 

[Biddlybee]

was it a bit more than 65c?

i don't recall you as some tiny dwarf-like creature i'm 5'6"

maybe not quite dwarf, you seem taller

 

[wayward bob]

i wear heels

 

[moose]

Those womens' waists are narrower than their foreheads

 

[RubyToogood]

Those womens' waists are narrower than their foreheads

They are probably terribly depressed and suffering from eating disorders - the one in the stripes seems to be making a gesture of cutting her own head off

Anyway, I am sure to look just like that when I have made the dress.

 

[vauxhallmum]

Wish I could make proper frocks
Still making Egyptian Goddesses for some reason

 

[wayward bob]

she is awesome

 

[boohoo]

Wish I could make proper frocks
Still making Egyptian Goddesses for some reason
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What do you do with your pieces? Do you sell them? I think they look fab!!

 

[vauxhallmum]

What do you do with your pieces? Do you sell them? I think they look fab!!

I try to sell them at South Lambeth Market once a month but tbh, I'm not much of a saleswoman and some days are better than others. I make things for my sanity mostly, I don't expect to make a living out of it.

 

[vauxhallmum]

Mostly I just give them to people as gifts. My mum's house is like a paper mache museum

 

[moose]

That's ace, VM. I have no idea of the scale, though - how big is she?