Next Project!

After watching 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' I was just blown away by Colleen Atwood's costumes. Atwood indecently designs costumes for most of Tim Burton's films and is by far my favourite costume designer.

The piece that tugged at my heartstrings the most was an absolutely divine little cape which the little toddler character Sunny wears for the middle portion of the film. It's the cutest little thing I have ever seen. It has a satin lining and lovely embroidery, and this wonderful edging, which reminds me of brogues (as in the shoes). I completely fell in love with it and really want to make my own. I'll be using cotton for both the lining and the main fabric in similar colours to the original. I think the brogue edging is beyond my skill but I'll probably do some of my own embroidery on it. I really hope it turns out well because the original is just so beautiful.

Here is a screen shot from the film so you can see how lovely it is:

How cute is this child?

I'm sewing again!

I haven't done any sewing for about three years, after I flopped my AS Level Textiles because I absolutely hated my teacher. But I think this is one of those things that was probably best left as a hobby. 

Last week I made my first piece since my 'D' for dreadful result. But I found the joy I had for it again. I'd been thinking of sewing for a while. I bought fabric from christmas market and my boyfriend bought me a sewing kit for my birthday, so I finally decided to get back to sewing.

I made a little baby's dress, which fits a 1 month old baby or a bigger than average newborn. I worked with a difficult fraying fabric, but the end result was much better than I expected after 3 years of no sewing. The entire dress was hand stitched in about four days. I really hate using sewing machines and actually haven't got one anymore, but I really enjoyed hand-sewing while watching tv or listening to music. Th most relaxing thing ever (until you do something wrong and have to miserably unpick everything!). It was made with a homemade pattern, which included a lot of guesswork and ended up being slightly bigger than the newborn size I was aiming for. It is designed as a pinafore style dress and a nice little, short-sleeved, white onesie underneath would look lovely.

So here is the finished result!

The Front

The Back

I used every kind of fastener I had! Buttons, poppers and a hook and eye.