Week 12: Finished

Oh spring, how you totally screw with plans because, hey all of a sudden there’s great evenings that last waaay later and oops, didn’t blog.  So, totes should have posted this last week, it’s been done but not shot. I took the idea of the white motley clown suit and the idea of the shiny trapeeze-wear and made something that maybe could have been “high fashion” if I’d made the pants about six inches shorter. I have learned that I love rough piecing.  Unlike what I did with the Murray…

Week 8: Done!

Yes, this is quite overdue, see Week 9’s post for semi-explanation. Due to fabric limitations I wasn’t able to totally abide by my original sketch, but I am nonetheless happy with the outcome.  It’s faintly deco-y with all the angles, which was unexpected. So, not like, totally “air” I guess.  But in my opinion the winning look wasn’t either.  I decided to go barefoot, ’cause that is my personal view of Mercury (never been a big fan of the wing’d sandals), who was some of the primary inspiration.  Fleet of…

Week 6: Finished!

In the spirit of actually enjoying myself with this challenge I used mostly knits.  Also they were on sale and I cannot resist on-sale knits.  This was also so Murray could have a real shirt that he could slip on over his giant head, unlike the dickie-attached-to coat ensemble he came in.  In the same vein I decided against buttons on the vest—if this was for a real kid the less formal look of it would work pretty well. I was happily surprised by how well the ruffley neck bits…

Week 1: Done!

I was seriously worried I’d majorly fail in this first week. I mean, I sew, sure—but I don’t work at anything close to a professional level of tailoring. Luckily I am a person who, as a kid and to this day, reads sewing books for fun. I collect vintage examples of the damn things (and housekeeping books). My theory is that I must have absorbed the how-tos over time. So this first entry is not bad at all, even though I’ve never lined a skirt or made pleats. Although I…