I've been meaning to start a blog for my sewing projects for a while now. I taught myself to sew at the age of ten, made various items of clothing over the years, took every costuming class offered when I was in college, but only with the birth of my daughter and interaction with my step-children has my sewing really taken off. Thankfully, as a self-employed massage therapist my schedule is flexible enough that I can spend a lot of time on the sewing machine! Plus, we get lots of opportunities for costuming since we attend Dragon*Con, the sci-fi convention in Atlanta, every year.
Obviously, we've had a lot of fun with this over the years and no one has benefitted so much as the youngest, Nia. We did a Victorian/Steampunk theme one of the last times we went and I made her a little dress for the occasion.
And a little something for myself, as well.
I tend to make my own patterns or adapt ones that I've found or purchased. This seems to work best as no one is the exact same size. Lately I've been having a lot of fun with t-shirt knits. They're just so easy to work with and forgiving. Here's Nia in her rainbow dress also holding the one we sent to her cousin (who's 4 months younger).
I've got a couple of t-shirt alterations that I've done for myself as well, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. See you then!
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