It took FOREVER to make. My bed is only a full size, but the blanket would easily fit a queen. I wanted a lot of overhang. Most of it, barring the intarsia for the sun, was pretty mindless easy TV knitting, though.
I'm currently making a warm, reversible cardigan-jacket thing for next winter, using double knit. It's got a Greek key design as trim and then striped. In red and turquoise because I love that combination.
my aunt gave us her old curtains a couple days ago so today i made a skirt Spoiler: pictures! WHY ARE PHONE PICTURES SO HUGE SORRY anyways I oringinally wanted to make a circle skirt, but since I wanted to make not only a skirt but a long sleeved crop top out of what I had of this fabric (200x145cm) I could.... not do that.... and had to improv a bit to make it work. I'm very pleased with the result! Working without a pattern is scary & I did mess up a little bit - the buttonholes are horizontal instead of vertical so you can see the hole even when the button's over it, & there's a little gap between the zipper and the waistband that shouldn't be there, and a couple places where the seams aren't 100% but like... I made this! I made a thing I can actually wear! Aaahhhhh!!! I really wanted to add pockets but this sits so high on my waist I'm not sure I could without ruining the fit and that'd be really sad seeing as it worked out so wonderfully
Oh i love it that's so cute!!! Could you maybe try to do external pockets? They wouldn't impact the fit much, i think?
Ooooh, maybe??? Never tried that before. I'll check if I've room/a good place to put them tomorrow :D
idk if i ever said this or not, but i'm ALMOST, ALMOST finished with my dress. All that's left is the hemming. the hemming will indeed be A Bitch.
I'm done with 20 repeats! got 9 left to go instead of 8, after some measuring showed that fabric stretch betrayed me and added a secret extra pattern repeat (2.25m left instead of the 2m it should be....) But I'm so damn pleased that i got this far and the end is in sight!
I can't believe I've never tried a basting stitch before today. My backpack ripped and it finally got bad enough that I didn't want to keep using it and risk the entire seam tearing out. It was right on the zipper too, at a rounded corner with a handle a couple inches away on the non-zipper side. Basically, it was gonna be a bitch and a half to try to pin and machine sew, and my hand sewing isn't nearly fine enough to do a structural repair on the backpack I use for heavy books. Ten minutes of hand basting, then ten minutes on the machine, and it's as fixed as I can get it without completely replacing the blown panel. It probably took less time than I would have faffing about with pins, definitely turned out better. You have to get really close and personal with the panel to tell it's not original to the backpack, and I even managed to preserve the free movement of the flappy bit on the inside of the zipper. This backpack is 13 years old now. I've been using it since middle school. I'm so glad this repair turned out so well and this one seam isn't its death knell.
I finished my dress! hemming was indeed a bitch! it turned out gorgeous, I'll show pics in a bit, but like. guys if I ever go "ooo I'll make a floaty dress with a long skirt, lots of fabric, and a lining!" ever again please make me rethink.
Explaining the demands of larp costuming to someone: Basically we make cosplays you can go hiking in for a weekend, throw in the wash on the highest setting, and still have a costume afterwards.
I guess I’m in a sewing mood this week. Pin gathers are a pain, but fuck they look good. Spoiler: This took an hour.
