Because who wouldn't? The project took: 3m of upholstery mocha fabric with lines to make it look like bark 1m beige upholstery fabric for the top 1m PVC leather for the base 3 reels of brown cotton 9 cubic feet of beans 1 bean bag bag I measured out the top by attaching a pencil to a piece of string (radius + seam allowance) and a pin to get a perfect circle and then drew on the patterns as a guide. Stitching the circles took a long time and lots of thread but I'm quite pleased with the final result. It's pretty tree stumpy! I then sewed the sides together and attached it to the top. I stitched each seam twice to make it extra strong. I cut out 5 roots each about 60cm long and 20cm in diameter and made them different shapes. In hindsight, I'd make them a little wider as the do look a little spindly. These were attached at the top to the sides of the main bag in an arch down to the seam allowance at the bottom to give them some depth and then stuffed. They were closed up when the leather base was attached. Then I attached the base and sealed up the roots, again double-stitched. Filling it with beans was very tricky and certainly a two person job. They were so static: looking inside the bag if you dropped a bean, it didn't fall down but flew towards the walls! There are now beans all over the floor and hopefully the bean bag bag will hold! Overall I'm quite pleased with the new addition to the living room even if its roots are a little... stumpy.
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This is such a pretty dress, though I say it myself, and was very easy to make. I didn't make any changes from the pattern instructions except to make the lace a little longer than the blue underlining. Perfect for a beginner project. Materials needed: 3m blue cotton (Fabric Land Southampton) 3m lace (Fabric Land Southampton) 1x white 20" invisible zip (eBay) 1 reel white cotton 1x hook and eye claspI used a size 14 (usually size 12 top and size 16 bottom) and it's a little loose fitting but still flattering so I didn't take anything in. This is a lovely smart day dress that works well with bright colors beneath the lace. It could be easily smartened up to evening or brides maid using cotton sateen, or silk under the lace and a flouncy petite coat.
A while ago in a pattern sale I found this and so, why not? This is a vogue pattern V8942 and is mostly made from scraps from a suit I made a few years ago and some pink PVC, some shaggy pink fake fur,a pair of teddy bear eyes and some key ring parts. The pattern was pretty easy to follow but the sewing machine struggled with the leather despite using a leather needle. At some seams it gets very thick and the feeder couldn't handle it so the leather trimmings aren't quite straight. But it's got loads of pockets and a very handy back pocket with key ring. It also matches my passport case so I'm going to look unbelievably stylish when I go on holiday tomorrow! If you're going to try the pattern yourself take care with the tiny seam allowance: you want to avoid material that's going to fray.
The good news is there's a frog back pattern too so watch this space! Last summer I made a suit with a long skirt and floaty bustle back but have been finding the stairs at work too much for it as lifting the skirt up over steps is all very well for princesses with footmen but not so good when carrying lots of books. So I cut the bottom off the skirt to make it on the knee and decided to jazz it up with ribbons and bows. The jacket's bustle has never fallen quite right and needs to be unpicked, trimmed and a heavier interfacing installed which is far too much like hard work so I always wear a belt with it and decided to used the off cut from the skirt to make a matching belt.The suiting is black with a light blue tweeding so I used turqoize ribbon as a contrast. It took 4m of 10mm ribbon from eBay.
I've had the top for a while and have been meaning to make a skirt to match.It's a plain straight skirt with two darts on each side and inside band rather than outside. 1.5m of red cotton from C and H Fabrics
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