I've finally done it. I've succumbed. I've given in, and *gasp* created a blog. I'm not sure how often I will end up posting, but I would like to ultimately use this blog to show the creation and progress of some of my future crafts (sewing, chain maille, crochet, leatherwork), to help others out. I love step-by-step-with-photos tutorials, so that's most likely what will end up happening on here.
I love crafting. It's that simple. Any project that takes a raw material, whether it be yarn, metal, cloth, or cardboard and creating something else, fascinates me. There's something almost magical about the process. There's nothing quite like standing back once you've finished and admiring your creation. You appreciate it more than if you had gone out and spent a couple bucks (or a couple hundred!) at a store and brought it home. It's yours. A piece of you has gone into this work. Yes, there will be some days where you want to scream, and cry, and pull your hair out, and throw your aggravating little brain-child into the deepest recesses of the darkest closet you can find. Yes, there will be mistakes. There will be times you have to pull it all out from halfway in and go back to the very first row because you missed one (ONE!) chain. But believe me, it's all worth it. The satisfaction once you finish something that has been created by your own hands makes all the blood, sweat, and tears completely worth it.
And now, to craft!
Hi! :D
ReplyDeleteI love your work so much! This is so beautiful. I want to do this myself for the second HobbitCon in 2014, but I don´t find any good patterns. Do you have an idea? :D
Claudia- Thank you so much! *blush*
ReplyDeleteI ended up using two different patterns to create the dress- it's actually two dresses in one- an under dress with the massive sleeves attached and a light almost slip-like fabric for the body(Simplicity 4940 is what I used there), and the over dress jumper (cinematically correct) that's made of the navy velvet (That's the Simplicity 4491 pattern). I did have to do some minor adjustments on the neckline of the jumper, since it didn't dip quite as low as I was hoping, but it didn't take me long to make the adjustments. The hardest part of this dress truly was putting the embellished border on the sleeves- the original fabric is a super delicate sari fabric with tiny little copper wire springs and beads on it, and I had to hand stitch it to a stiffer backing fabric to be able to attach it. I'm cringing slightly thinking about backing the rest of the border to go around the neckline- that still needs to be swapped out, and I do anticipate it taking several long evenings of precision work with a needle and thread.
Hope that answered your questions- good luck at HobbitCon! I would love to see photos of your finished product- I love seeing other peoples' work!