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WIP: Jurassic Elves Sweater Part 2

November 29, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment SewingWIP Wednesday

Happy Jurassic winter holidays! The Dinos in Santa Hats holiday sweater is almost finished. Here's the update. I managed to get the front of the sweater and the top two dinosaurs on the back finished in time for Black Friday. Here's the front o ...

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WIP: Pigs and Burritos Fabric

July 25, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFabric DesignSewing

Chorizo and Puerco model for the fabric. They don't know that they are only getting 2D burritos. Madeleine is on a brief hold while I contemplate the issue with her ears, so I am playing around with a vector drawing program and some fabric design. I'm ...

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The Problem with Ears

July 24, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignSewing

It's like the Reign of Terror around here, only with teddy bears. After six trials, I think I have the pattern for Madeleine's head. It fixes the problem of a too long, too skinny snout that a couple of friends pointed out in previous versions, but it ...

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WIP: Dinos, Red Pandas and Bears, Oh My!

July 11, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment KnittingSewingWIP Wednesday

This is as far as 16-inch tall Madeleine got this week. Not much progress on Madeleine this week. The mock-up for the 16-inch sized bear is currently a neat pile of muslin pieces waiting for me to sew them together. So I figured I would pull out a few ...

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I Blame Gilbert and Sullivan OR Why I Costume Theater

July 9, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionOrigin StoriesSewing

Me in the second production of "Pirates" that I both appeared in and helped to costume My first major foray into costuming for community theater was for a production of "The Pirates of Penzance" with the Sudbury Savoyards in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Ev ...

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Fashion Friday: Pluderhosen

July 6, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment FashionSewing

Pluderhosen and doublets worn by Eric, Nils and Svante Sture in 1567. Displayed in Upsala Cathedral. I had decided that pluderhosen were the MC Hammer pants of mid-16th century Germany - apparently fashionable in their time, but no one can tell you wh ...

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WIP: Madeleine Part 3 Plus Fashion Research

July 4, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignFashionSewingWIP Wednesday

Pattern pieces for Madeleine's head and ear in four different sizes. Madeleine's pattern is set enough that it's time to start trying out different sizes for her. Consequently, I took a clean set of the pattern pieces to the local Staples yesterday an ...

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I Blame Folkwear OR Why I Sew Historical Clothing

July 2, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment FashionOrigin StoriesSewing

Here's Folkwear's logo I was in college when I came across my first Folkwear pattern. If I remember correctly, I found it in a fabric shop in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Square these days has a lot of the same chain stores that ...

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WIP: Madeleine Part 2

June 27, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignSewingWIP Wednesday

This bear is just right. I'm getting closer on Madeleine's pattern. It took four tries to get her body the size I wanted. The first was a little too thin, so I added 1/4 inch all the way around on the pattern pieces. That was way too fat, so I cut bac ...

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Madeleine’s Trial Run

June 25, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignSewing

Some additional ears and arms to try out Madeleine currently looks a little too svelte to me.   I have reached the tweaking stage. I sewed the muslins for Madeleine the teddy bear together and stuffed various sections over the weekend. I d ...

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Patricia knits, sews, designs toys, writes, costumes community theater productions and sometimes hangs around with William Shakespeare.

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