tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44533373528255175722024-03-13T11:15:33.291-04:00Merry PatterA peek-a-boo at my sewing projectsPatriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-3049249422179772252016-09-19T11:05:00.001-04:002016-09-19T11:07:02.783-04:00For Karendee!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are both about a year old. I will update more soon.<br />
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This is a miniature picture I made using the same techniques as the millinery flowers </div>
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The display table with lots of luscious hats and a few Liberty Art Fabric pendants.</div>
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A gorgeous girl who tried on a lot of hats that day.<br />
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Black tapestry cloche with handmade flowers from hand dyed silks, velvet and lace.<br />
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Cotton velvet with a silk band and vintage brooch.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-56369965391295061252015-09-25T17:04:00.005-04:002015-09-25T17:04:54.272-04:00Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The square should be cut on grain so that the fold that is wrapped around is on the bias. I had a bias square so I used that but he results are not as good.<br />
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A soft knit covering has been added over the blocked crown to hide the grain of the buckram.<br />
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Binding the edge. The bias folded, and the raw edge basted together, then stretched slightly and pinned on to check the length. It was sewn into a circle by machine and hand sewn to the wired edge.<br />
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<br />Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-36294799870860724142015-07-03T13:37:00.001-04:002015-07-03T13:39:28.094-04:00At First Blush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-40917472895602755842014-10-20T14:12:00.001-04:002014-10-20T14:12:36.574-04:00TalentsOur natures and talents can inspire and urge us to create. Sometimes, however, there are too many pushes and pulls which can lead to a state of stasis. Being multi talented is not easy: it can be very distracting. Trying to make a living from one's creativity can further complicate this. Market trends, cheap imports, giving up one's own choices to make something more affordable, more trendy, more saleable all can make it less yours. Less yours is less fun, less fun leads to burnout. Burn out is hard to feed to your children.<br /> I'm thinking of a friend who is going through a situation right now. I hope it resolves itself. Breath deeply, recharge, enjoy the leaves.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-55395762076577023842014-07-23T14:15:00.004-04:002014-07-23T14:18:39.697-04:00Some Prettier Hats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I endured a back injury in late 2010. In true Canadian fashion, I slipped on ice. That was it. A quick slip and my life has been thrown completely out of whack!</div>
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I have a few slipped discs in my back that cause me pain. Some days it is quite severe and on others I can work away happily and comfortably. When discussing my back issues and my job as a dressmaker with my Doctor, he told me to stop the heavy work. He said: "No more embroidered Irish dresses, no more wedding dresses, nothing heavier than a hat." Well, I took him literally and have been taking millinery courses at college since then.</div>
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Here are two from last term. The first is a sinamay pillbox covered in black sequined lace with a handmade silk flower detail and French netting trim. Below that is a small bridal hat. It has a buckram base, covered with a woven tubes of silk chiffon and some more handmade flowers and netting.</div>
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These are some flowers and headpieces in progress. I love how pretty (albeit disorganized) my studio looks when I am making flowers.</div>
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This hat is made from buckram, satin , wool felt and a lot of paint.<br />
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Leaves after using heat tool. I used a Clover Mini Iron with various attachments for it as well as some from my wood burning tool. They were a bit trickier because they were thinner and shorter than the Mini Iron was made to take.</div>
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This is the backside of one leaf showing the organza and the wire between the layers. I need to learn to place the wire more accurately and follow it in the tooling. This one isn't too bad but another one is quite messy.<br />
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Three leaves. I like the other colours within these examples. I thought they looked like mistakes at first but prefer them now.<br />
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This picture shows the leaves with the sharp line done on top. I used a pointy tip and drew the lines, then turned them over and used a rounder tip to push up the sections between the lines. on the variegated leaves I added the smaller veins first. On the more olive leaves I did the main vein and added the smaller ones after the rounder tooling.<br />
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Five completed leaves!</div>
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I am finished the Millinery course I have been taking at George Brown College in Toronto. I had to travel there and stayed with a friend. Usually I went on the Sunday evening and returned on Tuesday late afternoon so it took a large amount of time for one three hour class. I stayed with a friend. I could have taken the Monday train but had I missed it I would have missed the class so I went early.<br />
Now that it is over I had some extra time on my hands. It has been so hectic trying to work, look after the kids (who styed with their father while I was gone) that my place was a mess. After some major cleaning and tidy-ing I allowed myself some creative me time and decided to indulge in something I have wanted to do for years.<br />
I have long been fascinated with millinery trimmings so I decided to try to make some leaves and flowers based on information from books and the internet. I combined several methods in doing these which I will post later. I have some cleaning up to do before I can find my books right now. <br />
I started with some silk I had on hand. It is a silk satin with a tendency to curl to the wrong side. It took both dye and paint beautifully. I used Folk Art Fabric and Setacolor paints as well as Colorhue dyes to get the effect I wanted. The silk was underpainted with the paints but I painted with the dyes overtop to get it a bit deeper. I would have thought the opposite would be the way. Live and Learn.<br />
I heat set the paints before I used the dye. You can see the paint as the lighter tone of green and blotch red in the upper part of the image.<br />
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After the dyes dried, I cut the leaf shape on the bias and used a fabric glue to glue them to a piece of orgaza I had dyed previously with a piece of florist's wire in between. This technique comes from here: <a href="http://presentperfectcreations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/a-mini-tutorial-on-how-to-make.html">http://presentperfectcreations.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/a-mini-tutorial-on-how-to-make.html</a> . Previous to this I had been using silks that I fused together with fusible web. I have pictures of those as well that I will share.</div>
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I like the way they look already. The blotchy bits are my favourite parts. Next comes shaping with a heat tool.<br />
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<br />Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-10106996720485810732013-03-27T11:08:00.000-04:002013-03-27T11:09:09.772-04:00Dragon Scales AppliqueI seem to have issues posting on Blogger which make me not want to write. The Dragon Scales have been done for a while but my frustration has prevented me from completing this. I am going to try writing in one post and pictures in another. <br />
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I turned and laid out the appliques, arranging them in a "controlled random" fashion. Some of the lighter ones were semi transparent so I cut and inserted cotton broadcloth into an interlining for those pieces. Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-67159477892428543292013-03-27T10:58:00.001-04:002013-03-27T11:03:53.425-04:00Dragon Scales Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The interfacing was sewn with the fusible side to the right side of the fabric and stitched with a 1/4" seam allowance. I was able to get two scallops from each square.<br />
They needed to be notched and turned and soon I had a pile of little scallops. I laid them out on a square and discovered that I need more so will need to dig into my stash. I had bought a set of fat quarters in the Oakshott last year so will finally use some of them. Most of the Oakshott fabrics are shot cottons, where the warp and weft are different colours. This gives them a depth and richness. They are very lively appearance compared to regular solids.<br />
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Camisole in black stretch lace with nylon/lycra blend bottom. I did not use a pattern for this: I just winged it. <br />
First I cut the cups after holding the lace over my bust to get an idea of the size needed. I sewed the cups and added straps, then added a parallelogram of fabric for front and back loosely based on a t-shirt. I finished the upper back edge with stretch lace. <br />
When I tried it on without a bra, the girls falling below the bottom of the cups so I added more stretch lace on the inside front below the bust. Then they were staying up, but fell out at the sides so I added a strip of power mesh to the back, above the existing stretch lace and finished with lingerie elastic at the top. I don't think I could recreate it exactly, but I do like it enough to try. It is warm under my clothes and the deep V shows less under a top than some of my purchased camisole tops.<br />
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I also made the panties. Hate to say it but I am much bigger than this dummy and things are much snugger on me.<br />
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The robe is made from a limp nylon mesh. It is very comfortable. It has a raised neckline and a front drape but the limpness really makes these hard to see. The edges have a rolled hem finish done on my serger. I used stretch elastic at the waist and a bias strip of silk that was hanging around for a tie at the waist. There is not much of a crossover so the front drape is handy for modesty. I don't usually wear it over the cami and panties like this so the general effect is not sexy. My apartment has radiators with no turn off valves and the robe works well however hot it is here.<br />
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I have finally done something with these pieces. They are framed now, but maybenot quite done. I stretched silk chiffon with stitched on sequins over canvases and then stitched the flower embroideries in place. The sequins catch the light and sparkle through the openings in the lace. It is a pretty effect. I have to stop myself from adding rhinestones though. The Irish dance dressmaker in me can be hard to quell. I think I will add some beads though.<br />
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Irish lace is made from free standing motifs that are basted to a base and joined with more crochet stitches. After thinking about this construction method for a while, I decided to try to do this with fabric.<br />
I combined the free lace technique with applique to make these samples. <br />
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These are the pieces laid out on the sticky water soluble film. I did two samples. The first picture shows sample 1uncovered and the second shows sample 2 topped with a non sticky water sol film. I didn't leave a lot of space between motifs. The fabrics are all silk. Some are duppioni and others are organza in shades of dull purples and gray. The green is a shot organza in purple and green that doesn't read as green in person.<br />
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Sample 1 after stitching. I did the stitching very dense-ly using a polyester embroidery thread in a purplish gray. I made sure all the motifs were stitched first them added joining stitches.<br />
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Sample 1 after rinsing and pressing. I thought it looked too dense so I stitched sample 2 with less joining stitches. When I rinsed sample 2 it seemed ready to fall apart. I was very disappointed. I left pressing it til morning as the light isn't sufficient for me at night.</div>
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Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-74867199763043709622012-06-28T20:28:00.001-04:002012-06-28T20:28:39.223-04:00More Peacocks<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These ones are in cotton rather than silk. I really like making the peacocks. I enjoy the free motion feathers. The satin stitching is a bit wonky and hurts me to do. I spent yesterday stitching one and still haven't recovered yet.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-82210265978122597412012-06-27T16:09:00.000-04:002012-06-27T22:29:47.658-04:00Elephant Tea Cosies<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before my series of surgeries last year I had injured my back. I am cancer free (so far, fingers crossed) but the back issue remains. It has made sewing a challenge. I have some bulging discs that are affected by sitting, especially sitting and leaning forward. <br />
I am trying to teach myself to sew while standing, but my control is not great yet. In order to practise I have been doing a lot of free motion while standing. Mistakes are less apparent in a sketchy style. However, I am accustomed to the heavy satin stitching of the dance costumes I have made for so many years.<br />
These tea cosies have been great practise for re-learning to sew. These ones feature some of the satin stitching while the peacocks have far more free motion.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-72310441796027288702012-06-17T14:09:00.001-04:002012-06-27T22:30:29.960-04:00Peacock Tea Cosy<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love how the sun brings out the details.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-18145324525949955772011-07-28T11:05:00.004-04:002012-06-28T20:29:56.574-04:00Absentee-ismI seem to have been absent a lot lately. I have actually been in and out of hospital with various surgeries/biopsies both of my own and family members.<br />
Mum has been in Niagara (where there is a severe C Difficile problem) for just over a month. She should be home tomorrow. Maisie has had umbilical surgery to repair a hernia. That was a day procedure. Holy Hanna! how the little ones bounce back!<br />
I am back in tomorrow for a more serious procedure that will keep me in for a couple of days. They really try not to keep you in for long anymore. This is more preventative than anything else. The cancerous changes so far have been contained. I will be quite nervous until the pathology is back though.<br />
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In the meantime I have been making a lot of kid's hats and adult fascinators. Hopefuly I can get some pictures on here once I get back.<br />
Til then...Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-65939535564342098952011-07-13T17:15:00.003-04:002011-07-13T17:28:34.151-04:00Another attempt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdij3ac3S_2CXSJiAtdeiLGg1OWnx-XGUoVA28P6Gn5iMnvwIxFqd6YfLwxaNySqhk-n_u6TQ-qHFlxBKDU_zCqu81eQr3Qtvh4jYsjRunid1NGM4FUilBmWrL4D2UI9iz8WjS0xpJzU/s1600/securedownload+%2528Small%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628948914458716466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdij3ac3S_2CXSJiAtdeiLGg1OWnx-XGUoVA28P6Gn5iMnvwIxFqd6YfLwxaNySqhk-n_u6TQ-qHFlxBKDU_zCqu81eQr3Qtvh4jYsjRunid1NGM4FUilBmWrL4D2UI9iz8WjS0xpJzU/s320/securedownload+%2528Small%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I tried free motion quilting before (not terribly successfully) and then did a lot of free motion embroidery recently. Then I found this blog <a href="http://www.dontlooknow.typepad.com/">ww.dontlooknow.typepad.com</a> and HAD to try her pillow tutorial. </div><br /><div>My result is above, which has my first attempt at free motion quilting. I have done embroidery but not quilting. I was quite rusty with the embroidery as well but it came back (to my not amazing previous level) by the time the pillow cover was done.</div><br /><div>Thanks for the comments on the picture of me in my new dress. I have worn it often since then.</div>Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453337352825517572.post-78025410266482504152011-07-03T18:52:00.003-04:002012-06-27T16:37:30.418-04:00Dress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zAB7Z-KeU690adnszYg_21vczVP2KZBKU9THoQ7e6OrxBTOZ2PUyaCPP2WhZrYfRsNX_fhYzFhj6caNc4w_09voeS6MWyvU8nGANsRBR6KcI1hOR1oHgzup-KXkPh4z-DhYs0CI084Y/s1600/100_0774+%2528Small%2529.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625263113246423522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zAB7Z-KeU690adnszYg_21vczVP2KZBKU9THoQ7e6OrxBTOZ2PUyaCPP2WhZrYfRsNX_fhYzFhj6caNc4w_09voeS6MWyvU8nGANsRBR6KcI1hOR1oHgzup-KXkPh4z-DhYs0CI084Y/s320/100_0774+%2528Small%2529.JPG" style="cursor: hand; height: 320px; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
Maisie and I with friend Barb at my son's grade 8 graduation.<br />
This was the only year both of my children will be in the same school. By the time she starts highschool, he will have finished university.<br />
I thought the ceremony was on Wednesday eve, but it was actually Tuesday so I had to miss the last class of my textile arts course. It was a frenzy trying to alter his trousers and get my dress finished. The skirt was from an outfit I made for a wedding a few years ago. It was kind of big and droppy as the skirt so I wore a black one. I cut an empire top and added the skirt to it but the hem hung longer at the back than front. Once I saw all the asymmetrical hemlines in fashion now I remembered the dress, pulled it out and finished it off just in time.Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07987205501192805511noreply@blogger.com3