by Aimee | Jan 1, 2013 | BJD, Commissions, Nautilus
When you want things done right, you have to do them yourself, right? There’s nothing marginally decent in the trim sections at the fabric store–it’s all either too huge or too fake-looking. Spent a lovely afternoon stitching fringed trim for these...
by Aimee | Oct 14, 2012 | BJD, Commissions, Nautilus, Victorian
Adjustments to the coat pattern completed! The coat is roughly cut out, flatlined with the coat pattern pieces, and I’ve started couching cord down for the decorative buttonholes. This may take a while, but I think doing it by hand will be worth it!
by Aimee | Oct 2, 2012 | Commissions
So, it was slow-going on the sewing front in the latter half of September. We lost my husband’s grandmother and then a plague took hold in our home (I blame the less-than-ideal nutrition from four days of mourning in the South–we strayed incredibly far...
by Aimee | Sep 7, 2012 | Commissions, Nautilus
August was a very busy month, with Pennsic and Gen Con, followed by two weeks of playing catch-up at work and at home (read: epic amounts of email, weeding, and laundry). I don’t have a lot to show for it, as I was less-than-diligent about my camera use, but if...
by Aimee | Jul 8, 2012 | BJD, Commissions, Nautilus
Spent the better part of the day tweaking the breeches pattern and assembling both the shirt and breeches. The stretch twill was way stretchier than I anticipated based on the swatch I ordered, so I ended up taking them in as I went. The silk poplin was a dream to...
by Aimee | Jun 18, 2012 | Commissions, Nautilus
Apologies for the radio silence. My darling husband’s been the-only-IT-guy at work while his colleague’s on vacation. This has meant harried evenings and workings-late that keep the toddler-fingers too perilously close to all the pins and silks if I attempt to sew. On...
