It's been so quiet in here lately! I thought I might liven things up with a post about the garb and/or supplies we're either giving or hoping for this holiday season!
The #1 thing I've asked Milord Santa for is the Fabulous Fit dressform padding Fitting System (http://www.fabulousfit.com/fitting_system.html). I think Lady Rebecca posted about this in a thread earlier this fall, and I was completely smitten! I have a teeny tiny (probably a size 2) store display form I've been wanting to pad out, and this looks like the easiest way. I don't know much about it yet, but I'm trying to study up before we order.
I did so much sewing for family this summer that I'm not doing any for the holidays (and also I just sent my machine to the spa for two weeks!), but I am ISO some more Gimli pieces for Milord's ensemble.
What's on your lists?
Zip! Not sewing for Christmas! The delightful but bonkers customers are coming out my ears and I have so much still to do for February...
I made a shirt for the monsters handler ( aka as the worlds most awesome babysitter EVER! ) and a pair of bloomers for one of my friends. Thats all the garb that I am sewing for a while!
But
I have 2 triceratops and 2 stegosaurses to finish, I am done with the brontosaurses though I have renamed them lumpasaurs. Its all slow going with my blasted shoulder bitching all the way. Im doing good i think ya know only a week and some change till Christmas..
This dress form (http://www.sewvacdirect.com/product9632.html) preferably with the fabulous fit system Gem posted about
These boots (http://www.shoemall.com/product/Toe-Warmers-Womens-Frenzy-6-Boot-Black-139884&cpncode=21-79605217-2&srccode=cii_11138&style=139884&KeyCode=SMJQ999/), Or these boots (http://www.shoemall.com/product/Array-Womens-Vintage-12-Boot-Black-139576?utm_source=Like&utm_medium=CSE&utm_campaign=CSE&SID=4cb3c57a061a236c) , Or even these boots (http://www.zappos.com/fitzwell-rhea-black-calf?SID=4cb3c57a061a236c), though I don't think I'm getting any boots...
A pair of Ginghers
Simplicity pattern 3855 and Butterick pattern 4761
Patterns of Fashion 1 and 2 by Janet Arnold
All of these patterns: this (http://www.patternsoftime.com/proddetail.asp?prod=RC707), this (http://www.patternsoftime.com/proddetail.asp?prod=PI420), this (http://www.margospatterns.com/Products/ElizWrdrb.html), this (http://www.margospatterns.com/Products/TudorLady.html), this (http://www.pillagedvillage.com/~pillaged/cgi-bin/cart.cgi/MP_046.html), The Fitted Women's English Gowns pattern (http://www.tudortailor.com/patternshop.shtml)
This rapier (http://www.bytheswordinc.com/p-1364-half-basket-rapier-ah-3320.aspx), which I know I'm not getting.
The only thing I know I'm getting is the dress form (without the fabulous fit part, unfortunately)
As far as what I'm giving, I am making my dad a frock coat with attachable capelet, and I have made my mom a cartridge-pleated skirt, am making her a waist cincher/sash, and have decorated a bonnet for her. Because we're all going to the SF Dickens faire!
I managed to pump out 6 harem pants this last week for my bellydance teacher's troupe!
I have three scarves/hats to finish knitting.
I want to make another Ghawazee coat, we'll see.
With Alterations slowed down to a trickle this month, I have been busy with hand sewn Christmas gifts be they crocheted Doilies, shirts for the menfolk, jammie bottoms to wear about the house, and other miscelleanous items.
As for myself, the Earl has informed me no gift will be coming.
That's okay. I have plenty in my stash for a new gown and other period garb.
You read my mind, Gem, I was just thinking that I wanted to ask what sort of sewing stuff people were hoping for this season!
Milord got me a large cutting mat from JoAnn's, which I hope I will get a lot of use out of. It's one of those things that I think would be good to have, I just hope I actually USE it! Also have some pattern tracing paper coming. Hm, I think that's it for sewing.
I'm secretly hoping my mom is giving me an Amazon gift card so I can pick up that Brother serger that Gem was eyeing a while back.... Looks like a good one.
I'm hoping to give to MYSELF...an organized sewing room. We had to clear a room for my mom to move in with us, who is losing her battle with cancer sadly, and loaded up my sewing room with stuff that doesn't belong there. Hoping to get organized and relocate some things so I can get back to work!
I do not have a real sewing gift list. My family typically just hands me a gift card to Jo anns and say "Have fun storming the castle."
I'm not doing any new garb sewing for Christmas. The extent of my Christmas sewing was taking a couple hours and making a couple velvet Santa hats for people. Last year so many people loved the Pink Pirates that they wanted one this year, and are paying me for it, so who am I to complain.
Add on that I have a show that all costumes are due to the theater the day after Christmas, I'm spending my time working on that. All I know, is that after the New year, the sewing room is getting an over haul, and I have a bunch of sewing to do to get ready for Sherwood and Scarby. :)
I forgot! The main thing I asked for this year was to have the bonus room finished. I want to turn that into my mega awesome total cool AND organized sewing/craft room! It will be twice the size of the bedroom I am currently occupying. Even if I get gift cards to Lowe's and such it will still take us about a month to finish, doing it ourselves (cheaper!). I told hubby that if I woke up Christmas morning to a big roll of insulation with a bow on top I would be happy as a clam! Don't you love rooms above garages!? ;D
Hee, Dino, the room above our garage *is* the spare bedroom. LOL And ours is full of finished garb. But I'm with Nicole on this--the #1 thing I want is beautiful, organized storage for my sewing stuff that's currently in the dining room. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly how I want it. What I really need is to hire an organizer/designer to come in and custom build me something... but that's NEVER going to happen.
Milord just bought me the FF Fitting System I posted about above. It popped up on Amazon for a savings of $35, so YAY!
I have been asked by my 3 year old son to make him a "pink prince" outfit. He loves the color pink, it's been his favorite for 2 years now and his crush on any and all princesses has only grown over the years. I found and ordered the discontinued pattern Butterick 5656. So as soon as I get it and take a look, we will hit the local fabric stores and see what we can come up with. I want to try to give him as much pink as I can, but in a princely way. I'll be sure to post pictures.
Ann
Ann, you've seen this thread, right? Is Pink H/A? (http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=10760.0) Full of period noblemen in pink (and some noblewomen, too).
Theres quite an extensive list of gingher scissors and rotary cutters etc. on my wishlist. but thats about it for sewing related gift requests...
Now as for sewing, I'm making lots of fleece hats at this point, doing some repairs to some coats for friends...and a hoodie modification (turning a white hoodie into Gir from invader zim)...not to mention all of the stuff I'm making to sell on Etsy under the name Poison Threads to match my website http://www.poisonthreads.com (http://www.poisonthreads.com) ...I'm not sure what all I'll be making but I'm sure it will be mostly warm weather gear and garb...
My wishlist is littered with sewing/crafting furniture (chair, storage), books (Medieval, Tudor, theatre), measurement tools, etc, but my recent sewing gift was a serger, so I'll likely get socks for the holidays. :)
I'm making a dice bag for a gift exchange, and that should be my only craft item. However, my mother is gifting babysitting for the week, so I might get to make a pair of bloomers for myself.
Since our relatives live in faraway parts of the country (which is mostly our fault since we live on a giant sandbar sticking out between the Caribbean and the Atlantic in one corner of the USA), they usually send money for Christmas. And my wife has already agreed that we can try to get a serger with it!
For Christmas, I'm sewing up fleece remnants into hats. It's easy and quick, and uses very little fabric, and people really like them. I know I've appreciated the one I made for myself over the last few chilly mornings. (It's getting cold enough to go outside and make sand angels! BRRRRRR!)
Quote from: gem on December 14, 2010, 04:20:27 PM
Ann, you've seen this thread, right? Is Pink H/A? (http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=10760.0) Full of period noblemen in pink (and some noblewomen, too).
Yes!! Thanks!!. Seeing the men in pink is really helping me to refine the image in my head. Now I have to hope that the fabric stores will have something that will work. After seeing my little guy pretend playing in a disney princess pink dress and blue tiara at our school's child care I think he deserves his own shiny pink prince outfit with all the blingy accessories! ;D
Ann
I'm making my sweetie a fur-edged cloak, so he can finally stop borrowing ones from other people. I also made him some jammie bottoms out of some goofy flannel for his birthday last week, so he's gotten the bulk of my December sewing. :)
As for me, I have a few sewing-related things on my wish list ("a few" = "a zillion") but I doubt I'll get any of them. The biggest two items are an out of print reference book on the history of the top hat, and a wooden hat block set from a UK company, so in addition to the 600-pound price tag (how do you make an English pound sign?), there would be some substantial shipping costs. I'll probably get a bathrobe instead. :D
Quote from: Stasiakatt on December 15, 2010, 09:09:05 AM
Yes!! Thanks!!. Seeing the men in pink is really helping me to refine the image in my head. Now I have to hope that the fabric stores will have something that will work. After seeing my little guy pretend playing in a disney princess pink dress and blue tiara at our school's child care I think he deserves his own shiny pink prince outfit with all the blingy accessories! ;D
Ann
For the sake of the Pink Pirate I need to post this link to a photo. http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/shanntarra/Flamingos/29.jpg (http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/shanntarra/Flamingos/29.jpg) Yes, men where pink and they have fun doing it. ;D I'm planning on making his best friend a more italian or spanish feel all pink outfit to match this one. So let your kiddo have fun. To quote the pink pirate, "Real men where pink."
So... what did everyone get in their stockings? ;D We haven't done presents yet, but I'm checking in to see how everyone else made out this year!
2 of the things that arrived in time for Christmas at my house were my little pink prince's pink rose jacquard fabric and prince garb pattern!! Yay!! Now if only I can get it thru his thick skull that the Simplicity 8881, aka the Shakespeare in Love, pattern is NOT his I might be able to get this outfit made before MDRF in August...
It isn't nessasarily sewing related but many of you can understand. My MIL got me a lable maker, and extra lables. What is nice is that this brand also make iron on labels. This means I can put "Made by___" and what size an item is for all of my shows. This would make my life SO MUCH easier at the theater. Also add in that I can now lable all those little bins in my sewing room. This is both a blessing and a curse I think. :)
Quote from: gem on December 25, 2010, 10:19:55 AM
So... what did everyone get in their stockings? ;D We haven't done presents yet, but I'm checking in to see how everyone else made out this year!
Nothing costume related this year, alas. Got a wonderful perfume, lots of creams, chocolate, and several DVDs. Very happy with these present! But I regret I didn't wish for a couple of costume related books I really want.
What about you guys?
Checking in from recent lurking and a long dry spell with no computer...This looks like a fun thread to chime in on, now that i can...My hunny got me a laptop for Christmas!! Sooo excited. It is just for me to use (translation: no short people downloading spongebob screensavers that crash my computer)for sewing/research, scrapbooking putting all my pics on my own instead of taking up space on the family computer. It was really the only thing I asked for, but never really thought i would actually get one.
Anyhoo, as for gift making, I cheated this year and made no sew polar fleece tie together blankets for all 3 of my kiddos, and a paper bag scrapbook for my oldest. Last month I made a pair of earrings for my MIL for her bday, and finally wrote our names in glitter on each of our Christmas stockings. :)