Birthday Capes

My grandson turns 4 tomorrow .  He has been telling me that he is having a batman party,  so I decided to sew a cape for him.  I ended up making a reversible batman cape.  The other side is a Super Gavin cape.  Then I made a Robin cape for my 1 year old granddaughter.  Hers is also reversible.  The other side is a pink Super Harper cape.  The capes velcro at the neck for easy putting on and taking off. I also made a double felt mask for Gavin.

Duck Tape Manikin and New Dress

My duck tape manikin has worked out great.  The only hit was the top of the mic stand is bendable.  I asked my husband to make a new stand.  He just pulled the torso of the stand, adjusted the height and removed the bendable part.  Who knew?  Now it is just right. Well, I really should tape up the lower arms to hid the hideous T- shirt from a very old dye mishap.

 I thought the dress looked a little plain  after adding a zipper so I put an insert of a batik in the front, then i thought about a belt.  Not to sure, what do you think?

 I had a second idea, I would use the batik for the godets that have not yet been added. I barely had enough fabric to make all seven and then accidentally cut a chunk from both ends of the front panel.  Thank goodness for 5/8" seems.  It worked.

 Will have to finish another day, am out of interfacing.  Will line the bodice, add cap sleeves and finish all the edges.  Does it still need a belt or sash?

The Wonders of Duck Tape - upcycling

Duck tape : you gotta love this stuff!
Here is my money saving up-cycled dress manikin,  and yes it is made of duck tape.  My husband put in a movie Friday night and wrapped me in duck tape.  Then he cut the back in a zigzag and after removing it we taped up the back.  I used cardboard to close the neck ( from a the box our heated came in..  I started to stuff it with plastic bags, but alas I remembered to return all my plastic bags and took my reusable cloth bags with me to the store. :0(  New idea, I'd stuff it with the paper in the shredder.  Not quite enough so I stole the bag of shredded paper my daughter was saving for her guinea pigs.  To finish off I cut cardboard to seal the bottom and duck taped it in place.   Then I cut a small hole in the bottom and slowly Tugged my manikin over an extra mic stand.   Yeah, it worked!

Now off to design some patterns!

Sketchbook Project Day XXI Vand XXV

My last pages for the sketchbook project.

country snowman stockings

Here are some pictures of the snowmen stockings I was asked to make this week.