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No, as a matter of fact I'm not drawing him the same way twice.  Thank you for noticing.  Trim came in! Time to get into the real meat and potatoes of this. And by that I mean actually cut some blasted fabric. None of this "sewing counter the size of a garage" crap here, thank you. You'll take your "not nearly large enough breakfast bar/floor" work space and like it.   If you're wondering why this has been cut into two sections, again, it's because of the pile. Since this drapes over the shoulder, if it is cut out of a single piece then one side is going to be a nice raspberry pink instead of a cherry red. Which would stick out even more up against the cherry red coat. But if they're cut into two different pieces, then I can make sure the pile is running down on both sides are the same--and appropriate--shade of red.   This illustrates what I'm talking about with the color shifting. Hopefully. Blogger doesn't let you preview an uploaded ...

snip, snip, snip Welcome back! Starting work on the cloak this time. Don't have a pattern for this, but I do have a general idea of the shape. Or at least a starting point. Picture courtesy of fanplusfriend.com   This is noticeably different from the original sketch, but it'll work a bit better with the actual jacket. At least it shouldn't need the weird belts and straps pulling from the opposite shoulder. Assuming I can pull something like this off.   Honestly if this was red, not black, I'd be giving serious thought to just sucking it up and buying it. No shame in just buying a thing--but it's not red. So I won't.   Anyway, capes are generally just semi-circles and rectangles. The general idea, if you were curious, is this: The level of award winning illustrations you've come to expect from this blog.   So! With that in mind, time to pull out the computer paper and muslin and start playing with shapes. The "8-bit" version, if you will.   Basic sh...

 Apparently the thing that was stressing me out the most was the hat. Alright then. Let's start on that. Meow.     First up is this piece of costume jewelry I found that would make a great accessory. Let's hear it for your local junk vintage shop! Despite the size of it, it's extremely light. Very easily bendable too, which makes me think it's made of tin. Not a big deal. Though it makes me a little nervous it'll get broken. No idea what that "19" is about. Rest assured, it did not cost $19.   First step is to get rid of the loop up top. We're not going to hang this like a necklace, so we don't need it. The pendant is indeed tin, so snipping of off and sanding the edges smooth takes half a jiff.     "So how are you going to attach it then?" Hush, I'm getting to that. This thing long ago lost whatever (probably plastic) widget went in the center. So we're going to remake that widget and embed a shank button into it. For example, t...

  Ugh, it's been a hot minute. Forgive me. It's Spring around here. Which means no end of yearly house chores, garden clean-up, etc. Anyway, what was I working on? Oh, wait, yes! THE PANTS.    Any vest worth its salt has tails. Everyone knows this.   Not a half bad for a first attempt with this pattern! But how did we get here? If memory serves, we left off with the front pockets assembled...   So next comes the back pockets. These have reinforced tops so you don't see as much of the wrong side of the fabric. But anyway, overlock stitch the bottom of the reinforcement. Put right sides together, straight stitch, and trim edges. Flip it inside out and stitch along the top with the twin needle. Fold and press the edges. Then use the pattern to place the back pockets and twin needle them into place.      (It looks vaguely like an autobot symbol. I know.) Nice thing about back pocket top stitching is that no one is going to notice if you messed it...