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Black and Purple Felt Cloak Chapter Two (Back Post)

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Picking up the Black and Purple Cloak from Chapter One here . Chapter Two starts with Part Three. Part Three: Neckline  The next thing to be done is to make this oddly shaped piece of fabric fit a human. That point at the top has to go. So, conscript either the person this is being made for or a person of similar shoulder structure. I do not recommend a dress form for this application because they don't have arms. This part is about fitting this to the whole shoulder/arm/neck structure and they just are not a great replacement here. Drape the cloak over their shoulders and focus on getting a god closure around just above the collar bones. This is where I like having my closures I think it is the best location for keeping warm. Pin 'em up!  The fold here is going to be cut at the fold of the top of the collar there. That will trim off the excess, while leaving a collar for the neck. Now before you remove the model, chalk a line around the top (where the fol
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Black and Purple Felt Cloak Part One (Back Post)

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Hi there, today I'm going to be putting up the photos from the Black and Purple Felt Cloak. I am not sure if it is possible to make a less historically accurate cloak, but I am open to the idea. That being said it is WARM, I have worn this thing in the dead of cold Michigan nights. I've even worn it to not historical events because I knew it would keep me warm. I love this cloak completely. The number one reason why this cloak is made of weird fabrics is because both of them were just lying around my house. I can no longer remember when I got them, or what they were for. List of tools used (To the best of my memory) Yard/Meter Stick Chalk Line (I love this thing SO much. Go buy one) Straight Pins Iron & Board I wholly recommend a dress form for this project but I understand the cost is prohibitive. Try looking at thrift or antique shops, I used the dress form here to help support the weight of this incredibly heavy project. The finished product: I
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Back Post Warning

Hello, hello I really can't call myself a blogger if I only blog every few years. I had a lot going on the last couple of years and I all but stopped crafting. Now that the last two years have finally closed I am looking forward to getting back into crafting, both feet first! This week I am going to be uploading the pictures from any crafts I did since I last posted in 2014. I will try to include any instructions where I can. Hopefully at least seeing the pictures will be a boon. All my love, Erin
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Viking/Rus Pants

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Well I officially pre-registered for Pennsic . I am beyond excited. I pretty much have all of the garb I need. I need one more smock but I would love two. I need one more camp dress, something to toss on to bum around camp. Andy however, has no garb. I have my viking garb so I thought to make some for Andy as well. I decided to take apart my one of my old dresses, it is the same as the blue one I redid. This dress was...bad. I redid the orange one before the blue one and it was just a disaster. So Andy gets some Rus pants out of it! Yay!  Here is one half of the dress. Most of this is going to become one leg of his pants. The other side of the dress with be the other leg.  Here I missed a bunch of pictures about the top part of the pants. Basically I just cut out two huge rectangles. First I sergered the edges of everything. Andy is not called The Great Destroyer for no reason. Then I sewed the leg rectangle to the right rectangle where the back seam will be. Then I swi
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The Bag Dresses

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Oh yes, these dresses are just as attractive as they sound. Four years ago in preparation for Pennsic my best friend and I banged out three dresses and matching tunics for me to take. Did I mention it took took one weekend to make theses? Yeah. . . . These dresses were a nightmare. Neither of us knew much about sewing, none of the hems were double rolled . The dresses were made with modern patterns and never really looked right . They did not have gores in them, they were just to straight pieces of fabric sewed together with some sleeves. Not to mention they were huge on me. Unfortunately (or maybe not) I don't have many pictures of the dresses. You get the idea though. So, what is a broke college student to do? I really don't want to throw these away just because they suck. I mean it is still good fabric, a few years old maybe. However I only wore them to pennsic that one time. Then it hit me, I bought the fabric a couple of weeks ago to make some Viking style ap
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