Dancewear Lycra, New in items in In Fashion Fabrics store on eBay! Steam Ingenious: How to Make a Bustle Pad and Why You Should. So back when I first started thinking about this steampunk thing, I remember considering the idea of bustles.
I saw the various ways to make a bustle from wire. 'Too much trouble,' I thought, 'And too difficult to sit in.' So I settled for trying to create a bustle effect with flounces and floofs of fabric. A while back I bought and downloaded this pattern, which includes a pattern for a bustle pad or pillow. So finally, before my last event, I decided to try the bustle pad and see if I liked the effect. I did. This: It's construction is pretty simple. I made a bad Paint drawing of the pieces for the pillow. As for the size of the pillow, that depends on your size and your build. As for the waistband, I just made one with two buttons on it to button around my waist. One final note. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask. 19 Ways To Make Ribbon Flowers: {How-To. Pretty ribbon flowers can be used to embellish all kinds of things such as tote bags, headbands, hair clips, shirts, brooches, scrapbooks and albums, gift toppers, etc.
They can be made from assorted trims like organza, velvet, satin, grosgrain, pleated…you name it, there’s a flower you can make out of it! Here are over a dozen tutorials showing you how to make them including folded roses and ruffly flowers, enjoy! Lisapace.com Ribbon Flower Tutorial: Simple method involving weaving thread through the ribbon and gathering it into a flower. Embellish with pretty buttons. No-Sew Rosette: Shows how to make a pretty flower using wired edge ribbon and a dab of hot glue. cuteasafox.com vanessachristenson.com. 70 Free Lingerie Sewing Patterns : A “How To Draft and Make 1930′s Style Circular French Knickers” post. « SewVeraVenus. Just what it says on the tin: how to draft and make knickers like these.
A few weeks ago while digging in a scrap bag for a bit of fabric to trial a 1940′s bra pattern I’ve been working on (more on that later) I unearthed a very fragile and disintegrating pair of 1930′s black chiffon French Knickers …. I don’t think they’ve seen the light of day for 25 years and it’s anyone’s guess why I ever stuffed them in that bag in the first place as I usually keep study pieces in a more accessible place. However, a timely rediscovery as they’re simple to draft and make, so perfect for this ‘long time a comin’ post . The style I’m demonstrating has a flat waist and is based on a full circle pattern and cut without any side seams. There is a left side opening finished with a straight grain continuous placket and the waist is finished with either a bias or straight grain binding.
Theres a 5 page PDF *How To* with all pattern drafting and sewing instructions. p.s. About the bra in the photo above: Hyperbolic Blanket. How to sew a Mathematician and sculptor Helaman Ferguson invented this design for a hyperbolic blanket.
His original construction was a poncho. Ferguson kindly loaned me his poncho so that I could use it in a lecture and — better still — reverse-engineer it to make a hyperbolic blanket of my own. If you want to make one too, follow the instructions and photos below. Compared to older paper-and-scissors constructions of hyperbolic surfaces, Ferguson’s design spreads the curvature across the whole surface (details below) rather than concentrating it at the corners, shows the straight lines (geodesics) clearly, along the seams where different colored pentagons meet, and is a joy to hold in your hands!
To make a blanket, you’ll cut lots of pentagons from a sheet of fleece and then sew them together. How to make the template and then carefully tape them together. Printer paper is too flimsy for practical use, so transfer the template from paper to cardboard, as follows. How to cut the pentagons. Home page. Sew Curvy Corsetry. Tton Mix - Dressmaking - Fabric. Fabric Inspirations. Saints and Pinners – fabrics and patterns for crafts, quilting, fashion and home. Cutting Edge Fabric, Funky Fabric, Designer Fabric and Unusual Fabrics from Around the World. Coats Crafts UK home. Buttonsgaloreandmore.com. Haberdashery Craft Shop. Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Home.