Jo's been busy working on her Mitsumi costume (earlier work here and here). For the second piece she chose what will probably be the most complicated thing to make - the boots. Instead of trying to draft our own boot pattern we used Butterick 5233. Jo has almost no experience working with commercial patterns - so all the cutting. . .
. . . tracing. . .
and other working with the flimsy pattern tissue was new for her. We couldn't find a pink leather - and she wanted the boots to look sort of puffy anyway, so we fused together a suede-like fabric, a layer of quilt batting, and a layer of cotton twill for each pattern piece.
Then she got to start sewing - which made her very happy.
Fun pressing using my sleeve insert (she calls it a salami to go with my tailor's ham).
And now modeling. I don't know what's up with that pose. She doesn't usually do that, but as soon as she had on the short skirt and the boots and I pointed the camera at her she started to really pose with her hands on her hips and one hip cocked out. Is she taking cues from Project Runway?
I ran out of velcro so one boot still doesn't have a closure - and we're going to add rubber soles to the bottom of them - but other than that they're done!
She's also been plugging away at the scarf.
A bit of crocheting here and there really adds up!
Still more work to be done. Up next - Mitsumi's hat.
Wow - Project Runway, Jr. Love it.
ReplyDeleteI think I would have recycled a puffy jacket's sleeves or something - I'm deeply impressed that you actually used a pattern and didn't bodge it! (I bodge things and adore glue guns... but then, I can't sew, either.) This is such a good experience - to make an outfit from start to finish. Even if she doesn't win, this is just such good practice for later.
Hi, thanks for posting about your experience with the boots. I am contemplating making a pair of the same style. Yours are cute!
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