Appreciation of the Finer Things in Life

Apart from desperately trying to knit or crochet a winter cap I’ve never ever done a hat before (no wait, I have) but it isn’t worth a mention. This one is nicer. ;)

The base was made by pulling newspaper strips through glue which was watered down a little, and sticking the strips onto a balloon. I first drew a sufficiently sized circle on the balloon to give the idea where to aim. After there was a nice layer of wet paper, I let it dry, and then trimmed it to fit my head. The “kipa” was then covered with black wool fabric and the underside with regular black cotton. Then I sewed one of those little hairdressing combs (that the old ladies use in their buns) onto a trip of fabric and glued/sewed it then into the bottom of the hat. Voila, it holds! Then the icing; a little veil thing from tulle and some feathers tied in a little bouquet glued onto the base along with the rose. It turned out pretty fantastic! Can’t wait for a funeral to wear it… I mean, uhh…

Pic of me wearing it at a club event and looking totally stoned; D’oh!

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I have this one pattern I ordered from Old Raven and I’ve been using it a lot now, it was made for me “according to measure” but I still had to edit it quite a lot, but now it’s quite near perfection. What I’m thinking about right now, is getting new corset patterns. Vena Cava has some patterns that look interesting, mainly this Late Victorian Corset and Victorian corset circa 1898. Anything with a good nice hourglass shape. :D Recommendations?

Oh and if I get bored with corsets, Vena Cava carries also this and a link to the tutorial. Coooool! Industrial strenght velcro..Mmmmm…..

And just for the record, I’ve spent a good deal of this afternoon setting up Wordpress, updating it, looking for themes and customizing the whole thing and more. :D Phew! What a project. At least all should be nice and working now… Except for widgets (running WP 2.2.3 so it should support them automatically… but this theme doesn’t. )  But oh well, that’s for another day.

People make blogs for themselves, their dogs, cats, snot and whatnot. So why not make one about shoes, sewing pretty clothes, obsessing about new acquisitions and reflecting back to the ones already bought. Sentimentalism, you see. And also showing off. ;)

Sewing is practically my only hobby and I enjoy talking about it and surfing the net learning new things related to it. And I like shoes, too. And corsets. And so on.

If you find this blog stupid and hate it, don’t bother telling me because I simply don’t care.