In regards to the McKittrick fabric, ablipintime wrote:
OH GOSH I got your thank you email and like, giggled madly since I bought that fabric in October! Or earlier I can’t remember…
I made bowties from it and lots of people got really excited over it the two times I’ve worn them to the hotel!
Either way it rocks, though I wish I had a variant with a smaller thistle pattern and some day I hope to have a vest made of it too but yeah totally going to buy more!
My day is made.
I was super excited by a recent email from Spoonflower, congratulating me that someone had bought my McKittrick fabric.
It turned out that three people had actually bought it, over the course of many months, and I was just bad at filtering emails.
This fabric was originally designed for my Caroline dress. I wore it upon my second trip to Sleep No More, an incredible, immersive show that fueled my inner DIY-er. After my curtailed first trip (from which I already concluded Sleep No More was the best show ever), I decided to return for a second visit, and return in a grandiose manner. I sewed a dress, minted a coin, and created my own interaction with the actors. It was a really good time.
While I’ve stopped paying my patronage, I’m super excited that others are craftin’ away with the fabric. I hope to see some pictures of epic fan-creations, and perhaps the vicariousness will bring me back to the McKittrick once more.
A little while ago, Marley asked me if the fabric for the Caroline Dress was available on Spoonflower. I’m happy to announce it is, thanks to the amazing folks at Sleep No More.
Time to indulge your SNM-obsessed DIY-er!
May I interest you in a bowtie?
Bowtie Patterns:
David Bowtie – BurdaStyle
How to Make a Bowtie – Prudent Baby
Bowtie Pattern – LA Times
Caroline Pattern:
C Dress by Masty (with minor modifications)
Fabric:
Sleep No More – Spoonflower
Last night I dreamt I went to McKittrick again…
…except in my snazzy new dress!
I’d wanted to make a 1940s dress ever since my first Sleep No More escapade.
The vicarious excitement from my friend’s recent trip set the motors of my tiny sewing machine in motion.
With permission to incorporate the McKittrick pineapples, I designed and printed my very first fabric through Spoonflower.
I present to you: Miss Caroline.
It features a bold print, sweetheart neckline, and long sweeping skirt; a refined version of my Dandyweeds Dress
I’ll be donning this for my second visit to the McKittrick in May.
I’m looking forward to all the things I apparently missed.
I really want a 1-on-1 experience but those seem wretchedly rare.
Either way, I’ll be bloody bold and resolute.
Maybe I will pay fortune a visit.
I hear she has favorites.
*Edit: Apparently they aren’t pineapples, according to scortchedthesnake, they’re thistle, whoops ^^;
*Edit again: Fabric now available on Spoonflower, with approval {Link}
Cords were always cluttering my desk. I could never find a place to put anything down.
No more!
I designed the cor(d)set to cinch the cables together. One sweep can clear everything away!
I used Grace’s Garden print, by Sweetwater for Moda, for a little whimsy and the LEDs for a little excitement.
Cor(d)set is made from small squares (from one fat quarter of a Moda Precuts bundle) quilted together with batting in-between. Being my first time quilting, I think it came out pretty well. I learned a lot from wonderful tutorials online. My tiny Continental Electric pulled through for me.
It was also my first eTextile project! It was surprisingly easy. I found the Aniomagic Sparkle to be a great first microcontroller for eTextiles. There are others like Lilypad and Flower, but those are more involved. Building the LED circuit was super fun. A little work for a lot of pizzazz!
See it in action:
*The credit for the name goes to a very awesome friend, Stephie.
Hot off the runway, it’s the Dandyweeds Dress!
Featuring a sweetheart neckline, A-line skirt, and Hunky Dory Groovy Green fabric by Chez Moi.
Pretty good for a first project.
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