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mothball fleet mothball fleet the adventures of an amateur seamstress and craftswoman thursday june 5 2014 summer deco dress 2 complete for reals this time since my last heart dress update i made some changes first i wasn t sure about the buttons so i tried some other ones i ordered off of etsy that were bigger and darker here s the comparison i really liked both but the small ones just seemed to work a bit better but i am still in love with the big heart buttons they are the sweetest things i will keep them for something special nest i felt like the waist needed a little umph a belt taking after the original decades of style pattern i made a pointed split belt of a scrap of some old red cotton i set the belt parts pretty wide to not disrupt the vertical fabric stripes in front it s long in the back so i can tie it in a big happy bow to brighten it up even more i added two more small heart buttons at the points on the belt and she was done i m really happy with it i feel a little funny about the varying red tones of the materials but i think it works another success posted by little mothball at 12 21 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1930s deco friday may 30 2014 costume mail swag i love it when mail comes for me especially packages so exciting i recently received two items i have been wanting for a while a pattern from eva dress that makes me drool and a role of hoop boning from etsy the pattern is from the 1930 s with slit sleeves and back can t wait to make it up eva dress has tons of other awesome vintage patterns the hoop boning is for my tv grand bustle pattern that i ve had laying around for ever it was 12 yards for like 20 which beats any other sellers i ve found the shop is called boning on etsy check it out there are two bodice options i m going for the one with long sleeves over and out posted by little mothball at 10 41 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1930s deco patterns summer deco dress 2 heart dress complete a couple days ago i possibly finished my 1930 s heart dress i say possibly because i m not sure it s as awesome as it can be so it s possibly finished for now this is what i have unsure mirror selfie front back close up pretty heart buttons so i might change up the buttons i found some that are still hearts but there are visible button holes on the fronts next i m trying to figure out the belt it s a split belt on the decades of style pattern which i think i like it wouldn t disrupt my careful stripe matching in the front if i do a belt i think it will be red like the buttons and piping and tie in a nice perky bow in the back this dress is all about cuteness posted by little mothball at 10 25 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1930s deco sunday may 25 2014 summer deco dress 2 the 1930 s heart dress beginnings so remember that heart and stripe fabric of amazingness that i ended up not using that i mentioned in an earlier post here s a refresher amazingness i decided not to use the new england dress pattern and instead use the 1930 s button dress pattern also by decades of style i decided to change patterns for a few reasons 1 boyfriend thought the 30 s one was better 2 it s so much easier to match the stripes on the 30 s rather than the new england 3 i want to wear it to the gatsby picnic this year and gatsby is usually 20 s and 30 s 4 i like the lines of this pattern kinda sexy i ve had this button dress pattern lying around for ages and actually used it once before long ago for my first ever 1930 s dress with that one i made certain alterations to the pattern and this time around i am doing some more alterations just a bit different i am not a fan of the top tie in the back it just seems weird to have a nicely tailored front and then funny ties at the back maybe one tie at the waist but not two so i scrapped the top tie and raised the back next i remember the waist seam not being at high when made up than it looks in the illustration so i cut it a bit higher lastly the bottom of the sleeves was a little too short to make a tidy hem so i lengthened them i made my mock up from old bed sheets cutting out the pieces i don t know much about pattern matching so i just aimed to get the front panels to line up with the stripes as i was cutting my fabric right now i m done with the cutting and i m just sewing all my pieces together here s a picture of all the supplies for the dress together woo hoo posted by little mothball at 4 19 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1930s deco gatsby patterns thursday may 22 2014 summer deco dress 1 complete so what started as a mock up from weird gingham fabric of the decades of style new england dress well i just kinda went ahead and made it into the final dress i chose the fabric originally because i didn t really care what happened to it but the pattern went together so well with so few alterations that i just used it as a final the results btw my extremely tall sister took these photos which accounts for the strange angle but i love her for taking them for me this is my deco joy face can anyone tell that i didn t exactly take this photoshoot seriously detail shots i m a total wimp when it comes to following legit patterns because i usually just fudge patterning until it looks okay so this was a test for myself the pattern was pretty easy to follow and had satisfying results i didn t change much i just lowered the neckline about a half inch took in the back shoulder seams an inch and changed the zipper my only big gripe is that i find that decades of style mixes vintage and modern techniques that don t always translate perfectly one example is that their patterns call for invisible zippers which i ve never seen on any vintage pieces i own so i just inserted a normal zipper maybe another problem i have with dos patterns is that i have found the neckline a little too high on this new england dress and the 1930s button dress but those are just minor things they still are great patterns i m not so hot about my fabric choice i usually don t go for this sort of thing but maybe i ll warm up to it i like my buttons though just big plastic navy buttons i like big simple buttons cost 4 buttons 1 80 fabric free thread free pattern 23 total 24 80 not bad if i don t count the pattern the whole thing cost me like 2 hell yeah it s a good day posted by little mothball at 9 01 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1930s 1940s deco patterns wednesday may 7 2014 1940 s summer dress plans i really have been wanting to get more into 20th c fashion i think it s beautiful yet i have very little experience in it i thought i should start from some patterns i recently bought two from decades of style 1940 s new england dress 1948 siren sundress i already have the fabric for the new england dress i actually got it long before i ever knew what i was going to make with it it just spoke to me and i snatched it up from my local fabric store s clearance section my baby mine i m going to get some big red heart buttons to go on the bib parts of the dress like these one from etsy via bohemian findings i haven t found a fabric for the siren sundress but i m thinking something bright and cheerful like polka dots i have a thing for polka dots and hearts for the new england dress i m making a test dress to make sure i get all the kinks out before i cut up my real fabric i already know i ll have to shorten the waist and skirt i m petite and short waisted i m using this poly cotton blend of gingham plaid stuff it s red and navy le cut out bodice pieces le fabric close up this is exciting posted by little mothball at 2 09 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1940s deco patterns saturday may 3 2014 violent violet neck trim details i realized i didn t get into the details of the trim on my 1828 dress here s a little write up first i had to make the trim pattern i just fudged this i traced the front and back shape of the neckline onto scrap fabric pieces added seam allowances sewed them together traced the scallops on and added seam allowances to them it looked like this the part to the left is placed of the fold of the real fabric when cutting i cut 1 of these in my plaid and 1 in the pink cotton which serves as a lining to tack the hot pink piping to i carefully piped the scallops by hand not trusting a machine with such tight corners then i tacked the piping down here it is mostly finished underside i had to piece the lining here see that seam in the middle front of trim then i piped the inside of the trim and sewed the whole thing to the neckline folded it down to the inside and tacked the piping down to the lining outside view inside view and i made a new bum pad my old one used for late 1830 s through 1840 s was just too big for the earlier silhouette the old one is on the bottom new on the top both are stuffed with fabric scraps i only wore that little green bum pad and my corded petticoat under my dress but i think i ll make at least one more petticoat for the next wearing which will most likely be at costume college that s all for now posted by little mothball at 2 34 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1820s 1830s undies violent violet older posts home subscribe to posts atom labels 1820s 10 1830s 14 1840s 4 1870s 1 1910s 1 1920s 6 1930s 12 1940s 2 concentration 8 cons 1 deco 6 dickens fair 7 edwardian 2 events 4 gatsby 3 movies 5 patterns 9 pretty woods 4 regency 4 shoes 8 titanic 1 undies 4 victorian 8 violent violet 4 liebster award i m suiting along popular posts lady sybil harem pant outfit complete a bit of catch up here i was cast as lady sybil crawley for the peers downton abbey ball this past weekend the ball wa romantic era hair styles let me start by reminding my readers if i have any that i am not a professional costumer nor am i an expert in historical costum violent violet at the ball i sorta completed my 1828 ish romantic dress for the gaskell ball last weekend i say sorta because i still have a few things i w titanic dinner dress so i was at fanimecon this last memorial weekend which was this year joined by a steampunk convention clockwork alchemy i bought a summer deco dress 2 complete for reals this time since my last heart dress update i made some changes first i wasn t sure about the buttons so i tried some other ones i order summer deco dress 1 complete so what started as a mock up from weird gingham fabric of the decades of style new england dress well i just kind costume mail swag i love it when mail comes for me especially packages so exciting i recently received two items i have been wanting for a while a blog archive 2014 15 june 1 summer deco dress 2 complete for reals 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