Thoughts on Costuming (or The Writer Also Sews)
I’ve recently gotten very involved in costuming. I’ve always enjoyed making costumes, but now I’m actually being paid for my work. Yay! So, being the research addict that I am, I’ve been bouncing about the Internet reading costuming blogs and whatnot. I was over at Historical Sewing and read an article on the biggest mistakes a costumer can make. I also read all the comments people had added. Some were quite discouraged by the article; in trying to point out that I thought the author was just trying to show areas where small changes could make a difference, I started...
Read MoreShe Writes … And Plays with Dolls Too (Part 2)
In my previous post I said I’d go through a doll-making from beginning to end. Here’s how I do it 🙂 First I start with a simple one-piece doll pattern. I drafted it myself (as I’d like to sell these someday, I wanted to make sure I wasn’t using anybody else’s pattern) and cut it from plain muslin. I usually use my sewing machine to make the body, although I have also done the body completely by hand. While I sew the clothes by hand, I dislike doing the doll that way. It takes forever because I can’t use a simple running stitch as I do with the...
Read MoreShe Writes … and Plays with Dolls Too (Part 1)
So I’ve been taking a semi-forced break from writing recently. Not because I wanted to, but because my characters haven’t been talking to me, the plot has several holes large enough to run a herd of cattle through, and I need to sit down and read several books for research purposes, but haven’t had the focus to do so. Homeschooling also started in full swing. I decided to give my brain something else creative to chew on for a while instead. It seems everybody is making plushies nowadays. I’ve seen some awfully cute ones of hobbits and Time Lords and consulting...
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