Wearables Sewing Project: Monochrome [ Round 138 ]

Some really nice garments coming along this month!


I took great care to sew this dress but things still turned out... not as neat as I expected, so I took the route of "slap a bow on it and it's ok".






The lower hemline refused to cooperate so I also took the very grown up decision of wiring the hem Nobody will have to know

 

To be fair, it's a very unforgiving fabric. Besides, she is a very pretty girl, she makes it work.

 

Satin is a bugger for that - it shows Every Little Thing like it's been magnified.

Well done!

Teddy

 

I know I'm late, but I'd like to join this round! I'm sewing for Deimos, my Dream Valley Howard II on the 3-arm body. I'm planning on using dark blue and the Gracefairie Dim Sum pattern.
Dream Valley Howard II and Rubin
Fabric and pattern

 

That speckled blue fabric looks nice.

Teddy

 

I can work with top patterns all day. Throw me on any sort of bottoms and I have no idea what I'm looking at, which is why I didn't realize just how not what I want these shorts would be until they were done.



I want a short inseam and mid-to-high rise waist, not...whatever this is. So I've reworked the pattern to hopefully give me what I want and will try again this weekend after I've met my writing deadline...or before, if the ADHD requires a procrastination hyperfocus.

 

I didn’t start yet sadly, It should be possible to complete the outfit in a day so hopefully today or tomorrow!

 

Best of luck!

Teddy

 

@PoeticSoul Gorgeous!

I have... well... I did cut out the pieces for a blouse and a pair of bloomers in the polka dot fabric. But nothing sewn, yet. I think I failed pretty bad this month. A lot of IRL stuff got in the way, as usual.

 

What amazing dresses, the colors are perfect! Love her hat!

 

My project got a bit derailed this month as I seen to have caught pyjama fever... I've stuck to the monochrome theme with 4 different pyjama tops for my 1/3 and 1/4 girls, which has given me a lot of practice sewing partial plackets!



All of the pyjamas are made from old pyjamas of mine that have worn out in one place or another, and all the light blue tops are made from the same old pyjama shirt. The 1/3 girls' tops are made from Missy's Imaginings' Rainbow Candy top pattern, and the 1/4 girls' tops are made from a turtleneck pattern in Volks's Dressmaking for Super Dollfie Volume 1. Both patterns were heavily altered through drafting and trial and error!
My goal was to make tops that could fit over my Volks girls' big heads, because I find removing dolls' heads to dress them a pain, especially for my older no-magnet headcap dolls (Sata on the right is one of them)


From left to right:
Yuuka, top with front pocket and top bias strip (I think that's the term for it)
Mako, oversized top with collar and extra wide arms
Suzuran, the first top, with hood
Sata, top with no collar, hemmed at neck edges

 

Those are great, you did so well, your dolls look so adorable in them. Love the material too.

 

Very productive - well done, both of you!

I had a mad plan to rush through a project this weekend with a bustle dress from some lovey striped orange fabric that fell into my stash.. but didn't even get as far as looking out the patterns, let alone cutting and sewing... Ah well, I know what I want to do with it so it will have ot wait for some other time.

Teddy

 

@PoeticSoul Thank you, and I love the assymetric look of your pieces to fit with Tatter's lovely sculpting

@mydaffer and @Teddy Thank you!

 

I got distracted in the middle of the month, had to rush some pieces for a photoshoot, but the top for Amadis' purple trousers was half sewn and I finished it over the last couple of days. The silk is really soft and nice to the touch, though it frays a lot. I wasn't sure how the design would turn out - it isn't drapey enough for an oversize look, and otherwise looks like its making some kind of statement, but what that may be, I'm not sure. But when I actually put the shirt and trousers on Amadis and added the bead necklace, it all came together :
Purple outfit finished by helgie, on Flickr
Amadis also got the purple wig.

And great job everyone! This thread is a rainbow of bjd fashion

 

Well done

It looks good with the trousers

Teddy

 

Trust the process…. lol

ok I have till midnight, I guess I do better under pressure. I cut from scratch, hope it works out

It’s for fun, right.

 

I was able to complete the outfit for my doll, I even made the under top but it’s hard to see in the photos. That was fun, love these sewing threads!

 

OH, well done!

It's so pretty too.

Teddy

 

Hooray for everyone who managed to finish!! I always love seeing the completed projects at the end even when I don't participate.

As for mine, I actually did finish the blouse, but I didn't start the JSK at all I'm considering it a win still though, since the blouse is all one colour it still fits the theme.
I'll take a pic of it on my doll when I have some free time in the coming days!

 

Thank you so much, I really like it on her, that’s was so fun to make.

 

@mydaffer Very cute, and lovely fabric too

 

Thank you, I’m so happy you like it! Sewing from scratch comes with its challenges but thankfully it fit and I’m happy about that too, it doesn’t always come out in my favor.

 

Yay! Well done for getting that far.

Teddy

 

@PoeticSoul Thank you, I’m happy with the outcome and motivation this group brings! Thank you for hosting it, you’re very much appreciated!

 

Absolutely!

Teddy

 

Well done, all of you! So many pretty things this month.

I'm coming in late to show off what I managed to get done. I did finish the blouse and the bloomers, sort of. They are functional garments, but I would like to add more decorations, especially to the bloomers.


So, theme? Yes.
Fun? Kind of.
Full outfit? Not even close.

See you in the next round!

 

Well, I didn't get my full set of mix-and-match pieces made, but I did get one full wearable for the first time! And I have the material cut out for the next attempt at the shorts; I just haven't had time to stitch it together yet because of non-doll time-crunch sewing (aka I just realized a couple days ago I only have a few days left to make the baby stuff I wanted to for my niece if my parents are leaving if I want them to take the stuff to save me postage).

 

But still and anyway, it's cute.

Yay!

Good luck!!

Teddy

 

@mydaffer and @Lillith such cute outfits! All I accomplished this month was deciding on something and cutting out part of it. Well, now I know what I'm doing for Unfinished Business!

 

I'm a bit late, but here's the shirt I made!
The sleeves ended up being too short, which is honestly funny because this whole time I was worried they'd be too long. I'll probably remove them and replace with a much simpler sleeve, or maybe just puff sleeves. This project will probably pop up again in the next unfinished business round-

 

The sleeves are so cute though! Maybe you could add a puff below the ruffles?
I feel the pain of worry about measurements It looks really great overall!

 

I think the same.

That could look good.

Teddy

 

Honestly I really do love the ruffles. I might try detaching the sleeves and adding a puff at the top, since that's a style I've seen before (kind of similar to this), but I don't know if it would add enough length.
Otherwise, I honestly might keep it as is, the 3/4 length is not that bad now that I look at it!

 

Here are the two little dresses I made for my girls. =) (excuse the flash, it's midnight here in France ^^')

 

They're sweet. What a pretty ribbon you've used around the hem.

Teddy