tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27050903694595182082024-02-19T10:05:10.439+01:00Textile Lovers ManualStoffen kleden de wereldAnjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-42922821903626216892011-10-16T15:26:00.000+02:002011-10-16T15:26:37.048+02:00En hier is het resultaat dan...... eindelijk.<br />
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De jaren '20 jurk is al een hele tijd af, dus het is hoog tijd het resultaat eens te delen.<br />
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Eerst een foto van het mutsje dat ik heb gemaakt. Ik heb gebruik gemaakt van een heel dik linnen, waarmee ik zowel de buitenkant als de voering van het mutsje heb gemaakt. Vervolgens van vilt allemaal blaadjes en bloemtjes erop geplakt.<br />
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En hier nog een foto van mij en de vriendin met wie ik in dezelfde stijl was, in een poging om de charleston te dansen. Zij heeft haar jurk zelf gemaakt met patronen van mij. Ik ben echt heel trots op het resultaat, ook omdat ze heel weinig ervaring heeft met naaien.<br />
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Hier trouwens nog een ander project, wat al klaar is sinds het begin van de zomer. Dit hebben we (mijn medestudent en ik) cadeau gedaan aan onze praktijkdocenten. Het was veel werk, waar we natuurlijk te laat aan waren begonnen, maar het resultaat is wel ontzettend leuk geworden.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-43319164474756990472011-07-23T16:33:00.000+02:002011-07-23T16:33:55.481+02:00Tijd voor wat nieuwsNu school gedaan is (diploma is binnen! Yay!) heb ik weer tijd om mijn tijd aan leukere dingen te besteden dan het schrijven van een scriptie ;) Ik ga in ieder geval mijn best doen om vanaf nu weer wat vaker te bloggen, te beginnen bij mijn huidige project.<br />
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Ook dit jaar staat <a href="http://www.castlefest.com/">Castlefest</a> weer op het programma. Vorig jaar had ik voor Castlefest twee <a href="http://textilelover.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals-in-bathing-suits.html">victoriaanse zwempakken</a> gemaakt. Dit jaar wordt het weer iets heel anders: Jaren '20.<br />
De jaren '20 vormen eigenlijk het begin van de moderne mode. Rokken werden eindelijk korter en behaalden uiteindelijk de voor die tijd ongekende lengte van knie-lang! En vrouwen begonnen zelfs broeken te dragen!<br />
De vrouwenkleding was heel jongensachtig, met een recht silhouet, waarbij de taille werd 'verlaagd' tot heuphoogte.<br />
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Ik heb gekozen voor groen als kleur voor de jurk. Een lichtgroen satijn voor de onderjurk en daar overheen een mooie groene chiffon, met een donkergroen chiffon voor een heupband en afwerking langs de mouwen.<br />
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De overjurk zelf bestaat uit twee delen: een glad bovenlijf en vanaf de heup een geplooide rok. Alleen is het plooien iets makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan. Al vind ik het resultaat wel erg mooi.<br />
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En dan, tot slot nog een mooie cloche-hat. Ik heb al stof, maar verder heb ik nog geen idee hoe die eruit gaat komen te zien... <br />
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Deze keer heb ik een eenvoudig naaldenboekje gemaakt, met hele schattige kleine roosjes (voor de tutorial van de roosjes klik <a href="http://mimikirchner.com/blog/archives/2008/03/easy-felt-rose-tutorial/">hier</a>)<br />
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Afgelopen weekend was mijn buurvrouw jarig. Zij is ook heel creatief, maar meer met kwast en verf dan met naald en draad, dus een speldenkussen zou niet helemaal van pas komen. Maar ze is wel helemaal voor roze en wat is dan een leukere accessoire van een kamer dan roze magneetjes? Deze zijn geïnspireerd door die suikerhartjes, met die woorden erop. Het borduren van de woorden ging best goed, zeker aangezien ik geen lijntjes op het vilt kon tekenen (ten eerste tekent het erg lastig op vilt en ten tweede zouden de lijnen op de voorzijde dan zichtbaar blijven, onder de borduursteken vandaan en ik ben geen ster in spiegelbeeld schrijven). Maar ik ben tevreden over het resultaat.<br />
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Tussendoor ook nog even lekker voor mezelf aan het hobby-en geweest. Het maken van die kleine roosjes is echt leuk om te doen, dus ik heb voor mezelf een speldenkussen-met-naaldenboekje gemaakt met van die kleine roosjes. Ik ben niet helemaal tevreden over hoe de 'rug' van het boekje is geworden (je ziet de steken waar ik de verschillende lagen vilt aan elkaar heb gezet en die zijn niet echt netjes) maar op de foto's kan je dat gemakkelijk vermijden, gelukkig ;)<br />
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Echt waar, is vilt geen geweldig spul?<br />
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Enenenenenen, niet te vergeten: ik heb een borduurstandaard gekocht! Tweedehands op de sjaggerbeurs (overdekte wekelijkse rommelmarkt hier in Antwerpen). Voor €20 kon ik dat toch niet laten staan? Er zat zelfs nog een borduurwerk op. Maar die is erg stoffig en vies ende zo, dus misschien dat ik die ooit nog eens ga wassen, voor ik opnieuw ga beginnen.<br />
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Van de tien plannen die ik toen heb opgesteld heb ik er 4 uitgevoerd (goede cijfers en bachelor diploma; stageplek voor de zomervakantie; Egyptisch kostuum; meer boeken lezen dan ik koop).<br />
Gezien de rest van de punten op het lijstje, eigenlijk niet eens zo'n slechte score.<br />
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Voor 2011 zijn de plannen simpel: Afstuderen en starten met werken. En wanneer dat eerste punt is behaald, ook wat vake posten op mijn blog. Ideeën zijn er tenslotte genoeg.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;">Gelukkig nieuw jaar, iedereen!!</span></span></b>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-56010489280780474322010-12-11T11:33:00.000+01:002010-12-11T11:33:42.105+01:00De online bibliotheekOm inspiratie op te doen voor een nieuw kostuum is er niets beter dan het door neuzen van oude boeken over kostuums, vind ik. Het is alleen zo jammer dat die oude boeken niet zo makkelijk te vinden zijn en sommigen zijn gewoonweg onbetaalbaar voor een eenvoudige student.<br />
Gelukkig bestaat er zoiets al 'internet', waar miljarden mensen nog meer informatie lozen en beter nog: hele boeken digitaliseren en publiceren!<br />
Nu ben ik absoluut tegen illegale verspreiding van boeken, waar andere mensen uren en uren aan onderzoek in hebben gestopt. Maar boeken die al erg oud zijn, al decennia out-of-print en waarvan de auteur al jaren dood is, daar zitten geen auteursrechten meer op en deze mogen dus openbaar worden gemaakt en worden verspreid. En laten deze boeken nu net een wereld van inspiratie herbergen!<br />
Vind je ergens een titel van een boek gedrukt in de 19e of begin 20e eeuw, dan is google je trouwe bondgenoot in het vinden van een mooie .pdf-versie. Soms al binnen een paar minuten, soms vergt het wat doorzettingsvermogen en creativiteit, maar wie zoekt zal vinden en uiteindelijk een mooie bibliotheek kunnen aanleggen vol met inspiratie.<br />
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En voor wie nog niet geheel overtuigd is, deze prenten en nog vele andere, afkomstig uit <span class="text3"><i>Fancy Dresses Described, or What to Wear at Fancy Balls</i> door Ardern Holt, kun je in .pdf-formaat <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/fancydressesdesc00holtrich">hier</a> downloaden. (2 minuutjes zoeken ;) ):</span><br />
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</span>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-62551587479750095902010-11-05T15:04:00.000+01:002010-11-05T15:04:39.975+01:00kijk tip: Turn back time - The high streetVoor de engelse tv worden er veel leuke en interessante programma's voor mensen die - net als ik - nogal verslingerd zijn aan geschiedenis. De laatste jaren zijn er verschillende series gemaakt waarin mensen teruggaan naar het Victoriaanse tijdperk (BBC's Victorian Farm, Channel 4's Diets Time Forgot en The Edwardian Country House, om er een paar te noemen).<br />
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Sinds afgelopen zondag kunnen we weer een nieuwe aan het rijtje toevoegen: Turn Back Time - The High Street.<br />
In 6 afleveringen worden 6 vergeten high streets van kleinere Engelse steden terug geschoten naar de glorietijden in verschillende periodes tussen 1870 en 1970.<br />
In de eerste aflevering gaan ze terug naar 1870 en weten een verlaten high street weer nieuw leven in te blazen.<br />
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Wat mij betreft een zeer geslaagd experiment.<br />
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(gespot dankzij <a href="http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com/">The Enchanted Serenity of Period Films</a>)Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-33674473147703188242010-08-22T16:47:00.005+02:002010-08-22T17:39:46.758+02:00Over op de moerstaalVanaf nu gaat deze blog verdergezet worden in het Nederlands. Het was wel erg ambitieus om te denken dat ik iets kon toevoegen aan een toch redelijk verzadigde engelstalige markt, terwijl het een stuk lastiger is om informatie te vinden in het Nederlands. En niet iedere handwerker is even goed in Engels, mijn eigen Engels ik ook niet altijd even denderend en uiteindelijk wil ik me toch op een Nederlandse 'markt' gaan richten. Want ondertussen ben ik vrij zeker dat ik na mijn opleiding een eigen bedrijf wil starten. Hoe en wat precies kan ik nog een jaar over nadenken (of langer, als ik nog een buitenlandse stage wil doen ook), maar het is altijd al een sluimerende droom geweest sinds ik voor het eerst met naald en draad werkte. Maar voor nu is dat toch nog even toekomstmuziek. Eerst mijn laatste studiejaar goed zien door te komen...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8Va9zjBhtvW4Lr17pi_9okOU1upXwwUVSUBNRqkzdURBtCWqMXawfyoWvyOF4s_bbj3kNJ-EI2HgZ5a9OrlaswOoBaZnlkHVankyZQcHf_B0Bpadfdcfc7YoWVzvTZsXnRTLT62-blBb/s1600/naaister_600_x_440_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508256142735642482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8Va9zjBhtvW4Lr17pi_9okOU1upXwwUVSUBNRqkzdURBtCWqMXawfyoWvyOF4s_bbj3kNJ-EI2HgZ5a9OrlaswOoBaZnlkHVankyZQcHf_B0Bpadfdcfc7YoWVzvTZsXnRTLT62-blBb/s320/naaister_600_x_440_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 234px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>(<a href="http://marmietje.buurtwijzer.be/Watiskant">Bron</a>)</div>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-83954192360424087922010-08-20T17:48:00.004+02:002010-08-20T18:00:49.185+02:00Some interesting sites!to share with you, and for me to never forget them.<br /><br /><a href="http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk">http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk</a><br />This Denish site has some very beautiful costume from 1700 to the 1980's. But aside from the eye-candy, it also gives the patterns of some of the specimen! Off course, it's all in Danish, but with some experience in pattern drawing and a little bit of grammatical imagination, that should not be much of a problem.<br /><br /><a href="http://vintagesewing.info/index.html">http://vintagesewing.info/index.html</a><br />Here you can look through some older books (pre-1900 till 1950's) about subjects like dressmaking, pattern design and millinary. Unfortunately these books are not in pdf, and from the titles I searched I couldn't find a (satisfying) free pdf either (and I don't like to pay for stuff I can get for free).Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-61823632968451260942010-08-09T21:03:00.005+02:002010-08-09T23:03:14.633+02:00Festivals in bathing suitsLast saterday I've been to CastleFest, together with a friend, my brother and sister-in-law and their two children. Sadly, the weather was not so good (it ended up raining, most of the day).<br />However, like I said in my previous post, I'd made costumes for me and my friend: Victorian bathing suits.<br /><br />Bathing suits are only worn since the beginning of the 19th century, when the rich people flocked the seaside for recreation. The first bathing suits for women (before 1800) where just long gowns, with weights sewn in the hem, to prevent them from floating up and showing bare skin.<br />After 1800 a revolution showed in the swimwear. Though the base of the suit still was a long gown with long sleeves, a long trouser was worn underneath, so there was no more fear of the fabric floating up and showing bare skin.<br />Toward the middle of the 19th century, swimwear looked a lot like the revolutionary look Emily Bloomer had in mind for women to wear: "Tukish" pants and a "paletot" (some sort of short jacket).<br />In the second half of the 19th century the pants and sleeves eventually shorten, but stockings still covered the legs.<br />After the turn of the century people became more active, and women where in need of swimwear that allowed them to move more freely. The new suits no longer hid the female forms and as soon as 1915 they where skin-tight. Since the 1920's they started to use jersey for the swimsuits, making them more and more look like the swimsuits we still use today.<br />(source: <a href="http://www.victoriana.com/Womens-Fitness/Beach/suit-1.htm">victoriana.com</a>)<br /><br />For this costume I got my inspiration from the swimsuits around 1890. Aside from the shape, I allowed myself some freedom in the materials, using the very affordable cotton of Ikea and linen I got from a friend (thank you!). But the result was really good, if you ask me...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD8tnW72C0V-f1R3P3WEV30Toe-6DeFvtQUFsVUNdkHhR3iCj8BtktOiuNJlXCqqvdjs_t7a9a4C_ugPGT-Grq3XT082H1srii2zOX9A8PruIs8KMFj5FnfP4_lfrUrnLJ7mBbSBowgzZ/s1600/Afbeelding+1075.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqD8tnW72C0V-f1R3P3WEV30Toe-6DeFvtQUFsVUNdkHhR3iCj8BtktOiuNJlXCqqvdjs_t7a9a4C_ugPGT-Grq3XT082H1srii2zOX9A8PruIs8KMFj5FnfP4_lfrUrnLJ7mBbSBowgzZ/s320/Afbeelding+1075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503517469923536370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4Gbsr725IlMNzB7kPIawLwdEoBQ_55aLd4UmKLgom364BCMa9XQH0mhX7ZPEFwbRhQ96Mlk6O9TAVWTCzo123iLBqLTQMrP0-7THYnOKPTVIRqThBICxVTqOYCPjNJlZkjL8vuIdh6BX/s1600/Afbeelding+1076.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4Gbsr725IlMNzB7kPIawLwdEoBQ_55aLd4UmKLgom364BCMa9XQH0mhX7ZPEFwbRhQ96Mlk6O9TAVWTCzo123iLBqLTQMrP0-7THYnOKPTVIRqThBICxVTqOYCPjNJlZkjL8vuIdh6BX/s320/Afbeelding+1076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503517475073201778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtJ0-ho3zpQ0VN1-RkYqH9quHF-LSPqcwjPvrko9LCgcwy_o-cx-hJeRVYaOM6LHhY1DWMr8b9OnNzpSmpDZmtLyd8U1tsLg34SvISJTitqzOYEluNWMBc3jHjDvTQ70JC7cc_leJbhsv/s1600/Afbeelding+1078.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLtJ0-ho3zpQ0VN1-RkYqH9quHF-LSPqcwjPvrko9LCgcwy_o-cx-hJeRVYaOM6LHhY1DWMr8b9OnNzpSmpDZmtLyd8U1tsLg34SvISJTitqzOYEluNWMBc3jHjDvTQ70JC7cc_leJbhsv/s320/Afbeelding+1078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503517492317929714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6g3dltsXAVLzvmMoV6NonKZOxbZVFG18K9G8u0IBY5NJAT9JVNhtqT-cjmG1q8xXqVEVmq8HtylLSO5mMLy9hdqk-lEgidXJvXuZCb-gLjHXkQrcUX_IpFlwIKE7u9UpLpJcxmXifFe81/s1600/Afbeelding+1079.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6g3dltsXAVLzvmMoV6NonKZOxbZVFG18K9G8u0IBY5NJAT9JVNhtqT-cjmG1q8xXqVEVmq8HtylLSO5mMLy9hdqk-lEgidXJvXuZCb-gLjHXkQrcUX_IpFlwIKE7u9UpLpJcxmXifFe81/s320/Afbeelding+1079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503517489267056386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGI2ORck9S5BW2a8zAKrBzRS9Bmve3AE56MYXm_64k1IvCEOotmT-lRfwfVjAIihqwtgmg9u-B6UHSWTVVYvONI-c8lb9Rd9dNINYXGFPv4OElnTPw-9QfJ04n5ZU-1dU3Px_6ESbIHnK/s1600/Afbeelding+1081.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGI2ORck9S5BW2a8zAKrBzRS9Bmve3AE56MYXm_64k1IvCEOotmT-lRfwfVjAIihqwtgmg9u-B6UHSWTVVYvONI-c8lb9Rd9dNINYXGFPv4OElnTPw-9QfJ04n5ZU-1dU3Px_6ESbIHnK/s320/Afbeelding+1081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503517486723047122" border="0" /></a>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-26478328028126280782010-07-26T19:27:00.004+02:002010-07-26T20:12:09.931+02:00Oops...My last blog-post is already more than two months old. It has nothing to do with lack of inspiration, but I've been bussy with the last weeks of school and after that enjoying my summervacation.<br />Do you also have the idea that you have more to do during the vacation that during the rest of the year?<br />Anyway, when reading back through my last posts I suddenly read the promise I made to post of pictures of my egyptian costume. So here they are!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwT9q0Jcw3FOR6yC6WCST2CW4gpTyLvRUkBWBADMv_Wbi7mrucLjrR7pTza6ksG73lB8bUMQaKiSwYiyKqJw7K0kAy1aw1CZfLEqZ3Cw-77PEZn3sPTOa8zel8NQgOqT0yp0dc4xyLvyJ7/s1600/_MG_4320.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwT9q0Jcw3FOR6yC6WCST2CW4gpTyLvRUkBWBADMv_Wbi7mrucLjrR7pTza6ksG73lB8bUMQaKiSwYiyKqJw7K0kAy1aw1CZfLEqZ3Cw-77PEZn3sPTOa8zel8NQgOqT0yp0dc4xyLvyJ7/s320/_MG_4320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498272188919558722" border="0" /> </a>Princess Zelda and me discussing the techniques used to make our costumes. We both used EVA-foam, but in quite different ways. ( © S. Everwennink)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACvURl6XfzimfwpIoP2cxBdDgm4LO5jyjIVjzkl2PaxLfz4scfCHU1DNUovmumHNSNJ6saRuSGXHloaef8B2mHUul9PzingmMrsYRsLryzvDh4u94NLEdG7qqPLg5_4JfOXnCyU0QtytL/s1600/SL550020.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACvURl6XfzimfwpIoP2cxBdDgm4LO5jyjIVjzkl2PaxLfz4scfCHU1DNUovmumHNSNJ6saRuSGXHloaef8B2mHUul9PzingmMrsYRsLryzvDh4u94NLEdG7qqPLg5_4JfOXnCyU0QtytL/s320/SL550020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498272184949781522" border="0" /></a>The Farao and me, surrounded by amazone warriors.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqMG617Y1lg19cBrHzD-j11ecZ-Tt5XKN-kncR7wIF7HEgwbaQerXqFc6noziWkXcvK7-bwUZAKEl3i_TU444SEeiKDTOboej9d0oao3IrVtvkY4CNavzNCzjY0ztNwChoimpfMzGn_AV/s1600/DSC_0533.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqMG617Y1lg19cBrHzD-j11ecZ-Tt5XKN-kncR7wIF7HEgwbaQerXqFc6noziWkXcvK7-bwUZAKEl3i_TU444SEeiKDTOboej9d0oao3IrVtvkY4CNavzNCzjY0ztNwChoimpfMzGn_AV/s320/DSC_0533.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498272176372337714" border="0" /></a>My complete outfit. Note the white lining of the fur. It was used as a bag at the same time. It seemed like a good idea at first, until April decided it wanted to be like summer... (© O. de Rooij (http://photos.ork.be/))<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YvydSffDHshzIMaGPJjTKLkAECpfjFHl7y1Db-AkckOqaQo8nufA4rIA5cgvHORDLcW6ymKI2hnG3tiNOLIULbucNqwhzx6PBa_KuKPpVrQs5XKO2MaLDsj3KPwFDu0QuGuA36uJpOfg/s1600/SDC10782.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YvydSffDHshzIMaGPJjTKLkAECpfjFHl7y1Db-AkckOqaQo8nufA4rIA5cgvHORDLcW6ymKI2hnG3tiNOLIULbucNqwhzx6PBa_KuKPpVrQs5XKO2MaLDsj3KPwFDu0QuGuA36uJpOfg/s320/SDC10782.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498272162762755378" border="0" /></a>Isn't Bob a cuty pie?<br /><br />At the moment, this costume is waiting for me to feel like improving it, but I don't expect that to happen any time soon.<br />Right now I'm working at my first victorian inspired costume *drum roll* a bathing suit!<br />Yes, you read it correctly! For <a href="http://www.castlefest.nl">CastleFest </a>I will dress a friend and myself in (late)victorian bathing suits. But there's still a lot to be done and so little time, so I gotta go back to work.Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-58422948712405532122010-05-11T20:16:00.002+02:002010-05-11T20:49:31.619+02:00Green with dotsAnother birthday present, another pincushion.<br />This time a simple one. Round and green with white dots, inspired by my wrapping paper. ;)<br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/?action=view&current=DSCF4137.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 506px; height: 379px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF4137.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/?action=view&current=DSCF4134.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 504px; height: 377px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF4134.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-66923358015082716952010-05-03T19:56:00.003+02:002010-05-03T20:29:37.621+02:00Walk like an EgyptianThe Elf Fantasy Fair is over. I had lots of fun looking and being looked at, talking to other people in wonderful costumes and getting ideas for upcoming projects.<br />I'm still waiting for the photo's of some photographers, but here are two pictures to show you what I looked like in my costume:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/ikkefotoelf2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 417px; height: 539px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/ikkefotoelf2010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>(from: http://photos.ork.be/events/elffantasyfair2010/zaterdag)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/elf1049.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 309px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/elf1049.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>(from: http://www.gea-educatie.com/elfffned10-3.htm)<br /><br />More pictures will be added later, so keep in touch.Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-73255778956921826492010-04-11T14:28:00.003+02:002010-04-11T14:57:46.230+02:00Working on my costumeThe past week I finally got to make some time to work on my costume for the Elf Fantasy Fair.<br />So I made long days, and worked as fast as I could. Off course at the expense of the quality, but from some distance, and at normal photo scale, it looks quite good, actually.<br /><br />Here are some pics of the process.<br />First the vulture cap. I made it with craft foam, which is easy to shape, when you heat it a little. The head of the vulture has a base of aluminium foil, to give the basic shape, and a layer of fimo clay to make it look like a head:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3723.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3723.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3724.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3724.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />After that I painted it gold:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3729.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 534px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3729.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Then I gave it a patina with aquarel paint, to make it look old. But I don't have pictures of it yet. The back will be 'closed' with a plate mail-ish decoration. (the blue things on the photo below)<br /><br />Here's the jewelry. Two bracelets for the upper and two for the lower arm, and a collar, also made from craft foam. To make it a little sturdier, a layer of cotton is glued to the inside.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3722.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3722.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3729.jpg"><br /></a>Here's the collar after painting, with dress (which is not finished here).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3731.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 534px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3731.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Here's the collar after the patina and the stones are added. I'm very pleased with the result!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3734.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3734.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>And here a detail, to show the (very) subtle decoration I added.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3735.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/Fairkostuum%20melante/DSCF3735.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>That's practically how far I've gotten till now. Still a lot to do, but most of it is hand sewing, which is perfect for the evenings...Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-46416485254650730202010-03-30T23:17:00.003+02:002010-04-11T14:28:33.249+02:00Make it with feltLast weeks I've spend some time surfing the web, and I found several lovely craft projects to do with felt. So when a classmate of mine had her birthday, I wanted to make the present myself.<br />All the lovely things I saw, twirled around in my head, while thought of the best gift. I slept about it for some nights (which meant I lay awake for a good couple of hours, before drifting off to the lovely place of dreams), and figured the best idea would be to be to give her a needle book, where she could safely stash all her needles (I don't know about you, but mine always tent do disappear...).<br />I'd found some free patterns I could use, but I ended up making an unique version, by my own design.<br /><br />I decided to make a victorian cameo-ish pincushion/needlebook, with a basis of old pink felt, a white frame and a black silhouet. The pincushion top can be opened to reveal the needlebook.<br /><br />Some foto's:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3712.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3717.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 635px; height: 475px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3717.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3709.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 629px; height: 471px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3709.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3712.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 632px; height: 475px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3712.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Please let me know what you think!Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-72999951227839753312010-02-16T12:29:00.007+01:002010-02-16T15:15:30.436+01:00To make a costumeYesterday I've been shopping at the Noordermarkt in Amsterdam with my mum.<br />For short: I searched and found:<br /><br />The longer version: I've decided to go with the Egyptian themed costume for this years Elf Fantasy Fair. The dress I intent to make is inspired mostly by the bleu dress Nefretiri (Played by Anne Baxter)wears in the 1956 movie 'The Ten Commendments':<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/ann_queen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 489px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/ann_queen.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Pitty I don't have a hunky prince of Egypt to accessorize the outfit ;)<br /><br />Anyway... I have white cotton for the underdress, and a beige-ish linnen-like fabric to go on top. A broad ribbon, gold and blue, will be placed under the bust.<br />The original dress has a short Egyptian cloak, but I'll make a bigger one, that can be attached to bracelets around my lower and upper arm, a little like the wings of Isis. Some embroidery around the border to add a little more colour (blue and gold).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3451.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 417px; height: 312px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3451.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The vulturcap will be made of EVA-foam, and in such a way I won't need a wig (more explanation when I actually have something to show).<br /><br />And than the accessories. Like the original picture I'll 'make' a panther hide.<br />I've found some lovely faux fur, and I'll line it with white fleece. Knowing the Dutch weather in April, I'll probably need it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3447.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 423px; height: 317px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF3447.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My second accessory will be the pharaoh's staff, like the ones found in King Tut's tomb:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/crookandflail_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 226px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/crookandflail_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />How will I make them? Not sure yet. Wood, or EVA-foam...<br /><br />I'll keep you posted.Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-75184458881393190002010-01-01T14:11:00.004+01:002010-01-01T14:56:01.670+01:00A new year!2009 was to me a year with ups, but also a lot of (rather deep) downs.<br />With the start of a new year, it's time to leave that all behind, and look forward to a new year.<br />And of course, make a few plans:<br /><br />1) Get good grades at school, because I hope to receive my bachelor diploma.<br />2) Find a place to do an internship, in the summerholliday.<br />3) Make a costume for the <a href="http://www.elffantasyfair.com">Elf Fantasy Fair</a>. I've decided to stick with my first idea: Egyptian princess. I'll keep you posted on the progress.<br />4) Process the fabrics I still have lying around. I'm planning to make a few blouses, some skirts, several bags...<br />5) Make Christmas decoration for next year. I want to decorate the house with home-made decoration.<br />6) Learn to make needle sculpted doll.<br />7) Practise my embroidery skills...<br />8) ... and don't forget about my lace-making skills.<br />9) Read more books than I buy. And read the books I've already bought...<br />10) Learn to knit (on the knitting machine) and crochet. Because, apparently the stores don't always sell what I want to buy.<br /><br />Hmmm... seems like I won't be having enough with 365 days.<br />But the most important thing, of course, is to enjoy yourself!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" >Happy new year, everybody!</span>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-64162068002618959052009-12-12T10:50:00.005+01:002009-12-13T16:57:18.509+01:00Costumes, oh my...One of my greatest get-aways of everyday life is the <a href="http://www.elffantasyfair.com/">Elf Fantasy Fair</a>, a fantasy fair, held twice a year now, where most visitors go dressed up like well... anything remotely fantasy.<br />I've been... seven or eight times now, everything dressed up differently, although de last time was just an adjustment of the one before.<br /><br />But since I'm planning on keeping that tradition, I want to create a new costume for the next fair in april. Time enough, you think? I say: try it when you attend my school (and with my time management skills... I seriously have to work on that).<br /><br />Anyway, I've come up with, by now, three ideas, all of which are less time consuming than the Victorian dress I really, really want to make (I've practically everything to start that project, except the previous mentioned time...)<br /><br />So, I've three rather doable ideas:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oPzIFeJtm2h_vIYOYRq5JmUcifgDDZyFBmz9MhzCOpXhqTgDmaLbmcqUUR7vviz8ZELwT3LVqKNxqaffdDtqJ0e0RaUtQnifRFPtgwge657WO3zFmZTOCOwy092CiqBCjgIMkFmh3CGP/s1600-h/egypt_prinses2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oPzIFeJtm2h_vIYOYRq5JmUcifgDDZyFBmz9MhzCOpXhqTgDmaLbmcqUUR7vviz8ZELwT3LVqKNxqaffdDtqJ0e0RaUtQnifRFPtgwge657WO3zFmZTOCOwy092CiqBCjgIMkFmh3CGP/s200/egypt_prinses2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414745491056906482" border="0" /></a><br />First: finally dress up like the avatars I've been using on various forums, an Egyptian princess.<br />I've figured out I could fabricate the expensive gold jewellery for a low butget, with craft foam (haven't tried it yet, but <a href="http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/costumes/helmsdeep.html">here's</a> a good tutorial for an elfen armour, where they made a very good gold-impression).<br />The dress itself should not be a bigger problem that I make of it, but I'm afraid it'll take too much time to make the jewellery.<br /><br />Second: An octopus, where the eight arms will be my skirt. On top I'll wear one of my corsets.<br />I got the idea when I saw this picture by <a href="http://www.viona-art.com/">Viona</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.viona-art.com/fotomap/gothic/fairytale/vecona/Vecona_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 506px;" src="http://www.viona-art.com/fotomap/gothic/fairytale/vecona/Vecona_02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Although my idea is to give it longer arms, loosely falling down.<br /><br />Third: This is an idea I had earlier, to go like a messed up Lady Justice, with her hair wild, her sword clothes covered in blood, her scale bending to one side, bloody tears coming form underneath her blindfold and maybe chains around her.<br />Hmmm... writing it down make it seem like a political statement...<br />Anyway, the costume plan is to make it out of several rectangles of cloth, draped around me, inspired by the ancient Greek costume, although I'm not sure how historically accurate.<br />A scale should be easily made, since it doesn't have to be precise, the sword can be my LARP-sword, cloth I've enough. Maybe I could make an evil version, who's dressed in black...<br /><br />Anyway, I'm still thinking about it. I'll let you know when I've made a decision. I've you got suggestions, feel free to share them with me. ;)Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-25633820867392139752009-11-24T19:40:00.001+01:002009-11-24T21:10:21.072+01:00Dressed for a (wedding)partyMy sister-in-law send me some pictures of her wedding dress.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 314px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 314px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The dress was inspired by the Victorian fashion.<br />I made the jacket and most of the skirt. Both where inspired by <a href="http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=100">this dress</a>.<br />The border of the jacket is decorated with a fluffy feathery thing. I think I will still find these feathers everywhere when I move out of my studio (I even found them in my refrigerator...).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 314px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 330px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/trouwjurk7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's the top I didn't make ;) I think it's lovely. It's the same fabric as the rest of the dress, covered with an embroidered tule. The lacing at the back is pure decoration, a zipper is hidden in the side seam.<br /><br />One last picture, of me (in my red dress) helping the bride dressing up:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSC04383.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 512px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSC04383.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>I guess the photographer they hired will have some nice pictures of the happy couple, but I haven't seen them yet, so maybe later.Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-23044594217842162422009-11-17T22:58:00.000+01:002009-11-18T00:12:46.058+01:00My red dressPfoe! I've been very busy the past weeks, finishing everything in time for the wedding. But I made it. (It's a miracle!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/jurk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 348px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/jurk.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>For my dress is used the pattern of the left dress. It's a pattern of a Knip (Dutch pattern magazine, like Burda) of 1974.<br />The fabric I used was a rather thick synthetic, from a second-hand dress. (My mom knew what it was called... I'll come back to that.)<br />I also wanted to reuse the beads, that where used as the original decoration, but in the end I decided they looked too cheap.<br />But looking at my dress, without any decoration, I found it was too plain.<br />So, how to decorate? By then, I had only a few days left until the wedding!<br />Well, that should be enough to sew a ribbon on a dress, right?<br />When I had time to shop for the ribbon, it was one day before the wedding, and as always, when time runs out, I could not find what I was looking for...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF2993.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 479px; height: 639px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF2993.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />What I find, however, where very fine ribbons, in two shades of grey. I had decided to combine the red dress with grey, so I hoped I could use these as a decoration.<br />I bought 10 meters of both colours. That would be enough to... braid it.<br />I made the ribbons into a four strand brand. But the band was still very fine. Four of these bands next to each other, however, gave a very nice effect.<br />To keep these bands in place, I ironed them on a strip of interfacing and made a sort of belt from it.<br />As a fastener, I made a fabric-covered button. For the fabric I used some leftovers of the ribbons and weaved it.<br />The last photo shows a close-up from the belt. I really like the result. It's a nice idea to use for more accessories.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF2998.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 393px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/mel396/blogpictures/DSCF2998.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I don't have any pictures to show of the wedding-dress. Hopefully they follow soon!Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705090369459518208.post-33351120495896542402009-10-24T15:09:00.000+02:002009-10-25T09:12:42.987+01:00Blog the firstSo here it is, my first blog. Hopefully the first of many.<br />I love working with textile, for clothes, or decorating it with stitches. And so, like many before me have done I put them on internet for all to see. Hopefully I will inspire people who equally inspire me with their blogs.<br /><br />At this moment I'm helping my sister-in-law-to-be with her wedding dress (of which I can't show any pictures until after the wedding) and a dress for myself for the same occasion (of which I don't have any pictures to show).<br />Of the latter I can, however, tell you what the plan is.<br /><br />I've bought a lovely red (as in red-red) fabric - in dress shape - at a second hand store (can you believe it: Antwerp has a very famous fashion school, but I'm unable to find any large textile stores in the area... If anybody knows where they are, please tell me). It had some decoration with beads I'm going to re-use.<br />I used the long skirt for... well, shorter skirt, and to cut out the new top part. For that I used a pattern of a 1973 summer-dress.<br />Right now it's all in pieces, so I'm a little anxious to see if it's going to look all right, but I'll keep you posted on that.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Anjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763654419005666201noreply@blogger.com2