Sewing Quarters... and costumes!

Sew, I'm not really sewing quarters, but I have been living out at the Quarry for about two months now, and sewing projects are on my hit-list.  Since my previous living space was my van, the sewing machine set up is a bit challenging. Sew, here's the set up in the clown pod, it's under the bed!

If you look at the bottom left of the photo, you can see the zebra chaps I made (and posted about recently) in my costume pile.  Sew the next project was a request from my friend Vanessa, who is a hula hooper and lasso performer.  She wanted a red dress with fringe with a splash of pink (to match her pink lasso). Sew we found a dress of mine she liked that I would pattern one after for her... plus the frills of course.

FInding the right fabric and making a pattern are two of the hardest things for me, but thankfully I found this great four-way stretchy dance fabric and the pattern came out just great. Sew, after the pattern was made I stiched some front and backs together and then wanted it to be just right, so I went to a professional... my friend Amanda (Under Current Clothing/Tailor and Design).

She helped me with the surging and the perfecting... and the funning! And now, here is the final product!

Fringy, shimmery, ruffley and bouncy all in one dress! We may add more "western" looks to it if she wants more, but for now, it's a dress I can say I'm quite proud of to send off to my friend Vanessa Vortex, sew-eet!