Monthly Archive: April 2020

Base is done!

These two small parallelograms (rhombi? Trapezoids?) worked great to complete the pieced neckline. The base is now stitched. The next phase, which may occur right away or after a hiatus, will be assembling some...

Pink moon robe

My robe is starting to feel ponderous. Full of ponder. Heavy. Dismal. Tired of this sheet and faded pants material. I needed to up the magic, so I picked out a patch. I think...

Samurai feeling

I finished stitching the back center inset strip and the robe feels great on. I feel powerful wearing it! Then I hung it on the stick and put the sleeves in place. Looks wonderful!...

Inset

Today I cut into an old faded pair of pants to make this inset strip. The dots in the pants are almost the same color as the sheet and the pants leg was almost...

Four seams

I’ve handstitched four seams on my fantasy robe. Enough to give a real feel for the fit. I’m going to need to unpick the central back seam and add a strip there for width...

Sheet cut

I got all the major robe pieces cut out of an old full size sheet. Next step – baste together! The photo makes it look much more blue, it’s more of a light dusty...

Fantastic robes

I want to make a robe – a robe of fantasy. This story could turn into something overly complicated. But I’ll make a start here anyway. I have a small collection of old books...