That one time I reupholstered a couch

There's nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done. Especially when that job is really quite comfortable when it's finished.

This was garage couch. He wasn't very pretty...

So I stripped all of his clothes off to make him some new ones. 

I added a pillow backing made of batting and stuffing to make him more comfortable.

And then dressed him up in his fancy new clothes. 

For the upholstery scraps, I bought a giant bag from the Golden D'or for $10. I still have a ton left over. There are some things I'm not 100% pleased with but for my first attempt at patchwork reupholstery I'm satisfied. It only took me two days to get all the work done and I definitely thought it would take more. I'm quite happy with him and were even contemplating switching him with one of the inside couches haha.

Love love, blah blah blah,

-Elizabeth

More Vampirella

Almost done! I've been working on getting the piece assembled, starting at the bust! Here's the clasp for the bust piece:

Next came the collar. I made the basic collar shape, but added a strip of bias on the bottom to attach it to the clasp. It looked like this:

 

In order to wear it, I attached a small metal clip to one side of the bias and sewed the other to the round clasp.

Here's what it looked like on the dress form:

 Last step is painting, and then jewelry. Here's where I'm at now. As you can see, it'll take a few more coats of paint.

I should have the arm band and earrings done by the end of the week so check back soon!

Vampirella Cosplay Update

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I'm not the best blogger, am I?

I've been working on a Vampirella cosplay for a very busty woman. I started by modifying this pattern to have a shape more Vampirella-ish. (Btw, that's a great website for sewing anything out of spandex, you should totes check it out.)

So to test out my pattern, I covered my lady dress form with a super tight mesh shirt that I bought at American Apparel years and years ago. I used craft stuffing to make her boobs bigger. Here's the result:

 Looks weird, but the measurements come out right and It will work for what I have in mind. Though anyone who comes over in the next few weeks will probably get the wrong idea of my intentions with this fair lady.


Anyway, here's the result:

 As you can see, my lady still has one major flaw: she has no legs. And no crotch. I'll worry about that later, though. Right now, it's just important that I have the shape of the basic outfit down so I can begin perfecting it.

I need to take a little in from the side of the boobs, but other than that I'd say it looks about right. Not bad, overall. Next I'll work on the collar and then finish up the jewelry. Updates soon to follow!

Progress update

Today the craft studio is awash with scrap fabrics and threads. I thought I'd share a little with you of what goes into our pretty ruffle skirts!

According to my calculations, it takes almost 100 tetrahedron scraps to make one knee length ruffled skirt! A lot of time is spent on the sewing machine sewing all the bits together.

In these boxes are all the scraps that will go into the next batch of ruffled skirts! Boxes and boxes of super cute fabrics :-)

Here's a skirt that's almost finished. I really like the color combinations for this one.

Stay tuned to the blog and our etsy shop to see how the finished skirts turn out. Soon we'll have more new products coming out as well, in addition to the new skirts. I hope you're as excited as I am!

Love and etc,
~Elizabeth