This month was a lot of fun and an experiment. I have long since been looking at the structured partlets that you see in a lot of late 16th-century Italian Portraiture. I knew that these would need to be constructed similarly to the doublet patterns that I have been working with for years. However, I didn't know what else would need to go into the garment to give it the structure I needed. Would I be able to partly interline the garment like I did for the loose gown and have it work? Does the ingrown collar provide enough support or will I need to add lightweight boning to the next version? How frilly can I make this without embodying a bearded dragon? All of these are questions I will be exploring in the future because of the outcomes of this project! So watch me play with this glorious linen and try to decide exactly how many needles I can break before I decide to give up. (spoiler, it was more than five) MARTY | @scrappypatterns
It's after a July fourth, you know what that means? HALLOWEEN! When I checked my stash of patterns for inspiration I found a witch hat pattern and I couldn't resist since I could style and reuse both the hat and skirt for several characters as well as have a new skirt for my wardrobe! I absolutely love making hats, from beginning to end it's so relaxing for me. Once I had my pattern for the witch hat printed out and assembled, I started by reenforcing my main fabric, a Malibu Pink stretch sateen shirting with some interfacing for both the hat and brim. Taking separate interfacing for the internal structure of the brim I stitched wire to both the outer edge of the brim and the middle since I knew this hat would be a bit heavy, I wanted extra support! Once the support layer was done, I covered the underside (where the wire was attached) I added a layer of batting, then attached the caps to their brims for both the exterior and lining, before sandwiching them together. To fin...