Sew Unseamly

The 42nd Traditional Kaga-Yuzen Crafts ExhibitionVisiting Dress “Karasuuri” Akito

This is the only Alice adaptation I’ve ever seen that doesn’t cut the caucus race

The mad hatter wears taps throughout and it’s so jarring and surprising it’s perfect

The executioner shadows almost everyone who dances with the Queen

Lewis Carroll is a character in the ballet and becomes the white rabbit who leads Alice into wonderland which is bad and wrong because Carroll is the dodo but does work very well

They started dropping rose petals from the ceiling onto the audience when Alice looked through the door to the garden and it was utterly magic

The Cheshire Cat is made of about 10 different puppets that dance around the stage

Which reminds me Alice is styled after Alice Liddell rather than the John Tenniel illustrations

I don’t think the king of hearts actually dances he just wanders around looking confused

the Caterpillar is pretty neat too

We don't argue with fabric when it tells you what it wants to be. But I don't look good in warm tone fabrics. People ask if I'm sick, which yes I am but not more then last time you saw me. My love doesn't like orange or yellow. So I started searching amongst friends and family to see if anyone might be interested.

Last fall I found the perfect person. There he was my love's cousin, at a wedding, talking about how confident he felt in his orange waistcoat and how he should wear stuff like this more often.

I explained the fabric's wishes and then asked him if he'd be interested in owning the finished waistcoat. He said yes and that in exchange he would make me woven trim on his loom. He had been looking for an exuse to see how long of a trim his loom is capable of making. So yay hobby exchange!

Life got in the way but I have finished it! Waistcoat complete and in my opinion it looks really nice. I did have to do a little bit of piecing to make it work but we did it.

I added fully functional welt pockets and a lace up back for fitting purposes because I really had no extra fabric. This was my first time doing both of those things.

“I had been at work about two months when Christmas came on – and here I must relate a little anecdote. The principal [the tailor] and his lady were invited to a party among their friends…while it devolved on me to stay at home and keep house. There was nothing left me in charge to do, only to take care of the house. There was a large cat that generally lay about the fire. In order to try my mechanical powers, I concluded to make a suit of clothing for puss, and for my purpose gathered some scraps of cloth that lay about the shop-board, and went to work as hard as I could. Late in the evening I got my suit of clothes finished; I caught the cat, put on the whole suit – coat, vest, and small-clothes [breeches] – buttoned all on tight, and set down my cat to inspect the fit. 

Sweater Knitting Patterns // amarinalevin

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JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal) sheep head hair clip

Stitchery Bespoke