Laura Morrigan

I finally finished my skirt from the McCalls M7500 pattern. I posted about the mock up  here .  The fabric is from a friend,  Roli . I love the key pattern. The ruffle is made from a bedsheet. I am finally getting used to sewing ruffles which I have always found incredibly frustrating. One of the reasons it took so long is because I tried a few different types of waistband. In the end I wasn't happy with any of them so I ended up turning the fabric over at the waist to make a channel for the elastic as I did on the mock up. I am quite happy with this as it allows a lot of adjustment if my weight fluctuates and it still looks quite neat.  Without petticoat With petticoat. Obviously it would look better with a white/cream petticoat so I will have to get one.  I think this will become a go-to pattern, I have more Steampunk patterned fabric I want to use.  Next I want to make a matching bolero if I have enough fabric left over.

  A mini haul of Easter chocolate from The Vegan Grocery Store https://www.vegangrocerystore.com.au/ Not sponsored Easter Chocolate ranking coming soon on my blog!

 Some steampunk outfits I made for my little soft toys Gangsters I didn't make the earring or hats Cravat and waistcoat I made the necklace and cravat but not the hat. Both are made from broken earrings.

I had two really cute blouses, neither of which was a good fit.   Blouse One: Cute fit and pintucks but it is loose at the top and opens up badly at the front if you don't constantly tense your shoulders. Blouse Two:  Absolutely gorgeous yoke but many, many sizes too small! Just to make things harder, the second blouse is so well sewn! The seams are even covered over with a beautiful selvedge! Lots of work to unpick! The yoke unpicked. Finally! The yoke pinned to the other blouse. Thankfully, the neckline around the top was nearly an identical match! It still took a bit of effort, though! All sewn together!  It's not perfect, the collar underneath peeks through a bit at one point. The machine did not like all the layers so the sewing tension inside is a bit messy, thankfully it looks good on the outside.  The skirt is from Dangerfield's The Lady and the Unicorn collection. This was a collaboration with the Art Gallery of NSW when the tapestries came to Australia in 2018.