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PIP - weekend projects
Fair warning - this is going to be quite different than most of what I see posted here. Probably better for craftster, but it seems so dead lately 
Since I whined about my sewing machine, I'll show you what I have done limping it along this weekend. I'm making a steampunky pirate costume for a pirate costume party I'm going to in a few weeks,
Here is what I am thinking for the whole outfit. The jacket is a mockup to test the pattern. I'm trying to decide if I should do the jacket in a deep purple or just go with pants, corset, and top.
Here is a closeup of the corset. I LOVE it. I still need to edge it, but I want to get the grommets all in first (I was 4 short in the back) and make sure it fits right before I close it up. It actually seems a bit big right now, so I may take an inch or 2 off the back. Also, the pants are just safety pinned (see previous post about the button hole failure). Once they are buttoned, they shouldn't gape. I hope. I made them without a pattern and changed my mind 3 times in the process. And I don't know if I like them in the end. *sigh*
And the polymer clay stuff for accessories.
Re: PIP - weekend projects
Fun stuff!
I really like the corset and the mockup of the jacket.
This is the jacket I am trying to copy (I was only mocking up the bodice). I tried using McCalls 6442 view C. I think I may have to draft a pattern from scratch for this.
That's really cool- the details are going to be amazing!
So, is it a Gasparilla thing? Are you a Pastafarian? Or do you just have cool friends? Pirate party!
Truth be told, its a pirate theme night on The Rock Boat (a cruise we are going on in a few weeks with about 15 bands). The website for this year's cruise is steampunked out, so I was building on that.
I do have cool friends though. There are about 30 of us going.
It looks great! I hope to see final pics, too.
At first, I was thinking more along the lines of Ren Faire, and I was completely puzzled by your accessories. But steampunk makes a lot more sense! Very neat.