Quarantine Craft
Yo, I’m back… for the moment….
I’ve been working on one of these in non-quilted, classic black because I’m boring, and am nearly done with it, now, but man that last eyehole finishing bit was hard to wrap my mind around. It all suddenly made sense when I was halfway through doing it wrong (hot tip: finish one of the eye circle things before you sew the other side, in case you’re like me). I think I’m on the right track now… might have it done today or tomorrow, if I don’t end up having to take an angle grinder to my sunglass lenses, which aren’t quite the right shape.
Photo from a few days ago, before I had straps/lining/bias tape around the eyes. Pattern by @mctreeleth
Oh, and if you’re like me and don’t have fusible interfacing/bias binding/batting, and can’t find them because pandemic, you can still get by. I used the same material (a dress that was in my mending pile for so long I forgot I had it – I have like 6 black dresses anyway, NBD) as interfacing. I just cut it to the same seam allowance and carefully pinned to the outer layer before sewing. This did make it harder to do the topstitching neatly, though…
I also made bias tape from the same dress (hopefully never doing that again). I had some felt which I used instead of batting, but only ended up using it for the eye circle donut bit. With two layers of fabric and top stitching, it actually holds its shape surprisingly well. It’s not perfect, but I also haven’t sewn anything in years, so I’m pretty happy with it.
Almost done! Just gotta finish the other eye and I’ll be ready to creep out the neighbors.
















