#quarentine project

[forestkodama]

Four of @mctreeleth ‘s quilted plague doctor masks! We had a small, semi-professionally done photoshoot this weekend featuring our masks.  I’ll make another post once I’m done editing the pictures!

More details under the break.

The first was a mock-up test to see if I had the skill.  I’ve quilted very little and made a few costume pieces before, so I wanted to do a test run to judge the time commitment.  It turned out alright - some minor issues that I learned from -so I asked my partner if he would appreciate one, and he gave me a color scheme he liked.

First I tested scaling up the pattern for a larger face by making the black-and-red mask.  For this mask I found a printable fusible webbing that I could actually print the pattern out on. It was a double-sized sticky card that would fuse with iron.  It worked really well for the pieces and batting, but was awful for the eye rings!  Tons of little mistakes on this mask, but more learning experiences.  It was just a little too small on my partner as he modeled it, so I made his final mask just a tad larger. The purple-and-black mask was colored to the design my partner requested.  This one went pretty smoothly.  I went back to simple fusible interfacing for the eye rings on this one and it was smooth going.  I bought some big round black sunglass lenses for this mask. After three runs and given how well my partner’s final mask turned out, I felt confident to make a mask for myself using my favorite fabric.  Now, this fabric was a bolt that I found in 2017 on clearance at JoAnn’s.  I’m not sure how well I can articulate how much I love this fabric.  How does the magic of love really work anyway, especially love at first sight?  It’s one of those patterns and colors that just compliments everything I love in terms of a style (namely: purple), so if there is any small project that I can make with this fabric, I do.  I knew that if I was going to make a quilted plague doctor’s mask from this, I wanted to maintain the integrity of the pattern.  This was where the fusible webbing really worked.  I was able to adhere it without setting to confirm the matching seems.  Obviously the pattern couldn’t be perfect since it was warping flat fabric to a three dimensional object, but I’m very pleased with how well it turned out since I’ve never tried this before.

[sew-sweet-sew-strange]

FINALLY finished my Plague Doctor Mask using @mctreeleth’s pattern.

Took ages between work and studying. I had to work on this during short bursts of free time, usually for less than half an hour per session.

I used fiberglass blackout mesh used for masks and cosplay. I was going to do the “frames” from the quilted version, but changed my mind for the sake of finishing the damn thing. Used Fray Check and a blanket stitch instead.

Used 1 inch black ribbon, mostly because I have a ton of the stuff. I’m debating between just tying it or adding velcro.

[fossilsandfeathers]

Here’s a little project I’ve been working on during quarantine. Anybody got any name suggestions for him?

[aspengrovehome]

Did I just order a dozen tea towels for 27 dollars that I plan on dyeing golden with poppy roots from the garden?

You bet your garden I did!

[gleefully-macabre]

Glad I got so much cheesecloth because I’m going through a lot while perfecting my reusable teabag design. The structural integrity fails after a few uses (goes limp) regardless of cleaning.

This may require eyelets.

[kawaiibiscuit]

Meet Alecrim, she is my favorite work from this quarentine

[look-at-those-niceass-rocks]

it’s just a vibe, y’all

[sew-sweet-sew-strange]

Gonna try a chevron pattern for a quilted duvet cover for my weighted blanket. Found a nifty pattern that I could use some of my remnants for.

Incidentally, if you’re end goal is a 12 inch square made of 2 triangles, you want to cut a 13.75 inch square in half diagonally, which gives a 1/2 inch seam allowance on all sides.