I finally* finished this thing early last week. What took so long was me dragging my heels on the hemming and cuffs. I didn't have a plan for how to do either when I set out (the hemming would be different than on the original because of the lining and my lack of a serger to overlock raw edges, and the application of the cuffs wasn't entirely ( Read more... )

The photo documentation of all the bits and pieces of my There and Back Again masquerade saga continues. Previously, we visited the long vest and shirt. To day it's the short vest. ( image heavy )

( Last minute construction )

Because iPods should be kept as snug and comfortable as possible ( Read more... )

This took longer than expected. The way I ended up doing the lining required a lot of hand stitching and then I had to get fancy and make an interior pocket along one side. (An unexpected side-effect of the writers' strike: I have less patience for handwork when I no longer have much to interest me on television - if only I could sew and read/surf ( Read more... )

Photos of the Gandalf puppet at various stages of completion.

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