Coverings for the fae of heart
I got majorly lucky when I thrifted this gorgeous wool-mix bolero shrug! It was buried deep in a bargain bin with otherwise hats and scarves. I can never resist a good rummage (even though I didn't plan on getting anything - but rummaging is most of the fun anyway!
I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I unearthed this gorgeous bolero shrug. The colour is so beautiful and the details are sooo good! I love the lace knitting on the sleeves and the bow like closure at the front. If that bolero came in my size, better believe I'd wear the hell out of it! As it is, it's a perfect upcycling/refashion project for my handmade advent calendar swap. This was the present for Christmas Eve ♥
I've hand embroidered a fern grass border along all the edges of the cardigan with a colour changing yarn in light mauve-and-gray-colours. I really hope my swap partner loves it as much as I do!
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Picture 1: The finished refashioned knit bolero shrug. It has a deep mauve/dusty purple colour with lace knit details on the sleeves. The edges of the bodice (neck and bottom) have been hand embroidered with a thick yarn in light mauve-and-gray colours in a fern pattern stitch.
Picture 2: My cat (a brown tabby) claiming the freshly thrifted bolero shrug (along with some other items) as her newest cat bed!
Picture 3: A close-up shot of the beginning of the fern stitch embroidery on the deep mauve coloured bolero shrug. You can already see the colour change from light mauve to gray in the first couple of stitches.
Picture 4: A long line of embroidered stitches along one edge. Laying next to it are two balls of yarn: the colour changing yarn I've used for the embroidery and a uni coloured lighter reddish berry-purple that also was a contender.
Picture 5: A close-up of the embroidered fern grass stitches almost (but not yet!) meeting along the bottom edge of the bolero shrug in the back.
Picture 6: The deep mauve coloured bolero shrug is laying down with it's arms folded across the bodice. 3/4 of the hand embroidery is finished, only one edge is yet to be embroidered.
Picture 7: A close-up of the fern grass embroidery, that shows but the "good" side (what you see on the outside) and the "bad" side (what you see on the inside). On the inside the embroidery shows up as a row of short stitches.
Picture 8: The deep mauve coloured bolero shrug laying down on the table with the fern grass embroidery in light mauve-and-gray colours finished. [/image description]
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historical fashion question: what is your favorite period for fashion(including location, you may specify womens or mens or something more specific)? also favorite piece of historical clothing? cause tie on pockets fuck hard
I had to think to whittle down to favorites, haha. My favorite period for fashion is Edwardian/Late Victorian and Ancient Greek. I'm a huge sucker for the Late Victorian curved silhouette, and I really like the loose, pinned/tied functionality of the Greek chiton. Probably women's fashion for the Victorian era, but all genders for Greek. I'm also a huge sucker for colorful men's clothing of any nationality ~1730-1800, but I think that's just because I like color in general~
Favorite piece of historical clothing: maybe the maternity corset.
It SOUNDS counterintuitive, but it's still functional for back pain and bust support during pregnancy, and there are other versions for jumps and stays throughout history. I'm definitely not an expert on them, but I love esoteric, forgotten undergarments; I wish they got a little more limelight in fashion history.
Maternity Corset Video / Blog Post
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Ten blue butterflies hand embroidered on an oversized zip up hoodie 🦋
Zip up — from Amazon (Trendy Queen)
Rough process:
I took a picture of the zip up laid flat. Planned out the butterfly designs in Procreate. Traced the drawings on Sulky Sticky Solvy. Cut out the different butterflies and stuck them in the locations I planned with my iPad. Then I stitched a running stitch around each butterfly. Then I placed an embroidery hoop on the fabric & solvy. I did have to go to my local hardware store to purchase a longer screw and bolt to be able to fit the sweatshirt fabric in the hoop. When I was all finished, I applied iron on interfacing to cover and protect the threads and backside of the embroideries. I soaked the embroidery in a water-vinegar mixture to set the colors and to minimize chances of the colors bleeding. Then soaked and rinsed off the remaining solvy. I did have to run the zip up through the wash a couple of times because the sticky goo residue was being stubborn to remove.
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