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[professorpski]

Threads, Summer 2023

This issue has some tips for party wear, which fits with the idea of summer weddings and other celebrations, along with some more sober technical articles. The cover features a red dress by Lalon Alexander, part of the competition organized by Threads and the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals. This year their theme was vintage inspiration, and this dress was chosen for most dramatic details along with its lime green coat. The other winners’ creations are also featured.

The back cover has a ready-to-wear dress from around 1960 with small pleats on the bodice and the skirt. Kenneth D. King shows you how to master this technique with careful marking, pressing and hidden stitch lines. The green dress’ skirt sections were hemmed and then attached to one another, creating greater volume while hiding the actual seam lines. Susan Khalje explains how to do it. And the last fancy look is the corset by Gilbert Muniz who explains the elements of fitting and sewing for something that is vital to a strapless look.

The funny little stuffed pressing form was created by Barbie McCormick. If you have ever found yourself thinking that your pressing ham or sleeve are not doing it for you, she explains how to create your own special forms using stuffing and padding and offers several patterns of her own devising.

There are also technical articles on fitting pants, on sergers, on lace, and on using an inspirational image to design a wardrobe, plus the usual new products, new pattern, and advice columns. Lots and lots of information and inspiration for a thin volume.

You can find it at your local fabricstore, bookstore, or line here: https://www.threadsmagazine.com/

The ASDP can be found here:  https://sewingprofessionals.com/

#threadsmagazine #sewing #sewinginstruction #dressmaking #lalonalexander #vintagefashion #vintageinspiration #kennethdking #susankhalje #barbiemccormick #pressingforms #tuckpleats #hemlines

[orcelito]

the 'akira sees dead people' au seems really interesting!! care to tell us a bit more about it?

Helllll yea. So I talked about it a good amount in my last ask so read that one first probably. And Here. I will talk about. His childhood.

So first off I wanna make things Different from discacc Akira. Asdp au (Akira sees dead people au) Akira is significantly more closed off than discacc Akira. Still would need to iron out the details, but there's a Lot of inspiration from natsume yuujinchou (u should totally watch it if ur up for it, it's my fav anime), specifically with how he was raised.

He's an orphan, whose parents died when he was young, & he's been passed around by distant relatives since then. No one's wanted to keep him for long, bc none of them were close to him and he's creepy. When he's younger, he hadn't yet learned to keep things a secret. He'd mention the creepy things he'd see, but no one believed him. Eventually, he learned to keep it all under wraps, bc ppl didn't like him anyways, but mentioning the ghosts Always made it worse.

And there is, of course, what his actual life was like. Passed from home to home, no sense of permanency, with some being worse than others. He'll be able to relate to goro on a Lot in this au, and their experiences with being abused orphans will definitely be smth for them to bond over. Eventually.

#anonymous #ask #asdp au #jusy gonna make that the tag and hope that doesnt stand for anything else #abuse ment/ #death ment/ #really this au is just me being like 'how can i make akira suffer the most' but still fit within general premise stuff #goro will suffer plenty too but that's just basically the canon goro's stuff #...mostly. there are Some differences. but i'll keep those a secret for now i think 😉 #just a very macabre au overall. it'll be fun!