I thought to start the new year with a lookback at 2017 and my plans for 2018 are a good idea. So I start with some photos of the things I made in 2017. ( This isn´t by far everything I made, just the "Highlights" you can soon see everything in my portfolio)
Casual wear:
The first thing I have sewn in 2017 and also the first garment I have ever sewn was this coral chiffon top ( you probably can´t see it on the picture, but i was really badly constructed, but I want it here so you and me can see how I developed)
This was the first skirt made ( there are approx. half a year of practice in between the top above and teh skirt)
This was the second bag I made last year, which looks fine, however I didn´t like it that much, so I gave it to my mother
Another skirt I made, which I am pretty proud of and love to wear:
I made two denim corset belts this year, so I could get familiar with boning and stuff. the light grey one is for me, the darker one for my mother as a birthday present
Another aim for 2017 was to learn a bit embroidery, first i did pimp an old blouse with some fancy dolphins.
The second embroidery project was this scarf that features a beautiful red chiffon and embroiderd flowers in a peachy colour.
As mentioned before, I made more things this year as shown above, including lots of jewelry, but I show you the best things I made:
Costumes
I began this year, with something I wanted to do for a long time: fairy wings and a matching headpiece. The fabric was completly handstitched to the wire frame of the wings and it can be worn with straps or the wire loop.
I also managed to make some costumes/vintage stuff. First a 50ies inspired Petticoat, which I am not in love with, it is a bit to messy for me, the next one I´ll make will be more structured.
The next thing was an edwardian chemise, which will eventually be worn under a edwardian gown, but I am going to talk more about that in my plans for 2018.
I also made my very first hat, to be a bit more precise a pillbox (brimless) hat, also inpired by the 50ies.
Last but not least I made my very first complete fantasy costume, the christmas costume:
After all I was pretty productive this year, but I want to make more next year, especially complete costumes, not just different pieces. That leads me to my plans for 2018.
Plans for 2018
This year I want to make 7 complete costumes, one of it just if I have enough time. Some of them should be rather simple and done in a month or so, some more complicated, because I need many pieces. I also want to make some casual or vintage inspired things.
Lets start with those.
I don´t have a picture, but I am currently working on a Rockabilly pencil skirt and I already made a purse, but there´ll be blog posts about both of them.
So one thing I will make in spring is a green linen blouse, the pieces were cut in school, so I just have to put it together.
This is the fabric for that, in reality it is more green, not grey
Another thing I´ll make is the silk dressing robe, which I already talked about in my fabric haul
And also the golden/ivory clutch I talked about
I also bought a dotted fabric for a dress, which I´ll probably sewing in autumn.
And I also want learn silk painting, for what i have bought this book on a flea market. I thing I´ll try a scarf first and there are some beautiful ideas in there.
And there are some other things I want to make, where I don´t have material or photos of.
for exmaple differnt kinds of jewelry, a bohemian belt, a blazer or jacket, a jumpsuit, 2 blouses....
Now to the costumes, the most exciting part ( at least for me):
The first costume I want to make this year is a dress that complements the fairy wings. I want to start that one in February so I can hopefully make some lovley spring photos. You have seen the wings and headdress above so here are two of the fabrics I´ll use.
The purple one was a curtain, but I just loved the subtle sprakling texture and the stripes.
For this dress I also need to buy some ivory satin and light pink chiffon. I´ll also make some more accesoires: a necklace, a bracelet and some jewelry for my feet.
For spring I want to make something set in 50s. I came up with this idea, because I got a sewing maschine from te 50s for Christmas and really liked the idea to sew something from this decade on it.
So I bought this soft yellow cotton and matching flower buttons.
This will be for some high waisted trousers.
To go with that I´ll also make blouse, but I haven´t deciced on one yet. Here are some that I like. comment down below, which one you like best
The next costume is probably the one I am most excitied about. It´ll be an late edwardian evening gown. based on a dress I saw in a museum in Barcelona.
I already made the chemise, but I also have to make a Petticoat and corset, which will be an adventure, but I am making the corset with this great tutorial
For my next costume I´ll be diving into the 40s. I bought a lovely pattern for vintage aprons, when I was in England and I also bought a striped cotton for the apron (D)
But of course I am also making a dress to go with it , maybe in blue or white or grey, I don´t know yet
Probably in autumn I will be making a costume from the medival time a bliaut to be more precise.
In the book "chronicle of western costume" was this drawing:
This will be the base for it, but I´ll change it a bit, make it more flattering by adding a belt.
In every case I want to make this golden circlet and I already have chain fo that. The main fabric for this dress might be purple linen.
The next costume will be reality just if I have enough time and it would be a cosplay.
I really like the fashion of the 18th century so I decided a remake of the dress Eliza Hamilton wore in my favorite musical "Hamilton", Since I probably don´t have too much time, I won´t make any fancy underpinnings, just a bumpad and a heavily boned dress.
And the last Costume I´´ve planned is another christmas costume, maybe something cute and less glamourous, a Christmas elf for example ^^
So this was a pretty long post, but well I have a lot ideas.
I hope you enjoyed it, is there something you ar eypecially excicded about?
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