All of the Costumes, All of the Time

What's an "Iron"? Alright, so the trousers are sewn, and believe it or not, I did iron them.  So since they're still ridiculously wrinkly, I'm going to have to go take them to the dry cleaners and have them use the industrial strength iron.  That binder clip is just there to keep the top of the front pleats aligned. I found the zipper I needed, which was a 12" rather than a 14", and that's attached in the usual zipper fashion.  It's black rather than gray, but oh well. Also pre-ironing, I basted the waistband of the trousers and the furthermost edge of the cuffs.  The cuffs were basted before I hemmed them.  I kept the basting in while I was ironing. Basting is just whatever embroidery floss I have lying around the house.  It does use a lot of thread to do it, but you don't have to worry about stabbing yourself with pins, or having a safety pin come undone.  You also don't have to worry about the fabric getting rusty.  The bas...

Gah!  There's something to see before coffee in the morning.  Anyway, these are the Redbubble leggings. They're a little thicker and spanx-ier than I would've thought, but they're still somewhat see through in the white parts.  If you wear black underpants, they will probably be visible.  Here's a checkerboard to demonstrate, but it doesn't show up that well. It's a little easier to see if you hold your screen at an angle. Anyway, Escape from New York!  Woo!  And I also approve of their tag:  

Mary Morstan Big Entrance Dress So this is my version of the purple dress with black leaves that Mary wears in the BBC Sherlock's "The Empty Hearse".  It's not 100% screen-accurate, but it's fairly reasonably priced compared to the availability.  I still haven't made a Spoonflower fabric, but that's in the works. I was noticing that along with the Woman on the Bus dress, it's extremely difficult to see the complete garment.  Mary you can only see in Empty Hearse, mostly from the higher part of the waist up, and then a brief, long-distance glimpse of her back.  Then in His Last Vow, you can see one side down to about knee level, but that's definitely not enough to completely make a dress.  And it has little black sparkles on it, but you can't order those on Redbubble. https://www.redbubble.com/people/elaphushouse/works/33039263-mary-watson-dress?asc=u&p=a-line-dress

Molly Hooper Shirt Pattern Pillow Why did I make Molly's Empty Hearse shirt pattern into a pillow?  Because Redbubble doesn't make doormats! No, that's mean, but seriously.  I like the BBC Sherlock, but there are things I wish they'd change.  So here's the 16" x 16" pillow cover, around a Tardis door pillow I bought separately.  You can just barely see through the cover.  Here the pillow is with a ruler on top, so you can see the sharpness in comparison. It also came with a cream colored zipper, which I thought was a little strange. That's a tan sheet in the background, not a white one. Pillow available here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/elaphushouse/works/32621119-mousy-coroner-green-flower?grid_pos=1&p=throw-pillow&rbs=ea429919-ebdd-44ec-a4f7-541180db51de&ref=shop_grid&searchTerm=mousy%20coroner The pattern is also available on other products at Redbubble, and is available on other types of cloth at Spoonflow...

I feel like there might be a Leslie Nielsen movie called Dirndl Top: Part 2.  But anyway, it's done now.  It turned out it is long enough for the sleeves, if you don't want them elbow-length like the picture on the pattern envelope. Cutting out the largest size for the sleeves worked out for my zaftig arms, and it wasn't too difficult to get the rest of the cloth gathered into the armhole.  I pinned all the straight, non-gathered parts of the sleeve to the armhole, and then finagled the remaining amount from there.  I just made the basting stitches go a little further along the upper edge of the sleeve piece. I did four buttons for the front, and it turns out I did have enough elastic lying around the house to do both the sleeves and the bottom of the blouse.  It does seem a little strange to me to have an old-fashioned European outfit where the blouse doesn't cover the gut, but there you have it. I was pondering white buttons, since it's not going t...