Here's what I've been working on all of last week.....four sets of sleeves.....
It's like building an old-fashioned wedding cake - adding layer upon layer to get the right effect. They are for four Elfdoll-size costumes, one each in dark green, rust, wine red, and magenta/pink. The trims are a challenge since most are no longer available anywhere, so I'm relying on what I have in my stash from years ago.
As soon as I finish the top puffs, they can be sewn onto the bodices, and then it will actually look like I'm getting somewhere. I think I should strip down my Rosy, so she can model the finished gowns along with Ryung. It's always nicer to have two models interacting for photos.
These costumes are coming along very slowly. I think I've finally reached my 'saturation' level for these dresses, and am finding that I just can't stay focussed on them at all. I find it gets that way when I've made too many of something and it just isn't fun anymore. So I'm taking step-by-step photos as I go, so I can make a pattern with instructions. I haven't decided if I want to go into the 'pattern business' or if I'll offer it for free. Making patterns for sale is a tedious, time-consuming process, and it doesn't really seem worth it. I know that back in the 'paper pattern days' that each pattern sold would invariably end up in the hands of at least a dozen more people for free. It's a given fact. And that was back in the day when it still took some effort to duplicate a paper pattern. No one cared that it was a copyrighted pattern. But now with the Internet, it just takes a single keystroke to share a digital pattern with everyone. Selling only paper patterns doesn't really help either, since they are super easy to scan in, and again, with a single stroke on the keyboard, share with the world. It's no wonder there aren't more people selling doll patterns out there. And it also explains why the big pattern companies print all their patterns on those huge sheets of flimsy tissue paper. Those barely last more than a single use, and are almost impossible to duplicate.
So I'll see what I decide to do......and in the meantime there's lots of photos needing processing, and shopping to do....and it's nice and sunny out there, so let's go visit the nursery for an early taste of spring. Sewing can wait....
As soon as I finish the top puffs, they can be sewn onto the bodices, and then it will actually look like I'm getting somewhere. I think I should strip down my Rosy, so she can model the finished gowns along with Ryung. It's always nicer to have two models interacting for photos.
These costumes are coming along very slowly. I think I've finally reached my 'saturation' level for these dresses, and am finding that I just can't stay focussed on them at all. I find it gets that way when I've made too many of something and it just isn't fun anymore. So I'm taking step-by-step photos as I go, so I can make a pattern with instructions. I haven't decided if I want to go into the 'pattern business' or if I'll offer it for free. Making patterns for sale is a tedious, time-consuming process, and it doesn't really seem worth it. I know that back in the 'paper pattern days' that each pattern sold would invariably end up in the hands of at least a dozen more people for free. It's a given fact. And that was back in the day when it still took some effort to duplicate a paper pattern. No one cared that it was a copyrighted pattern. But now with the Internet, it just takes a single keystroke to share a digital pattern with everyone. Selling only paper patterns doesn't really help either, since they are super easy to scan in, and again, with a single stroke on the keyboard, share with the world. It's no wonder there aren't more people selling doll patterns out there. And it also explains why the big pattern companies print all their patterns on those huge sheets of flimsy tissue paper. Those barely last more than a single use, and are almost impossible to duplicate.
So I'll see what I decide to do......and in the meantime there's lots of photos needing processing, and shopping to do....and it's nice and sunny out there, so let's go visit the nursery for an early taste of spring. Sewing can wait....
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