Arletta

I just spent a significant amount of time looking up fabrics, on ebay and other places, as I have decided I’d like to properly learn how to sew and make my own clothes.

Then, I got to Red Bubble, and the Home Page looked like a fabric store! I took a screenshot of it, in the hopes that I’ll add it to this, later on in life, to make everything more interesting. However, as one way of doing it clogs up Red Bubble and confuses me, and the other way involves me remembering my username and other login info for one image hosting site or another, that is looking unlikely to happen.

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And, then it did happen:

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I am considering, as a way of cutting costs on fabrics and maximizing my wardrobe, making some tank style blouses that are reversible. Not as in by turning them inside out, but, just by turning them around. Come to think of it, that would work with sheath dresses, too.

Think about it! I could make a lovely brown dress jacket with a rusty orange trim, right? Then, I could make a dress that can be worn in either direction that has a rusty orange floral print on one side, and the same brown as the jacket on the other side. Then, I could have a mostly brown front showing to the world with a floral print behind, or vice versa. For reasons of aesthetics, I shall refrain from speaking of my behind as mostly brown.

Whoops!

Okay, it would work better with the tank top, idea! Because, that way, the back would never be showing, since I’d be wearing the jacket! I think that’d be pretty cool and a real spacesaver, since I could fit 4 tops in the space of two! And, the reason it would save money, of course, is that I’d only need half as much of the fancier fabric to make the top, and the other side could be made from something cheaper but that would still go with the outfit.

Of course, as I really know very little about sewing, at this point, I will probably end up making a thousand mistakes, without trying to get all fancy. So, I should probably just buy the cheap fabric and do my best, to start with.

After that, it’s chains for straps, two different colors, beadwork, and weirdness! Woo hoo!

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That’s right! I’m back, and still thinking on fashion choices. Dig this green checked embroidered silk:

I think it would go lovely with any of these choices for tops:

Some of which would also go, very lovely, with this beauty:

Then, there are things like this:

I’d love to make a jacket with that on the back! I’d, also, love to cover an entire bedroom wall with it! Or, maybe this one, instead:

Imagine!

Now, can anyone tell me what a “fat quarter” is, in fabric speak?

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