The Damned Are Welcome Here

I bid you welcome, Dear Damned Ones. Am absolutely jubilant at your presence here.

For the lace on the linen shirt, I find myself nearing the completion of this endeavour. Should you recollect, I only had the lace at the opening in the neckline to finish. Well, it’s more than half done. This lamentably atrocious pictures shows one half of the lace for the opening:

The eyes are only placed, not sewn in, but I wanted to show something of how they will appear when finished. I’m going out a week from tomorrow with friends to celebrate two of those friends birthdays and would truly delight in donning it for such a momentous occasion. Haven’t found red beads for the crosses on the cuff lace, but their purchase can be attended to at a later juncture.

Have the motifs for the other side sewn together so just have the three rounds of crochet around all to do. And then, of course, sew them onto the shirt and attach the red rhinestone eyes. I am happy to be in close proximity to the culmination of this endeavor.

For the spider coat, finished attaching the sleeves. Tried making shoulder pads. Haven’t been able to find the shoulder pads I prefer and resolved to make two. The Closet Historian, on her YouTube channel, made some and the process seemed simple enough. Well, simple for her, but me, not so much. It probably would have been a good idea to watch her video while I was making them, but that apparently is too sensible for me. Went completely by memory. How could that go wrong, I asked myself.

Dali jacket is coming along slowly. Very slowly. Very, very slowly. So slowly, in fact, that I have only added one more picture and basted some blue fabric around it. Did finish the first picture. Here it is, in all it’s photographic glory:

With a close-up of one of the corners:

Does need a good pressing, but that will come later. Can’t say I really love the basting stitches on the sides, but I do rather like the corners. Shall proceed in that vein alongside the supplementary pictures.

Do want to say that the printable fabric is kind of crunchy. Doesn’t flow like regular fabric. So, I’ve decided not to employ as many pictures as initially conceived.

If you remember, I’m doing this on a rather ugly colour of linen. A dreadful version of beige. I most definitely do not desire that any of the linen be revealed. Will add bigger swaths of the blue quilting cotton with slow stiches. Considering doing the stiches in some pattern copied from the various pictures. I shall endeavor to elucidate that matter more clearly in a future post.

Lastly, been reading Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. His website is here, by the by. Thus far, the book is quite good. Main message is you should get out and be creative even if you don’t know what you’re doing. In fact, that’s how you figure out what you’re doing. Fake it ’til you make it, he says. Exceedingly sound counsel, I believe. The copy I’m reading is from the library but will probably buy my own. Then I will be able to peruse the book at my leisure.

This shall suffice for the present moment. You have my undying gratitude, Dear Damned Ones, for your presence here. Ever so thoughtful of you to come.