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today i copied craftykeg and made a haramaki/tummy warmer:

mine is very simple, not like hers with the cute pattern, but i like it still and am going to wear it today. i didn’t follow the instructions to the tutorial closely and chose to make mine single layered instead of double (basically, i just sewed 2 pieces of jersey together on each side)—i liked craftykeg’s idea of tapering for the waist and did the same. i like to layer my tshirts, so i think of this as an extra tshirt layer that i can interchange easily. i want to make more—with patterns and designs, i also think it’d be cute to add lace or a lettuce/rolled edge using a serger. i also might want to add long sleeve arms to a short sleeve tee following the same idea.

i also wasn’t entirely happy with my results from yesterday, so i re-worked one of them (the first one):

yesterday	today

i tried to make the vignette softer, but i didn’t really notice until afterwards that i probably could have softened it even more and made it lighter. i also backed off on the cyan/blue color tinting because i thought it was too heavy handed yesterday. similarly for the second photo, i took out the color tinting effect entirely.

i have really enjoyed participating in thing.a.day and am sad that today is the last day. there are some projects that i’d hope to do/do more of this past month that i didn’t get to, so i’ll try to do them in the near future:

• re-learn illustrator
• make tshirts from illustrator and/other designs—try iron-on transfers or diy silkscreening
• needle felting
• re-learn crochet
• crochet hyperbolic planes and sea slugs
• knit squares for a blanket
• make more stuffed animals/creatures

i’ll probably keep documenting my projects on my blog (probably not every day though) and look forward to next year!

my friends gave me a tshirt that has a bunch of pandas in various tai chi poses. the sleeves were a little too long and bunched up a little under my arms, so i altered the sleeves to be capsleeves. i matched the sleeves to another tshirt of mine that fit well. i thought that i could just sew under the arms to make the sleeves tighter, but i ended up having to cut off the sleeves and re-sew them onto the shirt because they were angled too high before. it’s probably not that noticeable a difference (besides the fact that they are shorter) but i’m happier with the fit, and the shirt/sleeves are more comfortable as a result (doesn’t pull across the shoulders or bunch up under my arms as much).

before	after

i reconstructed another oversized tshirt today:

i got the idea from 99 ways to cut, sew, trim, and tie your t-shirt into something special (#15, mimi) but had to modify the sleeves to make them fit better and also made the belt significantly shorter.

i remade a american apparel men’s XL tshirt today:

i got the idea from save this shirt (fit to be thai’d) but didn’t realize until afterwards that the part that is woven through the back is supposed to remain connected to the rest of the shirt. i don’t think it matters all that much though. if i were doing it over again, i would have made the length a little bit longer, but otherwise, i’m happy with it.

Ok so I’ve had issues which meant I couldn’t upload my piccies but I’m trying to get back on track. Here are pics for days 1,2 and 3.

Day 1 saw me making a Jack and Sally charm bracelet.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherrypiepunk/2260358948/

Day 2 was a dress making day. Eighties inspired neon pink leopard print, rar!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherrypiepunk/2260169975/

Day 3 was all about panties. Big bow behind panties with a kitty theme to be exact.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherrypiepunk/2260992108/in/photostream/

Thanks to everyone who left me comments of encouragement while I was away.  Will be back tomorrow with more updates.

Ok so I’m gradually getting pics of my thing a day makes on the net. Day 2 saw me getting adventurous with an eighties inspired jumper dress in amazing neon pink sweater faric with leatherette trim

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherrypiepunk/2260169975/

Day 3 was a day for making panties. Big bow behind panties to be exact. These ones had a kitty theme

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherrypiepunk/2260992108/in/photostream/

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to update more of my pictures.

I loved this photo on The Sartorialist - the jacket, the voluminous pants, the air of worldliness. But I saw it on a world-weary bunny. And so here he is.

(I added a neckkerchief because I thought the wool jacket over a skimpy t-shirt was a bit naf.)

This is the fourth and last from MODA magazine from Spain. The blouse definitely grabbed me on this one. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

The third in a series of sketches from Moda España verano 2006 magazine. I really like the pants she wears. Next week I start sewing again! Not clothes, but that will come in time

Here’s another one from Moda España verano 2006 magazine in graphite.

http://www.thing-a-day.com/author/maribel/feed/

so i don’t really know if i can count this, but i got some of my photos printed for a show that starts monday.
11×17” glossy paper

this one is up

and this one:

and i will print 4 more tomorrow ( not tomorrow but today, i fell asleep and didn’t update)

oh yeah, so the obvious thing for me to make would be editing my photos. i have so many unedited ones, i can really get a chunk done if i do one a day….but i feel like it’s cheating so i’ll try to make some crafty things too, although i really need some digital practices!! it’s easy to use school assignments for this, i will if i have to

I draw, I like to make things…

This is from Moda España verano 2006 magazine. I like fashion and the human form.