Manly show

So I went to see a show last Saturday

I had made some of the costumes for the performers

It was called The Immense Manly Extravaganza!

presented by Slanty - eyes unlimited

 

These two strapping lads put on a fun night

There was old fashioned feats of strength, and general acrobatic and manly exercises

And of course some boylesque thrown in

If this show hits your town, do yourself the favour and get a ticket.

thanks to Violet Verre Photography for the documentation. 

:)

making pattern magic clothing

As I said I am going to start making stuff for myself,

I have a few simple commercial patterns that I can just whip up.

But then I decided I should draft some stuff too,

and since I have always wanted to use my Pattern Magic books I figure it is the perfect thing.

The books are probably well known Tomoko Nakamichi's Pattern Magic

I will start with something reasonably simple, the bamboo shoot bodice and try and make a dress out of it.

Hopefully this will be how it will end up looking, but only time will tell. ;)

I am going to go through some of my fabric boxes for this one, if it works out okay I may consider a play-suit with s similar design.

Samurai Power forward....

So I have been slowly working on this Power ranger,

its been fun doing something simple, like a unitard with some applique.

Lets just say it is not perfect but hey I am getting there.

Even our female dance dummy at work is a bit too big for this one,

That is mainly because we don't have a child's dummy.

I haven't sewn the Centre back, inside leg and collar.

But I am determined to finish it this week so that I can wrap it and give it to the young man next week.

I will show more photos soon

Lets hope he likes it

Lady A