Theresa is back! This is a tidbit for next week which will be a three part series on her latest Steampunk pattern, #1248. This is her third Steampunk and, alas, she didn't get as many photos of this one. BUT, there are three interesting short videos of her explaining the muslin samples for Betsy Burger in Simplicity's New York offices.
Take it away ... Theresa!
Take it away ... Theresa!
Oh and one more thing ... she named this one "The Revenge of the Steampunk!"
So, as this steamy design tale goes, another year goes by, another Steampunk pattern requested. This was perhaps the most difficult for me to design in this series. My mother's health was in severe decline and as her main caretaker, I was pretty emotionally drained. I had sent in some designs, but Simplicity didn't think they would go and so back to the drawing board I went. Betsy had sent me a couple of starter ideas and I finally got inspired to go in a kind of military direction on one view (Also a bit of Adam and the Ants from the 1980's) , and more of a romantic direction on the other.
So, as this steamy design tale goes, another year goes by, another Steampunk pattern requested. This was perhaps the most difficult for me to design in this series. My mother's health was in severe decline and as her main caretaker, I was pretty emotionally drained. I had sent in some designs, but Simplicity didn't think they would go and so back to the drawing board I went. Betsy had sent me a couple of starter ideas and I finally got inspired to go in a kind of military direction on one view (Also a bit of Adam and the Ants from the 1980's) , and more of a romantic direction on the other.
I found the wonderful striped skirt fabric at Britex Fabrics, San Francisco and also the velveteen and trim for View A, and we were off to the races. As with the previous pattern, I had started making up short videos to show Betsy where I was going in the flat pattern and draping. They have been really helpful as these patterns are just more complex and different than say, aprons or Barbie clothes. Alas I don't have any construction photos from this pattern, or better yet me trying to figure out how to make those spats, as I ended up draping them on my own leg and then sizing them down to the proper measurements. So many little pieces for the tabs and straps, so many trips to the hardware store. I never ever thought that I would be in a hardware store by D-clips for a pattern project.
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Theresa LaQuey
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