Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Einstein Dress!

   I'm super excited to share what I sewed up last night! It ended up way better than expected, though I had to alter the pattern a little to get it the way I wanted it.


   This dress's pattern is McCall's 6754, the black fabric I used on the sleeves and bodice is some lightweight jersey knit fabric I found on eBay for $4.50, and the bottom half is of some fabric I designed myself!
  

   When I first joined Spoonflower, the first design I uploaded was this vectorized image of Einstein. And seeing and working with the fabric in person, I can say it totally turned out better than expected! The background on the fabric (which is the organic cotton knit) was supposed to be black, but it turned out dark grey. That's my only complaint about it, and shortly after my fabric was shipped, Spoonflower actually started making the organic knit with "blacker blacks and brighter brights". My luck, right?

   I unfortunately didn't take any process shots of making the dress. I finished it in an hour or two, and I kind of really got focused on sewing. Sorry!

   So the only alterations I made were to shorten the skirt of the dress, because I can be my own worst critic and decided only to order a yard of the Einstein fabric just in case I somehow totally messed it up! So I shortened just as much as I had to to get all the pattern pieces I needed cut from it.

   I also made a little 'belt' out of the black jersey knit because how the skirt and bodice joined bugged me a bit since the colours did not match. It's a little hard to see in the photos, but it's just a strip of fabric that I sewed on to lay over the seam.

   The last thing I did was decided not to add the elastic strip to the dress. I felt the dress looked good enough without this and it would probably be more comfortable without a piece of elastic over the widest part of my stomach, haha.

   So that's it! That's my dress! And I love it! Here's a few more pictures to share. ;P



   So, what do you think? Pretty spiffy, right?

   What type of fabric do you think I should design next? ;D

   P.S. I posted a ton of photos of Einstein and my other little kittles, in case you are a cat fanatic like me and would like to see. :)

26 comments:

  1. Love this, just found you on blogelina daily post, but will be back to read your other posts! That's very cute, and I think I might have that same pattern (bought it for my daughter) Not sure how you designed the fabric but I'm guessing you've probably blogged about it so I will find out. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. To design the pattern, I just used Photoshop and a vector program to take the photo of Einstein and make it less photo-y.

    To get the pattern printed on fabric, I used Spoonflower.com It's really simple, you just upload your design and customize it with the options they offer.

    Thank you, btw! I am pretty thrilled with my dress, now I just need some warm and cozy winter leggings to go with it. :)

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  3. So you uploaded the pic of your kitty and the company made fabric from it? That's pretty amazing! And it's a beautiful outfit!

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  4. Well, I had to edit the photo to make it suitable myself, but other than that, yes. :D And thank you!

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  5. Nice job! Cool how the red trees match so perfectly. :)

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  6. Thank you! Fall is such a pretty season, I wish it was pretty like this all year around!

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  7. This is just so cool! Your pussy-cat's face in that picture is priceless! I think it's awesome that you designed the fabric, and made something so cute with it.

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  8. How creative to put your cat on the fabric. Don't you love Spoonflower?!

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  9. That is very good. You did a great job. I have never heard of Spoonflower or designing your own fabric. I am going to have to check that out.


    Thanks for sharing your journey. You are progressing very well.

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  10. I love it! I had no idea you could design your own fabric. That may the be neatest thing I've ever heard of! I also just saw you can design your own wrapping paper on Zazzle. I'm feeling like getting creative soon!!

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  11. Thank you! When I first made a Spoonflower account I planned to make a fabric for each of my four kitties plus Lucifur, the kitty who lives with me because his owner can't currently keep him. I'm now one fabric design away from finishing that. :)

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  12. I do! :D I can't wait to get the swatches of some designs I made recently. Only thing I don't like, their shipping is pretty pitiful!

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  13. It's really fun, I enjoy it a lot. :) Thank you!

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  14. On Spoonflower you can also design wrapping paper, two different types I believe, decals, and wallpaper. It's a great creative outlet!

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  15. That's amazing!! I wish I could design clothes like that. It would sure be a skill that would come in handy!

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  16. I'm fairly new at it but it's really fun. Maybe you should give it a try sometime!

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  17. The dress is so cute! I love the fabric you picked.

    Heidi’s
    Wanderings

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  18. Seriously... you sewed that?? It's PERFECT! You are sooo talented!

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  19. I am really happy with how to fabric turned out! I wish the black background was more black and less grey, but overall I'm super happy with it!

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  20. This is so adorable! The dress came out so wonderful and looks beyond amazing on you! And I absolutely LOVE that you got fabric with a vectorized image of your cat!

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  21. Oh that's fantastic fabric - I am yet to dip my toes into the ocean of fabric that is Spoonflower. How wonderful to be able to make your very own crazy cat fabric! They are all very cute kitties by the way!

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  22. Thank you! I designed more cat fabric and will eventually order and use them as well. :D

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  23. Thank you! I was pretty excited to find Spoonflower when I did, and I'm very happy with it. :D

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  24. So cute! I have been wanting to order fabric from spoonflower - it's just so expensive I haven't been able to get myself to do it yet. This turned out so adorable though!


    Josie
    FineandFeathered.com

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  25. I do wish it was cheaper or there was a cheaper alternate website, I have only ordered the cheapest fabric for lining pockets and such, and this fabric in their cotton knit.

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