Family time done now to craft!

Yep we have a lunch rather than dinner as it’s summer and we can have a long afternoon outdoors or resting after All The Food.

So the big gift this year was an Xbox One (2T!) But I am having trouble linking my accounts, so will have to use the 14 day pass to do some stuff. But it’s an overcast day and I’d like to work on my frock and some stuff to clear out of the studio 🙂

Well that's a great answer

http://docs.layerswp.com/doc/troubleshooting-customizer-errors/

Seriously. Inactive widgets slowed my customizer down so much I couldn’t use it.

 

I had basically played around with themes and all the widget options stayed. I also had a very weird layout when I went to clear inactive widgets, but it went back to normal.

Anyway. To the widget-mobile to try and get instagram to display 🙂

 

form and function

Over the years I have come to the conclusion I have a very distinct style, even across multiple eras and genres. There is a very obvious pattern to what appeals when one is a maker first, fan second.

I am a fan of when function meets form. So working out a puzzle of construction is incredibly satisfying. If it has to be draped on the stand all the better. Fabric manipulation for fit especially.

 

Contrast. Big colour and texture blocks. But that can sometimes be subtle, like the seam details on the backs of late 18thC bodices.

I keep flicking between eras/genres and it’s because I want to understand how the very different constructions affect fit and perceptions of ideal body types. The 1920s velvet gowns I’m making superficially look like the bias cut gowns of a decade later but really rely on different fabric use to achieve it.

Right now I’d love to do an essay on how extant items can tell us more about how clothes were made than first appearance. But it is a bit reliant on getting some of my own gear finished. So that is the aim this year. Finish the historic projects to really highlight what I want to say.

Got a lot of writing and sewing to do to actually get there though!