#moodfabric

[mostlynatur3]

[ourflagmeansbts]

Source (Season 1 - April 7th 2022)

hannahgreenecostumes: Stede and his robes in Our Flag Means Death! Christine Wada designed two wonderful robes that Stede wears throughout the season, plus a fantastically ruffled nightgown all made by one of the show’s pattern makers @heathervanderstitch and her team @shizenbeauty Maria Ivakhinova and Glady Cepeda! The Yellow Dressing Gown: I believe this was the very first costume piece we made for Stede. It was made out of a crinkle textured rayon with a jacquard floral motif from @moodfabrics in LA with a silk charmeuse lining. The best part about the robe is all the incredible soutache that was all the work of the incredible Maria Ivakhinova

[leafnincosplay]

Stargirl is complete!

I had waited and waited for the official pattern for my gloves and spats, but turned out there was no glove pattern at all! The spatpattern was also strange. So I used my favorite McCall's pattern for the gloves and my Link pattern I made for the spats.

The goggles are my official WWE Becky Lynch goggles I've had for years and finally get to wear them in cosplay! They hold my Nanami wig in place.

I'll be taking her to rose city next month!

Free bodysuit pattern is the Olympia tennis dress from @moodfabrics with a modified neckline and lengthened torso. Thank you for good size inclusive patterns!

[banditspurs]

Dog for scale

When you have a 100+ pdf print pattern to assemble I am reminded how fortunate I am to have a large living room XD

Aurora pattern is a free download from @moodfabrics!

[amazonmandy]

Such a 𝒇𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 judo-ballerina! I love Manon, after doing her first alt outfit, I had to do this one, as well! The blue fabric was the hardest piece for me to choose, after going through many samples I loved the Balenciaga floral jacquard from @moodfabrics, AND found they had a gorgeous Ralph Lauren stretch twill there that was perfect for the pants, as well! I used 4 different kinds of lace for the accents, & of course added MORE crystals (bc I can). The lining & center front is a deep red rose damask with metallic gold accents. I need to find a pic where you can see the details I put on the epaulettes. The wig is 3 sewn together for volume, I can’t decide if I want to leave it w a more natural curl (I usually prefer a more natural looking style on wigs), or to go full drill curl sometime. We’ll see! Huge thanks to @scoundrel.run for the photos!

[knitmoregirls]

Body-ody-ody and some vintage leather buttons to match. 🕰️ (Pattern: Must Have Cardigan from @Patonsyarn booklet 500989 FF, Yarn: Malabrigo Rios “Bobby Blue”, vintage leather buttons from @MoodFabrics) 🕰️ You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 🕰️ #bipocknitters #knitting #BIPOCMaker #KnittersOfInstagram #BIPOCDyersOfInstagram #IndieDyersOfInstagram #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #KnitmoreALong #ProjectSweaterChest #handknit #couture #Bespoke #Malabrigo #Patons #MoodFabrics https://instagr.am/p/CuN8G4yR0EC/

[ladycels]

Just in time for the new year, I finished my sewing practice dress. I stuck to most of the pattern, except with the sleev3 hems. I'm not a fan of elastics on my wrists, so I left the ends of the sleeve flared. But it's definitely some of my cleaner sewing work, and the insides are all finished with either facings, French seams, or serging.

Pattern by stylearc sewing patterns

Fabric from @moodfabrics

I'll have to wait for the summer to wear, or at least a little bit warmer temperatures. It's quite light!

#sewing #sewingreset

[mint-corset]

Ok I'm free.

Limit pre-buying and bulk buying to supplies you always reuse - For me, this is stuff like muslin fabrics and interfacing. But I'd also say buying commonly used colors is also a good idea. Like I plan to always have black fabrics around because, well, I love black clothes. I find this helps you keep a low stash but also save money long term. If muslin or a frequently used fabric is on sale, one you know you will use, go for it.

Buy swatches, if you're patient. Alternatively, don't have exact colors in mind - One of my favorite fabric stores online is currently MoodFabrics.com. I'm lazy and don't buy swatches all the time, but usually I save that moment for when I just know a general idea. Like recently I just know I wanted to make a nice blue skirt, I avoided getting any more specific than that. I think this is more of a mental tool because your expectations aren't as specific. Also it helps that moodfabrics' images are pretty spot on for color. I recommend them they explain a lot about the fabric so there's no surprises like "oh no this is way more transparent that I expected"

Make project budgets! - Projects vary a lot and I find doing a budget per garment is better. Like making a corset is much more expensive than just making an A-line skirt. I also think this keeps my stash low while saving money long term.

Ok. This is a sewing blog now.

I'm making bodice blocks for myself, followed by a pencil skirt sloper. This this, I can design whatever the fuck I want and give up on commercial prints. My eyes have been opened so fucking wide recently about pattern drafting. I was so confused about this type of stuff a year or so ago but I've really learned so much.

My general interest in fashion has skyrocketed.

[kecharacosplay]

Full body photos of the Kraken Mermaid Armor, a collaborative project between myself and @faerytale-wings ! I did the corset, the cape, and the hooded bolero. She hand-tooled AND dyed all of the armor out of real leather! The white dress and the jingly navy sash are the only things that were purchased.

Corset is @silkbaron-blog Tidepool Dupioni and Midnight Velvet, trims are from Amazon. Fully lined in coordinating cotton, and three types of steel boning (spring/spiral/flat) for ultra stability! Cape is an ombre chiffon from Moodfabric, and the bolero is blizzard fleece from Joann's(to be upgraded and replaced in the future).

[raepritewrites]

Yeah uh, internet? Im not mad im just disappointed

[lexgurst]

Let's play a game! How many yards of fabric are in this box? Me... for scale. #fabric #costumedesign #costumes #theatre #dance #dancecostumes #moodfabric #hashtag

[leavenocraftbehind]

A Kalle shirt in the making. Fabric from Mood.

[rabbitailor]

Quick stop at moods today.

[angel-pooley]

I’m back on the sewing horse!

After quite a long hiatus (long for me anyway), I completed these trousers, I’ve downloaded this pattern months ago but I finally was inspired by the sew your view tutorial for a faux fly on Instagram!

Even though the pattern included a fully working fly, they actually didn’t need it, because of the draw string waist there is ample room to squeeze in.

I searched the #WatsoniaPants for inspiration when I decided to do this pattern, this is when I came across the faux fly tutorial. A lot of the feedback from those that made it recommended making a size smaller than recommended on the pattern chart, because they were an loose fitting garment anyway, I figured if it wasn’t right they’d still fit anyway. But it actually made them fit perfectly in my opinion.

I also done a little bit for the environment with this project, I got a draw string for another garment that wax falling apart and I upcycled it. Every little helps right?

Oh yeah, did I mention..: there’s POCKETS!!! The pocket choice on this pattern really accentuates, the “paper bag waist”. They also have the cutest faux pocket flaps too!! 

Fabric from Star Fabrics

Pattern is FREE Watsonia from Mood

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Now what shall I make next 🤔

I’ll be back hopefully sooner rather than later. ✌🏽

Angel 😇

[luciaromerovb]

Mood Fabrics Visit Study Tour Blog

For the first study tour journal post, I visited Mood Fabrics store in the garment district. Mood is the number one fashion fabric store because of the number of customers the store receives every day. The NYC Flagship store that the class visited was very busy with many customers going in and out looking for different fabrics. I always enjoy visiting Mood to look at all the new and trendy fabrics they receive especially looking at their detailed, delicate, and dainty fabrics: lace, embellishments, and embroidery like the ones in the picture below. 

My first time visiting a Mood fabrics store was in New York this past summer while interning in the city. I was a product development and sourcing intern for Adam Lippes and Anna Sui, where I did many errands in midtown visiting a lot of fabric stores and factories. The first time I visited Mood during an errand I picked up swatches for my internships.  I was impressed by how big the store in midtown was, the number of floors and the variety of trims available at the store. 

Mood fabrics entrance was one of my favorite parts of the store with all the fashion illustrations and drawings of different dresses. I really like how many aisles had elegant and delicate dresses like the white embroidered dress in the picture below next to numerous rolls of fabric.

[knitmoregirls]

TFW the first dress you sew for yourself makes you feel like Joan from Mad Men. 👗 This is the wearable muslin I did- I’m going to mess with it a *tiny* bit more, but I LOVE IT. 👗 (Pattern: @moodfabrics Citrus Dress) 👗 You can hear all about this project, and all the others on The Knitmore Girls Podcast, available on all of your favorite audio platforms. 👗 #BIPOCMaker #KnitmoregirlsPodcast #Bespoke #Sewing #SewistsOfInstagram #AndSewOn #Janome #SlowFashion #Sewist #Bespoke #Couture #TeamTrace #Muslin #WearableMuslin #MoodCamelliaPattern #MoodCitrusPattern 👗 [Image Description: A striking, freckled, and fair-skinned Iranian American woman with a sharp, short, bright Easter grass green hairdo is wearing a form-fitting teal dress with abalone buttons. She has a satisfied smirk because she looks amazing.] https://instagr.am/p/CqL3airvQx4/