tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52775206553617594772024-03-05T20:32:08.785-08:00Making TemboWhen I sew my heart sings. I love ribbon. The people at the fabric store know me. I'm famous for making a quilt instead of studying for final exams. Taft WKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988770975772305710noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277520655361759477.post-71947298071714134022017-01-11T04:00:00.000-08:002017-01-11T04:00:09.298-08:00Black Wrap Cardigan - Appliqued, Embroidered, and Beaded<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm back! For a limited time only! I'll be writing a couple of posts about what I made for Christmas presents, and then we will see again if I can keep posting regularly. </div>
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For the first of the Christmas present posts, we'll start with the one I have teased on Instagram a few times: </div>
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I wanted to make my mom a piece of clothing with lots of hand-sewn details (a la <a href="http://alabamachanin.com/" target="_blank">Alabama Chanin</a>, forever my aspiration). After a thrift shopping excursion where she couldn't find a black sweater, I decided that's what I would make, focusing the detail on the back so she could dress the piece up for work or wear it more casually.<br />
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I debated using contrasting colors for the applique and beading, but decided that a monochrome scheme would work best. I like that there is incredible detail, but it remains subtle and is still a versatile piece.<br />
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I found the wrap cardigan pattern <a href="http://nap-timecreations.com/2015/01/free-wrap-cardigan-pattern.html" target="_blank">here</a>, from the blog Nap Time Creations. It only comes in one size, but luckily that size was perfect!<br />
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The fabric is from Fabric Outlet, and the beads are from Fabric Outlet and Britex Fabrics.<br />
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My favorite part about the pattern is the interesting shoulder seaming. I think it's what makes the cardigan fit so well. It's like a raglan sleeve, but there is another seam across the arm just below the shoulder...is there a specific name for that?<br />
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The model here is my friend, Catherine.<br />
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I started by stitching down all the rolls of fabric, and then all the leaf shapes. Then I used bugle beads to create a border around all of the lines, and to highlight the whipstitching around the leaf shapes. Finally, I stitched smaller beads between each stitch holding the rolls down.<br />
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And that's it! I will see you in two weeks with more Christmas presents!<br />
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Taft WKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07988770975772305710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277520655361759477.post-71147786786313342512016-11-16T05:00:00.000-08:002016-11-16T05:00:00.150-08:00Just a quick update...<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello again!</div>
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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has kept up with this blog for so long. Your comments, support and encouragement have meant a lot in the 3+ years Making Tembo has been running. </div>
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But of course, things change. And since I've moved to college and become swamped by school work, I haven't been able to find the same time for sewing that I used to. I'm missing my craft like crazy, but I love my schoolwork too, and know it will serve me well in the long run. </div>
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not completely disappearing from this site! I just won't be posting regularly anymore. I'll update periodically as I work on projects, but I don't believe it will be nearly as often as it has been for the last few years. </div>
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Some people have asked what I'm up to at school now - and you can still stay in touch with what I'm working on. I'll keep posting photos on my Instagram, @taftisseamstress. I also think there is more to come with a website, portfolio, work-sharing site something something. I'm still trying to figure that out, but I will share here when I know more. </div>
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Love to you all! I'll see you soon for another update.<br />
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Two weeks ago, I posted <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/10/braided-rug-for-little-artistas.html" target="_blank">the first half</a> of this project. Where we left off, I had just moved my industrial sewing machine (her name is Belutha) next to our massive dining room table so that I could rotate the rug around and around and around and have enough room as it grew. </div>
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The bigger the rug grew, the trickier it was to keep it flat as I sewed. This led to some bumps and waves, but they all flattened out after I ironed it and let it sit flat for a while. </div>
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It was also very difficult to get final pictures of the rug - I couldn't find any space in our house to lay it flat where there would be only one background. And I'm not tall enough to get a proper birds eye view. But I think these do well enough, especially since there's a couple really good photos waiting at the end of this post...</div>
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The rug now lives at the new Ghiradelli location, at the first ever Culinary Artistas! After so much success with art workshops for kids, Anna created a new space with art and cooking facilities, where classes are still taught in Spanish and English. Check out their Instagram - I love looking at what the artists and chefs have made recently. The space is beautiful as well, and the rug looks right at home with all the other colors. </div>
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Earlier this year, I got make a rug out of recycled materials for <a href="https://www.littleartistas.com/" target="_blank">Little Artistas</a>. (You can read about it <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/05/braided-rug-part-1.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/05/braided-rug-part-2.html" target="_blank">here</a>.) It now lives at the Noe Valley location in their little reading nook. </div>
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Anna, the founder of Little Artistas, loved the rug so much that she asked for a second one for the new Ghiradelli location they opened this summer!<br /></div>
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This new rug was especially fun for me because I got to be involved every step of the way. </div>
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We started by going to <a href="http://www.scrap-sf.org/" target="_blank">SCRAP</a> (Scrounger's Center for Reusable Art Parts), where we made a beeline for the fabric aisle and used the color scheme for the new studio to pick out coordinating colors. </div>
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A note about the plan for this rug: we really didn't know how big it was going to be. I measured out my table and guessed I could make a rug about 6 feet in diameter, but we had no way of knowing how much fabric we would need to make this happen. We just kind of guessed, and we did a pretty good job! </div>
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Here's some (not all) of the fabric lined up. I added in some fabrics from my own collection so I could start cleaning out before moving away (still very sad about losing my fabric collection). </div>
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Same as with the last rug, I braided and braided and braided, sewing strips together as I went. I also sewed up part of the rug, but stopped when it grew too big for where my machine lived at the time (in a corner in my room). </div>
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I moved Belutha (that's the name of my sewing machine) out into the dining room and put her next to the table so I could use the whole table for rotating the rug. </div>
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I had waited until the very end to move to this set up so the crowded dining room would only be an issue for as short a time as possible. I then spent a couple straight days sewing around and around and around...</div>
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I used up so much thread on this too. But I love all the different color threads that are in the rug! It adds to the busy-ness and gives the rug another dimension. </div>
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Alrighty, this is the final post about this chair! You can catch up <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/06/metal-chair-part-1-100th-post.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/09/metal-chair-part-2.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you missed the last two. We last left off with the base completed and some of the structure for the back and seat cut out. </div>
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As per my teacher's instructions, I made a cross out of very dense metal, with a circle in the center to put bolts through. This got welded into the base, and a piece of flat metal went on the bottom to cover it up. </div>
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Then I did the upholstery! I got foam and pleather at Fabric Outlet (obvs). The foam was glued to the wood (see the last post), and the pleather was wrapped around that and stapled to the back. Staple gun for the win, that was probably the funnest part of this project! </div>
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Here's what the seat looked like with the cushion, before I glued the cushion in: </div>
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Then I welded the back and seat to each other. I cut half-circles into the bottom of the bar, so it could wrap around the back bar of the seat. This is similar to how the top of the base is constructed. </div>
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The adjustable height hardware was bolted to the bottom of the seat. </div>
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And I cut out a circle, welded it to the top of the base, and bolted the other half of the hardware in. </div>
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And then I spray-painted! Primer, then a paint called "Oil-Brushed Bronze" and then a matte finisher. We were going for an old, cast-iron look, and the imperfections in the metal helped with this. </div>
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I covered up the inside with paper, so as not to get paint where I would be gluing the cushions. </div>
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Here's what the chair looked like post-paint. It's not twisted down all the way, which is why it looks a little awkward. </div>
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At this point, the school year was over and my project wasn't <i>exactly</i> done. So I took all the pieces home and glued it there! Here's a whole bunch of photos of the final product: </div>
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I hope there weren't too many photos for these last few posts, but I really liked getting in the practice of taking process photos for this project. It has served me well, especially for new design projects at college. (Unfortunately, this chair couldn't come live with me in my dorm :/)</div>
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See you in two weeks!<br />Taft WK</div>
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Alright, I gotta be honest. It's been a while since this project, and I'm not sure I can describe it as well as I did for <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/06/metal-chair-part-1-100th-post.html" target="_blank">the first post</a>. But I'm going to try my best! </div>
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Where I left off on the last post, I had just finished bending the metal for the back and seat.</div>
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I bent the tops of the sides to make the corners and welded them together at the center. </div>
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And then I cut and mitered a piece for the back of the seat. </div>
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That got welded together too, but I don't think I have a photo. </div>
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These half-circles are cut into the ends of the bars for the back of the chair. They fit around the back of the base of the chair, like so: </div>
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That welding is a little janky, probably should have spent a little more time on it. </div>
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A chair with a completely open back doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so next up was cutting and molding wood. </div>
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So we got this weird foam thing. Can't remember what it's called, but here's what we did: </div>
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3. Cut the block along that line using the bandsaw</div>
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And then we put several sheets of this bendy wood in between the two pieces of foam and clamped it. This sat overnight, and when the clamps came off, the wood was the exact contour as the metal for the back of the chair. </div>
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Then I used some scrap plywood to cut out the shape for the bottom.</div>
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Probably the best finished piece out of the whole project. Too bad it's one of the least visible pieces. Oh well!</div>
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That circle is for the top of the new base design. Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of the sketch I made, so I'm gonna tell you about it with real pictures: </div>
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I started out by laser cutting a pattern, using the same curves as the back of the chair. </div>
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Not all the legs were completely straight, so I cut, rotated and welded back together a few of them. This ended up working in my favor - it gave the metal a nice texture when I painted it. </div>
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I cut them all down to the same length and cut half-circles into the top. These half-circles fit around the circle I made for the top of the base. </div>
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You can see how the base was attached to an adjustable-height thingy (I think it's called piano bench hardware?)...but that's a story for the next post! We're also gonna talk about the upholstering and more structural stuff I put into the base. </div>
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I saw this fabric at Fabric Outlet at least a year ago and even though I didn't know what to make with it, I still got it. I'm sure it was on sale too. </div>
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I got some inspiration when I needed an outfit for my senior photos in May. I'd been seeing so many cute two-piece outfits in matching fabrics both online and around the city, and I wanted one for myself! It felt like a great way to have one super cute outfit that could also be split up and worn different ways. </div>
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The yellow in the gingham is perfect - just the right shade and very subtle. And the white balances it out nicely. </div>
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The fabric also has a good texture to it, which made it easy to sew. </div>
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For the pattern, I patterned my own circle skirt and used the bodice from my <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/03/winter-formal-dress-2016.html" target="_blank">black Winter Formal dress</a> for the crop top. </div>
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The inside is lined with leftover muslin. You can also see the skirt's invisible zipper, and the matching button I used for the waistband. </div>
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The buttonholes were done on the machine (the machine was in a good mood that day!) and the buttons stitched on by hand. </div>
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Gotta be honest: I was ironing the zipper on the skirt while I was wearing it when our friends showed up to take my senior photos. Yay for second semester senior year time management!</div>
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And here's a couple of the really awesome photos we took that day: </div>
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<i>Photo credits to Vincent Louis Carrella. To read more about his and Michelle Turner's ODE project (which these photos are from): http://www.ode.life/. </i></div>
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I'm going to keep up with posting every other week for as long as I have projects...hopefully I can find a little bit of time here and there to keep sewing in my dorm!</div>
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This project is over a year old, but I needed to post pictures before it started to get too much more wear and tear!</div>
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In Spring of 2015, I became obsessed with washi tape. I ordered a few collections off of Etsy (10/10 would recommend, but it can be a little pricey) I used it to decorate my crutches, my travel sewing kit, my notebooks, <i>everything</i>. So it was not a very short leap before I was decorating my technology too. </div>
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And decorating it in a very involved and elaborate way. </div>
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And maybe decorating during class as well. Probably a good idea I waited until after graduation to post this. </div>
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Seriously, what's not to love about washi tape! You can find all the colors and patterns imaginable. </div>
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Those are some wonderfully feminist stickers I have since added to my computer. </div>
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But wait...there's more!!!!</div>
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Yes, I decorated the keyboard too. So much Netflix-ing while I worked on this. </div>
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You might notice the super-duper cool chalkboard math notation print tape around the edges. Yes, I am that much of a math nerd. I got a whole role of that tape instead of just a sample!</div>
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I started by cutting off a piece of washi tape in the approximate size of the key. I put it on one of the keys and then used an X-acto knife to round out the corners and cut off the excess.</div>
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Then I used a felt-tip marker to write the letter or the function of the key on top of the tape. </div>
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I gotta be honest, this is not the most functional art project. The tape has worn out on a few of the most-used keys and gotten really sticky and needed to be replaced. (You can see that especially on the space bar). </div>
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Everyone else has a very difficult time tying on this keyboard, although that may be just because everyone except me uses a Mac. But not everyone can touch-type or read the loopy script on the keys, which can only make that harder. </div>
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I'm not complaining, though. It just means no one else will try to use my computer or micro-manage what I'm working on at school. </div>
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So rating this project: If you can touch-type and don't mind a little bit of upkeep, I would 10/10 recommend this project. </div>
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If you can't touch type but are willing to re-draw the letters every once in a while in a more legible font, then maybe a 7/10. </div>
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If you hate typing and wouldn't want to deal with upkeep, then I'd give a 4/10. It's not a zero because this project is still hella cute and everyone deserves to smile when they open up their computer :)</div>
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On July 4th weekend in 2015, I decided I wanted to take a more decisive step in my growing interest in clothing sustainability and ethical fashion. I had also just finished reading the amazing book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Clothes-Sheila-Heti/dp/0399166564/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470678143&sr=8-2&keywords=women+in+clothes" target="_blank">Women in Clothes</a></i> and wanted to push myself to discover more about what clothing and sewing means to me and how I can better harness that energy. </div>
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So for one whole year, I did not buy any new clothing. I was only going to find clothing at thrift stores, clothing swaps or make it myself. I did make a few exceptions for things I know I can't thrift or make: shoes (but I would make a valiant thrift effort first), anything with underwire, shoes and tights. </div>
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When I first started this journey, I thought I would be sewing and thrifting all the time so I could have all the clothes I wanted. But as the months went on, I focused more on paring down my closet and working to create multiple outfits out of garments I already had. </div>
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I didn't buy any tights all year. Turns out, I didn't need more than what I had. I also only bought one pack of socks a month before my RTW fast was over. I threw out socks along the way as they became too worn to wear, but instead of replacing them, I decided it was okay to have a smaller sock drawer that wasn't overflowing. </div>
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And the rest of my shoes have come from thrift stores. But I also only bought a couple of pairs this whole year. All the shoes I had before are still in great shape, and still fashionable enough to wear. Lesson learned: you don't need a dozen and half pairs of shoes to have cool outfits. </div>
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I sewed my own formal-wear for events and bought jeans secondhand when my favorite pair wore out. I found black sneakers at a consignment store and got all sorts of interesting shirts and dresses at clothing swaps. And I kept wearing all the clothes I had accumulated in years before, instead of pushing them to the back of my closet. I wore so many garments until they were worn out - and then I salvaged or donated the fabric so it could be used again. </div>
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Here's the best part: I didn't even miss ready-to-wear clothing. I saved <i>so much </i>money this past year and I love the clothes I have more than ever have before. I felt like I was pushed to dive deep and ask myself about what I really truly wanted to wear and what I was most comfortable in. After doing so much capsule wardrobe research, I could feel myself gravitating towards a few shape, silhouettes, fabrics and looks that I loved the most. There was a capsule wardrobe emerging from what I already had. So I started donating and giving away garments I didn't wear so often anymore. </div>
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There were still several garments that I wanted very badly and I had a hard time finding at thrift stores. Things like high-waisted jeans, a good denim skirt, a casual black dress, or the perfect green t-shirt. After several months without good high-waisted jeans and wishing every week I had a pair again, I know I'll get good use out of them and want to bring them back to my closet. </div>
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When my RTW fast was over, I didn't want to immediately go on a shopping bender and buy a ton of garments who's origins and impacts I didn't know. But I also wanted to finally craft my ideal wardrobe before I went off to college, and I definitely didn't have enough time to sew a dozen garments this summer.</div>
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So I decided to design my own conscious wardrobe. I looked at the garments, shapes and fabrics I loved the most and sketched them out. I looked at the colors I know are most flattering on me, but also work together as a color palette.</div>
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I love variety, so it was difficult to finally pare down what I was drawn to the most, but I think I'm almost almost there. </div>
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This project was very similar to <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/07/academy-of-art-university-summer-2015_20.html" target="_blank">designing a fashion collection</a>, but instead I was designing a collection for myself. </div>
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I made several copies of the silhouettes and colored in each one. Then I spread them out and moved all the pieces around, making sure each garment could (hypothetically) be worked into several outfits. </div>
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And about the part where I'm a variety junkie: I realized a completely minimalist wardrobe was not going to be 100% me. You'll notice I didn't sketch shoes or sweaters/jackets, because that's generally where I throw in some weird thrift store find that makes the outfit special. I decided I was reserving those areas (and my 90s floral print mom jeans) for the off-kilter, non-mainstream looks I love. </div>
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Then I put each of my final pics in my sketchbook, and looked around online for a sewing pattern to match each one. In some cases, I had the same pattern in multiple colors. </div>
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I also noted what I needed for each pattern. Sometimes, I knew I had fabric that would match or already owned the perfect pattern. So I noted where I needed to go shopping or save up to buy the PDF online. </div>
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I also decided that if I can find the garment at a price I'm willing to pay and I know it was ethically manufactured, then I will buy it ready-to-wear. I don't have time to sew all these garments, but I still want to maintain the minimal-consumption shopping I've kept up this last year. </div>
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And then I made a plan for what I'm doing moving forward!</div>
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My next step is finding out where I can buy ethically manufactured fabric and notions. I'm looking to support business that have little to no negative environmental impact, are made locally, pay all employees a living wage, or support other social initiatives. Right now, I'm going to try salvaging fabric from thrift store garments, but if anyone has suggestions, I would love to hear them!</div>
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I'll keep you updated as my Conscious Wardrobe adventure continues...</div>
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P.S. You might have noticed there was not a post last Wednesday. Since my summer is coming to an end and I'm moving to college soon, I will be going back to a post every other Wednesday. I'll try to keep this up as long as I can - it just depends on how much sewing and crafting time I'll have when classes start. </div>
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It's, you guessed it, that dress pattern I make for my mom at least 4 times a year! I should really give it a better name. </div>
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My mom visited Vancouver last year and brought this fabric back for me. She found it at a nice fabric store, and thought it would make an excellent version of these dresses she loves. </div>
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The armholes were finished with bias tape:</div>
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However, this is the updated version. When I made my <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/04/pi-dress-nerdalert.html" target="_blank">Pi Dress</a>, I altered the shoulder seams so the dress would fit better in the armholes. The top of the armhole seam now sits in the right spot, buutt...</div>
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I can definitely do a better job of fitting the top of the side seam the next time I make this. It took a sleeveless version of the dress for me to fully realize this. </div>
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But I did serge the inside seams! I promise!</div>
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I got super lucky on the back and this one stripe mostly matched up. This print was just too crazy to try to make it match at the seams. I couldn't find any repeating anything, so I crossed my fingers, cut out the pattern pieces, and I guess that mostly paid off!</div>
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And here it is, ready for final delivery! I even got a little spotlight on my mom's Instagram page:</div>
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This post was a few days late, but I swear I have a good excuse! I was traveling in South Africa, blogging for <a href="http://hiveonline.org/">hiveonline.org</a> about the 2016 International AIDS Conference. You can read my youth reporter articles <a href="http://www.hiveonline.org/hive-at-aids2016/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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The last post in the series about the classes I took at the Academy of Art University last summer. You can also read about the <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/07/academy-of-art-university-summer-2015.html" target="_blank">Fashion Construction</a> and <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/07/aau-fashion-drawing.html" target="_blank">Fashion Drawing</a> classes I took. </div>
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As with all good design projects, we started with a lot of research. I made word maps and tried to sort out what was most inspiring to me, searched tags on Tumblr for images, dug through the image files at AAU's library, and went on a (legit) archaeological dig through my fabric stash. </div>
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After about a week of tossing ideas around, I settled on the dream that had brought me to the classes in the first place. I wanted to make things, learn how to make things better, and make things for other people. I decided to design a collection that represented artists and makers, that was an artist's uniform. </div>
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I brought all my visual research together and made several pages of collage in my sketchbook. (Side note, the plate in the top left corner is from the <a href="http://www.heathceramics.com/cook-dine#/collection/alabama-chanin" target="_blank">Heath Ceramics and Alabama Chanin collaboration</a>! My favs!)</div>
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After laying down the initial images, I went in with markers, pens, ink, watercolor pencils, and tape to add my own illustrations to the page and highlight certain areas. I also used tracing paper to gather interesting shapes I found in the pictures of artists and makers. </div>
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In many cases, I used my own handprint as part of the art. I wanted a piece of my own maker-ship, of my own hands to be part of the collection. I believe there is something incredibly beautiful and compelling about the handmade and I wanted that to come across in the clothing I designed. </div>
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I noticed that in the two main threads of my visual research, painters and welders, there were different color schemes, and I wanted them to be represented. The color swatches represent a lot of work that is not pictured here: many trials with different mediums, trying to get just the right hue. </div>
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You can see some of the colors I didn't use on the page on the left. </div>
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Then our class moved into sketching and making rough silhouettes. We made about 16, which would eventually be whittled down to between 4 and 6. </div>
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The roughs were drawn using croquis - which I was morally against. The croquis available had illogical proportions and I did not want to use them for my designs. I took the most reasonable looking croquis and filled her out in some places, most notably the thighs and upper arms. It didn't make a hugely noticeable difference, but it was enough that I felt just a little bit more comfortable using them. I still wish I had realistically proportioned sketches, though. </div>
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I also began coloring in my roughs using my basic, preliminary palette. The colors changed from what you see pictured here. </div>
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All the above sketches were rejects, and below are the silhouettes I decided upon. You'll notice they're covered in notes and folded papers, as I combined some outfits together and edited along the way. </div>
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I chose 5 outfits, because I felt I could achieve a good balance in that. </div>
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On the above page on the right, you can see another one of my drafts, where I started moving around colors and design details and testing color swatches until the outfits started feeling like they clicked together when you looked at them. </div>
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And this is my final collection! I chose minimalist makeup and versatile shoes. </div>
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As well as a mood board, which pulled images from the collage and inspiration pages of my sketchbook. </div>
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I had some extra time at the end of the class, so I got a tutorial from my teacher on how to draw flats: </div>
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This was definitely one of my favorite parts. I'm especially fascinated by the technical aspects of fashion design, and drawing the flats allowed me to detail out exactly what I would have wanted the final product to look like. </div>
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Of course, when I had finished designing the collection, I had big dreams that I would mock-up and maybe create some of what I had designed. I never ended up doing that, but I still love several of the pieces and their design details are still on my mental list of Things to Sew (One Day). </div>
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Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! This week, I've also been blogging at <a href="http://hiveonline.org/">hiveonline.org</a>, offering a youth perspective on the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. There's not as much sewing mojo as there is here, but you can also hit me up on Twitter @TWKisseamstress or read the articles at hiveonline.org, where we're talking smack about the patriarchy, advocating for women and girls, and empowering youth for sexual and reproductive health and rights! That's also some good mojo. </div>
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I learned in this class that the fashion drawing style isn't like regular figure drawing. We weren't necessarily drawing the model/scene as it appeared, we were drawing people to a 9-head proportion (which is a little ridiculous, in my opinion). </div>
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[This piece was for an assignment and inspired by the style of Rene Gruau.]</div>
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But we covered a ton of mediums, which I loved!! We started with charcoal and china marker. There was also water color (see above) and ink. Then oil pastels, collage, and watercolor pencil. </div>
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For the final assignment, we took 5 pieces we had drawn in class and re-made them, using new techniques we learned and cleaning up mistakes. </div>
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There were also days when we focused on just one body part or piece of clothing: </div>
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And every night for homework, we drew a few things in our sketchbook, and I caught this quick sketch of Kara before she got up from her nap (and went off to nap in a different location):</div>
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My wonderful art teacher at school, Mr. Sanborn, helped me photograph these pieces for my college application portfolio. When he saw the drawing of Kara, he <i>insisted</i> that a picture of a dog be included (which is why I'm also putting it here). </div>
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Hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacation!</div>
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P.S. Go checkout <a href="http://hiveonline.org/">hiveonline.org</a>! I'm at the International AIDS Conference in Durban right now, and will be blogging for HIVE from the conference. Not as much crafting/sewing as at this site, but tons of <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.co.za/2014/10/condom-dress.html" target="_blank">social</a> <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.co.za/2014/07/rally-sign.html" target="_blank">activism</a>! </div>
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Last summer, I took some really fun <a href="http://www.academyart.edu/academics/pre-college-art-experience-program" target="_blank">Pre-College classes at the Academy of Art University</a> in San Francisco. Why am I writing about it a year later? I don't know what to tell you. I really don't. </div>
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I took 3 classes: Fashion Construction, Fashion Drawing and Fashion Design. Each class was 3 hours long and met twice a week, plus homework. So between that and my internship, I barely slept last summer. But that's all fine and cool, cause I had so much fun at these classes! I would spend 10 hours a day, twice a week, at the campus taking classes, and I loved every second of it. </div>
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In Fashion Construction class, there were technically two projects. The first was this messenger bag: </div>
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We went shopping for fabric, but I (of course) bought fabric for a different project instead that I<i> still</i> have not started (of course). The main fabric on this bag was an old shower curtain (we think) that my mom found at a garage sale or something. I used it as a coverlet on the end of my bed, but got tired of it and decided it could have a third life as a messenger bag. </div>
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The class provided the pattern, and let me tell you, this bag is HUGE. And very floppy. I used it when I took another art class this past spring, which is why you might see some charcoal marks on it. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to use it. </div>
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The lining fabric is leftover from hemming some curtains. </div>
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And there's these really cute buttons I found at Fabric Outlet! There were about 4 or 5 in different colors, and I used 2 of them on this bag. There was this larger pocket on the inside front and a smaller pocket on the outside back. </div>
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The buttonholes were handbound because the industrial machines in the classroom didn't sew buttonholes. </div>
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I also used some kilt pins to shorten the straps after carrying it around and realizing that my lack of height made the length very awkward. </div>
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And here's the side. There's some more pockets on the side, but the bag is so floppy that things often fall out of them. </div>
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I have loved using the bag for some of those quick-grab-all-the-stuff-you-can-find moments before running out the door. It's lightweight and fits just about everything. </div>
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The second project was a knit top. It didn't fit me very well, so I did not end up keeping it. However, another girl in the class and I finished our projects before everyone else, so the teacher let us go to the thrift store and get some clothes to alter. </div>
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I got a short-sleeved chambray shirt, and green pinstriped shirt, and a lacy top. </div>
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I adored the chambray shirt, and it already fit me pretty well. It was just a little plain for my taste. I cut the trim off the lacy top and stitched it to the collar and breast pocket. </div>
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Collar stitched by industrial machine, pocket stitched by hand. </div>
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I trimmed the hem off the chambray sleeves, cut some rectangles out of the lacy top and sewed them onto the ends of the sleeves. </div>
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I also took the pocket off the green striped shirt and hand-sewed that to the sleeve. </div>
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Then I sliced the back in 3 places and inserted some triangles to give the back more of a swing shape. This doesn't look nearly as good on the dress form as it does on a person in motion, so sorry about that. </div>
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This shirt is one of my absolute favorites to wear. It's comfy, easy to wash, and so very me! And it's made from second-hand materials, which is always up my alley. </div>
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I have a love-hate relationship with this outfit. I ADORE the white dress (which I started sewing just hours before I needed to be wearing it, and technically didn't have enough fabric). The green slip underneath however...not sure how much I want to talk about it. </div>
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I think I had really big dreams for this ensemble. I had a very specific mental-image of what I wanted it to be, and I mostly achieved that. But I only achieved that because you can't see any of the slip except the color. </div>
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I tried draping the bodice of the slip on my dress form, and that went...actually I'm not sure where it all went wrong. I had to adjust the darts once, but I'm not sure if the pattern never fit, or I didn't use the right sewing techniques for the silk, or I was cursed by an archaic sewing entity because of my <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/06/prom-2016-personal-rebellion.html" target="_blank">sewing revolution</a>. We may never know. </div>
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So let's just forget about the green slip and move onto the white dress...</div>
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The pattern is the <a href="http://www.paulinealicepatterns.com/xerea-dress" target="_blank">Xerea Dress</a> from Pauline Alice Patterns. I had to reduce the width on a lot of the pattern pieces because I was a little short on fabric. </div>
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The plain white linen is from Fabric Outlet during a 40% off sale (of course). </div>
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I picked up the white eyelet from <a href="http://www.ladroguerie.com/" target="_blank">La Droguerie</a> in Paris when I was there last summer. It came in a little bundle and I loved it at first sight! I was saving it for something special and I'm really glad I decided to use it for this project. </div>
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You can see a hint of the slip in this photo. Here are details I am willing to disclose: V-neck and bias strips for the straps. Everything else is strictly need-to-know. </div>
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I generally don't get a lot of photos of myself wearing stuff I made, so here is one!<br />
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And since this outfit was for my graduation, here's a picture of my friend and I wearing our caps:<br />
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My cap is on the left and Cam is on the right...It's the first few lines of our favorite book :)</div>
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Hope everyone else is enjoying their summers!</div>
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I never imagined we'd make it here: this is Making Tembo's 100th blog post! I've been posting on here for about 3 years - it originally started as a resume-type thing to get an internship, but has really grown as a way for me to track my work, learn from other people, and learn to tell stories about what I make. The blog is still an amazing resume too - and if anyone has questions about what I do or how the blog works, please be in contact! </div>
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This post is the first part of 3. I designed this metal chair in my Metal Fabrication: Rethinking Furniture class this last semester. We were graded on our process photos, which was a really great practice for me. I'd like to get in the habit of having more process photos, just like this! </div>
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The first post (this one) will talk mostly about the design process and the beginning of construction. The second post will be about the bulk of the construction, and the third will be about finishing touches and the final product. Hopefully I don't bore y'all :)</div>
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I've never taken a class like this one before, and it was an eye-opening experience. The amount of freedom we were given while designing was very empowering. I feel like I got to think very deeply about the object I was going to make, which I haven't done for many other projects. </div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nPsst1Bvhoy0hE5FMnSmnLDyRLegD-_bfLBqeaeNUbM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Here's a link</a> to my design presentation. You can see that it starts out with the words I chose to describe the object I wanted to create, then moves into research and inspiration pictures. I decided to make a chair for my sewing space, so there's also some pictures of my sewing machines and the table they sit on in my room. And finally, there are screenshots of my original CAD drawings. </div>
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The curve of the back was calculated using some design books, so it will hug the curve of the back and be very ergonomic. The back and seat stayed the same, but the base changed a lot over the course of the construction process. We realized that the design in this picture was not going to be stable at all, but I kind of tabled the issue until later on and dove right into making the seat and back part. </div>
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These are my clay models, which I used to decide the proportions of the top and bottom. </div>
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I also laser-cut the silhouette out of MDF. When I did this, a friend and I tested the curve of the back and I made some adjustments to the height of the curve to make it more comfortable. </div>
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Before starting construction, I thought through what the best way to make the top and seat was. My teacher and I knew there were two routes we could go: bending metal bar to make all of the curves, or cutting out pieces on the plasma cutter and welding them together. On two different pieces of paper, I planned out what the construction process would look like for each option. Even though using the plasma cutter was going to be slightly more straightforward and exact, I decided to bend metal bar, because I liked the rounded edges of it more. </div>
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It was lots of guess and check to finally get it to the place I wanted it to be: </div>
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I also mocked up what I wanted the cushions to look like, but (like an idiot) I completely forgot to take pictures of that :/. </div>
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Next post, I'll get into more of the construction process and how the design changed over time. Here's a little sneak-preview: </div>
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Happy 100th post!</div>
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Honestly, I feel like sewing is my own personal rebellion. When I make something, I don't have to listen to anyone else's instructions or ideas about what clothes should look like, how they should fit, or what sizes mean. It's so liberating!</div>
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So in continuing with bucking societal expectations, I decided I was going to attend a formal event in pants with pockets. Here's a picture of my original sketch: </div>
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It changed a lot during the process. </div>
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I wanted to draft my own pants, but when I found this pattern in an old BurdaStyle magazine, I figured there was no point in reinventing the wheel, especially when that wheel is free and your time is limited. </div>
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The pattern has an invisible zipper, integrated hip pockets, front pleats and back darts. </div>
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I made a mock-up and got some beautiful ivory satin at Britex Fabrics. </div>
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Honestly, I am beyond happy about these pants. They're comfy as hell and have so much room in the pockets. I could put my phone in them and it wouldn't look weird! Success! </div>
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I didn't get any process photos of the top. It changed a lot from the original sketch. I made a mock-up of my first idea, but realized it wouldn't be flattering with the fit of the pants (shout out to the fashion croquis for not looking like real people at all). So I drafted/draped a new top pattern, which was a fitted halter top that tied at the neck and back. </div>
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However, I decided to make it using the fabric I originally purchased for a very loose and drapey top. Obviously, that didn't go well at all. So I had to start over with some satin left over from <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/06/prom-dress-2015.html" target="_blank">last year's prom outfit</a>. Yay for reusing! (Which is actually code for "Yay for not spending more money!")</div>
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Here's the back. The neckline and sides of the top are finished with a bias binding that are extended at the neck and back to be ties. I really should have taken better pictures. I do have a picture of the bias strips that I posted on Instagram: </div>
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So anyway, have I talked about how comfortable and freeing this outfit was? Didn't need to carry a purse cause I put my phone in my pocket. Didn't worry about being cold because yay pants! I could do all types of dance moves, like this:</div>
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I crashed the People-In-Suits photo to make it a People-In-Pants photo. Seriously, could you pose like that in a floor length dress? Nope. Nor can you crash photos like this. </div>
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I don't 100% remember how I found out about lace tatting - I just know that as soon as I did, I was fascinated by it. I really like lace, but often run into the problem that it doesn't look modern enough for my taste. So I just figured I'd try to make it myself. </div>
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When I saw "materials scavenged from scraps," I'm very serious about that. After finding the pattern/outline of a shuttle in a book, I realized I could make my own without spending *any* money. And as someone who frequently has a net worth of less than $15 due to her fabric store spending habits, this was very appealing. So I found some scrap MDF in the Physics classroom, and cut out the shape on a bandsaw during Engineering class (not what I was actually supposed to be doing during class, but whatever). Then I found some tangled up string on the ground, a friend helped me un-knot all of it (shoutout to her, she's a true MVP), and started working!</div>
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Lace tatting was simultaneously easier and harder than I expected it to be. The entire motif is made of just two different kinds of knots repeated over and over again, but keeping track of them all is so difficult! And so was worrying about thread tension, front vs. back, the picots...</div>
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I got yellow and gray crochet yarn - so I was starting to be a little bit more legit than my free materials ;). You can imagine my dismay however, when I found out the yarn was not actually 40% off like the rest of the store. This was a slight setback in affording other materials. I was still working with the MDF shuttle, which was okay. Because it didnt have a sharp point, joining picots was hard, so I also had to carry around a pin to pull the thread through the loops. I spent a little more time than my friends would have preferred walking around with a pin in my shirt because there was no where else to put it. Oh well! </div>
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So I called about 4 stores around San Francisco, trying to find one that sells lace tatting shuttles. After many answers of "What even are those?" I finally found a store that did! I started cheering and the lady on the other end of the phone thought I was a little loony. I guess teenagers aren't supposed to get this excited about oddly specific crafting supplies. </div>
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1. It travels very well!</div>
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2. Once I bought some yarn to start, I haven't spent money (on lace tatting supplies specifically) ever since! </div>
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3. Even if you're super cheap and using yarn scraps, the motifs still look cool when they're just half-finished!</div>
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5. When you say "I've been tatting," it sounds like you're a tattoo artist and then people think you're waaaayyyy more badass than you actually are. </div>
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Well, that's the end of my listicle, but please let me know if you would like to start a Youth Lace Tatting Club or have any questions about how to craft on a budget of basically zero dollars. </div>
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Remember <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2016/04/wooden-bowl-with-triangles.html" target="_blank">the wooden bowl</a> I posted about a month ago? This project is from the same class. I
wanted to make two pieces that would look good next to each other β but not
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Hereβs the box I
designed. I was thinking I could put it on my shelves to hold earrings or
something. I wasnβt particularly attached to the dimensions of the box, but I
knew I wanted it to be square, have dovetails, be made of the same wood as the
bowl (walnut and poplar), and have the right proportions between the stripes.
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process photos, but I forgot. I started by finding all the right wood and
sanding it down to the right thicknesses for the stripes. Then I glued them all
together in a big block. Once that was dry, I sliced the block width-wise into
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Then I used a dovetail set up thing that I donβt know the name of and a router
to cut the dovetails. Once that was done, I cut grooves in the bottom. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I also cut a square
of light wood for the bottom of the box. Itβs not poplar, but it was a similar
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Then I sanded all the
edges and corners, finished it with beeswax and ta da!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I donβt know what was
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I tried to sand the
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I also woodburned my
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Absolutely love how
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Now THIS is much closer
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The walnut I used takes
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There will be another
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-Taft WK<o:p></o:p></div>
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I wish sewing machines could count mileage. I must've clocked so much time just sitting there, sewing round and round and round...</div>
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But it looks so good! The rug got so big that I had to move my ironing board to the floor to iron it. </div>
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I also used my stats textbook to keep the center flat. Who knew education had so many practical uses. </div>
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And this is what it looked like when it was finished! I made sure to get some pictures holding it to give an idea of the scale.</div>
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Because all the fabric is braided, there's a really cool texture when you walk on it with bare feet. And the colors came out so well - can you believe this is all recycled materials??</div>
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You may have also seen the picture I posted on Instagram as I was finishing the rug: </div>
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From far away, you can't see the stitching, but it starts to pop out as you get closer, which I love! I tried to match the thread as best I could, but it still had great contrast in areas with several colors. </div>
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And summer break is starting next week, so I will begin posting every week starting next Wednesday. Hopefully I can actually keep it up for the whole summer this time!</div>
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Over the last year or so, I've had the wonderful opportunity to work at <a href="https://www.littleartistas.com/" target="_blank">Little Artistas</a>, a children's art studio in my neighborhood. The owner recently hired me to sew them a rug for the studio from recycled fabrics - and it's been so much fun!</div>
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I don't have pictures of all the materials, but I started with several balls of strips of fabric in a variety of colors. The plan is to start with the warm colors (pink first) and slowly swap them out with cool colors until we get to gray. </div>
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You might have seen the beginning of the project on Instagram: </div>
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Since then, I've just been braiding and sewing! Thank goodness for my industrial machine, there's no other way we could have sewn this rug without it. </div>
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There will be another post in a few weeks about finishing this project - I absolutely love how it turned out!</div>
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I bought 3.14 yards of this fabric. I know, I know, it's nerdy on a whole new level. </div>
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I also used (some of) the yardage (cause 3.14 is a lot for me) to make this dress for Pi Day (March 14th):</div>
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You might be asking yourselves, "Taft, if you made this dress by mid-March, then how come it didn't make it onto your blog until late-April?"</div>
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You've all seen this pattern before (it's originally the tunic I made for my mom that I've hacked over and over again). As is standard, no two of these are the same, so on this dress...</div>
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There's a curved hem!</div>
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It's so cute and sporty, I absolutely love it. Unfortunately, I made it a *little* too short, but there is definitely a longer one of these in my future!</div>
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I also got hella lucky at Fabric Outlet and found burgundy fabric that matched the pi symbols perfectly. I used it for contrast sleeves. I originally wanted to do raglan sleeves because I thought it would look better, but I ran out of time before Pi Day :(. </div>
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This semester I'm taking a Joinery and Turning class in the Wood Shop. For my turning project, I decided to make a bowl that could sit on my shelf to hold my jewelry and other doodads. </div>
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I didn't want to make a plain bowl, so I decided to experiment with some triangles and see what happened. I made a mock-up first (forgot to get pictures, whoops!), but here's some photos of the final process:</div>
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I started by cutting out triangular prisms and gluing them together. The woods I used were poplar and walnut. </div>
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Then I sandwiched the triangles between more pieces of wood. After the glue dried, I cut the block into a cylinder on the bandsaw. </div>
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Then it was to the lathe! I started by rounding the outside, then started hollowing out the inside. When I got down to the triangle layer, these really cool patterns started emerging on the inside. </div>
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I'm back with more Christmas presents! This one is late to the blog because I originally made the sleeves too long, so the dress spent a lot of time next to my machine, waiting to be fixed. Oops :/</div>
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Anyway, this is a pattern that pops up every few months on the blog. Here's<a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/03/striped-tunic-for-mom.html" target="_blank"> the original</a>, which I <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/03/striped-tunic-for-mom.html" target="_blank">made again</a>. And <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/07/chevron-tunic-for-mom.html" target="_blank">again</a> (all for my mom). Then I <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/07/gray-shirt-with-red-hearts-mothers-day.html" target="_blank">hacked it</a> for a Mothers' Day present: long sleeves, scoop neck and t-shirt length. Then I figured I owed myself one, so I sewed <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/11/blue-and-white-striped-dress.html" target="_blank">another</a> and hacked the sleeves again. </div>
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Most of these makes have been fun, casual pieces, so I wanted to go a new direction with Mom's Christmas present and make a classier version. </div>
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I used the same silhouette, with the lower v-neck from <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/03/striped-tunic-for-mom.html" target="_blank">this version</a> and long sleeves from <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/07/gray-shirt-with-red-hearts-mothers-day.html" target="_blank">this version</a>.</div>
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It's back! And, it's the least-procrastinated Winter Formal post to date! (You can also read about what I made in <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2014/02/winter-formal-dress.html" target="_blank">2014</a> and <a href="http://makingtembo.blogspot.com/2015/05/winter-formal-dress-2015.html" target="_blank">2015</a>).</div>
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The theme this year was Black and White. Very classic, so I decided to go with a classic shape and find some nice fabric. I wanted this dress to be something I could definitely wear again. </div>
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My overall design for this dress was a fitted bodice and full skirt. And, of course, a pocket only big enough for my phone so I could make all of my friends jealous. Priorities. </div>
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Here's a picture from the night of! My dress was comfortable and fun to dance in - a huge success!</div>
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Hey everyone! I'm taking a quick break from the Christmas present posts to show you something I finished more recently (and by that, I mean a month ago). </div>
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I created several new pieces for my college applications in the last couple months, and this is one of my favorites! I posted a lot of process photos on Instagram while I worked:<br />
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For the project, I started by photographing people as they worked on various creative projects and then used the photos to draw their hands. After I had all the sketches, I used aaaallllll the art supplies I could get my hands on to recreate the sketches in different ways. I used glue, ink, paper, wood, needle and thread, marker, watercolor pencil, tape, charcoal, different paints, tracing paper, pen and even fire!<br />
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