Those Darn Tophats

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Last week I had a question about tophats, and promised to post finished pictures. Here it goes. I'm not satisfied with them, they're too floppy. If I had it to do over again I'd line them with posterboard. As is they're a sandwich of silk, interfacing, and felt.
( Pictures behind the Cut.. )

Now I'm working on some easy pajama pants for my brothers, because I know they'll turn out well. Hopefully the scrub top I plan on making for my mom will be just as easy!  Then it's on to quilting the quilt I finished piecing beginning of last week.

I FINALLY got a job *runs around in circles rejoicing* and I start Monday, so I need to get this stuff hammered out before then! I'm sort of sick, which doesn't help the sewing, plus I don't want to start my first full time job sick!
Oh, did I mention it's all supposed to be Christmas presents?  I swear I started in November, no idea where time went.  I suspect there will be some last minute shopping, and presents delayed until birthdays!
( Quilt top pic... )

Equestrienne Corset

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Though this is one of my older creations it is still one of my favourites to wear :) The blue wolf-print equestrienne corset. And before anyone asks, no I do not do horse riding, but this specific 'cut' was used for those that did 'in the days', to give the hips more freedom.



It is made with 3 layers of strong cotton fabric, it has 22 steel bones and a feather trim around the top. The back has lacing bones.

And click here for a picture of me wearing it

And another (bad) picture of me standing in it


Thank you for looking!

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[melligator.livejournal.com]

I cleaned out my crafty area last weekend as it was reaching critical mass once again, and unearthed a bunch of half started projects and items kept for ideas I never worked on. Well I stuck a list in giant sharpie letters on the board in that corner and I've decided I need to motor through those projects before I start anything else. Here's the latest two!

( Waist cincher and table runner )

argh!

[herophelia.livejournal.com]

i'm in serious need of some help. i made some christmas tree ornaments for a friend of mine, and i went to pack them up and ship them (because she finally got her tree up) and one of them broke. it didn't even make it into the box, it just broke in my hand. the egg probably had a crack on it or something, but it still worries me.

obviously they're pretty delicate, since they start with a blown out egg, and i've made them for my mother before, but i never had to ship them. i'm going to re-make the ornaments tomorrow and then send them off. my question is, is there anything i can do to strengthen the egg without making it too heavy? maybe something i can "paint" over it before i start to decorate it?

any help you guys would offer would be sooooo greatly appreciated. so far this community has been amazing with all the suggestions about getting my last minute stuff finished.

Jewellery

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Here are a few new things that I have made. I have gotten into ring making and I love making cuff bracelets! 

( On to the Pictures! )

Crafting a symbolic Christmas gift

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This year I really want to make something that will mean a lot to me symbolically: basically it's a box, and if you open it, a paper inside tears apart (sort of like the codex from the Da Vinci code... not meant to be opened by force). So how can you crafty people help me figure out a contraption? I was thinking it would be best to attach one end of the paper to the lid and one end to the other side of the box so that when you open it, the paper will rip... but that feels like a really clunky solution. Thoughts?