I made a TARDIS skirt!

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Well, it's been a while! To be honest, I haven't really been making much, though. College keeps me busy! Over spring break, though, I finally made this skirt which I've been planning for over a year (I went back and found sketches of it in my notebook from probably last October) so that's good!

 It's made of cotton, with a pattern I drafted myself. The side seams are machine done but crazy me decided to spread the seams, turn them under, and hand-whip them down. I don't know what that seam finish is called but it looks nice! A lot of work though. I did the zipper by hand too because I needed to make it work easily from both sides. It's still a little awkward to zip from the plain black side, but it works! 

The TARDISes were stenciled with contact paper and acrylic paints. I put them on a separate piece of fabric so the paint wouldn't seep through, and then sewed it on. 

I'm quite satisfied with it! Hopefully, I'll be able to post some of the other things I've made soon.

-Madame T

Recent Doctor Who Crafts

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

It's been a while! I thought I'd share some of the crafts I've been doing relating to Doctor Who, my favorite TV show ever. First up we have a TARDIS pillow. I made this as a graduation present for my friend, who got me into Doctor Who.



It's fleece mainly, with felt windows. All the words, even the sign, are embroidered! It took a while but was soo worth it.

Next up is a TARDIS pendant!



My fingers give some scale. It's made of sculpey with a jump ring baked in. It was very delicate work!

More recently, a weeping angel shirt;

I drew a weeping angel silhouette, scanned it, added text, printed it out, then cut everything painstakingly out of con-tac paper and splatterpainted it with a toothbrush. I love it!

Finally, a dalek washcloth.

The pattern has been going around on r/doctorwho so I thought I'd give it a whirl. It was just the right difficulty for me and I'm so making more! Here's the pattern if anyone wants it.