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Making a Simple Crinoline

2/27/2017

This project was born of necessity: I have a skirt that needs just a little poof to display all its charms, so I need a crinoline. The word "crinoline" comes from the Italian "crinolino", where "crino" is hair or horsehair and "lino" is linen. Originally, crinolines were made from horsehair cloth, which was naturally very stiff. However, the term crinoline can now be applied to any underskirt made of a stiff material that stands out from the legs. This one is a synthetic net, which I had in my stash.

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Draping myself in SABLE...!

2/23/2017

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No, not sable fur. SABLE as in Stash Accumulation Beyond Life Expectancy! A common problem among craftsy folk! Luckily, my stash has not reached that level, but it has outgrown the three drawers I have allocated to it. And that's not including the leftover fabric I have from my last few jobs (some white handbag vinyl and red pleather). My stash is fertile, and sprouts tailor's cabbage left and right!

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A Red Tam!

2/20/2017

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During construction, the segments at the front of the hat got bisected, which looks quite neat from above.

As my sister has expressed the wish to wear more hats, and I am happy to oblige her, I sat down recently with some curtain remnants. I decided to make a tam, though she fretted that it would be too "fussy". The pattern was easy:

Decide how many panels or segment you want (I decided on six)
Measure head circumference at the place you want the hat to sit (22.5").
Divide head circumference by number of panels (22.5" / 6) and that gives you the size of the bottom of each panel (3.75")
Draw a shape like the dome of the Taj Mahal, with the base being the above calculated length.
Make a long rectangle (about 24") for the band.

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Simplicity 3631, view B

2/13/2017

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A shopping trip to Goodwill landed me with a pattern ($0.99) and a small bit of green wool with a simple weave and a lovely drape ($2.99). The pattern is Simplicity 3631, and I like View B, the belted jacket with three-quarter length flared sleeves. When I got home, I realized that I might be smidge short on fabric, so I raided my stash and found a bit of green checkered wool of a similar weight. I also found some silver-taupe satin (unknown fiber) that would serve very well for a lining.

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Russian Ice Hat! Part III

2/6/2017

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(Part I for planning and Part II for construction.)

Hat people are like cat people: we are sure that anyone would join our ranks if they only found "the right one"! I am a hat person, and this may just be the right hat for my sister!

(That skeptical look on her face is at the mere suggestion of being a cat person!)

So one wintry day, my sister wore the hat outside for a photoshoot. Here's the finished chapeau!

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Making a Simple Crinoline

Draping myself in SABLE...!

A Red Tam!

Simplicity 3631, view B

Russian Ice Hat! Part III

(Part I for planning and Part II for construction.)

Karen Roy

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