Showing posts with label poncho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poncho. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2020

Don't Blink Poncho #2

I recently shared my first Don't Blink Poncho. After looking at it for a week, I decided I needed to make another so at least some of the wording would be right-side up.
While the fabric has that tossed/scrambled look, I think it looks better on this one than the last.

Here they are side-by-side. The left is the first one I made (I think the words look upside down). The right is the second one (I think the words look right-side up). Now I have to figure out what to do with one of them. I certainly don't need two weeping angel fleece ponchos. I'm going to keep the upside down one, because it is a little more jarring and therefore more creepy. 

Don't blink!

Tools and Supplies (affiliate links):
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
Creative Grids 4.5" x 12.5" Rectangle Quilting Ruler
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion
Fiskars 8-inch scissors
Juki TL-2010Q

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Don't Blink Poncho

Continuing to work on projects that I have just waiting I decided to make a poncho using this fun Doctor Who fabric I bought on sale last year. A print this size deserves to be something big that doesn't chop up the print. 
The first thing I had to do was clean off some of this workspace. Cutting fabric for quilting isn't difficult with less space, but when it comes to cutting fleece for garment sewing I need room and less clutter. 
Afterwards there was space to work and and think. Sometimes the clutter gets in the way of my ability to create. It's funny.
First was construction of the the yoke and collar. I didn't use any interfacing (as directed in the pattern instructions) because fleece doesn't really need any. And, using fusible interfacing on fleece is just silly. 
By lunch time I as almost done. After my lunch break I had a finished poncho. Looking at it now, I think I may have miscalculated the direction of the print. The weeping angels may be all different directions but the text looks to be mostly going the other direction. Maybe I should make another. I still have fabric!

Don't blink!

Tools and Supplies (affiliate links):
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
Creative Grids 4.5" x 12.5" Rectangle Quilting Ruler
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion
Fiskars 8-inch scissors
Juki TL-2010Q