Crazy Hair Days

April showers bring May flowers? Well, it's June and it's still raining which is giving me some serious "medusa" hair days --imagine booty length curly hair frizzed out and grabbing at everything. Rawr! So, because I'm tired of braiding and to keep my wild tresses from wrapping around piercings or trying to strangle me... I'm on a headband kick!

I have made a bunch of super awesome-riffic headbands for your lovely heads (and mine. Down, hair, down! *Whew*)

A handful --hairful?-- have already sold. Such as, Cherry Bombs & Bottle Rockets took off minutes after listing! Lucky for you, I have a duplicate or 2. Although, many of the fabrics are hard to find or discontinued so there will only be a very short run of these!

My headbands are made of cotton unless otherwise noted (some blends and even a silk blend). All are machine washable. And --the best part!-- they're reversible! 2 styles in 1, hot damn. Here's a sampling of them.

Click on the pic to head straight to my shop and grab your own!

xx ~Static

It's raining, it pouring and you should be exploring!

Exploring my shop that is!

Did I mention I'm having a Spring sale?? I'm pretty sure I did. Somewhere. Well... I'm having a SPRING SALE!! :D Go to my shop & check out the Spring Sale section.

http://SWStitchery.etsy.com

A little sekrit --are you reading?-- if you have a Thank You card from me with a code on it, guess what? It works on all listings!

For those of you without the card here's a hint...

What kind of well does the Dormouse tell a story about?

 

 

Image credit: Brave Flowers in the Storm by dawnsten (Isn't it gorgeous?)

April 5th - One Day Sale!

Calooh callay one day, one day! One what? Oh. Why a sale of course! A one day sale, that is.

I'm moving and I'll be closing up shop for a few days until I get resettled. So, help me have less to move. And, more to make when settled in my new place!

And to entice you further, the code "BEAMISH" will grace you with 30, yeeees, 30 percent off!

Hurry now, it's good on Tuesday, Apr 5th (ends 11:59pm US Central time) only.

Main shop: http://SWStitchery.etsy.com

Destash/supply shop: http://StaticWhite.etsy.com

 

xx ~Static

MrsEvils' Me Equivoque Contigo Dress - Pt 4

Hurray! The dress is done! Well it was done a while ago but my digicam batteries refuse to hold a charge for long so every time I was ready to take pics of course the batteries were dead. Plus, we're in the midst of closing on our first house evah! Squee! Needless to say, I've been just a wee bit distracted :D

Okay, okay, the dress. Right. Here are the last few "in progress" pics. Since I'm loading up on the pics in this post I'll keep them small yet clickable. So click away for a closer look!

  

L to R: 1) Hem, hem & more hem. 2) The delish Satin lining is hand stitched at the 14" back zipper. Interior satin loops make the straps removable. 3) Close up of adjustable/removable strap.

And, what we've all been waiting for... the finished dress!!

MrsEvils even now has a matching headband that can reverse to solid black. Ooh, ahh, ooh. You know you want one too. Don't lie ;D

I'll be dealing with the real world for the next couple weeks but hopefully I'll be able to post more often after all is done. Now it's back to packing for me!

xx ~Static

Wolf Bat for Dreadful Designs

Challenge me will you, Ms Jinn?! I take your challenge and I give you the Wolf Bat!

It definitely was interesting working in a stretchy, 2 layer, semi-sheer, stripey industrial crazy goodness that was sent to me by DreadfulDesigns to transform and mix with some of my stash of wolfie faux fur. Hand stitching was more by feel than anything on the face and wings. And, Wolfie and I argued a bit but in the end it all worked out, don't you think?

MrsEvils' Me Equivoque Contigo Dress - Pt 3

The outer shell is done and the lining is cut. I freehand placed the velvet ribbon, made sure both sides lined up & hand stitched the bow for the front, ain't it perty?

The zipper has been conquered. Straps are done, which are now adjustable and removable. Pesky satin lining, I forgot how many pins you need to use to keep it stable. It's a great shade of red though!

Now if only I could stop getting distracted by shiny things & banana bread.

Hmm, what? Oh yes, the next pics will be of it all done. Callooh callay!

House funds, syrup & a discount

'Once upon a time there were three little sisters and their names were Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie; and they lived at the bottom of a well —

'What did they live on?'

'They lived on treacle,'

Now that I'm done quoting the Dormouse... The coupon code TREACLE will get you 20% off in either one of my shops, http://SWStitchery.etsy.com/ or http://StaticWhite.etsy.com/ (supplies, destash, patterns). Offer excludes custom listings/requests.

You get a great deal on some awesome items & I get to add to my "house fund"! Win-win, I say ;D

I really am trying to buy a house. But I'm sure you gleaned that since I'm well on my way to be as mad as a Hatter. Did you know that that saying, mad as a hatter, comes from the poor sots playing with mercury? All hatters eventually lost their little minds over time. Until people realized mercury was a poison, among other things.

Don't play with mercury, my little batlings, go buy things from my shops!

MrsEvils' Me Equivoque Contigo Dress - Pt 2

So, after making all my adjustments to the pattern (MrsEvils' Me Equivoque Contigo Dress - Pt 1 can be found here) I decided to change the casing on the boning. For one, plastic boning typically comes in bulky white casing. "But, Static", you ask, "it's on the inside so who will know?" Me, that's who!

I decided to use single fold black bias tape instead since it will be sandwiched between the outer cotton fabric and satin lining. Stable enough without all the bulk. Excellent. There is a little trick to it though. Cut the black bias tape in the lengths directed in the pattern. On one end, only, of each piece mark 3/8" up from the end and stitch straight across. Put the casings aside for later. You won't put the boning in the casings until after the casings are sew in place as directed in the pattern.

Oh, and if the plastic boning is curling up on you iron it to flatten it out. Use a low heat (my iron was on 1), you don't want to melt it. Place it on your ironing surface so that the curve of the plastic boning is bulging up toward you. Place the iron at center, while holding one end up so your bending that pesky curve in the opposite direction, then pull.Yes, pull the boning upward from under the flat iron. Do this a couple times until it straightens enough and then repeat for the other end. Remember to lift your iron occasionally so you don't burn your ironing surface! Just another reason to have your iron on LOW.

Hopefully the above tips haven't bored you to tears. For being so wonderful here's a sneak peek of the dress! I've cut all the pieces and pinned them to my dressform to double check that they line up the way that I wanted.

The pieces are just overlapped without the seam allowance tucked in. The top edge will drop a bit and the hem will come up 1.25". Time to cut the gorgeous red lining then sewing! Hurray!

Pt 3, coming soon...