September | 2007 | my half of the brain

Shoes… there are so many styles. Some are practical, some are for special occasions, and some are works of art. Now is your chance to design your perfect pair, and enter a competition to be judged by a panel of designers including the internationally renowned shoe designer Professor Jimmy Choo OBE. The winners will have their design shown here on the [Victoria and Albert] website.

What you need to submit:

A single jpeg image that should include:

One drawing of your design giving a side view of your shoe.

A list of materials that would be used to make the shoe, stating which materials would be used for each part of the shoe.

Two small drawings of specific details of your shoe. Choose the details that you think make your shoe design unique.

Send an accompanying email detailing your name, age (if under 18 years old), and a contact number. Do not put this information on the jpeg image.

There are four age categories:

11 – 13 year olds
14 – 15 year olds
16 – 18 year olds
18+

more details at: Shoe Design Competition – Victoria and Albert Museum

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Create a Couture Inspired Dress

22 September, 2007

Day dress by Horrockses Fashion. Grey cotton printed with pink roses and white daisies, Britain, 1953. Museum no. T.640-1996

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: V&A – The Golden Age of Couture – Exhibition

Main Site: V&A

Artist/Author: Day Dress by Horrockses Fashion

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: Find out more about the dress. Send a Golden Age of Couture e-Card to a friend.

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Dancing with the Dead

22 September, 2007

via: Calamity Kim: Dancing with the Dead

No tutorial here, just really beautiful dolls in the calaveras tradition.

"Amanda makes the most beautiful skelly dolls– all year long and can’t keep them in her Etsy shop.

"She embroiders their faces and gives them charming names that hint at their cause of death."

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Dog Dress With Pattern : Home & Garden Television

19 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: At Home : Other : Dog Dress With Pattern : Home & Garden Television

Main Site: http://www.hgtv.com/

Artist/Author: By Jenny Kitchens, www.moddogstudio.com

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: Dress up your dog with adorable custom dog clothing you can make yourself. This free dog dress pattern was originally designed for a Chihuahua, but can be modified to fit larger breeds.

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Yo Yo Flip Flops

19 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: makingitfun: Yo Yo Flip Flops

Main Site: http://makingitfun.blogspot.com/

Artist/Author: Susan I. Jones

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: in my part of the country, autumn means weather in the 80s and 90s, so we can still wear these for a while

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Jersey Dress for Fall

19 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: New Jersey Dress for Fall – *Edit* Now with Tutorial!

Main Site: craftster

Artist/Author: Alli_Lucy

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: You can wear the bodice one of three ways – with the straps tied low to make a sweetheart neckline (shown – this can be modified by fanning out the fabric over your shoulders to make cap sleeves), with the straps tied at the top of your shoulders to make a V neckline, or with the straps untied to make short sleeves.

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kirin notebook: How to make a reversible journal cover

19 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: kirin notebook: How to make a reversible journal cover

Main Site: kirin notebook

Artist/Author: Lara

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via: tipnut.com

Other:

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tiny happy: wrap dress pattern

15 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: tiny happy: wrap dress pattern

Main Site: http://tinyhappy.typepad.com/tiny_happy/

Artist/Author: tinyhappy

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via: craftzine

Other: for 2-3 year old child, approximately

Posted in * TUTORIALS, children's clothing, dress, pattern, sewing | 1 Comment »

Nini Makes: Peg bag tutorial now here

15 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Nini Makes: Peg bag tutorial now here

Main Site: Nini Makes

Artist/Author: Joan Gorman

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: The bag pictured holds about 50 pegs but larger families may need more, so [Nini] made the pattern slightly longer to accommodate additional pegs.

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Coaster tutorial « Fat Orange Cat

15 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Coaster tutorial « Fat Orange Cat

Main Site: http://fatorangecat.wordpress.com/

Artist/Author: Karyn

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other:

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Acorn tutorial

15 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Acorn tutorial

Main Site: oldschoolacres.typepad.com

Artist/Author: Laurie

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: Laurie’s recommendations for making this acorn:

Use lightweight fabrics, such as linen, cotton, etc.
Use heavyweight thread. I prefer to use upholstery thread for its strength when pulling and tying threads.
Make many.

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Etsy :: 4 Festive Thanksgiving Patterns – Knitting Patterns

12 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: 4 Festive Thanksgiving Patterns – Knitting Patterns

Main Site: etsy

Artist/Author: angelacatirina

Registration Required? No

Free? No–$17.50, includes three other patterns

via: craftzine

Other: OK, so it’s not free, and it’s knitting, which I normally don’t feature. But how could I not include this Sexy Turkey Hat? Pattern set also includes Turkey Tea cozy, Autumn Harvest Hat, and Pretty Pumpkin Tea Cozy. Patterns are by .pdf download, so you can have immediate gratification!

Posted in costume, hat, knit/crochet, pattern | 5 Comments »

Help find missing pilot Steve Fossett

9 September, 2007

I received the following email from Amazon/Mechanical Turk earlier today. Thanks to a generous friend of Steve Fossett’s, recent satellite photos have been taken of the area where his plane may have disappeared. The public is being asked to examine these photos to try to identify anything helpful. It takes just a few seconds to scan each picture. There is a small registration form to fill out before you begin examining photos. Won’t you help?

Greetings from Amazon Mechanical Turk

On Monday, September 3, 2007, Steve Fossett, the first person to fly a plane around the world without refueling and the first person to fly around the world in a balloon went missing in Nevada. An airplane he was flying failed to return. No one has any idea where he is.

Through the generous efforts of individuals at several organizations, detailed satellite imagery has been made available for his last known whereabouts.

HITs have been created to ask volunteers to help review these images and flag potential areas of interest which will be instrumental in the search and rescue efforts.

If you are interested in helping, please click here to participate in the search effort.

This is a race against time and any help you can provide will make a huge difference.

Friends and family of Steve Fossett would like to thank you for helping them with this cause.

Amazon Mechanical Turk Team
http://www.mturk.com/

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Hot Stuff: Patchwork Oven Mitts « Lindamade

8 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Hot Stuff: Patchwork Oven Mitts « Lindamade

Main Site: lindamade

Artist/Author: Linda

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: made with vintage cocktail napkins

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Fluffy Flowers: musette

8 September, 2007

Tutorial/Pattern Included? Yes

Post: Fluffy Flowers: musette

Main Site: Fluffy Flowers

Artist/Author: Felicia

Registration Required? No

Free? Yes

via:

Other: A musette bag holds food and drinks and gets handed to the Tour riders in the feed zone. These fellows are pedaling on the road for hours at a time and they definitely need to eat to keep up their cycling performance.

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