Let’s make something Mori-kei inspired! - Take 5

Today it’s all about the shirt and waistcoat as I didn’t at all get around to touching the trousers, but hey, there’s always another tomorrow.

As with any shirt you always sew the shoulders first and decided to close the edges up to keep them from running.

From there it was smooth sailing getting the sleeves added.

Got to be as I had imagined, with a fair amount of puff to them.

The hem of the sleeves I hadn’t made long enough to be able adding little ‘runways’ while still having part of the sleeve sticking out. Had to get a bit creative there and that I did with a bit of lace

Checking that the length wat ay-okay it could all be sewn shut and he could try it on.

Added lace around the collar to be held up by some wide satin ribbon which will also be used around the cuffs on the shirt. Have yet to sew the ribbon onto the cuffs but that will be done while I also add snaps down the front of the shirt.

The waistcoat I didn’t get around to shoot as many pictures of of the progress itself. Was getting tired and hungry so taking pictures wasn’t the first thought running through my mind.
I found some fabric I believe to be thai silk with some lovely flowery embroidery in this nice dark green colour for the lining. Found it to go pretty well with the deep purple/plum of the waistcoat.

Had sewn the armpit holes shut here thus the weird shape. To hide away the seams I sewed them together right against right to have them be on the inside when turn right side out as can be seen in the picture underneath.

And yeah, didn’t document the rest, added some ribbon at the edges of the waistcoat and done.

The inside of the waistcoat. Sure, could have been done better, but I haven’t sown a whole lot of them so still need to finetune my skill there.

And a bonus, because he just sat there looking mighty impatient. My little Prince in white ♥

Up next; ¾ trousers. Stay tuned!

Let’s make something Mori-kei inspired! - Take 4

This 4th installment is all about getting the nightdress put together along with the underwear.

I started off by making the chemise and as good as my intentions were to shoot pictures of the entire progress it died as I was halfway done sewing it together. But I can talk about it some more later, on to the bloomers!

Made these in one piece for each leg instead of having to cut out four pieces as you usually do. Worked for me and you don’t have to do all that extra sewing nor are there seam lines down the outer part of the leg. Made little ‘runways’ for the elastic in both the waist and legs though it isn’t pictured above.

The bloomers where you can see the ‘runway’ where the elastic band is hidden and leaving enough room for there to also be a bit of ruffle at top and at the hem of the legs. The chemise I had thought to be big enough to let his arms and head through just fine, but was I wrong. Had to cut an opening down the back and the lace used for the straps here came in handy to make for some neat decor on the back along with closing it up with a bow

The nightdress, though I didn’t get a whole lot of pictures of this one either, took forever. Could perhaps have sewn the two front and back pieces together differently instead of sewing the two together to sew them onto each other afterwards. But done is done. Also had to add runways to the sleeves here as the fabric was too thin for the sewing machine to be able grabbing a hold of it along with the elastic.

Here the little guy is sitting with his almost finished nightdress, just a single row of ruffles to go and a snap in the back and lookit! All dolled up and ready for snoozytimes.

Up next; Waistcoat, shirt, trousers and socks! Stay tuned!

Let's make something Mori-kei inspired! - take 3

This isn’t much for an update, but with this project I will try and cover as much of the progress as possible. A thing I’ve been very neglectful about in the past. Also it’s insightful, to some at least, how you go from your pattern to the finished piece of clothing.

Not really needing a lot of measurements for this one the patterns were fairly easy to draw. All I needed was to figure out how long I wanted the various parts to be.

The nightdress, consisting of an inner layer and outer layer and both will have frills at the hems and around the collar. There will be a snap in the back of the collar  to close it up with.

The bloomers made in one piece for each side. Revised the pattern a bit after as it was way too big, don’t know where my head was at.. Anyway, and the chemise at the bottom, debating whether it should have a row of small ruffles at the hem of it or not. Some flowery lace will make for the straps and a snap in each on the front to fasten them.

 Patterns cut out and ready to be transferred onto some fabric.

Everything cut out, the nightdress and sleeves, the chemise and bloomers and up top the fabric for all of the ruffles, or, nearly all of them, will have to cut out some for the chemise if I do decide to put some on there.

Let's make something Mori-kei inspired! - take 2

So, in wanting to make something kinda mori kei inspired I thought I’d start of by sewing the night dress. Easy peasy right, just gonna sew this thing together and be done with, yeah, no.

Off to a brilliant start, here in the middle of sewing the, what are those even called, I don’t even know myself, but it’s where the buttons will be all down the front.

Yes, yes, looking good..

Seeing how it would fit the little guy and like a hand in a glove to be honest. Sewing the sleeves up a bit to the right, purposely made too long.

Adding a bit of lace here to the sleeve.

And found some lace to use for the collar and again some flowery lace to go down the front

A little mockup of how it was going so far

And after having sown some elastic onto the cuff

having sown it all together here only needing to hem the bottom of it.

And added some lace and this doesn’t much look like a night dress of any kind to me now…

Yeah, looks more like a jacket, though I like it and have in mind tea dying it, making it a nice brown colour to go with his little outfit instead of being in stark contrast with it. Going for a fall look anyway with dark warm colours, all except the shirt, but that’s all for it not to get one big dark smear.

And here is a little drawing of what I have intended to sew after my little mishap. A chemise (not see through tho) long bloomers and a night dress with a whole lot of ruffles at the neck and hem of the dress. Will be fun getting all of this together!



TBC

Let's make something Mori-kei inspired!

Meet the lucky victim!




Fabian, who hasn’t had a proper set of clothing since, well, since he arrived.. >> So, going hunting for some fabrics to make him something to wear This was what I returned with.



I’m going to be sewing him a nightgown, a waistcoat, a shirt and some trousers along with some socks.



The waistcoat will be made of a deep purple velvet and going to look for some fabric for the lining. It will be decorated with lace and have two pockets in the front.
The shirt will be made of this flowery cotton fabric with big puffy sleeves ending in ruffled lace to be closed with snaps most likely. The collar will be ruffled lace and there will be lace trimmings all the way down the middle of the chest and most likely it’ll get closed with snaps.
The pants will be ¾ long, puffy legs and contemplating whether they should, as the shirt, have ruffles at the hem of the legs or if it should be more simplified. I will see once it’s coming together what I’ll do in that department



The nightgown, well, simple really. It’s going to be about halfway down his legs, the sleeves will be big and puffy, lace all around the collar, the cuffs will be gathered with some elastic as one can see on my hasty drawing up there and I’m not sure if there will be any lace or anything at the bottom of it yet. I really need to see how it will look as it comes together to determine things.

TBC