Joomla! site syndication http://spiderthreads.com/joomla 2010-07-29T12:45:37+01:00 http://spiderthreads.com/joomla http://spiderthreads.com/joomla/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2009-09-16T21:13:09+01:00 http://spiderthreads.com/joomla http://spiderthreads.com/joomla/content/view/38/2/ At the request of a friend, I am taking the leap into the baby-business. My first projects are designer front-carriers. They tie at the waist and, after crossing the back, around the front. There are some great photos over in the gallery (http://sn.im/babytai%20) to show you what I mean. The woman is my friend Lynne. She asked for the tattoo/skulls fabric. I happen to know that her favorite color is pink, which is why her straps are made from pink denim. The second one that she is modeling exists only because I adored the color combination and decided it simply had to exist. She loved it too, and now it belongs to her. I have a pin-stripe version on the bench right now, and several other color combinations ready to go. If you are interested in one of these for yourself, or for a friend (they make an excellent gift), send me a note (mailto:amy.levy@spiderthreads.com) or just call me (component/option,com_contact/Itemid,3/) . text/html 2009-08-26T10:43:38+01:00 http://spiderthreads.com/joomla http://spiderthreads.com/joomla/content/view/37/27/ I have been quite busy during the month of August. I wanted to raise some cash quickly for DragonCon at the end of the month, so I began putting together several standard-sized corsets. I put a few of them up onto eBay, but then I remembered how frustrated I was the last time with their never-ending skim of sales. I have changed to BluJay, a free (non auction) listing site.On to the projects... text/html 2009-08-26T09:36:07+01:00 http://spiderthreads.com/joomla http://spiderthreads.com/joomla/content/view/36/ I will be at DragonCon 2009! It should be quite easy to find me; I will be working at the Art Show during the day. Stop by and tell me you have visited my website, and I will give you a card with a 50% discount for any future purchase! Just look for the pink bangs. text/html 2009-04-30T09:00:02+01:00 http://spiderthreads.com/joomla http://spiderthreads.com/joomla/content/view/35/2/ I have been pretty busy the last few months. Unfortunately, I have not had much time for sewing!!In December of 2008, my husband and I purchased a home in Fairfax, Virginia. One of the deciding factors for our purchase was the enormous finished basement. Fully one half of this basement, over 800 square feet, is now dedicated to my sewing business. I now have a dedicated office, a private bathroom/changing area, and a studio space large enough to teach in. In January and February of 2009, I spent a lot of time researching the requirements for starting a business in Fairfax City, Virginia. I planned to have dotted my "I"s and crossed my "T"s, for the first of April. Shelves were installed, most of my fabric was organized, and tables were purchased. Nearly all of my machines (including my most recently acquired working antiques) were made ready to use.In March of 2008, I repainted the bathroom, made new curtains, printed my business cards, got my paperwork together and looked at what I would need to do for the private entrance. I decided to wait on that until the rest of the back landscaping, unless the front door is out of the question. Ready to move forward, I headed into the month of April. text/html 2007-11-11T13:22:21+01:00 http://spiderthreads.com/joomla http://spiderthreads.com/joomla/content/view/29/27/ I have been so busy sewing lately, that I have not taken the time to update my content. As always, full pictures of my projects can be seen over at the Gallery. However, here are a few teasers. I made this velvet doublet, essentially on speculation. However, I sold it within a couple of days, along with a request for matching pants. The colors in this velvet are spectacular, but it was not easy to work with. Because of this, I am in the market for a third sewing machine. My preference would be a Juki industrial, but I will have to see what I can find.The double laces in the front. It has an extra-long peplum that has been split in the back to enable the wearer to run, should he need to.. It also has detachable sleeves, held in place with lacing through silver buttons. The sleeves themselves lace closed, and are lined with black satin in the event the wearer wants to wear them open.This green doublet was an experiment. My goal was to produce a quality, lined doublet, for under $5.00 in materials. I apologize for the quality of the photo; all of my sewing models are female and this was definitely designed for a man. I succeeded in my goal. I found a beautiful lined curtain panel at a second hand store for $1.99. Using thread left over from another project, I added $0.50 worth of interfacing (again, left over from a previous project) , 22 grommets at $0.05 each ($1.10), and a spool of $1.00 ribbon for lacing purposes. Total for materials: $4.59. I also wanted to see how quickly I could put one together. After preparing the pattern (reusable) and fabric (washing and drying on hot to ensure the eventual owner could do the same), I spent just a hair over four hours constructing the final product. It took me another hour to get it laced properly, but that was because choose a ribbon that was less than ideal.Please visit my gallery (http://spiderthreads.com/coppermine/index.php) to see what else I have been up to.