ernie k designs: cake happens

Sunday, July 14, 2024

New size range in the future? Create Everyday says yes

I will be honest: on the face of my first glance, I started to panic

As many of you...well some of you...know, I was a tester late in the game for Cake Patterns, and quite the enthusiast. I was nervous about the end, trepidatious about CE taking over the catalog, and relieved at how it worked out. Steph did some genius work with these, Tiramisu especially.

New sizes for real people sounds absolutely great.

So, get yerself a deal or wait for your sizing ship to come in.

https://www.create-everyday.com/

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Winter Pants Miracle

It's a gorram miracle.

I can't find the original photo of these fully lined Eddie Bauer wool pants, which were given some winter wear last year by adding a new zipper over the old opening and moving the button over an inch.

There's been a lot of cake since then.

This year's model: cake happens. It happened all in the front, the back fits just fine.

Is this flattering? No.

Is it real? Yes.

Do I have a problem I can solve with sewing? YESSSSSSS

OH YEAH

2/10: Took off tabs and waistband.

Took out pleats, gained inches (about three on each pants front side)

This is gonna work. Using the original zipper.

I was prepared to take that off and add the fabric harvested from the waistband.

I am leaving the waistband and tabs for later. Someone may want them.

This is the moral of this story. If you have a well made article of clothing, over it's lifespan it may need to be many sizes. Alterations in costuming teach you to leave your options open, keep the seam allowances, and save the scraps for the future you can't possibly know or plan for. The trick is keeping those spare parts somewhere you can find them again. And yes, I have a spare parts drawer. I've also found pieces sewn into other coats or vests, tucked in the linings. Because you never know that the temperature is going to drop and You Have No Warm Pants.