It feels like a new #ElfkinLaunch achievement has been unlocked. I am most fortunate to have a sudden bounty of commissions. So the past few days have been all about gathering samples and working up the costing.

In doing so, I have made a delightful discovery. When one tells suppliers that they are properly in the trade, all sorts of secret doors open. Oh, the adventures we shall have!

In the past week, I've gotten three commissions consisting of six looks/13 garments total. And two more commissions are just waiting for me to work up the sketches to move forward.

I think #ElfkinLaunch has decided to happen of its own volition and regardless of whether or not all of the trunk show looks I planned are even done.

Hot damn!

Also, please send additional hours in the day.

All of the facings for the prototype stitch of the vest for Dan’s velvet tux are attached. While I would normally never bother with stay stitching on a test stitch up, these lining fabrics are unmanageable if one doesn’t do something to keep the fraying under control. #sewing #ElfkinLaunch

The muslin prototype of the shirt that’s going with Dan’s velvet mafia look for the #ElfkinLaunch trunk show is all done up.

It was a good opportunity to continue getting used to the reverse pedal that I recently installed on my Pfaff 238. The experience is a lot like learning to drive a manual transmission. Only without my mother laughing uncontrollably in the passenger seat.

Also, yes, I did indeed sew the buttonholes in from the wrong side on the French cuffs. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

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The β€œparty look" for Nick is all sketched up. Not sure how well it reads in this jpg, but adding a light fabric to the already shapely princess panels really helps pull that torso line into the ideal inverted triangle. #fashion #sewing #ElfkinLaunch

I've decided to try Illustrator for fashion sketching. Mostly because my hand drawn sketches are just too rough to show to clients. And all of a sudden, elfkin has clients!

While this won't win any awards, I think it does an effective job of communicating my vision. Now I just need to work up the party and daytime formal looks for Nick, and we'll really be off to the races. #fashion #sewing #ElfkinLaunch

Darla’s corset vest is also all patterned up and ready to go. Sadly there was a printing error with the accompanying cat eye trousers. #sewing #ElfkinLaunch
The roughly five bajillion fiddly little pattern pieces of Dan’s three piece suit and shirt are cut out and ready for prototype stitching. #sewing #ElfkinLaunch
I guess there's nothing to do for this busted migration back from mastodon.art to woof.group but wait for it to sort itself. The last six prototype garments for the #ElfkinLaunch trunk show are now patterned up and waiting to be stitched, so I'm gonna carry on with that and try not to burst into tears over my masto accounts being broken.
I want a circular hip pocket on Darla’s pants so that, when worn with the accompanying vest, the pocket opening looks like a cat eye. Step one: trying out the construction technique on some muslin. The purple bit is a patch pocket that ends at the bottom of the opening, and the main bag (magenta) extends like any front pocket bag. #sewing #ElfkinLaunch