When you over buy wool in order to make sure you don’t run out making your American Duchess Cape, it stands to reason that you will use said material to create a Hobbit-y Corset Top with peplum, covered all over in botanically and nature inspired embroidery that will certainly take you forever to actually finish. …
A Botanically Inspired Hobbit-y Corset Top…. Beginnings
In a hole in the ground…
After completing several embroidery courses on Domestika.org, I decided to use some of the stitches learned to design a work of my own. I have loved Tolkien’s world for years and after seeing some amazing interpretations of hobbit holes I decided to attempt one myself. I envisioned a foliage rich, super textured piece, almost completely …
The Quest for the American Duchess Cape
I have joined the cult, the American Duchess Cape cult! Since the first moment of seeing the free American Duchess Cape pattern, I have had a mighty need to make my own. The pattern is still available for free on their website. The problem is that I am not an accomplished seamstress, and this pattern …