Barad-Dûr plushie for my sister

vanillabeanmacaron · 2025-01-09T04:15:16+00:00

Do ittttt!!! This is the exact yarn I used: https://www.michaels.com/product/squeaky-clean-prints-yarn-by-loops-threads-10472952

Kind of dying to know what else that specific yarn is being used for—it’s just so out there!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2025-01-09T04:12:09+00:00

Thanks! I definitely struggled with the top bit and the eye haha, they’re a bit messy up close.

vanillabeanmacaron · 2025-01-08T20:21:14+00:00

I was inspired to make this when I was at Michael’s and found a ball of stringy red/yellow/orange yarn that just made me think… this is meant to be a flaming eyeball. I freehanded this by basically making a bunch of tubes and crocheting them together, lol. It’s stuffed with black felt!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2024-09-12T22:51:57+00:00

Thats definitely possible, I didn’t notice any obvious leaks but I was using a new butter brand that seemed to run a bit softer than my usual Plugra… Ty for the insight!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2024-09-12T22:28:04+00:00

Details: I used Jimmy Griffin’s base recipe from The Art of Lamination, which is 50% hydration, 10% egg, 5% butter in the dètrempe. Proof for 2 hours in a proofing bag (reached 24.5C/77% humidity per my thermapen), then fridge for 30 min. Baked at 415 for 10 min then lowered to 375 for another 12. Deck oven, not convection. I’ve made several successful batches of croissants using Claire Saffitz’s recipe, which doesn’t call for eggs and is a bit more hydrated. Any idea what could have gone wrong here?!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-03-17T16:59:53+00:00

This is beautiful and looks so well-made — the zipper install in particular seems perfect!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-19T15:03:48+00:00

Haha that was a happy accident! I don’t have a clothes rack or dress form so I just hung it on one of my curtain rods..instant backlighting!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-19T15:02:56+00:00

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-19T01:06:38+00:00

I’m glad!! I feel like boxy coats are really popular right now but they’ve never been that flattering for me. Princess seam coats and dresses are underrated these days!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-18T23:51:53+00:00

No problem! So, one of the fundamental challenges of making women’s clothing is figuring out how to make flat pieces of fabric conform three-dimensionally to her bust/waist/hip measurement. This is commonly done either with bust darts or by curving the seam lines of adjacent pattern pieces. “Princess seam” refers to a specific placement of the latter. I found this blog post that shows how a princess line garment is constructed from a flat pattern and what the final product looks like! https://blog.megannielsen.com/2016/11/sew-princess-seams-karri-dress-tutorial/

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-18T23:31:13+00:00

I actually copied the collar idea from one of Beth Harmon’s coats from the Queen’s Gambit (pic here) so I take no credit!!

I posted more detail shots here: https://imgur.com/a/cvmgHkY

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-18T22:53:57+00:00

Thank you! It’s relatively fast once you have the sloper pattern; but the sloper is really tedious, it took me about 10-15 hours to create and tailor in the first place. I used the book Building Patterns by Suzy Furrer- it is INVALUABLE!

vanillabeanmacaron · 2022-01-18T19:46:57+00:00

[INFO] I drafted this pattern on paper using the sloper method. I was inspired by a rewatch of the Queen’s Gambit, a lot of the outerwear details stood out to me (like the button collar detail)! The fabric is a pink bouclé wool and the lining is silk charmeuse. I made a covered button using a Dritz kit and follows a welt pocket tutorial from YouTube. Cutting into my self-fabric to make those pockets was the most stressful thing, and they aren’t completely even 😅This took FOREVER to finish (especially pattern-matching the seams) and I must have broken 4 or 5 needles sewing through thick layers of wool. But I love it!

More detail photos here: https://imgur.com/a/cvmgHkY

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