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There were a couple choices on my mind when making Zulf’s skirt: sew together strips of fabric or use fabric paint? In the end, I decided to sew together strips of fabric. I felt like it would look better, and I was afraid painting stripes wouldn’t look very straight.

Materials

• Stripes = quilter’s cotton, blue and yellow
• Lining = blue broadcloth

The Making Of…

The blue stripes were 3in and the yellow stripes were 2.5in. This includes 1/2 in of seam allowance. This means that after being sewn together, the stripes were 2in (blue) and 1.5in (yellow).

My process was…

• cut a few stripes out
• sew them together, alternating colors
• press the seams open with an iron

I definitely recommend pressing open the seams. It’ll help them lie down flat.

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I decided that after I finish each costume, I should write a post summarizing how I created it. That way everything is in one place :) Let’s start with Zulf’s jacket!

Materials

• Main body = “rust” colored suede
• Sleeves = yellow twill
• Stripes on sleeves = blue quilter’s cotton (same fabric as vest and skirt)
• Stripes on bottom = blue twill, white twill, dark blue broadcloth
• Vest = blue quilter’s cotton

I bought the suede at fabric.com, and the rest were just at my local fabric stores like Hancock and Joann.

Pattern

I used Kwik Sew #3485, which is a men’s blazer pattern.

Alterations I made are…

• Back: removed the vent
• Sleeves: added more room near the armpit and altered the cuffs at the end of the sleeves
• Collar: extended it so it looks like Zulf’s
• Pockets and buttons: ignored all parts relating to these
• Overall: adjusted the length to account for the stripes on the bottom

I didn’t use a pattern for the vest. I just modeled it after a shirt without sleeves.

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