Sunday, March 17, 2013

Meet Ralph...


Today I have somebody very special to introduce you to; his name is Ralph.


Ralph was conceived in my pattern making classes, as an exercise in making patterns from the fitted skirt block that we made.


Ralph has a yoke/waistband, and is designed to sit below the waist. Instead of darts the front is split into three panels. In the back Ralph has two darts for optimal shaping over my bootylicious behind. And of course Ralph has pockets.


This particular version of Ralph is made from some wool left over from making my Thurlow Shorts, and is lined with some black lining fabric I had lying around. Ralph is fastened with a centre back zipper, which is lapped (because I wanted to try something new) and hand picked.


Ralph is a little bigger than he was intended to be (partly due to me not trying him on before putting in the zip) so sits slightly lower than originally planned. But since he really is quite short that's probably a good thing, as if he actually sat where he was designed to sit, things would be a bit indecent.



Thanks to the lovely Sarah for snapping these pictures for me. During the process Sarah commented that I looked a bit like a ballerina, which led to this...

 

Which of course led to this...


Anyway, that's Ralph, I hope you like him as much as I do.

PS: I took the plunge and purchased a domain name this weekend; if you visit www.mymessings.com you'll arrive right back here at my blog :)

17 comments:

  1. Ralph is beautiful! (Handsome?) Well done drafting it! I like how classic-but-not-boring it is!

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  2. Ooooh, I like Ralph! He's very handsome!

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  3. love him! he is great! amazing you drafted him! fits like a glove! :D

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  4. Ralph is very pretty :) Love this skirt. I want one!!

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  5. I love that your skirt is a boy :) Also, he's quite lovely!

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  6. Ralph is sexy! I love where he is sitting on your hips, and if he's a touch too big that also means he is good for wearing to dinner when you know you're going to stuff yourself ;) I can't believe you made that pattern all by yourself; it's so impressive!!! x

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  7. Hi Ralph! Nice to meet you :-) Ralph looks lovely on you.

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  8. I think I am in love with Ralph. It looks wonderful on you (not too short or anything) and I want one too :-)

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  9. Ralph looks ace :) now you just need one in every colour...

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  10. Congratulations on both Ralph and securing your domain! You've done a great job designing your skirt and I think the length looks good on you. I can see Ralph will end up with a lot of new friends joining him in your closet and I don't think you could ever have too many great looking skirts :)

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  11. Ralph is very cool - in fact I wouldn't mind a slightly longer Ralph in my wardrobe.

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  12. Ralph looks great! Very good 'lines' and beautifully made,

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  13. Why HELLO Ralph!
    Seriously gorgeous! You look hot :o)

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  14. Great photos Sarah! And you look wonderful in them. Love the ballerina pics :) And the closeups!!! I heart detail closeups! :)

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  15. you've done a beautiful job! I love it when seams align well and pockets don't gape.. congratulations!

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