Fabrics for the geek crafter!
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My Garrus/Mordin hoodie from a talented artist called Camilla. Check out her shop Retropopsugar.com
Another happy customer!
Hooraaay! I’ve been following Kati for a while for all of her lovely Thane-isms (I was a Thancemancer before Garrus!). I had this hoodie hanging around as it was a tester/sample for viewing the colours and pattern seam matches before I could sell them. It needed a home, so who else would do?!
It’s quite big (as it’s not customised) but I’m glad you’re enjoying it!!!
Sometimes being a fangirl on the internet pays off.
Retropopsugar, darling, I wish I could have recorded the noise I made when I came home to this on my bed. Thank you, seriously. You have no idea how much this means. <33333
Everyone should check out her things because oh my god this hoodie is beautiful (both sides) and the comfiest thing ever.
It is a bit big on me like you said it might be, but it will be loved and cherished for years to come. (I keep running around with the hood up screeching “I’M A LIZARD”)
I also may have flipped it Mordin side out and sung his songs.
A happy customer in a ladies Tali/Garrus hoodie - I’m so pleased she is pleased! She left the following feedback, if any of you were undecided on ordering your own commission from me:
- Amazing! So kind and helpful, speedy response to questions, item arrived right on time and was wonderfully made and fit perfectly. Thank you!!
Finished and ready to post! Another custom order, this time for a ladies Garrus/Tali hoodie! Always a pleasure. Even when I sew things the wrong way and have to redo!
I’m so tired! It’s been a busy busy busy weekend. Very glad to be literally finishing my latest hoodie… Hand sewing a section closed (Tali side) and it’ll be done!
EDIT: OH GOD I SEWED SOMETHING BACK TO FRONT. Well there goes today’s 4 hours… I’ll unpick and redo tomorrow. I wouldn’t mind, but after being stung by customs I’m actually paying customs £3 to make this… I am paying for my own time *sobs*
Always good to see how my fabrics get used - Amazing pokepants by the talented Bunnyjump!
Gotta catch em all!
Bunnyjump.co.uk
…and with a sad face, I’ve raised my hoodie prices (nooooo…). I just got totally stung by customs charges, which is always a risk, but now means I’m making hoodies at a loss… agghhhh. I love sewing, I really do, but these things take several hours and making them for free is one thing, paying to make them is another. Sadface.
So if you really want one, you can still get them, even though most of the cost is now on shipping the materials before I sew them! (I’m always researching new printers, one day there’ll be a Spoonflower in the UK!).
If you’re like, woah! Expensive! (And I totally agree!) then you can DIY them. Just email me what size and character you want, and I’ll put the fabric up on Spoonflower for you to order (usually here, that’s the custom file slot, but I’ll always email you the link!). It’s a bazillion times cheaper. Emmalyn did it here! There’s even my amazing Youtube video tutorial, or Emmalyn’s text tutorial (because she’s amazing). Check out sizes here and have a think. The prices are for ‘ready made’, but Spoonflower runs at $27 per yard with most reversible hoodies taking up 3/4/5 yards of cotton knit.
More details to follow, but I’m VERY excited to announce that BunnyJump and RetroPopSugar will be coming out to play for this AWESOME event!!
Hooraay! Retropopsugar’s first con, with Bunnyjump, maker of fine geeky panties. I’ll be sure to sew up a few new treats!! Come along and meet over geekery!
Eeeeeek! Emmalyn ordered this fabric so long ago I worried it hadn’t worked! She went down the DIY route and has done an amazing job - all links and such below in her excellent description!
Hey guys! Sorry for the dash-stretching photos, but this is my 4,000th post and I just love how these came out, so I had to share. :D I’ve been working on these 2 reversible hoodies (so, really, 4 hoodies altogether) for months, between other projects.
The designs are by a super sweet gal named Retropopsugar (Tumblr/website), who put the patterns up on Spoonflower. Then I bought the organic cotton knit fabric from SF, cut out the pieces, and assembled them myself. They’re really soft and surprisingly warm, and RPS’s tutorial videos really helped with all the sewing. (They weren’t difficult to put together, just time-consuming! I’d say it’s an early intermediate sewing level, mostly because of the sleeves. And just fyi, I used two spools—around 300 yards—of charcoal-gray thread for these.)
My hoodie is reversible Tali/Thane in a women’s medium (I just love the crest detail), and Gavin’s is Garrus/Mordin in a men’s large (with a different crest for Garrus, of course). I had to shorten my hoodie a little because the side seams on Tali’s hoodie didn’t match up perfectly—I just matched the seam lines using a little gathering stitch, then took in the 1” of excess fabric from the bottom of Thane’s side of the hoodie. It’s really not noticeable.
In case you don’t have time to watch the videos, or if you just want to know how much work one of these hoodies takes, I made a text tutorial from RPS’s videos (and added some details of my own). Do let me know if you have any questions or comments, and you can contact Retropopsugar herself here! Thanks for looking. c:
It’s finished! A Men’s Small (Ladies Medium without the nipped in waist) custom hoodie in Mordin/Garrus, for Without-your-ok (I think that’s his tumblr)!
We had a small hiccup with Spoonflower loosing the fabric, but I got it sewn up super-fast in the end with 4 days left for the delivery deadline from the UK to the US… so it will still be a little overdue! I decided to model it as I haven’t modelled hoodies in my size yet (and this one is, although in a men’s ‘fit’).
Want your own? You can order them here. (XS to XXXL available!).
Was busy sewing up a hoodie for most of today - Garrus and Mordin, got to the final ‘making it reversible’ stage, shall complete tomorrow!
I’ve been invited to a geek party. Was very tempted to go in my mass effect paraphernalia, but figured no one would get it. *sigh. Geek glasses it is.
You’re sewing a Garrus hoodie in your Garrus pyjamas with a Play Arts Kai Garrus sitting on the shelf watching you…
Custom hand made geek purses! Available now here at my Etsy store. You can have your purse made in any of the above fabrics: Renepolka, Parapolka, Mixed Rene/Parapolka, N7 stripe, Mass Effect Icons and Garrus, Star Trek Polka and 3 different nebula/galaxy designs (red/pink Orion, black/pink/blue Orion, vanilla/navy/cherry Galaxy). They measure ar about 10cm high, 10cm wide at the frame increasing to 14cm at the widest point in fabric. Perfect for cards, notes and coins or small cosmetics. There’s 9 frames left so get your orders in while you can!Enjoy!
