afaster.master.blaster

Status Update 8.2.2022

After about a month of sitting on the suede, my inactivity bubble popped and I've been a busy little bee. I used the jeans pattern method, but with shorts, to create the pattern for the suede riding thigh patches. I got them cut, placed, and pinned. I first sewed them together in a center seam and then round stitched the center seam in from center inner seams to the back center of the patches. 

• My next move is to sew from the center back/butt left and right alternating sides moving toward the inner thigh and then to the front. 
• I have not made much progress because I am handsewing this since the sewing machine I used will not handle double layer suede and twill. As a result, my fingers are all chewed up from the glover's needle and I am letting them heal by working on other projects.
• I need to figure out what to do about the mudflap since I have a Kolossus coverall and it gathers in the back with an elastic waist. I am contemplating it be long and start more in the back and hang just above my butt. I am open to suggestions.

The suede is higher in the front that it will be in the final product - I don't have my codpiece ready so it will round in toward the center once I know what the codpiece is doing but I'd rather have too much and trim it later when I know what will show. 

Status 8.2.2022

This week my wife and kid are out of town and I had a three day weekend so I am using the most of my time to get everything I can do out of the way while I have the time. So I got my Studio Creations armor going. So I have all my arm pieces and knees completed. I actually started on the Thermo Detonator first but I has supply and availability issues with rivets and washers. It's a long story but the result is that I am satisfied with the results. There are known issues that I am working on: 

• The white bobbin on the sewing machine was improperly wound and is giving me problems. So the white sew-in hook-and-loop parts are only pinned for the time being.
• Same applies for the back side drop box straps.
• The side straps that secure the front and back pieces is loose because there is no H&L to secure them (see above) which is why they may look funny from the photo.
• Shoulder strap bridges are same as above.
• If I can switch over to the black thread, I will sew in the black hook to the coverall where they meet the white loop adhesive patches I installed in the unseen sides of the knees and arm parts.
• I have located a 2X larger raglan shirt than my normal size and have cut the neck wide, cut the sleeves to elbow length, and cut the body to be just below my pectorals, all to account for seam allowance.

Since I am making this stag at the moment, my photo had to be on self timer on a stool on a chair and the best I could do is make it look like everything is leaning to the left. If my armor is improperly placed, I am also doing this fairly blind and within the 10 second it takes the self timer to go. It's not ideal but I wanted to send up an update.