MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - Pele Fence Hanger - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10871	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 9:40 PM I had a great time in Palm Springs. Sven's exhibit was very nice, got to catch up with some old friends and meet some new ones. It was 200+ miles round trip, the trailer towed well with no problems. Saturday morning, while the rest of the SoCal TC crowd was hung over, I hiked up Tahquitz Canyon to a beautiful waterfall. Wendy is building me a MadDog Mike Cannibal Bob to match my trailer - you're the bestest Wendy! There are more pics and I'm sure more to come on Wendy's thread Prof G and Dawn - No, NO, and NO! I saw Oasis pics of the guys in their cabana sets. They have better looking legs and/or bigger coconuts than I do. I am NOT about to wear one of those in public :lol: I am working on my Tahitian Cannibal Tiki Dashiki though. I have a basic knowledge of sewing machine operation and a good enought grasp of spatial relationships to understand what a seam will look like when your turn it right side out. But, truth be told, I am no tailor. This pattern is fairly simple as it is designed but of course that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted to add a colored "yoke" around the collar and wanted to incorporate it into the dashiki, not just applique it to the top after it was done. I got in over my head a little, fortunately most of the errors are on the collar facing inside where they don't show. If Dawn, Kiki, Wendy, or any other seamstress gets a good look at it they will have a bit of a laugh. But it will look damned good from across a dimly lit tiki bar :D Dawn was gracious enough to design a companion fabric for me; it's the background to the Tahitian Cannibal without the figure. I am getting ready to order some of that fabric to use around the sleeve hems and the bottom hem and then I'll be done. Here's a plug for Dawn's fabrics on Spoonflower in case you have need of some really cool fabrics.

I had a great time in Palm Springs. Sven's exhibit was very nice, got to catch up with some old friends and meet some new ones. It was 200+ miles round trip, the trailer towed well with no problems. Saturday morning, while the rest of the SoCal TC crowd was hung over, I hiked up Tahquitz Canyon to a beautiful waterfall.

Wendy is building me a MadDog Mike Cannibal Bob to match my trailer - you're the bestest Wendy!

There are more pics and I'm sure more to come on Wendy's thread

Prof G and Dawn - No, NO, and NO! I saw Oasis pics of the guys in their cabana sets. They have better looking legs and/or bigger coconuts than I do. I am NOT about to wear one of those in public :lol:

I am working on my Tahitian Cannibal Tiki Dashiki though. I have a basic knowledge of sewing machine operation and a good enought grasp of spatial relationships to understand what a seam will look like when your turn it right side out. But, truth be told, I am no tailor. This pattern is fairly simple as it is designed but of course that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted to add a colored "yoke" around the collar and wanted to incorporate it into the dashiki, not just applique it to the top after it was done. I got in over my head a little, fortunately most of the errors are on the collar facing inside where they don't show. If Dawn, Kiki, Wendy, or any other seamstress gets a good look at it they will have a bit of a laugh. But it will look damned good from across a dimly lit tiki bar :D

Dawn was gracious enough to design a companion fabric for me; it's the background to the Tahitian Cannibal without the figure. I am getting ready to order some of that fabric to use around the sleeve hems and the bottom hem and then I'll be done. Here's a plug for Dawn's fabrics on Spoonflower in case you have need of some really cool fabrics.

Post #626225 by MadDogMike on Thu, Feb 23, 2012 9:40 PM