It's the first week of our Literary Sewing Circle featuring Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Have you found a copy yet? Have you started reading? If so, how are you finding the opening chapters?
Today's inspiration is going to look at some of the characters in this story; we'll find ideas based on their names. Here are a few suggestions of projects you could make based on these elements.
We'll start with our main character, Sophie Hatter. There are so many choices with this name.
You could start by considering the Sophie Dress by Ora Lin patterns - this one almost evokes the dress Sophie wears in the Ghibli movie as well!
Or you may want to go more modern with this Sophie Dress from Tessuti
Or you might go a little more boho with the top or dress view of this Sophie pattern from Hubba Ding
You might want to go minimal waste with the Lettie Skirt from Goldfinch Textiles
Or dress things up with the free Lettie Puffed Sleeve Dress by Tiana's Closet
Perhaps it's Sophie's stepmother Fanny who inspires your project! You could try any of the multitude of Fanny Pack patterns shared in this Threads roundup of fanny pack patterns, including some free ones.
Or Howl himself -- but aside from some cosplay patterns based on the movie, there's not much I can find for Howl! Not even under his multitude of names.
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Howl Cosplay from the Movie, by MarquiseCubey |
Except for this knitted Howl, or neck warmer by SheepKnits (read the blog post for an explanation of the difference between the two, and why this is a Howl)
Instead you might look into Howl's sister Megan! Try out the Megan Maxi Skirt from Liberty Fabrics
Or just this quick Megan Dress/Pinafore from Melanie Patterns
You could even try out this free mini plushie based on Calcifer!
Maybe you'll go farther afield and look at a side character as the inspo for your project, there are quite a number of those.
Funny, I recently made that Lily top. In blue even, haha! I've been more inspired by the colours so far, but I love that calcifer plushir.
ReplyDeleteSo funny! There is a lot of imagery to be inspired by as well, which will be a focus in the next inspiration post!
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