I made something! Holy whoa! (I haven't made anything in a long time. )
I started playing roller derby last year (yay!!) and last weekend after our home bout someone from the league accidentally lost our helmet panties! If you're not familiar with roller derby, there are two positions that need these helmet covers so that everyone can tell who's doing what. The pivot has a stripe on her helmet and the jammer (the only one who can score points) has a star. The league is going to a tournament THIS weekend so we needed some new panties in a hurry!
I was able to find 4 way stretch spandex at Jo-ann on Monday and just put the finishing touches on these 8 panties today. In an ideal world, these would have been black and grey and yellow and grey but this is all I could get on such short notice! I made 2 of each cover in each color so we're set no matter what color we're wearing this weekend. I used this pattern: http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/roller-derby-helmet-covers
Unfortunately the only black thread I had was cotton which I didn't think would hold up to all of the abuse these will get. So I used white instead. UGH! It doesn't look so bad on the yellow but it's not so cute on the black. If I'd had more time I definitely would've gone out and got more black polyester thread.
I think they turned out alright but the elastic isn't super tight so I'm just totally paranoid that something crazy will happen and they'll fall off!
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A big thanks to everyone that shared awesome projects, advice and inspiration on Craftster in 2012. It was a great year and, as always, we're amazed by our community!
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After more than 2 years of work, we have finally gathered together every single tutorial and pattern on Craftster that we could find!!!
You may have noticed tutorial lists popping up around the boards over the past few years. If not, here's an example:
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If I'd had more time I definitely would've gone out and got more black polyester thread.
