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rainbow trout: accessories
Aug. 2nd, 2016 11:44 pmSince I'm following my ambitious sewing schedule so well...I had allotted today as a day to work on Something Else on my ambitious sewing schedule. Guess what?
Or how about here?
SHOES! Well, slippers. They were last on my list originally, because the dance is going to be on concrete, and I pretty much anticipate these slippers will be entirely ruined after one night. Which is ok, because that's totally period (flimsy slippers, not necessarily dancing on a concrete patio...) and I don't mind putting in the work for something that's essentially disposable - but I wanted to be sure I'd have a dress first! Well, I am definitely going to have a dress, so today was devoted to slippers.
Because of the aforementioned concrete, I cut two layers of leather for the soles this time (it's thin, but held up surprisingly well on my Gettysburg slippers...that I still haven't done a proper post on. ooops), and sandwiched a layer of duck in between. The uppers are silk charmeuse (I KNOW, but it's the most affordable form of silk satin, and a huge majority of early Victorian fancy slippers seem to be satin, or I would have used taffeta) backed with duck canvas, and lined with linen.
I finished the uppers, which was my goal for the day, along with glueing linen to the carboard insoles. Have accomplished all that and then some - have obviously started sewing soles to uppers! - so I feel pretty good about having slippers AND a dress on Saturday.
Or how about here?
SHOES! Well, slippers. They were last on my list originally, because the dance is going to be on concrete, and I pretty much anticipate these slippers will be entirely ruined after one night. Which is ok, because that's totally period (flimsy slippers, not necessarily dancing on a concrete patio...) and I don't mind putting in the work for something that's essentially disposable - but I wanted to be sure I'd have a dress first! Well, I am definitely going to have a dress, so today was devoted to slippers.
Because of the aforementioned concrete, I cut two layers of leather for the soles this time (it's thin, but held up surprisingly well on my Gettysburg slippers...that I still haven't done a proper post on. ooops), and sandwiched a layer of duck in between. The uppers are silk charmeuse (I KNOW, but it's the most affordable form of silk satin, and a huge majority of early Victorian fancy slippers seem to be satin, or I would have used taffeta) backed with duck canvas, and lined with linen.
I finished the uppers, which was my goal for the day, along with glueing linen to the carboard insoles. Have accomplished all that and then some - have obviously started sewing soles to uppers! - so I feel pretty good about having slippers AND a dress on Saturday.
