cap shenanigans

[mandie_rw]

I was off today, and horribly lazy, so I decided I wanted a zero-thinking hemming project while sitting on the sofa marathoning Law & Order:SVU. Okay...cap? Sure, let's make another cap. So I cut out all my pattern pieces (I cut the crap and bought the Country Wives: Beribboned Caps 1780-1810 pattern) and thought I didn't have enough of my nice expensive organza, and so cut it out of the cheaper Dharma Trading stuff. And then remembered why I didn't want to use it for caps. It's SO squeedgy! (Technical term.)

And then I decided to double-check whether I could fit it on the Silk Baron organza, and I could just. So I cut it out again out of that one. It's more than twice the price but I just like to sew with it so much more! Too bad I have 10 yards of the Dharma stuff and none of the Silk Baron now, haha. (I bought the 10 yards for trim...hems on the straight are all right.) So I'd best be happy with this cap!

So! I hemmed the band and am currently whip-gathering the crown to it. And tonight is apparently Knots In The Thread Night, and I attached about a quarter of the crown to the band before realizing the hem of the band was on the outside, oooops.

And I haven't forgotten about the poor Indian King Tavern - with the FFC sale on, I got a couple of checked linens to make aprons and kerchiefs. Only a yard of each because I don't want everyone to match, and 3 of the 4 linens were the same check in different colorways. But at $4.18/yd I couldn't say no! (Unless they're sold out already.)

Comments

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Law & Order marathons are fantastic for sewing. Have you tried Blue Blood marathons? They work well too. :-)


Beware of FCC - they like saying things are all natural when they aren't. It's more of a concern in chemises and bodices than in other applications but it's something to be aware of.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

I haven't, but I think I should! With all this gown trim I need to do, tv marathoning will be helpful, haha.

Oooh, I haven't had that happen yet - thanks for the heads up. I've had the always-fun "well this doesn't look remotely like the fabric or description", but not fiber shenanigans yet. Thankfully this site's costume bits are more form than function (and I don't think anybody would know what to do with a burn test, lol)!

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, for me, it was through their denver fabrics site - which is just FCC in disguise. I ordered a ton of wool during one of their sales - turns out, none of it was wool. Right colors, vaguely looked like wool, but it was 100% acrylic in one. The other I think might be one of those 20% wool deals with 80% acrylic. Either way, neither are the 100% wool they claimed.

[m-of-disguise.livejournal.com]

Hooray for caps! And Law & Order marathons!

Also, thanks for the head's up on the Dharma Trading organza. I was thinking of ordering some to make caps because it's fairly cheap, but now I know it's cheap for a reason. XP

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Once I realized Law & Order was on all day, I knew there was no real hope for my day off, hahaha.

Yeaaaaah, I find that organza a little fussy. I mean, somebody with more patience than I have would probably be fine with it (or if you wanted to starch/size it before working with it), and I might make a fancy apron out of it. But all those curved hems on the caps in that organza might actually kill me, haha!

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

This from the woman who recommended polyester to me! :-p well I ordered the Dharma organza for my cap cause Katherine C-G said it was what she uses and I don't trust you anymore ;-) hee hee hee

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're the one who didn't want to spring for silk in the first place! And you're vastly better at hemming than me so you'll probably be fine with it.

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

Sounds like an awesome day to me! I <3 Lenny!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

:D