lots of ironing
Oct. 20th, 2016 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwIroned my 18thc caps and kerchiefs that I washed yesterday, and then decided it might be beneficial to iron my regency mourning dress while I was at it. Pro tip for not having to do a ton of ironing: don't wear your dress in a downpour and then wad it up in a bag and leave it overnight. (I hung it up the next day so it dried out just fine...but hello wrinkles!) And then shove it in the closet and leave it for two years. The organza layer still has a couple wrinkles but it's much less horrible now!
I also tried it on to see if there was anything that really needed to be fixed. Well...pinking the organza and hoping it wouldn't fray too much was a very optimistic thing to do, first of all. Nothing to be done about the gathered organza trim at this point other than continue giving it haircuts, but I really ought to finish the organza scallops at the hem. I'm not going to right now, because I know I'd get it half done and then run out of time, and that wouldn't be a great look. Just...for future reference.
I ended up slightly shifting/replacing the back fastenings. For unfathomable reasons, I'd used hooks & eyes that didn't actually match. Interesting choice, Past Me. So I sewed bars that matched the hooks on, re-tried it on, and the back gapped a whole lot less. Magic! The fit of the shoulders is still not super - one is looser than the other so it ends up drooping further and making my shoulders look even more crooked than they already are - but again, not something I can really fix at this point.
But it's quite wearable! I feel very good about myself for checking all this out before Saturday afternoon...
I also tried it on to see if there was anything that really needed to be fixed. Well...pinking the organza and hoping it wouldn't fray too much was a very optimistic thing to do, first of all. Nothing to be done about the gathered organza trim at this point other than continue giving it haircuts, but I really ought to finish the organza scallops at the hem. I'm not going to right now, because I know I'd get it half done and then run out of time, and that wouldn't be a great look. Just...for future reference.
I ended up slightly shifting/replacing the back fastenings. For unfathomable reasons, I'd used hooks & eyes that didn't actually match. Interesting choice, Past Me. So I sewed bars that matched the hooks on, re-tried it on, and the back gapped a whole lot less. Magic! The fit of the shoulders is still not super - one is looser than the other so it ends up drooping further and making my shoulders look even more crooked than they already are - but again, not something I can really fix at this point.
But it's quite wearable! I feel very good about myself for checking all this out before Saturday afternoon...
