starting 1890s sewing
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mandie_rwPlugged in again (wooooo I managed to buy the right charger cord, go me), so let's play catch-up. (I've been sleeping in horribly late so far this week, so I am not maybe as productive as I should have been, but I'm still getting over that nasty cold? Excuses?)
I've decided to cheerfully disregard any and all new underwear (except the combinations) until after I finish the outfit. Do as I say, not as I do... I can get away with wearing my 1860s corset for now and finishing the 1898 corset later, I think, because 1/ I have no figure, and 2/ I'm making a shirtwaist not a fitted bodice. My 1860s is probably the best option since it's got a straight busk rather than the spoon busk of the 1876 model. I really ought to have a proper turn-of-the-century petticoat, but can definitely make do with something out of my stable of petticoats for now if I have to.
So with that decided, I figured I might as well jump into the actual outfit! Here's a (somewhat washed-out) pic of my fabrics:
Blue flannel for the skirt, checked silk for the waist, and plum wool for the jacket (if I get around to that. Winter was apparently very short this year...so I probably won't exactly need said jacket).
I have the somewhat ancient B3418 pattern, that I used for my emerald green silk 1890s-ish evening dress in 2008(ish?), that I completely forgot I had until three days ago. Well hey, it's already cut out in my size...let's see how horribly inaccurate this is! Verdict? Really Not Bad. Wouldn't use as-is/following the directions, of course (yeah, let me get right on that zipper), but the shapes are very doable for late 1890s.
That back skirt piece was actually a side back and a back piece...but I saw no reason not to cut them as one! Having a CB piece smaller than the other skirt pieces, as this one would have been, doesn't really seem to have been A Thing at the time, either. So, another reason to combine them! I only had two yards of 60" flannel, so it's a good thing the fabric doesn't have a grain, as I had to cut one of the pieces upside down!
I'm fully lining the skirt - in white cotton sateen. Maybe not my first choice, white...but I had enough of it on hand, and it works. (Such a bummer we're not carrying it anymore at the J! Very decent sateen.) 44" width so I had to cut the back gores individually, and managed to cut one out wrong side up. Ooops. Oh well, it's lining. ;) I'm interfacing the hem with an 8" (or so - will be less one the skirt's hemmed to walking length) band of cotton crinoline, and will have a band of facing on top of that. Twill or something...whatever's in the stash. We're not quite there yet so I haven't dug it out.
Currently I've got one seam left to sew...it's the one that'll have the pocket in it, so I've left it for last. Pockets are annoying but useful. ;)
I've decided to cheerfully disregard any and all new underwear (except the combinations) until after I finish the outfit. Do as I say, not as I do... I can get away with wearing my 1860s corset for now and finishing the 1898 corset later, I think, because 1/ I have no figure, and 2/ I'm making a shirtwaist not a fitted bodice. My 1860s is probably the best option since it's got a straight busk rather than the spoon busk of the 1876 model. I really ought to have a proper turn-of-the-century petticoat, but can definitely make do with something out of my stable of petticoats for now if I have to.
So with that decided, I figured I might as well jump into the actual outfit! Here's a (somewhat washed-out) pic of my fabrics:
Blue flannel for the skirt, checked silk for the waist, and plum wool for the jacket (if I get around to that. Winter was apparently very short this year...so I probably won't exactly need said jacket).
I have the somewhat ancient B3418 pattern, that I used for my emerald green silk 1890s-ish evening dress in 2008(ish?), that I completely forgot I had until three days ago. Well hey, it's already cut out in my size...let's see how horribly inaccurate this is! Verdict? Really Not Bad. Wouldn't use as-is/following the directions, of course (yeah, let me get right on that zipper), but the shapes are very doable for late 1890s.
That back skirt piece was actually a side back and a back piece...but I saw no reason not to cut them as one! Having a CB piece smaller than the other skirt pieces, as this one would have been, doesn't really seem to have been A Thing at the time, either. So, another reason to combine them! I only had two yards of 60" flannel, so it's a good thing the fabric doesn't have a grain, as I had to cut one of the pieces upside down!
I'm fully lining the skirt - in white cotton sateen. Maybe not my first choice, white...but I had enough of it on hand, and it works. (Such a bummer we're not carrying it anymore at the J! Very decent sateen.) 44" width so I had to cut the back gores individually, and managed to cut one out wrong side up. Ooops. Oh well, it's lining. ;) I'm interfacing the hem with an 8" (or so - will be less one the skirt's hemmed to walking length) band of cotton crinoline, and will have a band of facing on top of that. Twill or something...whatever's in the stash. We're not quite there yet so I haven't dug it out.
Currently I've got one seam left to sew...it's the one that'll have the pocket in it, so I've left it for last. Pockets are annoying but useful. ;)
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