Weekend sewing progress
Jan. 10th, 2021 11:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwI did a thing! (Pip helped.) Cut out the skirt pieces from the plum wool for the Longwood stroll dress.
It helps that this is such nice fabric to work with...it's a wool-cashmere melton. Not as soft as you'd think from the name (I think it's probably 85/15 tops), but nice and plush, and cuts like butter. Also is basically a lint roller. I'm going to be absolutely covered in cat hair when I wear this.
I managed to get all the wool and lining pieces basted together - finished up the last one tonight after lessons. I decided to line it in silk shantung rather than my usual go-to of premium muslin, mainly because I don't need to make this skirt any heavier than it's already going to be! I would have lined it in cotton lawn...but I'm out of the Dharma Trading stuff I usually like to keep on hand, and "free from stash" is cheaper than buying something, so silk it is. It's Joann's silk so thin, lightweight, and probably destined for linings anyway...
(The lining's pink, not that you'd ever know it from this picture lol)
Next step is to cut the interlining and facing (mainly so I can use the skirt pieces as templates and not have to deal with the damn tissue pieces); if I can get any of that out of the way during the school week it'll be a victory. Otherwise - next weekend!
It helps that this is such nice fabric to work with...it's a wool-cashmere melton. Not as soft as you'd think from the name (I think it's probably 85/15 tops), but nice and plush, and cuts like butter. Also is basically a lint roller. I'm going to be absolutely covered in cat hair when I wear this.
I managed to get all the wool and lining pieces basted together - finished up the last one tonight after lessons. I decided to line it in silk shantung rather than my usual go-to of premium muslin, mainly because I don't need to make this skirt any heavier than it's already going to be! I would have lined it in cotton lawn...but I'm out of the Dharma Trading stuff I usually like to keep on hand, and "free from stash" is cheaper than buying something, so silk it is. It's Joann's silk so thin, lightweight, and probably destined for linings anyway...
(The lining's pink, not that you'd ever know it from this picture lol)
Next step is to cut the interlining and facing (mainly so I can use the skirt pieces as templates and not have to deal with the damn tissue pieces); if I can get any of that out of the way during the school week it'll be a victory. Otherwise - next weekend!
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Date: 2021-01-11 01:22 pm (UTC)I'm going to try to keep my face turned toward the sewing table this week, maybe I can root you on (read, harass you)
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