some small bits of sewing
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mandie_rwBecause it's a Tom weekend and he requires lots of attention! Also we went on a seven mile walk yesterday because I sit on my ass all day at work so really need to be more active on the weekends when possible.
But I did get in a couple of hours of sewing as well. Decided that I was in the mood for the transitional stays.
I'm machine sewing the majority of these stays; they're rather experimental in a couple of ways, plus I want to make the dress to go over them sooner rather than later! I'll do the eyelets and binding by hand though, as I can't put binding on by machine half as nicely as by hand, and I'd much rather do eyelets by hand than deal with banging metal bits (plus I don't think I have any...?) I got the back pieces boned and sewed them together, as they're a front-closing model. They really don't look like much right now - well, let's be honest, they won't ever look like much lol - but here they are:
They're only four pieces - two fronts and two backs - so I miiiiight be able to get them boned next weekend? Although probably not if the weather is nice and I want to spend all of Saturday outside!
Closeup of "boning."
I decided to go with the reed for this pair, after much waffling; I don't need to do anything to prep it other than pull pieces out of the giant coil, and there's a shit-ton of it. I'm very curious how each of these "cheap" options behaves in a pair of stays, so the (very very) long-term goal is to make a pair of stays out of each of the three materials and see what happens. I'm sure Other People have done it, but as they probably posted it somewhere on YouTube, I haven't seen it and therefore will still consider it an Interesting Thing To Document. (Pagingrobinsnest ...video topic for you? I volunteer my nonexistent stays to guest star!)
(Yes, considering how long I take to make anything these days, I figure a reasonable goal is 2025! Shhh.)
Pip was Halping. All these new boning materials had to be put in a drawer away from him once I was done...
But I did get in a couple of hours of sewing as well. Decided that I was in the mood for the transitional stays.
I'm machine sewing the majority of these stays; they're rather experimental in a couple of ways, plus I want to make the dress to go over them sooner rather than later! I'll do the eyelets and binding by hand though, as I can't put binding on by machine half as nicely as by hand, and I'd much rather do eyelets by hand than deal with banging metal bits (plus I don't think I have any...?) I got the back pieces boned and sewed them together, as they're a front-closing model. They really don't look like much right now - well, let's be honest, they won't ever look like much lol - but here they are:
They're only four pieces - two fronts and two backs - so I miiiiight be able to get them boned next weekend? Although probably not if the weather is nice and I want to spend all of Saturday outside!
Closeup of "boning."
I decided to go with the reed for this pair, after much waffling; I don't need to do anything to prep it other than pull pieces out of the giant coil, and there's a shit-ton of it. I'm very curious how each of these "cheap" options behaves in a pair of stays, so the (very very) long-term goal is to make a pair of stays out of each of the three materials and see what happens. I'm sure Other People have done it, but as they probably posted it somewhere on YouTube, I haven't seen it and therefore will still consider it an Interesting Thing To Document. (Paging
robinsnest ...video topic for you? I volunteer my nonexistent stays to guest star!)(Yes, considering how long I take to make anything these days, I figure a reasonable goal is 2025! Shhh.)
Pip was Halping. All these new boning materials had to be put in a drawer away from him once I was done...
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Date: 2021-03-11 11:56 pm (UTC)