I did stuff today.
Jul. 12th, 2009 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwYeah, like sewing stuff. Yay me!
First I worked on the 1870s petticoat, as I did laundry today and so washed some more muslin for the 340" flounce. Long, long flounce. I gathered it by sewing a channel at the top of the flounce, then threading a cord through it and pulling it up to fit to the petticoat, mostly because I figured that would make me the least crazy.
Am debating on whether I want to add more butt-flounces -to the back, hence my name for them, heh - because I might want more fullness back there than I've got...but then on the other hand, these things are kind of a pain in the ass to sew up, gather, and sew on. Will think on this.
The waist's a bit wonky, because there is no waistband still (the whole no finished corset thing)...when it's done, it'll be hoisted up a bit higher and will behopefully even.
Then, because I was tired of flounces (and ran out of washed muslin again), I decided to play with the Tudor. Finished sewing the skirt to the bodice, which, despite having basted the pleats previously, I managed to stab myself with the three pins that were still there. I verreh talented. Then I put on all the gear, and laced the bodice up so I could mark the straps. Did so, took it off, sewed the straps, put it back on to take pictures of it and then marked out the stomacher-bit-thingy on a piece of fabric.
Note lovely green non-matching ribbon used to lace bodice. The train looks stupid in the back picture because it was all folded over on itself, but I was failing madly at picture-taking today, so it's actually the best. And you can see the yellow lining of the skirt at the front opening, as it's not sewn yet. But I like where this is going. (Of course, on the right side of the waist, there are two pleats that are completely whacked-out in terms of matching the size of the others, and I ought to have fixed them. But I didn't, so nyah.)
Weighs a ton, of course - yeah, velveteen tends to do that...it also collects lint, bits of thread, and cat hair. And now I get to start contemplating how the hell I'm going to puzzle out those sleeves...oh, yay, that'll be so much fun!
First I worked on the 1870s petticoat, as I did laundry today and so washed some more muslin for the 340" flounce. Long, long flounce. I gathered it by sewing a channel at the top of the flounce, then threading a cord through it and pulling it up to fit to the petticoat, mostly because I figured that would make me the least crazy.
Am debating on whether I want to add more butt-flounces -to the back, hence my name for them, heh - because I might want more fullness back there than I've got...but then on the other hand, these things are kind of a pain in the ass to sew up, gather, and sew on. Will think on this.
The waist's a bit wonky, because there is no waistband still (the whole no finished corset thing)...when it's done, it'll be hoisted up a bit higher and will be
Then, because I was tired of flounces (and ran out of washed muslin again), I decided to play with the Tudor. Finished sewing the skirt to the bodice, which, despite having basted the pleats previously, I managed to stab myself with the three pins that were still there. I verreh talented. Then I put on all the gear, and laced the bodice up so I could mark the straps. Did so, took it off, sewed the straps, put it back on to take pictures of it and then marked out the stomacher-bit-thingy on a piece of fabric.
Note lovely green non-matching ribbon used to lace bodice. The train looks stupid in the back picture because it was all folded over on itself, but I was failing madly at picture-taking today, so it's actually the best. And you can see the yellow lining of the skirt at the front opening, as it's not sewn yet. But I like where this is going. (Of course, on the right side of the waist, there are two pleats that are completely whacked-out in terms of matching the size of the others, and I ought to have fixed them. But I didn't, so nyah.)
Weighs a ton, of course - yeah, velveteen tends to do that...it also collects lint, bits of thread, and cat hair. And now I get to start contemplating how the hell I'm going to puzzle out those sleeves...oh, yay, that'll be so much fun!
