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Sewing update
Sep. 12th, 2018 09:34 pmI've had a couple of long weekends recently, so I've finally managed to carve out some sewing time. I've started working on my natural form stuff for both Dickens and the wedding, since my gown will be mid-1870s. I finished the skirt support last week. It's based off an illustration from 1877 and an extant from about the same year. I don't know why I felt compelled to make the scalloped edges on everything, but they were on both the extant and the illustration, and they're cute, but they sure were a pain and made the project take twice as long.
These are the originals:
And this is my version:
It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it, and it gives skirts just enough umph in the back to hold out the train without there being any big bustle bump or anything. I'm eventually going to make another one to see if I can refine the pattern a little.
I started on an organdy petticoat this weekend, and I'm pretty happy with it so far. I spent almost all day on just the flounce, though, since I decided that not only did it need a few tucks in it to look pretty, but those tucks were too plain looking on their own, and therefore should have lace between them.
It took flipping forever, but it does look really pretty, and that lace ruffle moves so nicely, so it was worth it. Unfortunately, when I put everything together and tried it on, it turned out that the side back panels were too wide near the bottom and didn't give as narrow a silhouette as I wanted. So, I'm going to have to take out the seams, detach the flounce, take out some of the width, and then re-sew everything. Blarg.
I am super happy with the volume I'm getting in the back, though. I cut out the base for the detachable train today, using the pattern from Fashions of the Gilded Age, but I didn't have the drive to do anything more than that. I need to get some more lace for the bottom ruffle, anyway, so I guess that will wait until next week or so.
Also, I had a crazy thing happen to me at the Walmart cutting counter! I was picking up a bolt of the fabric that Liz and I are going to use on our matching 1830s dresses, and was waiting in line to get it measured. The woman in line ahead of me looked at me and was like "That's so pretty, I need that for a quilt!", came around the cutting table, grabbed the other end of the bolt that I was holding, and was like "you don't mind, do you?"
DUDE. YES. I MIND.
I held on tight and put on my best "bitch, you better back up before I cut you" smile and said "Actually, I'm buying the whole bolt." The lady working the counter was so in shock she just stared at the other woman with her mouth open. The rude lady looked so shocked that I wouldn't give her the fabric! I didn't let go, and the woman argued with me for a few minutes, like "well, there's at least 10 yards on that bolt, you don't need all of that!". The counter lady was like "actually it's marked 8, which means it's more like 7 1/2", and I was still staring her down and telling her that I am buying the whole bolt. She eventually left, while shooting her eye daggers at me, but dammit, I was not giving her that fabric. It was like an attempted fabric mugging or some crazy Black Friday type of stuff. Totally nuts.
These are the originals:
And this is my version:
It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it, and it gives skirts just enough umph in the back to hold out the train without there being any big bustle bump or anything. I'm eventually going to make another one to see if I can refine the pattern a little.
I started on an organdy petticoat this weekend, and I'm pretty happy with it so far. I spent almost all day on just the flounce, though, since I decided that not only did it need a few tucks in it to look pretty, but those tucks were too plain looking on their own, and therefore should have lace between them.
It took flipping forever, but it does look really pretty, and that lace ruffle moves so nicely, so it was worth it. Unfortunately, when I put everything together and tried it on, it turned out that the side back panels were too wide near the bottom and didn't give as narrow a silhouette as I wanted. So, I'm going to have to take out the seams, detach the flounce, take out some of the width, and then re-sew everything. Blarg.
I am super happy with the volume I'm getting in the back, though. I cut out the base for the detachable train today, using the pattern from Fashions of the Gilded Age, but I didn't have the drive to do anything more than that. I need to get some more lace for the bottom ruffle, anyway, so I guess that will wait until next week or so.
Also, I had a crazy thing happen to me at the Walmart cutting counter! I was picking up a bolt of the fabric that Liz and I are going to use on our matching 1830s dresses, and was waiting in line to get it measured. The woman in line ahead of me looked at me and was like "That's so pretty, I need that for a quilt!", came around the cutting table, grabbed the other end of the bolt that I was holding, and was like "you don't mind, do you?"
DUDE. YES. I MIND.
I held on tight and put on my best "bitch, you better back up before I cut you" smile and said "Actually, I'm buying the whole bolt." The lady working the counter was so in shock she just stared at the other woman with her mouth open. The rude lady looked so shocked that I wouldn't give her the fabric! I didn't let go, and the woman argued with me for a few minutes, like "well, there's at least 10 yards on that bolt, you don't need all of that!". The counter lady was like "actually it's marked 8, which means it's more like 7 1/2", and I was still staring her down and telling her that I am buying the whole bolt. She eventually left, while shooting her eye daggers at me, but dammit, I was not giving her that fabric. It was like an attempted fabric mugging or some crazy Black Friday type of stuff. Totally nuts.
