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Why I haven't been posting much
Aug. 1st, 2008 10:26 amIn case you were wondering what was keeping me busy lately, here are two pictures.
Erich's waffenrock, almost finished!
This garment has more hours of hand sewing than any garment I've ever made so far. Every black/red piecing seam in the body and sleeves is invisibly quilted from the back side to stabilize the fabric. They body seams are handsewn to make sure that the lines matched up within a few threads if not exactly.
There's a whole invisible support layer to help give the slashes body. The black loop sleeves are all done by hand, every last stitch. All that's left now is the handstitching to join the sleeves to the body, joining the skirt to the body, taking the lining down on the inside, eyelets on the long loop sleeves so that they can lace in, hemming the skirt... Yes, a lot more handsewing! So far its all been worth it, I certainly could not have gotten the look I was going for without it.
Henry, at the sewing machine, trying to speed up the project.
Erich's waffenrock, almost finished!
This garment has more hours of hand sewing than any garment I've ever made so far. Every black/red piecing seam in the body and sleeves is invisibly quilted from the back side to stabilize the fabric. They body seams are handsewn to make sure that the lines matched up within a few threads if not exactly.
There's a whole invisible support layer to help give the slashes body. The black loop sleeves are all done by hand, every last stitch. All that's left now is the handstitching to join the sleeves to the body, joining the skirt to the body, taking the lining down on the inside, eyelets on the long loop sleeves so that they can lace in, hemming the skirt... Yes, a lot more handsewing! So far its all been worth it, I certainly could not have gotten the look I was going for without it.
Henry, at the sewing machine, trying to speed up the project.
