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Apr. 13th, 2024 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotOkay, something positive to talk about!
I finished my wool skirt, which just needed a hem and fastenings. Fastenings took probably two minutes at most; hem took longer as the circumference is ridiculous. The wool (suiting from FFC) was excellent to work with, even doing a fairly deep hem on a steep curve - I should have faced it instead, probably, but it's fine. Very big pockets. No issues with the fit or look at all, although whenever I see a full-body reflection in my floofy petticoat I'm dissatisfied with the silhouette. I wish I could get a more bell-shaped profile. Maybe I should try going back to my old net one? I mean, what I should really do is sew a few cotton petticoats, but I haaaaaate gathering. (I just ordered something on Etsy, my hope being that I like it so much it inspires me to do a lot of petticoat-sewing.)
Writing it up for the blog. Tomorrow the weather's supposed to be better, so I might throw on some lipstick and do a little photoshoot in the backyard. While I'd decided not to do any more graded patterns because annoying, I'd kind of like to turn this into one: it's simple, it's wearable, and if I use mine as the base I can go down and up to get a great range of straight and plus sizes.
I also hemmed my TV Edwardian blouse, and when I tried it on I pinned it closed to see if I really need buttons. Turns out that I could sew it closed up to the point where I'd want to wear it open anyway, and it will still go on and off over my head! So no buttons needed. But it looks really dowdy. In my head it was cutely old-fashioned. So ... not sure what I'm going to do with it. My hope is that pairing the wool skirt with a more modern top and the Edwardian blouse with a more modern skirt will balance out any issues. But I might put this pattern on ice, because as much as I liked making it (despite the gathers), I don't know how wearable it'll be.
Thinking about better options for making shirts. Needs: short sleeves, neckline below collarbones, minimal buttonholes.
I finished my wool skirt, which just needed a hem and fastenings. Fastenings took probably two minutes at most; hem took longer as the circumference is ridiculous. The wool (suiting from FFC) was excellent to work with, even doing a fairly deep hem on a steep curve - I should have faced it instead, probably, but it's fine. Very big pockets. No issues with the fit or look at all, although whenever I see a full-body reflection in my floofy petticoat I'm dissatisfied with the silhouette. I wish I could get a more bell-shaped profile. Maybe I should try going back to my old net one? I mean, what I should really do is sew a few cotton petticoats, but I haaaaaate gathering. (I just ordered something on Etsy, my hope being that I like it so much it inspires me to do a lot of petticoat-sewing.)
Writing it up for the blog. Tomorrow the weather's supposed to be better, so I might throw on some lipstick and do a little photoshoot in the backyard. While I'd decided not to do any more graded patterns because annoying, I'd kind of like to turn this into one: it's simple, it's wearable, and if I use mine as the base I can go down and up to get a great range of straight and plus sizes.
I also hemmed my TV Edwardian blouse, and when I tried it on I pinned it closed to see if I really need buttons. Turns out that I could sew it closed up to the point where I'd want to wear it open anyway, and it will still go on and off over my head! So no buttons needed. But it looks really dowdy. In my head it was cutely old-fashioned. So ... not sure what I'm going to do with it. My hope is that pairing the wool skirt with a more modern top and the Edwardian blouse with a more modern skirt will balance out any issues. But I might put this pattern on ice, because as much as I liked making it (despite the gathers), I don't know how wearable it'll be.
Thinking about better options for making shirts. Needs: short sleeves, neckline below collarbones, minimal buttonholes.
