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... and all the trimming
2020-07-04 06:33 pmThe current sewing project I've been working on is the doublet bodice gown, which has become heavily inspired by the extant gown of Pfaltzgräfin Dorothea Sabina, and I am stuck in all the trimming.
The hanging sleeves has long straight narrow braid, the under-sleeves have row upon row of trim, the bodice currently has trim down the front, and the skirt that is open in the front will also have trim down the opening.
If I have measured correctly I have enough trim to go around the entire hem AND to add more trim to the front and back of the bodice to really go all out. Right now I have to make a call, and what I would ideally like to do is get the skirt onto the bodice, let it hang, and have help levelling the hem so that I can accurately place the trim there, and then use the remains on the bodice. But I need the trim on the bodice in order to attach the skirt properly. So I can't do that.
What I did was to lay the trim sloppily along the hem and put a pin when I reached the other edge, and roughly measured on my bodice the left-overs.
The bodice right now only has trim along the front opening. The Dorothea Sabina gown (images from Grand Ladies site) has the military-style lines of trim parallell to the floor, as well as the diagonal from centre front up to the shoulder point. The back has a line straight down the spine, and two diagonals from shoulder to centre back. I am not sure I have enough to do those extra five lines, also my trim is substantially wider than the extant gown. Also, I already stitched in the tabs at the back... so I would have to remove some to add the trim there neatly.
I'd also prefer not to set in the sleeves until all trimming on the bodice is done. As it is, I'm stuck there, for now.
The hanging sleeves has long straight narrow braid, the under-sleeves have row upon row of trim, the bodice currently has trim down the front, and the skirt that is open in the front will also have trim down the opening.
If I have measured correctly I have enough trim to go around the entire hem AND to add more trim to the front and back of the bodice to really go all out. Right now I have to make a call, and what I would ideally like to do is get the skirt onto the bodice, let it hang, and have help levelling the hem so that I can accurately place the trim there, and then use the remains on the bodice. But I need the trim on the bodice in order to attach the skirt properly. So I can't do that.
What I did was to lay the trim sloppily along the hem and put a pin when I reached the other edge, and roughly measured on my bodice the left-overs.
The bodice right now only has trim along the front opening. The Dorothea Sabina gown (images from Grand Ladies site) has the military-style lines of trim parallell to the floor, as well as the diagonal from centre front up to the shoulder point. The back has a line straight down the spine, and two diagonals from shoulder to centre back. I am not sure I have enough to do those extra five lines, also my trim is substantially wider than the extant gown. Also, I already stitched in the tabs at the back... so I would have to remove some to add the trim there neatly.
I'd also prefer not to set in the sleeves until all trimming on the bodice is done. As it is, I'm stuck there, for now.
