How I spent two hours
2007-09-09 05:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liadethorneggeToday, I pulled out my fabric storage bags, and pulled out 1.3 metres of a nice thick wooly wool. From my binder of patterns I pulled out my petticote pattern and the second applied to the first, removing the front panel on account of not having more fabric, produced a narrow, warm, petticote.
The skirt is basically a circle sector stitched up, with two little godets in the one seam to make up the distance. As the title suggests, it took me two hours to sew by hand, using silk sewing thread. I also managed to snap a needle in half, and switched out needles three or four times on account of finding no suitable one until late in the game.
Right now, I've got to cut it down from the top, because it's way too long, and manufacture some sort of waistband. Only I'm unsure if I should treat the one seam as a side- or back seam. I guess it ought to be centred in the back though. That'd hide the godets best. It is impossible to get a good shot of this fabric since it literally eats the light, so I won't even try. It'll be nice and warm, in any case. I'm undecided about lining. I'll probably add something slippery on the inside of the waistband in any case, so I can close it up on the side and twirl it around.
The skirt is basically a circle sector stitched up, with two little godets in the one seam to make up the distance. As the title suggests, it took me two hours to sew by hand, using silk sewing thread. I also managed to snap a needle in half, and switched out needles three or four times on account of finding no suitable one until late in the game.
Right now, I've got to cut it down from the top, because it's way too long, and manufacture some sort of waistband. Only I'm unsure if I should treat the one seam as a side- or back seam. I guess it ought to be centred in the back though. That'd hide the godets best. It is impossible to get a good shot of this fabric since it literally eats the light, so I won't even try. It'll be nice and warm, in any case. I'm undecided about lining. I'll probably add something slippery on the inside of the waistband in any case, so I can close it up on the side and twirl it around.
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