Sewing and me - it's been a while
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liadethorneggeCurrently, I have a couple of thoughts in my mind.
1 I absolutely want to make a new red kirtle, and I absolutely want to tailor another 16th century doublet for myself - both from fabric I have woven myself with these exact projects in mind.
2 I don't want to step back into sewing 16th century garments because it's been so long and I'm anxious they'll turn out not as good as they ought to be. This is fuelled by thinking of my pisa kirtle, which I wove the fabric for, and whose fit is not as great as it could be. It's quite spacious for me. I changed my mind in the middle of cutting it out, so, things were not ideal.
I have a couple of projects started - one silver silk with some extra embroidery which I have cut out for a waistcoat for my male 16th century wardrobe. It's stalled out because I really would like it to have sleeves, but there's not enough of the fabric to make a pair. I can get arm wings or tabs, but not sleeves.
The second project is the OL cloak I have cut out of the fabric we dyed last summer. Ahead of May Count this year I designed it, cut out all the silver leather applique pieces, and cut out the cloak out of interlining and the outer fabric. I think the strips are stitched together, but I need a big flat space to do the applique through both layers because the outer is too flimsy and I need the linen to stabilize the whole thing
It's been more interesting, more joyful, to think about weaving rather than sewing for a good long while now. Maybe because I have a pretty extensive historical wardrobe already.
But I definitely do want to level up my wardrobe with self-made fabrics. I guess my sewing circle project this fall will be to make up the red kirtle out of the fabric I wove and then dyed for the purpose. I'll just have to put on my big girl pants and Do It! I will have to make a promise to myself to _NOT_ compromise on the quality of the garment, and fix fit issues rather than just let them slide.
1 I absolutely want to make a new red kirtle, and I absolutely want to tailor another 16th century doublet for myself - both from fabric I have woven myself with these exact projects in mind.
2 I don't want to step back into sewing 16th century garments because it's been so long and I'm anxious they'll turn out not as good as they ought to be. This is fuelled by thinking of my pisa kirtle, which I wove the fabric for, and whose fit is not as great as it could be. It's quite spacious for me. I changed my mind in the middle of cutting it out, so, things were not ideal.
I have a couple of projects started - one silver silk with some extra embroidery which I have cut out for a waistcoat for my male 16th century wardrobe. It's stalled out because I really would like it to have sleeves, but there's not enough of the fabric to make a pair. I can get arm wings or tabs, but not sleeves.
The second project is the OL cloak I have cut out of the fabric we dyed last summer. Ahead of May Count this year I designed it, cut out all the silver leather applique pieces, and cut out the cloak out of interlining and the outer fabric. I think the strips are stitched together, but I need a big flat space to do the applique through both layers because the outer is too flimsy and I need the linen to stabilize the whole thing
It's been more interesting, more joyful, to think about weaving rather than sewing for a good long while now. Maybe because I have a pretty extensive historical wardrobe already.
But I definitely do want to level up my wardrobe with self-made fabrics. I guess my sewing circle project this fall will be to make up the red kirtle out of the fabric I wove and then dyed for the purpose. I'll just have to put on my big girl pants and Do It! I will have to make a promise to myself to _NOT_ compromise on the quality of the garment, and fix fit issues rather than just let them slide.
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