Cutting of red wool
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liadethornegge At sewing circle this past weekend I dug through my binder of patterns and cut out a new bodice from my self-made and dyed fabric.
Me and Helwig also helped our new member, Anna, to start her own similar project. We drafted a bodice pattern and did a quick first fitting of it, so she could take it home and start cutting out her red wool.
On Sunday I proceeded with the new red petticoat project, cutting out interlining and stitching some lines for light boning and padstitching in the front bodice, and it was lovely to do some hand sewing.
I'm paused to figure out how I want to do my front closing. I think I will try to do something similar to what I did on my original red petticoat, which is lace through the interlining and let the outer fabric overlap and pin it closed. The red petticoat does have hooks and eyes, but my little black dress I use pins on and I love the way it looks, so I think I'll aim for that. Which means I need something else to cover the front edge of the interlining, which currently is just the selvedge of the green and white checked fabric I wove for the Pisa kirtle.
Instagram post with pictures of this process
Me and Helwig also helped our new member, Anna, to start her own similar project. We drafted a bodice pattern and did a quick first fitting of it, so she could take it home and start cutting out her red wool.
On Sunday I proceeded with the new red petticoat project, cutting out interlining and stitching some lines for light boning and padstitching in the front bodice, and it was lovely to do some hand sewing.
I'm paused to figure out how I want to do my front closing. I think I will try to do something similar to what I did on my original red petticoat, which is lace through the interlining and let the outer fabric overlap and pin it closed. The red petticoat does have hooks and eyes, but my little black dress I use pins on and I love the way it looks, so I think I'll aim for that. Which means I need something else to cover the front edge of the interlining, which currently is just the selvedge of the green and white checked fabric I wove for the Pisa kirtle.
Instagram post with pictures of this process
