I want to sew sew sew!!
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liadethorneggeSo, today I went downtown to the yarn specialist store and bought me some linen, err...., knypplingstråd (I have absolutely NO idea what this translates to; but you use little spools of thread, a cushion and many many needles to sort of free-hand-tie lace and stuff). Then I went to the paint store and got me a little plastic mug of pure beeswax and a small ceramic dish in which I will pour the melted wax for it to form into a nice sized cake to use for waxing my new linen thread!
What does this mean; it means I will be able to handsew the linen shirt that will go underneath my doublet (that is in the planning stages still) with linen thread. I might also be able to handsew a chemise with linen thread to go under my current project, the gothic fitted dress. I have no fabric for this garment yet, though a friend of mine is planning a trip to a nearby town with a good store for reenactor's fabrics and hopefully I'll be able to get some nice linen there.
A chemise for the gfd really needs to be full length, and for it not to be stupid I need it to be fairly full in the skirt as well. Maybe I don't have to gore it, like I did the GFD, but I do need to angle out from the waist, and with full-length that means I probably need somewhere in the region of 2.5 or 3 metres to be on the safe side. The rumour is that linen costs 70 SKR/metre (actually 35 SKR for half a metre) at this store, so x3 that would mean 210 SKR.
While walking and pondering this, I also thought I should take out the body blocks I used to construct this gown, make sure the neckline is good, take pictures and scan it. Then fiddle with it until I have produced digital version of the body block which I can use to do layouts on fabric on my computer. I could use 1 pixel = 1 centimetre and would be able to accurately calculate how much fabric needs to go into a garment. Wouldn't that be the coolest? Yes, I am a computer geek, but I still think that'd be awesome. I had such fun doing the layout for my bliaut on the computer last summer! And yes, that picture is to scale.
To get back to my linen thread - I can't wait to use it, I want to sew right now! Luckily, sewing circle hostess decided to add an extra meeting this Saturday, so I will get the chance to sew in two days, rather than in a week and two days as would otherwise be the case. (I've been very good about not sewing when I should be studying - not so good as to actually study all the time I should be studying, but at least I haven't been sewing!)
What does this mean; it means I will be able to handsew the linen shirt that will go underneath my doublet (that is in the planning stages still) with linen thread. I might also be able to handsew a chemise with linen thread to go under my current project, the gothic fitted dress. I have no fabric for this garment yet, though a friend of mine is planning a trip to a nearby town with a good store for reenactor's fabrics and hopefully I'll be able to get some nice linen there.
A chemise for the gfd really needs to be full length, and for it not to be stupid I need it to be fairly full in the skirt as well. Maybe I don't have to gore it, like I did the GFD, but I do need to angle out from the waist, and with full-length that means I probably need somewhere in the region of 2.5 or 3 metres to be on the safe side. The rumour is that linen costs 70 SKR/metre (actually 35 SKR for half a metre) at this store, so x3 that would mean 210 SKR.
While walking and pondering this, I also thought I should take out the body blocks I used to construct this gown, make sure the neckline is good, take pictures and scan it. Then fiddle with it until I have produced digital version of the body block which I can use to do layouts on fabric on my computer. I could use 1 pixel = 1 centimetre and would be able to accurately calculate how much fabric needs to go into a garment. Wouldn't that be the coolest? Yes, I am a computer geek, but I still think that'd be awesome. I had such fun doing the layout for my bliaut on the computer last summer! And yes, that picture is to scale.
To get back to my linen thread - I can't wait to use it, I want to sew right now! Luckily, sewing circle hostess decided to add an extra meeting this Saturday, so I will get the chance to sew in two days, rather than in a week and two days as would otherwise be the case. (I've been very good about not sewing when I should be studying - not so good as to actually study all the time I should be studying, but at least I haven't been sewing!)
