Linen - Mmm, yum

[liadethornegge]

In the big void between thinking about the ropa and deciding how to proceed I picked up the green linen GFD that I cut out ... however long ago that was, and I must say Mmm, Yum for handling linen again. I adore it. The sewing is going nicely too, only I don't remember how much seam allowance I added for this dress. I tried putting my paper pattern ontop of the fabric and it seemed to be 1 cm all around.

So, what I did was pin it together and eyeballed it. I finished the running stitch on the centre back seam for now - using the black linen thread. Oh, yes, before doing that I also hemmed the bottom of the half-lining using white linen thread from the big reel I got for 30 SKR. It was lovely to sew with.

I have the front panels pinned to the back ready for stitching as well. I am however pondering the wisdom of only doing running stitch down the torso - this will be laced closed and the seams will take a bit of strain after all. I wouldn't want the seam to rip open. I'll probably to the side-seams in a backstitch, I'll feel safer. If it splits up the back at least nothing indecent will pop out :)

If it pops open in the end I could just stitch it closed again and add a strip for reinforcement.

Looking at my fabric now, I think this may be dubbed the fatigue-dress. It's in a forest-y dark green which looks kind of like army fatigues. Maybe The Gothic Army Dress. *giggle*

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Let's review, my garb projects, and garb fixer-uppers are as follows:

1. the spanish ropa (Finished Dec 14, 2005)
   
2. the gothic army dress (Finished June 25, 2006)
   
3. the brown corduroy test doublet (Finished Jun 4, 2006)
   
4. the sture shirt (Finished May 18, 2006)
   
5. fix the doublet bodice kirtle by splitting the skirt in front (Finished Aug 6, 2005)
   
6. adjust hem of doublet bodice kirtle (Finished Aug 6, 2005)
   
7. fix the hem/lining of the plum gothic fitted dress (Finished Jun 17, 2006)
   
8. stitch on lacing strip inside the armscye of tudor working class gown for lacing in of sleeves (Finished for Visby 2005)
   
9. fix foresleeves on tudor court gown, add stiffening and re-cut to proper shape, add false poofy chemise sticking out of it.
   
10. fix french hood, stitch on veil and re-attach crescent properly, in addition to creating the billiments to go onto it and pleat on the gold frilly bit
    
11. Ideally open up the second side-back seam of the tudor court gown and add eyelets for lacing on both sides
    
12. stitch up the hose that are at the stage of cut out and pinned together (if I can find them in this mess)
    
13. I want to be making a flat cap (Finished Jul 6, 2005)
    

Yikes.