Regency sewing
Feb. 10th, 2007 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Some days I actually manage to feel relatively clever.
Liz came over today for a sewing Saturday and we both worked on Regency gowns. I'd made a size 18 muslin mockup of the long-sleeved gathered-front pattern Simplicity bought from Sense and Sensibility patterns, and we both tried that on and noted what we needed to adjust (a little extra in the back for both of us, and lengthening the front bodice piece). We both managed to wrangle the dresses out of four yards when the pattern called for four and a half. On her part this involved an alternate fabric for some of the bodice lining pieces. For me, it involved piecing the bodice front lining. I fitted five scraps of fabric together, but ultimately managed it. D'mn I'm good?
Liz's gown is closer to done than mine, but we'd cut out hers on Tuesday and I just started cutting mine out this morning. With luck we'll be able to finish them both on this Tuesday. I've been converted to the theory of pressing as one goes (since the ironing board is downstairs and my sewing machine is upstairs, this usually doesn't happen) and am now desirous of a tailor's ham since hers was so handy for pressing curved seams. The really nice thing about this? We needed to run to JoAnn's because I discovered I didn't have a single spool of rust-colored thread to match the fabric I'm using. Including the thread, my total cost for this dress is going to be $6.13. And I can wear it to work!
Liz came over today for a sewing Saturday and we both worked on Regency gowns. I'd made a size 18 muslin mockup of the long-sleeved gathered-front pattern Simplicity bought from Sense and Sensibility patterns, and we both tried that on and noted what we needed to adjust (a little extra in the back for both of us, and lengthening the front bodice piece). We both managed to wrangle the dresses out of four yards when the pattern called for four and a half. On her part this involved an alternate fabric for some of the bodice lining pieces. For me, it involved piecing the bodice front lining. I fitted five scraps of fabric together, but ultimately managed it. D'mn I'm good?
Liz's gown is closer to done than mine, but we'd cut out hers on Tuesday and I just started cutting mine out this morning. With luck we'll be able to finish them both on this Tuesday. I've been converted to the theory of pressing as one goes (since the ironing board is downstairs and my sewing machine is upstairs, this usually doesn't happen) and am now desirous of a tailor's ham since hers was so handy for pressing curved seams. The really nice thing about this? We needed to run to JoAnn's because I discovered I didn't have a single spool of rust-colored thread to match the fabric I'm using. Including the thread, my total cost for this dress is going to be $6.13. And I can wear it to work!
