Archive for the 'Projects' Category
This evening I cut out HRH’s gown and put together the front & back panels with their gores, cut the neckline, and assembled the sleeves. OK, when I write it that way, it doesn’t seem like all that much for two hours of work. The cutting took me about half an hour. As I was [...]
I finished up Liadain’s underdress last night during textile guild. Hooray!
Here’s a sampling of what the finished seams look like. The shoulder seams were on the selvedge, so I didn’t bother to fell them, I just laid them flat and stitched them down.
I ALWAYS seem to mess up when I fell the [...]
The sleeves were too narrow – fine on top, but not big enough just below the elbow. So I ripped out the old ones and cut entirely new ones. I COULD have just used a teenytiny seam allowance and made the old ones work, but those sleeves are a good size for me, so I’ll [...]
I’m making a set of 13th century gowns for HRH Liadain and took today (while watching the inauguration) to do the bulk of the construction on the underdress. It’s all together now… I’m a little concerned about the fit of the sleeves, but we’ll know for sure how they’re fitting on Thursday.
The whole thing, inside [...]
I used to keep everyone’s measurements in a little notebook, where I would also sketch patterns, cutting diagrams, etc. These days, though, I keep everyone’s measurements in a spreadsheet. It makes the math much easier, and means I don’t have to go flipping back through the notebook to see if I have them already. Plus [...]
I gave up. I CAN sew with the threads gleaned from the fabric, but I was getting too frustrated with them breaking, and I could only sew at about 1/3 my normal speed. Since I’m kind of on a deadline for this gown (yeah, I know, the deadline is six months away, but I have [...]
I keep mentioning the award medallions I’m working on, so I went ahead and scanned the two that are done. For the non-AEthelmeartians, that’s a Keystone (AoA-level service) and a Millrind (Grant-level service). The Millstone is the one that was getting all the attention at the Pennsic A&S display; the spirally background was kind of [...]
It’s all basted and pressed, and I sewed the first half of the shoulder seam tonight. I’m getting into a groove with using the gleaned threads – you just can’t take any of the sewing shortcuts I’m used to doing. It means the construction will be slower than usual but not too bad. Though… there [...]
As in the past 2 years, we are having a cavalcade of houseguests making their way from Points East to Pennsic. This year is the Most Houseguests Ever – we will have 3 folks here tomorrow night, 2 more Saturday night, 3 a week from Friday, and… I think 4 on Saturday the 9th. Oh, [...]
I’m seeing “Pennsic Panic” posts & e-mails all over the intarwebz these days… only two weeks to land grab, after all!
There is no panic here. I have learned my lesson – I make huge lists of things that I have to get done before War and they get whittled and whittled and whittled and I [...]
