I guess it's time for a bit of a #sewing update
project “making a corset in anger” is very slowly proceeding: I've adjusted and printed the pattern, and marked and cut 5 panels out of 12 in a grey herringbone coutil.
I still have to decide which boning I want to use, and how to make the boning channels: maybe later this afternoon I'll climb¹ to where I keep the corsetry materials and decide.
Oh, and this one is going to be sewn by machine. Shocking, I know :D
The week before this one was quite productive on the victorian vampire shirt, and the front, yoke and back were almost done, except for adding the collar. And then this morning I woke up realizing that I had attached the front wrong, and the front slit would have gaped open. One side has already been unpicked and resewn correctly, the other side is ready to be done as well. And then I should start working on the sleeves (as opposed to hemming the wrist ruffles, because I didn't want to have to think, only sew).
And then there are the slippers. Or rather the second pair of soles I wanted to do *now*, to repair the old ones, so that the next time the ones in use break down I already have a new pair ready. Those. Yeah, I'm thinking about working on them. (and also on the second pair of hiking slippers I'll probably need, but don't have a real deadline for. but a deadline may spring on myself with little advance warning, and I should be ready for it)
And then this week I've also dug up the pattern for the corset cover I made ages ago, and started to bring it up to date so that I can make a new one and publish the pattern on my website, that's also going well (but I probably won't start sewing it until I've finished the corset).
¹ because of course the *heavy* box full of steel is “temporarily” on the top shelf
project “making a corset in anger” is very slowly proceeding: I've adjusted and printed the pattern, and marked and cut 5 panels out of 12 in a grey herringbone coutil.
I still have to decide which boning I want to use, and how to make the boning channels: maybe later this afternoon I'll climb¹ to where I keep the corsetry materials and decide.
Oh, and this one is going to be sewn by machine. Shocking, I know :D
The week before this one was quite productive on the victorian vampire shirt, and the front, yoke and back were almost done, except for adding the collar. And then this morning I woke up realizing that I had attached the front wrong, and the front slit would have gaped open. One side has already been unpicked and resewn correctly, the other side is ready to be done as well. And then I should start working on the sleeves (as opposed to hemming the wrist ruffles, because I didn't want to have to think, only sew).
And then there are the slippers. Or rather the second pair of soles I wanted to do *now*, to repair the old ones, so that the next time the ones in use break down I already have a new pair ready. Those. Yeah, I'm thinking about working on them. (and also on the second pair of hiking slippers I'll probably need, but don't have a real deadline for. but a deadline may spring on myself with little advance warning, and I should be ready for it)
And then this week I've also dug up the pattern for the corset cover I made ages ago, and started to bring it up to date so that I can make a new one and publish the pattern on my website, that's also going well (but I probably won't start sewing it until I've finished the corset).
¹ because of course the *heavy* box full of steel is “temporarily” on the top shelf
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