So LJ is dead as a dodo again today...
May. 3rd, 2011 05:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
green_marthaWell I'm glad I have this space !
I neglected posting pictures of my sewing progress for some days, so here they are now. Yup, it's quite a bunch.
Assembling the second side of the quilted petticoat was... adventurous.
Then I hand-hemmed the petticoat. Why is it so often easier to do so much by hand ?
For the peplum, I was afraid the battign I have would add too much bulk, so I divided in two layers.
And then I used the thinner layer for the top half of the peplum, and the thicker one for the bottom half. Because I just happend to have a strip of batting laying around and I'm all about economy of materials.
The quilting design was traced directly onto one half of the peplum lining, and then transfered to the other half. You can see how far I came today with the quilting : vines and flowers are done, diamonds are started.
The self-fabric trim. I cut a strip of fabric, folded it in half lenghtwise, and pulled the warp threads of one half of it. One by one, mostly. Then the trim was pleated to the neckline, sewn to the inside of the quilted shell with long, rough stitches, and the lining is getting handsewn over it. As I said, it's often way easier to handsew everything... and prettier.
I neglected posting pictures of my sewing progress for some days, so here they are now. Yup, it's quite a bunch.
Assembling the second side of the quilted petticoat was... adventurous.
Then I hand-hemmed the petticoat. Why is it so often easier to do so much by hand ?
For the peplum, I was afraid the battign I have would add too much bulk, so I divided in two layers.
And then I used the thinner layer for the top half of the peplum, and the thicker one for the bottom half. Because I just happend to have a strip of batting laying around and I'm all about economy of materials.
The quilting design was traced directly onto one half of the peplum lining, and then transfered to the other half. You can see how far I came today with the quilting : vines and flowers are done, diamonds are started.
The self-fabric trim. I cut a strip of fabric, folded it in half lenghtwise, and pulled the warp threads of one half of it. One by one, mostly. Then the trim was pleated to the neckline, sewn to the inside of the quilted shell with long, rough stitches, and the lining is getting handsewn over it. As I said, it's often way easier to handsew everything... and prettier.
