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Someone tried to go fast and it slowed them down. It was me.
The wrinkled panels on the right were not pinned correctly before sewing, and I had to redo my work a couple times, and it still turned out wrinkly.
I will never learn.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Things are starting to look corset-like!
#sewing
Apiary
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in reply to Apiary • • •I have achieved hip spring
#sewing
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Emily Velasco
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in reply to Apiary • • •Two of them!
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Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I want a nap now.
What should have been quick took forever, and I’m not sure how I’m going to finish the bottom edge.* I’m not following a commercial pattern for this, and that’s starting to show.
*not a request for help. There’s a complicated order of operations problem that I introduced by the way I inserted the hip panels. I will solve it be being a little messy.
jaseg
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in reply to Apiary • • •Body is assembled!
#sewing
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Apiary
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in reply to Apiary • • •Ok, time to try again. I do not know why that did not work the first time.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Pinned in, this is an extremely odd object.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Still a very funny object. Right side is fully sewn down and underwired, left is just clipped in. I think if I knew what I know now, I would have made a regular over-bust corset.
#sewing
Brody Berg
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in reply to Apiary • • •Paper Moon
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in reply to Apiary • • •I meant it in the nicest way possible.
Corsets are fascinating to make but I don't think I am going to attempt one in a while yet.
Apiary
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in reply to Apiary • • •Time to see if this fits.
vxo
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in reply to Apiary • • •Bones need to be bent, and the cups need to be taken in a little. I think i can do that. The body of the corset ends up contributing to that part of the fit, so I just need to compensate for that.
Not bad.
SuperIlu
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in reply to Apiary • • •And done
SuperIlu
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in reply to Willa • • •(Thank you!)
Brody Berg
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in reply to Apiary • • •Butt pad has been added. It is not fancy, but it exists.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I have entered the ruffle zone.
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Brody Berg
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in reply to Apiary • • •12 yards of organza hemmed and trimmed. Now to wipe off chalk marks and figure out the next step.
dr_a
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in reply to Apiary • • •Time to sew these two guys together, this project is a thread monster.
#sewing
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Next step is to portion out the ruffles, iron them, flip the french seam, and then sew down the French seam.
EllenInEdmonton
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in reply to Apiary • • •It’s frothy.
JJ Celery
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in reply to Apiary • • •I find it hard to tell the difference between patience and persistence when trying to finish a project. I like to just call it "true grit"
My grandma used to warn me to never pray for patience; if you do, god would give you an opportunity to practice it instead.
(this was usually paired with a meaningful glance at my grandfather, whom she often found a very trying man)
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •OK, the showy ruffles are ruffled, and now I have to ruffle the support ruffles. I have to figure out how much this is and go from there.
Goal is to have all the ruffles sewn to the netting by the end of the day.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I did not finish ruffle hell yesterday. Best estimate is this is another day of work.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I’m assuming that other people would be faster at this.
The first four rows are sewed on, and the fifth is pinned on. The top row is three layers, every other tier is two ruffle strips, one of two layers and the other a single. I’m lining up their hems the best I can as I go.
#sewing
spiegelmama
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in reply to Apiary • • •Next move is the train, and the train has lace fig leaves on it. So I need to make lace fig leaves. These are also going to take forever.
dr_a
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in reply to Apiary • • •This is one of those colors that is really hard to photograph, but I’m very excited by this matching situation between the organza and taffeta.
#sewing
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I am a ridiculous human.
Patrick Moore
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in reply to Apiary • • •At one point I thought a dozen sewn lace leaves was the easy option. I am no longer suffering from this delusion.
#sewing
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Pinned on to check placement. I am starting to sympathize with the people who break out the hot glue to attach trim.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Back working on the gown. This is taking for actual ever, and I would like it to be done now. #sewing
SuperIlu
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in reply to Apiary • • •The gown project has gotten exciting again.
#sewing
Brody Berg
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in reply to Apiary • • •OK, this covers the grease stains that almost ruined this earlier. OK, time to stitch this down.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Pivoted to the shrug for the weekend. Pattern looks good. I will probably cut the final version tonight after a break.
#sewing
Brody Berg
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in reply to Apiary • • •Time to take a deep breath and cut more silk.
#sewing
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •The trim is almost all tone on tone and subtle, but that doesn’t make it less labor intensive sadly. I’ll be over here folding bias tape for the next 30 minutes.
Apiary
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in reply to Apiary • • •Bodice get!
#sewing
dr_a
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in reply to Apiary • • •Skirt! Going to add a waistband. So close to this existing as a thing.
#sewing
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I will never get over this cindarella trick of stuffing a corset with a pillow and sticking it on a stool.
#sewing
dr_a
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in reply to Apiary • • •Accordion pleating organza is kind of meditative.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •We’re in full crunch now. Button holes half done. Time to do the other sleeve
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •I’ll be back at this tomorrow, but other sleeve has button holes, and I have attached a ribbon to one sleeve, and the other is ready for it to be tacked down.
Apiary
in reply to Apiary • • •Going to use this to cover the snowsuit zipper at the back of the bodice.
Astrid
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in reply to Apiary • • •Time to spend two hours getting dressed in this monstrosity that took too many months to make. The end result should hopefully look a little like this. I’ve got a photoshoot with my usual photographer, and I can’t be late.
Paper Moon
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in reply to Apiary • • •Photoshoot with Amiephotos was a blast. She rules.
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Amiephotos.
Amiephotos.SuperIlu
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in reply to Apiary • • •Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥
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in reply to Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥 • • •Insecurity Princess 🌈💖🔥
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in reply to Apiary • • •Holy shit, that’s me.
I made that.
#cosplay #sewing
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Amiephotos (Amiephotos.)swachter
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in reply to Brody Berg • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Apiary • •@Apiary looks pretty restrained to me
(maybe I've been looking at historical clothing too much :D )
Apiary
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SuperIlu
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swachter
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Unknown parent • • •In a different life I would have paneled the front skirt so the ruffles were inserted in seams.
Apiary
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Unknown parent • • •Lord Kelvin
in reply to Apiary • • •Both are stellar, the sewing craft & the photography. Kudos to you both.