Project red shirt has started!
red as in Garibaldi, not as in Star Trek, and right now I've only done one cut, and then moved on to other things (it was time for tea :D ), but I plan to finish cutting most pieces tomorrow and then start (slowly) #sewing
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Sounds very intriguing! I see that I'll have to follow the historical sewing hashtag, that's a great one (hadn't seen it before). Good luck for your sewing progress! I'd love to see what you do with this fabric.
I'm a very slow sewer too. But better slow and you get somewhere, than fast and the result is just rubbish. I'd hate that.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •All pieces have been cut, one spool of sewing silk has been placed in my huswif ready to be used, and the rest of the wool (a couple of meters) has been stored away for the next project (TBD).
I still have to baste the seam lines for the armscyes and cut the gussets out of the sleeves (which I'm going to do only when I'm ready to sew them, to avoid losing pieces), and then I'll be able to clear the living room table :D
#sewing #HistoricalSewing @sewing group
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •I haven't posted updates because I haven't reached any milestone yet, but I've been going slow and steady.
I started by cutting and sewing the sleeve gussets (so that all of the cutting is done) and the sleeves are being sewn. I've sewn one of the cuffs, and the next step will probably be the other one, and I've sewn, but not pressed, the collar and small tab for the center front.
The sewing silk is going through the fabric very smoothly, I love working with it and I don't regret not doing the straight seams by machine at all.
#sewing
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •The front is done, button placket and gathering, and it has been attached to the yoke.
The back has also been attached to the yoke (straight seams), and I'm attaching the gathered part.
The basic body of the sleeves have been sewn, but I still have to attach the cuffs (which are already sewed and pressed) and the reinforcement patches (I must remember the reinforcement patches.)
The fabric is fraying a bit, which isn't great while working on it, but is not going to be a problem in the finished garment, since every raw edge is nicely finished.
#sewing
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •The sleeves are done, ready to be gathered and inserted in the body.
The collar has been attached, but not hemstitched on the inside.
Currently sewing the side seams, and then I'll be able to try the shirt on!
I'm definitely not going to wear this for Christmas (it wouldn't be practical for a number of reasons, even if it was ready), but maybe the New Year sounds reasonable!
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •I've added the gathering thread in the sleeves, but then it got too late to attach them without risking a disaster, so I almost finished hemming the back instead.
can. see. the. end.
(also, the spool of thread is starting to get thin: I wonder whether I'll be able to finish with just one 50 m spool, or if I'll have to open the new one and use like 5 m of it :) I have *two* others, anyway, so it's not going to be an issue anyway.)
Oh, and I wanted to take at least one picture this afternoon, but there were squirrels, and the kind of weather that encourages people to cuddle up somewhere warm and read all of the books they received for Christmas)
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •the sun appeared and a picture happened:
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Unknown parent • •@David de Groot of course!
and it's hard to take pictures if all of your windows are boarded up for safety and you have no natural light :D
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •@David de Groot wait. you're joking, right?
that's not a common occurrence over there in the land of the drop bears, right?
right?
:D
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •@david
Uhm… a remake of Hitchcock's "The birds" made with squirrels…
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •I've stopped procrastinating sewing in the sleeves!
ok, technically I'm procrastinating right now, by writing this comment, but I'm going back to it *right now* :D
(oh, and the collar is finished, and the two side seams have both been felled)
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •straight part of both sleeves done!
now I have just a bit more time before dinner, but do you think i'm going to press the seam and move on to the gathered part?
nope. brain off. front hem.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •gathered part of one sleeve done, the next will be sewn hopefully tomorrow. Very little hemming done.
I'm starting to suspect that on New Year's Eve I will be making buttonholes while waiting for the new year, rather than wearing the shirt :D
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •This morning I took a break to visit the Risorgimento museum in Milan (and spent something like 15 minutes in the small room dedicated to Garibaldi :D ), but still both sleeve seams have been felled!
Tomorrow hem and reinforcement patches (have I ever told I much I hate them?), saturday buttonholes?
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •I guess you'll have a lot more fun here:
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_na…
museo di scienza e tecnologia a Milano
Contributori ai progetti Wikimedia (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua • •@Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua I've already been there, can confirm :D
We still have to go back and visit the last couple of rooms that we didn't have time to visit because the museum was closing down, but we keep postponing it because it's just two rooms, and what if we get lost rewatching everything else, and still miss those?
(no, we've never been thrown out of a museum because it was closing. we always left them with good grace after the second or third announcement that it was closing, *before* they actually have to come and grab us with force :D )
(and it's not because we get there late :D )
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •today I sort of got distracted by polymer clay, but I did finish the hems!
also, I found that the reinforcement patches I've cut are too small, so tomorrow I'll cut new ones. and then buttons and buttonholes.
The plans for the evening (meeting people online) have changed, so there is a decent chance that the dress code will be “evening dress, i.e. pajamas”, but wearing the new shirt on New Year's Day looks feasible.
Also, there is still a bit of thread on the spool, probably enough for the patches.
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •aaaaand done! the patches have been added, the shirt can be worn!
I still have to cut and sew at least one detachable collar, but that will happen later, now I think I'll move on to the jacket project and ideally the Augusta Stays.
I hope to be able to take proper pictures of the shirt this weekend!
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