Periodic reminder that #sewing a 18th century style shirt completely by hand:
* doesn't require any expensive equipment;
* doesn't require any particular space;
* can be done with cheap materials;
* is easy enough that a (18th century) child can do it;
* probably takes less time than you think.
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David de Groot
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to David de Groot • •@David de Groot it *does* depend on how much time you think it would take :D
If you think it can be done as a one day make, it probably can't :D
(and it also depends on how fast somebody is at sewing, and that's related to how proficient one is, and unless one is already pretty good at it it is quite likely to improve in the course of the project)
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •promemoria periodico del fatto che cucire interamente a mano una camicia settecentesca:
* non richiede strumenti costosi;
* non richiede molto spazio per lavorare;
* si può fare con materiali economici;
* è così facile che lo può fare una bambina (del settecento);
* probabilmente richiede meno tempo di quanto si possa pensare.
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Jonobie
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Is there a pattern or instructions you like?
Also what if I am a terrible hand sewer?
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Jonobie • •@Jonobie I've followed Bernadette Banner's pirate shirt video (or rather, the notes I took from her video, pausing and resuming and fast forwarding as needed while cursing video as a tutorial format :D ), except for the fact that I added two small triangular gussets at the neck taken from some blog post (I don't remember where).
And if you are a terrible hand sewer, you are definitely not going to finish it in one day :D and you're pretty likely to be a less terrible sewer when the shirt is done :D
Jonobie
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Jonobie • •@Jonobie and I wasn't sure about actually publishing them, but the way I kept those notes was as a potential article for my old site, and, well
eoval.org/77M6LfPY#
eoval.org/yaJzMQyJ#cutting_lay…
these two links will self-destruct in a week, and I haven't re-read that text, so they may be missing bits (and they *are* full of typos), but maybe together with the videos they can be useful
Jonobie
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • •@Jonobie I've found some of those notes, the neck gusset idea came from another video: youtube.com/watch?v=2SNdQYg4Xa…
(and the link to the video I mentioned before is youtube.com/watch?v=Ql9r8UKIvZ… )
Jonobie
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