I’ve been a little quiet because I’ve been working on something kind of new. I got this ‘temple style’ top years ago, and thought I’d better get a pattern out of it before I forget. I like it but it’s in really heavy cotton, so not very light. I thought I’d like the same thing but floatier but in back, so if I wore a tank top beneath it it would subtly show through. #Sewing
Yes, I know. Seeing her roll around amidst sewing pins makes my eyes water too. But no amount of gentle refusal will get her off my sewing table. I pick her up, put her on the floor… twenty times a day. But if I’m sewing, she HAS to be exactly where my attention is focused.
He drops the pins in random places in the house. Then gives me this really smug, "See, I can help!!" look. It is hard to get mad at a bird person like him. #cockatiels #birds
You can sew the sleeves in flat- after sewing the shoulder seams, but before sewing up side seams. And if you have a zigzag machine, you can use it to finish the seams. I did that before I bought a serger.
@c_merriweather Yes, I most definitely can and will sew the sleeves in flat, but I really don’t like the finish my zigzag stitch gives. I’ve experimented a bunch but it’s never really nice. I’m a snob about seam finishes. It comes from all the kimono sewing work. This is my problem, not yours. You’re sensible. I’m a leeeeettle bit obsessive.
The thing is, it’s not like anyone ever sees the seam at the arm hole. I know this. It’s stupid. And yet… *sigh* in my mind’s eye, I see it all the time.
The truth is, I don’t even like serged seams. They still look cheap and unfinished to me.
@valhalla Ah, I am used to doing large costume work and alterations.
I am not putting french seams in a full Elizabethan court costume, that will have to withstand multiple washings or dry cleaning. I will do hand sewing and cartridge pleating (gathering) where it is necessary.
@Kinene⭐🐻 @Madeleine Morris oh, if you expect to have to do alterations then 100% no french seams, they are a PITA to unpick (and it's harder to store enough fabric in them).
And if you're working under theatrical (or equivalent) deadlines I can definitely see how french seams may not be the best choice.
But what's the problem with the washings? I tend to put french (and flat felled) seams in my pajamas and underwear *precisely* because they are a strong finish that will survive being washed weekly or so in a regular, non delicates, load (and afaik were also used historically for the same reason in stuff that was washed with traditional methods involving boiling and beating and generally harsh treatments)
@valhalla @c_merriweather agreed—French seams are a really nice finish. If you prefer them, there’s no reason not to do them (except perhaps technical difficulty with a shaped seam).
@zoeking I have discovered that you can french seam practically anything, if you’re willing to do it by hand. The problem with machine seams is the two-thread dilemma. It acts like a staple instead of a hinge. That’s the one thing I learned from hand-sewn kimono-like garments, where the fold and storage is as important as the strength of the seam. Hand sewn seams are just so much more pliable and amenable to shaping. @valhalla @c_merriweather
@crinolinerobot I’ve figured out that it doesn’t have anything to do with the fabric. It’s got to do with what I’m most focussing my attention on. We figured this out because the only time she’s in Don’s face like this is when he’s trying to do some yoga. It’s like she can smell focus, and needs to be the object of it.
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in reply to Madeleine Morris • • •It’s a bit of a departure from what I usually make as it has inset sleeves, and darts - shallow, but nonetheless.
The hurdles for me are the usual: I still haven’t taken the plunge and purchased a serger, so french seams and bias binding, I think.
The other hurdle is just getting Dora not to lay and burrow in the thing I’m trying to pin together. #sewing #SewingWithCats
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in reply to Madeleine Morris • • •You can sew the sleeves in flat- after sewing the shoulder seams, but before sewing up side seams. And if you have a zigzag machine, you can use it to finish the seams. I did that before I bought a serger.
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in reply to Madeleine Morris • •@Madeleine Morris @Kinene⭐🐻 but neat french seam finishes are soooooooo nice!
it's not being obsessive!
(or maybe I'm obsessive too :D )
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The thing is, it’s not like anyone ever sees the seam at the arm hole. I know this. It’s stupid. And yet… *sigh* in my mind’s eye, I see it all the time.
The truth is, I don’t even like serged seams. They still look cheap and unfinished to me.
@c_merriweather
Kinene⭐🐻
in reply to Madeleine Morris • • •@valhalla Ah, I am used to doing large costume work and alterations.
I am not putting french seams in a full Elizabethan court costume, that will have to withstand multiple washings or dry cleaning. I will do hand sewing and cartridge pleating (gathering) where it is necessary.
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Kinene⭐🐻 • •@Kinene⭐🐻 @Madeleine Morris oh, if you expect to have to do alterations then 100% no french seams, they are a PITA to unpick (and it's harder to store enough fabric in them).
And if you're working under theatrical (or equivalent) deadlines I can definitely see how french seams may not be the best choice.
But what's the problem with the washings? I tend to put french (and flat felled) seams in my pajamas and underwear *precisely* because they are a strong finish that will survive being washed weekly or so in a regular, non delicates, load (and afaik were also used historically for the same reason in stuff that was washed with traditional methods involving boiling and beating and generally harsh treatments)
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No indeed. Especially since the camera doesn’t see the inside. All you’re after is good strong seams that can be unpicked and adjusted.
But as to washable, I find that french seams almost always do the best after multiple washings. They’re damn strong. Even handsewn ones.
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in reply to Madeleine Morris • •@Madeleine Morris @Kinene⭐🐻 you are going to see them!
and they are probably going to last longer than a serged seam, so they may actually be better
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