Third layer cut!
I was tempted to only use two layers for the straps, since this time they wouldn't fit under piece A, but then I tried to squeeze it somewhere else and… WIN.
I still have to finish other handsewn things, but I have the cutting mat on the table, and I decided I might as well start cutting the #AugustaStays, and then maybe later in the weekend I can make the buckram.
Natural linen would have probably been better than white¹, but oh well, in 200 years they are going to be yellow too :D and they will be trimmed with powder blue cotton
¹ yes, it's white³, the blue tint is courtesy of the vintage effect² in the pinephone camera :D
² no, it can't be turned off :D
³ and now I must look for a UV light to find out whether it's merely bleached or it also has optical whiteners, but I don't know where it is
Beside the nightgown, the sewing plan for this week involved making a second bathrobe like the one I made a few weeks ago (in the picture, this one is a darker gray) so that a) I now have a SPARE! (rather than just one disintegrating bathrobe :D ) b) the bulky fabric isn't taking up space in the stash anymore c) I've taken improved step-by-step pictures to publish the pattern.
Today I've done all of the machine sewing, I only have to hemstitch all of the binding by hand (because I'm a masochist).
And this makes it three garments for which I have written instructions, taken pictures, and “only” need to edit those pictures and add them to instructions to be able to publish the pattern.
Now that the corset top is done, I've resumed working on the flannel shirt, as I'm probably going to need it quite soon, weatherwise.
Yesterday evening I had planned to flat fell the sleeve seams, instead I've finished hemstitching the collar to the wrong side, and attached the back to the yoke.
Today I want to do the side seams by machine, as that's the last machine seam, and everything else will be done by hand.
The pattern is sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/… , with a flat front instead of the pleats.
The stays-inspired corset top is done!
It's made from an old pair of jeans, spray painted with sparkling blue fabric paint and bound with black bias tape.
I've used some paracord for lacing, but I think it isn't sparkly enough, and will probably look for something else in the stash.
Worn over a skirt and petticoat the tabs do something funny, but that was just to be decent while taking the pictures, if worn *below* the skirt they should do their jobs.
Of course it is quite wrinkly, since it's unboned (there are just zip ties on both sides of the eyelets), but I'd say it works quite well a) as a costumey fun thing done with things I already had home b) as a general idea that I've cut the right size of the pattern and can proceed with cutting the real thing (and then properly fit them according to the instructions).
@Giulia per intenderci su quanto sono ossessionata: al momento (e praticamente in ogni momento in cui io stia indossando una gonna) ho addosso queste:
le misure sono sufficienti per farci stare un asciugamano (almeno se è di microfibra) :D
il messaggio di benvenuto accogliente del comune di Beregazzo con Figliaro
e la seconda e quarta riga erano pure lampeggianti!
E comunque, ditemi che non penso a voi, dal pomeriggio di oggi lungo la Lomazzo-Bizzarrone, chiesa dei santi Pietro e Paolo a Beregazzo (comune di Beregazzo con Figliaro).
Con anche il bonus dei paesi coi nomi lombardi intrinsecamente divertenti!
Ammirate le rampe per permettere agli angeli di fare cosi con gli skateboard!
Immagino che questa vada per le #chieseBrutte2023 ? comunque #chieseBrutte
Done!
The following 7 images are pictures of the pages of a manuscript booklet with the text of archiveofourown.org/works/4243… written in insular script. While the pictures in the previous posts of this thread were of the flat sheets, here they have been folded in half and assembled in the right order (but aren't sewed together or anything).
Moar pages
On these pages there are three words (repeated multiple times) that may give a hint on what this is about. Page four (the third picture in this post) has all three of them.
(Please use the spoiler CW when guessing)
I've done the first two pages of the #calligraphy (sort of) project I've started yesterday: the estimate is around 10 pages, a bit more than I expected, but still doable, so I will go on until the end, rather than stopping at the first page and calling it done.
Peek preview of the first page:
If you recognise what this is and want to comment please use the spoiler CW, so that other people can hazard a guess.
I expect bigger hints to appear on page 3 (should I say folio 2 r? :D ), but that hasn't been copied yet. (and this was also one reason why I decided not to stop at the first page: I wanted that hint and another later one to be there :) ).
I will post a link to the text I'm copying when the project is done (don't hold your breath, I'm slow, maybe a page per day?).
@Diego Roversi and there was some sun!
This would have been a perfectly suitable outdoor outfit for 25 May, right?
Pantofole infeltrite!
Devo ancora aggiungere delle suole aggiuntive per proteggere la lana dal pavimento, ma questo è il motivo per cui l'altro giorno avevo i piedi umidi :D
Felted slippers!
I still need to add a protective sole, but these are the reason why my feet were wet a few days ago :D
this is the one that was sent late because the shop was changing their inventory software. and then was delayed while in transit for unknown reasons.
and this is the state of my current bathrobe, so yes, I really needed it :D (now, the t-shirt and the camisoles... maybe? :D )
This morning the internet greeted me with this
(provenance uncertain, but do look for Sarah Anderson, she's great)
I'm feeling cold sweats, do you think I should measure whether I have a fever? :D
@Prof. Sam Lawler @Brie Mmm that's been censored away from the movie, but do we really know? :D
also:
I've just received a delivery of clay tablets, right?
Ho appena ricevuto una consegna di tavolette di argilla, giusto?
The 1880s sports jacket is done!
Well, almost.
I still have to add half of the hooks and bars, and I don't have enough (nor I could go to buy them today), so the front closure is a bit strained; I have ideas on how to fix it, and on how to do it better the next time.
Also the pockets still need a bit of reinforcement embroidery on the upper corners.
Also, I need to finish writing instructions and publish them.
However, the pockets are big enough to fit a postcard, which is quite fitting for #WorldPostcardDay :D and with some effort (not pictured) even a small watercolour pad / book to be able to do the victorian lady thing and take paintings while resting at the destination of the hike (yeah, right. as if I was able to draw, and I didn't just take pictures and trace those back home instead :D )
The towel and other necessary things go in the big pocket of the skirt, of course :D
And it needs a bit of washing and pressing after being manipulated for weeks, but the fit is better than it looks in these pictures, and I'm especially happy with the fit of the sleeve, which hugs the arm in just the right rest position, while also allowing a lot of movement.
@sewing group @FreeSoftWear group #sewing #historicalClothing #costuming
Avrei dovuto finire di cucire la giacca.
E invece potrei essere stata craft-sniperata da
I was supposed to finish sewing my jacket.
I may have been craft-sniped by this instead.
@Daniele Verducci @Burnout @Ed @Vi 💙 @Cherryblue @Idiran (AKA: El Lamboz)
non confermo né nego che la serata possa assomigliare a qualcosa di questo tipo :D
Nel weekend ho ordinato della stoffa per farmi un accappatoio nuovo.
Stamattina ho lavato quello vecchio, ed è successo questo
e ovviamente voglio disegnarmelo in un pattern strano, quindi nessuna pressione per farlo veloce e giusto al primo colpo, giusto?
e l'hanno spedita? eh? eh? e adesso?
During the weekend I ordered some fabric to make myself a bathrobe.
This morning I washed my old one and found this:
and of course I want to try to draft an unusual pattern for it, so absolutely no pressure on making it quickly and right at the first try, right? :D
Have they sent it yet? and yet? and yet?
A couple of years ago I bought a small square + protractor like the one in the picture, and LOVED it.
And then, one day it disappeared. I knew it was somewhere in the home, but couldn't find it anywhere. So when I had a chance I bought a new one.
Yesterday evening I wanted to check something in the Corsets and Crinolines book. and it felt strange, as if it had something rigid in it, and I wondered what piece of cardboard or something I had used as a bookmark the last time I used it.
You can all see where this is going, right? :D
If anybody is wondering, the reason why I'm asking is that I've suddenly discovered a need of which I was hitherto unaware for this:
(this toot will break in a month or so, but by that time I will have uploaded the sticker somewhere.)
I capi d'abbigliamento storici sopravvissuti spesso hanno i margini di cucitura semplicemente tagliati a zig zag, o con un sopraffilo veloce, o a volte anche lasciati così come sono.
E questo è il motivo per cui sto lentamente cucendo i margini di cucitura alla fodera con il punto mosca.
In the surviving examples of historical clothing it's pretty common to see sewing allowances that are just pinked, or quickly overcast, or sometimes even left unfinished.
Which is why I'm taking my time to slowly herringbone down the allowances on the (five) back seams of this jacket, right?
Some (not all) of the red pieces on my 3d-printed (and hand-painted) #piecepack have turned almost white. Every time I've used in the last year or so I planned to repaint them. Today it has happened :D
Qualcuno (non tutti) dei pezzi rossi del mio piecepack stampato 3d (e colorato a mano) è diventato praticamente bianco. Tutte le volte che l'ho usato nell'ultimo anno o giù di lì mi son ripromessa di ridipingerli. È successo oggi :D
