This was one of the super precious projects that I thought up in my final month or so in Arizona, the first time I was in Arizona, when I was still pretending I'd have time to sew prior to moving. I cut it out and then have carried it with me and it made the trip mainly by dint of being few pieces and being really small flat pieces.
The outer fabric is silk-cotton from Ramieandlinen on etsy. I used it here for the lining of a Stylearc jacket, and it was terrible lining fabric because it's basically sheer and far too lightweight for such an application. So the second layer is plain white silk, which I did gelatin prior to cutting out. Comparing the two layers, the gelatin seems to have done well as the silk layer isn't too grossly different shaped than the top layer.
I used the same size (4) as on my first successful Willow, with the same extra cm added to the centre back.
The method for attaching was the burrito method -
Sew shoulders
attach the neck seams, understitch and cut
burrito and sew the armholes
pull through shoulders
sew side seams continuously
I then thought I would hand sew the bottom because the key feature I'd thought up for this was to do a shy amount of embroidery over it along the hem lines. I reckoned this would hide the seams which you can see through the fabric, it would keep the neck and sleeves more stable, and it would make the hem more interesting. I thought it would wrinkle if I did a machine hem.
Because of all this thinking, of course nothing got done, so here we are two years later. I gave it all a good iron, picked out some thread and set a long stitch length. I'll embroider some other project, some other day!
Also you can see how my Dawn Jeans are wearing in - not quite a perfect fit but totally wearable and they definitely impress everyone. This is a totally me-made outfit! My sandals are from the Shoe Camaraderie workshop last April.
The outer fabric is silk-cotton from Ramieandlinen on etsy. I used it here for the lining of a Stylearc jacket, and it was terrible lining fabric because it's basically sheer and far too lightweight for such an application. So the second layer is plain white silk, which I did gelatin prior to cutting out. Comparing the two layers, the gelatin seems to have done well as the silk layer isn't too grossly different shaped than the top layer.
I used the same size (4) as on my first successful Willow, with the same extra cm added to the centre back.
The method for attaching was the burrito method -
Sew shoulders
attach the neck seams, understitch and cut
burrito and sew the armholes
pull through shoulders
sew side seams continuously
I then thought I would hand sew the bottom because the key feature I'd thought up for this was to do a shy amount of embroidery over it along the hem lines. I reckoned this would hide the seams which you can see through the fabric, it would keep the neck and sleeves more stable, and it would make the hem more interesting. I thought it would wrinkle if I did a machine hem.
Because of all this thinking, of course nothing got done, so here we are two years later. I gave it all a good iron, picked out some thread and set a long stitch length. I'll embroider some other project, some other day!
Also you can see how my Dawn Jeans are wearing in - not quite a perfect fit but totally wearable and they definitely impress everyone. This is a totally me-made outfit! My sandals are from the Shoe Camaraderie workshop last April.
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