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jennylafleur) wrote2004-09-30 01:11 am
jennylafleur) wrote2004-09-30 01:11 am
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continuing on...
It is such a pain when real life gets in the way of costuming. Anyway, I was able to get back to working on the stays yesterday.
I basted the new back interlining to the lining then moved on to the horizontal boning casing on the front panels. I couldn’t figure out another way to do it, so I handstitched it to the inside. SUCH a pain! The casing was really hard to sew through so it took me forever. I did manage to stay awake long enough to finish though. I must admit, I’m really curious to see what sort of difference the horizontal boning makes and if it is comfortable.
I mostly worked on the back panels today. I got all the channels sewn before I had to put it aside for church and dinner. Later I clipped threads, trimmed the pieces and cut the tabs. I also cut the boning for the horizontal channels and inserted that. Unfortunately the boning didn’t fit in the casing once it was sewn in a curve. In the end I had to insert the boning behind the casing, not inside. Very annoying. If I’d know that I could have just used some bias tape or something. It would have taken me half the time, and sans the sore fingers. *pouts again*
I have a pic or two of what I’ve been up to but I’m feeling very lazy about going all the way downstairs to download them so they will having to wait until later…
I basted the new back interlining to the lining then moved on to the horizontal boning casing on the front panels. I couldn’t figure out another way to do it, so I handstitched it to the inside. SUCH a pain! The casing was really hard to sew through so it took me forever. I did manage to stay awake long enough to finish though. I must admit, I’m really curious to see what sort of difference the horizontal boning makes and if it is comfortable.
I mostly worked on the back panels today. I got all the channels sewn before I had to put it aside for church and dinner. Later I clipped threads, trimmed the pieces and cut the tabs. I also cut the boning for the horizontal channels and inserted that. Unfortunately the boning didn’t fit in the casing once it was sewn in a curve. In the end I had to insert the boning behind the casing, not inside. Very annoying. If I’d know that I could have just used some bias tape or something. It would have taken me half the time, and sans the sore fingers. *pouts again*
I have a pic or two of what I’ve been up to but I’m feeling very lazy about going all the way downstairs to download them so they will having to wait until later…
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Even I'm intimidated by the idea of handsewing anything on 18c stays. Not easy fabric to get through. Of course, I still want a handsewn pair of stays...
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I really want one of those stays one day... Ahhh! What am I saying! *runs off to get a reality check*