and the endless handwork begins!

[jennylafleur]

After two days of futzing and frustration I finally beat the cream demon-fabric into submission and finished the foundation bodice (except for closures) - yay! SO looking forward to working on the skirt now (also made of the demon fabric)! *note sarcasm*

I'm re-thinking this issue of flat-lining the skirt with cotton. I had decided not to flatline the skirt, afraid that lining it would change the drape of the fabric too much, after all I chose this fabric for this project because of its drape. But now I'm wondering if it would help me avoid some of the demon issues I had on the bodice. I don't know...

While I'm pondering the skirt I'm trying my hand, for the first time, at hand-sewn rolled hems. Well I've tried them before but without success. After talking about my past frustrations with rolled hems koshka_the_cat was kind enough to give me a little private lesson on how to do them at Costume College a couple of years ago but despite her demonstration looking easy I was too intimidated (and lazy) to use the technique once I got home. However the only way to deal with this crinkle silk chiffon is with a rolled hem. So I refreshed my memory with this video on YouTube and started on the chiffon. So far so good, just mind-numbing. Well this project will give me lots of practice anyway... *sigh*

Comments

[gilded-garb.livejournal.com]

You can do it! Down with devil fabric! ;)

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's putting up a fight but it's doomed. Ha!

[madamekat.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, that video is brilliant! Thanks, Ladies!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Glad it was helpful! Took me a while to find that video. A lot of people on YouTube don't know what a rolled hem actually is. Lots of machine and serger versions too. Handwork... it's becoming such a lost art!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Go Jenny-Rose, go!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Ra, ra, ra!! :>