My wife asked for a bag that could fit her headphones that could clip to her purse. All thrifted materials even the snaps on the inside. No pattern ends and lining sewn in with a backstitch and just a slip stitch up the sides.
Today in #handsewing: using up the tiniest scraps from a previous project to make sachets filled with balsam fir needles. They're so cute and smell nice, too!
I've been relaxing by sewing together a cape for my partner. It still needs hem decorations, but I am proid of myself getting the pieces together correctly. :P
It wont be a showstopper, but could be something they can wear next fall when it's finished.
The way you make the collar of an 18th century bedgown. There were probably a dozen different ways, but this is one of them, and delightfully simple!
You cut open the front with a slit along the top edge, insert a folded over collar piece with its edges turned under, then fold it over to sandwich the raw edges, and whipstitch or topstitch in place.
One of the things I like about sewing an entire thing by hand is that with some caveats you can do it in any bloody order you feel like at the time, because you can manage all the different fiddly bits without having to cram it under the machine... Just baste the thing in place until you want to deal with it, and jump around between whichever part you feel like doing. 😂
Took photos last night but couldn't be bothered to post them then:
The next step from above posts, this time the tiny spaced backstitch or prick-stitch attaching the top layer of the collar. I did a tiny invisible whipstitch on the reverse, and the neck opening turn has its whipstitch slightly visible here on the outside. I also pieced together the sleeves and should do the side seams next.
Some of you may remember that last year I have been #handsewing a shirt in red wool, but by the time I've mostly¹ finished it it was already too warm to be able to wear it significantly.
At least, the Sensible Season seems to have started, and I can wear it!
There will be a blog post. At some unknown time in the future.
¹ it does need a few detachable collar and cuffs variants, to style it a bit differently, but those don't prevent me from wearing the shirt as is.
Forse qualcuno si ricorda che l'anno scorso ho #cucito a mano una camicia di lana rossa, ma ora che l'ho quasi¹ finita era già troppo caldo per andarci in giro.
Finalmente è arrivata la Stagione Per Bene, e posso metterla!
Ci sarà un post sul blog. Prima o poi.
¹ voglio aggiungere ancora qualche variante di colletti e polsini separati, per variare lo stile, ma la loro assenza non mi impedisce di indossare la camicia così com'è.
When I taught dance classes, videos helped me and my students remember and refine. As a sewing teacher, when I started 3 years back, I realized the same tool would also help me and my students. So I exclusively create content for my full time sewing students at Richard Robinson Fashion Academy, and sometimes I’m just showing off… #handsewing#sewingskills#tinystitches#sewingteacher#ottawasewist
@daisy Thank you! :blob_cat_heart: They're always somewhat minimum effort! 😂
I have several aprons so for me this is but one of many but the fabric is very nice
Questa settimana non mi sono ancora lamentata a proposito del cucire a mano con il filo di plastica, vero?
Ecco, adesso mi sto lamentando del cucire a mano della stoffa di plastica col filo di plastica, e c'è pure uno strato di coperta d'emergenza di mylar sotto la stoffa.
Ma rinifinire un orlo con lo sbieco con una cucitura a macchina e poi cucendo a mano sul retro e molto più ordinato che non fare la seconda cucitura a macchina!
I was looking for another photo I wanted, about a sewing technique, but stumbled upon one of my favourite pictures of myself ever. You may gaze upon it also, should you like to.
@sinituulia I think I'd be more confident trying to make stays if it wasn't for the fact I carry an excess quantity of kummerspek, coupled with boobs that seem to fall outside the bounds of size that pattern makers think plausible.
@quixoticgeek You've probably already tried the elizabethancostume.net Elizabethan corset/stays pattern generator? I used that to start off the pattern for one of my stays, the internet told me how to pattern the tabs for it. But it's more conical than what I wanted for the late 18th century, so.
My hips are much much bigger than any other part of me, so with the Redthreaded pattern I had to redo pretty much everything under the waist, but it was a good starting point for some things. The size picked to fit my bust was way too small for my upper back and hip bones, so I slashed and spread out the pattern there.
A costuming blogger had the same sway back and big hips I do, and she'd put in both back lacing and front lacing to hers, to adjust for hips and the bust separately, and allow the spine to curve more. I'm not very busty and the front lacing is still very important to get a comfortable fit and adjust for the amount of boobage upthrust I want, depending. Also so much easier to put on!
I also came across the drafting method for custom (18th century) stays at one point, using maths and a piece of string, but didn't have the patience to figure it out at the time.
If you ever want a million disjointed patterning tips, I'm available. 😂 But also Nicole Rudolph mentioned making a stays drafting video sometime in the future? She's usually pretty good at different shapes.
Slowly putting together the skirt panels for #TheAngelicaGown by using the mantua maker's seam.
It's a fun little historical method that involves basting the seam together, trimming one side of seam allowance, folding the other around it, and felling through all layers. The end result is a finished seam with only one sewn stitch.
Only possible when #HandSewing but quite neat!
@Triffen@sinituulia I also envisioned something like a flat felled seam, only that the hand stitching allows for an invisible stitch on the front. But it's a really nifty stitch this one. Thanks a lot for sharing!
I am channeling my great-grandfather, the Master Tailor: sitting cross-legged in a good light with my work on my lap, inserting a lining by hand.
My domestic science teacher would be astonished! #WhatTheAncestorsDid#HandSewing#Dressmaking
But Sini, what do you wear when it's hot enough that you forgo your general policy of not being sassy on the internet?
A linen shift! In case you didn't know what that is, it's one of the most enduring garments ever, a simple long shirt built out of rectangles and triangles, extremely frugal in fabric use. When hand sewn, nearly indestructible.
Also my linen bedgown, another 18th century fabric use efficient garment, when a desire to be slightly less boobalicious strikes.
I'm hot enough that I briefly forgot to extol the virtues of #Linen. It's extremely comfortable when it's hot (Or hot and humid!) and for some mystery magic reason also takes a lot longer to start smelling bad, so it's an ideal material to be sweating into. It's good for days instead of mere hours, like cotton! And it won't suffer from you washing it super hot to make it fresh again. Our ancestors knew what the heck they were doing when making a simple durable linen garment the skin layer.
@jonobie The shift is drafted based on my measurements, unsure which instructions. I tried to upload a drawing but my instance is being wonky today! I used the offcuts of the neck opening to make the drawstring channel for the neck, other than that it's pretty basic. The bedgown pattern is available from Burnley & Trowbridge, with videos on YouTube. I chose to pay for it, but you could just wing it if you watch the videos, it's very simple. 😄
