Ramblings- Behind schedule...

...but that's ok. I'm not to the stage of panicking yet. I over estimated how much I could get done with a house full of people. But much learning took place and I was able to supervise my student in fabric cutting and garment construction. I actually finished a whole shirt for me, fencing hood for HRM, trim on the bear dress, and a bodice for Lissa. I have updated the calendar. I'll do this once a week. If an item is only 1/2 colored, it means it has been 1/2 done. Red is not done at this time (or 1/2 done).
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Costumer's lessons #345 & #346
Sometimes when I am working on a garment, I need to hang it on a hanger and let it just sit. I walk by it everyday, and let it tell me what it needs. Sometimes it is perfect the first time around. And sometimes it tells me, "I don't care how much work has gone into me, I need more attention". I let the problem sit, and the solution works itself out. And in this case the solution was to take apart the waffenrok and do the join again... by hand... with box pleats.

I had a different problem with the bear dress bodice. I had a weird pucker in the back, by the arm hole. I didn't notice the pucker until I was done with all the seams, as I was working wrong side up. I thought no one would notice but me... a novice would have noticed this from a mile away. Experts would question my costuming skills that I actually allowed this garment off my work bench. I had made a rookie mistake and pulled the lining too tight, and created a warping effect on the outer fabric. Even to the untrained eye this looked bad. I lasted all of 10 seconds before I had the seam ripper out, taking out 5 different seams to correct the problem.

Garments will talk to you. Let them. They will tell you what's wrong, and how to fix them.