Ramblings- Behind schedule...
Jun. 29th, 2009 12:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alysten...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).
Lissa
I discovered the working class garment Lissa and I are working on is actually in line with her persona. She's suppose to be late period English! Sigh. Well that changes things a bit. We have moved from an easy costume, sewn in 3 hours to a proper garment, that will take a little bit more time to finish. I am sewing the base of the garments, she is doing the closures. But it was an excellent teaching opportunity to discuss layers, styles, technique, and such. Though sewing the bodice at 11pm might not have been a good idea, as I had to rip out 3 different seam lines either because I sewed the wrong sides together or the wrong pieces together.
Waffenrok
Yesterday was a lazy day for me and the cats. I sat in bed and took apart the Kings waffenrok. I was not happy with the gather or how it was hanging. I trimmed some edges, box pleated the skirt, and attached by hand, skirt to top. I am MUCH happier with the results. I am 3/4 done with the final edging. The only things remaining are the closures and the placard overlap for list legality.
The hood was completed thanks in part to hugh_mannity and the loan of his hood. I have made a pattern that fits a big head, and will work nicely for other projects.
Zot
Anything I work on needs to come with a warning message. "If you are allergic to cats, I cannot guarantee any garments coming from my home will be fur free." She sat on every available scrap of linen yesterday. She plunked herself down in the middle of the waffenrock, as I was sewing the pieces back together, and promptly took a nap. Matt thinks my next set of garment labels should be Zot's Sittin' Stack, rather than Alesone's Barter Stack.
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.
Lissa
I discovered the working class garment Lissa and I are working on is actually in line with her persona. She's suppose to be late period English! Sigh. Well that changes things a bit. We have moved from an easy costume, sewn in 3 hours to a proper garment, that will take a little bit more time to finish. I am sewing the base of the garments, she is doing the closures. But it was an excellent teaching opportunity to discuss layers, styles, technique, and such. Though sewing the bodice at 11pm might not have been a good idea, as I had to rip out 3 different seam lines either because I sewed the wrong sides together or the wrong pieces together.
Waffenrok
Yesterday was a lazy day for me and the cats. I sat in bed and took apart the Kings waffenrok. I was not happy with the gather or how it was hanging. I trimmed some edges, box pleated the skirt, and attached by hand, skirt to top. I am MUCH happier with the results. I am 3/4 done with the final edging. The only things remaining are the closures and the placard overlap for list legality.
The hood was completed thanks in part to hugh_mannity and the loan of his hood. I have made a pattern that fits a big head, and will work nicely for other projects.
Zot
Anything I work on needs to come with a warning message. "If you are allergic to cats, I cannot guarantee any garments coming from my home will be fur free." She sat on every available scrap of linen yesterday. She plunked herself down in the middle of the waffenrock, as I was sewing the pieces back together, and promptly took a nap. Matt thinks my next set of garment labels should be Zot's Sittin' Stack, rather than Alesone's Barter Stack.
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.
