It may not look much to the world, but it's actually the first piece of clothing I've sewn entirely by hand. And if you knew just how lazy and impatient I really am, you too would consider this an extraordinary accomplishment.
But it wasn't at all that bad as I had feared - on the contrary! It felt quite pleasing and relaxing, and it's nice to watch (or, in my case, mostly listen to) a film while you work. I'm not 100% converted to hand sewing, and I probably never will be, but I'm going to do it much, much more. Right now I'm working on a petticoat from the same fabric, and I'm going Old School on that one as well (but the new pocket hoops I just made was 100% machine sewn on the other hand, quick and dirty. Things must even out!).
The fabric of the jacket is a silk dupioni, slubby as hell, so not much Period Correct this time. But I'm on a rather tight budget right now (aren't I always?) and had to use something I had lying in the stash (and since this was kind of an experiment, both on the hand sewing and the pattern part, I didn't want to use something nice...).
The sleeves thankfully doesn't look so puffy and weird on me as they do on Glendora, the not-really-a-dress-dummy, but the jacket came out a bit too tight, no matter how nicely the toile fitted me. Sigh. I will re-work the pattern later on, because I want to use it for a lovely brocade I have. This jacket was more of a 1.0 really.
I'm going to wear the jacket and petticoat on March 28, on a church service in memory of king Gustaf III, and I really hope I fastened the hooks and eyes hard enough. I wouldn't want them to projectile on the minister, he's a very nice man. Yes, that's how tight the bodice is! But I guess there's still time to lose some weight.
Hi!
ReplyDeleteIf your jacket is too tight, why don´t make a matching stomacher?
Anna
Hi there! Well, I didn't even think about that until now. But then the jacket isn't THAT much too small, I think another centimetre and a half more would have sufficed, so there wouldn't be much of a stomacher to put there :P Unless I did a complete re-design, of course, but I think I mentioned that I was very lazy...
ReplyDeleteNo, I'll ask my husband to lace me a little tighter next time I try it on and see. Ciao!
It's lovely!!! You did great with the ruffles and the trail in the back! Great work!
ReplyDeleteI just hope I can produce something as wonderful as this by hand, hehe XD
Thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteAnd don't worry: with your ambition and creativity the fruit of your hard work couldn't come out any less than extraordinary awesome!
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ReplyDeleteOh no you didn't! Halp!
ReplyDeleteI need one of those...
ReplyDeleteI find sewing by hand really relaxing also :) Acutally, I find myself sewing things by hand that would go much faster with a machine, but it's just more fun doing it the hard way sometimes :)
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