Petticoat progress
Oct. 28th, 2007 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madamemodisteThis morning, instead of working on my Gender and Work paper, I worked on my petticoat. The basic construction is mostly done. I would have finished it but I ran out of bias tape. I hate making bias tape, so I'll just wait until I can get to the store again to buy some tomorrow.
Yesterday was a bit of a disaster. It took me like 5 hours to make the sleeves and flounces! The upper flounce was two layers of the velvet flocked taffeta (I lined it with the fashion fabric because the inside of the sleeve will be seen). However, that made it sooo thick and unmanageable that I couldn't gather it! The double gathering stitch kept braking over and over, and I had to pick it back out over and over. I finally used button hole thread and did a running stitch by hand on both. Then it was so thick over the sleeve edge that I couldn't run it through the machine and I could barely get a needle through it. I broke 3 needles!! So I finally used an upholstery needle and a pair of pliers! The second flounce broke even the button hole thread, so I just tacked it down by hand after much frustration. I didn't even get to put the sleeves on the dress yet!
So now I have to buckle down and finish my paper. No more sewing until tomorrow :)
Yesterday was a bit of a disaster. It took me like 5 hours to make the sleeves and flounces! The upper flounce was two layers of the velvet flocked taffeta (I lined it with the fashion fabric because the inside of the sleeve will be seen). However, that made it sooo thick and unmanageable that I couldn't gather it! The double gathering stitch kept braking over and over, and I had to pick it back out over and over. I finally used button hole thread and did a running stitch by hand on both. Then it was so thick over the sleeve edge that I couldn't run it through the machine and I could barely get a needle through it. I broke 3 needles!! So I finally used an upholstery needle and a pair of pliers! The second flounce broke even the button hole thread, so I just tacked it down by hand after much frustration. I didn't even get to put the sleeves on the dress yet!
So now I have to buckle down and finish my paper. No more sewing until tomorrow :)
